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Affeldt to return Wednesday; Gaudin needs more time
By Eric Gilmore / Special to MLB.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- Giants left-hander Jeremy Affeldt will be activated from the disabled list Wednesday, but right-hander Chad Gaudin won't come off the DL for at least a few more days.
Affeldt has been on the DL since July 21 with a groin injury, while Gaudin has been on the list since Aug. 20 with right side carpal tunnel syndrome. Both pitchers threw simulated games Monday. Affeldt was deemed ready to be activated.
"That's good news," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Tuesday. "I did talk to Chad about his situation. He may face some hitters one more time for his sense of comfort then activate him if all goes well there."
Gaudin will likely throw another simulated game Thursday at Los Angeles before the opener of a four-game series against the Dodgers.
Affeldt threw his third simulated game Tuesday and said it was his "best overall, stuff wise, rhythm wise," of the three. "I was able to feel like my body was allowing me to be aggressive, not tentative when I went to throw."
Before Wednesday's game against Colorado, Affeldt took some fielding practice.
"Fielded some bunts, turned double plays, stuff like that, and it felt pretty good," he said. "It's not going to be 100 percent until Spring Training because I've been beating it up for six weeks trying to get it back.
"It's not like it's had a lot of rest or rehab. The goal is to just get me out there a few times to finish off healthy then let the offseason finish off the healing process."
Petit looking ahead to next start
SAN FRANCISCO -- Just five days after nearly pitching a perfect game against Arizona, Giants right-hander Yusmeiro Petit will make his next start Wednesday afternoon against the Colorado Rockies at AT&T Park.
Petit has been flooded with phone calls and emails from friends, family members and fans, congratulating him on his one-hit shutout and brush with perfection that ended with Eric Chavez's single with two outs in the ninth.
Petit said job No. 1 for him now is to put Friday night's emotional outing in the past and concentrate on the present.
"The key element now is to try and keep my concentration, to go ahead and study the hitters I have to face tomorrow and remind myself that the page that I wrote was a very beautiful page, but it's in the past," Petit said Tuesday. "So I have to concentrate on tomorrow's game."
Giants manager Bruce Bochy said he's not concerned about Petit getting too amped up or losing his focus.
"You saw how he handled that game," Bochy said. "He stayed composed. He wasn't caught up into what he was about to accomplish or close to accomplishing, and even when he gave up the hit, it didn't fluster him. He was just excited about a one-hit shutout. ... That's how excited he was about the game itself."
Petit is 3-0 with a 1.71 ERA in his first three starts with San Francisco. That streak started with a 5-3 Giants win at Colorado on Aug. 27. He allowed two runs on six hits over six innings, striking out six and walking three. In his next start, at Arizona, he gave up two runs on seven hits over six innings, striking out a career-high 10 and walking one in an 8-2 Giants win.
That set the stage for the first career shutout and complete game of his career when he struck out seven, allowed just one hit and walked none in a 3-0 Giants victory over Arizona.
What's been the key to his success?
"First of all, you have to keep the ball down and throw strikes," Petit said. "Secondly, I have been fortunate to get ahead of the hitters and especially the big guys in the lineup, keep them from hitting with the barrel of the bat, the middle of the lineup guys. Not that I'm not concentrating on the other guys, but the key thing for me is that I try to dominate those guys, and that has been very important for me."
Belt's confidence grows along with offensive numbers
SAN FRANCISCO -- Giants first baseman Brandon Belt was batting just .255 after going hitless for the sixth time in seven games Aug. 1.
Since then, Belt has been a hitting machine. In 34 games entering Tuesday, he has hit .354 with five home runs, 10 doubles, three triples and 16 RBIs. He's had four hits twice, three hits three times and two hits six times. What's more, he's raised his average 28 points to .283 and solidified himself as a middle-of-the order hitter for the Giants.
Belt hit third Tuesday night against Colorado, one night after going 2-for-5 with an RBI double and a walk-off single in the 10th inning in a 3-2 Giants victory.
"I think right now the only way you can raise your average on a personal level is to get multi-hit games," Belt said. "It's nice to have those. Any time you can get a multi-hit game you've got a good chance of driving in a run. Just being productive somehow on the offensive side."
Belt has already set single-season career highs for home runs (15) and doubles (32). With 55 RBIs he's one shy of his career best. He's on pace to set a career-high batting average.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Belt has always been a confident hitter but that a combination of more experience and a few adjustments to his grip and swing have allowed him to produce even more in pressure situations.
"I think the adjustments he's made have made it easier for him to deliver in those conditions," Bochy said. "He's a guy that's played in some important games. If you go through the playoffs and World Series, he had to be able to handle those tough situations. It's all about performing under pressure.
"That's what good players can do. I think he's always had that in him, but no, the fact he's got better plate coverage, closed some holes in his swing, he's going to even come through more. He's going to be that much more consistent with the bat .It's all about growing as a player, maturing, handling everything in a better way, the ups and downs."
Eric Gilmore is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Knicks get Rose ,Taylor, a draft pick. and give up Nazr, Brewer and Baker
Knicks get Rose ,Taylor, a draft pick. and give up Nazr, Brewer and Baker
Like I said in Sixers post, this is bad. Nazr was playing so well, what the heck is wrong with Isiah Thomas. I'm sorry but I don't think Malik Rose is all that great, the Spurs have wanted to cut him loose for a while now.
One outta three ain't bad.
lol, nazrs been playing like crap recently, and at least they get 2 1st round pics. malik is also a solid defender, nazr def isnt. nazr also has very bad hands down low
maurice taylor is also a good offensive addition, hes good in the low post
so i kinda like this deal
I think we added some Kurt thomas toughness. I think we got tougher but this team is still bad. Nazr was nothing down low. Well he'll be great in San Antonio with TD. Taylor was a good pickup. But now Sweetney will get no playing time. This trade means nothing unless we start winning games. Hey how bout those sixers. wow I love philly.
Wow! These are awesome trades for the knicks!
I'm sorry about the bitch slapping comment to Isiah
First off Malik Rose is like KT on steroids - The only reason why his numbers are low is because he has always been back up PF to Tim Duncan, but trust me - his defense is tough!
Taylor is a good pick up and two 1st draft picks! - nice work Isiah!
Where there is hope, there can be faith
Where there is faith, miracles can occur
THis has to be the first trade in which we gained draft picks in years. Isiah thank you. Also, i agree with trin on Malik Rose, this guy has a good jumper and will bring some inside presense, its hard to play under Duncan.
Nazr was one of my faves, but these two will definently grow on me, plus those draft picks baby!!
i didnt see that we got 2 first round picks with it and i was pissed. and even with the 2 first round picks im not as pissed. but what does this get us? No center at all. we add two overpaid players.
Malik Rose $5,462,500 $6,008,750 $6,555,000 $7,101,250
Maurice Taylor $8,450,000 $9,100,000 $9,750,000
Malik is only 6'7 and Mo is 6'9...Sweetney loses playing time, so much for developing are young players. This is probably a kindling of the fire in trading Kurt this offseason, most likely for Kwame (the teams disgruntled with him) or Curry (whos disgruntled with Skiles) which I like. But i dislike the idea of losing Sweetneys playing time. Sweet is better then both these guys and i see him beating atleast one of them out for the back up or starting job.
So heres our roster...WITH NO BACKUP POINT GUARD!!!! or CENTER!!!
C Bruno Sundov
F Kurt Thomas
F Malik Rose
F Maurice Taylor
F Mike Sweetney
F Tim Thomas
F Trevor Ariza
G Jamal Crawford
G Allan Houston
G Stephon Marbury
G Penny Hardaway
Im going to give Isiah the benefit of the doubt and say he knows something. He finally settled that we need to forget this year and work on the next. We have 3 draft picks in the first round...we have the expiring contracts of Tim Thomas and Penny Hardaway. And the bait of Kurt Thomas. I think this mite be actually a good offseason.
In the draft we need a SG (rashad Mccants) we need a center (Johan Petro) and a PG (2nd round BJ Elder) and we still have a 1st round...i have officially changed by mind, he did good on this. Very good...
looks like more backup time for penny hardaway, at point, but thats quite good, he sbeen performing quite well at that position for a couple weeks now, but for our center issues.... ummm.... i got nothingOriginally Posted by NYKnicks15
I think these are good trades for us (besides the cap), we gained 2 first round picks,have 3 for this year and I really like Malik Rose. He is an intense player who can play defense.
I like the taylor deal cuz we didn't give up much. I'think we gave too much for Rose althought Nazr has been playing awful the last couple of weeks especially with that hamstring. Love the 1st round picks althought all the spur's 1st round picks are always late in the round especially if they win it all this year. We also added 32 future mill to our cap but that seems okay with IT.
Its time for change!!!!!!!!
lol, just when he thought we had our salary cap handled in the next couple years... bam! there it goes.Originally Posted by Knicker Bocker
I think Kurt will start at center and suck at it and sweetney will start at F.
Its time for change!!!!!!!!
think, he accepted the 32million contracts, cause taylor and rose will be easier to put in a trade package
The salary cap problem will not be able to be fixed until Houston's contract expires and he leaves. We have a lot of expiring contracts coming up in the next couple of years which is good. I hate Scott Layden
Hey Scott

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DENVER—A nationally prominent polling institute will begin releasing regular surveys of Colorado public opinion starting this summer.
The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute is adding Colorado to its roster of swing states that it polls every six to eight weeks. The polls will be conducted by live telephone operators calling a mix of land lines and cellular phones.
Based in Connecticut, Quinnipiac regularly polls both nationwide, in the Northeast, and in the swing states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida and Virginia. It is adding Colorado and Iowa to its roster.


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Matador MP16 Stella 2
TyresSummer tyres
Tyre dimensions165/70 R14 85T XL
Weight index85
Speed indexT (max 190 km/h)
Item No.R-174539
- Description
- EU Tyre Label:
MP16 Stella 2 - Summer tyres
- In comparison with MP15 are markedly shifted the border properties in the area of security and comfort
- Low noise is a positive comfort and configuration achieved higher lifetime
- Profile of the reason is good for properties in the outdoor and the internal part
- The role of part pattern is the maximum transmission during acceleration
For small- and compact-class vehicles
- Matador brand with long tradition, wide portfolio and reliable performance
- Outstanding cornering characteristics
- Fits perfectly for example to Skoda Fabia, VW Polo and Fiat 500
Outstanding cornering characteristics. The closed outer shoulder of the tyre enables it to withstand more extreme lateral forces. This results in outstanding handling and good cornering stability.
Excellent protection against aquaplaning. An open inner shoulder and wide grooves running around the circumference displace water rapidly in rain. This protects against aquaplaning.
Visual wear indicator. A tread-depth indicator responds to tread wear and visually alerts the user in good time when the tyre has to be replaced.
New summer tyre tread, expanding the offer of tyres for lower and medium class cars, with an asymmetric pattern of a timeless design, reflecting the latest trends and knowledge in the tyre treads development. Compared to the previous MP15 tyre, the boundaries in the area of safety and comfort have been significantly shifted. The decreased level of noise positively influences comfort, while the new shape, mixture and configuration mean a higher lifetime.
Due to different properties, the pattern is divided into the inside and outside parts. The task of the outside part is the maximum transfer of forces during acceleration, deceleration and drive direction changes. For this reason, the outside part is composed of more massive pattern blocks with a higher share of the material in the area of the tyre trace. The inside part is composed of blocks of smaller widths with larger grooves that provide for water drainage from the central zone, which improves the road contact on wet surfaces, thus allowing a safe transfer of propelling and brake forces.
The tyre tread uses a new technology - VOC FREE – of the preparation of an ecological silicone tread mixture with a low rolling resistance and a high adhesion to both dry and wet roads. The mixture includes an applied silanisation activator of a new generation, which ensures lower VOC (volatile organic compounds, e.g. alcohols) emissions compliant with EU standards, an ecological RAE-type plasticiser, and it also uses a new high-efficient processing admixture, which in combination with the silanisation activator significantly lowers the rolling resistance of the tyres.
Noisiness is decreased using a different layout of pattern inserts of the outside and inside parts and due to the shape of pattern blocks, designed taking into account the comfort and rigidity of the tyre tread. The design of the sidewall is made in a plastic way in a combination of soft shapes, allowing the characteristic features and the group of information elements to come out, which offer the customer information about the lifetime development and the position of the tyre tread on a vehicle. The in-pattern indicator informs about the remaining status of the pattern depth.
Since 1st November, 2012 all tyres made after 1st July, 2012 must show the European Tyre Label.
The European Union has developed this new provision to promote economic and ecological efficiency and ensure road safety.
Disadvantages The Tyre Label can provide an overview and give the customer more transparency, but it only covers three criteria. For an extensive evaluation of a tyre, however, far more performance characteristics are relevant. Especially in the search for suitable winter tyres the test results from different test institutions such as the ADAC are much more stringent.
We'd like to point out that it is the manufacturer that labels the tyre and provides us with this information. If you do not find the label values, either the manufacturer did not inform us of the label, or the product was manufactured before July, 2012. Before that date, tyres had not yet been required to carry a label, so in some cases it is possible to purchase a tyre without a Tyre Label.
The tyres are classified in terms of three performance characteristics:
• Fuel Efficiency (letters A to G)
• Wet Grip (letters A to G)
• External Noise
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Finally, it is the driver that determines the fuel consumption. In order to reduce this over the long-term, by being careful during acceleration drivers can become more fuel-efficient and environmentally conscious.
Regularly checking tyre pressure helps to improve rolling resistance, reduces energy loss, and supports optimum adhesion in wet conditions. To reduce the risk of accidents and ensure your and the safety of other road users, always keep a reasonable distance.
More information: http://ec.europa.eu/energy/efficiency/tyres/labelling_en.htm
Choose from our large online selection or ask us for advice. Our experts are happy to help you choose the appropriate tyres from our extensive range of products.
The classification in terms of fuel efficiency is divided into seven classes, from the A-class (the highest) to G-class (the
lowest). A tyre in the A-class consumes 0.1 litres less at 100km than a tyre in the B-class. An essential component for fuel
efficiency is the rolling resistance or rolling friction.
Rolling Resistance
Rolling resistance is the force that opposes motion. It is formed, for example, when a wheel is rolling. Rolling resistance depends not only on the geometry but also on the properties of the material.
Average Average value is between C-E. Class D is not used.
It shows how efficient the vehicle can brake on wet roads. Wet grip is an important feature especially with summer tyres.
Class A has the highest safety and the shortest braking distances. Class F has low security and the longest braking distance.
The wet grip classes are based on test driving on wet roads with a speed of approximately 80 km/h. The difference between the braking distance of the tyres is 3-5 feet per grade. E.g., the difference in braking distance between Class A and Class F are up to 18 metres.
Average The average value of the tyres is between class B-E. Class D and G is not used.
The symbol indicates the external rolling noise in decibels and as a 3 class sound wave symbol to clarify whether the tire can
keep the recommended level. External rolling noise does not correspond to tyre noise inside the compartment.
A continuous sound level above 80 decibel can cause health problems.
Three sound waves symbolize the worst results. These are the tyres that exceed the maximum limit of approval. A symbol of 2 sound waves have noise level that corresponds with the approved sound level. Tyres that are marked with 1 sound wave are over three decibel quieter than the approval.


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Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. Seattle is a national leader and has set aggressive goals for the future.
By 2022, the City of Seattle plans to divert 70% of its waste to recycling and composting. Seattle Public Utilities' solid waste plan is guided by a zero-waste resolution passed in 2007, and waste reduction is a key component of Seattle's Climate Action Plan.
Other goals are to develop new markets for recycled materials and have producers of the goods we consume take more responsibility for end-of-life management of their products. Learn more about how you can help reach these important goals.
OSE Key Initiatives
The Office of Sustainability and Environment plays a role in the following initiatives. See the Programs & Policies page of this section for all the Waste related work the City is engaged in.
Key Initiatives
Below is a summary of the Waste strategies, goals and progress to date from the City's environmental progress report, Moving the Needle. Visit the Moving the Needle page for more information, download the full report, or check out the report's Waste section for infographics and more.
Seattle residents and businesses divert more waste than nearly every other city in the nation. We strive to maintain and improve on that level of excellence. Our strategies include:
Waste prevention
Reducing waste by not creating it in the first place.
Recycling & Composting
Expand recycling and composting through services, incentives, and regulations.
|Waste Prevention
|Increase products where waste is managed by manufacturers
|3 waste products now managed by manufacturers: electronics, mercury-containing lights, and medicines.
|Ban or discourage problem materials
|3 product discouragement/bans in place: phone book opt out, expanded polystyrene ban, and plastic bag ban.
|Recycling & Composting
|Reduce waste sent to land fill
|27% reduction in waste sent to the landfill over the last 7 years
|Recycle 70% by 2022
|56% recycling rate in 2012, up 2% from 2011


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a few days ago I noticed that the mintupdate notification icon is missing from my panel after booting up. Manually launching it works just fine, it shows the available updates and I can install them. It is just a bit annoying that it does not start up automatically.
The problem seems to be with the mintupdate-launcher script:
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$ sudo mintupdate-launcher
[sudo] password for jens:
-- Exception occured in the refresh thread: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'set_cursor'
Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 551, in __bootstrap_inner
File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/mintUpdate.py", line 683, in run
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'set_cursor'
I am running Linux Mint 13 Mate on a 64-bit machine.
Any ideas or hints?


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Hey guys
My first post. I tried adding as many patterns as possible.
I am also colour blind, so go easy.
Blazer - Master Coat (Plaid)
Shirt - Massimo (gingham)
Pocket Sq - Reiss (mixed)
(to be tailored) Trousers - Reiss (fleck)
Socks - Uniqlo (polka)
Tie - Cant remember (pattern mix/print)
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Both drop-in cooktops and slide-in cooktops can be used in an island, peninsula or a traditional setting. The main difference is that a drop-in cooktop will have the controls on the top while the slide-in will have them on the front. A slide-in cooktop will require special installation.
A slide-in range is designed to slide in and fit flush with your countertop. This is ideal for an island peninsula, and can also be used in a regular setting to showcase a decorative backsplash. With a slide-in range, cooktop and oven controls are at the front of the appliance. A freestanding range is used in traditional installations (against the kitchen wall), and typically has a backsplash with a clock and controls that are on the front, the top, or the backsplash.
A BTU is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water 1˚F. BTUs are used as a measurement of the heating power of gas cooktops or ovens. To decide how much BTU capacity you'd like in your appliance, consider the following:
For cookware to work on an induction surface, it must be magnetic and have a completely flat bottom. In general, most stainless steel and cast iron cookware will work. Here's a simple test: Try sticking a magnet to the bottom of your pan. If the magnet sticks, that cookware should work; if it doesn't, most likely the cookware is not compatible with an induction cooktop surface.
Smudge-Proof™ is a protective coating that is applied directly to the stainless steel appliance that resists fingerprints and cleans easily, making it effortless to keep your kitchen looking beautiful.
Each gas range has a shut-off valve, which supplies gas to the surface burners. To check that this valve is open and working, follow these steps:
When the tab on the valve is facing right, your range should work.
The light will stay on until the cooktop has cooled down.
To self-clean your oven, follow these simple steps:
Note: For safety reasons, the oven door will remain locked until the oven cools down. When it is sufficiently cool, the door will automatically unlock.
To close an open door when it's in the locked position and the door is open, press and hold the oven door light switch while following these simple steps:
You should then be able to close the door.
If you have cast iron grates, follow these steps:
If you have porcelain-coated grates, simply place them in the dishwasher and coat any unfinished areas with a thin layer of cooking oil after washing.
Keep your burner components clean by using a mild nongranular cleaner, such as ammonia or a degreaser. This will ensure that the gas ports do not get blocked. When putting the parts back together, always make sure the burners and caps are level and firmly set in place.
We recommend our Cerama Bryte cleaner, which is specialized for our products. You can purchase a complete cleaning kit from our Frigidaire web page, found in the accessories section of the site.
To keep your oven racks gliding smoothly when you're removing or inserting them, we recommend applying cooking oil along their outer edges.
It heats the pan, not the cooktop - so spills can't burn on.
Finish meals faster with our induction technology. It's more responsive than gas or electric cooktops bringing water to a boil in less than 2 minutes.
Reduce your energy bill with our induction cooktop that is 70% more efficient than cooking with gas and 20% more efficient than cooking with electric.
The Fits-More™ cooktop features five elements so you can cook more at once.
Adjust heat with greater accuracy than on gas or electric cooktops especially at lower settings.
Gentle enough to melt chocolate and powerful enough to boil water, so it's great for entertaining or getting dinner on the table quickly.
Most stainless steel and cast iron cookware is compatible with induction elements. An easy rule of thumb: if a magnet sticks to the bottom of the cookware, it's induction-friendly.
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COLUMBUS – Kirk Urso was good at sports and a good sport.
And now he's gone too soon at age 22.
The Crew's rookie midfielder died early Sunday morning after paramedics transported him from a Columbus club to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:51 a.m. The team through a statement said no cause was determined. The Franklin County Coroner is expected to do an autopsy Monday.
"He had a great sense of humor, one that could brighten even the saddest of days," his Columbus roommate, rookie forward Ethan Finlay told MLSsoccer.com via e-mail. "He was a one of a kind and that's why I'm going to miss him."
Urso reached the College Cup three straight seasons before captaining North Carolina to the national championship in December but despite leading the Tar Heels' program in several career categories he was not picked in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, falling to the Crew in the first round of the Supplemental Draft.
Yet, the talk the first few days of the preseason camp was the good-natured jabs he took for his poufy hair. Former UNC teammate and fellow Crew first-year player Ben Speas even let it be known that Urso kept a purple hair pick in his car.
A few days later the hair was neatly trimmed and while Urso didn't offer an explanation it was clear he didn't want it to be a distraction in his attempt to make the team.
"He respected the coaches, respected his teammates and respected the game," said Brian Maisonneuve, an assistant coach with the U.S. Under-17 residency program who had Urso under his tutelage for 18 months.
"He was a wonderful kid," the former Crew midfielder and current assistant men's soccer coach at Indiana University told MLSsoccer.com in a phone interview. "He was one of my favorites. He came to training every single day with a smile on his face and showed up on the field wanting to get better and wanting the team to get better."
Finlay spent the summer of 2010 with Urso on the Chicago Fire's Premier Developmental League team and recalled the fun they had as Urso fooled people with his fake British accent.
"He was a great friend and a great teammate. Full of life and laughter," Finlay said.
But Urso was serious when it was time to play soccer.
He used the SuperDraft snub as motivation and earned starts in the Crew's first five matches in place of injured holding midfielder Danny O'Rourke.
"It's disappointing when you think you've had a good college career and you don't get picked up earlier," Urso said of the SuperDraft in March. "There's a bit of a chip but I don't think about it when I'm playing."
He even won the trust of head coach Robert Warzycha to take free kicks, a rarity for a rookie, and earned his only point in the fourth match with a corner-kick assist on goal by Chad Marshall vs. New York on April 7.
Urso started the next match but went to the bench a week later when O'Rourke returned and his last appearance was three minutes off the bench against Vancouver on April 28.
Shortly thereafter it was determined an adductor strain would require surgery, which he had in mid-June, and he had not resumed training with the club. He was not with the Crew for their match Saturday at D.C. United.
The timing of his injury was unfortunate. With O'Rourke in and out of the lineup because of injuries Urso might have been able to seal the starting berth. Instead, rookie Kevan George, second-year midfielder Cole Grossman and Tony Tchani, in his third season, have taken turns at the position.
Urso was regarded as a good passer with excellent vision and composure who was adjusting well to the faster-paced pro game.
"I will never forget his fight, leadership, jokes and smile," Speas wrote in an e-mail to MLSsoccer.com. "He'll forever be remembered in my heart as one of my best friends and teammates I've had the privilege to play alongside."
Moment of Silence for Urso in Portland
Crew president/general manager Mark McCullers was preparing to fly back to Columbus from a family trip with his family in Florida when he was informed Sunday morning of Urso's death.
He arranged for Crew assistant coach Duncan Oughton to meet Urso's family at Port Columbus airport upon their arrival from Illinois and get them settled in a hotel.
"It's a shocker," McCullers said in a phone interview with MLSsoccer.com. "My immediate priority right now is to try and support the Ursos and do what we can for them."
He added that grief counselors will be available for the team and staff and that, while Urso will be honored by the team, discussions of what to do have not started.
McCullers is not surprised by the messages of sadness and support that have been on Twitter all day.
"It says a lot about his reputation," he said. "He was known as a leader for an NCAA championship team. He was known as a kid with a lot of character."
Philadelphia Union coach John Hackworth, Urso's U-17 coach, said in a statement, "Kirk was one of the best kids that I have ever had the pleasure of working with (and I am not only talking about his soccer skills). He was just a great person. I truly respected the way Kirk went about his life. I was so proud of what he accomplished after he left Residency."
Speas' will never forget the way Urso embraced him after he transferred from Akron University, where he won the College Cup in 2010, to North Carolina. The coaches planned to put Speas and another player in a hotel room until the dorms opened.
Urso would have none of it.
"He welcomed me, someone he didn't even know, to live in his room for two-and-a-half weeks," Speas said. "[That's] the way a captain would do it, put us teammates before himself so we could grow a bond, one that would raise the trophy four months later."
McCullers has heard others share similar stories today about Urso.
"He was an unbelievable kid," he said. "He was a kid that I would certainly point to and tell my son, 'That's the kind of person I want you to be.'
"I have no hesitation with that."


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PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Nov. 12, 2013) — SUNY Plattsburgh's Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship has announced a slate of events for Global Entrepreneurship Week, Nov. 18-22.
The events have been planned by the ENACTUS Club and its faculty adviser, Dr. Laurent Josien. Attendance is free and open to the public.
Tuesday, Nov. 19, 5:30- 6:30 p.m. — Amnesty Room in Angell College Center
Screening of portions of the movie "Tucker: A Man and his Dream" and "Know Your Entrepreneur" game. After watching a few segments, students will be led in developing a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats — or SWOT — analysis of the entrepreneurial abilities of Tucker. Then, they will be put in groups and develop the same framework for other entrepreneurs.
Thursday, Nov. 21, 5-6:45 p.m. — Mowry Conference Room in Redcay Hall
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a resident of Meadow Park
on Sep 3, 2012 at 12:20 pm
I drove through that area within 10 mins of the accident from happening..
a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 3, 2012 at 12:49 pm
10 minutes before, I presume. Was the sun in your eyes? Actually it's a month or two later in the year before the sun lines up perfectly with that stretch of Middlefield at that hour. Condolences to the driver's family.
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 4, 2012 at 11:05 am
Traffic was block in both directions for a long time. It was closed when I went past at 10:30 and at 11:30 when I attempted to drive that section again it was still closed.
Investigation does take a lot of time. Look at 680 this morning! Yikes!
a resident of Professorville
on Sep 4, 2012 at 11:12 am
I was driving down that road 45 minutes before the accident, and it was overcast. Sun was not a factor.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 4, 2012 at 2:06 pm
Thanks Gabe. I was initially remembering the morning tragedy on eastbound Bay Road in EPA about 11 months ago when the sun did factor in. That season is approaching, so hope all drivers are extra careful when the sun is low, and keep those windshields clean. It also behooves pedestrians and cyclists to realize when drivers are likely to be blinded.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 4, 2012 at 4:39 pm
Middlefield is much closer to northwest-southeast than either east-west or north-south. To newcomers I explain Palo Alto general usage as anything toward San Francisco is north, toward San Jose is south, toward the bay is east, toward the coast is west. We're all just a fair amount slanted here.
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 4, 2012 at 11:08 pm
You're right, musical. When the morning sun shines into my back windows I logically know that it's East, but my Palo Alto mind says that it's South toward San Jose.
a resident of another community
on Sep 5, 2012 at 10:48 am
My thoughts and prayers to the Jefferson Family.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Sep 5, 2012 at 11:22 am
Unbelievable. A man has died and people want to debate the direction of the streets, the sun, etc. Really, people, have you totally lost perspective on the essential information shared in this article? A family has lost their father, their grandfather. Friends have lost a good friend. My heart goes out to his family during this difficult time of loss. May you be comforted by wonderful memories and the love and support of those around you.
a resident of Barron Park
on Sep 5, 2012 at 12:19 pm
I cannot agree more whole-heartedly with neighbor's comment. I can only think some people get cynical satisfaction out of trolling and posting bizzare, inappropriate comments instead of responding with a modicum of empathy, understanding or decency.
To the Jeeferson family, please know that there really is a caring community that shares your grief and is not reflective of the insensitive posts above that are simply designed to provoke responses of outrage. Please ignore those and hold onto the dear memories of your grandfather, father, family member and friend.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 5, 2012 at 4:04 pm
I was sincere in offering my condolences in my original comment before the driver was identified or any mention of suffering a medical emergency. The best outcome from any tragedy is to learn to prevent the next one. Many threads on PA Online are discussions of driving, traffic, and dangers to school children in the morning. So it's not really "unbelievable" that, in the absence of further information, there would be some discussion here of auto accident causes. Now that the driver has been identified, the sadness is brought home and you will see more extension of sympathy and remembrance.
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Golf in Bulgaria
At Golfshake, we have over 20,000 course reviews and a comprehensive golf course guide that stretches across multiple continents, from Europe to Africa. Every golfer knows the merits of playing in places such as Spain or France, but there is little knowledge of some of the emerging golf destinations that look set to eclipse the traditional overseas locations. If you were to ask a selection of golfers to list 10 foreign countries associated with golf, Bulgaria would scarcely appear. In recent years, however, the Balkan state has seen large international investment in golf, with developers and course designers rightly recognising that Bulgaria possesses every ingredient required to become one of Europe's premier golfing destinations.
History of Golf in Bulgaria
It is fair to say that golf, traditionally, is not one of the most popular sports in Bulgaria. In fact, there were no golf courses in operation before the turn of the millennium, and it is easy to understand why. Whilst most people in first world countries are fortunate to have the disposable income to be able to take up the game, it is a privilege afforded to very few in Eastern Europe. Golf equipment is constrictively expensive and, as such, the game has not grown.... until recently.
New investment means new opportunities for locals, with some of the recently opened clubs possessing teaching academies and offering Bulgarian youngsters a way into the game.
So why has Bulgaria seen a significantly marked increase in golf course construction, and does it have the potential to overtake places like Spain? In twelve years, over ten golf courses have opened in the small Slavic nation; a statistic that would suggest it does.
Climate and Heritage
Bulgaria possesses a temperate, continental climate that would be considered characteristic of central Europe. The summer temperatures do not reach the blistering heights of some other European nations, but conversely, the winters are milder. Whilst snow is relatively common in the depths of winter, autumn and spring are incredibly mild and present a perfect climate for golf. What's more, Bulgaria is a country rich in cultural history with an amenable and complaisant disposition.
Scenery and Cost
The average altitude of the country is 470 metres above sea level, a realisation that has not been lost on those that have designed, and continue to design, golf courses and resorts in the region. The majority possess breathtaking views and are situated in areas with a great diversity of flora and fauna. It is both easy and cheap to reach; and cost of living is another massive draw. A nice meal will cost you less than five pounds and a bottle of beer no more than a pound. When you consider all the above, coupled with a government actively looking to promote tourism and attract investment, you realise just how popular a golfing destination Bulgaria could become.
The Courses
There latent promise has been recognised by some of the biggest names in design and architecture, from Ian Woosnam to Jack Nicklaus, who have both seen their courses officially opened in recent years. With more construction planned over the coming years, the future looks bright for golf in Bulgaria.
Around Sofia
Whilst the Bulgarian capital may not possess the charm exuded by other Eastern European cities, its catchment area offers competitively priced golf.
Air Sofia Golf Club was the first to open its doors to the public in 2000, and is located just 40km away from Sofia airport and 30km from Borovets, Bulgaria's largest ski resort.
St Sofia Golf Course, designed by Paul McGinley, followed four years later. It is a beautiful course located in the village of Ravno Pole, ten miles east of the capital and twenty minutes away from downtown Sofia. It is a superbly manicured course and was the first in Bulgaria to be officially rated. The challenging golf course is just shy of 6,800 yards, with practice facilities, an academy for players of all abilities and a colonial-style clubhouse with a terrace that offers views of the course and snow-capped mountains in the distance.
Stunning Cape Kaliakra
One of the most difficult decisions to make when coming to play golf in Bulgaria is whether to stay in the vicinity of Sofia, or travel to the Cape Kaliakra Golf Coast, less than an hour away from Varna. Set near the border of Romania and overlooking the Black Sea, it is one of the most historic, scenic and culturally significant capes in Europe.
The Cape Kaliakra Golf Coast is comprised of three five-star golf courses, two designed by Gary Player and one by Ian Woosnam. It is has more to offer than golf, with private beaches, luxury villas, historic fortresses, celebrated wildlife and the nightlife of costal Varna within easy reach.
Woosnam's second design in Bulgaria: the Lighthouse Resort set on cliffs looking out on the Black Sea, with beautiful breathtaking views of the coast one side and lush green fields the other.
The Thracian Cliffs Golf and Beach Resort was described simply and elegantly by Player: "you will not find another golf course like this on the planet." Players are both challenged and inspired by a course that is practically falling into the Black Sea. It covers 164 hectares of terrain and stretches for 4.5 kilometres along a wild coastline, providing a completely novel and invigorating golfing experience.
The resort is twinned with both the Lighthouse and Black Sea Rama Golf Resorts.
Pravets Golf Resort and Spa
Perhaps the most prestigious course in the area is Pravets Golf Resort and Spa. It was designed by esteemed architect Peter Harradine and it situated less than an hour's drive from the capital in the scenic lakeside town of Pravets. The Stara Planina mountain range is a few kilometres away, providing a picturesque backdrop to a high calibre golf course that was considered good enough to host a PGA Professional Championship of Europe event in late 2011.
Pirin Golf and Country Club
The Woosnam designed Pirin Golf and Country Club offers stern competition to any golf club claiming the to be the best within a 60 mile radius of Sofia. It is located in the spectacular Razlog-Bankso valley in the Pirin Mountains and features two golf courses. Woosnam's creation is a challenge to all golfers, and serves as a reminder of the exigent yet visually rewarding nature of golf in the mountains.
Highly regarded
The Black Sea Rama Golf Course and Resort was Player's first completed project in Eastern Europe and again sits parallel to the Black Sea. It was classed as Bulgaria's first signature championship course, and at well over 7,300 yards, it is a challenge, especially with strong prevailing winds coming in from the adjacent coastline. In 2009, it was proclaimed 'best new golf course in the world' by Golf Inc. digital magazine.
It will make you wonder why every golfer on the planet isn't running to the proverbial rooftops to declare Bulgaria as one of the most brilliantly rounded golfing locations in the world.
The continuing investment in golf in Bulgaria is a reflection of the fact that the sector continues to grow.
On the 17th November, 2011, the International Association of Golf Tour Operators named Bulgaria as the Undiscovered Golf Destination of the Year, a tremendous honour that formally recognises all the beauty and diversity of Bulgaria as a golfing location.
With prices starting at just £145 per person with www.golfbreaks.com, the time is now, the place is Bulgaria.


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But now Warren East, president and CEO of ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England) has been dropping hints about Microsoft Windows and ARM while concluding that he, of course, could not possibly comment.
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MLS Cup foes in back-to-back years, the New England Revolution and Houston Dynamo meet in a key Eastern Conference matchup at midweek at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. The Revolution need to make a move if they are going to get back into the MLS Cup Playoffs picture, coming off of a 3-1 loss at Columbus last weekend. The Dynamo are coming off of a 2-1 home win against Portland that moved them into third in the East.
REFEREE: Michael Kennedy. SAR (bench): Kermit Quisenberry; JAR (opposite): Bill Dittmar; 4th: Jose Carlos Rivero
Kennedy MLS Career: 137 games; FC/gm: 28.9; Y/gm: 3.8; R: 24; pens: 47
INJURY REPORT: NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION – OUT: DF Franco Coria (L knee MCL sprain); FW Kheli Dube (whiplash); FW Rajko Lekic (R great toe fracture); MF Sainey Nyassi (R knee MCL sprain) … HOUSTON DYNAMO – OUT: FW Will Bruin (L knee surgery); MF Danny Cruz (R quad strain); QUESTIONABLE: MF Colin Clark (L knee injury)
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SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: NE: Ryan Cochrane, Franco Coria, Rajko Lekic, Stephen McCarthy … HOU: Danny Cruz, Cam Weaver
ALL-TIME (10 meetings): Revolution 6 wins, 15 goals … Dynamo 2 wins, 9 goals … Ties 3
AT NEW ENGLAND (5 meetings): Revolution 2 wins, 8 goals … Dynamo 1 win, 6 goals … Ties 2
- Hunter Freeman's 86th-minute tally was the only goal of the game as the Dynamo won the first meeting this season, April 17 at Robertson Stadium, Houston's first home win ever vs. New England.
- The win was just the Dynamo's second all-time against New England in the league series. The first came May 3, 2009 at Gillette Stadium, a 2-0 victory.
- However, the Dynamo did of course win two MLS Cups against the Revolution, on penalty kicks following a 1-1 draw in 2006, and a 2-1 win in MLS Cup 2007.
- Coaches record: Dominic Kinnear v NE: P16 W5 L6 D5 … Steve Nicol vs. HOU: P11 W6 L2 D3
4/17: HOU 1, NE 0 (Freeman 86)
- The talking points began early in the second half, when Bobby Boswell redirected a corner kick goalward. It was cleared from the line by Zack Schilawski and referee Alex Prus did not give the goal, though the Dynamo felt it had crossed the line.
- Then in the 86th minute, there was more. Cam Weaver hammered a header from another corner, the ball ricocheting straight up off the crossbar. Hunter Freeman got between Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis and the goal line, and the ball bounced off his arm and into the goal for the winner.
- HOUSTON DYNAMO (4-4-2): Tally Hall - Hunter Freeman, Bobby Boswell, Andre Hainault, Corey Ashe - Danny Cruz (Colin Clark 75), Lovel Palmer, Geoff Cameron, Brad Davis - Will Bruin (Jason Garey 88), Cam Weaver.
- NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (4-3-2-1): Matt Reis - Kevin Alston, Franco Coria (Ryan Cochrane 79), A.J. Soares, Darrius Barnes - Zak Boggs, Stephen McCarthy, Chris Tierney - Marko Perovic, Zack Schilawski (Kenny Mansally 79) – Rajko Lekic
HOUSTON DYNAMOThe Houston Dynamo won for the second time in three games, getting a pair of first-half goals in a 2-1 defeat of the
Portland Timbers on Sunday evening at Robertson Stadium. The Dynamo have 31 points from 24 games on the season,
sitting in a tie for third place in the Eastern Conference.
- The Dynamo took the lead after 17 minutes. A Bobby Boswell shot off a corner was blocked and deflected out some 40 yards from goal -- where Adam Moffat hit a thunderous strike that beat Portland goalkeeper Troy Perkins into the upper right corner.
- Houston then doubled their lead in the 27th minute, when Brad Davis slipped in Colin Clark, who nutmegged a defender for Brian Ching to finish from close range.
- The Timbers pulled a goal back in the 56th minute when Sal Zizzo found Darlington Nagbe with a cross at the back post, and he headed back for Jack Jewsbury, whose thumping volley took a deflection on its way to the back of the net.
- Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear made one change to the team that got a late goal for a 1-1 draw with Philadelphia Union at PPL Park. Carlo Costly came into the first XI ahead of Cam Weaver.
- HOUSTON DYNAMO (4-4-2): Tally Hall - Hunter Freeman, Andre Hainault, Bobby Boswell, Corey Ashe - Colin Clark (Je-Vaughn Watson 69), Adam Moffat, Geoff Cameron, Brad Davis (Jermaine Taylor 80) - Brian Ching, Carlo Costly (Cam Weaver 56).
- The Dynamo have lost just once in their last eight games, winning three and drawing four in that time.
- "We have leapfrogged some teams in the Eastern Conference and put ourselves in a pretty good spot," said Dynamo boss Dominic Kinnear. "We will move on from this one and move on to Wednesday's match."
- Houston's Brad Davis took sole possession of the MLS lead in assists with 11, starting the sequence that led to Brian Ching's goal vs. Portland on Sunday.
- Carlo Costly was given his first MLS start, starting in attack alongside Ching after coming on for the final 29 minutes the week before vs. Philadelphia in his first game with the Dynamo.
- "We've played a-game-and-a-half together. He is a good player, fun to play with, and you saw he made an impact in this game," said Ching. "He was a little tired from all the travel and the games he had, but you can look for some big games from him. He came in with the right attitude, all the guys like him, and I'm glad to have him on the team."
- Costly also played 56 minutes after scoring at midweek for the Honduran national team. "In the first half, the coach told me to not get too close to Brian Ching," he said. "We took turns to get into different positions up front. Little by little, I'm starting to get to know the players more, and I hope this works out for the best for all of us."
- Adam Moffat scored against his former club with the long-range strike, his first goal since July 3 of last year, when he was with Columbus.
- "When you are out there against your old teammates, you want to get stuck in. I had a couple challenges to let them know I was there as well," Moffat said. "It was a good strike that went in. I was happy and delighted, but like I said, it was the three points that mattered."
- Ching now has three goals in his last three games, and all four of his goals on the season have come since June 25. He has started seven of the last eight games for Houston.
- "This is going to be a test of our character with the games coming up back-to-back-to-back and ending with arguably one of the best teams in the league in Real Salt Lake," Ching said. "It's a good test to see where we are at the end of this week, and hopefully we continue to play well and put our stamp on the Eastern Conference."
The New England Revolution went down to a second consecutive defeat, falling 3-1 to the Columbus Crew on Saturday evening at Crew Stadium. The Revolution have 21 points from 24 matches, in eighth place in the Eastern Conference.
- The Revolution took the lead just before the break. Pat Phelan shook off a challenge in the area and laid the ball square in a return pass for Benny Feilhaber, and he lashed home a low shot past William Hesmer.
- The equalizer came in the 54th minute when New England defender Kevin Alston stuck out a foot to prevent a chip from Andrés Mendoza reaching fellow forward Tommy Heinemann, but the ball flew over the head of onrushing goalkeeper Matt Reis.
- On 75 minutes, the Crew took the lead when Julius James powered home a header from close range at the near post after a corner kick from Josh Gardner.
- Emilio Renteria then finished off the scoring six minutes later when he turned home a shot all alone in front of goal from a rolling cross by Robbie Rogers from the right corner.
- Revolution head coach Steve Nicol made two changes to the team that fell 3-2 to Chivas USA at Gillette Stadium. A.J. Soares came into the back four for Ryan Cochrane, and Pat Phelan returned to the lineup for Sainey Nyassi.
- NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (4-1-4-1): Matt Reis - Kevin Alston, A.J. Soares, Darrius Barnes, Chris Tierney - Pat Phelan - Benny Feilhaber, Stephen McCarthy (Zak Boggs 79), Shalrie Joseph, Zack Schilawski (Kenny Mansally 68) - Milton Caraglio (Diego Fagundez 79).
- The Revolution conceded three goals for a second consecutive game, and for the fourth time in their last seven games, dating back to July 4.
- "We need to make good decisions defending. When you don't get yourself in a good position defensively, that encourages the other team to get into those holes, and that's exactly what they did," said Revolution head coach Steve Nicol.
- Now with 23 goals scored on the season, the Revolution rank at the bottom of MLS. Their 0.96 goals per games is level with Toronto FC at the foot of the MLS table, the only two teams in the league averaging less than a goal per game.
- "At the end of the day we can't keep the possession, and we can't keep the ball when we need to and it came back to cost us," said Shalrie Joseph. "The goal comes from us giving up possession and us not being solid enough defensively. We knew they were going to send numbers forward, but that's what happens when you're not solid defensively and mentally and it's costing us points."
- The Revs have won just once in their last 14 games (since mid-May), a 1-0 win at D.C. United on July 20. Their last two wins have come by 1-0 scorelines.
- "There's stuff that happened with our team, that is week to week, and I can't even understand it," said Benny Feilhaber "It's really frustrating and it's like that feeling like, here we go again. Honestly, I don't think we played that bad. We put good combinations together but it wasn't to be."
- After playing with a strike pair featuring Milton Caraglio and Zack Schilawski, Nicol returned to a three-pronged attack, with Caraglio as the spearhead and Schilawski and Feilhaber filling the wider roles.
- Pat Phelan recorded his third assist of the season, level with Feilhaber for the team lead.
- The Revolution return home for back-to-back games at Gillette Stadium after their four-game unbeaten streak on the road came to end in Columbus.


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Miracle Day Elects Theresa Mann
Credit Union Miracle Day has elected Theresa Mann, president/CEO of The Partnership FCU, Arlington, Va., as chairman of the charity group.
CUMD is a nonprofit collaboration of credit union organizations engaged in fundraising activities to benefit Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and is the largest national credit union fundraising event for Credit Unions for Kids.
"I am proud and honored to serve as chairman of this successful, collaborative program," said Mann. "The team really pulls together and works tirelessly for the kids," she added. Mann served as CUMD's vice chairman and chairman of the CUMD marketing committee for many years. She is also one of the founding members of CUMD.
Immediate past Chairman Juri Valdov, was lauded by the Board for his 12 years of outstanding volunteer leadership to the organization. Valdov, retired president/CEO of Northwest FCU, will continue to serve on the board.
"Juri has volunteered countless hours to guide this organization to its nationally recognized status," said Mann. "He always kept the mission in focus–to help kids in need. We are forever grateful for his keen vision and fine execution of our goals over the years," she added.
"It has been a privilege to be associated with such a dedicated group of volunteers," Valdov said. "Together we made a big difference in the lives of the most vulnerable among us – our children - while highlighting the credit union difference. They said it couldn't be done, but in those 12 years, we exceeded all expectations."
Under Valdov's leadership, CUMD has donated over $6 million for CMN Hospitals across the country since 2002. Valdov accepted one of the top awards in the credit union industry, the Herb Wegner Memorial Award for Outstanding Program, from the National Credit Union Foundation on behalf of CUMD in February 2014. CUMD also won the national Dora Maxwell Award for Outstanding Social Responsibility Program for a Credit Union Group in 2009.


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Bound and Gagged, by Dana Summers
Editorial cartoonist Dana Summers created Bound and Gagged in 1992. The original concept was to have it be a completely non-dialogue/sound comic strip, but not long after its debut Dana added words and sound effects. The name stuck, however.
Example of Bound and Gagged daily by Dana Summers, July 16, 1992. Copyright Tribune Media Services, Inc. Paper size: 13 1/2" x 4 5/8". Pen and ink.
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Nats, Rats…Has a Nice Ring to It
I remember watching "Mob Wives" on VH-1 this season and one of the characters, Big Ang said these immortal words, "A rat is a rat is a rat." But here lies the conundrum. It is up to interpretation as to whether you consider Washington Nationals Manager Davey Johnson the one with the wiry whiskers, or Rays reliever Joel Peralta to be the focal rodent here.
Do you consider a relief pitcher using a product that doesn't give him a considerable edge the villain, or Peralta who is a former Nat's pitcher and might have been "outed" by a former colleague, or your old Triple-A Manager who might have felt an obligation to divulge your old glove habit. Here is where the line between good sportsmanship and someone just trying to ruin someone for the sake of it all. To me, the smell permeates more from the Nationals dugout than from the body of Peralta.
Sure Peralta might have used some pine tar hidden within the folds of his black glove on the mound last night, but was there evidence on the ball used during that outing to suggest deception by Peralta, or was the Nationals staff using some long held information from Peralta's past to discredit and damage his credibility throughout baseball.
I mean you do not have to think long and hard that the Nat's had to have had this information long in advance as a black colored glove doesn't give off the air of deception via black pine tar unless you had prior knowledge the event might be unfolding. It is not like any member of the Nat's roster or staff got a chance to take a intense nasal upload of Peralta's mitt, or that an odor or remnants of pine tar suggested the element was present before Johnson made Home Plate Umpire Tim Tschida aware of any wrongdoing.
Johnson just played a trump card he had in his back pocket, and got an effective reliever not only out of this game, but possibly the rest of the series between these two clubs. It might be a clever move to isolate one key ingredient that could thwart any late inning heroics by his Nationals club, but was it a rat move by doing it in such a devious and cowardly way. It is not like the pine tar was visible or even someone witnessed the event. Johnson was going on private knowledge he had on a prior Peralta game day tradition/superstition and used it to his advantage, possibly ruining Peralta's reputation and putting doubt of all of Peralta's positive career steps in the process.
So is this going to start a bit of a "glove war" in this series? Possibly not, but you can bet Rays Manager Joe Maddon and his squad will use this measure as a energizing polar moment, possibly playing their final 2 games against Washington with a bit more energy and want for victories. Peralta did glide over the MLB lines with his move, but isn't it common knowledge pitchers use any tools or items at their disposal to get that slight edge?
We have all seen pitchers pick up the resin bag and popped it into their forearms and hands, then do a few hard and suggestive bumps on their uniform leg for possible "future application". Isn't this considered a foreign substance since it is not a viable part of either the glove or the uniform and MLB warrants a pitcher rub his hand on his uniform after using the resin bag to extract possible excess materials?
This is one of those unwritten things you know each teams does, but it doesn't have a direct affect on the game's integrity or outcome. Players find their own ways to not so much cheat, but get their own slight advantages, but this time Peralta will pay the price through a possible game suspension and unexpected fine and further long glances into his past achievements. Johnson took the "low road" in my opinion here.
It was not a crafty move made on an observation, but on a long held habit of Peralta's that in evidently got him ejected and under the thumb of the MLB disciplinarians now. Sure some within the Nat's fan base will stand and applaud Johnson's move, but I truly wonder how many players in his own clubhouse do not want to be a part of these shenanigans. In the end Johnson pulled his trump card and sent Peralta up the Delaware River without a paddle or a bucket to keep himself from sinking.
I hope whoever divulged that tidbit of information about Peralta on the Nat's Coaching staff or player roster can sleep well at night now knowing they discredited a former teammate and possible friend. Sad when a former employer has to dig up prior dirt to get you discredited, show doubt and possibly black label you for the rest of your career just to try and develop a scoring opportunity.
I think it is extremely funny that if you go 4 letters to the right in our alphabet, then Johnson is not the Manager of the "Nat's", he is the skipper of the "Rat's"…..I bet none of his 25 man roster would want to put on that jersey….ever.


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Traumatic Injury to the Equine Central Nervous System, ACVIM 2009
Whether it's a yearling that flipped and landed on his poll or an older horse that tumbled after simply taking a bad step, traumatic injury to the central nervous system is the most common cause of neurologic problems in horses. Yvette S. Nout, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACVECC, ACVIM, a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, reviewed the pathophysiology and therapeutic options for treating these animals at the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum, held June 3-6 in Montréal, Quebec.
Nout reported that central nervous system trauma accounts for 24% of equine neurologic cases, with approximately equal distribution between spinal cord trauma and traumatic brain injury. Although some aspects of the pathophysiology in these types of injuries are different, many of the underlying mechanisms for cell damage are similar, and treatment approaches for both focus on reducing inflammation and swelling, stopping secondary injury, and aiding regeneration for a functional outcome.
She noted that the prognosis for these horses is greatly dependent on the severity of the primary injury and on the location and extent of the damage.
While head injuries are considered to occur fairly commonly in horses, traumatic brain injury occurs in only 25-50% of these cases, with the most severe injuries to the brain occurring within a closed (non-fractured) calvarium, which restricts swelling of brain tissues. The subsequent disruption of bloodflow and oxygen delivery ultimately leads to cell death.
"There is limited space within the skull that is occupied by brain tissue, blood volume, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the fluid that surrounds the nervous system," Nout explained. "If a change occurs in the volume of any of these three compartments, this directly affects the volume of the other compartments.
"For example, if the brain is injured and swells (a common response of all tissues after injury), there will be less space to accommodate the blood volume and CSF. This means less blood will be able to enter the brain and this reduction of blood flow to the brain is critical. In any injured and subsequently swollen tissue it is more difficult to get oxygen and nutrients to the cells that need it, even if blood flow is optimal. Adding a reduction of blood flow to the presence of injured tissue, such as seen in closed head injuries, confounds the problem and increases the risk of further injury to the cells," Nout said.
Trauma to the vertebral column is most often caused by a collision or fall, with trauma or fractures of the cervical vertebrae (the neck) being the most common.
In both brain and spinal cord injury, delayed tissue damage can result due to a complex array of events taking place on the molecular, cellular, and biochemical levels. The goal of treatment is to minimize secondary injury to the tissues that survived the original mechanical injury. But because the factors surrounding potential cell death following primary injury are so complex, a single drug interaction is unlikely to provide a miracle cure.
Nout covered several combinations of treatments to optimize delivery of oxygen and reduce secondary injury with the goal of salvaging brain/spinal cord tissues. Some of the treatments discussed included blood transfusion, fluid therapy (including serum versus albumin and hypertonic versus isotonic fluids), as well as the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, DMSO, and corticosteroids. In addition, Nout shared results of combinatorial treatments that include use of cell transplants and local growth factor injections under experimental conditions.
"Optimizing systemic blood pressure during the acute stage of injury is critical in order to maintain delivery of oxygen to the central nervous system," Nout said. "Depending on amount of blood loss that may occur during trauma, this is best done by intravenous blood transfusions, blood products, or hyper- or isotonic fluids and use of vasopressors/inotropes when necessary.
"The two most common routes of reducing swelling in the acute stage of injury is administration of mannitol and/or hypertonic saline, both of which ultimately shift fluid away from swollen tissues back into the vascular space. Combining these treatments with the goal to optimize oxygen delivery to the injured tissues can occur, preferably while blood pressure fluctuations and blood sodium concentrations are closely monitored.
"In equine medicine, treatments to reduce inflammation and effects from free radicals are commonly used. Examples are drugs such as flunixin (Banamine), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), and corticosteroids. Whether these drugs truly have positive effects on outcome in equine CNS trauma is still unknown," Nout noted.
She noted that while surgical intervention to stabilize surrounding areas, repair fractures, or relieve pressure might sometimes be indicated, it is not a routine practice, except in the surgical treatment of certain skull fractures (bones around the eyes, sinuses, and jaw bones). Even when emergency decompressive surgery is undertaken, pre-operative medical treatment should always be attempted as the first line of defense.
"In situations in which your horse undergoes a traumatic event such as falls or collisions with gates or other horses, etc., have your vet perform a thorough neurological examination in addition to the physical and orthopedic exam, and treated if necessary," Nout said. "Repeat neurologic examination may be necessary since sometimes onset of (milder) neurologic disease after trauma is delayed."
About the Author
Erin Ryder
Erin Ryder is a former news editor of The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care.
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HOUSE (HAUSU) Blu-ray Review [Oh, Japan!]
Posted by: Peter Hall
Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977
Written by Chiho Katsura
Reputations are an interesting thing on their own, but they can be exceptionally curious when it comes to the horror genre. If anything garners a reputation within our walls, it's likely because it is either A) notoriously bad or B) notoriously shocking. So once a fan catches wind of a reputation, it's practically impossible to not hold the film up to the exaggerated fancies and standards that have heard about. In the case of HAUSU, the reputation isn't one of being bad or shocking, it's just known as being a notoriously weird Japanese film.
Well, now that the Criterion Collection have released the film on Blu-ray and DVD in the US, I've finally had a chance (and an excuse) to see what the hubbub is all about. Annnnd…….
Yeah. It's got a reputation for a reason: HAUSU is pretty damned bizarre. However, I don't think it's the nonsensical oddity that many make it out to be. It's got a lot of interesting artistic merit and clear intent to it (after all, Criterion put their stamp of approval on it by delivering this pristine presentation of the movie), but, yes, it's certainly one of the weirder, if not weirdest, Japanese genre exports around.


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Kurt Schnier
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John Batchelor interviews Kurt Schnier about PERC's Enviropreneur Institute. He explains how the value of goods is reflected in prices, and how markets can improve environmental amenities.
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This research empirically investigates cooperative behavior in a natural resource extraction industry in which the provision of a public good (bycatch avoidance) in the Alaskan flatfish fishery is essential to the duration of the fishing season, and an information provision mechanism exists to...


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Secrets to Stress-Free Doctors' Visits
Should you swim with a full stomach? Let scrapes air out? Tinkle on a jellyfish sting? There once may have been some wisdom behind the advice (although probably not with the jellyfish sting), but many summer suggestions are outdated. With the lowdown from top experts, find out which warm-weather beliefs are based on real common sense—and which are complete nonsense.
Truth: While butter's an accessible cool salve for a hot burn from cooking, you're better off saving your stick for your buns. "Butter is just moisturizer with no specific burn-healing properties," says Margaret E. Parsons, MD, an associate clinical professor in the dermatology department at the University of California, Davis. A better home cure? "Cool ice-milk compresses (crushed ice and milk on towels) are soothing," she says. "The coolness is anti-inflammatory, and the milk is mild and not acidic, so it won't irritate skin." Ibuprofen, another anti-inflammatory, can also be helpful taken with water. "Then, a day or two after the burn's cooled down, keep the skin well moisturized to help it heal," explains Dr. Parsons. While you could use butter at this point, why waste food? Stick with petroleum jelly. But if your sunburn blisters or swells, see a doctor for topical steroid creams or oral steroids, suggests Dr. Parsons.
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