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Many Blue Jays picks to debut in 2010
Organization expects talent to blossom after late signings
By Lisa Winston / MLB.com
Three of Toronto's first five picks were college products, which may bode well for the more immediate future, including some polished middle infielders. Overall, the crop of 34 signees shows a nice balance of position players and pitchers, upside and present-day ability, youth and college polish.
Top five picks
1. Chad Jenkins, RHP:
The 20th overall pick out of Kennesaw State, Jenkins went 8-1 with a 2.54 ERA on the mound for his club, earning Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year honors (as well as an all-academic team) and posting a 41-inning shutout streak along the way. The 6-foot-4, 225-pounder signed late and will make his pro debut in 2010. He throws a heavy fastball, slider and change and has command and poise on the mound.
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3. Jake Marisnick, OF:
The outfielder from Southern California, the Jays' fifth overall pick, would have loved to gotten his pro career started, but had to wait out the negotiations of the three pitchers taken between Jenkins and himself, which pushed back his signing to the deadline. With solid skills across the board highlighted by speed and good makeup, he should make up for lost time once he gets going in 2010.
4. Ryan Goins, SS:
The Dallas Baptist shortstop is a fine defensive player with good instincts. Between the Gulf Coast League, short-season Auburn and Class A Lansing, he combined to hit .246 with 17 RBIs.
5. Ryan Schimpf, 2B:
A pure hitter out of Louisiana State, Schimpf combined to bat .293 with three homers, 14 RBIs and three steals between the Jays' two short-season clubs in the Gulf Coast League and Auburn.
6. K.C. Hobson, OF:
A power-hitting high school prospect out of Bakersfield, Calif., his dad is former Red Sox star Butch Hobson. Hobson signed too late to make his pro debut and will get started in 2010.
Best of the rest
LHP Egan Smith (7) out of the Community College of Southern Nevada posted a 2.56 ERA in nine starts at Auburn, striking out 36 while walking 11 in 38 2/3 innings. ... Cal State Northridge RHP Brian Slover (8) had a great, if brief, start to his career in the Gulf Coast League, posting an 0.77 ERA in 11 games, walking four while striking out 12. ... LHP Aaron Loup (9), out of Tulane, pitched in 13 games in relief in the Gulf Coast league, walking three and striking out 19 with 3.86 ERA in 16 1/3 innings. ... The Jays got great debuts from a pair of big-college catchers taken with back-to-back picks. Brazilian-born Yan Gomes (10), who grew up in Miami and played his college ball at Tennessee (just like current Jays catcher prospect J.P. Arencibia), hit .300 at Auburn with a New York-Penn League-leading 44 RBIs and 23 doubles. Auburn's Player of the Year, Sean Ochinko (11) hit .324 with six homers and 32 RBIs, including a .356 pace in August, to lead the club in batting, on-base average (.382) and slugging (.527). When one caught, the other would DH (or in Ochinko's case, play some first base). Gomes is the better defensive catcher, however. ... 1B Lance Durham (14), out of the University of Cincinnati, hit .221 with four homers and 23 RBIs at Auburn. He is the son of long-time big leaguer Leon "Bull" Durham. ... RHP Dave Sever (16) had a 3.34 ERA at Auburn, fourth in the organization, and is one of two players from the University of St. Louis to sign with the Jays. The other, RHP Zach Outman (28), is the younger brother of Oakland pitcher Josh Outman. ... RHP Matt Fields (22) posted a 1.22 ERA in the Gulf Coast League, second among all Minor League pitchers, as the Gonzaga product struck out 54 while walking six in 51 2/3 innings. ... SS Jonathan Fernandez (34), drafted out of community college in North Carolina, is the son of former Blue Jays great Tony Fernandez. The switch-hitter batted .211 in 37 games in his Gulf Coast League debut. ... One of the best pro debuts came from one of the latest signs, RHP Shawn Griffith (37), a George Mason pick whose 13.90 strikeouts per nine innings ranked ninth among all Minor League relievers, and his .118 average against ranked second. He posted an 0.53 ERA in 25 games between the Gulf Coast league and a few Auburn outings, collecting nine saves, striking out 52 batters in 33 2/3 innings.
Fast risers
Obviously, top pick Jenkins is expected to move quickly through the ranks, but also watch the polished infield pair of Goins and Schimpf to make their moves. Lower down, keep an eye on Gomes and Ochinko, both big college hitters.
Between Jenkins and Marisnick, their fifth pick, the Jays could not bring the middle three players into the fold. LHP James Paxton (1S), a Canadian-born southpaw who was a Draft-eligible sophomore at the University of Kentucky, returned to college. LHP Jake Eliopoulos (2), also a Canadian left-hander, opted to head to Chipola Junior College in Florida to take his chances on improving his slot in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft. That has become quite a prospect-factory, and has welcomed several Canadian players in past years such as Adam Loewen and current Twins outfield prospect Rene Tosoni. The third player, 17-year-old right-hander Jake Barrett (3) from Mesa, Ariz., opted to stay very close to home by heading to Arizona State (which just lost its head coach Pat Murphy, last week). The loss of those three picks as well as several free agents guarantees the Jays will have six -- and as many as nine -- picks in the first three rounds of 2010, so you can be sure their newly reconfigured scouting department is already hard at work planning for June.
Lisa Winston is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Sources: Kidd Traded To Dallas
February 13, 2008 - 3:23 pm
Sportsline -
The Nets have agreed to trade Jason Kidd and Malik Allen to the Mavericks for Devin Harris, Jerry Stackhouse, Devean George, DeSagana Diop, Maurice Ager, two first-round picks and cash, sources tell Tony Mejia of CBSSports.com.
The deal is expected to be finalized Wednesday.
The Nets made another side deal trading Antoine Wright for a future second round pick.
Jason Kidd is still one of the top 10 point guards easily. I think at this point hes overrated, hes still great at rebounding and passing but his offense and defense are both poor. For the remainder of this season, the Mavericks win the deal but they still wont win a championship. New Jersey overall won the trade, after this year they have 24 year old Devin Harris and expiring contracts.

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Joanna Payne has been located, according to authorities.
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Joanna Payne has been located, according to authorities.
Carteret officials are asking the public for help locating a 12-year-old runaway.
Joanna Marie Payne, of Newport, was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and cut-off blue jeans shorts, according to information from the Carteret County Sheriff's Office. She is described as biracial with long straight hair and brown eyes. Authorities say she's approximately 5-feet-seven-inches tall and 120 pounds.
Payne was reported as a runaway from Mason Town Road on Monday.
Anyone with information regarding Payne's location is asked to call Detective Lt. Michael Panzarella at 252-504-4804.


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This past Saturday Florida played host to some of the top prospects on their board for both official and unofficial visits. InsidetheGators.net caught up with several of the young men on Sunday for their take on the game, the atmosphere in the Swamp and more.
When 2012 Venice (Fla.) lineman Dante Phillips arrives in Gainesville for weekend visits to the Swamp it must practically have the look and feel of a family reunion. Not only does he get to see former teammate Trey Burton out on the field, he has current (and future) teammate Clay Burton in the stands along side him.
And for this last visit, he brought along another current teammate, 6-foot-2, 205-pound 2012 running back Danny Dillard (who rushed for over 1,000 yards this season and is already receiving interest from programs such as Florida, Miami, Florida State and Ohio State).
As always, Phillips said that he enjoyed himself, "The game was crazy like always. I had fun watching it with Clay, Dino and Danny."
Unfortunately for Florida, and fans such as Phillips, on Saturday the Gators suffered through their fourth defeat of the season, their third straight at home.
Despite UF's 6-4 record, and fall from national prominence, Phillips said that his commitment is solid.
When asked if Florida's downward spiral negatively impacts his image of the Gators, Phillips replied, "It has nothing to do with my status. UF is my home. That's where I want to be. I'm locked in."
Phillips of course enjoyed the atmosphere surrounding the game, but he said that one thing in particular caught his attention.
"The highlight of the weekend was when [Ronald] Powell laid that kid out during [Andre] Debose's return. He's a bad man."
If Phillips commitment is as firm as it seems, two years from now he'll be part of the same team as 'the bad man' Powell, and Trey, and Clay...
During the 2011 recruiting cycle, no single Florida commitment did as much to aid the Gators recruiting effort than did Venice (Fla.) dual-threat quarterback Trey Burton. He worked the phones and made appearances at camps and games for the sole purpose of helping the Florida coaching staff secure a top notch recruiting class.
This year, Trey's 'little' brother, 2011 defensive end Clay Burton is following in his brother's footsteps - doing his part in helping the UF recruiting efforts.
And since he committed much later in the process, he is making up for lost time.
On Saturday he was making the rounds in the stands talking to multiple prospects.
"I try to talk to whoever they ask," said Clay "And get to know them."
Much like his older brother, though Clay does his fair share of recruiting, he prefers the soft sell, "Ultimately I can't make their decision for them, but I do try to influence them."
When asked about the game, Burton singled out the opening kickoff return for the touchdown as the highlight.
However, like Phillips, he enjoyed it for a reason other than the run itself. "The first play was unbelievable," said Burton. "I didn't even see the return because I specifically watched Ronald Powell take someone's head off."
While UF is struggling on the field this season, those struggles haven't carried over to the recruiting process - where they come in at No. 5 in the Rivals.com Team Recruiting Rankings.
Burton believes he knows the reason, "They struggled which is usual with a young team. Their struggles don't effect me at all because they play quality opponents every week and I trust the coaching staff to get them right."


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-- Robert Preidt
TUESDAY, March 26 (HealthDay News) -- Low levels of vitamin D
during pregnancy are associated with an increased risk of
complications in mothers-to-be and low birth weight in their
newborns, a new study finds.
The research shows an association but doesn't prove that
insufficient vitamin D causes complications. Still, taking vitamin
D supplements may help reduce these risks, the researchers
Researchers examined data from 31 studies published between 1980
and 2012. The studies had between 95 and 1,100 participants.
The analysis revealed that pregnant women with low levels of
vitamin D were more likely to develop gestational diabetes
(diabetes during pregnancy) and preeclampsia (high blood pressure
and protein in the urine). They were also more likely to have a low
birth weight baby.
The findings, published online March 26 in the
BMJ, are "concerning" given recent evidence that low levels
of vitamin D are common during pregnancy, particularly among
vegetarians, women with limited sun exposure and those with darker
skin, the researchers said.
The body makes vitamin D when the skin is exposed to sunlight.
Other sources include supplements and certain types of foods, such
as fish. Milk is usually fortified with vitamin D.
While the study identified a significant association between low
vitamin D levels and an increased risk for pregnancy complications,
further research is need to determine whether programs to boost
vitamin D levels in pregnant women would reduce those risks, the
researchers at the University of Calgary in Canada wrote.
The findings support a goal of ensuring that all pregnant women
have adequate levels of vitamin D, according to an accompanying
editorial by Robyn Lucas, of the National Center for Epidemiology
and Population Health at the Australian National University in
She said that vitamin D "supplements, diet and sunlight
exposure" are all measures that "should be used together, with
care." Large, well-controlled studies are still needed to clarify
the association between too little vitamin D in pregnancy and birth
complications, she said in a journal news release.
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Rihanna Style Breakdown: What's Right, What's Wrong, and How to Fix It
Rihanna is a style lightning rod. On one hand, she plays by her own rules, creating and breaking fashion prescriptions with little regard to how everyone else does things, and sometimes she wows us. Other times, though, she completely misses the mark. We noticed that happens usually when she wears pants.
Now, we're not suggesting she go pantsless anymore — she does that enough on social media. But her dresses tend to be style grand slams, while her pants are pure strikeouts.
The simple, slinky black satin dress with a halter-style top that she wore while performing 'Stay' at the 2013 Grammys was vintage "good" Rihanna: It showed skin, it was sexy and it was wearable.
The golden Acne PJs she wore to an event were vintage "bad" Rihanna. While it's rare that she covers up so much, it's a sloppy choice. There's a sexy way to look like you just rolled out of bed. This wasn't one of them.
What's Right:
RiRi is red hot. She favors the color in her dresses and on her lips. This Calvin Klein micro mini, worn to a GQ event, allowed the singer to drip sexiness.
On the complete opposite end of the scarlet spectrum was her custom Alaia dress for the 2013 Grammys. It showed skin in the slightest of ways and she looked like a princess.
While we know Rihanna likes to post topless (and bottomless, much to her mom's dismay) photos on Instagram every eight seconds, she's made red carpet choices were she covers up yet still oozes sex.
Case in point: the form-fitting black croc-skin look Tom Ford dress she wore to the 2012 Met Gala. It had that whole BDSM energy to it, but she barely showed any skin from the front …
… ah, there it is. She flashed some back flesh, upping this gown's overall scorch. And did you get a look at that bootay? Oh, that thing rivals J. Lo's.
Ri can do white as beautifully as she does black. Her snowy Adam Selman gown from the 2012 VMAs had cutouts in just the right places. It wasn't trashy or "too much."
It was even better from the back. Flawlessly paired with her signature pixie and crimson pucker, the end-of-summer crisp white fabric gave it a natural feel.
What's Wrong:
The sexy plunging neckline of this Alexendre Vauthier ensemble from 2010 is totally ruined by those power bitch shoulders and winged legs. This is total runway — not real way. And? It's fug.
We're noticing a trend that pantsuits tend to be Rihanna's biggest missteps. Case in point: This polka dot one looks clownish.
Another pantsuit flop. Leather is a sexy, liquid fabric, but this looks like a sack she would wear to a kegger.
Rihanna went literal with the menswear trend, donning Raf Simons and Acne in this striped suit. It's too big and there's nothing femme about it — she could wear 20-inch stilettos and it would still be devoid of femininity.
How to Fix It:
Rihanna's sexpot nature can be tempered with femininity. A perfect example is this white custom Nini Nguyen party dress she wore to her fragrance launch in December 2012. It gets a powerful punch from the thick, gold choker.
She can even be girlish in a hot pink dress, too.
When she goes casual, she usually nails it. She also knows how to wear leather the right away, despite that leather trash bag-like mistake that looked borrowed from a rapper's closet.
Sexy details, like the slit and the clingy fabric, are also smart choices for her. And … always bet on black. Even when she wears the basic hue, she usually gives it a different, outrageous and unexpected air.


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By Ben Golliver
The NBA announced Saturday that Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle has been fined $25,000 for publicly criticizing the officials after a 100-97 loss to the Warriors on Thursday night.
Carlisle joins owner Mark Cuban and forward Shawn Marion, who have also been fined for criticizing the league's officials in recent weeks.
The Dallas Morning News reported Carlisle's post-game comments on Thursday.
"The game came down to the call that wasn't made," Carlisle said. "Brandan Wright got hit on the arm. And it's obvious. And it's two nights (games) in a row. It's very tough to take with as hard as our guys are fighting to not be on the free-throw line with a chance to go ahead with 6 seconds left in the game.
"We put ourselves in position and I don't know what you want to call it at the end – unlucky, whatever you want to call it. Screwed? It happened."
ESPNDallas.com reported additional comments, as well as Carlisle's reaction to the fine on Saturday.
"I'm disappointed and I'm very concerned," Carlisle said Thursday. "Concerned about what's happening at the end of games with the officials. I can only be honest."
Moments later, Carlisle added: "I've never been one to make it about the officials. So I don't want to wallow in this too much. But it's a fact that two nights in a row, miscalls have really hurt us, and I'm disappointed by it."
"I spoke to the NBA office and agreed that I should be fined for my comments following the Golden State game," Carlisle said in a text message. "In this league we all have challenging jobs, and the job of the officials is one of the toughest. Those postgame remarks about the officiating were not appropriate, and I accept the fine."
Carlisle was upset because of crucial late-game calls that went against Dallas in a Tuesday night loss to the Blazers in Portland and Thursday's loss in Oakland.
Against the Blazers, Mavericks guard O.J. Mayo was whistled for a charge on a last-second drive with the score tied. The NBA announced Wednesday that the ruling was incorrect and Blazers guard Ronnie Price should have been whistled for a block on the play, which set up a LaMarcus Aldridge game-winner on the ensuing possession.
Against the Warriors, Mavericks center Brandan Wright had his shot blocked by Warriors center Andrew Bogut with five seconds remaining and Dallas down one, leading to two free throws for Golden State on the other end. Mavericks wing Vince Carter was not able to make a game-tying three-pointer at the buzzer.


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/dev/urandom wrote:Ubuntu is popular because PC magazines for beginners say it's the best thing since sliced bread.
And for beginners, it *is* the best thing since sliced bread. Imagine buying your parents a laptop with pure Debian. Thanks to Ubuntu, a popular Linux laptop might be a near future.
Linux world desperately needed someone who there for the money, who''ll target the mass market, who'll actually put Linux on the map for an average user. They've played dirty, but we've all profited in a way, because when they get into the market, everyone will. Now they're trying to play dirty again and, as I explained above, we'll profit again either way. Ubuntu is not here to do what everyone else is doing, they are *not* yet another distro. They're here to succeed commercially by doing all the moves others won't do. And while I might not like Ubuntu anywhere near my computer, I sure love the fact it exists. So again, let them do this. It can only be good for us, the end users, however it turns out. If ads and crap are not your cup of tea, skip Ubuntu, you have so many other options. But let them do their thing, they're good at it.


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'Sup fellas? I am currently working at an institution of higher education, where I have worked, along with many other projects, on encouraging students to discuss their spirituality with one another.
My goal has been to help students gain an appreciation, or at least respect, for one another's beliefs. At the same time, I am also interested in seeing whether students drop religious values that call for hating others, e.g., LGBT kids, Catholics, agnostics, atheists, etc., many of whom are their peers.
As part of this work, I have also involved atheist and agnostic students in identifying and sharing their spirituality, which (much to their own surprise) has proven to be just as strong as their peers'.
In any case, since I found this to be such a successful project in my work, I wanted to see if we, at KOL, could get into this.
Questions for you ALL===> 1. What do you consider to be the most powerful thing/force/being in the universe (or whatever unit of existence)? 2. How do you relate to it? 3. How do others, in your opinion, misunderstand it?
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Verlander off his game in rain-shortened loss to A's
DETROIT -- Justin Verlander's opening inning lasted 25 minutes and 44 pitches, the most he has thrown in a single inning in his career. His actual downfall Tuesday night took longer than that.
By the time A's cleanup hitter Brandon Moss hit his go-ahead home run with two outs in the fifth, it felt much later. The way the rain was falling, it felt like a go-ahead homer in the ninth.Full Game Coverage
DETROIT -- Justin Verlander's opening inning lasted 25 minutes and 44 pitches, the most he has thrown in a single inning in his career. His actual downfall Tuesday night took longer than that.
By the time A's cleanup hitter Brandon Moss hit his go-ahead home run with two outs in the fifth, it felt much later. The way the rain was falling, it felt like a go-ahead homer in the ninth.Full Game Coverage
If the pace didn't give off enough of that feeling, the steady rain did. It began in the second inning and continued until the umpires called the game in the sixth for a 6-3 Tigers loss.
"We both had our chances," manager Jim Leyland said. "They took advantage."
Detroit's second consecutive defeat to Oakland sent Verlander to double-digit losses for the first time since 2008, yet it felt more like a 2010 type of outing for him. He had long early innings seemingly with regularity that year, only to recover with quick middle innings.
Verlander averaged around 6 2/3 innings a start that year. He averaged better than seven innings a start in 2011 and '12. With Tuesday's five innings, he's averaging just over six innings a start this season.
In the end, as rough as Verlander looked in the outset, the difference came down to Moss' two-run homer on a hanging changeup Verlander was struggling to grip.
"I felt like I got in a pretty good groove there, getting some quick outs. And then, unfortunately, a changeup didn't do anything," Verlander said. "I was drenched. Literally my fingers were like I just got out of the bathtub."
Cleveland's loss in Atlanta meant Detroit didn't surrender any ground in the AL Central. The Tigers remain 5 1/2 games up in the division.
Verlander (12-10), meanwhile, remains an enigma for the defending AL champions. After a stretch in which the former Cy Young and MVP seemed to regain his old form, Tuesday marked his second consecutive non-quality start, and sent him to double-digit losses for the first time since 2008 and just the second time in his career. Unlike last Thursday against the Twins, however, his damage wasn't an abundance of base hits, just big ones when the A's needed them.
Oakland totaled four hits on Verlander over his five innings. Three of those hits drove in runs. All three plated a runner that had reached base without a base hit.
His stuff wasn't particularly good, which explains the three walks, two of which set up runs. On this night, at least, neither was his luck, which is partly why he paid so dearly for the stuff.
"You never quite know what's going to happen until you step on the rubber in the game, no matter how good your control is in the bullpen," Verlander said. "That could always be different in the game, and today was one of those examples. [I] was pretty sharp in the bullpen, then came out there and wasn't quite able to find it."
The A's fouled off 13 of Verlander's 44 first-inning pitches, six fouls coming during the three-batter sequence that put Verlander on the defensive from the outset. He was ahead on Coco Crisp, Josh Donaldson and Jed Lowrie and ended up watching all of them reach base.
Crisp worked out of a 1-2 count for a walk. Donaldson escaped an 0-2 hole to line a single to right. Lowrie fouled off three pitches before his popup fell just inside the foul line in short right field for a two-run double.
By the time Verlander took the mound for the second, he had a lead to protect, thanks to Prince Fielder's two-run single and an Alberto Callaspo error on Omar Infante's two-out ground ball. Verlander sent down the side in order in the second and recorded two quick outs in the third, seemingly in command.
It was a throwback to the pitch-conservation mode that had saved Verlander so many times a few years back. In this case, it allowed Verlander to feel his mechanics were in order.
"When I started slowing down a little bit and just trying to pitch to contact and lower my pitch count -- and [pitching coach Jeff Jones] said he saw it, and I felt it -- there were times when it felt great," Verlander said. "There's a series of pitches where it's like, 'That's it.' And then there'd be one or two where I feel like my arm's a little late."
That two-out situation in the third inning was one of those, with Verlander falling victim to two hitters he struck out in the first. He had a 1-2 count on Moss, who fouled off back-to-back fastballs to stay alive, then lost a curveball off the plate and a fastball up to walk him.
Yoenis Cespedes fell back into an 0-2 count, setting himself up to chase another 96-mph fastball high. This time, however, Verlander didn't get it in, putting it over the plate instead. Cespedes lined it into the left-field corner for an RBI double and a 3-3 game.
"When you're a starting pitcher, everything's about consistency. You need to be able to repeat," Verlander said. "I know that, and it's just a matter of getting there."
Moss came back up in the fifth thanks to an Infante error with one out on a Donaldson grounder. The Tigers had retired Donaldson at second on a Lowrie ground ball, but couldn't get the double play.
The first changeup to Moss was down and away. The second one wasn't.
"The second at-bat did a lot for my confidence against him, as far as knowing I was able to battle him a bit," Moss said. "There was a changeup first pitch, a really good one, and he came back with one that didn't have that same bite to it. It just stayed up, and I swung as hard as I could, and luckily it got out at least by a few feet."
Given the weather, it was a fifth-inning homer that felt like a game-winner. Four batters and a Seth Smith homer into the sixth, with Bruce Rondon slipping off the mound and tweaking his back, the umpires called for the tarp. Like Verlander's fateful changeup, they never came back.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason.


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Losing Familia to surgery a big blow to 'pen
By Anthony DiComo / MLB.com
WASHINGTON -- Expressing pessimism that Jeurys Familia will pitch for the Mets again this season, manager Terry Collins admitted Wednesday that he expected to lean heavily on the right-hander as this season progressed.
"I really thought by the end of the season, he would be that eighth-inning guy," Collins said of Familia, who underwent surgery Wednesday to remove bone spurs and loose bodies from his pitching elbow. "I told him he's just got to make sure he goes out and works hard, and when the rehab comes, rehab. He's a good worker. I know he'll bounce back. I'm just glad there was no further damage than that."
Familia was earning more and more responsibility in the weeks leading up to his injury, regularly pitching later in games and even earning a rogue save opportunity. But general manager Sandy Alderson estimated Familia's recovery at six to eight weeks plus rehab, meaning he may not be able to pitch until September, if at all.
"I don't think we'll have him this year," Collins said. "But certainly as long as it's not ligaments, as long as just a bone spur, I know that he'll physically come back and be fine. And when he's throwing pain free, I don't know what the timeframe is, but he has the luxury also of being able to pitch in December, pitching down in the Dominican, getting ready for Spring Training to where he'll still come in in shape."
Pain-free Niese poised to return to rotation
WASHINGTON -- Jon Niese threw a 39-pitch bullpen session Wednesday without pain or discomfort, keeping him on track to re-enter to the rotation Saturday against the Marlins.
"It's nice to throw a bullpen without feeling any soreness or pain," said Niese, who missed his last start with left shoulder tendinitis. "I kept the arm angle up and made some pitches in the bullpen that had probably 85 or 90 percent intensity, and felt really good. I'm pretty confident that I feel good. How it felt before, in between each start, was night-and-day difference from how it felt today. It was good to get that rest."
Barring some unexpected setback later this week, Niese will return to the rotation Saturday at Citi Field, slotting behind Matt Harvey and pushing Collin McHugh back to the bullpen. The left-hander is 3-5 with a 4.40 ERA in 11 starts this season, but 1-1 with a 1.33 mark over his last three.
"He said he felt great yesterday," manager Terry Collins said. "He had no discomfort at all, no tightness. So that was a good sign."
Mets want Lagares' bat to catch up with glove
WASHINGTON -- Seeking to give Juan Lagares at least two consecutive games in center field, Mets manager Terry Collins offered the rookie a rare start Wednesday against a right-handed pitcher. Lagares should start again Thursday, with lefty Gio Gonzalez on the mound.
Whether he receives more opportunities going forward is entirely up to him.
"He needs to hit," Collins said of Lagares, who entered the game with a .146 average in 48 at-bats. "We're making enough outs, let alone just to give them away."
If nothing else, playing time in center field these days is certainly up for grabs. Though the Mets are curious to see what Lagares can provide on both sides of the ball, they are also wary of overexposing the rookie. That led them last month to acquire Rick Ankiel, who has struggled while starting regularly against right-handed pitchers.
With Kirk Nieuwenhuis recently catching fire at Triple-A Las Vegas, the Mets may soon jettison either Ankiel or Lagares to make room for him. So the next few days should be telling.
"I think both of them are good defenders," Collins said. "Because the ceiling's so high on Lagares, you hope that the playing time is going to get him to be a better player, where maybe even offensively he'll grow."
Annual Walter Reed visit 'humbling' for Mets
WASHINGTON -- David Wright sat and listened as a 19-year-old war veteran, who had just returned from Afghanistan three days earlier, related the details of his injury to the Mets third baseman.
"To just see his spirits -- I think they enjoy talking about their injuries, telling their stories, what's going on there," Wright said. "To be able to sit down and listen to these first-hand accounts with guys that are protecting us and serving our country, it goes without saying that it puts things in perspective."
Wright's conversation was just one snapshot from the Mets' annual visit to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. The entire team makes the pilgrimage there once per year, in a trip that grew out of owner Fred Wilpon's commitment to military causes.
"It's always a humbling experience," second baseman Daniel Murphy said. "It's very humbling to see what men and women are able and willing to give up. And then one of the reoccurring themes of it is that each one of them would do it all over again, even if they knew the outcome. To me, that speaks volumes as to the character of the individuals in there."
"There's probably nothing else that I could say that hasn't been said before," Wright said. "That trip is something I really look forward to."
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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1.) R&G "No Cut" Frame Sliders for S1000RR - got a set of these and they performed as advertised, have a nice aerodynamic teardrop look, and no issues.
2.) Hornig Mirror Caps for trackday prep - reasonable, worked as advertised. May paint mine Alpine white, though!
3.) Hornig Rear Footpeg Tiedown Holders - again fairly reasonable cost, and if you've ever ridden as a passenger on an S1000RR, you'll note that passenger accomodations are a bit vestigal. Slots to pass tiedown straps through are quite small and may be a tad sharp along edges. I needed to use a double looped "extender" through each tiedown holder to hook the tiedown to. I realize I could just loop the tiedown strap through and ratchet it up, but I like the idea of a loop in there. When I use these to transport to next track day, they'll get a more detailed review.
4.) CRG "Roll-A-Click" adjustable fold-up brake lever for S1000RR - fit and finish perfect, no issues. Would like to be able to dial in a lever position a little bit closer to the bar. The S1000RR has monster brakes and you don't need a lot of lever movement to stop immediately.
5.) CRG "Roll-A-Click" adjustable fold-up Clutch Lever for S1000RR - finish perfect, looks great, one important possible no-buy issue.
This aftermarket lever is the one the 1000R really needs since it is a long reach unless you de-tension the cable and have some slop. I didn't much like that, so ordered this one up. The lever fits the mount and clutch cable with no issues but the aluminum "cam" that actuates the clutch interlock switch when released and de-actuates the switch when the clutch is engaged did not work on my 2012. The "cam" is too large and never lets the switch go. This required a bit of thought and dis-assembly to figure it out. After taking the clutch mount off of the bike and dis-assembling, I found that the clutch switch was non-adjustable. It is plastic and at first I thought of slightly enlarging the mounting screw holes to jog it around a bit, but decided this was a bad idea. The mounting screws would have required more torque to hold the switch and since it is plastic, a crack could have happened. Also, I don't think that bolt-on parts should require motorcycle modification.
I ended up taking a file and some various grits of sandpaper to the clutch switch actuator "cam" on the CRG lever to remove some material and polish it out. This took app. 45 minutes and it works fine now, but shouldn't have been required. I sent a review up but it hasn't been posted yet, so inquiring S1000RR MOA minds get to know!


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I have been working on a few classes for a 2D gui system and I have a really wierd problem that I have spent days trying to work out and I really don't know what is wrong.
I have a cGUIManager class, a cBaseWindow class from which window classes are made using inheritance, then Windows have controls, so I have a cBaseControl class and controls like buttons and text boxes are made using inheritance.
If the user clicks clicks the mouse the GUI Manager gets a call to it's MouseDown function. The GuiManager Will then work out which window, if any, the mouse down event was for. It will then make a call to that window's MouseDown function.
Now the window will use the MouseDown function it inherited from it's parent cBaseWindow. This function works out if any of the window's controls have been pressed. If a control has been pressed a call is made to the controls MouseDown function (the cBase control class has an empty function) so the call is for the derived class.
Here's where the problem is..
Some times the program works as intended and the call is made to the MouseDown function of the derived control class, however sometimes this is not the case and the call gets sent to the cBaseControl's MouseDown method.
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I understood virtual funtions like this:
The type of the object should be used to determine which function should be called incase inherited classes overide that function. Otherwise, the type of the pointer will always be used.
A window has a vector of cBaseControl pointers. When a window is created all the controls are added to the vector. This is done by creating objects of derived control classes with "new" and then using push_back to add to the vector.
The strangest thing is that the problem is intermittant. I can compile the .exe and run it a few times and get different results, sometimes I find that the base method gets called and sometimes i find the dervived class's method is used.
I need some help with this, I am so confused, I have been programming for about a year, and am hoping that this is some kind of newbie problem that can be fixed relatively easily. I have uploaded my project to make things clearer, I would really appriciate any help or feedback.
Try running the exe and clicking a text box field, it might work, it might not, then run it a few more times, and I sure that eventually it will make the wrong call..
Another stange thing is that the top text box of this window always seems too work.. 0_o
Anyhow, please help me, thanks for reading this if you go this far


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We are enjoying our little apartment in downtown Cancun. The neighbourhood is pleasant, with lots of small casita comidas and a gigantic Soriana grocery store. A few blocks away is the bus stop where we can catch a R-2 or R-15 down to the hotel zone beaches for 8.5 pesos each.
Today, since the morning was pleasant, we decided to visit the second set of ruins here, the El Meco, north of Puerto Juarez, where the boats to Isla Mujeres depart. Rather than taking two buses, we elected to splurge and take a taxi. After negotiating a cost of 90 pesos for the trip, we headed out through the downtown traffic, past Puerto Juarez, to the ruin site, a small area just across the road from the ocean. Just as we pulled up a truck was blasting pesticide into the place to take out any fugitive mosquitoes – blechhh.
El Meco is Cancun's version of Tulum, the waterfront ruin site down the coast from Playa del Carmen, although it's not nearly as large and not right on the water. "The city is … believed to have been a major commercial port for the Maya and overlooks the beach and docks from across the road at Punta Sam where nearby claims indicate that there's the last vestiges of the ancient port hidden along the beach line.
The city's importance to the Maya is thought to have occurred from its proximity across the coast from Isla Mujeres, its location along the coastal trading routes and the area of calm but deeper water for vessels." Architectural evidence dating back to the early Classic period (300-600 ce) show that El Meco was a small, self-sufficient fishing village dependent upon the larger capital of Coba.
"At the center of the site is the large El Castillo Pyramid surrounded by a dozen or so smaller structures believed to be used for governmental, religious and commercial trading purposes by the Post Classical period Maya starting in the 10th or 11th century AD.
The site previous to this was believed to be home to a small native village going back to the 6th century AD. … Speculation based on artifact finds and architecture places El Meco at the heart of one of the Chichen Itza periods and further speculates that the city was amongst the then extended realms of the rulers of Chichen Itza." (http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g150807-d1108603/Cancun:Mexico:El.Meco.Ruins.html).
As has happened lots on this trip, we were the only visitors to the site, enjoying walking through the well-treed ruins and throwing bits of apple to the tiny iguanas.
We were surprised to see only very small, skittish lizards here (except the medium-sized guy below), none of whom were willing to come near enough to get the pieces of apple we placed for them.
Ty speculated that the lizards are not well-treated here and as a consequence those that survive are afraid of humans. Can they be eaten for food, I wonder? If so, this would explain why there are no big iguanas here.
After our visit we walked along the very quiet highway, saw a beachfront chapel, and flagged down a collectivo which dropped us at Puerto Juarez.
We took a look at the old dock where the first passenger ferry to travel between Cancun and Isla Mujeres runs – it's almost deserted now that the new Ultra Mar catamaran plies the water between the newly-built Gran Puerto dock and the island.
Although we hadn't planned to visit Isla Mujeres today, since we were there anyway, and the boat left in five minutes, we bought our tickets and hopped aboard for the twenty minute run across the incredible clear blue water.
Arriving on the other side, we walked through downtown Isla M, enjoying the bright colours of the buildings, the wares on display, the graffiti, and the laid back island vibe.
Not bad advice …
After having a dockside beer at the Bally-Hoo Inn, we walked five minutes down the road to Playa Norte, where we stationed ourselves beachside for the rest of the afternoon, swimming in the placid water.
Unlike in Cancun, where the high waves have prevented actual swimming (as opposed to frolicking in the waves), here it is possible to swim laps in the roped off area.
Unfortunately for Ty, his burned stomach meant no sun for him, just relaxation under the ol' sombrillo. Yesterday, both of us had spent quite a bit of time in the high waves of Gaviota Azul beach and the glare from the water and sand must have been too much for the sunscreen to cope with.
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As of tomorrow "It Will Rain" will be released globally (on Sept. 27th) for sale exclusively via iTunes (save for in the U.K., which will get the song in early November).
Bruno Mars spoke with Billboard about his song "It Will Rain" and Breaking Dawn. Have gave some pretty awesome details! Here is what he had to say-
"Do I wear a Team Jacob shirt or a Team Edward shirt?," jokes the singer/songwriter. "You know what? I'm Team Bella all day."
Mars says that "the 'Twilight' movies for me (are) a love story. But it's a dark love story. And I think the best way to describe the song is: it's the darker side of love. I think that pretty much sums it up."
"It Will Rain" "started off with me and the guitar," Mars says, "and I just had this melody in my head and basically laid it down after I saw the film."
Lucky Mars got to see "most of the movie" so he "could catch the vibe and feel where they were going with it." But, he doesn't know (or won't divulge) where the song will be heard in the film itself. "I have no idea! As long as it's not after the credits. I hope it's in a good (scene)!"
Mars says that "It Will Rain" is intended just for the "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" soundtrack and not for his own on-the-horizon second album. "I personally think if I did this for the 'Twilight' soundtrack, then this is for the 'Twilight' soundtrack," he says. "This is not for my album."
I will totally be downloading this first thing in the AM!-Ashes
Update: You can now listen to "It Will Rain" :) I flove the internet!
- Lorabell


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In some ways it is surprising that the Syrian uprising is being covered to the extent it is in the UK broadcast media.
Yes, the events in Syria are marking a radical shift in thinking and politics in the Arab world. Yet with so little substantiated news it is surely very hard for this story to dominate news agendas as it should.
There have been no iconic images such as the one of Neda Agha-Soltan, the young women who lost her life protesting against the almost certainly fraudulent Iranian elections results two yeas ago.
And with next to no verifiable footage taken within Syria, independently minded journalists banned by the Assad regime have to rely on the accounts of refugees streaming across international borders.
In Turkey, President Erdogan, who has been building up strong economic and political ties with Assad's regime has offered refugees from the town of Jisr al-Shughour – which has been the target of a concerted military assault – protection on the understanding they do not talk about their experiences to journalists keen to update reports.
So when the established media cannot report there is a vacuum.
It is left up to citizen journalists such as Amina Abdallah Arraf al-Omari, a 25-year-old gay woman in Damascus to tell the world what is going on.
Amina, within a few short months, was able to give an insight that no journalists could.
The blog was attracting hundreds of thousands of hits, and no doubt was used as a source by many reporters.
Then Amina was abducted, but by whom? No one was sure although one of the many branches of the Syrian secret police or security services must have been involved – an online campaign to free her resulted.
However, it has been unmasked as a hoax, a complete fraud.
It was the work of a US student residing in Edinburgh, Tom MacMaster and possibly his partner Britta Froelicher (although MacMaster now claims it is his work alone).
Even the pictures of Amina were stolen from the Facebook page of a Croatian girl living in London who had no connection to the material being used on the blog.
MacMaster had the gall to explain his deception: "While the narrative voice may have been fictional, the facts on this blog are true and not misleading as to the situation on the ground. I do not believe that I have harmed anyone – I feel that I have created an important voice for issues that I feel strongly about."
There are many issues raised by such behaviour but I want to concentrate on just one: The reliance of news sources where there is no legal or editorial safeguards to ensure a commitment to follow standards of integrity and professionalism.
Of course no news outlet is free of bias, but the issue with Citizenship Journalism is that those basic standards we expect from a news source might be there or not, through design or lack of it.
This is one reason why established media outlets such as national newspapers do not have to feel threatened when there seems to be others with greater access, speed or credentials disseminating news.


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GROVELAND, Fla. - A Central Florida man was arrested after, according to deputies, he received 120 pounds of marijuana that was delivered to his home.
Robert L. Jones was arrested on drug trafficking charges and was taken to the Lake County Jail.
According to the Lake County Sheriff's Office, a vehicle was stopped in Arizona and officers discovered about 120 pounds of high-grade marijuana, which was destined for Central Florida.
Arizona authorities contacted the Lake County Sheriff's Office and a controlled delivery of the marijuana was conducted to a home on Villa City Road in Groveland, deputies said.
Jones accepted the marijuana and was arrested, deputies said.
Detectives obtained a consent to search the property and located what appears to be a repackaging and distribution location for marijuana, Lake County deputies said. Detectives located about 3 additional pounds of high-grade marijuana, packaging material, log books and about $20,000 in U.S. currency, according to officials.
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Groin tightness forces Braun to exit
By Jordan Schelling and Jeremy Warnemuende / MLB.com
Brewers try putting Hart at first base
MILWAUKEE -- In less than a week, Corey Hart has been the focus of multiple changes for the Brewers.
Four days after moving into the leadoff spot in an effort to jump-start the offense, Hart made just his second career start at first base Monday against the Giants at Miller Park.
Hart had started 145 games as Milwaukee's leadoff hitter before manager Ron Roenicke juggled the lineup Friday. He's been atop the order three times since the move, but Monday against the Giants, he became the first Brewers first baseman to bat leadoff since Mark Loretta on Sept. 21, 1999.
"Right now, we're in the trial mode," Hart said. "We need to find a way to get things in a better rhythm. Right now, it's not working, and I think we're going to keep trying things, lineup shuffles, and something's going to work. We have a good enough team that one of these situations, you're going to come up and it will be a positive."
Entering Monday, Hart was a career .282 hitter with a .336 on-base percentage in 693 plate appearances in the one-hole. His .527 slugging percentage from that position is actually the highest for any of the four spots in which Hart has hit extensively -- first, second, fifth and sixth.
He batted leadoff for extended stints in 2007, when Rickie Weeks was out with a right wrist injury, and in 2011, when the Brewers flipped Weeks and Hart in the order to generate more production from the five-hole, where Hart was uncomfortable batting behind Prince Fielder.
As far as first base goes, Hart hadn't started there since 2006 and had only played parts of four games at that position. He did play 179 games at first while in the Minors, more than any other position except for third base (187).
Roenicke said he'd rather move Hart to first permanently as opposed to switching him between there and right field. Hart said first base is "not my favorite spot," but he won't complain as long as he's in the lineup.
"Right now we're trying to do whatever we can to get wins," Hart said. "And if that's going to help, then I'll go over there."
Ejection perplexes Brewers reliever Dillard
MILWAUKEE -- Tim Dillard was as surprised as anyone that he was ejected Sunday for throwing a pitch behind Twins infielder Jamey Carroll.
"I didn't really realize it for a second either," said Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy, who had to inform Dillard that he had, in fact, been ejected. "I guess whenever you miss by that much, guys start wondering what's going on."
Now Dillard is left to wonder what further punishment might come his way in the form of a fine or suspension. Dillard should be fine unless he finds an envelope waiting at his locker.
There was one there Monday afternoon, but it was just a harmless note about the Babe Ruth League.
What caught Dillard most by surprise was that no warnings had been issued prior to his ejection.
"He throws sidearm, man," said fellow reliever Kameron Loe, who finished the ninth following the ejection. "Sometimes he lets one go in the right-handed batter's box."
Adding to the question of Dillard's intent were the postgame comments from Carroll, who said Lucroy mentioned Nyjer Morgan's name before home-plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt cut their conversation short.
That would seem to imply retaliation on the Brewers' part for Morgan getting hit by a pitch earlier in the game, but Lucroy said that was not the case.
"I said 'Nyjer Morgan,' but it was more on the basis like, 'Yeah, I think they thought that you said they threw at Nyjer Morgan on purpose or something,'" Lucroy said Monday. "I really don't know; that's all I said. And I didn't think it was anything more than that.
"I think it was just a miscommunication. I don't think he heard me because the umpire kind of cut us off."
Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said he had read the comments from Carroll, but Roenicke did not wish to comment on the situation.
Brewers stick with Kottaras-Wolf battery
MILWAUKEE -- As well as Jonathan Lucroy has been swinging the bat lately, it was not enough to get him the start Monday behind the plate, even with lefty Madison Bumgarner on the mound for the Giants.
Instead, manager Ron Roenicke stuck with the left-handed-hitting George Kottaras, who typically catches Brewers starter Randy Wolf.
"I didn't wrestle with it, but we did talk about it today," Roenicke said. "I like both of our catchers. I can't imagine production-wise if there's any better pair in the Major Leagues."
Lucroy entered Monday leading the Brewers with a .342 average, including four home runs and 27 RBIs. He drove in seven of those runs Sunday, becoming the sixth player in club history to match that franchise record and the first since Corey Hart had seven RBIs on May 23, 2011, against the Nationals.
A first-inning solo homer and his first career grand slam accounted for Lucroy's first career multi-homer game in what also was his first start batting cleanup. Lucroy's .552 average (16-for-29) with runners in scoring position entering Monday was the best in baseball.
But even as well as Lucroy has been hitting, he doesn't mind sitting out every fifth day.
"It's nice for me to have a built-in off-day every five days," Lucroy said. "And it's not like Georgey can't hit. The guy rakes, let's be honest. With Wolfy pitching, him and George work together very well, so why try to fix it if it ain't broke?"
While Roenicke does like the combination of Wolf and Kottaras, he admitted that he might prefer to be able to use Lucroy in a game like Monday's, with a lefty on the mound.
Lucroy has caught Wolf five times in the past -- twice in 2010 and three times last season -- with the veteran left-hander going 2-2 and posting a 3.10 ERA in those games. Wolf entered Monday's start 24-23 with a 4.37 ERA in 60 games with Kottaras behind the plate.
But the preference has more to do with the ability of Kottaras and Wolf to get on the same page a little better than Wolf and Lucroy.
"I like them both out there," Roenicke said. "[But] I think there should be some times when I'd rather put Luc in there catching Randy. Tonight would be one of them. But we need to talk to them more about that if we decide we're going to go that way."
Students get valuable advice from Brewers
MILWAUKEE -- Before Monday's game against the Giants, Brewers players and front-office members went to five Milwaukee public schools to work with students in accordance with the team's S.C.O.R.E. program.
An acronym that stands for school, community, opportunities, role models and excellence, S.C.O.R.E. focuses on helping students with communication and other life skills. The program also gave kids in Milwaukee a chance to interact with some of their favorite Brewers players.
"It was awesome," said relief pitcher Tim Dillard, who was joined by four of his teammates at Lincoln Center of the Arts on Milwaukee's east side. "We didn't know if anybody knew who we were or not, but we get the round of applause when we're getting introduced, and we get to [starting pitcher Zack Greinke] and the whole place goes nuts. It was fun."
Dillard's group worked with sixth graders at Lincoln Center of the Arts, but the Brewers talked to students of all ages, including high schoolers at Milwaukee School of Languages, where players such as Ryan Braun and Rickie Weeks were present.
The Klement's Famous Racing Sausages also accompanied the Milwaukee players to add a little fun, but Dillard said the most important thing was that the students listened to the message the Brewers brought with them.
"Mainly for me, I tried to get the point across that we don't get where we are without getting help, and there's help out there," Dillard said. "It's about latching onto the people doing the right things and who want to see them succeed. Just letting them know that there's people out there."
Last call
With Loe's pitch count getting high in the ninth inning Sunday, the Brewers were a batter away from bringing in a position player to close out the ballgame. Roenicke said center fielder Carlos Gomez and infielder Edwin Maysonet were his first two options.
"I would have Gomey do it for sure, except I really think that he would be trying to throw 100 [mph] and looking up at the clock," Roenicke said. "If it wasn't for that, I would bring him in."
Gomez batted in the No. 5 hole Monday. Gomez entered the game with 12 plate appearances in that slot over 24 games, but it was his first career start batting fifth.
Pitcher Shaun Marcum threw a bullpen session Sunday, four days after he tweaked a muscle along his rib cage before a game against the Astros. All went well, according to Marcum and Roenicke, and the right-hander said he'll have no problem making his scheduled start Tuesday against the Giants.
Jordan Schelling is a contributor to MLB.com. Jeremy Warnemuende 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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Verizon continuining its post-Sandy cleanup
0. phoneArena posted on 02 Nov 2012, 21:49
Verizon now has 97.2% of its cell sites in the area hit by Hurricane Sandy, up and running again with coverage approaching pre-storm levels while in lower Manhattan, coverage is still not back to normal; every day more cell sites should become operational...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. Volcomguy51 (Posts: 18; Member since: 23 Jan 2011)
Verizon, kudos to you guys but they need their unlimited data plans to see if anything may be coming in the set future. Glad you're helping and recovering the issue!
7. richardyarrell2011 (banned) (Posts: 510; Member since: 16 Mar 2011)
Barf on Verizon and all these dweebs. Verizon is useless regardless of what they do concerning this matter. This doesn't change the late fees this carrier gives for late bills, this doesn't change it's poorly designed shared data plans or rates, this doesn't change it's piss poor ability to give timely updates to handsets, and we won't even talk about the dreadful battery life/reception and signal issues it's bloated LTE network has. Straight like that PISS ON VERIZON. I kicked them to the curb for Tmobile in June and through the whole hurricane Sandy experience from Monday to Wednesday I had great service with Tmobile expect for 4hrs of not being able to text on Monday evening. But phone calls were great on Tmobile....
10. dmckay12 (Posts: 243; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
I know it wasn't as bad, but my service during Issac was flawless. We were powerless for 4 days because the storm was still there. Everyone else had trouble getting calls and connecting to the internet. Say what you will about Verizon, but where I live, their coverage is amazing.
11. JC557 (Posts: 1865; Member since: 07 Dec 2011)
At least service was reliable. People I know with other carriers are suffering from spotty service.
At least Verizon (that looks like the one on Lexington) is allowing people a free charge, even those with competing carriers. An ATT user was charging their phone while the ATT store across didnt offer s**t.
NY was hit surprisingly hard for a barely CAT 1 and I'm one of those who won't see power for another week, have gas and scarce transit. Luckily it wasn't worse.
14. dmckay12 (Posts: 243; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
It wasn't really that surprising. Sandy was large (radius wise) and moving fast and the storm surge only had to clear a 4 foot wall (above sea level at) during high tide. If it had the same defenses that New Orleans or Miami has, it would not have been such a problem.
20. JC557 (Posts: 1865; Member since: 07 Dec 2011)
A majority of the damage in my borough came from the wind and large aging trees. The tunnels and lower lying areas had massive flooding. The last major hurricane we had did somewhat less damage.
23. ncv144 (Posts: 126; Member since: 04 May 2012)
The reason there was so much damage in new york is because most of the buildings there are made of sheetrock and plaster and stuff like that and not of cement so they easily break from winds and water, also the subway entrances should NOT be open they should have doors that can be closed so the subway doesnt get flooded when a storm comes.
15. Nadr1212 (Posts: 741; Member since: 22 Sep 2012)
I thought Hurricane Sandy was an actual person!
16. Nadr1212 (Posts: 741; Member since: 22 Sep 2012)
If ur using a PC to write your comment(s), thumbs up!
21. dragonstkdgirl (Posts: 144; Member since: 07 Apr 2012)
So let me get this straight, you are dissing on Verizon for making an effort to help the people affected by Hurricane Sandy when they:
1. Made all demo devices available to the public to contact their loved ones.
2. Sent out COLTs and COWs to allow the public to charge their phones.
3. Is waiving late fees and preventing shut off for people who were affected by the hurricane.
4. Has over 90% of affected towers back up and running only as day or two after the end of the storm.
5. Is one of FOUR major carriers that were said to have coverage loss
And you are sitting here claiming your TMo phone worked the whole time.
What were you doing to help your fellow man during this time?
Oh that's right, you were busy on Twitter. Nevermind.
2. oldghost (Posts: 8; Member since: 30 Oct 2012)
Nice gesture.
Perhaps they should go further and reduce a customer's bill for the days they were without service.
Why should customers pay for a full month if service has been out for days?
6. oldghost (Posts: 8; Member since: 30 Oct 2012)
Bad comment down rank?
For saying that a carrier should adjust a bill due to outage or interruption?
We must have a hidden Verizon agent on this site.
3. jenna_23 (Posts: 145; Member since: 02 Apr 2010)
FROM what I heard from my family members in the NY n new jersey area tmobile and att were the ones that came up first cuz of there roaming agreements then sprint then .... Lastly Verizon I felt bad for my sister that has Verizon she was the one without service the most time while her husband was able to talk on his att phone I would imagine it must of sucked having Americas most reliable network not work after the disaster while att that has a bad reputation didn't take a long time to get there network up and running after the disaster same with tmobile.
8. richardyarrell2011 (banned) (Posts: 510; Member since: 16 Mar 2011)
Yes you are 100% correct. I have Tmobile and my service was great when I walked off my job Sunday night in Lower Manhattan all the way home and for 4 days later in the Bronx. At the height of the storm Sunday night into Monday morning I was on the phone taking to a friend in jersey city who has a Razr Maxx Hd phone on Verizon his phone went dead totally. I didn't hear from this person till Wednesday 6pm. I left 8 messages on this persons Verizon phone which went straight to voice mail on first ring. My Tmobile service was working very well through the whole ordeal except from 9am to 1pm on Monday no text messages went out. But after all was well. Through the height of Hurricane Sandy I was on twitter and Facebook with friends that live in various areas from Staten Island to Jersey City and all was on line using our smartphones for over 8hrs using Tmobile and At&t..
9. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)
"ScareCrow Pleeeze..."
I live in Lower Manhattan and had service the entire time except that same window on Tuesday during the early part of the day. However, I bounced periodically from 4G to 3G and back to 4G but, had service the entire time outside that short window early Tuesday. And, I know "youza' lie" because my Mom was with me in my apartment and she lost service COMPLETELY on Wednesday morning and she has T-Mobileless; her service wasn't restored until about 5:20 PM yesterday, only AFTER the power was restored to the Lower East Side. My brother, who also has T-Mobileless and who lives about 7 blocks away also had no service in his iPhone; he had to use his roommates AT&T iPhone. Ironically, since my brother's iPhone is unlocked it was showing AT&T in the status bar; I think it was iConfused.
Furthermore, I took my Mom's GSII with me yesterday to charge it and on my way down on the M15 it completely lost service below East 34th.
Sidenote: pay your bill on time like the song says 'bug-a-boo!'
26. andynaija (Posts: 1048; Member since: 08 Sep 2012)
LOL +1 for the "ScareCrow Pleeeze..."
24. EXPLORER901 (Posts: 6; Member since: 11 Dec 2011)
You lie.I got a call from a Verizon customer this morning asking for some bonus min because he was letting lot of people use his cellphone to call their insurance companies.He told me that vzw is the only carrier that work in NJ and we going to have lot of custumers after everything settle down.I told to him to not worry about overage charges we will take care of the bill
25. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)
Thank you, he's a big unhappy lying troll with bad cell service who habitually, by his own admission, pays his T-MobileLess bill late. I bet he even had to use payphones. I am proud of Verizon network ability throughout this and, I don't even work for them.
BTW, check out my avatar photo (Grand Central Graybar Bldg)
4. tuminatr (Posts: 902; Member since: 23 Feb 2009)
my sister lives in queens and for maybe an hour she could not make are recive long distance calls, local calls, text messggeing and data has not skipped a beat. she has verizon her roommate with t-mobile did not have service
5. Robert235 (Posts: 67; Member since: 30 May 2010)
i only could of made calls on 4g signal ,3g and 2g no luck
12. JC557 (Posts: 1865; Member since: 07 Dec 2011)
One thing I noticed at Verizon was that their bars would go from blue to white and then drop down to 1X while other phones didn't.
13. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)
You said it!! That drop to 1X just meant you had no data connection and, therefore, could not surf the web or sync email or anything that relied on 3G/4G Data connectivity BUT, YOU STILL HAD VOICE SERVICE MOSTLY THE ENTIRE TIME. My Mom and brother both have T-Mobile; my Mom's phone went dead with "NO SERVICE" Wednesday morning while my dear brother had no service on Monday night as soon the the power went dead so did his trusty unlocked (T-Mobile) iPhone 4S.
I also received an email from Verizon stating that customers in the affected and surrounding areas could go into the corporate stores abd were free to charge their phones and use the various devices in the stores; it even stated laptops would be available!!
19. JC557 (Posts: 1865; Member since: 07 Dec 2011)
I meant the Droid Razr HD and M. others were still 4G LTE. It turns out that a phone reset would solve that.
I had LTE throughout and after the storm.
22. ChrisTheTechGuy (Posts: 85; Member since: 04 Nov 2010)
1x is a data speed....similar to dial up...1x indicates a 1x data connection. nothing next to your bars indicates voice coverage only
17. Ralston1983 (Posts: 70; Member since: 03 Feb 2011)
I did have an extended period of time during Monday night where I was in 1x mode. But from what I experienced, sprint members were out the most.
18. Reluctant_Human (Posts: 906; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)
Bottom line is during this disaster it all depended on where you were which service provider was better than the others but Verizon was the best where I'm at.


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Discussion in 'Old's Cool' started by dorkpunch, Jan 18, 2009.
That looks like an SL, check the date on the Steering head yolk.
the date is a 7/75 it says xl100 on the headstock label.
sl's had flat fenders with no "bob tail" in the rear.
the tank on it is off a CB125 from about 76, its pretty beat up. but i have found a couple tanks i can make work (not going original here)
Yeah, I had a brain fart. Had it in my mind the XL 100 came along in 77.
that CB125 tank actually looks pretty good on there.
Got my 82 XL500R running today's after my restoration. Never heard it run before but it seems to be very loud.
Are they loud bikes anyway? Anything I can do to quieten it down? I've got the stock muffler on it and its in good condition, no rust or holes
Thanks :)
Sounds a bit louder than my 82, hard to tell on the video.
Is the little cover plate in place underneath the very rear of the exhaust?
Mine is louder than I would like for it be.
yeah, but its not staying, its full of rust and the whole top is smashed in, add to that it doesnt even fit really. but for 200 bucks, i wasnt complaining for something mostly complete, and street legal-able.
actually, me and a friend each got a bike from the same dude. mines a 76, his is a 77, both are xl100's and were both makin mini trackers out of em. (gotta have someone to race with)
Nice project!
And so the quest for rear end travel begins!
A few basic measurements
got me here
Hmmm, not much to work with!
Gonna need a longer swingarm for a start!
No turning back!!
I m,easured afew other bikes and settled on a axle to axle length of 500 mm
Found a bit of 75mm x10 mm flat bar, lopped of a couple of bits, some rough and ready jigs
and I had this
k in the bike for some checking, all square, chain alignment spot on!
Tried every position I could
but all I'm ever going to get with that little shock stroke is 6and a half inches of wheel travel,so the hunt is on for longer shocks!
I pulled the oil screen out of my new to me 81 XL500S.. Its probably the first time its ever been done and it was spotless
While the cover was off I wiggled the timing chain and it had plenty of slop. I loosened the two 10m (1 nut 1 bolt) on the upper part of the cylinder and it seems to have taken the slack out of the chain. Is this the proper way to tension it? Is it good to go now?
So far I'm very happy with my $150 purchase!
I know the early stock XL350 swing arm is longer (not sure how much) &
will bolt right in.
What's the eye to eye shock length you need?
I'd start looking at duel shock elsinores. Think they're 17.5"
(stock is 13"-14" eye to eye, right?)
IIRC, the 350 is exactly one inch longer. I could be wrong though...
And just for fun a blast from the past. Sure I've posted these here already, but just found them in the vault. Love this pic. Wish I still had 'em all.
Can anyone post of pic of the correct kickstart return spring installation for an XL 100 ? I have the new spring rady to put in but my bike had none in there before to use as a reference. I can't even be positive I have the right spring.
Nice. My BILs and FIL and I are planning a one-night back country ride on our old XLs: 1978 XL250, 1981 XL185s, 1982 XL250, and 1983 XL350. I'll post pics when it happens.
Yeah, can't really tell from the video. Not sure what you mean. There is no plate underneath the exhaust. Inside the cladding/outer packing (whatever it's called) looks very good.
I went for a ride today and it's very loud. Apparently i could be heard easily about half a mile away :eek1
Anyone have any ideas on how to quieten the beast down?
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I see. I don't seem to have the cover on mine. Just had a quick look on the internets and saw that without the cover, it can sound poppy and farty. Exactly how mine sounds. Seems to be popping/backfiring a lot on decel
Take a look at my pics of it.
Yours seems to be modified.
Hmmm... Interesting. I may have to invest in another muffler. Don't get me wrong, I love a noisy bike but this just takes it to a whole new level. It really is a bit too loud for me.
May get this if I can't find a stock one
Doesn't have the cover but I've had a musket muffler on another old Honda and found them to be good.
Thanks for the help BTW, really appreciate it


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Andy Jefferson added a comment - 13/Nov/13 07:43 PM
Piotr Ostrowski added a comment - 14/Nov/13 08:30 AM
There is a test case: https://github.com/yuppyavd/test-jpa-multiselect
Andy Jefferson added a comment - 14/Nov/13 03:52 PM
Refer to
Piotr Ostrowski added a comment - 15/Nov/13 08:58 AM
Referred ticked was fixed in 3.2.8 version, but problem with multiselect still exists in newest version.
Piotr Ostrowski added a comment - 15/Nov/13 09:20 AM
I have added another test case on github project. It shows, that problem isn't only with boolean expressions.
For example concat expression is also not working:
cq.multiselect(r.get("id"), cb.concat(r.<String> get("name"), r.<String> get("surname")));
Andy Jefferson added a comment - 17/Nov/13 10:05 AM - edited
Which is unlikely anything to do with this "issue" (which was nothing to do with any Criteria multiselect feature, instead support for returning boolean non-fields in JDOQL/JPQL for RDBMS). If you have some problem you raise it as its own issue.
Piotr Ostrowski added a comment - 19/Nov/13 03:03 PM
I don't know, why you close this issue. I have made a simple test case that newest version of datanucleus failed and some other JPA providers pass correctly. So how this issue can be related to another already fixed issue? And if it is realy related, why is that issue fixed, while the problem still exists?
I have no problem with datanucleus, because i'm not using it. I have done a test with some multiselect features and with many JPA providers. Datanucleus was the worst (Hibernate and EclipseLink also not impressed), so I decided to open this issue, but you thing is nothing to do with it...
Andy Jefferson added a comment - 19/Nov/13 03:10 PM
If you read my comment I said open a separate JIRA issue per "problem"; you want to lump them all into one JIRA issue and that is not how this project works (nor how the majority of open source projects work). The thing you raised this JIRA issue for is fixed in the RDBMS plugin (as you already said yourself, above), and was nothing to do with multiselect of Criteria FWIW. So you should then raise this separate problem in a different JIRA issue. Nowhere above have i said you don't have some separate second problem.
Saying something was the "worst" is pretty lame when you provide no basis for that. If you had provided some independent set of tests that defined compatibility with some API spec then there would be basis for comment, instead we just get "worst". Don't forget, this software is there for free for you to use if you want (and if you don't want to then just don't use it). Obviously I can find many things that are "problems" in other persistence providers that DataNucleus handles very well.
Andy Jefferson added a comment - 19/Nov/13 03:12 PM
Oh, and this is "closed" because 3.3.4 is released (where the RDBMS fix that your original problem is present)
Piotr Ostrowski added a comment - 19/Nov/13 04:32 PM
When I was opened this issue, I attached a simple project witch was testing many persistence providers, but this attachment gone. I said, that datanucleus was worst in that test project. Now I have checked 3.3.4 release and it passes all tests successfully (concat, boolean and more). So now Hibernate is the worst :)
And datanucleus certainly is not the worst. In the same time I have opened similar issues on Hibernate and EclipseLink JIRAs and there are still not any comments or answers...
Andy Jefferson added a comment - 19/Nov/13 04:37 PM
Thanks for the feedback Piotr. We do try to fix problems when reported (not that there is always as much time as we'd like), and thanks for taking the time to report them and check.


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Stephon Marbury
Jamal Crawford
Quentin Richardson
Zach Randolph
Eddy Curry
I love Marbury but he didnt play that well but did a couple nice things.
Some of the turnovers were comical.
Did u see Crawford throw the alley oop and no one was there and it hit the backboard lol.
I reckon he threw the ball away 4 times.
Ugly game tonight. Does anybody know about the little argument between Z-Bo and Isaiah? Maybe this will lead to Zach and Eddies execution
after the game zach just said it wasnt a big deal, and he was just mad that he wasnt playing, so-no luck here...
Damn player-centric usernames straight to hell.
wow man, i applaud you on ur knowledge in basketball generally as a fan, and ur knowledge of the knicks....i agree with u on a lot of posts, but crawford has been our shining point in our last 4 or 5 games....yeah he shots 41% for the season, but our last 4 games he has shot 48% and is averaging 24 ppg on 48% shooting....the only thing i can see u getting on crawford for is him not slashing and going to the line.....now, with that being said, i cant believe that, of all people, you are taking the blame off of q.rich for his ****ty play this season...and he is slow becuase he is fat and has no work ethic, q.rich is pathetic and deserves no minutes....BTW, how does being a step slower make u miss ur shots? Jordan can still make shots, reggie miller can still hit shots....qrich is SORRY....he neds to be cut or traded asap....waste of a position....get balkman in for him, it isnt like he's still hitting 3's...whats his use on the team?
and i agree he is playing ****ty,and why isiah the great is playing him all these mins... well u will have to ask him yourself, cause its beyond me...
The Knicks played hard, and I liked the fact that Isiah Thomas benched Quentin Richardson,Zach Randolph,and Eddy Curry.What he needs to do next is bench them permanently.The response that Zach Randolph gave tells you that Randolph is hiding something.He really wants to say the Knicks suck and Isiah Thomas is nuts, but he is keeping it to himself.
yea he dont like Ny...but it dont really matta 2 him all he cares 4 is stats
Now onto Crawford, to tell you the truth I think he would be alot better comin off the bench but who do we have to take his spot? He has been more efficient recently on offense but he had 6 turnovers last night and he never plays any defense. I think hes the opposite of what Q has become, Crawfords got the skill but he lacks the aggressive mentality.
I appreciate you applaudin my basketball knowledge, alot of your posts are real good. Im sorry about that arguement we got into a week or 2 ago everythings all good now.


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SAN DIEGO The Bureau of Automotive Repair has suspended the licenses of a Chula Vista Smog Check station owner and one of his employees for cheating the state's Smog Check Program.
Bureau investigators found that Pedro Marquez, the owner of Ernie's Auto Repair and Smog in Chula Vista, and employee Luis Espinoza were "clean piping" and "clean plugging" vehicles to get them through their Smog Check tests.
"Clean piping" is when a vehicle that would not pass a Smog Check on its own, or is not present for testing, is fraudulently certified as passing. To accomplish this, a technician or other individual uses a clean exhaust sample from another vehicle that will pass a Smog Check, but enters the data for the vehicle for which the Smog Check certificate is required. "Clean plugging" is when a technician plugs the On Board Diagnostics generation II (OBD II) system into a different vehicle from the one that is being tested.
"Clean piping and clean plugging are illegal and cannot be tolerated," said Acting Bureau Chief Patrick Dorais. "This fraudulent conduct undermines the many honorable smog stations and technicians performing accurate inspections on thousands of cars every day. It threatens the quality of air we all breathe and depend on as Californians, but particularly our young children and the elderly."
An Administrative Law Judge has granted the Bureau's request for Interim Suspension Orders to immediately suspend Ernie's Auto Repair Automotive Repair Dealer registration, Smog Check License, Lamp Station License and Break Station License, along with Espinoza's Advanced Emission Specialist Technician License. The Bureau will now proceed with its efforts to permanently revoke all of those licenses.
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Prairie Oat Growers Association Awards Second Research Grant
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The Prairie Oat Growers Association (POGA) has announced its second oat research grant. Lori Warren, PhD, PAS, an associate professor at the University of Florida, will receive more than $146,000 in funding for a two-year research project titled "Can beta-glucans improve the responsiveness of the immune system in horses?"
The research project began in June. Warren's project was recommended for funding by the Equine Oat Research Advisory Board in 2013.
"There is a tremendous need for research on equine nutrition to better understand how we can keep our horses healthy and strong," said Art Enns, POGA president. "Dr. Warren's research project presented a great opportunity for us to better understand the internal health needs of horses, allowing us to continue our efforts in building a platform of factual research in equine nutrition."
Warren's study will investigate the potential for oat beta-glucan to improve the responsiveness of the immune system in horses. Beta-glucans are a type of dietary fiber, commonly known to benefit the human body by improving heart health. The United States Food and Drug Administration has approved heart healthy labeling for packaging of food products with high beta-glucan levels. Although numerous studies have been conducted on beta-glucan in relation to the human body, the influence of beta-glucans in equids has never been evaluated in depth.
"Oats are a rich source of beta-glucans, whereas appreciable quantities are not found in corn," said Warren. "This study will investigate the potential for oat beta-glucan to improve the responsiveness of the immune system in horses. If oat beta-glucan can enhance immune function or mediate stress-induced suppression of the immune system, it will greatly improve the value of oats as a main ingredient in equine feeds."
This is the second research grant made by POGA to studying the nutritional effects of oats on horses. The first was awarded in 2013 to Laurie Lawrence, PhD, of the University of Kentucky for a two-year study.
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Lol Kyle Lowry being the Bull dog as advertised lol.
Lol Kyle Lowry being the Bull dog as advertised lol.
i wish leo would become a curling commentator
A key that opens many locks is a master key, but a lock that gets open by many keys is just a shitty lock
jesus all these offensive Rebs
raps need to finish the possession
lucky derozan hit that contested shot.. lowry was wide open
(top right is the secondary scoreboard being used for the game - primary is broke)
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LOL Alan Anderson gets put on skates trying to defend Wall. Nice try bud!
stupid reaction by Lowry but that shoulda been dbl tech as Brooker was 'bullying' hi
Ross with the short leash is fine -- but why not Anderson?? This game could be out of reach for the Wiz if it wasn't for AA CHUCKING more bricks than Bob the Builder.
Bucks currently losing to Brooklyn...ahem
hmm I became an allstar 2 days too late
hmm just read his box score 1 of 7 and 1 of 4 from deep lol my mistake I thought he hit 2 treys he is chucking tonight lol.
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Amir has 2 points and no rebounds at the half, yet he's at a +17. Shows you how much of an effect he has when he's on the floor. Especially at the defensive end.
If Ross wasnt soul searching at the moment he would undoubtedly start taking Anderson's minutes but right now he isnt the Ross I used to know lol he didnt hit the Rookie Wall he slammed in to it.
I don't like the tech but, love the toughness! The rest of the league needs to know that we wont get punked. Rudy and Lowry are slowly changing the impression of this team around the league. Enough being nice. Its not like it's gotten us anywhere.
who controls the republic twitter account?
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They've actually got a video of a backhoe digging into the street to prepare the way for track installation. At left, as well, is a snapshot of initial construction. It's small (about 3 miles of track), but it's a start.
Why is this such a big deal? It's taken a very long effort ... a struggle, really ... no, actually, more like an urban war ... to finally make this rail transit project a reality. The first vote, for a full-performance light rail transit plan, lost a popular vote (for funding) back in 2001.
Planners and advocates then shifted to a more modest streetcar plan, affordable with available city revenue — but rail opponents forced a popular vote in 2009.
And the opponents lost! Rail won!
But Cincinnati's transit war didn't end there. Last fall, opponents forced yet another popular vote to try to stop the rail project.
And the rail adversaries lost again! Voters were clear that they wanted some kind of rail transit for Cincinnati.
But the war's not over, even yet — more on that in a moment.
Central to the Cincinnati rail transit success has been an intrepid, indefatigable rail transit advocate by the name of John Schneider — aka "Mr. Streetcar," as he was described in the groundbreaking ceremony last month. A real estate developer and New Urbanism fan as well as a rail advocate, John has worked tirelessly for over a decade, trying to educate and inspire Cincinnati community leaders about light rail, streetcars, and what benefits rail transit can bring to Cincinnati.
His signature effort has been to organize tours of sizable groups of public officials and civic leaders to visit what he regards as the premier model of good urban design and rail transit — Portland, Oregon. Year after year, John built community support through taking groups of key individuals on these first-hand "immersion" experiences with Portland's MAX light rail, modern streetcar system (photo at left), and face-to-face meetings with Portland planners and leaders.
Obviously, this effort has paid off for Cincinnati. And it's not a bad public education model for other cities.
But, like I warned, the war's not over. John suspects that Cincinnati rail opponents are now trying to cut the streetcar project off at the pass, via an intervention from the Ohio legislature. So far, Cincinnatians have proved quick on their feet in the face of previous curveballs by opponents.
With guys like John Schneider on the team, they've got a lineup that's hard to beat.


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Despite a year that saw her slapped with a $20,000 fine for an on-court tirade, Serena Williams managed to win the Associated Press' Female Athlete of the Year Award, beating fellow tennis great Kim Clijsters and horse Zenyatta to capture the annual honor.
Williams spent 2009 re-establishing herself as the best player in women's tennis, soaring to the top of the professional rankings and taking home titles at the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
The tennis great exploded at the U.S. Open when she lost in the semifinal round, spouting a profane rant at a line judge after a call she disagreed with during the match.
"People realize that I'm a great player, and one moment doesn't define a person's career," Williams told the Associated Press.
Williams, 28, has won 11 Grand Slam titles. This is her second AP Female Athlete of the Year Award -- she won her first in 2002.
"I'm just happy and blessed to even be playing seven years later. All this is a bonus, really," Williams told the AP. "In 2002, I just was really dominant, and I think in 2009, I just brought that back. I kind of became that player again."
Zenyatta, the first female horse to win the Breeders' Cup, came in second and tennis star Kim Clijsters took third with 16 votes.