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Wheeler Peak (NM) Climber's Log
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|great hike
Date Climbed: Jan 1, 2005
|Climbed a few times. Once in the fall, once in the winter, but didn't make it. Once in the spring, swimming in mushy snow.
|Posted May 15, 2009 1:47 pm
|Sunny snow!
Date Climbed: May 9, 2009
|Snow made the trek much more challenging and, in the long run, more satisfying. It gave me a nice break from the 100 degree+ days in Southern Arizona!
|Posted May 14, 2009 11:52 am
Date Climbed: May 9, 2009
|Should have listened to those reports about snow... postholed and swam our way to the top with no proper gear, but a great day none the less. 4 hour 40 min up... over 3 hours down.
|Posted May 14, 2009 11:06 am
|Climb and Ski Descent
Date Climbed: Feb 22, 2007
|Nice climb and ski descent with John Kear.
|Posted Mar 1, 2009 11:25 am
|Wheeler Peak from Williams Lake
Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2008
|Started at 6:30am from Williams Lake TH. Hiked to the lake, then climbed directly to the summit of Wheeler (third summit since 2001). Visited summits of Old Mike Peak, Simpson Peak and Mount Walter. Descended west slopes route and returned to the car by 1:30pm. Nice hike, great views.
02-07-2009: Solo winter climb via Bull-of-the-Woods Trail. Seen lots of bighorns near Frazer Mountain. Climbed NW ridge of UN 13,045 to avoid deep snow in La Cal Basin. Returned the same way. Warm but windy on the summits of Wheeler and Walter. Total: ~15 miles, 8:30 hours. Good weather, great views.
04-25-2009: Solo ridge traverse from Kachina Peak (Kachina-Lake Fork-Pt.12,807-Pt.12,819-Pt.12,728-Simpson-Wheeler). Fun snow ridge, nice weather, terrific views!
03-12-2011: Winter climb from Bull-of-the-Woods TH. 7:40 hours car-to-car.
|Posted Jan 25, 2009 8:22 pm
|Wiktoria Plawska
Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2007
|Great and high-elevation peak. Beautiful views from the top.
|Posted Jan 24, 2009 2:49 pm
|Very cold day
|Very cold, windy and long day.
|Posted Jan 2, 2009 4:43 pm
|Boriss Andean
|Route: Williams Lake
Date Climbed: Dec 5, 2008
|Left from Taos around 10:30 am. The hike started from Williams lake trail at 11:40 am. Got to the lake an hour later and climbed the Wheeler's steep slopes in two hours. Knee deep snow in areas. Beautiful views of the surrounding mountains.
Very windy at the summit (4,011 m/13,161 ft). Saw Big Horn Sheep near the top.
Perfect weather and a great hike up to New Mexico's highest peak! Got back to the car right before sunset.
My 4th US HP!.
|Posted Dec 7, 2008 1:16 am
|Terrible Weather
Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2008
|We had terrible weather on this peak. We were in the clouds the whole time. Took Williams Lake trail. When we gained the ridge the wind was blowing so hard, I almost felt like I needed to crawl to the summit. Made it though. Amazing feeling to hike in that type of weather. It gave me a new respect.
Did San Luis and Elbert the days before - with the same crappy weather on San Luis.
|Posted Nov 12, 2008 5:08 pm
|Cold solo from Williams Lake
Date Climbed: Oct 13, 2008
|Left TH at 0800 and made decent time until I hit the ice. Left crampons in the car...oops. Williams lake was beautiful with fresh snow on the surrounding mountains.
|Posted Oct 15, 2008 4:24 pm
|Bull-of-the-Woods from Taos Ski Valley
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2008
|Pretty view, but crowded on top that day. The approaching storm should've cleared things out soon after we left.
|Posted Sep 28, 2008 2:43 am
|Horshoe Lake Route
Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2008
|Awesome hike with extremely varied scenery. Right under the ridge of Horshoe lake we crossed two snowfields and that was the only snow we encountered. Horshoe lake is was beautiful. The best views I have ever seen awaited me at the summit along with a thunderstorm building over Old Mike so we had to book it down to Horshoe.
|Posted Sep 20, 2008 11:50 am
|Williams Lake option
Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2008
|#1 9-11-08 Brent, Lee & I reached the top in just under 2 hours. Yes, the ascent from the lake is steep, but the dry footing made it tolerable. Made the short side-trip to Mt. Walter before descending. Perfect weather: mid-level clouds, light breezes. Headed for AZ the same day with the intention of climbing Humphreys Peak the next morning. (We did.) #2 9-2-12 Enjoyed the "new" trail en route to the top. Bagged Mt. Walter, too. 2+29 up 2+34 down - many, many hikers on the way up during our descent.
|Posted Sep 13, 2008 11:19 am
|mad maximus
|Cold and Alone
Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2008
|Got up early and returned by 1pm. I was alone all the way up and most of the way down. Some highschool kids were coming up when I got to the lake.
|Posted Sep 6, 2008 7:18 pm
|kevin trieu
|made the summit with menacing dark clouds and numbing cold.
|Posted Aug 26, 2008 5:00 pm
|Tour de Wheeler
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2008
|Ascended via the Bull of the Woods Trail and descended via Williams Lake. There was a dead bloated cow complete with flies part way up. At one point I and my companions left the trail and ascended to Walter Peak via the ridge crest on the west side of La Cal Basin.
|Posted Aug 12, 2008 10:38 pm
|Williams Lake route
Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2008
|Nice hike and trekking poles make the descent of this route tolerable. My second state highpoint in three days with Colorado's Elbert being done on the last day of July. Met quite a few others at the summit, maybe 30 or so. Met many more as I was going down.
Mountain Sheep, marmots and pikas added to the delights of this mountain.
|Posted Aug 2, 2008 8:42 pm
|solo via Williams LK
Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2008
|Beautiful weather without threating T- storms. Departed hikers parking lot for Williams Lake at 4:50 AM. On top at 9:30 AM. No other hikers at that time. Many marmots on top and during slog up 2000 FT from the lake. No summit register could be found unless one was hidden in barrel of cannon.
|Posted Aug 1, 2008 11:02 pm
|Great hike, great scenery
Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2008
|Bull-of-the Woods trail with a descent down to Williams Lake. Nice views all around. My second state highpoint!
|Posted Aug 1, 2008 6:41 pm
|We Made It
Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2008
|Thanks to Sarah and Ron (who we met on the trail), we all summited. Pretty long for a dayhike from the Coyote parking lot. Seeing the bighorn sheep was an added bonus.
|Posted Jul 21, 2008 2:10 am


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Wales tour of Australia
Hook and Phillips free for duty
ESPN Staff
May 15, 2012
Mike Phillips will be available to face the Barbarians © Getty Images
Wales have received a boost with the news that Mike Phillips and James Hook have both been released by their French clubs to join up with the national squad ahead of their game with the Barbarians.
Rob Howley named Bayonne scrum-half Phillips and Perpignan fly-half Hook in a 38-man training squad for the Six Nations champions' summer itinerary on Monday, which includes a June 2 meeting with the Baa-Baas and three Tests against Australia. The squad are set to meet up on May 21, with the exception of the Ospreys' contingent who will be preparing for the RaboDirect Pro 12 final against Leinster.
Bayonne and Perpignan were not obligated to release Phillips and Hook by that date as it falls outside the International Rugby Board's formal date of release for the summer Tests. But the Welsh Rugby Union have been notified by their French counterparts that the players will be available for the start of Wales' training schedule.
Howley praised the move by the French federation saying: "This is fantastic news for us as it means Mike and James will be fully involved in the complete preparation programme we have in place.
"They are both experienced international players but it is still a huge advantage to have them working within our environment from day one. We are extremely grateful to the French Rugby Union and the individual clubs involved for taking this step.
"It is a gesture which will undoubtedly benefit the players and I know they will want to thank their individual clubs for helping them fulfil their international commitments with Wales. It is an example of northern hemisphere rugby working in unity for the benefit of our players and the game in general.
"We are all aware of the difficulties we can encounter when Welsh qualified players are based outside Wales, but this decision shows there are opportunities for us to realise mutual benefits."
Clermont Auvergne full-back Lee Byrne was not included in Howley's squad as he is likely to be in action for his club up until the tour party leaves for three Tests in Australia.
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CUNA Mutual to Sell Its Australia Operation
After a 41 year run, CUNA Mutual Group is pulling its operations out of Australia through a sale to an international insurance firm based down under.
CUNA Mutual Group said it has reached an agreement in principle to sell its Australian business operations to QBE Insurance Group. QBE Australia is a member of the QBE Insurance Group, Australia's largest international insurance and reinsurance group and one of the top 25 global insurers and reinsurers as measured by gross written premium, according to CUNA Mutual. QBE Australia has more than 50 offices spanning each state and territory in Australia.
As part of its strategic review process, CUNA Mutual said it concluded its Australian business would be better positioned to serve its customers and for future growth under a different ownership structure. The company has had business operations in Australia since 1969, serving approximately 100 credit union and similar financial cooperative customers.
Part of the decision behind the sale had to do with CUNA Mutual acknowledging that it was having a difficult time building a motor and home insurance product base in Australia, said Faye Patzner, senior vice president, CUNA Mutual's head of international operations and the company's chief legal officer.
"It's not a product we were good at there," Patzner said. "Right now, in the United States, we partner with Liberty Mutual. We're not sure we were providing a service when there were other better players in the [motor and home] marketplace."
Patzner said another motive for selling its operations in Australia was because of the decline in credit unions in the country over the past 10 to 15 years. According to WOCCU, there were 111 credit unions with a combined $42 million in assets and more than 3.4 million members in Australia as of 2009.
About a year ago, Patzner said CUNA Mutual started looking at "others who could do it better" in Australia and began discussions with QBE last summer. Both companies have signed the contracts and the closing is scheduled for March 31. On closing day, QBE will own CUNA Mutual's life insurance plans and motor and home plans will renew through the firm. Almost all of the 84 employees will be offered employment with QBE, Patzner said.
"Our Australian operation is strong and well-positioned for growth under QBE to leverage QBE's core strengths in the property casualty market and existing presence in the Australian market," Patzner said.
CUNA Mutual's international operations in Europe and the Caribbean will not be affected by the Australian operation acquisition, according to the company.
"The European and Caribbean businesses provide CUNA Mutual a source of diversification at a time when our core U.S. credit union market is facing industry and economic pressure," Patzner said.
Over the past few years, CUNA Mutual has engaged in a number of transactions. Last year, the company partnered with Esurance, a direct-to-consumer car insurance company with more than 500,000 policyholders. In 2010, it also entered into an agreement with institutional investors to issue $85 million in fixed-rate, 20-year surplus notes to support its credit union market and diversification strategies in an effort to drive more growth.
In 2009, it established a business development unit that completed the purchase of CPI Qualified Plan Consultants, a 401(k) provider. That same year, it also acquired ProAg, a crop insurer it first partnered with in 2007. In the retirement services area CUNA Mutual has said there are more opportunities to acquire books of business and fold them into its current business model.
Patzner said CUNA Mutual is constantly looking at opportunities and making adjustments with its 100-plus product portfolio including possibly exploring more acquisitions.


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Evan Leeson | May 26, 2012
By Evan Leeson • Saturday, May 26, 2012 - 12:00
NASA has shown repeatedly that the Actic icecap is melting, and melting faster than climate models predict. This new visualization is stark and should be of obvious concern, simply because of the impact on sea levels. Now there is a potentially new threat. The process of shrinkage may cause a chemical reaction that could poison the Arctic ecosystem with mercury.
The disappearance of old, thick ice in the Arctic means an increase in bromine released into the atmosphere. The new, thinner ice has more salt and this is where the bromine comes from. As it melts it interacts with relatively benign gaseous mercury causing it to solidify and fall in a toxic form to the ground and into ocean water. The old old ice has less salt.
it is currently popular in denier circles to tout the April 2012 ice sheet extension as a sign of slowing of Arctic ice melt. This grasping at straws is not supported by the overall data, which shows Acrtic ice disappearance increasing. The April extent is mainly thinner, new ice that will easily melt, potentially causing the "bromine explosiion" described by NASA. The old, thicker icecap is shrinking more rapidly as time passes, and with it, the benign melting of salt-depleted ice.
One wonders how deniers
One wonders how deniers reconcile with the evidence, but come up with there is nothing happening in the arctic that is worthy of concern.
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On tv this afternoon...
Just saw an interesting 'pro-coal' commercial on tv this afternoon.
While blaming the EPA for being too restrictive on energy sources, they ended with the tag line;
"Let's not add 'pain at the switch' to our 'pain a the pump' "
Very creative, haha!
How does that relate to the
How does that relate to the arctic again Chas?
Spoken like a true Quisling...
Chas… what you guys need to do is subsidize coal and oil a lot more like we do in Alberta


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Clubhouse recognition helps build chemistry
By Thomas Harding / MLB.com
DENVER -- On the upper wall of the northeast corner of the Rockies' clubhouse begins an interesting design that encircles the entire clubhouse.
Before the season began, numbers 1-100 were painted in purple on white panels. On Tuesday, the first four panels were covered in purple and in white were the numbers 0, 19, 28 and 24 -- the jersey numbers, respectively, of relief pitcher Adam Ottavino, outfielder Charlie Blackmon, third baseman Nolan Arenado and pitcher Jordan Lyles.
The explanation:
After each victory, players get together.
"It's kind of like a player of the game," shortstop Troy Tulowitzki said. "I think the team decides it, and me and [Michael Cuddyer] get together and talk about it. We kind of handle it that way."
It serves to build motivation and high expectations. Room for 100 wins.
"This year, when I first got to Denver, that's when I found out we were doing it, and it's pretty cool," said Arenado, who earned his spot with a two-homer game against the D-backs in a 9-4 victory on Saturday. "I guess it's nice to see us doing something together. We mess around a little bit after the game."
Chatwood aces rehab start, appears ready to return
DENVER -- Rockies right-handed pitcher Tyler Chatwood dominated in an injury rehab start for Triple-A Colorado Springs on Tuesday night, and should be on schedule to return to the starting rotation against the Giants on Sunday.
Chatwood, knocked out of two starts because of a left hamstring strain that he sustained while running the bases in his final Spring Training start, struck out eight and gave up one run on five hits in 6 1/3 innings of a 4-1 victory at Round Rock in a seven-inning doubleheader game.
Chatwood threw strikes on 53 of his 86 pitches and forced eight groundouts. The only run came on a homer by Brett Nicholas.
Righty Jordan Lyles, who replaced Chatwood, has gone 2-0 with a 3.86 ERA in two starts. On Monday night, he held the White Sox to one run and five hits in 6 2/3 innings of an 8-1 victory. Lyles has Minor League options, but doesn't look ready to give up his spot.
Chatwood started in the Minors on the same night the Rockies started left-hander Franklin Morales, who has spent much of his career pitching out of the bullpen with the Rockies and Red Sox. Morales, who does not have a Minor League option and must be waived in order to be sent down, beat out Lyles for a rotation spot in Spring Training.
The roster spot for Chatwood could come from the bullpen.
Cautious Tulowitzki able to remain in lineup
DENVER -- Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki was cold and his right quadriceps was tight Monday night when he had a brief conference with head athletic trainer Keith Dugger about whether to stay in the game. But Tulowitzki also was a triple away from the cycle.
Yeah, right.
"That's funny," Tulowitzki said. "I went up to [Dugger] after my home run and he knew my quad was tight. I told him the chances of me getting a triple are below zero percent."
However, by resting the final two innings of the 8-1 victory over the White Sox, Tulowtizki assured himself of being in the lineup Tuesday night.
"I feel all right," Tulowitzki said before the game. "My leg is a little tight. That's why I came out early last night. The weather had done a little bit to it. It was just a little fatigued."
The Rockies pulled Tulowitzki from a lopsided game Friday, rested him the entire day Saturday and rested him at the end of Monday's blowout. Get used to it, since the Rockies understand Tulowitzki's history of leg muscle injuries, and they realize that they've contended or gone to the postseason when he's been largely healthy. They're also keenly aware of a schedule that has them playing 40 times in the first 42 days.
Tulowitzki, 29, experienced a left quadriceps tendon tear in 2008, missed four games with strained quadriceps before the 2011 All-Star Game but didn't need to go to the disabled list, and was limited to 47 games in 2012 and underwent surgery to remove scar tissue from his left groin. These and other injuries, such as two hand/wrist injuries and broken ribs last year, have curtailed Tulowitzki's availability over the years.
The right quadriceps that's bothering him is new, which means at least it's not a recurrence of past chronic issues. Tulowitzki said he has been dealing with the tightness since Opening Day, when he extended at first base trying to beat out an infield grounder. It was the only game in which he didn't manage a hit going into Tuesday night.
"Early on in the year in Miami, and Opening Day, I was feeling a little bit too good," Tulowitzki who went 1-for-3 with a double and two RBIs in Tuesday's 15-3 loss, said. "I have to remind myself of a good pace, staying under control. I think I get caught up in the game sometimes and want to go back to those days when you play the game all out as a kid. Sometimes that hurts me."
Manager Walt Weiss said he checks in with Tulowitzki daily. Last season, the two developed a rapport that allowed Tulowitzki to speak honestly, and he was able to ride through some leg muscle tightness early. None of that prevented the rib break, but they were successful with the traditional trouble issues.
"I check in with all of them, but Tulo, specifically, just because he's had some history," Weiss said. "It's my job to keep these guys fresh and give them a day here and there."
With the Sox using left-hander Jose Quintana and Weiss trying to find rest spots in the schedule, the Rockies rested left-handed hitters Gonzalez and center fielder Charlie Blackmon. Weiss put Drew Stubbs in center and at leadoff, Brandon Barnes second in left, moved Tulowitzki up to Gonzalez's third spot and shifted usual No. 2 hitter Michael Cuddyer to cleanup. Also, Charlie Culberson started at second and batted eighth, replacing DJ LeMahieu.
First baseman Justin Morneau and pitcher Franklin Morales were the only lefty swingers in the lineup.
CarGo accepting of night off against White Sox
DENVER -- The reasons for giving left fielder Carlos Gonzalez Tuesday's game against the White Sox off from the starting lineup, for the first time this season, were sound. The White Sox were throwing tough left-hander Jose Quintana, and the Rockies start the season with 40 scheduled games in 42 days.
But the other part was just as significant. Gonzalez, hitting .355 and leading the team in home runs with three and RBIs with nine, didn't fight the decision.
Like shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, Gonzalez is a star-level player who has dealt with injuries. Most of his have been the freakish ones, like a thumb problem he played through while winning the 2010 National League batting title, and a right middle finger sprain that rendered him ineffective with the bat or out of the lineup the second half of last season. They haven't been the muscle pulls that felled Tulowitkzi.
Still, Gonzalez understands the need for rest better than he did earlier in his career.
"Before, I used to say no to days off early in the year because I want to keep playing every day, then halfway through the season you get to the point and say, 'I should have taken those days off because the game has worn me out,'" said Gonzalez, who has hit safely in all eight games he has played. "It's a good change, especially right now. Everybody is doing really well offensively, and you have so many guys in the outfield.
"I'm not talking about injuries. I'm talking about how your body feels."
Gonzalez said often the fatigue hits after the All-Star break. He has played in three All-Star Games, and sometimes the travel and numerous events are tiring. The more he can conserve energy for playing the spacious left field at Coors, the better.
"People don't realize how difficult it is to play left field here," Gonzalez said. "It's like playing center field on any other field. It's not like you play in Fenway Park and you're just going to throw a guy out there. You're going to take two or three steps and if he doesn't catch it, it's over the wall.
"Here, you've got to go get it, especially in that left-center-field gap. The ball's hit in that gap, if you avoid a triple, that's a successful play. You have to go really hard, take like 300 steps to get there."
Morneau's bat already warmed up in early going
DENVER -- Nothing has stood out either way about Rockies first baseman Justin Morneau's career performance in the season's first month. His .277 March-April batting average is exactly the same as his career mark heading into the season.
So Morneau, beginning a two-year, $12.5 million contract with the Rockies, appreciates his .308 batting average start to this season. Morneau had hit safely in all six games prior to Tuesday night's contest against the White Sox, when he would face left-hander Jose Quintana as the only left-handed-hitting position player. It's Morneau's longest such run to start a season in his career.
"I've had good starts and I've had bad starts, but obviously you want to have good starts," Morneau said before going 2-for-3 and raising his average to .345 in a 15-3 loss. "Sometimes you get too caught up in results, instead of whether you're hitting the ball hard or having good at-bats. But it doesn't matter how long you've been around, you want to make a good first impression."
Stripping away the numbers, Morneau is having competitive plate appearance and putting balls in play. His only extra-base hit is a double, and he'd like to make stronger contact, but the adrenaline of the regular season has made his swings more solid than during Spring Training.
The difference between Morneau, 32, who has played in four All-Star Games and started three of them, and many others is his ability to go on seeming unconscious power runs. He hit nine homers last August for the Twins, for example. The display enticed the Pirates to trade for him for the final month. He didn't homer after the trade and was frustrated by that, but is always confident the power will show.
"In September, I didn't drive the ball as well as I'd like, but it's a new season and I'm starting over," Morneau said. "Sometimes you have runs, like [the D-backs'] Mark Trumbo, with five homers in his first nine games. You know that's possible, too.
"You know it's in you. When it clicks, it's just going to be one swing. Sometimes it's a foul ball. Sometimes it's a lineout. Sometimes it's a homer. But it lets you know you're at where you need to be. I think it helps being on a team that hits really well. You feel you do your part and you fit in. It takes some pressure off."
Story hits for cycle at Class A Modesto
DENVER -- Rockies shortstop prospect Trevor Story, a supplemental first-round pick in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft, hit for the cycle, plus added a single for Class A Advanced Modesto on Monday night.
It's a strong start for Story, 21, from Irving (Texas) High School, who hit .233 at Modesto last season as one of the youngest players in the California League.
"After last year, I had an idea I would be coming back here, and I learned a lot about myself as a player," Story told MiLB.com. "I really tried to get back to my old self in the offseason and just really tried to repeat what I've done my whole life."
Rockies player development director Jeff Bridich said the higher level of competition hit Story, ranked 10th among the organization's top prospects by MLB.com, hard offensively last season, but the Rockies were happy his defense remained consistent. Bridich said the Rockies assured Story during Spring Training that he had the opportunity to make forward steps this season.
"We sat down with him in Spring Training two different times and explained very clearly what our hopes and expectations are for him, and he shared those hopes and expectations for the season offensively," Bridich said. "If he has, at some point in the season, outgrown that league and proven that it's no longer a necessary challenge for him, we'll move him along just like we've moved other guys."
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The LA Galaxy's "Quest for Three" straight MLS Cups is the main theme as we head into the MLS Cup playoffs, but as they attempt to do something that has never been done before in MLS, let's look at some of the threepeats from major sports across the world.
Check out this infographic of teams that won consecutive titles across the globe:
Threepeats by the numbers:
*ZERO – The number of threepeats in MLS history.
*ONE—The margin of point victory during the final three titles for FC Barcelona's famed "Dream Team" which won four consecutive La Liga titles from 1990-91 to 1993-94. The last three titles were each won on the last day of the season.
*THREE – The number of NBA Final MVPs won by Shaquille O'Neal during the Los Angeles Lakers threepeat from 2000 to 2002.
*FOUR – The number of threepeats or more titles for Real Madrid, who have pulled off the feat more than any team in a major league across the world. Madrid have won the La Liga title 32 times.
*4-2-4—The formation of the Il Grande Torino side that won five titles in the forties. This was the first time that such an attacking formation had been used in global football. In the midst of their run, however, the bulk of the team was killed in the Superga air disaster.
*SEVEN – The number of World Series titles by New York Yankees managers Casey Stengel and Joe McCarthy, which is a major league baseball record. Both managers led the Yankees to consecutive titles.
* EIGHT –The number of consecutive titles for the Boston Celtics, which is the longest streak in American professional sport history. During the time, the Celtics were led by legendary head coach Red Auerbach and Bill Russell.
*TEN – The number of regular season losses during UCLA Men's Basketball head coach John Wooden's unprecedented seven consecutive NCAA titles between 1964 and 1976. During that span, UCLA lost more than two games only once—coming in 1975 when they lost three games. Wooden won 10 titles in 12 years.
*22—The number of titles won during the era of Liverpool FC from 1974 to 1984. Bob Paisley won two straight league titles from 1982 to 1983 before Joe Fagan completed the triple in 1984 after Paisley stepped down.
*19 – the number of consecutive series victories by New York Islanders as they won four straight Stanley Cup titles in the 1980s. The Islanders would win 16 consecutive playoff series, but moved their record to 19 in 1984 when they fell to the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup final to fall short of five straight.
*20.9—George Miken's average points per game while leading the Minneapolis Lakers to the NBA's first ever threepeat.
*22 --The number of goals scored by Internazionale's Diego Milito in Inter's 2009-10 season as he sealed the team's third straight Serie A title.
*25—The percentage of Stanley Cup titles won by the Montreal Canadiens since 1914. The Habs won five straight titles from 1956-60 and four in 1976-79.
*33.6—Michael Jordan's points per game during the NBA Finals. Jordan won six NBA titles with two threepeats.
*66—The Number of goals scored by Cristiano Ronaldo during Manchester United's latest three-peat from 2006-07 to 2008-09.
*88—The number of goals scored by Lionel Messi during FC Barcelona's La Liga threepeat from 2008-09 to 2010-11.
*92—The number of appearances for David Beckham as Manchester United completed the club's first ever threepeat in 1998-99 to 2000-01. During that span, Beckham scored four goals for Manchester United.
*126 – The goal difference for Arsenal during their threepeat from 1932-33 to 1934-35. Arsenal's threepeat was the second ever occurrence in The Football League with Huddlesfield Town pulling off the feat from 1923-24 to 1925-26.
*300—The number for amount of bonus money offered by Oakland A's owner Charlie Finley to members of his "Swingin' A's" sides in the 1970s that were the only team not named the New York Yankees to win three straight World Series titles.


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20 Stadiums in 20 Days – SkyDome
In my last installments, we had visited San Francisco and Oakland during the summer of 2000. After this, another short break for the birth of kid number two was in the works. Once our quest resumed in 2002, we were off to Toronto to see the Blue Jays play two games in SkyDome.
After dropping the kids off at Grandma and Grandpa's in northeastern PA, we pointed the car north towards Canada. Instead of making the whole drive in one day, we stopped off in Buffalo to take in a minor league game, and then stopped for the night at Niagara Falls (on the Canadian side – there is much more to do on that side, for some reason). After a little sightseeing the next day, we continued on to Toronto.
Once again, we had not made advance reservations, figuring it couldn't be that hard to get a hotel room in a major city on a summer weekend. Everybody goes away for the weekends, right? Except that there was some sort of event going on that had everything booked up, and we ended up taking an interior room with no windows. I will never do that again! It was like sleeping in a crypt, it was so dark. You would think we would learn from these things.
The first game we saw was on August 2, against the Baltimore Orioles. Scott Erickson was on the mound for the Orioles, and Esteban Loaiza was pitching for the Blue Jays this night.
Neither pitcher would get a decision in this game. Erickson gave up 7 runs in three innings before being taken out. Loaiza left after 5 2/3, with a 8-3 lead. The Jays' bullpen proceeded to cough up 6 runs, while the O's pen had only given up one run. Final score, 9-8, with the win going to B.J. Ryan, and the loss to Kelvim Escobar.
[B.J.?? According to Retrosheet, his given name is Robert Victor Ryan. My mind is going places it really shouldn't.]
From our seats, we had a great view through the open roof of the CN Tower next door:
Looking toward the outfield, you can see the massive Jumbotron, which at the time was the largest video display in any ballpark. The inside of the open roof is still very imposing, and there are also hotel rooms that overlook the field! The Renaissance Hotel is attached to the stadium, and there are about 70 field-view rooms. There have been a number of instances in which the activity taking place inside of one of the rooms was much more interesting than the activity taking place on the field below. Remember to close your drapes, people!
The next day we took a trip to the top of the CN Tower, located right next to SkyDome. On a clear day the views are spectacular, and we got a neat bird's-eye view of the closed roof. Boy, is it blindingly white! The shadow of the tower adds an interesting touch:
We went to a second game later that day, again against the Orioles, but since it was a last minute decision as to whether or not to go, we bought the cheapest seats available, way up in the upper level in left field. But since the crowd was a relatively sparse 17,534, it was no problem to wander over behind home plate to get a shot of the entire field:
Chris Carpenter was pitching for the Jays, and Travis Driskill for the Orioles. Carpenter did not have a very good day, giving up 7 runs in four innings. Driskill got the win, and Carpenter the loss, in a 8-4 Orioles victory.
In yet another casualty of corporate naming, SkyDome is now known as the Rogers Centre. Note the spelling – "centre", not "center". Remember, we're in Canada!
After this trip, there would be a three-year dry spell with no new stadiums visited. No, there weren't any more kids being born! I don't think there was a specific reason. Anyway, next time we will visit Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (they hadn't been exorcised yet).
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We already know the Phoenix Suns won't be trading Steve Nash. President of Basketball Operations Lon Babby said so in no uncertain terms.So there it is, story over. Steve Nash is not being traded and Steve Nash agreed...except he sort of opened the door just a tad. Uh oh.Sources:Meanwhile, Nash was having a "global chat" of a press conference in advance of his charity soccer game in New York today when he received a question about whether he would want to play for Toronto..
"This is a tough question for me," Nash said. "When you're in a situation (where) you've given a lot of you career to one franchise, you feel at home there. I feel a loyalty to my team, our community in Phoenix. I want us to try to get back and try to compete for a championship like we did two seasons ago so that's kind of all I think about. So I don't plan on leaving but obviously if the opportunity were ever there, where Phoenix were rebuilding or whatever happens, Toronto would be an amazing place to play. It's a great city. It'd be at home in Canada. To be a part of their, hopefully, future success would be great but I don't really have any plans other than try to get our team back in the playoffs and contend for a championship."
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Young setup man has strained lat muscle on right side
By Mark Sheldon / MLB.com
Closer Francisco Cordero took over, and with the infield and outfield playing in, pinch-hitter Craig Counsell hit a first-pitch sacrifice fly to right field that scored Hall with the walk-off run, which was charged to Weathers.
"I got to commend Stormy [Weathers] the way he pitched the last three days," Baker said after Sunday's loss. "He gutted it out because we didn't have Burton the last three days."
"Dusty is just trying to give me a little extra rest," Burton said. "I think it's good for me. I got a pretty good amount of innings in the first half. We didn't miss a beat. David stepped in and did a great job the last two days."Burton pitched a perfect eighth inning in Chicago on Thursday, but it was a struggle. "I felt like every pitch was all I could do to get it in there," Burton said. "It's not a good feeling with 2 1/2 months left in the season. We thought that the best thing to do was back off a little bit. I'm feeling a lot better. The guys in the training room know what they're doing, and they've got me feeling good. Hopefully, after the break, I'll be ready to roll." Burton is following up a strong 2007 rookie season with another good year, so he would be missed if the injury lingers. In 43 games, he is 4-1 with a 2.23 ERA. His 48 1/3 innings lead the bullpen, and he has retired 33 of his 43 first batters. Over his last 27 appearances, Burton has posted an 0.85 ERA (three earned runs over 31 2/3 innings). Burton will spend his All-Star break in Cincinnati, so he can keep getting treatments and rehabilitate. The Reds will hold a team workout before Thursday's game. "We'll make a determination if he's OK," Baker said. "If he's not, we'll DL him and get somebody here from [Triple-A] Louisville because they're home. That way when we backdate him, we'll pick up a week."
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Many don't think Julian Assange has a chance of winning a Senate seat in the upcoming election but one European bookmaker thinks he's in with a shot.
Paddy Power, known for offering controversial markets to garner publicity, has opened a book on the WikiLeaks founder's bid for an upper house seat.
Mr Assange is a four-to-one shot to win.
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The laying off of secretaries during the lockout, the huge debt burden, the mindless haggling (ie Slauson) with players over a few thousand, and Woody being one of the owners preaching a hardline with the refs suggest a definite cash flow problem.
If they have $750-$800 million in debt, which they do, then the equity value (i.e. the price someone would actually pay), is around $400-$450 million.
I always laugh at people who look at the value Forbes magazine assigns to a franchise and think that is the price it would trade hands at.
Now, read the following.
Like you, I used Forbes and said in my post that their value is $1.1b (Forbes pegs it at $1.440 billion...you rounded that up to $1.2, I rounded it down to $1.1...while technically it's more correct to round that down than up, it's no big deal to round it up).
The Jets' portion of the new stadium would be the largest single item on the Jets balance sheet. The Stadium Cost was $1.6 billion, so, assuming they could capitalize their entire 50% share thereof, that would show up on their balance sheet as $800 million.
Next. Johnson paid $635 million for the Jets. Leon Hess had paid roughly $20 million for the team in 1973 and we have no idea what the Asset values were when Johnson acquired them in 2000, but he was widely viewed as having overpaid significantly in his bidding war with Charles Dolan; at the time, some estimated the Franchise as being worth closer to $250, but that's neither here nor there since, in the end, something is worth what you pay for it. But, since we don't have access to the information, we have no idea how much of the balance sheet at that time was in assets (like the stadium lease) and how much would have been shoved into Goodwill. To keep things simple, we can assume that the Asset side of the balance sheet totalled the $635 million with a whole bunch on the Goodwill line.
Forbes does some proprietary number crunching and estimates that the whole thing ends up being worth the $1.2 or so you cite and that's probably the basis of their numbers, assuming that the entire stadium value couldn't be capitalized.
Then, Forbes reports that they are carrying $750 million of debt, nearly all of which would come from the stadium.
Now, Finance 101, in case you were absent that day: Subtract Debt from Total Value to get "Net" value or "Net Worth."
$1,100,000,000 minus $750,000,000 equals $350,000,000 (I said "around $300 million").
So, the "net worth" of the Jets is, as I said, "around $300 million."
The cash that someone would actually pay for the team is a function of Revenues, Operating Profits and Asset value. But, I doubt very much that a buyer would be willing to assume all of that debt and hand Woody $1.1 or $1.2 billion for the team.
That's why I said the doubling of value was "funny money." We have no idea what a sale of the Jets would garner until they are actually up for sale and someone has to part with Cash to get them. In the Jets case, the operating income would be severely impaired by the interest burden.
By contrast, the "value" assigned by Forbes to the Pats is around $1.4 billion with $270 million of debt, leaving a net "worth" of over $1 billion.
Thus endeth the lesson.
footnote 1 - stadium debt is included.
thus ended the lesson.
I don't like Woody as an owner but it is wrong to infer that he does not give the team the money to compete. Pace, Harris, Scott, Revis, and Cro were all given top dollar contracts. Likewise, Sanchez, Holmes, Mangold, Dbrick were all given top 5 contracts.
His fault is when he puts the business side ahead of the football side. On things like hard knocks, Tebow, Farve, ESPN camping with the jets -that type of crap.
The problem with the jets is Tanny's fault. He spent future dollars and traded up all the time and filled out the roster with Big name FA. Pace, Scott, Cro (yes I know he was traded in the last year of his contract) Faneca and one year rentals.
His caving into Rex and picking Defensive players in both the draft and FA
leaves the team with no cap space next year and needing to replace 1/2 the defense in one year while the offense struggles to get out of their way.
Rex is who he is, he is brash and entertaining and has proved he can have a very good D when he has very good players. This year he doesn't, whether he should be replaced should be based on how well he adapts the D to compensate for the lack of Revis.
The jets are suffering from some play that can be placed at his feet, a lack of urgency and toughness.
I think Rex can succeed but he needs a complementary coaching staff that he does not have at this time, and with Westhof leaving it does not look any better going forward.
Assuming Woody could find a buyer using the Forbes numbers, he would NET around $378 million. Not a penny more.
Jets income for the 2 years of the NMS was just $8Mil in 2010 and $25Mil in 2011. Now read footnote 5 next to the Income graph.
What do you figure the interest costs are on $750 Mil of debt. I don't know the interest rate but doubt it would be less then 6% - is probably more. That is $45 Mil of interest which means that for 2011 there was a negative cash flow conservatively figured of at least $20 Mil. There was a greater loss in 2010 before they sold the naming rights and the new CBA. And what about taxes? That's not included in the income figures either.5 Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
So now you see how Woody went from making sh*tty money with a lousy lease in Giant Stadium to losing money owning half of Met Life.
Yeah he's a great business man
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Twice in the last week – once after the Tampa Bay game, once during the first intermission of the Oilers game – we've had the opportunity to watch Tyler Bozak do interviews for television. Twice during the past week, he's stood there in the hallway outside the Leaf dressing room, spiky hair soaked with sweat, talking first to Paul Hendrick, then to Elliotte Friedman, with a giant freaking grin on his face. The big grin on his face tells you that Tyler Bozak is a happy young man. He's got six goals and eleven assists in twenty-three games as a twenty-three year old rookie centreman for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and he's making $875,000 with another 2.8 million dollars worth of bonuses on the table. Of course he's happy. Why the hell wouldn't he be happy?
The big grin also tells you he's a young man. Those of a certain age can't help but be struck immediately by Bozak's youthful appearance. He seems to have a little acne here and there, which makes him look even more like the kid behind the counter at Taco Bell than he otherwise might, but more than anything else you can see the excitement of a young man in his eyes and in the corners of his mouth when he simply cannot supress the grin that wants to get out. Doing those interviews, you can tell that he is absolutely stoked, the way only a young player – who hasn't been doing this sort of thing since Chelios was a child – can possibly be.
It's that youthful exuberance that Bozak personifies – not to mention a healthy dose of skill – that is getting the attention of a lot of Maple Leafs fans these days. It's been a long time since the identity of any Maple Leaf team has been so deeply intertwined with the performance of its youngest players. The Pat Quinn teams of the late 90's and the early years of this century, teams of the pre-cap era, were veteran, business-like teams, teams replete with known quantities, familiar faces and proven performers. The Pat Burns teams of the early 90s were probably the last teams to have a youthful prospect that electrified the fanbase – I'm thinking of rookie goalie Felix Potvin – but even he shone in the shadow of his more celebrated, but older, teammates Doug Gilmour and Wendel Clark. Just off the top of my head, I think you may have to go back to the mid seventies Leaf teams that featured Darryl Sittler, Lanny McDonald and Errol Thompson up front, along with Borje Salming and Ian Turnbull manning the point, for a comparable level of excitement about players of such recent vintage.
That kind of excitement is very much what has been happening since the January 31st trade that sent established Leaf forwards out of town in favour of J.S. Giguere, Dion Phaneuf and his celebrity girlfriend. In the aftermath of that day, four of the Leafs' top ten scorers had been dispatched elsewhere, and followers of the team were rightly asking, "who's going to score the goals for this club now?" Obviously, Brian Burke and his management team were hoping that Tyler Bozak – who somewhat suddenly assumed the unchallenged the role of number one centre – would be a big part of the answer to that question. It's pretty obvious to everyone that the Leafs have been building the team starting first and foremost with blueliners; free agent signings and the Phaneuf trade have left the Leafs' rearguard undoubtedly the Messrs. Moneybags in the locker room. A further hefty chunk of change has been committed to J.S. Giguere in net, leaving a paucity of shekels to go around up front, or at least not very many for fellows not named Phil Kessel. With a decidedly mediocre crop of unrestricted free agents due to come on the market this summer, precious little cap room to devote to their acquisition in any event, and a relative paucity of prime quality surplus tradable assets, it is clear that Brian Burke and the Maple Leafs have premised their rebuilding plan on the assumption that some of the club's existing young prospects can and will develop into serviceable offensive talent.
Back to the grin on Tyler Bozak's face: it's the smile of a young man who's beginning to believe that he might be one of the young prospects who is going to deliver. There had to have been some part of even Bozak himself that doubted – or at least wasn't certain – whether he'd truly be good enough to do the kind of job the Leafs were so desperately hoping he could. Up until the Phaneuf trade, he'd shown some flashes of ability at times – will anyone forget the terrific goal he scored against the Flyers for his NHL first? Aside from that wicked dipsy doodle though, he had collected an otherwise quiet 5 assists for a total of 6 points in 11 games. Now six points in 11 games is nothing to sneeze at for an NHL rookie, but it would be fair to say that the jury was still out on Bozak's potential. In the 12 games since the young Saskatchewanian inherited the #1 centre role, however, he's done nothing but shine. Solid in the face-off circle (he's at 56.5% as of March 13th, 2010 according to nhl.com), playing top line minutes and in all situations, Bozak has been producing points at an encouraging rate. Over at Pension Plan Puppets, for example, Chemmy looked at the numbers and (keeping in mind the limitations and dangers of small sample sizes in such exercises) observed that Bozak's early numbers put him in some pretty good company for his age – his production is comparable to that of Toews, Kopitar and Krejci. I don't know if the numbers back it up or not, but he also seems to have been doing some decent work on the penalty kill.
More encouraging still, though, is the chemistry that seems to be developing between Bozak and Phil Kessel. It's trite to say that the Leafs' fortunes over the next few years will be strongly related to the type of production they can get out of the sniper in the 81 jersey. Much of the early analysis of the trade that brought Kessel to Toronto focussed on his supposed inability to produce without Marc Savard's assistance. Kessel quieted most of those critics somewhat early on in the season when he began scoring at a torrid pace, but more recently his lamp-lighting had returned to a decidedly more earthly rate. In the last two weeks in particular, though, the Kessel-Bozak-Kulemin unit in general, and Kessel in particular, has been producing offensive chances like Habs fans flip over flaming cop cars. The defining moment of this revelation, and of the Kessel/Bozak connection in particular, was undoubtedly the overtime goal scored by Kessel against the Lightning on Thursday the 11th of March (UPDATE, 11:24 a.m.: I originally had this link tagged as happening on the 10th of March, but Charlie correctly points out that I shouldn't be writing this stuff at 3 o'clock in the morning that it was the 11th). That goal was clearly manufactured by an absolutely brilliant Bozak pass, one that showed patience, skill and creativity at high speed and in a critical game situation. Yes, the goal happened on a Thursday in March, with the Leafs all but officially eliminated from the postseason and playing against a decidedly suspect opponent, but the fact is that it happened.
Tyler Bozak will turn 24 in 5 days; Phil Kessel is only 22. Maple Leaf fans may be forgiven for looking forward – fingers crossed – to many years to come of a smiling Tyler Bozak recounting for one suit dummy or another how he, Kessel and Kulemin managed to put the biscuit in the basket against the opponent of the day.
What do you think? Â Can you remember a time when there was as much excitement as there is right now about young Leaf talent?
Next up in this series: Nikolai Kulemin.


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The Russellville School District will present its annual report to the public today at 6 p.m., preceding its 7 p.m. monthly meeting.
Sunlight Cemetery reorganized
The Sunlight Cemetery Association has been reorganized with Bob Bridges as chairman of the committee. The Sunlight Cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in Yell County and is located south of Plainview adjacent to the Sunlight Bay campground on Wilson Slough near the Fourche la Fave River. The cemetery depends on donations for maintenance.
Sunlight Cemetery was known in its early history as Wards Cemetery. Anyone with knowledge of someone buried in unmarked graves are asked to contact the association.
Donations are appreciated and can be mailed to the Sunlight Cemetery Association C/O First State Bank, P.O. Box 10610, Russellville, AR 72812 or may be deposited at the First State Bank in Ola or Russellville. For further information concerning the Sunlight Cemetery, please call 970-3652 or (501) 246-3411.
Potts Inn trick or treats
Potts Inn Museum will host free trick-or-treating from 2-4 p.m. Saturday. All children ages 1-12 are invited to come in costume with their parents
Haunted hay ride in Danville
The Danville Booster Club is hosting a haunted hay ride Saturday from 8-11 p.m. Admission is $5 per ride, which lasts approximately 20 minutes. The event is located on State Highway 80 at the home of Paul and Susan Wilkins. For directions or questions, contact Michaelle Wilkins at (479) 355-0770.
Dover Class of 91 reunion
The Dover High School Class of 1991 20 year reunion will be Nov. 3 at the Dover football game, and from noon until 2 p.m. Nov. 5 at the Dover City Park.
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Davis to host book signing Sat.
Jock Davis, author of "Brothers Four," will host a book signing from 4-8 p.m. Saturday at Hastings. The book details Davis' personal story of growing up during the Great Depression and fighting in World War II with three of his brothers.
Trunk-or-treat in Ola
The Freewill Baptist Church on Pennington Street in Ola will host a trunk-or-treat at 5 p.m. Oct. 31.
Hector FD haunted hayride
The Hector Fire Department will host a haunted hayride at the department from 7:30-11 p.m. Oct. 28-31. Admission is $5 per ride. Rides will leave every 15 minutes. Take I-40 to Exit 94, turn north on State Highway 105 and go 17 miles to the end of SR 105. The road changes to State Highway 27. The department is one mile on the left.
Parent/teacher conferences
Due to a scheduling conflict with other RJHS activities, parent/teacher conferences and early dismissal are from 3-9 p.m. today with early dismissal at 2:10 p.m.
One-day youth gun hunt for deer
Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge is accepting applications for a one-day youth gun hunt for deer. Applications must be received or postmarked by Oct. 31 and applicants must be 12-15 years of age at the time of the hunt, Dec. 10. Call the refuge office at (479) 229-4300 or go online at www.fws.gov/hollabend.


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All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography.
Federico Fellini
Some of us, precious few historically, but more perhaps in this modern age, dare to call ourselves artists, out loud. We'll talk about how much we appreciate artists and their work. We'll admit to dabbling in art. We'll sometimes admit that some of our creative endeavors have an artistic bent. But "artist" seems so lofty and pretentious for the unambitious among us.
Call Lynne Millies an artist, and she'll laugh a short, throaty laugh and look off in the distance as if you've told her that you think chances are pretty good she'll be picked up by a major league ball team. "My sister is the artist," she'll say. "She knows what she's doing, and she's great at it. Me, I just play."
She's a playful sort in general. In her early 40's, with medium brown braids tinged with a just bit of gray, Millies is an energetic woman with a contagious chuckle who gets up at 5:30 each morning to run with her lab mix, Zola, before tackling homeschooling with her 3 equally playful boys, ages 5, 9, and 12.
One of their favorite subjects is art, and their walls are proof of this. The rustic style walls (in a home Millies built two years ago with her husband, Mike) are covered with a generous mix of the boys' art, her sister's fabric arts and paintings, and even collaborations between Millies and her children. The result is a whimsical, touchable, living tribute to creativity.
Millies' true love and creative outlet, though, is her garden; an ever expanding living canvas that stretches around her house and into the 10 acres of woods that separate her and her energetic brood of boys and dogs from neighbors. A mix of the edible and the beautiful, Millies garden is a combination of hundreds of different plants, some gifted by friends and neighbors, some bought at local garden centers, and some picked up after being thrown out and left for dead by others. Natural looking deer fence surrounds the whole thing, culminating in a gorgeous gate constructed by her husband with fallen branches, and decorated by Millies with pieces of brightly colored glass.
Throughout the garden, which includes Magellan sunflowers, bee balm, butterfly bushes, raspberries, snap peas, basil, tomato plants, lavender, and plants the names of which I'll never remember, colorful mosaics, pinwheels, rocks and branches with interesting shapes, and small pools of water pop up at the ends of winding paths.
"This is where I'm most happy, out here in with my plants and my boys. Avery (5) comes and helps me [small ride-on tractors, spades, and toy shovels show up in unexpected places to evidence this help]. I love that the boys can just come out and snack on a snap pea or cherry tomato."
Millies' garden, as might be expected, is done organically. She has been tirelessly replacing the topsoil that overzealous contractors destroyed in the process of building the house, adding truckloads of organic compost and literally tons of leaves. Even surrounded by woods, Millies can never have enough leaves for her needs, so she often gets them from others.
"Yes, I'm that crazy lady on the side of the road, shoving bags of leaves into the back of my minivan. My kids are like, 'Mom!!' I'm sure they're embarrassed to be seen with me, but hey, they like the garden, too."
Along with her garden art and plants, Millies' passions include her newfound hobby of beekeeping. She took a class in beekeeping last year, and now has two hives on her property, housed in brightly colored boxes decorated by her sons. Millies is serious about her bees, and her normally smiling face turns equally serious when I ask her if she's keeping them for honey.
"If we get some honey, that's great, but really, I'm doing it for the bees. They're having such a hard time right now, with all of the pesticides we've used and how badly we've treated them and overworked them. They need our help now, and we have to change how we handle them before we kill them all. We need the bees!"
Millies and her son, Avery (who has his own kid sized bee suit) have been watching over the bees since their arrival last summer. This spring, Millies was fortunate enough (and badass enough, in my opinion), to capture her first swarm and settle it into an empty hive.
"They're doing well. I just hope they can survive me and my learning curve. I don't want to be the reason they don't make it!"
This isn't likely, as Millies tackles all of her projects with great passion, good research, and a healthy amount of creative improvisation. She rolls with things, and stays aware of everything that happens in her garden. Like when she found a long black snake tangled in some deer fencing that she had mistakenly left out.
"It was a cold night, and I came out and found this poor girl all wound up in the netting, not moving. I tried to get her out [this in spite of her great fear of all snakes], but she wasn't budging. So I sent the boys for a pair of scissors, and we slowly started cutting her out. I even had to open her mouth and pull the netting out; I never thought I'd get such a close up view of the inside of a black snake's mouth!"
Millies settled the snake under some leaves and a tarp, and hoped for the best. Sure enough, they found that the snake, perhaps thankful for their help, decided to stay in the garden, now living under their porch. She comes out on sunny days, distinguishable by the criss-cross cuts the netting left on her skin (though otherwise no worse for the wear).
"I'm still learning. I make mistakes, but I try to make them right. That's all we can do, I think."
This is true in life, and in art. We should not be afraid to call ourselves artists as long as we're learning, growing, and striving to tap into our creativity. Lynne Millies is an artist in every sense of the word. I'm willing to bet that you are, too.


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How did you pick your screen name?
One of my friends had it as their tumblr url before they changed it to something else and I kinda loved it. Plus I do love Citrus Green Tea. :]
How did you come to read Twilight and which book is your favorite?
I started reading Twilight when I heard there was a movie coming out about it. It was a few days after Breaking Dawn was released and I bought Twilight just to see if I would like it. ...bad move. I ended up going out the same night after finishing the first one and buying the rest of the series and reading all four over a weekend. It was fantastic and I absolutely fell in love with it. I was definitely in the Team Edward slot, bought t-shirts that said it AND the Cullen Track Jacket at Twi-Tour (blue with the Cullen Crest).
My favorite book (at the time) was Breaking Dawn because it had the HEA we were all hoping for. Plus I loved the wedding and Bella choosing to keep the baby. I hated when Jacob imprinted on her though and I just wanted to kick him out of the book. >_<
My least favorite (at the time) was New Moon because Edward left Bella and it was just so depressing. From him actually leaving to her having to save him and almost die. The first time I ever read it I skipped all of the Jacob parts until I read Edward's name again towards the end, then I started reading again.
THEN I got into Fanfiction....
Now I'm more Team Switzerland, 70% Team Jacob and 30% Team Edward.
There are aspects about both guys that I like and I hate but I definitely lean more towards Jacob now. I even bought a wolf-pack shirt and the Wolf Pack Track Jacket from the Twi-Gear company, the same as the Cullen one but brown and with the Wolf Pack Tattoo. It's kinda crazy...
Who do you like best: Edward, Bella, or Jacob?
Hmm.... that's a hard decision because I'm very torn.
I like Edward in AH stories and in some vampire stories where he's not all controlling and emotionally abusive towards Bella. He's a great character but after reading fanfiction and seeing how he's portrayed with some close similarities to canon I just can't look at him in the same light anymore. Every time he worries over her safety or pulls the plugs on her car or tells her what to say to Charlie, isolating her from her family, it just makes me dislike him and that's part of the reason I haven't read the books in so long. :/ And let's be real, if Bella wasn't his singer and he could hear her mind I don't think they would be together. He became attracted to her for the wrong reasons.
I'm not much of a fan of Bella unless she has more of a backbone than in canon and she actually thinks things through before doing them. Bella in the series just goes with it too much and I don't agree with Stephanie Meyer that there were some things that each character had no control over, and Bella's was her love for Edward while his was turning into a vamp and not being apart from her and Jacob's was turning into a werewolf. That is a stupid reason to get her to stay with him and I honestly believe that if the Cullen's hadn't have come back when they did she would have started a relationship with Jacob and had the human life, which I love to read about.
Jacob. What to add about him? I used to hate him, thinking that he was just an annoying block in Edward and Bella's path to happiness, but, again, after reading fanfiction and seeing Taylor Lautner portray him in the movies I have totally fallen in love with him. I want to have a Jacob for me. Sure he's not perfect because he has a temper, can be sarcastic, sometimes thinks with other parts of his body, but his options and choice to live a human life out-rule all of that. Taylor Lautner completely revolutionized Jacob in my eyes. He made me see that he's not so annoying, that he's simply a teenage boy who has genuine feelings for a teenage girl. I just want to snuggle with him and his toasty self.
Who is your favorite minor character?
Definitely Mike! He's just too funny and provides a smile whenever he's around. He's such a guy, thinking and acting so much like one of my friends does and it cracks me up every time.
Angela comes in a close second. She's so down to earth and I wish I had a friend like that to give me advice and be there for me.
What are your hobbies?
Other than reading and writing fanfiction I like to take pictures. I'm not really awesome at it nor do I have an expensive, massive camera, but I like taking scenic pictures with my Canon Powershot. :]
Where are you from (general area like Montana, not exact town!)
The United States, Michigan to be exact. There is so much snow up here and it is butt cold. >_<
How old are you? (In general, like teen, 20's, 30's, 40's etc)
Anything else you would like to share.
The Twilight community is amazing and continues to grow. I'm so glad to be a part of it and help out where I can.


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The sneakers are glowing and the lunchboxes are fresh. It's time to head back to the little red school house for another year of education. Entering a new classroom promises never before seen math problems, spelling rules and lectures in science for sponge-like brains. While most everyone expects that type of learning, it is sometimes a different lesson that gets moms and dads fired up for a new year. Parents see their children grow every day, but it is a fresh perspective from their child's new teacher than can often offer them a new vantage point into their kiddo's life. An art instructor may spot a budding Van Gogh or the P.E. coach sees the next Mia Hamm. The reading teacher may see a writing future while the math tutor discovers a counting issue that needs special attention. What have you learned from your child's teachers?
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Giants launch 'all-out' Final Vote push
Team putting full effort into making Sandoval an All-Star
By Chris Haft / MLB.com
After the first 24 hours of voting, Sandoval, vying for the last spot on the NL All-Star team, maintained a slim lead over Shane Victorino of the Philadelphia Phillies, Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Mark Reynolds of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Cristian Guzman of the Washington Nationals.Fans attending the Giants' series opener against the Florida Marlins at AT&T Park were bound to receive multiple entreaties to vote for Sandoval, the 22-year-old switch-hitter who's the club's leading offensive force, as well as a defensive handyman. Ballpark employees wore "Vote Pablo" stickers. To enable fans to do exactly that, Giants management set up computer terminals at various locations throughout the ballpark. The team also encouraged fans to bring their laptops to capitalize on the park's free wi-fi access so they could vote for Sandoval during breaks in the action. Early-arriving fans were treated to the sight of Giants players taking batting practice with those "Vote Pablo" stickers plastered on their caps and pullovers. Left-hander Jonathan Sanchez even used four stickers to affix a hand-scrawled "Vote for Pablo" sign on his back. Sandoval's cause also was furthered on the Giants' broadcast affiliates, Comcast SportsNet and KNBR 680 AM. San Francisco-area fans weren't the only ones on the receiving end of the campaign. The Giants reached out to their Class A affiliates in San Jose, Calif., and Augusta, Ga., where Sandoval was an extremely popular performer, and urged them to vote for the "Kung Fu Panda" to reach the July 14 Midsummer Classic in St. Louis. For good measure, Sandoval taped interviews to be aired in his native Venezuela with Erwin Higueros, the club's Hispanic media relations coordinator and Spanish-language broadcaster -- reflecting efforts to capture a segment of the international electorate. Now in its eighth year, the 2009 All-Star Game Sprint Final Vote gives baseball fans around the world the opportunity to select the final player on each All-Star team. Fans can vote on MLB.com and club sites such as sfgiants.com until 1 p.m. PT on Thursday. The winners will be announced on MLB.com shortly thereafter.
Mobile voting in the U.S. is exclusive to Sprint, Nextel and Boost subscribers. To receive the 2009 All-Star Game Sprint Final Vote mobile ballot text the word "VOTE" to 1122. To vote for a specific player, simply text-message your choice to 1122. EXAMPLE: Text "A3" to vote for AL Player 3 or "N4" to vote for NL Player 4. Standard rate messaging fees also may apply; check with your carrier. Mobile voting in Canada is open to all carriers; fans should text their choices to 88555.
The fun doesn't end there, however. Fans, having already decided the starters and final player on each team, once again will have the opportunity to participate in the official voting for the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player presented by Chevy via the 2009 All-Star Game Sprint MVP Vote on MLB.com during the All-Star Game.
The 80th Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX Sports, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and Sportsnet HD and televised around the world by Major League Baseball International, with pregame ceremonies beginning at 5 p.m. PT. ESPN Radio will provide exclusive national radio coverage, while MLB.com will provide extensive online coverage. XM will provide satellite radio play-by-play coverage of the XM All-Star Futures Game.Slaughter said that the Giants have even more plans for furthering Sandoval's candidacy, but was reluctant to divulge them in case rival teams appropriate these strategies to help their respective players. By mid-week, though, the Giants will have pulled out all the stops. "It's for a great cause," Slaughter said.
Chris Haft 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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Cards rookies hold their own with Lynn unavailable
By Joey Nowak and Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com
Lynn threw 50 pitches in Game 2 of the National League Division Series on Monday in St. Louis, and the 18-game winner is a likely candidate to step in for the injured Jaime Garcia should the Cards advance to the NL Championship Series. Matheny also said Lynn could pitch in Game 4 on Thursday or a potential Game 5 on Friday.
In the meantime, Matheny relied on Kelly and Rosenthal -- part of a formidable trio of rookie bullpen arms that also includes Shelby Miller -- to work the late innings of Wednesday's 8-0 blowout.
"Anytime you get out here in this situation, especially in postseason games, there are some nerves going," Rosenthal said. "You're excited to be there, first of all, and want to come through and help the team win."
Rosenthal threw 1 1/3 innings, striking out one. Kelly pitched the ninth, walking a batter and also recording a strikeout.
"It just keeps building my confidence," Rosenthal said. "I've been very fortunate to have success so far, and hopefully I'll just keep building off of that. It's exciting that they are letting me go out there and that they think I'm capable of doing the job. I want to go out there and try to prove them right every time."
After Garcia was shut down Tuesday with a rotator cuff strain and inflammation, it became likely that Lynn would take his place in the rotation. But if Lynn is needed in this series, he'd then be unlikely to start Game 1 of the NLCS if St. Louis advanced.
"I wouldn't rule him out for [Thursday] and I wouldn't rule him out any further past that," Matheny said of Lynn. "But right now, after throwing 50 pitches and throwing the day before, we are going to have to be careful with him."
Keeping reserves sharp a balancing act for Cards
WASHINGTON -- Manager Mike Matheny has not deviated from his favored starting lineup in any of the team's four postseason games so far. While such batting order consistency is certainly the first-year manager's preference, it has left the Cardinals' bench players the tough task of staying sharp without regular playing time.
"I have put them in a tough spot, but they have been making up for it and getting extra work and doing more to be prepared, and that's all they can do," Matheny said of his five-man bench. "We are going to continue to try and get them in there, but when things are going as they are, we need to ride out what gives us the best opportunity each night."
Matheny's three most utilized bench players -- Matt Carpenter, Shane Robinson and Skip Schumaker -- have accrued a combined seven at-bats through the team's first three playoff games. Only Carpenter has a hit, that coming in Friday's National League Wild Card game against the Braves.
The limited playing time hasn't been a recent development either. Because the Cards had to fend off the Dodgers in the Wild Card race until the second-to-last day of the regular season, Matheny had few opportunities to plug his bench players into starting spots in September.
Robinson, for instance, has made one start since Sept. 5. Schumaker has earned four since Sept. 15. Only Carpenter was able to start regularly down the stretch, that due to a late-season ankle injury to David Freese.
"I've said it a couple times: That's something down the stretch, I would have liked to have been able to do better was to keep the bench sharp," Matheny said. "But we felt like we were fighting for our lives every game all the way through the end of September and didn't really have the opportunity to change something when it was going well, and we found a good fit. [There are a few players] we need to keep sharp to be able to come off the bench and give us valuable at-bats."
Playoff vet Matheny relishing first foray as manager
WASHINGTON -- Mike Matheny is wearing a different hat -- only figuratively speaking -- in his newest role with the Cardinals, but the first-year skipper says playoff excitement remains the same as it was when he was playing for the Redbirds.
The 42-year-old manager has steered St. Louis to the postseason in his first year at the helm, after appearing in the playoffs four times during a 13-year playing career that included five seasons with the Cardinals.
"It is a great environment, and I love it just as much as a manager as I did as a player," Matheny said. "There's nothing like it in the game, to be able to be a part of postseason baseball."
Matheny was a four-time Gold Glove Award-winning catcher who helped lead the Cardinals to four National League Central titles -- and one NL pennant -- in five years from 2000-04.
He's had no shortage of excitement to manage the Cards through this year, as the club fought for the second and final NL Wild Card spot through the end of the regular season. That battle, Matheny says, has helped the team's mindset through the playoffs.
"He's done a great job of keeping us in the moment and not worrying about things outside of our control," starting pitcher Kyle Lohse said. "It's kind of really been a continuation of what we had last year with Tony [La Russa]. He's done a great job of handling the team, handling the pressure, knowing what comes along, that [the media is] going to second-guess a lot of things. He stays true to himself and does what he believes needs to be done."
Joey Nowak is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @joeynowak. Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.