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Rehabbing Pryor pitching well in Tacoma
By Greg Johns / MLB.com
SEATTLE -- Injured reliever Stephen Pryor was in the Mariners' clubhouse Thursday afternoon to check with trainers and get some work in as he continues recovering from a torn latissimus dorsi muscle behind his right shoulder that has sidelined him since mid-April.
But Pryor is getting closer to returning as he's now thrown three scoreless innings in three rehab appearances for Triple-A Tacoma, including a 1-2-3 eighth inning in Wednesday's 5-3 victory over Tucson.
Pryor said he'll be back with the Rainiers on Friday and is looking toward pitching in back-to-back performances sometime soon.
"I think it's coming in the near future, but I'm not sure what days," said the hard-throwing right-hander. "If I get through that and everything goes fine, that's kind of the test. But I've felt good. Mechanically, everything has been good. I'm just kind of working on pitches and trying to get back to where I was."
Pryor, 24, got hit hard in his first game back for Class A Everett, but has since allowed just one baserunner -- on a walk -- in three innings for Tacoma.
"The first outing was a little rough," he said. "But after that, things have gone pretty smooth. I just had to get the cobwebs out, I guess."
Pryor didn't allow a run in seven outings for the Mariners to start the year, allowing just three hits in 7 1/3 innings, but isn't quite back to that dominant level yet.
"I'd say I'm like in mid-Spring Training," he said. "It's fair to say it's a few outings away, hopefully. But I'm finally getting to play in some games, which is nice. It's a lot better than sitting in the training room."
Zunino expected back soon after foul tip off wrist
SEATTLE -- Mariners rookie catcher Mike Zunino took a foul tip off his left wrist and was replaced by veteran backup Henry Blanco in the fifth inning of Thursday's 8-2 victory over the Twins.
X-rays didn't reveal any damage, however, and the youngster is expected back shortly.
"I took a foul ball off there and it got me in the right spot," said Zunino, wearing a brace on the wrist postgame. "I will get re-evaluated in the morning. I'm feeling better already. We'll just take it day by day."
Acting manager Robby Thompson said Zunino was already hurting in that same area from a foul ball two days earlier and the decision was made to take him out with the team already sporting a 6-0 lead.
"I've taken balls off me everywhere in the last couple days," Zunino said. "But this one sort of got me in the same spot and sort of re-aggravated it a little bit. But it's not too bad."
Zunino, last year's third overall Draft pick, has been Seattle's primary starter since being called up from Triple-A Tacoma six weeks ago.
The 22-year-old was 1-for-2 with an RBI single on Thursday and is hitting .242 with two home runs and 10 RBIs in 99 at-bats over 29 games.
Blanco, 41, is the only other catcher on the 25-man roster. He went 1-for-2 with a double after replacing Zunino and is batting .171 in 70 at-bats this season.
Jesus Sucre is on the 15-day disabled list, still recovering from a bruised wrist that occurred in early June. Jesus Montero, who opened the year as Seattle's starting catcher, has just rejoined Tacoma after missing more than a month following surgery on a torn meniscus in his right knee. But Montero will be limited to first base and designated hitter duties the remainder of this season.
Thompson staying in contact with resting Wedge
SEATTLE -- Mariners bench coach Robby Thompson continued his duty as interim manager in place of Eric Wedge on Thursday after the team learned following Wednesday's game that their skipper would miss at least the next 10 games following a minor stroke.
Thompson already had filled in the three previous games after Wedge was hospitalized prior to Monday's contest with the Indians after becoming dizzy during batting practice.
Thompson expects an easy transition, given he's worked as Wedge's bench coach all three years in Seattle and the two share similar ideas on how to run a team and game situations.
"I think we're very similar," said Thompson, a two-time All-Star with the Giants during his playing career. "It's not a micro-managing thing. We don't try to make things happen or try to get our hands too deep into things. Pretty much the same philosophy on letting the game dictate what we need to do, other than what we need to do to make something happen out there."
Thompson talked with Wedge on Thursday morning and said he sounded good, but at least on this day they didn't discuss the lineup or upcoming baseball decisions.
"He basically said, hey, he trusts in me and knows what I'm all about," Thompson said. "Myself and the rest of the staff will daily piece together our lineup. As of late, it's been pretty easy. The lineup has been fairly steady each and every day, with maybe a change here or there. Hopefully that continues. I will definitely be in touch and talk with Eric, pretty close to every day, whether it be on the lineup issue or baseball or just talking and seeing how he's doing. And I'm sure he'll want to know how we're doing and how the players are doing."
The players are more concerned with how their manager is feeling at this point.
"He's our leader and everybody is all in for him," said rookie shortstop Brad Miller. "I think we owe it to him to go out and keep playing hard. That's all he ever asks of us, to play hard. So we have to take care of business out here for him, let him rest up and we can't wait until he gets back. That's the biggest thing."
Twins skipper Ron Gardenhire, who faced Wedge for years in AL Central battles when Wedge was with the Indians, said he was thinking of his longtime friend and foe, knowing the baseball grind "can wear you out" if managers aren't careful.
"I kind of know firsthand, I've been sick a couple times myself," Gardenhire said. "It's a stressful job and you do a lot of thinking about it and a lot of worrying about it. You try to do the right things. There are a lot more stressful jobs than ours, but definitely, pay attention to your health. It's a band of brothers here, so you're always thinking about each other when this stuff happens. I'm very concerned about him and glad he's doing OK."
Morse closing in on return to Mariners lineup
SEATTLE -- Michael Morse was scheduled to play nine innings in right field for Triple-A Tacoma on Thursday night in his fourth rehab game, and a decision could come soon on when he'll rejoin the Mariners, according to interim manager Robby Thompson.
Morse hit .222 (2-for-9) with a home run and double in his first three games for Tacoma as he returns from a strained right quadriceps muscle that has sidelined him since June 21.
"I talked to him briefly today and he's champing at the bit," Thompson said. "He says he feels real good."
Thompson didn't rule out Morse returning by this weekend. He's eligible to come off the 15-day disabled list whenever he's ready.
"We'll see how he comes out of this game," Thompson said Thursday afternoon. "If it all goes well, we'll go from there. So hopefully there are no setbacks."
Thompson said Morse is closer to rejoining the team than Franklin Gutierrez, who is also rehabbing in Tacoma in his third Minor League stint as he deals with a recurring hamstring issue.
Thompson acknowledged the Mariners could face a tough roster decision when Morse returns, as there already are five healthy outfielders in Raul Ibanez, Michael Saunders, Dustin Ackley, Endy Chavez and Jason Bay.
Worth noting
• Brandon Maurer gave up five hits and three runs (two earned) in 6 2/3 innings with three walks and eight strikeouts in Triple-A Tacoma's 5-3 victory over Tucson on Wednesday. The 23-year-old is 3-4 with a 5.21 ERA in 10 starts since being sent down.
• Kendrys Morales had six home runs in July going into Thursday's game, tied for second in the American League for the month behind the eight of Texas third baseman Adrian Beltre.
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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So I figured I should probably write something here about why I didn't go to YAPC::Europe this year, even though I was supposed to go and moderate a hackathon.
The problem was that I was supposed to moderate a hackathon.
For various reasons, there are some things that I find very very difficult, even though my skills and experience mean that I should be quite capable of them. Doing things in person at specific times comes under this. I'm not going to go into details, but I don't mean reasons like "is too disorganised to prepare a presentation in time", or "doesn't feel like getting out of bed in the morning" — it's more systemic and less easy to overcome than that.
The thing is that because I should be quite capable of things like running a training session, giving a live demonstration, moderating a hackathon, or indeed working full-time, it's very hard for other people to understand that these things are more difficult for me than they would be for most other people with my skills and motivation. This means that when I say "no, I can't do that", other people hear "I'm scared to do that", or "I need you to talk me into doing that", and hence they proceed to try to talk me into doing it. Because I am a nice person, and I like to oblige, this sometimes leads to me agreeing to do something that I really shouldn't.
(I do want to say here that I'm absolutely not saying anything against the people who encouraged me to propose the OpenGuides hackathon at YAPC. With most people, what you did would have been absolutely the right thing to do. The reason I'm writing this now is that I recognise that my situation is unusual enough to require documentation.)
So, when I found myself at the point where the situation had been affecting my work and personal life for months, and I was seriously contemplating cutting up my passport (and perhaps more) so nobody could make me go to Vienna, I realised that I had to pull out. So I did.
Some people have wondered why I didn't just cancel the hackathon and go to the conference anyway. Because of the way I am, I have spent far too much of my life apologising for dropping out of things. I've had people call me rude, lazy, stupid, inconsiderate, and unprofessional, and I'm sure there are a number of people in the Perl community who consider me unemployable. So I hope people can understand why I didn't want to go to Vienna that week, in that context, as a failure, again.
This postscript is for the people who are going to pop up and suggest that I try therapy or drugs or NLP or something to "fix" myself.
Over the many many years that this has been the case, I have indeed put a lot of effort into trying to "fix" the "problem", but with time I've realised that this effort could be better spent somewhere else — for example, in doing things that I actually can accomplish well and efficiently. And in this, I am mostly succeeding. The work that remains to be done lies not in wasting more energy trying to change myself into a "normal" person, but in getting better at saying "no" and sticking to it.
Hello. Long time, no write. (I'm mostly writing on LiveJournal these days[0][1].)
[0] Mostly friends-only, so get an account or an OpenID, and poke me, and I'll add you.
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We had an OpenGuides hackfest at our house this weekend, focusing on clearing out all the cruft in our Trac bugreps. You know how some bugreps just sit and fester? Well, we got fed up of having festering bugreps, so we got a pile of OpenGuides hackers (old and new) together in our living room, talked each rep through, assigned them to various people, and started hacking. Commits happened, bugs got closed, and new people got familiar with the codebase. It feels like a fresh start.
The weekend went so well[2] that we plan to try and fit another one in between now and the hackathon that will be happening at YAPC::Europe in Vienna in August.
[2] The only thing I regret is the fact that the meatballs I made as part of the buffet lunch on Saturday were a bit dry. I think I'll add some lemon juice and vegetable stock next time.
One of the best things about it was that new people came along and got stuck in: Andrew, Anne, Ilmari, and Pedro. Hurrah to all of you, and of course hurrah also to the usual suspects, Bob, Dom, and Ivor.
P.S. If you read this, do say hello.
I'm looking for another programmer to join the OpenGuides project. In particular, I'm looking for someone to overhaul the install process and make it simpler. Any volunteers? Comment here or mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com or mail the dev list at email@example.com. Or do all three.
And please feel free to pass this advert on - stick it on perlmonks or livejournal or your local perlmongers mailing list or wherever.
jerakeen is wonderful. He's writing a CGI::Wiki front-end to work out of the box.
Oh yes, and Building Collaborative Web Applications with CGI::Wiki is now out, in this month's The Perl Journal, hurrah.
We finally moved the open community guide to London (previously known as grubstreet) from UseModWiki over to OpenGuides. Wow. It only took just under a year from deciding to rewrite UseModWiki in maintainable Perl to coming up with a complete specialised city guide application.
There are three Open Guides online now:
More info is available at the OpenGuides website - if your city doesn't have an Open Guide then why not set one up? It will work right out of the box for any UK city (after you configure it, of course). For cities in other countries, all the features should work fine apart from the location stuff — offers of assistance in sorting that would be greatly appreciated.
OpenGuides is based on CGI::Wiki and was written by me, Earle Martin, and Ivor Williams.
CPAN RT #2445 is really confusing me. I'm partly expecting it to turn out to be some kind of mystery shopper gathering data for a new CPANTS metric — maintainer patience in the face of "it doesn't work" bug reports.
Sometimes you just have to stop whining, and write some code. I was spending far too much time and energy telling everyone that I didn't understand any of this RDF and RSS stuff, so I spent the weekend stealing other people's code and writing an RSS plugin for CGI::Wiki (see it in action on my grubstreet clone). Of course I still don't know what I'm doing, since XML::RSS is doing all the actual work, but at least I'm doing it.
My to-do list now has a home in cyberspace, appropriately enough on a wiki. The thing I will probably spend most of my next few spare evenings on is carrying on with the ChefMoz stuff that I'm doing in collaboration with danbri.
I got around to writing CGI::Wiki::Plugin::Locator::UK. It's not as complicated as I was going on about in my last journal entry, because it doesn't actually need write access to the database tables.
use CGI::Wiki;
use CGI::Wiki::Plugin::Locator::UK;
my $wiki = CGI::Wiki->new;
my $locator = CGI::Wiki::Plugin::Locator::UK->new(
wiki => $wiki );
$wiki->write_node( "Jerusalem Tavern",
"A good pub",
{ os_x => 531674,
os_y => 181950
# Just retrieve the co-ordinates.
my ( $x, $y ) = $locator->coordinates(
node => "Jerusalem Tavern" );
# Find the straight-line distance between two nodes,
# in kilometres.
my $distance = $locator->distance(
from_node => "Jerusalem Tavern",
to_node => "Calthorpe Arms" );
# Find all the things within 200 metres of a given place.
my @others = $locator->find_within_distance(
node => "Albion",
metres => 200 );
The only change I needed to make to CGI::Wiki was to put in an extra utility module to make it easier to write standalone tests that can be run at any time after the core distribution is installed. So you can write a CGI::Wiki plugin, use CGI::Wiki::TestConfig::Utilities , and your tests can be run on every backend that was configured for testing last time CGI::Wiki was installed.
But, anyway, the Locator plugin. Feel the shininess! Want to see everything that grubstreet knows about within 500 metres of Holborn Station? No problem.
Simon noted that the idea of linking wiki nodes using co-ordinates can be extended to all kinds of evilness, hence the title of this entry. $locator->find_chain_between will be written, but my primary motivation is really the more innocent one of pub crawling.


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Cubs front office gearing up for Draft
By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
CHICAGO -- The Cubs have the second overall pick in the June 6 First-Year Player Draft, and have narrowed the list of players they're focusing on to half a dozen. General manager Jed Hoyer said the Astros, who have the first pick overall, aren't tipping their hand.
"Houston did a really good job last year," Hoyer said of the Astros, who selected shortstop Carlos Correa with the No. 1 pick in 2012. "We were sitting in our meeting last year, talking about what we were going to do and Carlos Correa was taken, and we assumed [the Astros] were going in a different direction. They did a real good job last year hiding their intent.
"We don't expect to know until the name is called in New York [on June 6]," Hoyer said. "When you pick second, it's a pretty short list [of candidates]. We'll react to what [the Astros] do. At this time of year, you'll get texts from friends thinking they know how things will fall out. The truth is, only two or three people in the Astros organization know how it's going to happen. We don't expect to know until the last minute. We'll keep doing our due diligence."
The Cubs scouts and front office went over the prospects at their mid-point meeting and will not gather again until the end of May.
"When you pick second, you can really bear down on [the top picks]," Hoyer said.
Last year, the Cubs had the sixth pick overall and chose high school outfielder Albert Almora.
Sweeney, Dolis promoted from Triple-A Iowa
CHICAGO -- Getting sent to the Minor Leagues was a good thing for Ryan Sweeney, who was promoted to the Cubs on Monday.
Sweeney was limited to 63 games last season with the Red Sox after he injured the pinkie finger on his left hand when he punched a door in the Red Sox dugout in late July. He batted .260 last season, and spent the offseason working on his swing. But the Red Sox released him March 30 and Sweeney signed with the Cubs on April 2.
At Triple-A Iowa, he batted .337 in 23 games with six home runs, two doubles, two triples and 16 RBIs.
"It might have been a positive for me to go to Triple-A and play every day and get my confidence back," Sweeney said.
The Cubs promoted Sweeney and pitcher Rafael Dolis from Triple-A Iowa on Monday, and optioned outfielder Dave Sappelt to the Minor League team. Reliever Kameron Loe was designated for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for Sweeney.
Sweeney was pulled from the second game of Iowa's Sunday doubleheader and told by manager Marty Pevey that he was headed to the big leagues. He was considering at least three teams, and after talking to Theo Epstein, Cubs president of baseball operations, decided Chicago was a good fit.
A left-handed hitter, Sweeney, 28, has played for the White Sox, Athletics and Red Sox, and has a career .280 batting average over seven seasons in the big leagues.
Sappelt, 26, was used in Cubs manager Dale Sveum's platoon against left-handed pitchers. In 20 games with the Cubs, Sappelt was batting .178 (8-for-45).
The Cubs had claimed Loe, 31, off waivers from the Mariners on April 14. On Sunday, he gave up one run on one hit and two walks in one inning against the Reds, and has a 5.40 ERA in seven games.
"We want him to go to Triple-A to get things worked out," Sveum said of Loe. "He's a nice piece to have when that sinker is working correctly. He just needs to iron out some mechanics."
Dolis, 25, appeared in 34 games last year with the Cubs. In eight games with Iowa, the right-hander has given up three runs on six hits and three walks over 7 2/3 innings, striking out seven.
Sweeney did admit it was tough to go back to the Minor Leagues after spending so much time in the big leagues.
"I could go down and be [ticked] off or I could go down and show them I was healthy and still hit and try to get back up as soon as I could," he said.
Perhaps the best part about the timing of the callup is that his parents had traveled from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and were in Des Moines to watch Sweeney play.
"My brother is in the Midwest League, and they had gone to see him a bunch," Sweeney said. "I felt like a little kid again. I'd never gotten called up in the middle of the year. It was definitely different being pulled out of a game to get called up."
Garza looks good in second rehab start
CHICAGO -- Cubs pitcher Matt Garza gave up one run on four hits over 3 1/3 innings Monday for Triple-A Iowa in his second rehab start, and the next step will be a start for Double-A Tennessee.
Garza threw 54 pitches, 37 strikes, against Oklahoma City on Monday. He is rehabbing from a strained left lat suffered in mid-February in Spring Training, and is expected to make at least two more Minor League outings.
"He was really pumped up, everything went really well," said Cubs manager Dale Sveum, who talked to Garza after the outing. "The hits were a blooper, bunt hit, so he was pretty efficient and threw all his pitches 100 percent. His slider was up to 87 mph today. He was getting after it a little bit today."
On Tuesday, Japanese reliever Kyuji Fujikawa will make his second rehab outing when he pitches one inning for Double-A Tennessee. Fujikawa struck out two and walked one batter in one inning in his first rehab outing on Sunday for Iowa. The Japanese pitcher is rehabbing from a strained right forearm.
"If everything goes good again, that should be enough," Sveum said of Fujikawa's rehab outings.
Cubs hope to turn quality starts into more wins
CHICAGO -- The Cubs' starting pitching has been impressive in the first 31 games, but the team hasn't been able to take advantage of it, and it's frustrating, general manager Jed Hoyer said Monday.
"You could say that because of our pitching, our record is misleading, but I don't think our record really is misleading," Hoyer said of the Cubs' 11-20 mark. "We just need to get better at winning games."
Cubs starters have posted 18 quality starts and have a 2.05 ERA in those games, yet have won just six of those games. Four National League teams (Cardinals, Reds, Phillies, Nationals) have more quality starts than the Cubs. Plus, Chicago's starters are tied for the NL lead in strikeouts.
Good pitching usually leads to good games, but the bullpen has struggled and the offense hasn't delivered. Twenty-six of 31 games have been decided by three runs or less.
Starter Edwin Jackson is 0-5 in his first seven starts, but Hoyer said they aren't concerned about the right-hander.
"He's got a really long track record of success," Hoyer said of Jackson. "His consistency has been one of his biggest strengths. [We're] not concerned, but he does need to pitch better.
"Luckily he does have 25 more starts this year and plenty of time to turn it around," Hoyer said. "I think he's frustrated with how he's pitched and we expect him to get better."
The other pitcher who has scuffled is Carlos Marmol, who was removed as closer after the first week of the season.
"Carlos has had a real long track record of success here," Hoyer said of the reliever. "He has a number of more appearances than any other pitcher in baseball in the last four, five years. This team has expected a lot out of him for a lot of years and ridden him really hard over the last few years. Some of that has probably taken its toll.
"His slider isn't what it used to be," Hoyer said. "He's been really durable and ridden hard by a number of managers here. He had a really good second half last year and threw well [Sunday]. He has struggled in save appearances and it's been frustrating.
"I do think he's a lightning rod here and I think people forget how much he's pitched here and how well he's pitched at times here and have focused on his failures."
Extra bases
• Ian Stewart, activated from the disabled list on Friday and then optioned to Triple-A Iowa, reported to the Minor League team on Monday for the upcoming road trip to Colorado Springs, but did not play this weekend. Stewart took advantage of the 72 hours given to players to report.
Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer said Monday that Stewart had the right to take the time off.
Stewart was projected as the Cubs starting third baseman this year, but injured his left quad in an intrasquad game Feb. 21. Hoyer said it's disappointing that Stewart hasn't been able to play for the big league team.
"Last year, we made a trade for him and he had a lot of injuries he was dealing with," Hoyer said of Stewart, who eventually underwent wrist surgery in early July last year. "This year, we never even had him. It was the first swing of the first game of an intrasquad scrimmage. That's as early in the season as you can get. He hasn't had a chance to help us. There's certainly talent there, left-handed power, he's a good defender."
• On Wednesday, Cubs fans are invited to participate in Chicago Cubs Charities "Pink Out," presented by Advocate Health Care. Each fan who buys a bleacher ticket will receive a Cubs Charities "Pink Out" hat to help promote and support breast cancer awareness. The wives of Cubs coaches and players will be handing them out at the entrance gates.
Fans throughout the ballpark are encouraged to wear pink that day for the Cubs game against the Cardinals.
Proceeds from that day's Cubs Charities 50/50 Raffle will benefit mammograms for under/uninsured women through Advocate Healthcare.
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Front Range > Pikes Peak Region > San Luis Peak > Climber's Log
San Luis Peak Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
Date Climbed: Jun 28, 1988
|Posted Jul 7, 2017 8:58 pm
|Fun Hike
Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2013
|Fun hike on a great trail. Did this with my wife. The short scramble at the very end definitely added to the enjoyment. Nothing harder than easy 3rd class.
|Posted Aug 30, 2013 11:33 pm
|Brian Kalet
|2 Peaks
Date Climbed: May 19, 2012
|With 9410.
|Posted May 21, 2012 11:29 am
|From Bear Trap Ranch
Date Climbed: Jan 2, 2009
|Nice perspective, i.e. view.
|Posted Jun 25, 2011 9:05 pm
|Sarah Simon
|Traver from Knights and McKinley
Date Climbed: May 28, 2011
|Pleasantly surprised by the lovely and sprightly summit finish on this one! Started at Knights, hopped over McKinley, finished on San Luis then descended to the Jeep. Loved this traverse!
|Posted May 30, 2011 10:22 pm
|Jeremy Hakes
|GREAT traverse
Date Climbed: Feb 19, 2011
|Great traverse from Vigil to Knights.
|Posted Feb 20, 2011 11:17 am
|san luis peak
Date Climbed: Mar 12, 2009
|I have climbed San Luis twice, both from the ridge that connects Vigil, and San Luis. There are also two small 4th class summits, on that ridge I will call middle Vigil, and west Vigil. This Makes for a great tour.
|Posted Nov 23, 2010 11:51 am
Date Climbed: Feb 2, 2010
|Really enjoyed this hike and its many large rappels. I started from Knights Peak, then to McKinley and finally summited San Luis. Great day, great views and awesome cliffs. Some areas of thigh deep snow, but that is the fun part right? I suggest this route to those who DO NOT want to go through Bear Trap. I called them and they were super cool. went there and a large group of guys in a SUV pulled up and questiioned me, gave me directions to a building I couldnt find. I didnt want to start knocking on doors. So, we went up the trail. Found it kinda of an erie place. Maybe, it is just me...
|Posted Feb 3, 2010 1:15 pm
|Loved it!
|Climbed this a couple of times years ago. I love Bear Trap Ranch!
|Posted Jan 26, 2010 11:33 am
|Foggy start to June
Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2008
|Hiked via Bear Trap Ranch after nearly summiting Mt. Vigil. Nice views from top of Gold Camp Rd, Emerald Valley, and Mt. Rosa. Too bad my serenity on top was shattered by gun shots at the nearby range.
|Posted Jun 3, 2008 9:31 pm
|from Vigil Peak
Date Climbed: Nov 24, 2006
|Summit from Vigil Peak via Bear Trap Ranch. Couldn't find trail due to the snow.
|Posted Nov 25, 2006 1:36 am
|early morning scramble
Date Climbed: May 17, 2006
|I, too, tried Mt. Vigil, but was unable to surmount the crux at the base of the summit block. When they say "exposed," they mean it! The final slab scramble to the top of San Luis was moderately challenging, and the views beautiful; topped out at about 6:40 am on a clear, sunny day.
|Posted May 17, 2006 7:56 pm
|Also Baldy Alto
|Backpack up Stewart Creek
|Posted May 10, 2006 9:44 pm
|Route Climbed: n.e. slopes Date Climbed: Nov 13, 2003
|I climbed this in light snow with my friend Jeremy and his dog. We never found the trail from Bear Trap Ranch as we had no beta, so we ended up bushwacking straight up the steep n.e. slopes of San Luis with about 6" of snow. There are some excellent scrambling opportunities on the summit. We continued over to less spectacular McKinley Peak to the west which is in the trees. I came back the following fall to get Vigil Peak, which has some brief stretches of 5th class. Excellent page, Patrick!
|Posted Dec 2, 2005 1:47 am
|Route Climbed: Bear Trap Ranch/San Luis Peak Trail Date Climbed: November 30, 2005
|Great climb after a failed attempt on nearby Vigil Peak. I climbed in the snow, sun and wind on a beautiful weekday in Colorado.
|Posted Dec 2, 2005 1:08 am


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Nice Blog! I've added it to my list as well.
2000 Moto Guzzi V11 Sport
Thanks for the link and your endeavors!
..I never get tired of placing my eyes over safe riding and form writings. Winter is always a good time to refresh..as well to remind ones self.
After every ride season I always critique those 'not so cool' moments that happened during the season.
Yes, it would be nice to have a corner for this type of wisdom and interaction available here.
Perhaps just join in on more...."word association".. down below
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Riding confidence. Is it important? Can too much, or too little, be a bad thing? How can I become more confident? Are confident riders always competent riders? Some thoughts about confidence: (Read more: www.moto-safe.com)
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Is Your Bike Eligible?
The Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) are seeking participants for a ground breaking study involving motorcyclists
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Ray Charles could see where this study is going. In fact let me save them some time and money by telling them the outcome.
honestly I think anything that can help riders become better riders is a good thing.
even the school of hard knocks, I think the crashes in my youth on bicycles, minibikes and older made me a better rider in the long run.
side note related to safety:
the other night a friend of my wifes was telling me that she attended a riders course , for passangers. You were taught how to correctly lean ( lean the way I lean gosh darn it) what to do when a bike is being laid down, what to do in a t-bone, and first aid. She said it was a class that did not make the budget, her husband propsed and taught it for one summer for team oregon. He also taught moto safety for cops and he said there was lots of neat tricks that they dont teach in regular classes
I think it would be neat if there was a class that had kind of beater bikes, that you ere taught how to lay a bike down on purpose. Its a good skill to have.
Now in my olden years, I meet to many people that wanted to ride all their life, go through mid-life crisis and get their first bike at 55 years old ( which is way cool) but have no idea what to do in a bad situation, and with old brittle bones, might not survive a simple slide or how to avoid a difficult situation.
ok, coffee is down for the morning
ÔÇÿDangerous FiveÔÇÖ Driving Sins
The Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) (http://www.trafficsafety.org) is a coalition of private employers and government traffic-safety experts who focus on reducing the human and economic impact of traffic crashes suffered by workers. The theme of the organizationÔÇÖs annual ÔÇÿDrive Safety Work Week 2007ÔÇÖ campaign is what their research indicates to be the top five driving sins; Read more: www.moto-safe.com
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New MotoSafe: Remember when your Granny admonished you at the dinner table to, ÔÇ£Sit up straight and eat your broccoli!ÔÇØ? Granny had your welfare in mind, and perhaps we can learn a riding-lesson from her. So, letÔÇÖs think about good riding posture, both in a straight path, and while cornering. (Read more: www.moto-safe.com)
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Well, the votes are in, and we find that the majority of respondents believe they are weaker, less confident and proficient, when cornering to the right. The numbers? 57% report more trouble cornering to the right, versus 28% who feel less competent cornering to the left; 15% report they are equally confident and competent turning and cornering either way. So, by a raw two-to-one margin, weak-righties outnumber weak-lefties. LetÔÇÖs see what we all can learn from this survey, and mostly, from one another. WHY do we believe we prefer one cornering direction over the opposite? (Read more: www.moto-safe.com)
Roger Wiles
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MotoSafe: Well, it's been a while, but here is a lengthy piece on mentoring new riders. Experienced riders seem to expect that new;y-licensed riders are competent motorcyclists - after all, they now have an endoresement and maybe even took a training class, but... If there is a newer rider in your life, check out www.moto-safe.com
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BRAKES Part I: "Stopping your motorcycle, on command, safely and precisely, under a wide variety of conditions, is clearly one of the competencies that responsible riders must have well in hand in order to reduce overall risk while riding. " Read more: www.moto-safe.com
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Dodgers send Young to Pirates
LA trades outfielder for two players to be named
By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
The deal was formally announced on Wednesday morning.
Young was designated for assignment Monday to make room on the 40-man roster for infielder Juan Castro, who was promoted from Triple-A Albuquerque to replace Blake DeWitt, who was optioned to Albuquerque.
The outfielder had been on the disabled list, still recovering from offseason elbow surgery. He was serving an injury-rehabilitation assignment at Albuquerque.
Young, 26, was a fourth-round Draft pick in 2002. Except for an injury-rehab stint at Triple-A, Young spent all of 2008 on the Major League club, primarily as a pinch-hitter, batting .246 in 83 games.
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In the realm of automotive sales, exclusive features often provide an important means of differentiating oneself from the competition. GM has OnStar and Ford has its SYNC functionality, a hot feature which allows for the integration of mobile phones and portable media players with Ford vehicles among other things. The feature was developed by software giant Microsoft in close collaboration with Ford, and is featured in many new Ford models, including the sleek and fuel efficient Ford Fusion hybrid.
The Ford and Microsoft partnership proved a match made in heaven and 80 percent of Ford's vehicles now feature the system. An update is on the way as well which is set to add turn-by-turn uploadable directions and more to the SYNC interface.
The system has been driving sales and has helped Ford likely be the only domestic automaker to avoid bankruptcy and government regulation. As a special thank you to Microsoft, Ford delivered Microsoft CEO and Detroit native Steve Ballmer a pale blue 2010 Ford Fusion hybrid, the millionth vehicle produce with Sync onboard according to Autoblog.
Ford CEO Alan Mulally personally delivered the new car to Mr. Ballmer. His purchase may have been largely a symbolic gesture, but the fun thing is Mr. Ballmer seemed genuinely excited. Of course, this isn't entirely surprising -- the Fusion is a very well-designed vehicle, rated an impressive 41 mpg, with many users report much higher mileages thanks to the car's aggressive fuel-saving strategies. Mr. Mulally pledged to "continue to innovate and expand the capability of SYNC by integrating even more new technologies that fit our customers' lifestyles."
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La Toya Jackson is pleased to hear her late brother Michael Jackson's return to the airwaves with his "new" single, "This Is It," but she's not happy about the release of the documentary of the same name.
Access Hollywood spoke with La Toya on Monday as she was working as our guest correspondent for "Dancing With the Stars" and we asked her if she thought Michael would have wanted rehearsal footage of his planned tour released as a feature film.
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"You know what, that's a very, very, very good question," La Toya told Access. "And truthfully, my opinion…no!"
When asked to explain why she felt her late brother would not have wanted the film to be released, La Toya said the perfectionist in Michael would not be pleased.
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"Michael always wants to give his best. This is a rehearsal. He wasn't giving his all," she explained. "He loves to give his all always. That's just the way he is. He wants people to see him at the top of the ladder not half-stepping because he doesn't wanna do a full out rehearsal."
Despite her objections to the release of "This Is It," La Toya said she would still support the film and Michael.
"I will support my brother any way I can," she explained. "I love him."
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Toyota RAV4 side airbags blew up in my face with NO impact to car!
I was just wondering if you allowed them to work on the vehicle. Here at the local dealership they are wanting to know if they can go ahead and fix the dash board. The service manager here got in touch with someone in the states who wants him to send in a part to our car so they can look at it and see what is going on. We are hesitant to let them do anything to the car because I don't want it to give Subaru a reason they could get out of covering the cost. They have already told me during the first conversation, "We don't know what happened to your car, maybe a wire was cut." So I hate to do anything to it before they send someone out here to look into it because god knows what kind of excuse they could come up with after someone has touched it.
I think you are absolutely right in not letting them do anything to the car. It's likely that an airbag sensor was defective- it's a computer designed to detect an impact and instantaneously "tell" the airbag(s) to deploy. It's only supposed to do that at impacts that occur at speeds above about 20 mph. My dealership and others told me that. Your dealership shoud know that. The Toyota Zone sent out an engineer to determine the cause and take photos, I got a chance to speak to him, asked him the cause-reply: we don't know. Your case: Wire cut? By what? What wire? In my case, I ABSOLUTELY refused to let them fix it, fearing that since the side airbags deployed for no reason, how am I to know the fronts would deploy because of another bad sensor? From the time it happened, I refused to drive it again. Ever. I could have been killed but that it happened on a straight four lane with no surrounding traffic. A half hour earlier, I was on a very twisty, hilly road, with many drop-offs to the side. I surely would have been killed at that time. Express to the dealership you want the Zone manager involved to have the car inspected, and you are looking to have Suburu "buy back" their car from you, plus compensate you for your injuries. Tell the dealership to CALL SOMEBODY! good luck.
I have finally gotten in touch with someone. As soon as I called and asked for the CEO a kind lady in the executive offices took down my information and I was contacted by a Manager in the Customer Relations Department. They are now working to determine what caused the car to malfunction. Then we are going to go from there. I expressed to them my dissatisfaction with their complete disregard for my issue because we didn't live in the US. This is what it seemed to me. At least we now have the ball rolling and we can go from there.
Great news!! It's likely there'll be more hurdles, but you're on the right track. Nice going.
chrisc111 Posts: 1This just happened to me too (July 17, 2009). I have a '08 RAV4 with around 7500 miles on it. The car was in a parking lot, was in park and the parking brake was on. I was not involved in any accident—I was not even moving and nothing hit my car. I subsequently contacted Toyota Corporate and the car is at the dealership to see what happened. I would be interested to hear if someone out there has some advice on how to deal with Toyota on this issue or if this is happening to other '08 RAV4s. Thanks.
madrav4owner Posts: 1My side airbags exploded for absolutely no reason. I thought I had been shot the sound was so loud. I was driving about 20 mph on a surface street in my town, Glendale, CA. Had I been on one of our crazy freeways I think I may have been killed. Have sent a very detailed letter to the president of Toyota in Japan. Return receipt was received and again I was pushed off to another representative in Torrance, CA who did nothing but say the car has been repaired. My Rav 4 is still at the dealership (since Sept. 30th) and I refuse to ever drive it again.
Has anyone made any progress with legal representation? I need some suggestions as I am out transportation and spending a lot on rental cars.
I'm the OP to this thread. Toyota finally settled with me for $40,000 but only after about 4 months of wrestling with them, and that meant 4 months of rental cars. I called and completely filled the voice mailbox of the CEO of Toyota North America whenever I had the time :lemon: , and that seemed to finally get results. Out of the 40k I had to pay the rentals but had enough to nearly pay for a new car. You have to keep on them. They will try to wait you out till you give up.Most lawyers I talked with didn't want the case. I did mine on my own. Good luck.
lenny20 Posts: 10My 2007 RAV4 V6 airbag light stays on after I drive for about two miles. Dealer says that error code is not under warrenty. There is an airbag recall out there, but dealor says it's not for this problem.
Anyone out there have experience treating with Toyota for warrenty service on a major safety issue such as airbags?
xtine020 Posts: 1July 29, 2017 I was involved in an accident. MY light turned green, i didn't go, the driver behind me beeped, and i proceeded to cross the intersection and someone ran the redder that red light an smashed into my 2006 Toyota Rav 4. I was hit on the passengers side and NO AIR BAGS deployed. She was traveling at least 40mph. SUGGESTIONS ANYONE?


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This is a silly question. AA is a success story, a journeyman who found a niche in the NBA after one failed attempt and stints overseas. If you aren't a fan of that you're a fool. If you can put the ball in the hoop at the highest level (even with a low shooting percentage) you are doing something right and get my respect.
There's no question AA has talent. He has a decent first step, can pass off the dribble, back down smaller defenders (see Jodie, Meeks) and is a confident, if streaker, shooter. He has a pretty polished offensive game and isn't a liability defensively, though he is not a great rebounder for his position. He's also a high effort player.
But he is not starting-calibre talent nor should he be getting big and/or 4th quarter minutes.
The fact that he's seeing starter's minutes says a lot about the failure of the organization to assemble a good team. We picked him off the heap, just like we've picked so many other players up on 15-day trials since BC got here. The fact that he's one of the few Raptors in the BC era who can create his own shot is astonishing and sad.
So am I a fan of his game? Yes. Do I think he's a starter? No. Do I evaluate and have expectations of him like I would a high draft pick? No.
He's an overseas journeyman and he has greatly exceeded expectations. He's still a nobody, but he's the most talented nobody we've ever had.
Alan Anderson is a bench player and is getting paid dirt cheap. He is our best player some nights, he guards the opposing teams best perimeter player usually, and he never complains. WHY Are people complaining?? I think raptor fans need to start re-directing their misguided hate towards Alan Anderson and direct it towards Dwayne Casey who decides to keep him in as long as he does. If anything, we are absolutely lucky to have him for such a dirt cheap price.
With Gay being our primary SF, I say trade Alan Anderson for a lock down defender
I think Colangelo should take the ball out of Casey's hands on this one and waive Anderson.
Alan Anderson will likely not be back with the team next year, yet he continues to get playing time at the expense of players we could be developing - ie Ross and Fields. Fields really is a work in progress, who does so many of the little things well and plays such good defense that we should be giving him opportunities to find his shot again. If he does, great first wing off the bench.
To answer the original question, while I have the utmost respect for the work Anderson has put into getting to the NBA after playing in numerous other spots, he's a chucker. So is Rudy, though, I guess (although I think he can be cured).
I have never loved to hate a player so much haha. Or love and hate at the same time, I guess you could say. I love his first step and how he gets into the lane--what he does when he gets there makes me cringe, whether the team scores on the possession or not.
His shot makes me cringe also--even though he hits a fair share of them. He also takes some terrible shots. He gets results, but nothing is pretty. He earns everything. He also, I think, has been responsible for shooting the Raps out of a few games this year. But he also has shot the Raps back into games. Maybe I love him because he takes minutes away from Landry Fields. Maybe I hate him because he takes minutes away from T Ross.
I can't put my finger on why I love and hate him at the same time -- that's probably the reason actually haha
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All the burn AA gets ahead of Fields and TRoss is Casey telling BC what he thinks of his 1st round selection and the acquisition of the $8,000,000. a year glue guy.
Is this a rhetorical forum?
He's garbage. Get 'em outta town.
I said yes. He's a good defender and a decent three point shooter. He tries to do too much a lot but given the fact that the coach seems to keep giving him playing time in clutch situations, it seems like that kind of play is being encouraged. If you took a steady hand with him and got him to look for his team mates more often and take smarter shots, he's actually got some moves and could be a good bench scorer. His rebounding numbers suck though, which is a big negative given how bad of a rebounding team we are. If you look at his per 36 scoring numbers, it's surprising how close him and gay are in % and pp36.
"Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival."
He looks for his, whether we need the energy off the bench or we are trying to maintain the lead. Part of me feels like he is trying to validate his place in the NBA
I'm fine with Anderson, he's a skilled but not overly athletic guy who's best served playing a few minutes a game and NOT being depended on to carry the team offensively, especially late it games. But that's not really his fault.
I'll say it before and I'll say it again
You take the leash off of a guy like Nick Young, kemba walker, michael beasley, (i.e. guys who are streaky volume shooters), they can all get you 16-20 ppg.
But there's a reason why teams don't allow them to jack up whatever shot they want....because even if they are hitting...the team still doesn't win!
Any game in which Anderson is productive does not show his success, but rather the fact that our offensive strategy and execution is so poor, that the team is differing to the one guy on the team that doesn't mind missing the shot because he has nothing to lose.
i don't hate AA... but i dont see what the big deal is with him...
i dont understand him being on the floor during crunch time...
he's like a weird Anthony Parker / Jamario Moon hybrid player... He's decent at everything, not particulary great at any one thing (ap).... and when the pressure is on, he chucks (moon)
I like a player who is confident in his game. I don't like a player who has a false sense of his ability and rank in the team, particularly in crunch time of close games. Hence I not only don't like his game, I HATE seeing his stupid face on the court.
Alan Anderson reminds me of Jarrett Jack. A half decent player, extremely, and I mean extremely undervalued in NBA standards. He plays like a horses ass because the rest of the team has weaknesses that he can fill, and as a result, he increases his value as an NBA player.
The reality is that Alan Anderson won't be playing for the Raptors next year. He's going to get signed as a free agent on another team for a lot more money than we can offer because BC destroyed our salary.
Next thing you know it's going to be Alan Anderson coming off the bench of whichever *** team and he'll score a 20 pt. night against us, reminding us of how good he was and why we couldn't offer him more money.
Anderson should have been traded at the deadline as an expiring contract for a 2nd round pick (or more, if any teams were crazy enough). He's a D-league chucker in his 30's, who should be well behind Gay, DeRozan, Ross and Fields on the wing depth chart.
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Stanford volleyball player Samantha Wopat dies
Sam Wopat dies at Stanford Hospital
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a resident of another community
on Mar 26, 2012 at 10:19 am
An unimaginable tragedy. My prayers go out to the family and her teammates.
a resident of Mountain View
on Mar 26, 2012 at 10:34 am
what a shame. stanford volleyball teams through the years have been outstanding. coach don shaw and the odom sisters were on really good teams. i have certainly been a volleyball season ticket holder through the years. best wishes go out to these athletes and may those who have passed away be remembered well
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 26, 2012 at 10:38 am
What a tragic loss! Our thoughts and prayers are with this young woman's family.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 26, 2012 at 1:20 pm
This is a very sad event and my sympathies to the family and friends of this young woman.
I wonder if this medical emergency had anything to do with the fact that she was a top athlete. There was recently a very serious incident in Britain with a top soccer player aged 23 collapsing on the field during a game with a heart attack. Web Link Are young athletes being given enough medical support while they drive their bodies so hard to keep them ahead in their chosen sport?
a resident of St. Claire Gardens
on Mar 26, 2012 at 4:06 pm
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a resident of Stanford
on Mar 26, 2012 at 4:21 pm
[Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.] [P]lease don't second guess her training or other things that may or may not have had any influence. Allow the family and her team and her friends to grieve without judgment here.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 26, 2012 at 4:55 pm
RIP and condolences to the family.
a resident of Los Altos Hills
on Mar 26, 2012 at 9:10 pm
At some point I hope people can reflect on whatever happened. Life is not always easy and it helps to learn something from the experienes of others.
a resident of another community
on Mar 26, 2012 at 10:21 pm
Read the room. A sweet, young life is lost and it's not our role to judge or dig up dirt.
Allow all those involved to deal with one of the worst tragedies a person can face.
RIP to Sam and thoughts and prayers to all involved. :(
a resident of Stanford
on Mar 27, 2012 at 5:31 am
In the midst of this tragic situation, my heart goes out to Sam Wopat's family, particularly her parents and twin sister.
a resident of Southgate
on Mar 27, 2012 at 11:27 am
Our hearts go out to Samantha's family. Even though we never met Samantha, we feel a special connection because one year ago, on St Patrick's Day, our 24-year-old daughter, Priya, was hospitalized and died a week later on March 25th. Life is so unpredictable and unfair. We hope that, in time, the happy memories of your beloved daughter will outshine the grief and sorrow that overwhelm you now.
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Mar 27, 2012 at 1:24 pm
I, too, am so sorry for Sam & her loved ones. Shaila, I am very sorry for your loss, as well. It's always a shock to learn a young person has died. The sudden lack of their vitality is unnatural & heartbreaking. I wish I had something wise to say, but I don't. My best wishes to her family & friends - so many of us have been in your shoes, so we understand.
a resident of Stanford
on Mar 27, 2012 at 8:30 pm
Terribly sad news. Condolences to her family, friends, and teammates.
a resident of another community
on Mar 27, 2012 at 9:32 pm
R.I.P Samantha.
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a resident of another community
on Mar 28, 2012 at 12:41 am
God bless her soul.
a resident of Charleston Meadows
on Mar 28, 2012 at 7:26 pm
This is so sad..Such a young kid that had so much to live for.
a resident of Charleston Meadows
on Mar 29, 2012 at 5:49 pm
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Captivate 2012 brings Rome to a screaming halt with Lost Planet 3, Resident Evil 6
Capcom came to Rome last week for Captivate 2012, and with it, brough the colosseum down in the process in showing Resident Evil 6 for the first time, debuting hands-ons with DMC and unveiling Lost Planet 3. Get rounded up below on what happened.
Spec Ops mode releases today for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Capcom has released the Spec Ops mode for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, along with a video a screenshots to celebrate the release. Get the media shown during Captivate 2012 below.
Dante takes on big, ugly enemies in latest Devil May Cry shots
Devil May Cry screenshots and a couple bits of concept art are posted below. The lot came out of Capcom's Captivate 2012. A video for DMC leaked earlier, as is posted here. No official release date just yet, but some retailers have put an August 2012 placeholder up.
Latest Umbrella and Darkside Chronicles screens pulled from Resident Evil: Chronicles HD
Capcom has released a new set of Captivate 2012 screenshots for Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection which will release in June as a digital download for PS3. The collection includes remastered versions of Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. The two will also be available for purchase individually at a […]
Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor video is heavy on co-op
Capcom has released a co-op trailer for Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor which was shown during Captivate 2012. The firm also released a new set of screenshots and story trailer, which are below as well. Game's out in the US on June 19 on Xbox 360 and is Kinect and four-player co-op enabled.
Street Fighter x Tekken to feature PS3/Vita cross-plat play
Capcom's announced the Vita version of Street Fighter x Tekken will feature cross-platform play between it and the PS3 version of the game.
Dragons' Dogma videos show a fight with an Ogre, the undead
Capcom has released two new videos for Dragon's Dogma, its open-world RPG slated for release on PS3 and Xbox 360. The first one, called Phantom and Ogre shown at Captivate 2012, shows the integration between combat, graphics and cooperation with your Pawns. Watch below as the main character and Pawns faces off against a group […]
Resident Evil 6 gets new October 2 date in latest video
Capcom has brought forward Resident Evil 6's release date from November 20 to October 2 at the end of a brand new trailer for the horror sequel.
Lost Planet 3 out early 2013, Spark Unlimited developing
Lost Planet 3 is a real thing. The sequel, unveiled at Captivate, shows Spark Unlimited is developing the game for an early 2013 launch on PS3 and 360.
DmC trailer: Dante cast as "terrorist" and "sexual deviant'
Dante's a terrorist with a permanent erection, according to the fat man on TV. In Ninja Theory's vision of Devil May Cry, everyone's out to get the youngster with an aversion to clothes.
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Captivate 2012 brings Rome to a screaming halt with Lost Planet 3, Resident Evil 6
Spec Ops mode releases today for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Dante takes on big, ugly enemies in latest Devil May Cry shots
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Iran boosts its nuclear stockpile
IRAN is enriching uranium at a pace that would bring it to what Israel has declared an unacceptable red line in just over seven months, the International Atomic Energy Agency says.
The United Nations agency found that Iran had expanded its enrichment capacity but also that Iranian technicians had removed the fuel rods from the country's only functioning nuclear power station, suggesting the new reactor has serious problems.
The agency's quarterly report on Iran's nuclear program was released just days before the expected launch of a new diplomatic initiative to resolve the international impasse over the issue. It also comes soon after an Israeli official stated that the red line drawn by Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, during his UN appearance in September, represented 240 kilograms of 20 per cent-enriched uranium, enough to be turned into weapons grade relatively fast and easily.
The last time the IAEA inspectors drew up a report, three months ago, Iran had made 189 kilograms of 20 per cent uranium but had used nearly 100 kilograms for civilian purposes, leaving an outstanding 96 kilograms.
In the past three months, that stockpile has grown by 43 kilograms and Iran has not diverted any more of it to civil uses. At the current steady rate of production, that would bring Iran to the Israeli red line by mid-June.
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Hi there! I'm Soraya. I'm seventeen years old and am a proud Muslim British Bangladeshi. I live in East London and have loved reading and writing from a young age. I'm rather obsessed with Harry Potter (aren't we all?), tea (not a surprise considering I'm a Brit) and good grammar. Recently, I've also got into the Supernatural fandom. After watching the first episode, I had already fallen head over heels in love with Sam Winchester, so it's no surprise that I am now a huge SPN fangirl as well as a Potterhead.
My writing has changed quite a bit over the years, and I think you'll probably notice that, the further down my author page you go, the more the quality seems to drop :P I started posting stories on here at the age of fourteen, and at nearly eighteen, I can see how much my writing has improved since those Dark Ages. So, for that reason, I would advise you stick to the more recent stuff, if you choose to read anything of mine.
My Stories
Just so you know, these are posted firstly according to what kind of pairing, if any, is in the story, and then in chronological order in accordance to my own canon, not necessarily the order in which they were posted.
Canon Pairings
Checkmate (James/Lily)
My first chaptered fic. It's terribly written, but I still have a place in my heart for it because of how much fun it was to write. This story has now been deleted on MNFF, but if you really, really want to read it, you can still find it on FF.net and HPFF. (I advise you don't, though :P)
Second Childishness and Mere Oblivion (James/Lily)
Written for Round One (Major Characters) of Madam Pomfrey's Character Clinic Triathlon, this one-shot is about James and Lily's relationship getting rockier and rockier after they left Hogwarts, especially when Lily is faced with the trials of being a wife and motherhood. A little smutty.
My Love is Always Here (James/Lily)
This was a belated birthday present for the wonderful Gina/Gmariam, aka the queen of James/Lily. This is mostly about Lily dealing with becoming a mother for the first time and the problems (as well as the joys) that come with that.
There's an Answer (Remus/Tonks)
Written for Sophie/The owl for SPEW Summer Swap IV. Tonks is sent on an interesting baby Auror assignment to do with werewolves. Remus and a dangerous Muggle are thrown into the mix, with interesting results.
Left Behind (Remus/Tonks)
An expanded version of one of my LoveNotes, written for SPEW. It's a missing moment set between OOTP and HBP, where in my head canon Remus and Tonks have been together, in secret, for a few weeks already and Remus is then told to go on his werewolf mission. Slightly smutty.
One and Only (Remus/Tonks)
Written for the lovely Alex/Ithinkrabis2people in the Ravenclaw Christmas Drabble Exchange. This is a missing moment set just after Tonks's outburst to Remus in the hospital wing at the end of HBP.
Out of My Life (Harry/Ginny)
My only AU (kind of). I tweaked a small part of canon in this -- basically, Harry actually said goodbye to Ginny properly when he broke up with her. Very angsty, and this is only up for sentimental reasons, as I wrote it during The Dark Ages (aka when I was fourteen).
A Different Kind of Magic (Harry/Ginny)
Written for the You're Having My Baby challenge at SIYE. Ginny finds out she's pregnant, but Harry receives the news before her and therefore has to tell his wife. This was my first ever story at MNFF. It was written when I was thirteen, and it definitely shows.
A Different Kind of Magic 2: Parenthood (Harry/Ginny)
A sequel, obviously, to A Different Kind of Magic. Ginny goes into labour, and both Harry and Ginny realise what it means to be parents. Again, this was written from Back in the Days.
Same-Sex Pairings
The Caustic Ticking of the Clock (Rowena/Helga)
Written for the Great Hall Cotillion, this story is my only Founders story so far, and it's about Rowena and Helga's secret relationship. I am proud of this one, which doesn't usually happen :)
Catching Fire (James/Sirius)
This was written for SPEW 007. My prompt was "Embers", and it's set just after Remus's second transformation with the Marauders. James is badly injured, and he and Sirius realise, inadvertently, that they might just have feelings for each other. I like the pairing but still think the story needs work. One day I will go back and edit.
Flicker and Fail (Katie/Leanne)
This was written forSecret SPEW, and my recipient was the absolutely fabulous Alex/welshdevondragon. It's my take on Leanne and Katie's relationship from way before they were even at Hogwarts as well as what eventually happens to Katie in HBP, when she was cursed.
Next Generation
Skinny Love (Louis/Lily)
Written for the 2013 Great Hall Cotillion. Set during Teddy and Victoire's wedding, Louis helps Lily come to terms with her bulimia. This one was pretty difficult to write.
Blood and Roses (Scorpius/Rose, Scorpius/Dominique, Dominique/OC)
Written for the Great Hall Mysterious Maychallenge, this was my first Next Generation fic about Scorpius, mostly, and the trials he faces after his daughter is murdered.
Broken Glass (Louis/Lily)
This is the story of when Loulily really began. After the deaths of his immediate family, Louis is finding it hard to cope, even six months later. Lily somehow helps. It's a little smutty. I'm proud of this one, too :)
The Highway of Regret (Scorpius/Lily, Scorpius/Rose, Louis/Lily)
Also written for the Great Hall Cotillion. It's my one and only Scily. This is all about secret relationships and mistakes people make. Lily's angry at Louis, and Scorpius has just broken up with Rose; when Lily gets drunk in the pub, things... happen. :P
I Will Lay Down My Heart (Albus/Rose, Scorpius/Rose)
Written for Round Two (Minor Characters) of Madam Pomfrey's Character Clinic Triathlon. Albus has been in love with Rose for years, but what happened with them when they were younger has put a dent in their relationship. It doesn't help that Rose is actually in love with Scorpius, either. This is smutty too.
One More Night (Albus/Rose, Rose/Scorpius)
Companion piece to I Will Lay Down My Heart. This goes into more detail about Rose and Albus's changing relationship as well as the aftermath of the events in said companion story. Probably the smuttiest thing on my page. :D Written for the Great Hall Cotillion 2013.
Glass (Louis/Lily)
This was written for the Great Hall-iday challenge for the Operation: Mistletoe prompt, and this was where my love for Loulily began.
Excruciatingly Painful
This is about how five men in Potterverse dealt with remorse in different ways.
This poem is about how Remus feels about Sirius (not slashy, btw).
Written for the Magic in Music challenge over inPoetry, Anyone? This was set to the track "Obliviate" in DH1 and is about Hermione modifying her parents' memories.
Written for the Goodbyechallenge in Poetry, Anyone? This was about saying goodbye, and how difficult it could be.
After All This Time
Written for the Deathly Hallows challenge inPoetry, Anyone?. I ship unrequited Snape/Lily, and this is probably the only time Snape will be on my author page, lol.
Hush, Dominique
Written for the MC Kreacher challenge inPoetry, Anyone? This was written from the POV of Bill Weasley after his wife's death.
Written for the Great Bannermakers' Hallchallenge. The banner I picked had Merope Gaunt on it, and it's probably my darkest story; it's definitely the only one to have a dubious consent warning. It's about, as you might guess, the abuse Merope suffered from her father and brother.
In Care (Marlene/OC)
Marlene McKinnon, as a care kid, eventually falls in love with another care kid, Jamal Olawumi. But he's a Muggle, and keeping her world secret proves difficult. This is definitely a story I would like to revisit and tidy up.
Just Across the Bar (Sirius/Rosmerta)
Sirius is just about of age, but obviously Rosmerta has misgivings about having feelings for Sirius, who is still a student. Written for the 2013 Great Hall Cotillion and also smutty.
Butterbeer Bottles
Written for SPEW 007. My prompt was "Juggling", and it's just a silly piece of dialogue-only banter between Remus and Sirius. Sirius realises Remus likes Tonks, and he tries to persuade Remus to act on his feelings.
Hanging by a Thread (Katie/Oliver)
Written for the lovely Jess/ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor for Secret SPEW VII. Katie is grieving and drowning her sorrows in alcohol and Oliver is trying his best to save Muggles, while trying also to bury feelings for Katie that he thought he had long since forgotten about. There is also, surprise surprise, some smut in this.
And that's it! Along with being a moderator, I'm also a member of SPEWand SBBC. I hope to see you around on the forums; feel free to contact me via PM or review if you have any questions or comments about my stories!


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Despite a slight sales lull during the recording week of Sept. 21 through Sept. 25, two of six keys transactions surpassed $1 million. Both were consummated on Lido Beach.
The week's largest transaction was the $2,731,800 Theresa and Nicholas Barna, of Mountain Top, Pa., paid for Unit 1004 at the 88-unit, Ritz Carlton-operated Beach Residences, 1300 Ben Franklin Drive.
The sellers, Bridget and Jerome Dobson, of Atlanta, purchased the Gulf-front condominium new for $2.7 million in June 2006.
The three-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath condo has 3,550 square feet of living area and was built in 2005.
Further down the beach at 1800 Ben Franklin Drive, Lynn and John Stewart, of Milwaukee, sold their apartment A-105 at the 105-unit L'Elegance, on Lido Beach, to Lisa Holsclaw, of Cincinnati, for $1.05 million. The two-bedroom, two-bath condo was built in 1996 and contains 1,350 square feet of living area.
The Stewarts paid $1.05 million for the apartment in April 2005.
Sea Twig
In the lone sale at the six-unit Sea Twig condominium, 5645 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Tomas Ericson, from Helsingborg, Sweden, bought Unit 102 from Verner Jordan Jr., for $440,000. The two-bedroom, two-bath apartment was built in 1985 with 1,346 square feet of air-conditioned living area.
Country Club Shores
Athanasia Haralampopoulos, also known as Athanasia Polizois, and Eleni Haralampopoulos, now known as Eleni Malamis, of Burr Ridge, Ill., sold their home in Country Club Shores, Unit II, at 501 Schooner Lane, to Joann and Martin Nowak Jr., from Middletown, N.Y., for $430,000.
The two-bedroom, two-bath home was constructed in 1973 with 1,481 square feet of living space. The seller bought the home for $385,000 in May 2001.
Whitney Beach
There were two sales at Whitney Beach condominium, both on the 103-unit bayside of the 139-unit complex.
Linda and Peter King, from Concord Township, Ohio, bought Unit 190 at Whitney Beach II from Vesta Equity LLC, of Sarasota, for $285,000.
The two-bedroom, two-bath condo at 6800 Gulf of Mexico Drive was constructed in 1970 and has 1,377 square feet of living area. Vesta Equity bought the property for $450,000 in March 2009.
In the second transaction, John Casale Jr., as personal representative of the estate of Ann Casale, of New York City, sold Unit 173 at Whitney Beach to Dan Cavallo, from Windermere, for $190,000. The one-bedroom, one-bath apartment at 6800 Gulf of Mexico Drive has 928 square feet of living area.
Origins of Whitney Beach
The late Gordon Whitney, along with his wife, Lora, founded the Whitney Beach Cottages in 1935 on the extreme-northwestern end of Longboat Key, south of the mouth of Longboat Pass and the historic Longbeach Village. Gordon told me he first saw Longboat Key from the air earlier that year, when he and his father-in-law, William Colvin, flew over Longboat Key looking for possible sites for a beach resort along Florida's Gulf coast.
Recalling those grim days during the Great Depression, Lora Whitney wrote in her informative and entertaining book about Longbeach and Longboat Key, "Hail This Feisty Village!":
"The years of 1934 to 35, economically grim, became years of change and decision for us. In 1935, we took our two boys, Charles and Colvin, to Lido Beach in St. Petersburg for the winter season to investigate possibilities for a future in Florida.
"During the Depression years, beach property was both plentiful and inexpensive. The idea of a beach community, with housekeeping units directly on the beach, began to take form. Gordon Whitney had been an insurance agent in Chicago and I had been an art student with no background for such a venture — just youth, energy and the opinion that nothing was impossible. We had been living a typical suburban life in Evanston, Ill.
"We toured Florida extensively looking for the right property on the ocean or Gulf ... My parents were staying at the Vinoy Hotel, in St. Pete, living part-time on their boat exploring Florida waters. They frequently included our family on their trips. Father had become intrigued by the skeleton of the hotel on the south end of Longboat Key. He and Gordon drove to the Key for a closer look, exploring the Ringling Hotel (the Ritz-Carlton) and driving the full length (11 miles) of Longboat Key. Gordon was delighted with the miles of soft, white sand, the abundance of shells on the beaches, promise of good fishing and tropical vegetation through which the shimmering blue-green Gulf sparkled."
The construction begins
"A friend of Gordon's, a Chicago architect named Ralph Huzak, designed the two-bedroom cottages, a basic plan that Gordon continued to use while he added more two-bedroom cottages. Werner Kannenberg, Sarasota architect, designed our three- and four-bedroom cottages. He and his lovely, little wife, Louise, became friends and companions through the years.
"Upon his return to Evanston, Gordon sold his fine stamp collection and business, borrowed some money and returned to Sarasota to start Whitney Beach. He drove to Longboat Key every day where the carpenters were living in tents, cooking their own meals."
Hurricane damages construction
"Meanwhile, I remained in Evanston long enough to pack our belongings and close the house. Then Charles, 5, Colvin, 3 1/2, and I took the Atlantic Coast Line train to Sarasota. We arrived soon after a severe hurricane had struck the Sarasota-Bradenton area.
"The storm destroyed some of the work already started and delayed further work on the cottages ... I put our two boys in the McClellan Park School, in Sarasota. Because they took sandwiches for luncheon and were transported by bus, I had time to shop for cottage equipment and furnishings, which were considerable because the cottages were to be housekeeping units, standing 100 feet apart on the beach.
Our first units consisted of five two-bedroom cottages and a linen room. Thus, the story of Whitney Beach began to unfold as a part of the saga of Longbeach."
Kent Chetlain is a veteran Florida journalist and historian, a former Manatee County commissioner and a holder of a Florida real-estate license. He has chronicled real-estate activity in this area since 1957.
To view a list of building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Sept. 25 through Oct. 1, please click here.


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So, This is my second amv.
I didnt make any effects so you guys could understand a little be of the story.... and so i followed the time line.
I hope you guys like it.
Only used 2 episodes
i dont know how to upload the video right here with vimeo....
Plz leave some comments about the anime or the AMV, thank you


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A-Rod will pass on Home Run Derby
MLB's leading slugger doesn't want to affect swing
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- Alex Rodriguez says he loves everything about AT&T Park: the modern yet classic structure of the facility, the China Basin location, the vibe that exudes feelings of a West Coast New York. Well, almost everything. Rodriguez, the Major Leagues' leading vote-getter for the July 10 All-Star Game at San Francisco, revealed Friday that he has no intention of participating in this year's Home Run Derby. "I've never been good at it, No. 1," Rodriguez said. "I'm going to enjoy watching it this year. I'll have a good seat. I've worked hard for my swing and I definitely don't want to let anything get in the way of it. My only responsibility this year is to the New York Yankees." Rodriguez, batting .315 with a Major League-leading 73 RBIs and 67 runs scored, appears to be a lock to start at third base for Jim Leyland's American League club in the Midsummer Classic. With 27 blasts entering the Yankees' series at San Francisco, Rodriguez also leads the big leagues in that category, but said he will opt to keep his cuts on ice during the popular home run hitting experience. Yankees manager Joe Torre said that the club does not encourage players to participate, but it is also not discouraged. "There are no good habits you can have [from participating]," Torre said. "Alex is pretty special because he's one of the few guys who can just hit the ball to straightaway center field and out of the ballpark. "The fans love it. But again, when you're going about grooving your swing, it's probably not the ideal plate practice to have." The decision hasn't soured Rodriguez's experience in San Francisco, a stadium where he'd logged six hits in 11 previous at-bats, including a home run, entering Friday's series opener. In a facility where so much revolves around a singular player, Barry Bonds -- a countdown of Bonds' pursuit of 755 home runs is always available on the wall in right-center field, and also in the windows of a plaza outside the home plate entrance -- Rodriguez used the opportunity to voice what he cautioned might be an unpopular opinion regarding Bonds' ongoing candidacy for the All-Star team. "One hundred percent, I think the game needs it," Rodriguez said. "This is not popular for a lot of people, but Barry Bonds is probably the greatest player that's ever put on a uniform. He's awesome." Of course, with the Yankees in town to see Bonds and the Giants, chatter has been frequent concerning who might eventually top Bonds once he does hit the seven remaining home runs necessary to tie Hank Aaron's record of 755.
Bryan Hoch 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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Mo. man feed after 24 years files suit
By Jim Salter
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — A man who spent 24 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit sued St. Louis County and the officers who arrested him, saying investigators ignored inconsistencies in the victim's description.
Johnny Briscoe, now 54, was freed in 2006 after DNA evidence exonerated him. He filed suit earlier this month in U.S. District Court in St. Louis. The suit claims his constitutional rights were violated and seeks unspecified damages.
"The prime of his life was lost," Briscoe's attorney, Burt Newman, said Tuesday. "When he went into prison he was raising two young children. When he got out he had grandchildren."
Spokesmen for St. Louis County and the county police declined to comment.
The crime occurred in October 1982, in the suburb of Maryland Heights. A man burglarized a woman's apartment and raped her when she awoke. He talked to her a while and gave his name as John Briscoe. The woman later picked Briscoe's picture out of a lineup.
But the lawsuit pointed to several inconsistencies. The victim described the attacker as dark-skinned, about 5-foot-8, with normal teeth and a mustache. Briscoe is a light-skinned black man and 6-2, and had a gold-capped front tooth and a goatee.
Even so, Briscoe was convicted by an all-white jury. He said his defense attorney never met with him.
When the case was reopened, DNA on a cigarette butt at the rape scene was found to belong to Larry Smith, an acquaintance of Briscoe's who is serving a life term for another sexual assault.
Under state law, Briscoe was eligible for up to $36,500 in compensation for each year he was wrongly incarcerated, or more than $800,000, but he would have had to agree not to sue. Newman said the compensation falls short and Briscoe is confident he can win in court.
"Let me put it this way: If you walked up to someone on the street and asked them to go to prison for $36,000 a year, you wouldn't get many takers," Newman said.
When Briscoe was released in 2006, Prosecutor Robert McCulloch called the conviction a "terrible mistake." He said the wrong was made worse by years of delay in finding the cigarette evidence in storage after McCulloch requested a review in 2000.
Newman said Briscoe continues to try to get his life back in order, but often struggles to find work.
"He has an incredible attitude," Newman said. "The man is not bitter at all about what has happened. It's an inspiration to listen to him talk."
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Let's hope this one comes in under four hours tonight, that's all I ask. The last two nights have been terrible, I guess the Astros figure the longer the game goes the better chance they have to win. Travis Wood takes the ball tonight and will be backed by a very different lineup as Anthony Rizzo is out of the lineup after last nights collision. From all accounts he is okay, just sore and in need of a day off.
1. Mather – CF
2. Barney – 2B
3. Castro – SS
4. Soriano – LF
5. Castillo – C
6. Vitters – 3B
7. Sappelt – RF
8. Recker – C
9. Wood
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so we all know Lee loves Sakura, and frankly im rooting for him out of the three, he's a Great character, Sakura may not be worthy of him, but the poor guy loves her, he's more than deserving, he's brave and nobel, and he rescued her a bunch of times!
so what do you guys think, what are the chances of Sakura actually noticing Rock lee? do you think theres a chance of the two ending up together?


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SPARTA, Ky.—Jack Roush was like many others when he heard that Matt Kenseth planned to leave Roush Fenway Racing.
He was surprised.
The co-owner of Roush Fenway Racing has fielded a Cup car for Kenseth since 2000 and they have won 22 races and the 2003 Cup championship together. Until last Tuesday, Roush thought Kenseth would drive for his team for the rest of his career.
"It was a surprise and it was a disappointment," Roush said. "There's just not a lot I can say. Matt is a friend. I'm not mad at Matt. And I'm not mad at my own organization that they interacted with Matt and we didn't get a satisfactory result.
"This sport has taken on many of the vestiges of big-time stick-and-ball sports. Historically, the teams move around their priorities and athletes move around. So this, I guess, is an unavoidable consequence of the big business aspect of what we do."
Kenseth, who leads the Cup standings and won the Daytona 500 this year, has not revealed which team he will drive for next season, but sources have indicated that it will Joe Gibbs Racing.
Roush has been aligned with Ford throughout his racing career and has made clear over the years his dislike of Toyota, the first NASCAR manufacturer based outside the United States. He said Friday, "From my point of view, he'll be moving to the dark side, but we'll get through that"—a clear sign that Kenseth will drive a Toyota for Gibbs.
The car owner said he never thought about the financial gain he might get by replacing the veteran Kenseth with rookie Ricky Stenhouse Jr. next year. Instead, he was left to wonder whether he could have done anything different. He lets his staff handle contract negotiations and he handles competition issues.
"If I had been as vigilant and as diligent and as interested in that side of the business as I am in finding why a fuel pump broke or why a connecting rod bearing failed or how we could get the next pound of downforce, if I had been taking care of the business side of the business as hard as I try to take care of the technical side, I might have been able to stop that (move)," Roush said.
Not only was Roush surprised, so were Kenseth's teammates.
Carl Edwards once feigned a punch aimed at Kenseth at Martinsville Speedway in October 2007, a sign to many that the two drivers were not close. But Friday, Edwards called Kenseth "a great teammate."
"It took us a long time to figure out one another, (but) I felt that over the last few years, he has been as close of a friend in the garage as anyone," Edwards said. "I have a ton of respect for Matt.
"He is a heck of a man and a great racecar driver. He has been a huge part of developing things on our team. … We definitely hate to lose him."
Edwards signed a lucrative deal to remain with Roush Fenway last year, and while Kenseth denied that Edwards' deal had any impact on his decision, that has not stopped speculation that he wanted a contract that matched the one given Edwards.
"Nobody knows my deal and nobody really knows the details of Matt's deal," Edwards said. "At the end of the day, I can say that Matt and I get along as well as we ever have and it is an open book over there at Roush with (team president) Steve Newmark and Jack and everyone.
"If there is ever an issue like that, we would have worked it out."
Kenseth, who first rose to national prominence when he battled, unsuccessfully, for the Busch Series title in 1998 and 1999 against Dale Earnhardt Jr., and then beat Earnhardt for Cup rookie honors in 2000, is not the first big star to make a major move in his career.
Earnhardt made one of the biggest moves in NASCAR history when he announced in May 2007 that he would leave Dale Earnhardt Inc., the team his father founded, and a month later signed with Hendrick Motorsports.
"As tough as it is and as many unknowns as there are about a move like that, more often than not things work themselves out," Earnhardt said. "Everybody kind of ends up in a better place. I'd just be excited about the possibilities and excited about a new chapter, completely new surroundings and new people to work with and new ideas.
"It will be a little tough with the transition just emotionally because he's been in the same place for so long. But eventually it will lead to better days and he'll find out that things are going to work out just fine."
Clint Bowyer was in a similar situation last year. By mid-August, it was apparent Bowyer wouldn't return to Richard Childress Racing, the team he had spent his whole Cup career with. In October, he announced he was joining Michael Waltrip Racing.
"For me, it was very hard to keep that momentum going," Bowyer said. "Everybody was kind of wanting to give up on the season and get it over with. But we weren't in the Chase contention type of thing like Matt is.
"Matt's a champion and they'll see this through the end."
Kenseth said that is his plan. And he hopes his new deal will be announced soon.
"Hopefully it will be sooner than later," Kenseth said Friday. "That ball is not in my court, unfortunately. We are trying to get that done as soon as possible just so it is out there and we can go on.
"Everybody kind of has their ideas and half the story is out there, but hopefully we can get it out there and go on."


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i hope thats not the case
I don't think they should fire him either, even though I think they will. It wouldn't be fair to the successor to take on this "plan" that Isiah has. He should get another year to see if he can put forth what he started.Originally Posted by datruth
The sooner Isiah gets booted the better. The successor can then go a new direction and work with LB. Preferably too that successor is one that has a resume worthy of having this job (unlike when Isiah got this job to begin with).
Maybe he'll announce that Isiah is the new coach and Larry brown moves into the front office, jejejeje.
desde la cuna del chango
Possibility Kiki maybe available. He has Knick roots and was voted GM of the year not too long ago. IF we do let Isaiah go, he's definitely the guy for the job.
Dolan claims that the team is in year 1 of the rebuilding process....so what exactly was the point of the last 2 yrs? Then he claims that the team has no untouchable players....how can that be the case for a team that's rebuilding and has such a supposedly nice future? Then he compares Isiah to Glen Sather....Sather has a track record of SUCCESS....Isiah has one of FAILURE! Ugh.
I swear I think Isiah has some incriminating info on Dolan and is blackmailing him with it to keep this job


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By Robyn Collins
Pop star Carly Rae Jepsen and British producer and composer Danny L Harle star in a new music video for "Super Natural," reports Pitchfork.
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In the clip, directed by Bradley & Pablo, Harle appears as a slick, sharp-dressed realtor who gives his client a one-of-a-kind house showing. The smart house appears to be Jepsen's idea of perfection and parallels the lyrics about an ideal relationship.
It's no surprise that her character buys the house, after what she sees inside.


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Also paying a PSL is not fun. Going to games is fun.
I used to have row one Mezz seats many years ago in Giants stadium. I did not think they were the cats meow. First I felt like I was yelling into outer space, no one in front of me and no one can hear me. Second I was pretty far back from field, only thing I had a really good view of was the middle part of lower level seating.
PSL or no PSL Row one 50 yard line Upper Deck is most likely a better view than row one Mezz corner.
Row one Mezz A corner, has no standing all the time, no one blocking your view, near escalator, easy in and out, short lines at bathrooms and concessions. But the view, not so great.


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Perhaps the more favorable aspect of the employment report was that non-farm payroll employment in November (derived from the establishment survey) increased by more than expected. The report showed that the increase in non-farm payrolls was 146,000 while the Street's consensus called for a gain of 90,000. This was quite a bit of a positive surprise given that this past Wednesday, according to ADP (with a new methodology), 118,000 private sector jobs were gained during November, which landed lower than the Street's estimate calling for a gain of 125,000 jobs. The nonfarm increments were, however, revised lower for September and October to 132,000 (from 148,000) and 138,000 (from 171,000), respectively. We should note that during the last 12 months, there have been 189,000 jobs added per month, which is an improvement from the 174,000 jobs added per month in the prior 12 months. Despite expectations that super-storm Sandy would have generated noise in the data, it appears that there were no such effects, as the Bureau of Labor Statistics claims that Sandy did not substantively impact the national employment and unemployment estimates for November.
Overall, investors' enthusiasm after the employment data is very encouraging, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average is indicating higher by 70 points. However, in light of the current fiscal cliff dilemma, the employment situation is still at risk of making a turn for the worse.