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This is the walking stick with a built-in pedometer that tracks steps, distance, time, and calories. Made from lightweight yet sturdy aluminum, the stick assembles from two halves, twisting and locking into place. Located on the shaft just below the handle, the stick's pedometer automatically activates when its rubber tip strikes the ground, measuring every other step taken during a walking session while displaying elapsed time; when movement stops, the pedometer pauses to ensure accuracy. Its display also shows total steps, calories burned, and distance in 10ths of a mile. Its contoured ABS handle includes a polyester wrist strap while its upper shaft is coated with rubber for a comfortable grip. An LED light clips to the shaft to illuminate walkways or flash a warning signal by blinking. The included batteries power the display for one year and LED for up to 22 hours of continuous use. Length adjusts from 31 1/2"-39 1/4". (1 1/4 lbs.)
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This collection of work address this gap by examining variations in process quality across a wide range of geographical and economic settings. Six studies focus on five countries at very different stages of development spread across three continents (India and Indonesia in Asia; Tanzania in sub-Saharan Africa; and Mexico and Paraguay in Latin America). Per capita gross national income (GNI) in the poorest country studied (Tanzania), at $660 (purchasing power parity, or PPP, in 2004 international dollars), is 7 percent of that in the richest (Mexico, $8,980 in 2003).
Health care delivery is organized in very different ways, with widespread reliance on the private sector in India, semiprivate facilities operated through social security contributions in Paraguay and Mexico, and the nongovernmental organization (NGO) sector in Tanzania.
Pilot Study in India
The demand side research looks at the structure of reporting, the role that information plays in the use of health care resources, and differences between the rich and the poor in illness and health-seeking behavior. While part of this ongoing project is rooted in economic theory and methodology, researchers at the anthropology department in Johns Hopkins University are undertaking a parallel investigation using parts of the same data. To evaluate what doctors do, we observed doctor-patient interactions for the same sample of providers and collected data on 4,000 such interactions. Apart from basic information, such as the time spent and the fees charged, additional data on specific questions was also collected to match the doctors' performance directly with the vignettes.
Questionnaires (India)These documents offer guidance about the types of questions that may be most useful to your particular situation. However, it is likely that the instruments will have to be adapted in light of the issues that require attention, and the institutional context in which the survey is to be implemented.
Provider Quality Vignettesmodule| interviewer's manual
Multi-Country Studies
Five country studies---Indonesia, Tanzania, India, Paraguay, and Mexico---document the quality of medical advice and variation in practice quality across a number of dimensions. The studies use several different measures, which are contextualized as to how they relate to each other. A three-way decomposition is used to analyze variations in the quality of care. These variations can arise from inequalities in access, inequalities in choices, or inequalities arising from discrimination.
This series of articles discuss common elements across the studies and policy implications for future research and advocacy and were published in Web Exclusive Issue of Health Affairs 26, no. 3 (2007). These papers are freely accessible until April 10, 2007 (abstracts after that), but they will continue to be free acess after that for those in India, Indonesia and Tanzania, but not in Mexico and Paraguay.
A list of publications (by year) for this unit is available here.
Web Features
Research Digest
Money for Nothing, the Dire Straits of Medical Practice in DelhiJishnu Das and Jeffrey Hammer, Fall 2006
Policy Research Working Papers on Quality of Health Care(Please use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view PDF files)The following policy research working papers are drawn from the World Bank's institutional archives. Each link opens a page with an abstract of the document and several download options.
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copyright the Chronicle April 2, 2014
by Bethany M. Dunbar
LYNDONVILLE — The Northeast Kingdom might soon have an incubator space for entrepreneurs and hobbyists who want to invent or create mechanical or electronic devices.
Similar clubs have been popping up around the country and elsewhere in Vermont. The project, or group, is sometimes called a "maker space." One opened last week in Burlington called the Generator.
Three men who dreamed up the idea for the local group, which they call the Foundry, did an interview to explain the concept last week.
"We want to make an incubation zone," said Jim Schenck, an engineer for a manufacturing company in Lisbon, New Hampshire. He and two friends, Thomas Bishop of Waterford and Greg Shoppe, who has an online promotion company called Graph Genius Inc., started talking about the idea and decided to see what others thought.


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Heart transplant recipients' cardio-respiratory fitness is around 30 to 50 per cent lower than age-matched healthy sedentary individuals. As a result, exercise rehabilitation should be very important to these patients, and a University of Alberta study shows they can improve their overall physical fitness.
Mark Haykowsky, in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, led the largest randomized exercise intervention trial in heart-transplant patients, which was published in the April edition of American Journal of Transplantation. The study involved 43 participants, half sedentary, and the other half on a 12-week exercise program. He found that exercise improved cardio-respiratory fitness, muscle mass and maximal strength; surprisingly, however, exercise training didn't improve heart or blood-vessel function. Those exercising improved the size of the muscle mass, but blood vessels were still hardened and the heart's ability to fill and relax was not improved.
The study's findings show that people who are classified as "long-term post-transplant" are trainable. The results also served as a springboard for Dwight Kroening, who went on to become the first heart-transplant recipient to complete an Ironman triathlon (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and 26 mile run). And the inspiration goes both ways, as Haykowsky went on to train and complete his first marathon because of Kroening's own determination.


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Everything works fine ....
Now I want to make mail.domain2.com as a primary domain .. so that postmaster login should work from domain2.
I will make changes in /ets/hosts and /etc/sysconfig/network to reflect new domain name ... what changes I need to make in ireadmail database?
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BYTE -- Rooting the Motorola Droid 2 or Droid 2 Global is as easy as installing an app and pressing a button.
First, prep your phone to make sure you can install non Android Market apps from unknown sources. Open up Settings and tap on Applications.
Make sure you check the box next to Unknown Sources. Ignore the warning message that results and tap OK.
Also, tap on the Development option under Application Settings and to enable USB Debugging. You'll get another warning message, but ignore it again and tap OK.
Now download and install Astro File Manager, a free app from the Android Market. It's a handy little app that will make the next few steps a little easier.


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I feel like I can sum up the Raptors season in one sentence: this was the season of jamming square pegs in round holes.
Casey has been consistent and steadfast in his approach to the game on both sides of the ball. Unfortunately, the Raptors are finishing their 5th consecutive season of no meaningful March/April games and Casey is a measly 2.5 win percentage points ahead of last season. Adding insult to injury there is likely no lottery pick this year and the Raptors are in danger of finishing behind the tied for 7th worse overall from last season. Perhaps the ultimate slap in the face is the Raptors have dropped in just about every defensive category - an area Casey is suppose to hang his hat on.
After reading Eric Koreen's article this morning from the National Post, I can't help thinking: At what point does Casey have to adjust his style and strategy? Despite everything there is more talent on this season's roster. Please don't blame the rooks, they have hardly been given a chance this season due to Casey's lack of trust in rookies and JV's injury.
Lowry is not perfect but he has had more success as a starting NBA PG than Casey has had as a head coach. That is not saying much but Casey seems to be stuck on the idea that his way is the 'right' way when the standings and the effort from the team of late tell a very different tale.If there is one player who embodies the tension between the coaching staff and the analytics' staff that was exposed in this week's grantland.com piece on the Raptors, it is Lowry. The numbers say that Lowry's offensive game ensures the Raptors will use their possessions more efficiently. However, the turnovers, lack of ball movement and occasional chaos that reliance on Lowry can create can be torturous for a coach to sit through, particularly as a team struggles to win.
What the Raptors have been left with is a point guard who is more or less running the team as designed, but without a gung-ho joie de vivre. Casey is pleased with his progress, but Lowry has not necessarily killed the perception that can be a mercurial presence around a team.
Lowry will drive you crazy if you let him. His shot selection looks and feels random at times, even though he is cagier than he will ever let on. He certainly is not Calderonian in his countenance, either. Yet, as this year has gone, he has slowly earned Casey's trust.
In accomplishing that, however, he has lost a bit of himself. Accordingly, it is tough to say whether this version of Lowry is worth sticking with as the point guard of the team's future.
I always thought one of the jobs of a head coach was to maximize the talent on his roster. It is my opinion Casey has failed in that regard this season.
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"Enemy fighters at 2 o'clock!...Roger, What should i do until then?"
2010 r1200r, 2009 harley crossbones, 2008 triumph/sidecar, 1970 norton commando 750
Gas with stabil in it is good for 2 years. I rotate mine out @ 1 year w/o any problems.
I use Starbrite Enzyme Stabilizer.....Prevents
1. water in fuel
2. Gum or Varnish
3. Octane loss
I have had un-useable fuel. I have added the Starbrite Enzyme stuff to it and Bam!!!
The engine ran and I used the whole 5 gallons...Now this fuel I did not use in my BMW but I could have....The lawn needed mowed so........it over rulled.
I have stored my bike 14 months with this stuff and when I start the engine.......first time!!!!! Incredible.........You might want to look into it.....I wish I invented the stuff!!
Dennis Trovato
Dennis and Karin Trovato
2005 BMW R1200GS (In Europe) //// 2015 BMW R1200GS Adventure (In USA)
If you really want to get creative and have the room just get a 500 gallon steel gas tank. You can have a local fuel "Jobber" deliver right to your house. You should be able to specify with your order that your want 100% gasoline and no ethanol. Gas stations have to put a minimum of 10% ethanol mix in their gas that is dispensed to the public for "On Road" use. You can use the gas from your bulk tank in your cars and motorcycle.
The reference in an earlier post to Winter and Summer blends actually pertains to diesel fuel and not gasoline. Diesel fuel needs to be winterized to prevent gelling.
To find a jobber look for a company that services farm and home heating accounts
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Better check your zoning laws. For that much gasoline you'll probably need more than just the tank.
And there are summer/winter blends in gasoline as well as diesel fuel. It depends where you're located.
FYI - Sta-bil has a HIGH concentration of 'light oil' (kerosene) in it - not really as good for long-term storage of gasoline (hard on rubber) as their PR department would have you believe.
Check out comments made in the December issue of Rider ( in the Tech section) reference Sta-bil.
Suggest the StarBrite Star-Tron product!
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Kevin Greenwald - MSF Lead RiderCoach # 121656 (BRC,SBRC,IS,IME,SMARTrainer)
Nationally Certified Law Enforcement Motor Officer (Ret.) / IBA Member #34281
Motorcycle/High Performance/Teen/Winter/ATV Driving Instructor - ROAD AMERICA Track
Grand rapids, MI
from http://www.epa.gov/oms/fuels/gasolin.../standards.htm :
State County/ Parish City Month & RVP PSI Max
May Jun Jul Aug Sep 1-15
MI Lenawee 9.0 7.0A 7.0 7.0 7.0
MI Livingston 9.0 7.0A 7.0 7.0 7.0
MI Macomb 9.0 7.0A 7.0 7.0 7.0
MI Monroe 9.0 7.0A 7.0 7.0 7.0
MI Oakland 9.0 7.0A 7.0 7.0 7.0
MI St. Clair 9.0 7.0A 7.0 7.0 7.0
MI Washtenaw Ann Arbor 9.0 7.0A 7.0 7.0 7.0
MI Wayne Detroit 9.0 7.0A 7.0 7.0 7.0
MI All others 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0
A State has received a waiver under Clean Air Act 211(c)(4)(C) to adopt a state fuel program, more stringent than federal requirements, into the federally-approved State Implementation Plan (SIP). State fuel program may also define a volatility level and compliance date for refiners and/or terminals different than the compliance date for retailers. Potentially affected parties should refer to the SIP or contact the State for more information about proper compliance.
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'Tis the season for… great holiday commercials! Some seem to stand out more than others and Tom and Maria agree on one of their favorites.
Who don't get a little misty-eyed watching this one…
While searching commercials, I came across this one from long…long ago.
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Charlie St. Cloud — Zac Efron attempts the transition from teen idol to movie star with his starring role in Charlie St. Cloud, the story of a college student's relationship with his dead brother. Reviews have been mixed to poor, with critics saying Efron has a way to go before he can start carrying the weight of a movie. But with most of the film taking place on the water, look for the actor to spend a fair amount of time flaunting his most famous assets.
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child — Director and friend Tamra Davis centers her documentary on the life of artist Basquiat on a rare interview with him from more than 20 years ago, spliced together with interviews from those who knew him best. From his rise to "rock-star status" in the early '80s to his friendship with Andy Warhol to his sudden death from a heroin overdose in 1988, Davis goes inside the mind of this tragic talent. Click here for showtimes around the country.
The Remix by Lady Gaga — As she approaches the two-year anniversary of her first album, The Fame, this October, Gaga remixes some of its biggest hits (and some from the The Fame Monster). The compilation features work by DJs and producers including Passion Pit and Stuart Price. Out Tuesday.
The Suburbs by Arcade Fire — Hipsters rejoice! The Fire's new album incorporates a theme of contemplation and nostalgia with songs like "We Used to Wait" and "Wasted Hours." These guys are the best thing to come out of Canada since Céline Dion. Out Tuesday.
"A Happy Place" by Katie Melua — In her hypnotic new video, Melua serves up a dose of decadent surrealism as rebellion against a world of carbon-copy professionals and the endless routine of the urban working world. Clad in an elaborate headdress and the only colorful character in an otherwise monochromatic cast, Melua stands out as the clear representative of the song's mantra: "The only way to go is inside." It's the second single from her new album, The House, set for release Tuesday. Watch it below:
Death at a Funeral — This star-studded but often shrill remake of the amusing 2007 British farce finds Peter Dinklage repeating his performance as a gay man who shows up at the titular service threatening to reveal a secret about the recently departed patriarch of an unruly clan, peopled with Chris Rock, Tracy Morgan, and Martin Lawrence. Yet it's James Marsden and his lengthy nude scene atop a roof that proves the film's highlight.
The Kim Novak Collection— Blond, beautiful Kim Novak is best known to contemporary audiences for her dual performance in Hitchcock's mesmerizing Vertigo, but five other films that helped make her the number 1 box office star of 1956-58 are included in this five-film boxed set. Best of the bunch are Pal Joey, with Novak as a sultry showgirl entangled with nightclub playboy Frank Sinatra, and Bell, Book, and Candle, which finds the actress at her most ethereal as a lovelorn Greenwich Village witch reteamed with Vertigo costar Jimmy Stewart and features Jack Lemmon as an impish warlock. Bonus features include interviews and an audio commentary.


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Micah Cohen chinos from Wish I Was Here seen with Zach Braff (Aidan Bloom)
As Seen on Aidan Bloom (Zach Braff) in Wish I Was Here
Tackling Bad News Bears: Bad news seems to come in floods, at least for Aidan Bloom (Zach Braff) whose father Gabe (Mandy Patinkin) experiences a cancer recurrence. With Gabe redirecting his funds towards hospital bills, Aidan is left to homeschool his costume-loving kids and to reassess life as a struggling actor. He may have dreams but what about the aspirations of his lovable kids and hardworking wife?
Aidan's clothes have a worn-in feel about them. His brown blazer and green tee combo seems like something he's had since his 20s, and his limp black polos and crinkly pants could use some starch. But c'est la vie when one struggles as an actor, keeps a swear jar as a college fund, and has a tendency to lean on his father for financial help.
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Adlai E. Stevenson High School
Two Stevenson Drive
Lincolnshire, IL 60069
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Adlai E. Stevenson High School was the first school in the Chicago area to earn the ENERGY STAR, and only the second in the state, when it was first honored in 2001. Stevenson High School earned its second ENERGY STAR for superior energy performance in 2010.
Since opening in 1965, Stevenson High School has become one of the leading high schools in America. Stevenson is the only public high school in Illinois to receive four Blue Ribbon Awards for Excellence in Education from the U.S. Department of Education. SHS won the award in 1987, 1991, 1998, and 2002. Stevenson also received the U.S. Department of Education's New American High Schools Award in 1998. Newsweek and U.S. News and World Report have ranked Stevenson among the top high schools in the country. Stevenson also is included annually in the School Watch and School Match listings of schools that offer features most sought by parents.
Stevenson offers more than 200 courses in communication arts, mathematics, science, social science, foreign languages, fine arts, applied arts, and physical welfare. Classes are taught by a talented and experienced corps of teachers, three-fourths of them with a master's degree or more. Several teachers at SHS are considered by their peers to be among the country's foremost authorities in their fields. Some of the textbooks and teaching practices used around the United States can trace their roots to Stevenson High School.
Stevenson's Advanced Placement program is among the nation's best. More than 20 AP classes are available and SHS regularly leads the Midwest region in AP participation and has ranked in the top five worldwide.
Approximately 98 percent of SHS graduates attend college. Of that group, 8 in 10 will attend four-year colleges and universities while the remainder enroll at two-year schools. About 7 in 10 SHS graduates enroll at public colleges and universities.
Stevenson has nearly 100 co-curricular clubs and activities open to students. Three-fourths of the student body is involved in co-curriculars, ranging from athletics to performing arts to civics.
Stevenson's 76-acre campus features state-of-the-art facilities. All students have access to computers and nearly every classroom is capable of utilizing video, data and audio transmissions. A 1,200-seat performing arts center and an Olympic-sized swimming pool are other resources enjoyed by the community. The school has a college/career counseling center, two tutoring centers, two language laboratories, and a centralized technology area with five classrooms containing approximately 150 computers for student use.
Obtaining an ENERGY STAR score is a prerequisite to receiving LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification, one of the district's primary goals under its "green initiative." Said Mark Blustein, Student, '10, "I think by achieving the ENERGY STAR, our school is setting an example for schools all across the country. This demonstrates that we are constantly concerned with decreasing our energy usage, emissions, and that we are focused on educating students about it as well." Dave Wilms, Faculty, agrees. "As an ENERGY STAR labeled school, it affors us an opportunity to set a good example for the students and the community. It also makes the point that reducing energy consumption is much more cost effective that developing new energy resources or increasing energy production."
Stevenson at a Glance
"On behalf of the Board of Education, we are proud to be designated as an ENERGY STAR labeled building. The ENERGY STAR designation reminds taxpayers that in addition to being an outstanding academic institution, Stevenson is also an outstanding value, as evidenced by its leadership in energy efficiency."-- Terry Moons, Board Secretary, Adlai E. Stevenson High School
Please note: Narrative information in this profile has been provided by Stevenson High School District 125 or a representative of this facility. Other building information was verified and submitted to EPA at the time of application. Building energy performance, operating characteristics, and ownership/management may be subject to change over time.
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Facility Type: K-12 School
Total Floorspace: 833000 sf
Year Constructed: 1993
Contract Type: Performance Contract
Financing Type: Guaranteed Savings
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The Phillies are once again done in in the eighth inning as the Phils lose to the Nats, 9-7.
The Phillies' bullpen would give up four runs in the bottom of the eighth which would help to do the Phillies in, 9-7, as the team now fall three games behind the first place Mets before their important weekend series with them. The Phillies would take the lead in the first, as, with a man on and two outs, Ryan Howard would hit a two-run home run, his thirty-eighth home run of the year, scoring Chase Utley, who has earlier been hit by the pitch, to give the Phils a quick 2-0 lead. The Nats would come back in their half of the first, as, with a man on and one man out, Ryan Zimmerman would hit a RBI double, knocking in Cristian Guzman, who has singled earlier, to cut the Phillies lead to 2-1. The Nats would then tie the score at two all, as, with two men on and two out, Kory Castro would hit a RBI single, scoring Zimmerman and sending Elijah Dukes, who has earlier walked, to third. Phillies' starter Joe Blanton would finally end the inning by getting Wil Nieves to ground out, second to first. The Phillies would retake the lead in the third, as Utley would hit a RBI triple, scoring Jimmy Rollins, who has earlier singled, to give the Phils a 3-2 lead. The Nationals would then tie the score in the fifth, as, with the bases loaded via a walk (Emilio Bonifacio), a single (Guzman) and a second walk (Zimmerman), and with Ryan Madson now on the mound in place of Blanton, the next batter, Lastings Milledge, would hit a ground ball to Howard. Instead of going home to force out Bonifacio, Howard would instead throw to second, which would force out Zimmerman for the inning's first out, as Bonifacio would score the tying run, while Guzman would move over to thiird as Bonifacio would be safe at first, leaving runners on the corners for the Nationals. Dukes would then come up and hit a grounder to third baseman Pedro Feliz. Instead of throwing home to cut down Zimmerman, Feliz would instead throw over to second to try and start a double play. Instead, Feliz would only force out Bonifacio for the inning's second out as Bonifacio would take out Utley with a good slide, allowing Zimmerman to score, giving the Nats a 4-3 lead, while Dukes would be safe at first. Madson would finally end the inning by striking out Castro. The Phillies would retake the lead in the sixth as Howard would hit his second two-run home run of the night, his thirty-ninth home run of the year, knocking in Jayson Werth, who has earlier singled, to make it 5-4 Phillies. The Nationals would then tie it five all in the seventh, as, with two outs, Zimmerman would hit a solo home run, his eleventh home run of the year. Then would come the nightmarish eighth inning. With Chad Durbin still pitching for the Phils, Castro would start off the inning with a single. After Castro is replaced by pinch runner Pete Orr, Nieves would mess up a sacrifice bunt attempt by poping up to Howard for the inning's first out. Then everything would unravel for the Phils. Durbin would unfurl a wild pitch that would send Orr over to second base. Roger Bernadina would then get a single, sending Orr to third, putting runners on the corners. Ronnie Beliard would follow with a RBI single, knocking in Orr, to give the Nationals a 6-5 lead, while sending Bernadina to second. Durbin would then be replaced by J.C. Romero. Bernadina would proceed to steal third before Romero would walk Bonifacio to load the bases. Guzman would then hit a three-run double, scoring Bernadina, Beliard and Bonifacio, to give the Nationals a 9-5 lead. Clay Condrey would then come in to replace Romero, soon ending the inning without any more damage. The Phillies would then strike back in the ninth, as with one man on and no one out, Matt Stairs would hit a RBI double to score Shane Victorino, who has only earlier singled, to make it 9-6 Nationals. Rollins would then move Stairs over to third as he grounds out, second to first, for the inning's first out. Utley would then hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Stairs, to make it 9-7 Nats. And that would be the final score as Werth would end the game by striking out swinging.
Joe Blanton would receive a no-decision as he pitches only four innings plus three batters, giving up four earned runs on six hits. Ryan Madson would pitch two scoreless innings, giving up no hits. Scott Eyre would pitch two-thirds of an inning, giving up no runs and no hits. Chad Durbin would receive his sixth blown save of the year, as well as the lost as he goes two-thirds of an inning, giving up four earned runs on five hits. His record is now 5-4 with a 2.69 ERA. J.C. Romero would face only two batters, getting out neither of them as he gives up a hit and walks one. Clay Condrey would pitch two-thirds of an inning, giving up no runs on one hit. Odalis Perez would also get a no-decision as he pitches five innings, giving up three earned runs on five hits. Marco Estrada would have his first blown save of the year as he faces three batters, giving up two earned runs on three hits. Jesus Colome would pitch a scoreless, hitless inning. Mike Hinckley would pitch two-thirds of an inning, giving up one hit. Steven Shell would pitch a third of an inning, giving up no hits or runs. Saul Rivera would get the win as he pitch a scoreless inning, giving up jut one hit. His record is now 5-5 with a 3.52 ERA. Joel Hanrahan would pitch an inning, giving up two runs on two hits.
The lost put the Phillies in a bind as they now head to New York, needing to either sweep or win the series if they don't want to fall any further behind the Mets. It would seems that Charlie Manuel's strategic thinking in this game would backfire on him in the seventh as he would take out Scott Eyre, after he has gotten out the two batters that he would face, to have Chad Durbin handle the right handers in the Nationals' line-up. The move would blow up in his face instead as Durbin would give up a solo home run to Ryan Zimmerman to tie the score The less said about the eighth inning nightmare that he started the better, as the Phillies would lose another recent game in that inning. Something needs to be done about this, and quickly, before that inning becomes a real major problem for the Phillies' bullpen's egos during the last twenty-two games of the season.
The lost puts the Phillies' three games behind the Mets as the Mets would sweep the Brew Crew in Milwaukee, while they are now five games ahead of the now fading Marlins as they lost to the Braves. The Phillies, who have tomorrow off, now heads into New York with a series that will either see them get closer to the Mets or see them fall further behind them.


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Default Folder X improves the Open and
Save dialogs in Mac OS X. Its hierarchical
menus, large sized previews, multiple sets
of favorites, easily accessible lists of
recently used folders, integration with
the Finder and Spotlight, and system-wide
menu for accessing frequently used files
and folders save you time and frustration.
App Tamer tames applications that are chewing up excessive CPU time and battery life on your Mac. Its unique "AutoStop" feature will stop an application when you switch away from it, and then automatically restart it when you click back to it.
HistoryHound lets you do a fast keyword
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Jettison eliminates the hassle of manually
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Against tough righty, Baker goes with Hannahan
By Mark Sheldon / MLB.com
NEW YORK -- Reds third baseman Todd Frazier did not start in Wednesday's series finale vs. the Mets, replaced in the lineup by Jack Hannahan. Manager Dusty Baker often gives players a rest to combine with a scheduled off-day on Thursday, but that wasn't the reason for this break.
Since the Reds were facing right-handed Mets phenom Matt Harvey, Baker wanted to go with the left-handed-hitting Hannahan.
"Today is the day you want to stack the lineup with lefties," Baker said. "Today is a day where Jack has to play some time. He was going to play first base soon, but Joey [Votto] is hot. It's hard to take him out when you're that hot."
Marshall unavailable with left shoulder discomfort
NEW YORK -- Reds starter Mat Latos encountered a two-out jam in the bottom of the seventh inning on Wednesday while trying to preserve what was then a 4-2 lead over the Mets. As he neared 100 pitches, Latos faced left-handed-hitting Daniel Murphy and gave up an RBI single. Another lefty hitter, Rick Ankiel, then hit a game-tying RBI triple off Latos.
The situation would normally call for left-handed reliever Sean Marshall.
"Marshall wasn't available," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "Otherwise, I would have brought in Marshall for Ankiel. That kind of hurt us, not having Marshall."
Marshall said his shoulder did not respond well to pregame throwing, and he believed there was some inflammation.
"We were kind of erring on the side of caution. I told them I was a little bit sore," Marshall said after the Reds' 7-4 win. "I did a little bit of exercise after the game. With this extra day of rest [Thursday], I will be back to how I've been feeling."
Marshall, who has a 2.57 ERA in 11 appearances with 21 of 27 batters retired, began the season battling left shoulder tendinitis and was on the disabled list from April 8-26.
This situation now is not much unlike the previous one.
"I'm getting a better understanding of when my shoulder feels good and maybe when it needs a little bit of rest," Marshall said. "Today, when I was warming up and doing my usual routine to get my shoulder loose, I felt a little bit of crankiness in there. ... It needs a little extra time to recover than it has in the past."
Cleanup hitter Phillips raking in the RBIs
NEW YORK -- Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips has spent much time lately at or near the top of the National League leaderboard in RBIs. After two more in Wednesday's 7-4 victory over the Mets -- including the game-winning RBI double, albeit on a check swing -- Phillips leads the league with 40 RBIs.
Phillips doesn't fit the typical physical mold many look for in a cleanup hitter, but he's performed a key job required of the spot by driving in runs.
"You don't gain RBIs all at one time," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "I was told it's like collecting pennies. The next thing you know, you get 100 and you have a dollar. We'll take them in bunches, but you'd rather have them consistent and on a regular basis."
Phillips' career high is 98 RBIs, set in 2009. He moved into the cleanup spot the second game of the season when left fielder Ryan Ludwick went down with a serious right shoulder injury. Ludwick isn't expected back before the All-Star break.
"He takes pride in driving in runs. He uses the whole field," Baker said of Phillips. "He gets upset if he leaves guys out there, especially if he leaves them with less than two outs and a guy on second base. That's how you're supposed to be. You want to be a clutch man. That's what he's been, a clutch man. Every good team, they have one or two clutch men."
Along with Joey Votto and Jay Bruce, Phillips has been one of the Reds' hottest hitters of late. He now has a season-high 10-game hitting streak (13-for-42) with one home run and nine RBIs.
Latos, Bruce shrug off apparent argument
NEW YORK -- Television cameras from the Mets' broadcast caught a brief moment of apparent disharmony in the Reds' dugout in the midst of their 7-4 victory on Wednesday afternoon.
Following the bottom of the fifth inning, when the Mets tied it at 2 on Daniel Murphy's sacrifice fly, Reds starting pitcher Mat Latos and right fielder Jay Bruce had an animated discussion at the far end of the dugout.
Neither player would go into detail what was said between them.
"Next question," Latos said tersely.
"That's not really important," Bruce said. "But no, it was not about the sac fly."
On the sac fly, Bruce had to make the catch on the run, and he made an off-target throw up the third-base line.
Bruce discounted the situation between innings as not a big deal.
"Everything is fine," Bruce said. "It happens all the time. It's a non-story, really."
"I was on the other end of the dugout if they did [argue]," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "It happens all the time. If they did, it's certainly nobody's business but ours."
Choo the man of the hour at Citi Field
NEW YORK -- Reds center fielder Shin-Soo Choo has been warmly welcomed at Citi Field throughout this week's three-game series vs. the Mets. New York has the nation's second-largest Korean population, with many living near the stadium in the Flushing section on Queens.
Choo hails from Pusan, South Korea. Before games, he has spent time on the top step of the visiting dugout signing a lot of autographs. Some fans were hurling multiple baseballs at once for him to sign.
"It's amazing," Choo said of his reception. "Even when I didn't play [Tuesday], they still came into the stands and were cheering for me and calling my name. It's special."
After getting a day off on Tuesday against a lefty starter, Choo was back in the leadoff spot and starting on Wednesday.
Reds' road record on the upswing
NEW YORK -- Tuesday's 4-0 Reds win over the Mets had a little added importance to manager Dusty Baker. It helped Cincinnati reach .500 on the road, where the Reds are now 12-12 after starting the season 1-8.
The Reds' first three road series were against the Cardinals, Pirates and Nationals, three teams that are often tough at their home parks.
"We lost a couple of real tough games at Pittsburgh we probably should have won," Baker said. "Sometimes [it depends on] when you play them [than] on how you're doing or not doing.
"It's impossible to win big without winning on the road."
Mark Sheldon is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Mark My Word, and follow him on Twitter @m_sheldon This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The SAW franchise has been one of
the most prolific in the horror film genre, launching its sixth entry later this
fall. Set to launch with the film, Konami is at work on a video game to go along
with the franchise. However, instead of following the events of one of the
films, SAW will be a whole new story, taking place between the events in the
first and second films. The game will present classic survival horror-styled
gameplay, heavy on atmosphere and exploration, but still with a few combat
elements as you fight to survive in Jigsaw's maze.
In SAW, you'll play as Detective
David Tapp (played by Danny Glover in the films) as you become trapped in one of
Jigsaw's token mazes. The area is littered with traps and various dangerous
puzzles that you'll have to solve in order to survive. However, you're not alone
in Jigsaw's world as you'll meet up with (and often square off against) and
variety of characters that Jigsaw has deemed unfit. The game is being created
with input from the film's creators, meaning that it will be an authentic
experience for fans of the film.
The game will require you to perform
actions like picking locks and solving a few puzzles, but you'll mostly be
figuring out how to navigate Jigsaw's traps and avoid them, lest you be killed
in the attempt. You'll have to avoid rigged doors, bear traps, and other
dangerous hazards as you get around.
However, one element that is
particularly dangerous is the other people littered throughout the maze.
Depending on the choices you make in your interactions with them, they'll either
befriend you and help you navigate the environment, or they'll attack and try to
kill you. The game's combat system is focused mostly on the melee weapons that
you'll find about, like lead pipes and other environmental items littered
through the game.
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Resources for Greek
From ACL Wiki
Revision as of 13:47, 31 March 2008 by Ionandr (talk | contribs) (Added information to the bibliography entry for Lucarelli et al. 2007.)
Machine translation systems
Free software
- Southeast European Times (paragraph aligned corpus, Albanian, Bulgarian, English, Greek, Macedonian, Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, Turkish — 9,678 paragraphs, 92,450— 122,912 words per language)
Named entity recognition
- Greek named entity recognizer (version 2) Currently identifies temporal expressions, person names, and organization names. See here for publications describing the recognizer. (GPL)
- G. Lucarelli and I. Androutsopoulos, "A Greek Named-Entity Recognizer that Uses Support Vector Machines and Active Learning". In Proceedings of the 4th Hellenic Conference on Artificial Intelligence (SETN 2006), Heraklion, Greece, 2006.
- G. Lucarelli, X. Vasilakos and I. Androutsopoulos, "Named Entity Recognition in Greek Texts with an Ensemble of SVMs and Active Learning". International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, 16(6):1015-1045, World Scientific, 2007.
- G. Petasis, V. Karkaletsis, D. Farmakiotou, G. Samaritakis, I. Androutsopoulos, C. D. Spyropoulos, "A Greek Morphological Lexicon and its Exploitation by a Greek Controlled Language Checker". In Proceedings of the 8th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics, 8 - 10 November 2001, Nicosia, Cyprus.
- G. Petasis, G. Paliouras, V. Karkaletsis, C.D. Spyropoulos and I. Androutsopoulos, "Resolving Part-of-Speech Ambiguity in the Greek Language Using Learning Techniques". In Fakotakis, N. et al. (Eds.), Machine Learning in Human Language Technology (Proceedings of the ACAI Workshop), pp. 29-34, Chania, Greece, 1999.
External links
- Hellenic Language Technology List - Greek NLP and speech processing mailing list


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jimbo (03-28-2013)
At some point this season I expect that Hanigan is going to become Mes' backup.
Wait until the year after next year.
OnBaseMachine (03-28-2013),Raisor (03-28-2013),thatcoolguy_22 (03-28-2013)
I just think Dusty will be very stubborn with this. He feels (for many good reasons) that it is the catchers job to manage the pitching staff. Hanigan does a great job of this, so unless he hits under .200, and Mez is hitting over .300 with pop and catching ok, I don't see it happening.
"I can't take this homerism anymore." - 10xWSChamps, August 11, 2010. A Cardinals fan having a problem with all the homerism on Redszone. Classic.
"Man do I miss the days where were didn't need a calculator and an encyclopedia of baseball metrics to enjoy a baseball game ... - MikeS21" - 8/2/12 game thread
And nothing in the post you quoted has anything to do with me or my opinion. You seemed to equate their hype as equal. It wasn't. It wasn't even close. I presented the reasons to show you why it wasn't and not a single one of them had anything at all to do with my beliefs.
So next time, call out someone like Baseball America or Baseball Prospectus or John Sickels or maybe even yourself because you didn't know what you were talking about rather than me who simply posted facts.
*BaseClogger* (03-28-2013),alwaysawarrior (03-28-2013),bigredmechanism (03-28-2013),thatcoolguy_22 (03-28-2013)
My general thinking is that if your young, recent blue chip catcher starts banging the ball, then he's going to play. And Mes looks like he's got himself ready to be the impact player we hoped he'd be last year. Hanigan's a fine guy, but he's not an impact player.
Obviously Mes has got to bring the boom boom to the room for that to happen, but if he does at some point it becomes clear the future is now.
Wait until the year after next year.
Jon Heyman@JonHeymanCBSnow
Catcher Miguel Olivo asked for his release, which was granted by #reds. He's a free agent now.
I can spell,I just can't type!!
Sorry already a topic about this.Delete this mod
I can spell,I just can't type!!
I can't say that I blame him.
I have to think he feels he has a better chance to be in the big leagues elsewhere.
Yeah you can't blame him b/c he thought he was brung here to have a major impact with the reds on the field.Good decision by him and I wish him nothing but the best.
I can spell,I just can't type!!
Reds could use another MLB veteran to play at AAA and be available in case of injury. Not sure Reds would call up Corky Miller for that purpose.
Yeah I thought Olivo could be a better guy to call on from AAA if a catcher would get hurt.Corky is alright but I think Olivo could have done alot more if we get in that situation.
I can spell,I just can't type!!
Here's why: Jocketty is smart enough to know that Devin has the potential to be an all star caliber catcher. If he displays that promise early in the year, it would be silly to let him get cold or grow discouraged because he only plays two out of five days. Mesoraco could be one of the better catchers in the game, and he could be a Red for another six to ten years or more. If he shows he can get the job done, you hand the reins over.
(Referring to Jack Hannahan signing with a Korean team)
Since there are no teams on the moon, I guess South Korea's far enough from Cincinnati to satisfy me.
(Referring to Jack Hannahan signing with a Korean team)
Since there are no teams on the moon, I guess South Korea's far enough from Cincinnati to satisfy me.
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The end of an era?
John Taylor
July 6, 2011
ULR Samurai won last year's Middlesex Sevens © Getty Images
Any rugby fan with a love of history and nostalgia should try to get to Twickenham this weekend for the Vauxhall Middlesex Charity Sevens because rumour has it that this could be the last.
The first tournament was in 1926 and since then it has raised over £10 million for charity. It used to mark the end of the rugby season - a glorious party at HQ where the minnows got a chance to tilt at windmills on the first Saturday in May before everybody departed for the summer break. No rugby was allowed after that date.
In my playing days all the top London teams took part, they fielded all their stars and there was huge kudos to be gained from winning the trophy. It even merited its own report in the Rothman's Yearbook.
There were only two invitation sides, the finalists from the previous season gained automatic entry but all the other clubs had to qualify through a series of satellite tournaments all over the London area the weekend before the main event.
Over 500 clubs would be fighting it out for the remaining 12 places with the so called senior clubs seeded so that they would not come up against each other until finals day. Those qualifying tournaments were no pushover.
Every junior club dreamed of their day in the sun, the weather was always perfect, and the big clubs had to fight tooth and nail. It was like playing five consecutive cup finals and there was usually one major upset with one of the minnows - Fullerians, my school old boys, made it one year I remember.
It grew and grew in popularity, reaching its height in the 70s when the 'Rover' tickets that allowed you to explore every corner of Twickenham had to be replaced with numbered seats or standing because the ground was almost sold out.
With no restrictions there were huge parties in the car parks - full blown barbecues were the order of the day, everybody vying to outdo the adjacent group - drink was taken by everybody except the players who simply joined the party when they were knocked out of the tournament.
I remember it with huge affection because it gave me my first taste of the big time. It was 1966 and I made the Loughborough Seven at prop. The students of Loughborough and St Luke's were always jeered as 'professionals' - people assumed we ran around playing rugby every day which was totally untrue - but Loughborough had broken the London Scottish stranglehold - they had won it five years out of six - a couple of years before.
It was one of those days when everything went right - partly because we had a certain Gerald Davies in the centre who wreaked havoc - and we beat Northampton in the final. To make things perfect I scored two tries, one direct from a line-out that I somehow won against Peter Larter and Jim Parsons, who both went on to play for England in the second-row!
There were four Welshman in our team and that night we went to London Welsh to celebrate. I was invited to join the club there and then, that's the way it worked in those days, because I was taking up a teaching post in London the following September. Little did I realise where it would all lead.
In the early 70s London Welsh took over as the team to beat . We won three in a row which was no real surprise because we could field seven internationals if we wanted - including the unstoppable Gerald!
Gerald Davies ran riot in the centres © Getty Images
It became traditional to boo as we took the field - all good natured , we took it as a mark of respect - but it was something of a shock to our lads 30 years later when the PA Announcer invited the crowd to give the Exiles 'their normal welcome' - none of them were born when London Welsh ruled and they couldn't understand what they had done wrong.
There was not much serious rugby played after Easter in those days but the tournament started to lose its lustre as soon as the season was extended to incorporate cup-finals and play-offs. I believe it was the Bath players (when they were England's top club) who first asked not to be considered because they were still concentrating on XVs.
From then on there were fewer and fewer star players involved. Middlesex have valiantly tried to keep it alive, changing format to suit changing times, and even last year there was support from eight Premiership clubs.
Now they have withdrawn to support their own competition and it looks like curtains for the grand old tournament. A mish-mash of invitation sides does not have the same appeal and, unless the junior clubs are given the chance to qualify to have a tilt at glory, it looks doomed so party hard, Saturday could well be the end of an era.
There would be a certain symmetry if London Welsh could pull off one last victory but I shall not be wagering a great deal!
© ESPN Sports Media Ltd.
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If you've never witnessed Ellie Goulding perform live, now is your chance. Her latest music video "Explosions" combines footage from several of Ellie's concerts and gives fans some behind-the-scenes access.
Filmed in black and white, Ellie's ethereal vocals soar throughout the emotional song.
"I lost my faith in everything/The nights you could cope, your intentions were gold/ But the mountains will shake/I need to know I could still make explosions," she sings.
Watch the video below and get a glimpse of Ellie's everyday life on tour with backstage shots, train and airplane rides, signing autographs and enjoying some much needed downtime.
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Two people injured in Hwy 10 collision near D.L.
Both drivers received serious injuries in a two-vehicle accident that occurred at the intersection of State Highway 10 and Becker County Road 54 on the east edge of Detroit Lakes Thursday afternoon.
Clyde C. Baumgart, 56, of Frazee was traveling west on Highway 10 in his 2001 Toyota RAV-4 when it collided with a 2002 Chrysler 300M driven by Toni Jean Parsons, 30, also of Frazee, at about 12:41 p.m.
According to the accident report, Parsons' vehicle was traveling south across the intersection and failed to yield to oncoming traffic, broadsiding Baumgart's vehicle.
Both drivers suffered non-life threatening injuries and were transported to Essentia Health-St. Mary's Hospital by EMS personnel.
Becker County Sheriff's Department officers, along with Detroit Lakes police and fire department personnel were also present at the scene to offer assistance.
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SF Bay Area Peaks > Mount Vaca > Climber's Log
Mount Vaca Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|Drive Up
Date Climbed: Dec 30, 2017
|Up Gates Canyon, down Mix Canyon
|Posted Dec 31, 2017 7:50 pm
|wildfire season
Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2016
|Went up to get a good vantage point of the Cold Fire.
|Posted Aug 1, 2017 9:44 pm
|Third CA CoHP out of 4 today
Date Climbed: Feb 11, 2015
|Sutter, Cobb, Vaca, and Carpenter Benchmark today.
|Posted Feb 12, 2015 12:13 pm
|Via Gates Canyon Rd
Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2014
|Made a loop out of it. Up Gates Canyon Rd, down Mix Canyon Rd. No problem with locked gates.
|Posted Aug 31, 2014 2:06 pm
Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2013
|Pretty easy and pretty unrewarding.
|Posted Oct 20, 2013 6:20 pm
|Great use of Free Time
Date Climbed: Apr 6, 2013
|After ending up with a quick gap of time between some scheduled meetings in Vacaville, I decided to wander up another county highpoint. Great views from the bay to Sutter Buttes.
|Posted Jul 14, 2013 7:58 pm
|Drove most of the way
Date Climbed: Dec 8, 2011
|cool area...
|Posted Dec 28, 2012 4:18 pm
|David Naylor
|Gate Open
Date Climbed: May 18, 2012
|Gate was open, drove right up to Tower #20. There were 3 communications company trucks parked there and workers in one of the nearby buildings. 1pm in the afternoon.
|Posted May 20, 2012 8:42 pm
|Quick hike
Date Climbed: Feb 4, 2012
|Just a quick excursion to grab another county hp. A little hazy, I might return on a super clear day as I think the views could be spectacular
|Posted Feb 5, 2012 1:33 pm
|The road is public!
Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2011
|The info about a "prescriptive easement" needs to be corrected. The road across the top of Mt. Vaca is Blue Ridge Road (County RD. 354) Between Mix Canyon Rd. and Gates Canyon Rd. According to the county surveyors office, the road is not maintained by the county, it is maintained by the land owners on Mt. Vaca. But, there is a public easement on this road making it county road 354. The county surveyor stated the red "no trespassing" signs at the gate are unenforceable because of this easement which was recorded in 1894. Also, the gates are placed by the fire department and only closed when fire danger is extreme. I have a PDF of the county maps and of the easement if anyone wants them, send me a message. The property on either side of the road is private however, so those signs are enforceable.
|Posted Aug 20, 2011 9:05 pm
Date Climbed: Jan 16, 2011
|Walked up from the gate. Good views.
|Posted Jan 17, 2011 4:07 pm
|Hiked from gate
Date Climbed: Oct 12, 2010
|Hiked from gate with the wife. Short hike, decent views from the top
|Posted Oct 13, 2010 2:29 am
|Nice side-trip
Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2005
|Got it on the way back to Bay Area from Snow Mountain earlier the same day.
|Posted May 9, 2010 4:36 am
|A Worthwhile Diversion
Date Climbed: Mar 20, 2010
|Biked to the top from the gate. Simple as can be. Not much of a challenge, but more worth the detour than I expected it to be.
City lights below do dazzle after dark, and the power lines play like aeolian harps.
|Posted Mar 21, 2010 7:31 pm
|Early morning
Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2008
|Did Mt. St. Helena on the 20th and it seemed appropriate to stay in Vacaville for this one. Early morning expedition got me the summit and then we headed for Copernicus for number two.
|Posted Mar 29, 2009 8:27 pm
|Snow Day
Date Climbed: Feb 13, 2009
|Mix Canyon gate was closed. Made a quick walk in a blowing snow shower. The view was limited to about 300 feet. This was my second cohp for the day. Carpenter Hill in Sacramento was first.
|Posted Feb 21, 2009 10:27 pm
|Walked up from open gate.
Date Climbed: Dec 30, 2008
|Surprising views. The entire snowtopped Sierra from Mt Lassen in the north down to Yosemite was in view, with the Central Valley and the SF Bay area hidden below in fog. Really nice for basically a drive up peak. Great views.
|Posted Dec 30, 2008 6:44 pm
|Think I hiked it
Date Climbed: May 10, 2000
|Went to the high point up there. Good views!
|Posted Nov 6, 2008 4:24 pm
|Fire Road
Date Climbed: Nov 5, 2007
|Hiked with Devin. Temps were warm for November (upper 70's). No access issues.
|Posted Nov 5, 2007 5:21 pm
|Clear views up and down the central valley and also up into St. Helena.
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Rangers align post-break starting rotation
By Christian Corona / MLB.com
Kirkman leaves game with mild left groin strain
ARLINGTON -- Michael Kirkman left the Rangers' series finale against the Twins on Sunday in the 10th inning with a mild left quad strain after facing just two batters.Joe Mauer hit a soft ground ball to Kirkman, who backhanded it cleanly and sprinted to first base to record the first out of the 10th inning. After the play, team trainer Jamie Reed visited Kirkman, who exited the game after throwing only 13 pitches. Kirkman replaced Joe Nathan, who gave up two unearned runs in the ninth, and ended the inning by getting Ben Revere to fly out to center field. Kirkman was replaced on the mound by Yoshinori Tateyama, who issued a two-out walk to Justin Morneau but got Ryan Doumit to strike out swinging to end the inning. He tossed 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. The Rangers' bullpen, after pitching four scoreless innings in Saturday's win, threw 7 1/3 innings in Sunday's 4-3, 13-inning victory. "Oswalt did a great job," manager Ron Washington said. "[The bullpen] just came in and kept us around. We might have extended Joe a little more than we would have wanted to. The guys picked him up and we just kept battling and got it done." With the Rangers having already used Tanner Scheppers, Robbie Ross, Mike Adams, and Nathan, Tateyama was the only reliever available at the time. Scott Feldman, who has bounced back and forth between the rotation and bullpen, threw 101 pitches in a start against the White Sox Wednesday and became the Rangers' eighth pitcher -- a season high - when he tossed scoreless 12th and 13th innings. "In a situation like that, that's what we talked about before the game, [pitching in] extra innings or something like that," Feldman said. "I probably could have thrown 100 pitches. If it was either that or a position player throwing, I mean [Craig] Gentry's got a pretty good arm, but I probably would have kept running out there." Washington said earlier this week that someone like All-Star Matt Harrison, who started Thursday against the White Sox, might be available in an emergency situation. But it was fellow All-Star Yu Darvish, who had not pitched since a July 1 loss to Oakland, that would have been the next Rangers pitcher if Feldman was pulled. "Once again, the bullpen was outstanding," Washington said. "We were going to Darvish. You saw him in that bullpen. We were going to go to Darvish if we had to." The Rangers currently have five pitchers on the disabled list -- Colby Lewis (forearm tightness), Neftali Feliz (elbow inflammation), Alexi Ogando (strained groin), Koji Uehara (strained lat), and Mark Lowe (strained intercostal muscle).
Feliz, Ogando nearing rehab assignments
ARLINGTON -- Neftali Feliz and Alexi Ogando, two of the five Rangers pitchers currently on the disabled list, will have bullpen sessions Monday at the club's facility in the Dominican Republic before beginning rehab assignments this week.Ogando, who has been on the DL since June 12 with a strained right groin, will likely make a rehab outing with Triple-A Round Rock on Thursday. He could make another appearance with Round Rock on Saturday and return to the team in Oakland next week. Ogando threw 51 pitches in a bullpen session on Saturday. Feliz, who is on the 60-day DL with right elbow inflammation, could make a rehab start next weekend. Feliz, who went 3-1 with a 3.16 ERA in seven starts before being placed on the DL on May 21, threw 47 pitches in a bullpen session Saturday. Feliz is likely to return by the end of July, but it is unclear if he will come back to the rotation or go to the bullpen, where he served as the Rangers' closer each of the past two seasons. "We're talking about the end of July going into August," manager Ron Washington said. "He'll get stretched out and when he's ready to go, we'll have a decision to make and we'll make whatever decision we have to make. We'll keep our options open." Feliz and Koji Uehara (strained right lat), who threw 43 pitches in a bullpen session Sunday, are scheduled to throw live batting practice Thursday, when Mark Lowe (strained intercostal muscle) should also begin a throwing program. Uehara and Lowe could both go on rehab assignments but nothing has been planned yet. "[Uehara's] plan is to throw some live BP on Thursday, let him see some hitters and see how that goes," Washington said. "That's a very sensitive area where he's hurt. We have to make sure that thing is together well."
Ross could be late All-Star replacement
ARLINGTON -- After another solid outing by his rookie reliever, manager Ron Washington acknowledged that Robbie Ross would be a candidate to replace an injured All-Star if the opportunity presented itself."It certainly would be hard not to think about it," Washington said. "He certainly has done a great job for us. He really has. He's got so much poise. He just comes in and keeps pounding the strike zone and keeps them swinging the bat. If there is a consideration, I would have to think about it."
The Rangers already have eight players going to the All-Star Game, including three pitchers in Matt Harrison, Yu Darvish, and Joe Nathan. But Ross, who tossed 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief in the Rangers' 4-3 win over the Twins on Saturday, could join them if a current American League All-Star pitcher couldn't play Tuesday.Ross, who has pitched 22 1/3 straight scoreless innings and has not allowed an earned run in his last 29 2/3 innings, is 6-0 with a 0.96 ERA in 33 relief outings this year. A starter in high Class A Myrtle Beach and Double-A Frisco last season, Ross has made the transition to the bullpen nicely. His six wins lead all relievers and his 0.96 ERA would be the 10th-lowest in AL history at the All-Star break. "It's been great," Ross said. "It's a different workload. This year, it's been day to day where I could possibly throw every day, whereas when you're a starter, it's five days off. This year, I didn't throw nearly as many innings as I did last year. I think the way the Rangers brought me through it has been great." The 83rd Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX Sports, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and RDS, and worldwide by partners in more than 200 countries via MLB International's independent feed. Pregame ceremonies begin at 6:30 p.m. CT. ESPN Radio and ESPN Radio Deportes will provide exclusive national radio coverage. MLB Network, MLB.com and Sirius XM also will provide comprehensive All-Star Game coverage.
Fans will also have the opportunity to participate in the official voting for the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player presented by Chevrolet via the 2012 MLB.com All-Star Game MVP Vote during the All-Star Game on MLB.com.
New-look lineup remains for series finale
ARLINGTON -- Unlike Saturday, Ron Washington did not make any changes to his lineup for Sunday's first-half finale against the Twins.On Saturday, Washington switched Michael Young and Nelson Cruz, putting Cruz in the fifth spot and having Young bat sixth. Cruz went 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles, including a walk-off two-bagger in the 10th inning. Cruz has the team's only two hits with runners in scoring position this series and is batting .364 in his last nine games, while Young is hitting .200 over his last 25. "It can carry over but there's no predicting this game," Washington said. "You still have to go out there and play. It can carry over. You just have to go out there and get it done. We got a win so we're feeling better. It'll be nice if we get one today." For the second straight day, Josh Hamilton, who left Friday's game with back spasms, was the Rangers' designated hitter and batted third. Hamilton, who will start in left field in the All-Star Game on Tuesday, hit his 27th home run on Saturday, tying him with Jose Bautista for the Major League lead. Craig Gentry also stayed in the lineup against a right-handed starting pitcher, starting in center field and batting ninth. "It's automatic, he's going to DH," Washington said. "I just want to give him two days and make sure nothing's wrong with that big man. I just want to make sure he can play when Tuesday's over. The treatment did him some good." Gentry, who is batting .413 in his last 26 games, is hitting .323 against righties this season and .351 with runners in scoring position. His .343 batting average is the highest in the American League among players with at least 125 at-bats. "We, as a group, haven't been doing very much offensively so I'm riding his hot hand," Washington said. "He's learning how to use his skills. I've played him against lefties and he's flourished. He's gotten some opportunities against righties and he's got it done. I think the way we've played him has helped develop into what he is. Give him credit because he's thriving."
Worth noting
Double-A prospect Jurickson Profar homered to right field in his first at-bat at the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game in Kansas City on Sunday. Profar, playing in his second straight Futures Game started for the World team, while teammate Mike Olt started for the U.S. team at third base. Minnesota's Joe Mauer and the Rangers' Mike Napoli each drew three walks in the Rangers' win over the Twins Saturday night. Mauer leads the Majors with four three-walk games this season while Napoli, who has done it three times, is tied for second with Adam Dunn of the White Sox and Mark Teixeira of the Yankees. Lewis Brinson, the Rangers' first-round pick in this year's First-Year Player Draft (No. 29 overall) homered for the second straight game in the Arizona Rangers' 16-12 loss Saturday after not homering in his first 12. He's batting .302 with 16 RBIs in 14 games with the rookie club. Edwin Garcia was promoted from low Class A Hickory to high Class A Myrtle Beach on Saturday, while fellow Hickory infielder Luis Sardinas was placed on the disabled list.
Christian Corona is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I just have no clue how guys can watch a game and see a team that cant score at all drop 102 on our homecourt and feel the only issue is ball movement, we scored 95 points and would have scored more if we got some calls but the issue here is ball movement, not defense, not rebounding, no hustler or effort, no its ****ing ball movement.
Ball movement wont stop the Pacers from scoring, ball movement wont help us rebound, ball movement wont make us play harder. The ball has been moving the same way it has all season, the difference, Indiana and Boston have stayed home on the shooters, they're making us beat them one on one. So how do we adjust to that, the pick n roll.
Felton-Chandler pick n roll with shooters spread out
Prigioni-Chandler pick n roll with shooters spread out
Felton-Anthony pick n pop
Anthony-Chandler pick n roll to get Melo room to attack
JR-Chandler pick n roll
Dont forget STAT coming in and making it work as well. Add in some cuts off the ball with some screens for shooters but please stop ****ing blaming ball movement for every loss, we've played this way all year whether you think so or not


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HOUSTON - Despite rainy Sunday weather, thousands of people turned out to take part in the NAACP National Convention held in Houston.
Participants at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Downtown Houston spent Sunday exchanging ideas, starting with a prayer breakfast.
A lineup of legal seminar topics -- centered on fair housing, recent supreme court rulings, legislative updates and environmental justice -- followed the breakfast.
At a woman's brunch, speakers focused on empowering young girls. The NAACP ACT-SO awards ceremony also drew a huge crowd as high school students from across the country gathered at the convention center.
ACT-SO stands for Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics.
After the teens spent the year in the NAACP program, many received awards for their talents in technology, science, business and the arts.
"It just means so much, because it's amazing to here your name called and to get up on stage," said Simone Miles, a silver award winner for photography.
Special guest speaker and actor Anthony Anderson was also there. He's a past ACT-SO award winner, and he said he came to applaud the next generation's achievements.
"I think what the NAACP is doing with the convention and awards is just great for our youth," Anderson said.
The days ahead will be filled with major speakers like Vice President Joe Biden and presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
The convention continues through July 12.
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Discussion in 'Doctor Who' started by StCoop, Jun 1, 2013.
Matt Smith is Troughton's Doctor if it was done on ITV.
You are funny.
And you don't like much, do you?
Well now the cat is out of the bag so too speak, media will be camped outside the DW studios to try and catch a glimpse on the next Doctor.
If the role is cast, then, yes, the BBC is best served by announcing it sooner rather than later. Stay in front of the story, don't let the media ferret it out, and don't have a panic reaction like Saturday's announcement that Matt Smith is leaving.
I don't know if Moffat would try to hold the next Doctor announcement until SDCC or not. I can see arguments both for and against.
You must be new here.
Well it would seem rather odd to make the annoucnement outside of the UK. But who knows what will hapen.
And it takes so much time to explain why the space monster is fouling up history.
In the latest Destiny of the Doctor Audio....
Spoiler: just buy it already.
Christopher Columbus is the most dastardly villain, there's this point where he's about to cut the Doctors hands off if he doesn't let him into the TARDIS immediately. Columbus is an historically evil son of a bitch who did that sort of thing all the time.
BUT... Then they shoehorn in time time travelling super intelligent Buffaloes to the story for some reason.
Before I inevitably analyse the concept of female Doctors...
Moffat's version of Doctor Who in particular, involves heavy sociological topics. He does, however, have a habit of constructing his allegories so overtly subtle as to appear elitist to the, who I'm afraid is only a fraction of viewers, who end up noticing them at all.
Whether you are interested in the current show's sociological side or not, it is undoubtedly a large part of the current show, so I must politely ask everyone here to allow discussion of it on a board with "Doctor Who" in its name, instead of attempting to halt it via social pressure.
The casting of the next lead actor, with it's various aspects involved, seems to be the actual main topic of the thread, so that's what I'd like to be able to discuss in a while, at peace.
I hope my civilisedness isn't causing too much harm.
So the mystery of the Stephen Mangan photo from Saturday is solved. He was actually hinting that he's going to be playing Bertie Wooster, nothing to do with DW at all.
So what's stopping you?
I think your post was mostly just confusing.
Ah. Figured it had to be some kind of tease, since the Beeb didn't appear to be all over him for it.
And...wouldn't it be funny if there was a Spartacus-style wave of every actor who's ever been suggested for the part tweeting pics of themselves draped in an endless scarf, a la Mr. Mangan, just prior to the Christmas special? It would certainly keep people on their toes...
Do actual women casually hit people, that does happen a lot in tv, are there like regions where it happens all the time, or is it happening here? My IRL social interaction is mostly limited to my class and the one and another before that, all consisting almost entirely of guys, true story. No sense in "going out more" with those existing contacts, when it's just sitting/standing around hour after hour, with a) dimwits who have very little to say or do, or b) several kinds of attention-deficit, infernally loud maniacs. And who'd talk to strangers, when you have computer. Er, was there a similar role model for kids before lately, seems horrible to teach them to hit people, because there's no denying it can actually cause trouble in schools, even if they did eventually grow out of it (sooner or later..).
I have hope for an especially non-malicious female Doctor, as the first one carries a heavy message of gender politics, so she'd have to be a particularly balanced person, setting a good example to both girls and guys of various degrees of sexism or lack of empowerment. After a season of two, a few bad traits should be added, to either the same Doctor or the next (female) one, again to not set some messed up example.
If it wasn't the next one, but many years after Moffat, or Chibnall I guess had left, there shouldn't be a need to make her overtly nice, she could be just normal, as there wouldn't be other messages piling up into something terrible.
"Sometimes you just have to PUNCH your way through!"
"I'll have to remember that one."
There's no reason whatever that a female Doctor would have to be any more 'normal' than the current incarnation. She could still be an insensitive, self-loathing, solitary creature that needs an external presence to round off the rough edges. It would, however, be interesting to have a female Doctor to counteract all the shrieking in terror that the companions usually get up to.
People, as a rule I just made up from personal observation, are generally more judgmental of such qualities in women and likewise in female characters. Look at the way female politicians are held to a much higher standard of likability than their male counterparts as a perfect example. A female Doctor could be just as quirky, and have her occasional "NOBODY HUMAN HAS ANYTHING TO SAY TO ME TODAY!" moments, but she would probably need to be soft around the edges (in the same way the modern Doctors have been for the most part) for the sake of keeping her likable.
We do not know how Gallifreyans reproduce. If the Timeladies don't menstruate, then they don't approximate any of the human stereotypes for an uneven personality being synced to the lunar cycle.
All the Human women didn't seem to go inordinately loony in The Stolen Earth and Journeys End.
Need I point out that there'll never be a female Doctor, leaving all this sophistry moot? Moffat may have turned Doctor Who into rotten bastardised filth that make RTD's atrocities look like all time classics by comparison, but even he's not so cretinous as to break the show entirely.
As for this talk about people holding men and women to different behavioural standards, it's because men and women are different. It's unfashionable and even politically incorrect to point out this obvious fact, but there it is. It's because women have the children and so are usually milder and less aggressive.
As I look around at all the pretence and hullabaloo, I have to collect my thoughts and say ...
Please, Matt Smith! Don't go! Please, I'm begging you! I just wanted to see you put in a year under one different show runner, I'm begging you! I'll never ask for anything else. I promise!
Just ...
And don't mind the blubbering.
Your opinions about RTD and Moffat's eras aside, how exactly would having a female Doctor "break the show entirely"?
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Michael has been composing music most of his adult life. When recently asked, "What composer software do you use?" he laughed and held up his hands. Michael composes music the old-fashioned way—with pen, paper, and piano. In addition to his longtime broadcast and videography work (most recently as second camera for LaDonna Moore of LaDonna Visual Artistry), Michael has played in a myriad of bands over the years and has experience performing a plethora of music. His music is reflective of his many years of performing and composing with various big name artists. Michael's experience as both a videographer and musician is exactly why his music works perfectly for wedding and event productions. Michael even gets personal in this collection by writing a song for his father, appropriately called "Walk With Dad" (track 5). There is a second version with a southwestern flair (track 6).
Having just done a middle eastern wedding this fall and not sure what music to use, I was excited to find "Eastern Nights" (track 8) with a middle eastern sound using the guitar, orchestral and percussion. There is a Latin-flavored song called "Cabo Song" that comes in three versions (tracks 12-14). Those that videotape by the ocean will appreciate the "surf-only sound" (track 14). I am particularly fond of the regional and ethnic-styled songs because it so hard to find good royalty-free music in this genre. There are also a few of the cinematic tracks that Michael is best known for among fans of Vols. 1 and 2.
There are 11 different songs for a total of 15 tracks (some of the songs have multiple versions, some using a more or less orchestral sound). The CD case has little tips next to each title to help you match the music to different types or moods of video. For example, Faded Pictures (track 1) is reflective and nostalgic, while Sparkler (track 2) is crisp and bold.
As an added bonus, "4 Jacks" (track 16) is now included on the CD. It was the theme song for the 4EVER Group's Video 07 convention in Jacksonville.
Don't just save these CDs for editing, go ahead and put it on your iPod and play it when you want some dinner music in the background. Michael has more CDs planned for the future, so stay tuned.
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Dancing Backwards
If you've never taken a cruise and are considering one, this novel paints this form of travel in a good light, especially if you are thinking of a transatlantic one. Recently-widowed Violet Hetherington impulsively decides to visit a dear male friend from her youth in New York City and treats herself to a good berth with a balcony. Not only does she describe the foibles and habits of the upper classes, but she also details everyday encounters with the ship's staff.
Sally Vickers expertly weaves two stories: Violet as a young woman just before her first marriage and the more mature woman who has been wounded by love. The novel is replete with ocean descriptions, dance lessons on board, and friendships made. Many events on the ship recall something from her past, for example, dancing in high heels reminds her of the night she tossed her shoes into traffic while having a fight with her first husband.
Edwin, the man she is going to visit, is gay. They were once roommates and fellow writers. He's the person who always encouraged Violet to try new things: writing poetry, editing a journal, etc. As in most novels set in the past, much regret is detailed. But this is a lovely book about a journey, a journey on the high seas as well as deep within. The author once worked as a psychoanalyst, and in addition to really fine writing, this novel is full of amazing psychological insights.
Another British woman writer who writes about similar themes is Penelope Fitzgerald .


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BATON ROUGE - Yesterday, Louisiana Youth Seminar ("LYS") delegates participated in an interactive legislative budgeting exercise in an effort to take on our nation's debt crisis. Presented by the Concord Coalition and sponsored by Fix the Debt Louisiana, this nonpartisan "Debt Busters" exercise helped high school students understand our nation's debt and make decisions about the budget as if they were Members of Congress.
"Opportunities to present to groups like LYS allow participants to learn the basics of budget reform as they encounter the same tough choices that make solving the deficit so difficult," said Phil Smith, facilitator and National Political Director of the Concord Coalition.
Fix the Debt's Louisiana State Chapter sponsored the program for the over 300 high school leaders. The students reviewed, discussed and voted on a number of policy options to reduce the deficit and balance the budget.
"Decisions made by our Congress today concerning the national debt will affect the millennial generation disproportionately," said Christian Villere, a Louisiana leader of Fix the Debt's millennial partner organization, The Can Kicks Back. "This exercise allows teens to understand our national debt while empowering them to get involved."
The "Debt Busters" exercise is just one of the leadership training skills taught during LYS, a five-day program held on LSU's campus. Sonja Pruitt-Lord, Ph.D., LYS Executive Director, explained: "We attempt to touch on a diverse set of leadership skills throughout the week. This exercise is one of the ways in which we prepare the young leaders of the future."
During the week, students participate in many activities which focus on leadership skills, such as effective communication skills, team building, problem solving, setting and achieving goals, understanding and accepting others, developing self confidence and conducting efficient meetings. LYS delegates also learn about writing and delivering speeches, running for political office, and leading parliamentary procedure.
The Louisiana Youth Seminar was established in 1971 as a summer leadership camp for high school students. Every year the Seminar is held at LSU for one week in July. This year's Seminar is this week, July 21-26, and features a record number of delegates.
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Smart move...IDK.
Smart move...IDK.
Maybe Brian Kelly can go too and try to find T'eo a new girlfriend.
Well, kelly will learn the hard way, that his inability to recruit now will be a major issue. They won't have an issue at oregon, cause they'll do what they do, which is bring of the offensive coordinator as new head coach. once you're in the oregon fold, you seldom come out. i'm genuinely amazed that nike couldn't pay him enough money to stay at oregon. he must have the "pro-bug." i really don't think it will end well for him, then he'll come back and probably coach texas or some other big 12 team. mark your calendars, 3 years from now.
oregon will still be a top team for the next 2 years.
Whew! We dodged a bullet here. There's no way we could have beat Kelly's high powered offense, but now we may a have a chance to win the National Championship!!!
And the roses in this grand ol stadium are once again Crimson! - Eli Gold, 1-7-10
Alabama wasnt just dominating Monday night. They were some word that has yet to be invented in the English language. - Aaron Torres, 1-10-12
"If this was a prize fight, they'd call it off!" - Brent Musberger, 1-7-12
"Alabama, back on top of the College Football world!" - Chris Fowler, 1-11-16
"Touchdown!!! Alabama Wins!!!" - Chris Fowler, 1-8-18
I suppose he got out before he was processed
I don't see this ending well. I suspect they will redo Vick's deal and then next year he'll break more ribs than games he plays in. That Foles guy can't run Kelly's offense.
"If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters." - Alan K. Simpson
I wish him luck . These are the fans that booed Santa Clause !
There's a lot of ill-will towards the offense he ran at Oregon on here, but biases against "gimmick" offenses aside, he is a great offensive mind.
That said, the skills necessary to being a successful NFL coach are an apples-to-oranges type comparison to the skills necessary to be a good college coach.
"A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness."
Where is the media outrage because Kelly lied and said he was staying at Oregon only to pull the rug from under them a week later? Oh, that's right, his name is not Saban. Bunch of media hypocrites.
We have 45 men suited up. They're all supposed to be ready to play.
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