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|January 25, 2013, 04:09 PM
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Anyone out there familiar with this O/U would like some input on a problem Im having with it, upon firing then ejecting shells and reloading it sometimes fails to fire. Called Browning and the fellow was curt and rude he said make sure you fully open it and then proceeded to hang up on me, I was somewhat perturbed after being on hold for 20 minutes waiting to talk to a tech about this. Was considering sending the piece to them but now think otherwise due to this encounter with their representative. Browning makes fine weapons but they have poor choice in employees. Any input on this problem would be most appreciated.
|January 25, 2013, 04:44 PM
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Call Browning again. The guy you talked to may have been a jerk, or maybe he just got off the phone with one himself. They can fix it, RIGHT, and they may do it for free. You don't quit driving because of all the jerks on the highway. I have dealt with Browning many times when I was a dealer. Then tend to start with the pretext you do not know what you are doing, but if you are polite and persistent, you will usually get good results. And the odds are a different person will answer the phone too.
|January 25, 2013, 05:04 PM
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One thing I have learned in dealing with Browning CS is.....don't whenever possible. Any DECENT gunsmith will be able to fix a Browning O/U. Are you fully opening the gun so the cocking rods work? Sounds silly, but I know folks who don't.
Is it only the bottom barrel failing to fire? can you take that round and fire it in the top barrel? If so, what ammo are you using? Some are notorious for eating away at firing pins - Cheddite comes to mind. I had an issue like that before - the primers were seated just a smidge too deep so the firing pin would not always make a solid hit. Sometimes, the same problem can be as simple as some gunk in the firing pin hole
|January 28, 2013, 12:50 PM
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Since you said "sometimes" ....its probably one of 3 things...
a. an ammo issue / if the shell fires the 2nd time ...
b. you're not opening the gun fully, so the firing pins are not resetting properly....( you can usually hear the firing pins cock and reset ) when you open the gun...
c. you're not closing the gun firmly ...so its not locking up...
Change ammo see if the issue goes away.
Have an experienced shooter ---take a look at it ...opening and closing it ..
If the issue persists ....find a local gunsmith to take a look at it / Don't send it back to Browning unless you're confident its a gun issue.
|January 28, 2013, 05:06 PM
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Unless it an absolute warranty issue, get it done locally by a reputable smith. Even under warranty, Browning farms a lot of that stuff out to others to do for them.
IF you must send it in, look up Art's in Missouri -
They used to work for Browning and know the guns better than anyone
|January 28, 2013, 08:04 PM
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I just don't think its a warranty / gun issue ....
but you can't diagnose this stuff over the internet either..../ we're only making educated guesses....you need to have someone help you in person.
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Brenton Sanderson has hailed a 22-man performance in Adelaide's 86-point demolition job of St Kilda.
After three losses, the Crows belatedly kick-started their AFL season, winning every quarter and key match-up across the ground in the 20.16 (136) to 7.8 (50) victory.
After the tough opening three weeks, coach Brenton Sanderson declared the Crows' out-of-body experience was over.
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"We did the basics really well, we executed the fundamentals how we planned, we turned the ball over a lot less, but most importantly ran the game out.
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Off-season pick-ups Eddie Betts and James Podsiadly had their best game in Crows colours, Josh Jenkins kicked four goals and Rory Sloane and Scott Thompson were destructive in the midfield.
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(Be sure to see our advice on how to manage the home while nursing a baby [4].)
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I even specifically remember once falling asleep while reading aloud and having one of the children ask me what was wrong and why did I keep closing my eyes while I was reading.
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A couple of significant LED-related news events were made public in March of 2013 that I believe are more than just coincidental. Their symbiotic connection is the accumulation of many years of intense work, market acceptance and with a large dose of synergistic technological breakthroughs thrown in for good measure.
The first came from Cree, a manufacturer of high brightness LEDs, LED lighting and semiconductor products. They introduced a game-changing series of LED bulbs with a retail price point, which they believe will accelerate their acceptance by consumers. They claim that this new Cree light bulb is designed to last 25,000 hours and has a retail price of $12.97 for the 60-watt warm-light-replacement incandescent bulb, saving 84 percent of the energy compared with traditional incandescents. Furthermore, and more importantly to the consumer, they go on to claim that by replacing the incandescent bulbs with Crees LED Bulbs in a homes five most frequently used light fixtures, consumers can save $611 per year in electric bills.
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The second release focuses on the suspension section of the famous San Francisco Bay Bridge, where over the past 18 months, 25,000 LEDs, spaced a foot apart has been hung from the top of the bridges towers and suspension cables to the deck. For those of you not familiar with this bridge, it spans almost two miles from San Francisco to Yerba Buena Island in the middle of San Francisco Bay. The project was driven by a company called Bay Lights that created algorithms that constantly change and shift to give life to the LEDs. Each light is controlled individually and the patterns that result will be unique for the project duration of two years. The lighting systems was developed by Philips Color Kinetics and has been designed to use 85 percent less energy than traditional (non-LED based) solutions. The specific LEDs from Philips Color Kinetics were the eW Flex SLX product in 4200 Kelvin correlated color temperature. Nearly 4.5 miles of lights were installed.
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Air Monitoring & Modeling in GES - 2017 Update
The Good Neighbor Project 2015 - Part I
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2014 Summary Poster with Additional Detail about Air Quality Specific to Globeville, Elyria and Swansea
Air Quality Trends through 2012
2007 Presentation on Denver Air Toxics Assessments at Air and Waste Management Annual Conference
1998-2013 Visibility Trends in Downtown Denver
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Some neighborhood leaders are saying that the city of Eugene has not included neighborhoods enough in decisions about new property tax exemption rules for housing developments of five or more units, aka the MUPTE (Multi-Unit Property Tax Exemption) program.
MUPTE is aimed at increasing the amount of multi-unit housing in order to prepare for projected population growth and it exempts developers from paying property taxes for up to 10 years. The program was suspended last year so the Eugene City Council can revise the eligibility requirements.
Have you been following the UO rape investigation?
Do you think the UO is handling the investigation well? What about the police and the district attorney?
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality recently sent Hollingsworth & Vose Fiber Company a pre-enforcement notice following an inspection of Hollingsworth's Corvallis facility, which is classified as a large-quantity generator of hazardous waste. DEQ's letter cites Hollingsworth for failing to close containers of hazardous waste, failing to develop and execute weekly inspections of hazardous waste storage containers and failing to cleanup spills.
The recent rape investigation at the University of Oregon has not only triggered a spate of articles about the issue locally and across the nation, it's also triggering requests for emails, contracts and other information from UO staff who might be involved in the investigation or its handling. As a state institution the UO, like other government entities, is subject to Oregon's Public Records Law.
In Afghanistan
• 2,320 U.S. troops killed (2,314 last month)
• 19,765 U.S. troops wounded in action (19,701)
• 1,510 U.S. contractors killed (1,510)
• 16,179 civilians killed (updates NA)
• $718.6 billion cost of war ($712 billion)
• $297.1 million cost to Eugene taxpayers ($294.4 million)
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• 4,423 U.S. troops killed, 31,941 wounded
• 1,607 U.S. contractors killed (1,605)
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If you're driving south into Eugene from I-105, look east to the foot of Skinner Butte and you may just see a rainbow. Stripes of color framing a mural shoot upward from Lincoln Alley, which, as of May 9, was still an impenetrable knot of blackberry bushes scattered with broken glass and garbage. By May 12, however, the strip of land housed a blue picnic table, a community mural and garden beds filled with the seeds of sunflowers, irises, lemon balm, Jerusalem artichoke, raspberries, bleeding heart and other plants. This is the Secret Garden of the Commons.
• State Rep. John Lively will be the speaker at City Club of Eugene at noon Friday, May 16, at the Downtown Athletic Club, 999 Willamette. Lively will provide an update on the Lane Metro Partnership and the future of economic development in Lane County. See cityclubofeugene.org. City Club will not have a regular program May 23, but a special program on "Making Great Cities" with Carol Coletta will be at 5 pm May 22. RSVP at firstname.lastname@example.com.
More than 550 people will come to Eugene from across the U.S., Canada, the Netherlands and Japan to learn about community building, according to city neighborhood planner and conference planner Rene Kane. The conference comes to town as Eugene neighborhood leaders fret over proposed funding cuts to eighborhood services. Eugene will host the Neighborhoods USA (NUSA) conference May 21 to 24.
Two Eugene law firms have filed a class action lawsuit against the owners of the Little Big Burger chain claiming the company does not pay employees for earned overtime wages. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Eugene by Leiman & Johnson, LLC, and Andrew Lewinter, PC, and seeks an unspecified amount in actual damages, liquidated damages, penalties, interest, punitive damages and attorney fees. One of the plaintiffs is Logan Vance, the former manager of the Eugene location at 1404 Orchard St. near campus.
Food carts will soon be a regular fixture on the streets of downtown Springfield. Local nonprofit Neighborhood Economic Development Corporation (NEDCO) has been working with city staff to create a food cart program in hopes it will encourage downtown revitalization.
"There are a lot of examples around the country of the way that these programs have injected a new life into the community," says Dave Johnson, NEDCO food hub operations supervisor.
Thursday, May 15, is the last day to safely mail in ballots for the Oregon May Primary, which is Tuesday, May 20. After Thursday, drop off ballots at any of the white ballot boxes around town or on campus. Deadline is 8 pm Tuesday. Postmarks don't count.
U.S. Senator (Democrat) — Jeff Merkley
Merkley has two challengers in the primary, William Bryk and Pavel Goberman. Merkley is a rising star in the Senate and a strong voice for economic justice and health care reform.
Aprovecho Sustainability Education Center wants to teach you how to make soap, manage cattle and learn other permaculture-related activities for little cost. Aprovecho began giving workshops this spring on a gift economy basis — the nonprofit education center will teach you permaculture and in return ask that you give back in some way through donating, sharing a skill that you know or even simply bringing a friend. Workshops are held every Sunday. Aprovecho, which was started more than 30 years ago, is on 40 acres of land outside Cottage Grove.
The city of Eugene recently sent Cascade Plating & Machine a "request for corrective action" letter requesting stabilization of a sizable area at the facility on Cross Street, just off Roosevelt Boulevard.
The University of Oregon community has erupted in the past weeks with outrage over the sexual assault case involving three male student-athletes and a young woman. Students have protested at Johnson Hall, holding signs reading "We demand justice" and "I live in a rape culture," while chanting "Survivors over sports." The chant refers to what protesters say is the school's mishandling of the case by allowing three basketball players to continue playing during March Madness while the sexual assault investigation was already under way.
This story contains details of an alleged sexual assault that may be triggering to some readers and rape survivors. EW uses the word "alleges" not to indicate doubt in the survivor but as a legal term for when no charges have been proven in a court of law.
The Jordan Valley Big Loop Rodeo in Eastern Oregon is going ahead with its horse-roping event during its 55th annual rodeo May 17, despite the controversy raised when footage of "horse tripping" from previous years' rodeos taken by SHARK (Showing Animals Respect and Kindness) was made public.
• A protest in response to a sexual assault case allegedly involving UO basketball players is being planned at noon Thursday, May 8, on the lawn behind Hendricks Hall on campus. Organized by the UO Coalition to End Sexual Violence, http://wkly.ws/1qv.
• The Eugene Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee will meet from 5:30 to 7:30 pm Thursday, May 8, at the Sloat Conference Room at the Atrium Building, 99 W. 10th Ave.
A couple of big plant sales are happening Saturday, May 10, just in time for Mother's Day giving. The eighth annual Oregon Plant Fair will be from 9 am to 2 pm at the Alton Baker Park shelters, sponsored by Avid Gardeners Eugene District Garden Clubs and a benefit for the Master Gardener Extension Program. The 23rd annual Hardy Plant Sale will be from 9 am to 2 pm indoors at the Fairgrounds, a benefit for the nonprofit Willamette Valley Hardy Plant Group.
Eugene City Council reallocated $150,000 to the city's Emergency and Minor Home Repairs (EMHR) program, which assists low-income homeowners and tenants with emergency and accessibility-related home repairs. The program experienced a higher demand than usual for repair assistance this winter, according to City Grants Manager Michael Wisth, and had exhausted its funding for fiscal year 2014. Funds were taken from the city's microenterprise development program.
City Manager Jon Ruiz's recommended city budget for Eugene's coming fiscal year closes a $2.5 million gap with one-time funding from the city's reserve fund and reductions to parks maintenance, downtown library hours and recreation services. It also calls for a one-time contribution of $200,000 to the nonprofit group TrackTown USA.
Students, faculty and staff at the University of Oregon have the right to conduct controversial scholarship and teaching or hold contentious public positions, according to the University Senate, a body made up of faculty, students and staff that is a partner in the shared governance of the UO.
In early April the senate body unanimously passed an Academic Freedom Policy. Professor Michael Dreiling, the president of the UO's newly formed union, United Academics, says that this policy would help to unlock "the greatest potential" that the UO has to offer.
Now that the Great Recession has officially ended, the pie is getting bigger, according to David Cay Johnston, but the bottom 90 percent is getting less pie. Johnston, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, has written a trilogy of books on financial inequities and has been teaching a course on "Property and Tax from Ancient Athens to America" at Syracuse University since retiring from The New York Times in 2008. Johnston will be speaking about "How Inequality Affects You" at the City Club of Eugene on May 9.
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Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) assessed a $7,800 penalty against the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC) last week for causing pollution of waters of the state in February. MWMC operates the Eugene-Springfield wastewater collection and treatment system, including the treatment plant on River Avenue and the "biosolids management facility" on Awbrey Lane. On Feb.


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Karstens may make Grapefruit debut Monday
By Adam Berry / MLB.com
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Jeff Karstens saw his first game action of the spring Wednesday in a Minor League game against Phillies Triple-A players, and he might make his Grapefruit League debut as soon as Monday.
Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said Karstens, who had been working his way back from biceps tendinitis, will definitely pitch two innings Monday, but it remains to be seen whether that will be in another Minor League outing or against the Red Sox at McKechnie Field in Bradenton, Fla.
In fact, Hurdle said the Pirates are keeping both slots open until they make a decision.
"It's going to be one or the other," Hurdle said Thursday at Bright House Field.
Karstens is scheduled to throw a side session in the bullpen Saturday. He tossed two innings Wednesday on just 26 pitches, 15 of them for strikes. The Pirates don't need a fifth starter for another 25 days, and Hurdle said Wednesday that the club believes Karstens will be a part of its Opening Day rotation.
Making rotation bid, McPherson bounces back
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- In the latest turn of what he termed a "roller coaster of a spring so far," right-hander Kyle McPherson showed Thursday at Bright House Field why he's still in the mix for a spot in the Pirates' rotation.
Facing a Phillies lineup that included as many as six of their Opening Day starters, McPherson breezed through five scoreless innings, allowing only four hits with one strikeout. And as Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said, the results were representative of the way he pitched.
"That was a nice five-inning snapshot of what you're looking for from him," Hurdle said.
That hadn't been the case this spring for McPherson, competing with left-hander Jeff Locke for the final spot in the rotation, as he'd allowed eight earned runs on nine hits and four walks in his previous 7 2/3 innings.
But he put it all together Thursday, inducing early contact, keeping the ball down in the zone and letting the Phillies serve up ground balls and catchable fly balls.
"Fortunately the early contact was in my favor today," McPherson said. "Balls on the ground and some fly balls that we could handle, and I was able to go deep enough into the ballgame to give the team a chance."
On top of that, McPherson blanked a lineup loaded with left-handed threats, including Ryan Howard, Chase Utley and Domonic Brown, while staying within his prescribed 65-70 pitch count well enough to get through five innings. All that's left for McPherson to do, Hurdle said, is repeat Thursday's performance on a consistent basis.
As for that fifth-starter competition, McPherson said everything you'd expect him to -- that he's focusing on his work on a day-to-day basis rather than thinking about possibly landing a spot on the Opening Day roster. Locke, meanwhile, has given up six runs on 15 hits and six walks while striking out 10 in 13 1/3 innings over four starts.
As expected, Hurdle wouldn't tip his hand when asked if he's seen either pitcher create any separation.
"I wouldn't tell you if I did," the manager said with a grin. "You guys are watching the same games I am. You're seeing what I see."
On Thursday, the Pirates saw a "snapshot" of McPherson at his best, one they certainly wouldn't mind seeing more of this spring.
Jones returning to lineup for Friday's game
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Garrett Jones will be back on the field for the Pirates on Friday.
Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said after Thursday's 2-1 loss to the Phillies that Jones will play five innings at first base and get two or three at-bats Friday, when Pittsburgh travels to face Houston at Osceola County Stadium in Kissimmee, Fla. Jones has been sidelined since March 6 due to tightness on his left side.
Jones was scheduled to take live batting practice back at the Pirates' Spring Training complex on Thursday.
"Jones had a good day today," Hurdle said.
The first baseman went 3-for-14 in six Grapefruit League games before the injury. He posted a .274/.317/.516 batting line with 27 homers and 86 RBIs in 145 games last season.
Nutting honored for 'Let's Go Green' initiative
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Pirates principal owner and chairman Bob Nutting will be honored Thursday night by the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) for his role in the sports industry's work to adopt sustainable business practices.
According to a club release, Nutting will be recognized at the NRDC's Game Changer Award Gala for the Pirates' "Let's Go Bucs. Let's Go Green" initiative, which diverts more than 65 percent of PNC Park's waste material out of the waste stream, as well as the greening practices at the Seven Springs Mountain Resort and Ogden Newspapers publishing company owned by the Nutting family.
"It is an honor to be recognized by the NRDC and accept this award on behalf of those within the Pirates, Seven Springs and Ogden Newspapers organizations whose hard work makes our sustainability initiatives possible," Nutting said in a statement. "We can all make a difference in protecting our environment. The city of Pittsburgh and the Laurel Highlands region is surrounded by such natural beauty. We are very fortunate to have an opportunity to live in, and help protect, it for future generations."
Four professional sports commissioners, including Major League Baseball's Bud Selig, will co-chair the event at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City. Fellow honorees include New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, New York Giants co-owners Steve Tisch and John Mara, and Scott Jenkins, the Mariners' vice president of ballpark operations and chair of the Green Sports Alliance.
"Bob is one of the pioneers in the professional sports greening movement that has made sustainability the rule rather than the exception," NRDC president Frances Beinecke said in a statement. "Through his dedication and actions, Bob and the Pirates are on the forefront in leading a cultural shift toward environmental responsibility in sports."
Worth noting
• Infielder Brandon Inge played the field for the second time this spring Thursday, getting the start at third base against the Phillies at Bright House Field. Inge made his first start there Sunday and didn't get a ball hit his way in five full innings, but that wasn't the case Thursday, when Inge recorded two putouts and three assists.
Inge twice waded into foul territory to snag fly-ball outs that drifted toward the stands. He made another sharp play in the second inning -- a diving stop toward the left-field line to prevent an extra-base hit -- though it didn't result in an out because of a low throw and bobbled reception.
• Lefty Mike Zagurski's perfect Grapefruit League work came to an end Thursday, when he gave up the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, a solo homer by Phillies third baseman Pete Orr.
Zagurski had only given up one hit this spring, and that was in a game against Spain's World Baseball Classic club that didn't count toward his Grapefruit League numbers. Otherwise, he had given up no hits or walks while striking out seven in four innings.
• Lefty Andy Oliver gave up the Pirates' first run, yielding a leadoff walk to Michael Young, a single to Utley and a sacrifice fly to Howard in the sixth. Hurdle has been pleased this spring with how his pitchers have kept their walks down, noting that the only hurlers giving up too many walks are those who have a history of doing so. Oliver would fall under that category, as he's averaged five walks per nine innings in his three-year Minor League career.
"The game will tell you," Hurdle said. "You walk leadoff hitters, they score 70 percent of the time."
• Right-hander Ryan Reid extended his scoreless streak to five innings, allowing one hit but no runs in the seventh. In five Grapefruit League appearances, he has allowed only two hits. Signed to a Minor League deal, Reid went 6-3 with a 3.52 ERA in 46 appearances last year for the Rays' Triple-A affiliate in Durham.
Adam Berry is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @adamdberry. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Death to All
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26th November, 2013
Review by Caitlin Smith
Photos by Michelle Murphy
Celebrating past legends is something the metal scene has always hung onto. Who can miss the Dimebag tributes every year, the Dio stage at Bloodstock and the Jeff Hanneman tribute is surely not too far off. One that you rarely hear of though is pioneer and father of death metal Chuck Schuldiner. Aiming to change this are three of his old band members who joined him at during his career. Death to All is a celebration of the life of this influential musician by keeping alive his work from over the years.


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He wants out of Milwaukee and has been in touch with DeMar constantly since summer... If we didnt have Lowry I would say jump on this Colangelo, I wonder if he would be cool coming off the T.Dot Bench? lol Bucks have been wanting to extend till just Monday where they are looking for trades involving Jennings so he doesnt just walk come Off season.Jennings has, according to one source, "irreconcilable differences" with Milwaukee. He's frustrated, according to sources, that the two sides weren't able to work out a long-term extension this summer. In addition, he feels as though he doesn't get the attention he deserves and wants a bigger market to take his talents to.
Mavs are reportedly trying to get him before the 21st.Sources tell ESPN.coms Marc Stein that the Mavs have a level of interest in Jennings if the Milwaukee Bucks make the restricted free agent-to-be point guard available before the Feb. 21 trade deadline.


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Spring training is always a great stage for a competitive hard fought position battle, this year is no exception. Enter Steve Clevenger and Welington Castillo, the two men fighting tooth and nail for the backup catcher position. Coming into the spring I knew that Geovany Soto's backup was a position to be had for a number of candidates, I just didn't think more than one guy would stand out. Let's meet the two men vying for the position.
Steve Clevenger (Bats: Left / Throws: Right) (6'0" – 195lb)
DOB – April 5, 1986 (25 years old)
Drafted – 2006 Amateur Draft (7th round – Cubs)
Last Year – Split time between AA and AAA, cup of coffee with the Big Club (4 at bats, thanks Quade)
2011 Stats (Minors)
.319 BA (398 AB's) 8 HR, 54 RBI, .383 OBP, .475 SLG, .857 OPS – (44 BB, 46 SO)
.996 Fielding %, 23% Caught Stealing % (23/78)
2012 Spring Stats
.320 BA (25 AB's) 2 HR, 5 RBI
My thoughts;
Clevenger is the type of player that The Epstein and Jed Hoyer obsess over. Look at the BB/SO ratio, the guy puts the bat on the ball, and doesn't chase too many bad pitches. He isn't a liability behind the plate, he knows how to call a game, and won't make errors, only three all of last year. While Clevenger won't hit a ton of balls out, he has home run power, and a great doubles swing.
Welington Castillo (Bats: Right / Throws: Right) (5'10" – 210lb)
DOB – April 24, 1987 (24 years old)
Drafted – N/A; Signed by the Cubs as an amateur FA in 2004
Last Year – Played in the ARIZ Rookie League, High A Ball, and AAA. Also had a brief stint with the Cubs getting 13 at bats (Thanks again Quade)
2011 Stats (Minors)
.287 BA (275 AB's) 16 HR, 42 RBI, .359 OBP, .516 SLG, .876 OPS – (29 BB, 66 SO)
.985 Fielding %, 29% Caught Stealing % (16/40)
2012 Spring Stats
.346 BA (26 AB's) 1 HR, 2 RBI
My thoughts;
Castillo has a rocket for an arm, and also has tremendous power at the plate. His 2011 minor league numbers were downright gaudy, 16 HR's in only 275 AB's. His defense is not too shabby either, the occasional error will creep up but he more than makes up for it with his tremendous arm, and ability to cut down would be base stealers, as evident by his 29% success rate last year.
The Cubs are not going to keep three catchers on the active roster, unless one of the catchers can play a different position, that's not going to happen. If I had to make a prediction I would say that Clevenger has the advantage as we head into the final week and a half of camp. He gives the Cubs a solid, contact making bat off the bench from the left side. He has the ability to spell Soto for more than just a few games in a row if Geo gets hurt, which he has the last couple years and already this spring. Clevenger also has the ability to give the Cubs a late inning extra base hit when needed. I think the Cubs would like to give Castillo some real solid playing time at Iowa this year, but you never know. Castillo, in my opinion projects to be the next in line to take the starting job from Soto, not this year, but sooner than later. Regardless, the one thing the Cubs seem to have here is a tremendous amount of depth at the catcher position, which could go a long way towards the success of this team now and in the future.
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Acute Bronchitis Treatment
Treatment for bronchitis focuses on over-the-counter medications to reduce symptoms, such as body aches, cough, and fever. Because most cases of bronchitis are caused by viruses, antibiotics are usually not an effective treatment. However, a doctor may recommend antibiotics if he or she thinks you have a bacterial infection. Antiviral medications are important if bronchitis is caused by an influenza virus.
Bronchodilator medications may help those with asthma, COPD, or emphysema, who develop worsening wheezing when they have bronchitis. Coughing helps clear mucus from the air passageways. Cough medications are helpful only when the cough interrupts sleep.
Treatment for acute bronchitis may include:
- Rest
- Stop smoking.
- Avoid exposure to secondary smoke.
- Bronchodilator medications for wheezing:
- Antibiotics for acute bronchitis:
- Erythromycin (EES, E-Mycin, Ery-Tab)
- Clarithromycin (Biaxin)
- Azithromycin (Zithromax)
- Tetracycline (Sumycin)
- Doxycycline (Bio-Tab, Doryx, Vibramycin)
- Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim)
- Cough medicine and expectorants:
- Guaifenesin and codeine (Robitussin A-C, Guiatuss AC, Mytussin AC)
- Guaifenesin with dextromethorphan (Humibid DM, Mytussin, Robitussin DM)
- Acetaminophen for fever control and body aches:
- Acetaminophen (Tylenol, Panadol, Aspirin-free Anacin)
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications for fever control and body aches:
- Ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil, Nuprin, NeoProfen)
- Ketoprofen (Actron, Orudis, Oruvail)
- Naproxen (Anaprox, Naprosyn, Aleve)
- Antiviral agents:
- May be effective when bronchitis is thought to be due to influenza
- Oseltamivir (Tamiflu)
- Zanamivir (Relenza)
For more information:
Acute Bronchitis Drugs
Drug therapy for bronchitis may include:
- Acetaminophen for fever
- Ibuprofen for fever
- Expectorant cough medications:
- Antibiotics for bronchitis:
- Azithromycin (Zithromax)
- Bactrim
- Cephalosporins
- Clarithromycin (Biaxin)
- Erythromycin
- Sulfa drugs (e.g. Bactrim, Septra)
- Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)
- Ofloxacin (Floxin)
- Levofloxacin (Levaquin)
- Bronchodilator medications:
- Oral corticosteroids
- Inhaled corticosteroids
- Antiviral medications:
Acute Bronchitis Antibiotics
Mild bronchitis rarely requires treatment with antibiotics. Antibiotics are usually reserved for people who are at high risk for pneumonia.
Antibiotics include:
- Erythromycin (EES, E-Mycin, Ery-Tab)
- Clarithromycin (Biaxin)
- Azithromycin (Zithromax)
- Tetracycline (Sumycin)
- Doxycycline (Bio-Tab, Doryx, Vibramycin)
- Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim)
- Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)
- Ofloxacin (Floxin)
- Levofloxacin (Levaquin)
- Cephalosporin antibiotics:
Acute Bronchitis Antivirals
If the bronchitis is due to influenza or another viral infection, antibiotics will not be effective.
Anti-viral medications include:
- Amantadine
- Flumadine
- Relenza
- Tamiflu
- Effective if the symptoms are due to the influenza virus.
Antiviral drugs can shorten the duration of fever, respiratory symptoms, and other influenza symptoms by 25 to 50%.
Acute Bronchitis Bronchodilators
Bronchitis patients with wheezing may require a bronchodilator medication.
Bronchodilators include:
Sometimes, a nebulizer is used to aerosolize the medication. Some patients find nebulized treatments easier to use.
Acute Bronchitis Questions For Doctor
The following are some important questions to ask before and after the treatment of bronchitis.
Questions to ask before treatment:
- What are my treatment options?
- What are the risks associated with treatment?
- Do I need to stay in the hospital?
- How long will I be in the hospital?
- Am I contagious?
- For how long?
- What are the complications I should watch for?
- How long will I be on medication?
- What are the potential side effects of my medication?
- Does my medication interact with nonprescription medicines or supplements?
- Should I take my medication with food?
Questions to ask after treatment:
- Do I need to change my diet?
- Are there any medications or supplements I should avoid?
- When can I resume my normal activities?
- When can I return to work?
- What else can I do to reduce my risk for having this problem again?
- How often will I need to see my doctor for checkups?
- What local support and other resources are available?
Acute Bronchitis Specialist
Physicians from the following specialties evaluate and treat bronchitis:
Continue to Acute Bronchitis Home Care
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|9 years ago :: Mar 22, 2009 - 2:19AM #2
Dropping down and then off Lyrica after well over a year gave me a reality check on my mobility without help; it shocked my husband more than it shocked me. It was the main reason I was willing to put up with the side effects on Lyrica--until they told me it might be the reason all of my joints are swollen.. I got started on cymbalta on 3-19, so I hope it will be an improvement. I ended up in bed Friday and most of today, but there's always a "fun" short period as the body chemistry adjusts. At the moment all my bones feel like they have a toothache and that's better than yesterday was.
I'll let you know how it works; part of my willingness to switch to it was how much other people say it has helped them. I'd accept the word of anyone on this forum or the fibro because all we want to do is help each other.
Spring! Green grass, green leaves, lilacs, warmth and more sunshine...a "tonic" all of us can use!
"You are letting your opinion be colored by facts again."
'When I want your opinion, I'll give it to you."
these are both from my father.
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|9 years ago :: Mar 25, 2009 - 12:11PM #3
WOW This is the first story of such upset with lyrica. Thank you for sharing --- you know it was working wonderfully for me before I too went off of it...however for me it was the cost that made me stop. I could not afford the 400 a month any longer. Hearing that there are perhaps issues that one doesnt always hear about, outside of chat arenas and support groups, im so glad you brought this up for disscussion.
I am getting to the point where all medications seem to have one ill effect or another for me. Almost as if my body is shutting down from all the medications. Makes one wonder what the best route truly is sometimes, doesnt it.
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|9 years ago :: Mar 27, 2009 - 9:11AM #4
Karbie, I empathize! Please don't give up, you are in my prayers, strong lady.
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|9 years ago :: Apr 01, 2009 - 5:06PM #5
Hello, Wind!
I have been under the care of a Pain Specialist for over 10 years. It sounds as if those on this blog suffer from fibromyalgia; my case is different, in that I have small tissue injury to my lower back. It started when I met my late husband 11 years ago. He was an amputee, and I was "stuck" with lifting his wheelchair in and out of the trunk of my car. Because he was my "soul mate" and I loved him more than life, I never noticed what it was doing to my body.
When I went to the Pain Specialist, he started me out on coritzone injections, which ran over $1,130/each, for several months. I didn't realize that THIS was the way he made his money (thank God for good insurance!). I was also taking physical therapy; the first kind was kinda holistic - people chanting over you and running their hands over your "chakras." Then, I had "pool therapy," which was VERY enjoyable, but did nothing for the pain. In fact, my trainer said that I had reached "mobility," and no longer needed therapy...
My Pain Specialist finally put me on Morphine and Percocet for 5 years. When my husband died suddenly, my doctor said - "He was high maintenance, and you just don't have a high maintenance body." How TRUE!! It was getting so that I couldn't do ANYTHING on the morphine, and was beginning to abuse it - taking 2 pills instead of 1, and waiting out the days until my next prescription.
Suddenly - it hit me! I had read about the Fentanyl patch, and asked my Pain Specialist about it. He thought that was the way to go, so I've been on it for about 7 months. Although the pain is still "there," it is MUCH reduced, and I can function on it - drive, read, walk, etc. So far, it seems to be the drug of choice for my sacroiliitis. I'm no longer on the morphine, but take Percocet 3X day for the acute pain.
I am also on antipsychotic medications for my bipolar, so finding a narcotic that "mixes" well with these meds has been hard. Most of the time, I feel OK; but there are times when I feel overly drugged and like a "zombie." My shrink just lowered one of my meds, so we'll see.
Chronic acute pain is no fun/picnic. I'm "paying" for my relationship with my husband, but I wouldn't change a thing. Thank God the doctor has found a medication that gives me some relief, and I can face every new day with hope.
Spring has sprung, the grass is riz - I wonder where the birdies iz!!!
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|9 years ago :: Apr 03, 2009 - 5:34AM #6
Hi everyone,
I wanted to stop in and say hi, and that I hope that things get better for everyone here. Anyone who has never dealt with chronic pain really doesn't understand what it is like for us, which is really a good thing. My brother fell into a pit at work, and wound up knocked out and with a concussion about a year ago. Recently, he began to have severe pain in his neck and radiating down his arm, then spent over a month sleeping in a wooden rocking chair. He couldn't lay down. When he first called and told me about it, he was desperate for help with the pain because the vicodin his doc prescribed for him did nothing but make him depressed. It broke my heart. I had my other brother that lives with me, drive me over to his house to take him my tens unit and show him how to use it. Unfortunately it didn't help either. He has since had cortisone injections, and thought they were going to let him go back to work. So far, he seems to be doing better, which I was relieved to hear. It's really good that we have a place to share and talk about what we deal with when it comes to pain. It helps not to walk through it alone, but I wish none of us knew anything about it.
Sending my prayers and well wishes to all of you
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Discussion in 'Stringing Techniques / Stringing Machines' started by samtheman981, Dec 28, 2007.
jw. I tied off the mains. Can i go back later and do the crosses??
nooooo. Don't do that. Maybe for a minute or two, but if you leave it too long, it might warp the racquet.
No, this is definitely a no-no. Leaving a racquet partly strung can damage a frame badly, even break it.
For future reference, if I have a sudden need to put a neighborhood fire out, and I just tied off the mains, should I cut them out while the racquet is mounted? or just leave them, hoping I did an awesome job mounting the racquet?
^^ yea but it probably put ALOT of stress on the racket which may cause it to break later
If I were you I would stop giving people advice like this. Just because it's been done before does not mean it's safe. There are a few people that have jumped off of the Golden Gate Bridge and lived as well, doesn't make it safe, nor a good idea.
Awful advice. I've fallen asleep at the wheel and not died but damn you if you suggest I try it again.
OK, common sense says that you shouldn't. But assuming that you HAVE to stop stringing due to an emergency. So the real question is whether to cut off the main you already tied off (and redo later), or to leave it there untouched for a while.
If you already have a good mounting system (6 point or 5 point or whatever) to help alleviate the stress from the racket, why would it be any different if you leave it there for a couple of minutes or 10 minutes? Or 30 minutes, or 2 hours? Everything is static regardless of whether it's 2 minutes or 2 hours, isn't it?
I can see if you only have a 2 point mounting system, you don't want to leave it like that for too long. But with a 6 or 5 point mounting system, I would think that the racket is pretty well supported, don't you?
do not listen to this guy. Even if you finish it successfully you'll end up with possible irreversible damage to your racket. Just because you can do it successfully doesn't mean it's a good job. I can run a 100 meter dash and finish last place, 10 minutes after the second to last place finisher, but that doesn't mean I did a good job.
You can do it, but is in not recommended. It could cause possible damage to the racket. If it is your racket, that is one thing...but if it is for a customer or friend, you are putting additional stress on their racket. If I saw my racket in a stringer partial strung for any length of time, I would be upset and not return to that place of business for stringing. Any stringer that makes a habit of this should be avoid at all costs.
Personally, I prefer to get a string job done as as soon as possible. Having said that, I used to be really good friends with a guy who ran a pro shop here in Brisbane, Australia. Many, many times he would begin a string job and leave it part way finished overnight and finish up the next day. Never saw, heard of or experienced any frame damage from this practice. This guy had been stringing for 40+ years and had strung many 1000's of racquets. But, not my recommended method.
I left the mains for 12 hours clamped and it lost all tension. No harm to racket though
Clamp must have slipped then.
no they didnt slip. Flying clamps btw
If you have to leave the racquet, then finish the mains and string several of the crosses. That way, at least there's tension going in both ways. I don't do it, but I know an MRT who leaves racquets half-strung this way to service customers or whatnot.
what happened to the racket?
a long time ago i had strung my racket about halfway, then the pizza guy showed. halfway through the pizza while my racket was sitting on the stringer awaiting my return, my friends and i heard a noise (small crack), then all of a sudden my racket shattered on the stringer. This was a ProKennex Copper Ace (i said long time ago). Graphite everywhere. I have never walked away from another stringjob since. This was an old crank Prince machine, 6 point also...
A 6-point mount merely has 4 extra support points comparing to the 2-point mount. When you compare that mounting system with a fully finished job: 20 cross strings would mean 40 support points to counter the pressure from the main (comparing to 6), and each support point is only about a cetimeter from each other. That means the stress is even.
6-point mount is better, but it is still under undue stress. Just because the material is holding shape, does not mean that it is not under stress.
When the racquet is mounted, the plastic collars or arms stop the stresses from warping the frame. It's fine to leave the mains strung for a little while if an emergency pops up. Don't cut the strings out unless it will be a day or more until you get back to it.
If you have a string break in the middle of a match and you finish your day of tennis... that broken-stringed racquet will sit for hours with uneven tension, in your bag. I've yet to see a racquet damaged from either of these scenarios.
but that's one string, and at most it changes the tension on 4 of the strings, most likely the mains in the center. if you leave it half done with all the mains and none of the crosses, you're askin for it.
i did that with my old Prince Thundercloud, and it was not pretty.
6 point mount too.
The mounting system is there to hold the racquet, prevent it from twisting AND keep the stresses in check and fairly balanced as the racquet is strung. I'd like to see a racquet that was broken while mounted properly in a stringing machine. I've left the mains strung many times without immediately starting on the crosses and have never had a problem... and that's with a 2-point mounting system.
if you string the mains, stop for an extended amount of time and then come back to finish the crosses, you deserve to get kicked in the nuts.
Every time you tension a string, the racquet gets distorted because of the various forces acting upon it. While modern racquet are built to survive nuclear fallouts and Marat Safin's abuse (alright... most of his abuses), leaving a racquet with only the mains tensioned on the mount decreases the lifespan of the racquet significantly.
Will you or your customers notice? Possibly, depending on the racquet and the person. If it is a person who players once a month and strings their racquet once a year, then the racquet will never go through enough stringing and flexes to render the racquet "dead".
So basically, finish stringing what you started as soon as possible.
Oh, brother! Another person professing to know about the elusive dead racquet syndrome... and one who states that I deserve to be kicked in the nuts for leaving my personal racquets in the stringing machine with the mains strung only :lol:
I'd appreciate if you'd post a link to a legitimate scientific study concerning dead racquets. I think you, like a few others on the boards, simply repeat information because you're too lazy to research it :cry:
its a huge nono, but i have seen so many rackets left on machines at big stores
Ever seen one break or shatter because of this?
no but i cringe every time i see it
Dont start stringing unless you plan on finishing the racquet. Common sense should prevail here.
Saw one today at my local store too. It wasn't even mounted properly also. Just makes me angry that the customers don't know it's wrong and pay ridiculous prices for poor quality stringjobs.
The racquet you saw was unfinished and not mounted properly? How was it mounted?
You can take a quick break, I've left it for a little bit while I was looking over some YULitle vids. I did it for like 10-15 mins, but no more, and even I took way to long. I'd just start right away.
I've seen at least 15+ frames left with just the mains finished at our country club. The only time I've ever left a racket with just the mains finished was to look to look up the correct starting knot grommet, etc.
it's not a good practice but it's not going to break any racquets. I have never left a racquet for more than 10min, and I probably will never leave one more than that in my life.
I'm just saying that if any of you say that you have NEVER done anything that did danger to the frame you are full of it. If you never make mistakes then you never learn anything. Ask any tournament stringer and they say you need to string 10's of thousands of racquets to even think about going to a big tournament to string. You have to string that number of frames so that you have seen everything and know what to do in every situation presented to you.
I'm not saying that it is ok to leave the string job unfinished but I think that saying that the racquet will shatter is overkill! Now if you repeatedly do things that hurt the frame then you do run the risk of the frame becoming weak. The racquet will develop places where it bends during stringing and after a while these places can fail. But leaving a racquet once for a few minutes wont hurt anything. But just don't make it a common practice.
also about racquets becoming dead it does happen. If you check the flex you will be able to see the difference over time.
I had a tournment one day and couldnt finish stringing a racquet... first time stringing one of those ozones, and basically ran out of time due to complications so I just tied the mains and threw it in my car. Finished the crosses next day, made it a pound tighter than usual.... and the costumer was pretty satified. Thats the only time I did something like this, and now I feel guilty : (
You took it off the mounting???????????
LOL, they'll never know...
Wow,pleae don't tell me you took it off the mounting?Or are you just kidding?
Yup, took it off the mounting... ran into the car... threw it in the trunk... and head straight to the tournment. I got lucky I guess.
It was my double partner's racquet... he played his usual game. Perhaps its all mental lol
That's one of the biggest no no's when it comes to stringing! the mounting system is there for a reason. That racquet could've broken. bet it warped like crazy? what racquet?
There was no visible warping... it was Ozone white.. something like that. But lol, I was in a hurry... either to get DQ or disapoint partner. I chose disappoint partner lol. I promise not to make any more newbie mistakes : )
I forgive you!
ok god :twisted:
You're fortunate the racquet didn't crack. That was really irresponsible to treat a customer's racquet like that.
When you pulled it from the mounting, the frame compressed big time from 12 to 6. There's no way to remount the frame, after that much compression occurs, and finish the string job properly.
on my first stringing, i strung an old racquet and left the mains tied off for a couple hours and the 28 in racquet shrunk to 27.25 inches
This was when you pulled it off the machine, correct?
i would say leaving a racquet half strung for maybe 10 min is legit but no more
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Recently a column on CNN's Belief Blog titled "Why Millennials Are Leaving the Church" went viral, partially because any time the words "Millennials," "leaving," and "church" are combined in a headline, people pay attention.
But why? Why do we care so much about the reasons Millennials are reportedly leaving churches?
I'm a Millennial, but I am weary of everyone caring so much about why Millennials do this or don't do that. I'm sorry Millennials, but I'm going to have to throw us under the bus here: we do not have everything figured out. And if we expect older generations and well-established institutions to morph to fit our every fickle desire, we do so at our peril.
The CNN piece, written by Rachel Held Evans, makes some good points, to be sure. The line that I saw shared on Facebook more than any other is this:
"We're not leaving the church because we don't find the cool factor there; we're leaving the church because we don't find Jesus there."
I wholeheartedly agree. I made the same point three years ago with my book Hipster Christianity, and in a Wall Street Journal column called "The Perils of Wannabe Cool Christianity," where I wrote:
"If the evangelical Christian leadership thinks that 'cool Christianity' is a sustainable path forward, they are severely mistaken. As a twentysomething, I can say with confidence that when it comes to church, we don't want cool as much as we want real."
It's certainly important to remind the church that efforts to be cool will do little if anything to keep young people engaged. It often has the opposite effect.
But I also think that the answer is decidedly not to sit the Millennial down and have him or her dictate exactly what they think the church should be. But this is what Evans suggests. Her article ends with this proposed action step:
I would encourage church leaders eager to win millennials back to sit down and really talk with them about what they're looking for and what they would like to contribute to a faith community.
How about the opposite? Millennials: why don't we take our pastors, parents, and older Christian brothers and sisters out to coffee and listen to them? Perhaps instead of perpetuating our sense of entitlement and Twitter/blog/Instagram-fueled obsession with hearing ourselves speak, we could just shut up for a minute and listen to the wisdom of those who have gone before?
And for pastors, church leaders, and others so concerned with the survival of the church amidst the glut of "adapt or die!" hype, is asking Millennials what they want church to be and adjusting accordingly really your best bet? Are we really to believe that today's #hashtagging, YOLO-oriented, selfie-obsessed generation of Millennials has more wisdom to offer about the church than those who have thought about and faithfully served the church decade after decade, amidst all its warts, challenges and ups and down?
Part of the problem is the hubris of every generation, which thinks it has discovered, once and for all, the right way of doing things. C.S. Lewis called it "chronological snobbery," defining it as "the uncritical acceptance of the intellectual climate common to our own age and the assumption that whatever has gone out of date is on that account discredited."
But a deeper problem is that Christianity has become too obsessed with how it is perceived. Just like the Photoshop-savvy Millennials she is so desperate to retain, the church is ever more meticulously concerned with her image, monitoring what people are saying about her and taking cues from that.
Erik Thoennes, professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Biola University, is troubled by the church's obsession with perception.
Much of this is an outgrowth of the audience-is-sovereign mentality of the seeker-sensitive movement, which has loomed large in evangelicalism's recent history. Another part of it is Christianity's capitulation to a consumerist culture where the primary goal is to scratch where the market itches.
But at the end of the day, the Christian gospel is defined outside of and with little regard to whatever itch people think Christianity should scratch. Consumerism asserts that people want what they want and get what they want, for a price. It's all about me. But to position the gospel within this consumerist, give-them-what-they-want framework is to open the door to all sorts of distortions, mutations, and "to each his own" cockamamy variations. If Christianity aims to sell a message that scratches a pluralism of itches, how in the world will a cohesive, orthodox, unified gospel survive?
I'm not saying that the church should never listen to the audience or pay attention to data and trends. It's just that more often than not, the "just tell us what you want us to be!" approach does more harm than good, turning the church into a shape-shifting chameleon with ever-diminishing ecclesiological confidence and cultural legitimacy. It smacks of desperation and weakness.
As a Millennial, if I'm truly honest with myself, what I really need from the church is not another yes-man entity enabling my hubris and giving me what I want. Rather, what I need is something bigger than me, older than me, bound by a truth that transcends me and a story that will outlast me; basically, something that doesn't change to fit me and my whims, but changes me to be the Christ-like person I was created to be.


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Red Sox make homer history
Youkilis, Ortiz and Ramirez hit consecutive homers in Game 4
By Mark Newman / MLB.com
"I've got to ask him -- the hands up, 7-2 -- I don't really understand that one, but that's him," Mike Lowell said of Ramirez, the former Indian who was booed lustily by fans the rest of the game, at-bat or in the field. "I just like that he hit the ball hard and over the wall."
That was about the only thing people had to laugh about around the Red Sox's clubhouse after this one, because Boston went triple-yard in the sixth and it didn't matter in the slightest. Cleveland had scored seven in the previous half-inning, and the result was a 7-3 decision that pushed the Red Sox to the brink. The Indians have a 3-1 series lead and can clinch at home in Game 5 at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday.
It's probably not a very good omen for the Red Sox that the other three players to homer consecutively in a postseason were members of the 1997 Yankees club that lost to a World Series-bound Cleveland club. That was the combination of Tim Raines (off Eric Plunk), Derek Jeter (Plunk) and Paul O'Neill (Paul Assenmacher) in Game 1 of that AL Division Series, lost to the Indians in five. Tuesday was the first time it has happened in LCS play.
Paul Byrd took a 7-0 shutout into the inning, and had Youkilis in an 0-2 hole before his middle-in 86-mph fastball was yanked into the seats in left (and then heaved back onto the field by a fan).
"I told myself I was seeing the ball a little better," Youkilis said. "In that inning, you have to get guys on better. We were just unlucky today. We've got to come back."
Ortiz followed Youkilis to the plate and lashed a 1-2 pitch into the right-field seats for his second homer of the series, and suddenly there was a murmur at The Jake. Solo shots weren't scaring anyone, at least not yet.
Indians manager Eric Wedge replaced Byrd with Jensen Lewis, and it immediately resulted in a sensational matchup with Ramirez. It was a nine-pitch at-bat, with only a couple of offspeed pitches mixed in. Ramirez powered No. 9 over the wall in center for his second homer of the series to produce the final score.
Ramirez already had extended his LCS hitting streak to 14 games with a second-inning single, the second-longest hitting streak in LCS history, one game shy of Pete Rose (1973-83). Ramirez's homer was his 10th in LCS play, breaking a tie with Hall of Famer George Brett for the most. It was Ramirez's 24th career postseason homer, extending his own record.
He took his usual time rounding the bases, starting with a very long look from outside the batter's box, and then walking up the line with his arms characteristically extended. As he rounded first, he held one arm up right in front of Victor Martinez, who was playing first. As usual, Ramirez was not available for comment after the game.
"In a game like this, I don't really care what players do," Martinez said. "We just focus and play our game. We don't watch the other team. Whatever they want to do, they do it. We just earn respect the way we play."
Former Red Sox teammate and current Indians catcher Kelly Shoppach said of Ramirez: "He is who he is ... one of the greatest players of all-time. I guess he can do what he wants."
The sellout crowd made its feelings known about the typical Manny trot. But more importantly for them, Lewis proceeded to retire the rest of the side in order. That was it.
The three home runs in an inning tied an LCS record, the sixth time in history, and the first since Florida on Oct. 7, 2003. Lowell was a member of that club, so he had a good memory of it. But he was asked if, after Ramirez made it three in a row, he had a flashback to this past April, when the Sox hit four consecutive homers.
"Yeah, but that means I would've had to hit the fourth one. That's a little tough," said Lowell, who grounded out meekly to first that inning. "Three rockets. Manny's was unbelievable."
Ortiz and Ramirez also had gone back-to-back in Game 1 at Boston. They totaled their 11th career postseason homers with the Red Sox, establishing a team record.
"We definitely felt it at that point," Jason Varitek said of the triple-homer spurt. "It gave ourselves a new chance to try to get to the next inning. And then those things didn't happen."
Mark Newman is enterprise editor for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.