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Discussion in 'Other Equipment' started by TheShaun, Nov 7, 2007.
Mantis has a great bag. I like it so far. Good insulation.
Who likes the Technifibre Backpack Standbag? I might wanna get it for my birthday... anyone got a review of it? FYI it's the backpack one not the huge 12 pack one.
Thanks, and if it's not good got any other suggestions?
ha anyone picked up any of the Pacific X bags? am thinking of getting one to replace my old wilson tour bag...
Yeah, I bought this one....http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/viewlarge.html?pcode=PXFBTXL
Its all that I was looking. A bag that hold 3 racquet and divide it with with 3 different pockets.
Before this I do have in great conditions a Yonex 9 tour bag. But its huge, I leave that one for tournaments if ever do one again.
what is the widest bag? i swear i feel like my prince tour team orange bag needs a couple more inches in width, anyone have the solinico 12 pack bag that can give a review of it? or post more pics of it comparative to other bags? i just got rid of my monstercombi since it squeaks because of the buckle
got the pure drivers 12 pack babolat. awesome bag
I just got the Aero 12 Pack bag yesterday and was walking around with it. It seems that the shoulder padding on the bag is a bit uncomfortable for me. I also have an older K factor six pack, which seems to have so much more padding. Anyone have the same problem with the Aero 12 pack?
hi iMarinaHighTennis, do u only have two racket in that big bag? love the bag look so cool
Just got the same bag in the mail today. Its really tall.
sorry, not much imagination!!
Head Prestige Combi Ltd. Edition 2012
My first post! I've updated my gear to include the new Head Prestige Combi Ltd. Edition bag.
Racket side view
Accessory side view
Top View
Bottom View
My Roger Federer Wilson Super Six bag with two Wilson Pro Staff 6.0 95s in K90 cosmetic
^why did you paint them to kfactor?
I didn't -- they came straight from Wilson.
got it for christmas, sadly havnt been able to put it to the test yet.
its my first actual tennis bag.. i was using my old backpack from school before lol
My bag
It's sad that the new 3 racquet bags don't have a version in the tour/pro tour line anymore you'll have to own 6 racquets or have a lot of accessories to fit into a 8 pack let alone a super six or 15 pack. Do people really stuff a 15 pack with 15 racquets and use a duffle bag for clothes?
oh my bad stupid
Bad light but here is it
a closer one
both 10 racket bags, classic Prince and Dunlop French Open Special Edition.
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a few of my dunlops with my aerogel bag:
wait....that prince is yours?
Why? Are you planning to steal it?
I'm guessing it's because it says: Nicholay Davydenko on it.
thats what i was going to ask him about. neat!
hahahhaha. um....sure.....
Yes that is my bag!
My Chinese brand tennis bag....
Got this bag last year when I was visiting some family in China. I like it because it's very unlikely to be confused with somebody else's bag. It's not bad, thermal lined outer pockets and fairly large middle section. Pretty reasonably priced too, even though it was purchased in a large sporting goods store in China!
Got this beauty about a week ago and just took it from Seattle to Indian Wells and back. It fit comfortably inside VA overhead bins. It's the Tecnifibre V02 12R Max Black/Silver bag from TWE. It's a little smaller than my Babolat Team 12R bag, but big enough for everything I need plus counts as carry on luggage!
thats a cool looking bag!
how did you get it! thats awesome.
Place near me had a number of prince bags made for pros with their name, apprently prince made these but had some over stock that they decided to sell them on. Was only
£30 ($45).
interesting........so they had a bunch for retail with the names already? who else did they have
Any one wanna trade me bags? I have the gold and black wilson blx pro open super six. Im looking for a fed bag. I also wanna trade me racket for two k 90s or blx 90s. Email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
Adidas duffel bag. Cheap, necessary stuff fit in it, can't complain really.
how is the quality of the bag? ive been thinking of getting the djokovic version of this bag because the previous one's quality was just rubbish.
bump, I want to see moar
i dontknow i think the older head bags are much sturdier. the new ones are way too floppy. the design may be slightly better
Head Monstercombi Tour Team 2009
4 compartments in total, 2 of them with CCT thermal lining, plus 1 water-bottle/can-of-balls compartment. I really like the dimpled bottom with "feet", it helps against wear and tear.
Head Monstercombi Tour Team 2009 (Orange-Metallic)
I am also interested in finding out what others think of this bag.
Really? Floppy is the last thing I would call this bag & is much sturdier then the previous model (I've owned both).
Love your PT280/630s. So jealous.
i guess we have different experiences
i have never been a fan of a bag with backpack straps but needed a 6 racquet bag.
i decided to get rid of my dunlop aerogel 4d 5 bag to get something with a shoulder strap.
not many options out there especially with dunlop but finally found one in the new dunlop 6 club bag.
The 2013 Prince Team Tour Bag and its accompanying Prince Exo3 Rebel frames.
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Schmidt earns another start Sunday
Dodgers southpaw Kuo moving closer to return
By David Ely / MLB.com
In his first start since June 16, 2007, Schmidt gave up three runs on five hits in five innings. He struck out two and walked three, utilizing a fastball that regularly clocked 87 mph, according to MLB.com's pitch tracker.
After the start, manager Joe Torre said he was not sure when Schmidt would start again for the Dodgers, but before Wednesday's game, he told reporters that Schmidt would take the mound Sunday.
In other pitching news, left-handed reliever Hong-Chih Kuo is continuing his climb back to the Majors after spending extensive time on the disabled list with a left elbow strain.
Kuo pitched a scoreless inning at Class A Inland Empire on Tuesday night. The outing completed Kuo's first set of back-to-back appearances this year.
"He's chomping at the bit [to get back]," Torre said. "He's going to pitch again Friday, I think."
Torre said that if Friday's outing goes well, then Kuo has a realistic chance to be back with the club some time next week for the Dodgers' road trip that includes a four-game series in St. Louis and a three-game stint in Atlanta. "After [Friday], we're very close," Torre said.
David Ely 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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Mandy writes:
MeMy and I decided to go check out the pool set that my girl Meg texted me about this morning.Visit Mandy's blog here to read the entire story and see more pics. Thanks again for the TwiCrack, Mandy!
It was clear they were filming and being on a fairly main road I am sure people will know the secret location soon.
I am guessing it's a one-day shoot, although I can't be certain.
There were tons of trailors, security, crew, cars, and of course the pool fence was blacked out and had Green Screens all around (to make it appear like Bella has just cliff jumped into the ocean? and then sees Edward's face? hmmmm.... what else COULD it be? exactly!! tee hee)


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View from the corner: Texas featherweights on pro-am card
Updated 12:12 am, Sunday, September 2, 2012
An all-Texas main event will highlight the next installment of the Jesse James Leija/Mike Battah Promotions boxing series.
Houston featherweight Rocky Juarez (28-10-1, 20 KOs) will attempt to resurrect his career against Antonio Escalante (28-4, 19 KOs) of El Paso on Oct. 27.
The pro-am card will take place at Freeman Coliseum, not the Alamodome's Illusions Theatre, as previously reported.
Tickets, starting at $25, go on sale Friday at all Ticketmaster outlets.
Card called off: The Oct. 6 pro boxing card at La Villita's Maverick Plaza has been canceled.
Randy Galindo of ABG Promotions, the promoter, blamed problems with fighters as the reason he pulled the plug on the show.
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"Some weren't training, weren't into it 100 percent," Galindo said. "I don't know what's wrong. I guess it just wasn't the right time."
San Antonio junior welterweight James Cantu (9-0, 4 KOs) was scheduled to headline. Trainer Joe Lopez, citing his fighter's inconsistent training habits, said he informed Cantu he would not be fighting.
"You only get so many opportunities," Lopez said. "I don't understand it."
Galindo said he hopes to reschedule the card, likely in December or early 2013.
Snell victorious: Jewel Snell of San Antonio defeated Jeton Zulu Anjain of Killeen to win the Texas featherweight title, highlighting Friday's amateur MMA fight card — Alamo Showdown 4 — at La Villita's Assembly Hall.
In the co-main event, Adrian Vallejo of Mission beat Cody Medrano of San Marcos for the Texas bantamweight crown.
In all, 11 bouts were held. Attendance was about 800, Galindo said.
TV fights: HBO is set to televise title fights from two different venues Saturday.
First, the network will show Vitali Klitschko (44-2, 40 KOs) of the Ukraine defending his WBC heavyweight title against Manuel Charr (21-0, 11 KOs) of Germany in Moscow, then follow it up with Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KOs) of Oakland, Calif., defending his WBC and WBA super middleweight titles against Chad Dawson (31-1, 17 KOs) of New Haven, Conn., at Oracle Arena in Oakland.
The co-main event in Oakland will pit Antonio DeMarco (27-2-1, 20 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico, defending his WBC lightweight crown against John Molina (24-1, 19 KOs) of Covina, Calif.
Showtime was scheduled to televise Randall Bailey (43-7, 37 KOs) of Miami defending his IBF welterweight title against Devon Alexander (23-1, 13 KOs) of St. Louis at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. But Bailey withdrew Friday, citing a bad back.


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Lost in Space: Lee still one zany guy
Spaceman continues to live up to nickname after all these years
By Mark Remme / MLB.com
So just like he did in 1988, when he ran on the Canadian Rhinoceros Party ticket, Lee says he's gearing up for another run at the Presidency of the United States. And this is a man with results on his mind.
He's talking about tackling everything, from changing the climate in Africa to opening up the borders of the North American continent to letting everyone out of prison to build cross country ski trails.
"I'll do that in my first week," Lee said. "Then I'll do like George [W.] Bush and I'm gonna go golfing."
Typical Spaceman. The former Red Sox lefty has always been one with a keen sense of current events, and he's never been one to shy away from taking them on.
Similar to his approach of opposing hitters, if you will.
Lee spent 10 seasons with the Sox from 1969 to 1978, becoming one of the most effective southpaws in team history. His 321 games pitched by a lefty is a franchise record, and he's third all-time with 94 wins as a left-hander.
In his first year as a starting pitcher, Lee found his stride in 1973 and earned a spot on the American League All-Star team. He made good on the transition by going 17-11 with a 2.75 ERA.
He'll go into the Red Sox Hall of Fame in November amidst a distinguished former Sox crew -- including Mo Vaughn and Mike Greenwell, among others.
But Lee also always had a flair for dazzling quotes, and he hasn't changed much in that category since he left the team 30 years ago.
He's a published author, having written four books in the past decade. He still resides in the New England area, and he even appears on a WROR radio show on Monday mornings.
But that's only half of the Spaceman's schedule. He's clearly enjoying every endeavor that comes his way.
"People see me on the Freedom Trail, they call. People see me in Detroit, they call. People see me at Fenway Park, they call," Lee said. "People see me too much."
ARI: Travis Lee | ATL: Mark Lemke
BAL: Chris Hoiles | BOS: Bill Lee
CHC: Randy Hundley | CIN: Eric Davis
CWS: Dan Pasqua | CLE: Dave Burba
COL: Curtis Leskanic | DET: Steve Sparks
FLA: Charlie Hough | HOU: Doug Drabek
KC: Mike Macfarlane | LAA: Rick Reichardt
LAD: Jim Gott | MIL: Don Sutton
MIN: Kevin Tapani | NYM: Ed Kranepool
NYY: Jim Abbott | OAK: Ben Grieve
PHI: Tommy Greene | PIT: Barry Jones
STL: B. Tewksbury | SD: C. Hernandez
SF: Brian Johnson | SEA: Henry Cotto
TB: Doug Creek | TEX: Dave Hostetler
TOR: Alex Gonzalez | WAS: W. Fryman
Lee seems to be the spark the Red Sox are looking for this season. He's gone to three games -- two of which the Sox scored in double-digits, including the wild 19-17 win over Texas on Aug. 12.
"I've been there three times this year, and in the last two they've scored 19 and 15 [runs]," Lee said. "When I come there, they're a hitting machine. They should have me there more often, because I'm offensive."
He'll go into detail about everything, from why the team shouldn't have traded Manny Ramirez to the secret of curing the Sox's ailing success on the road -- packing nothing more than a backpack so they don't strain their backs.
Yes, these days, the Spaceman is the same Spaceman who took the hill so many years ago at Fenway Park. And if you get a chance to catch him, you'll figure that out.
But be wary. He's elusive, and he's got an agenda to take care of.
"You should have enough for now," Lee said. "I've got to go mow my lawn."
Mark Remme 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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In the story, the Buddha encounters an Untouchable in passing. The man pardons himself and begs for forgiveness for crossing paths with the Tathagata. But the Buddha sees no reason to grovel and takes the man to the river to wash him before welcoming him into the community of monks.
I don't recall where I heard this. The closest I can find in the Tipitika is Theragatha 12.2, according to which the Buddha welcomes Sunita the Outcaste into the Sangha. There is no mention of washing in the river.
The Vasala Sutta echoes this sentiment:http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
"Through austerity, celibacy,
restraint, & self-control:
That's how one is a brahman.
He is a brahman supreme."
As does the Assalayana Sutta:http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .piya.html
"Not by birth is one an outcast; not by birth is one a brahman. By deed one becomes an outcast, by deed one becomes a brahman."
Among others. Yet the washing of an Untouchable in the river is no where to be found in my search for the source. Nonetheless, just as a lotus springs from a muddy pond, so too can those born of low social rank rise to arhantship. Does this metaphor belong anywhere in the Pali Canon?http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
"What do you think, Assalayana? Is it only a brahman who is capable of developing in any direction a heart of good will — free from animosity, free from ill will — and not a noble warrior, not a merchant, not a worker?"
"No, Master Gotama. Even a noble warrior... Even a brahman... Even a merchant... Even a worker... (Members of) all four castes are capable of developing in any direction a heart of good will — free from animosity, free from ill will."
"So what strength is there, Assalayana, what assurance, when the brahmans say, 'Brahmans are the superior caste... the sons & offspring of Brahma: born of his mouth, born of Brahma, created by Brahma, heirs of Brahma'?"


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It's almost become a matter of course that spectacularly talented artists can seemingly arise out of nowhere--and to many, that will seem to be the case with wonderful new Scottish vocalist Emeli Sandé.
The singer, who won the 2012 Brit Award in the Critic's Choice category, has astounded many with her soulful, vibrant debut album Our Version Of Events--and that terrific set, which reached the Number One position on the UK charts, is seeing its American debut this week on EMI Records.
Sandé, an extremely adept songwriter, has already written a number of songs for such successful Brit artists as Susan Boyle, Leona Lewis, Tinie Tempah, Cheryl Cole, Cher Lloyd and Alesha Dixon, among others, and was dubbed his "favorite songwriter at the minute" by no less than Simon Cowell--reality TV kingpin and a man who rarely speaks so boldly unless he sees vast sums of money in the offing. As one listen to Our Version Of Events will attest, it was not an especially bold claim on his part. On the basis of her singing, her writing, and the tasteful arrangements on her debut set, Emeli Sandé has arrived with a polished set that amply announces her arrival as a fully-formed, highly talented major artist.
We at Y! Music were thrilled when Sandé recently dropped by our studios for an interview and intimate acoustic performance. Warm, friendly, and of freakishly good voice--considering how early in the morning it was-the singer impressed everyone with her talent and, we suspect, helped lay the groundwork for a following in the States that is likely to match the acclaim she's attained in her homeland. And we suspect her scheduled concert appearances with Coldplay this summer are likely going to help cement that deal considerably.
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R1- T.J. Watt, OLB; Wisconsin
R2- JuJu Smith-Schuster, WR; USC
R3- Cameron Sutton, CB; Tennessee
R3- James Conner, RB; Pittsburgh
R4- Josh Dobbs, QB; Tennessee
R5- Brian Allen, CB; Utah
R6- Colin Holba, LS; Louisville
R7- Keion Adams, OLB; Western Michigan
KFFL has reported the Steelers are not pursuing Bradshaw at this point.
Conner...Butler...Jake Long...Dumervil...Bradshaw...At this point, I have to wonder if the Steelers were ever really pursuing any of these players. I'm suspecting it's all maybe more for appearance sake, to try and convince their fans they're attempting to do something in FA.
IMO, it's possible that they make a play for these guys to see if they can get one to "bite." If so, great. If not, no big loss.


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In what might be one of the most definitive English translations of Persian mystic and poet Hafiz, the English and Urdu translator Khalid Hameed Shaida blends an empathetic pen with what must be a deeply intuitive soul. Tender and sincere, Hafiz: The Voice of God, A Hundred Odes is a powerful collection of Hafiz's first 100 lyrical poems, or ghazals, that bring to fruition love, mysticism, and other early Sufi themes. With a keen sense of timing and verse, the translator is able to capture the lyrical, at times playful, quality as well as Hafiz's profound messages that possess elements of modern surrealism.
This compilation stresses form and verse as it weaves a nearly magical intensity that will have new readers falling in love with an ancient master of poetry and aficionados of the Persian mystic period appreciating timeless odes in a creative and inspired voice.
©2008 Khalid Hameed Shaida (P)2012 Khalid Hameed Shaida
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Jory Harcourt doesn't have to go looking for trouble. Wherever he goes, it seems to find him - particularly when his partner, Sam Kage, is working undercover on a federal task force.
After the recession forces him to close his business, Jory goes to work as a matchmaker and event planner. From there, it's only a matter of time before his big mouth and up-front attitude make him the rope in a tug-of-war between a trust-fund baby and a drug-smuggling criminal. Then, as if that situation weren't delicate enough, Jory's undercover lover shows up working for the smuggler.
Between the men who want him and the men who just want him dead, Chicago is getting a little crowded for Jory, so on the advice of his brother, his boyfriend, and the FBI task force, he heads for Hawaii...where a serious accident threatens his quality of life. Can Sam and Jory keep the faith and prove that their relationship really is bulletproof?
©2011 Mary Calmes (P)2013 Mary Calmes
"Oh dear :( not as good bring back Paul Morey!"
I was looking forward to the third volume with more tales of Sam and Jory but this volume is not as good as the first two - a great sadness to me!
Having spent around 20 hours with Paul Morey's characterisation in the first two volumes the change of reader is to say the least bizarre and somewhat disappointing. There is nothing wrong with Jeff Gelder's reading it's just not Paul Morey.
I suspect the change of narrator has influenced my enjoyment to some degree.
"More Jory and Sam!"
Great to hear more about Jory and Sam, rated among my top five fave couples.
Why change narrator? After I slowed narration down to three-quarters it was fine, and by end I had adapted to new narrator.
Hate the music between chapters, just get rid of it. Don't need to tell me title of book every chapter.
So my complaints are about narration, but loved the book, and will listen again, but must slow it down.
"Fabulous!! Great story"
no, Only if done by a different narrator.
Sam, love the Marshall.
\\\\\\\\\story felt rushed there was no significant pauses, please use different narrator, could not tell which people were speaking in this story if I had not read this before would have not known who was who.
"Enjoyable sequel but spoilt by poor narration."
I loved the previous book " A matter of time" and fell completely in love with all the characters.The audio book was so well narrated by Paul Morey it was easy to relax and fall into the story, this book however is for me, a very different experience, the story is still good but I thought the narration by Jeff Gelder rushed, robotic and monotone and it spoilt the whole book. He has a totally different style of narration and and a very limited vocal range making it hard work to listen and connect with the story, I felt alienated from much loved characters. Sean Crisden would have been a better replacement as the have a similar tone and style.
"Amazing Follow Up Story"
This is a continuation from Matter of Time and if you love Jory and Sam you'll love this book as well.
As always Jory manages to find himself in trouble and with Sam undercover for a mission things only escalate.Mary Calmes once more wrote a great and quick passed story with a lot of sidelines so that the reader won't be bored to read all through it only about the main two characters. It truly is a gift of Mary Calmes to manage to make the reader anticipate the encounters between the two protagonists and she always delivers in the most hot fashion!
Now as far as the audiobook goes Jeff Gelder delivers a great Jory, but I prefer Paul Morey's Sam. It's annoying to have in every chapter the reminder of the book's title like you can ever forget but oh well. This reading also way better than the he did in Trusted Bond, more paced and with more diversity in voices. So really not to much to be dissatisfied over
"Great book, poor narration"
I love almost all of Mary Calmes' books. Jory and Sam are one of my favorite couples. I LOVE Jory and the way he looks at life, he is so much fun. But I hated the narration.
The relationship between Jory and Sam.
I don't understand why they switched from Paul Morey, he was great as the narrator for the first 4 books. Mr. Gelder has a very nice voice but there was no deviation in his tone for the different characters. Sam is suppose to have a deep, gravely voice and in this book he had anything but. It detracted from the story b/c I have read the all books and listened to the first 4 books with Paul Morey. It really ruined it for me and if Mr. Gelder does the final book, I will not purchase it.
"Wonderful addition to series, terrible narrator"
Absolutely not. Paul Morrey wasn't a stellar narrator for the first two volumes, but at least you could tell when Sam was speaking...he had his low gravelly/growly voice down pat.Dane had the most ridiculous accent, but at least I could tell who was speaking. Gelder is a reader, not a narrator. I had to quit listening and drag out the book because he was ruining the story.
The continuation of the "epic" love story between Sam and Jory. I love these guys.
Sean Crisden, Shannon Gunn, Jeff Frez-Albrecht, Brad Langer, Chris Patton, Charlie David, Kevin R. Free, Paul Fleschner... pretty much any good narrator, even Paul Morey would have been so much better than Gelder.
Well, I especially loved the part where Jory and Sam meet up in the dark behind the club. Oh.My. :)
A wonderful continuation of the love story. Too bad Gelder ruined it for me.
"Love this series!"
No. I read the series as they came out.
I really enjoyed the entire book but Jory& Sam together is always great.
Narration. I had a hard time figuring out who was speaking. There is no deviation in tone between characters. The only other complaint I have is the awful music played in between chapters. Forget trying to relax and read this.. The music makes it impossible.
Sam. I can't say why! ;)
"It was a matter of time..."
I have had this book since March 2013, but after listening to Matter of Time Vol. 1, and immediately followed by A Matter of Time Vol. 2...I found myself sick of the characters and did not want to continue with their journey. So here it is July 2015 and I can say that after 'a matter of time' I finally remembered I had the book and listened to the story. I think Amy Lane stated in her review of this book that Jory's character matured a bit in this story and I agree. I was not put off by Jory's scatterbrain nor Sam's dominance...in fact the love between the two was mutual, which is something that I didn't see in the first two books. So, I like this book (though the premise is a bit farfetched---there is not that many gay rich men falling over one dude---sad to report) and would recommend, although I would advise a little bit of time between stories. I just discovered there is a #6 to this series...after a matter of time, we will see :-)
"Would have been better with a different narrator."
I would change the narrator. He has a nice voice, but his inflections at the end of sentences was a bit irritating. You know that thing where some people talk like each sentence is a question? That's how it sounded to me. Sentences that do not end with a question mark sounded like it did. Also, there was very little variation between character voices which made it difficult to tell which character was speaking in scenes where there are several characters talking and there weren't narrative clues like 'x said' then 'y said'.
Other annoyances were how the narrator spoke too fast, where he stumbled a few times and repeated some words or seemed like he was about to say something else.
Less of the whole 'Everybody Loves Jory' thing. It was getting really tiresome with how everyone just loooooooves Jory, wanted to sleep with him, or look like him, how everyone just kept telling him how beautiful, perfect, etc. he is. It would have been nice if Sam Kage had more scenes rather than all those random characters.
Not unless he can change the way he narrates. Don't talk as fast, don't end sentences like they're questions when they aren't. Or having weird pauses within a sentence. He actually did Sam's voice pretty well, which is what stopped this from getting 1 star for performance.
Nope. Not really that kind of book.
I wouldn't mind buying this again if they got the same narrator that did the first 2 books (Morey) to re-do this one.
"Great Book, Poorly Narrated"
For the first four books in this series, the audio version was certainly better than the print, due to a fantastic reader. This book, however, was pretty poorly read. I find myself wishing I had read the print version instead.
It was funny and lighthearted, while still portraying a great relationship between Jory and Sam.
The narrator for the previous books in this series was fantastic.
Hmm... think this was a great title for the book, so I wouldn't change it.
"Another great one!"
I love very one in the book...
I have and some books hes great but I rather the other narrator from the first two narrated this book. He had all the voices right so I hope the next book he is back!
Some parts made me laugh Jory is funny....
Bring back Paul Morey!
"Ruined by the narrator!"
Gelder was terrible. He read the lines as if he were speed-reading and in staccato bursts. It was grating and turned a good follow-up to the series into a Did Not Finish. I now have to just make do with the Kindle book and check first before I buy the audio for But For You when it comes out. If it's not Paul Morey, I'm not buying. In fact, I'm going to ask for an exchange for Bulletproof since I could only tolerate one page:(
"Can Jory and Same get past this separation"
Of course. Great story and continuation of their story. Well worth a credit.
"Deserves a better narrator. "
I enjoyed the story, but the narrator really struggled with appropriate pauses which was sad because I thought his voice was a good choice for Jory.
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Worth the wait: Sox need extras, but knock off Rays
ST. PETERSBURG -- Monday night had turned into Tuesday morning by the time the Red Sox came in through the dugout tunnel and toward the visitors' clubhouse.
Dustin Pedroia's uniform -- pretty much every inch of it -- was covered in dirt. Catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who caught the entire marathon and came through with a four-hit night, was drenched in sweat.Full Game Coverage
ST. PETERSBURG -- Monday night had turned into Tuesday morning by the time the Red Sox came in through the dugout tunnel and toward the visitors' clubhouse.
Dustin Pedroia's uniform -- pretty much every inch of it -- was covered in dirt. Catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who caught the entire marathon and came through with a four-hit night, was drenched in sweat.Full Game Coverage
Yet being tired probably never felt so good for the Red Sox, who gritted their teeth en route to a 10-8, 14-inning victory over the Rays at Tropicana Field.
Finally, Boston stole the momentum for good when Daniel Nava, who has had a flair for the dramatic this season, punched in an RBI single to center with one out in the 14th.
"I was just praying it had enough to get over [the second baseman's] head," Nava said.
And there was Saltalamacchia, who somehow still had the energy to come up with a single to left that brought in pinch-runner Jose Iglesias for an insurance run.
"Really, both teams showed a lot of guts," said John Lackey, who started the game for Boston and took a no-decision. "That's not an easy thing to do, to play 14 innings. A guy like Salty caught 14 innings and got however many hits in extra innings. That's pretty awesome. That shows a lot of what's inside of him."
Shane Victorino opened the rally with a single to left-center, and in a heads-up baserunning move, he tagged and reached second on a flyout into the right-field corner by Pedroia.
"That basically served as a sac bunt of some sort to move him into scoring position," said manager John Farrell. "Just a heads-up play. Pedey gets enough of it to drive it deep into the right-field corner to give him some room to tag up. We did a lot of good things well tonight. Most importantly, scoring [two more runs] than they did."
Left-hander Franklin Morales, who was supposed to make a spot start on Wednesday, pitched the final two innings to earn the win. The performance came just two days after his control meltdown hurt the Sox badly in a loss to the Angels.
In this one, Morales, who had thrown a side session before the game, selflessly gave up Wednesday's start to help the Red Sox stave off the Rays.
"Today, that's the most important thing," Morales said. "Take the win today, and the next day, somebody else can do it. When the pitching coach asked me, I told him, 'I can do it, I can help the team. If you need me, use me.' I tried to do the best I could."
The game took five hours and 24 minutes and showcased so many of the traits that have the Red Sox at 40-25 -- the best record in the American League.
"That was a long game. That was a good win," said Pedroia. "There were a ton of things that happened, both sides. Pretty impressive game. We were just happy to win it."
It's hard to believe it would come to that, considering the first eight Boston batters reached base en route to a 6-0 lead in the top of the first. And even harder to believe, considering the Sox took an 8-6 lead in the top of the 10th when Saltalamacchia fought off a 99-mph fastball by Fernando Rodney in the top of the 10th for a two-run single.
"I've faced him before. Obviously he's got good stuff," said Saltalamacchia. "I wasn't trying to pull anything. I wanted to get a good pitch to hit up the middle or hit to left. First pitch changeup, I saw the runner going and I took it. Next pitch, he threw a fastball where he wanted it, and I was able to do something with it and threw it into right-center."
But that still wasn't enough.
Andrew Bailey came on to try to close it out in the bottom of the frame and simply didn't have his best stuff, or anything close to it. In his first save opportunity since May 25, Bailey had a rough night.
Jose Lobaton opened the bottom of the 10th with leadoff homer to nip Boston's lead to a run. Bailey then walked Yunel Escobar and Matt Joyce and there was still nobody out.
Ben Zobrist followed with his fifth hit of the game, a single to right, to load the bases. After getting ahead of Kelly Johnson 0-2, Bailey walked him to force in the tying run.
"I've got to hold it down in that situation," said Bailey. "We're short down in the 'pen. I can't walk three guys. You just can't do that. Koji [Uehara] picked us up, and obviously Franklin coming in and getting the job done. I've got to get the job done in that situation."
However, Bailey didn't let the night slip away entirely. After he had issued the game-tying walk, the Rays still had the bases loaded with nobody out.
Just about anything could have won the game. Instead, Evan Longoria stung a 5-2-3 double play.
Then came a game-saver by the always heads-up Pedroia. Pinch-hitter Sam Fuld tried to surprise the Red Sox with a game-winning bunt single to the right side.
Pedroia swooped in and fired to first, just in time to get Boston out of the inning.
"Pedey's fielding of the bunt for [an attempted] base hit by Fuld, just an acrobatic, outstanding play that enabled us to prolong the game," said Farrell. "Like I say, we found a way to pull this one out tonight."
Though he had a big cushion, Lackey allowed the Rays to get back into it. Joyce opened the Rays' first with a solo homer. With two outs, Longoria smashed a solo shot.
The Boston bats were quieted after that outburst in the first. Meanwhile, the Rays kept coming, making it 6-4 by the fourth.
Things got heated in the sixth when Lackey drilled Joyce on the upper back. Joyce fumed and tried to make his way toward the mound, but he was corralled by Saltalamacchia.
"I was trying to come in there and get him off the plate a little bit," said Lackey. "They were swinging quite a bit, at pretty much everything I threw up there, so I was trying to maybe get a little bit of plate for me."
The benches emptied, but there were no altercations or ejections. Warnings were issued to both sides. Zobrist followed by belting a double, and that forced Lackey out of the game.
With the tying runs in scoring position, lefty reliever Craig Breslow got a big strikeout looking on Johnson.
James Loney went deep against Andrew Miller in the seventh, and Boston's 6-0 lead was down to 6-5.
The Rays completed their comeback in the eighth. Escobar clubbed a double to left against Junichi Tazawa. Escobar moved to third on a grounder to second by Joyce, and painfully for the Red Sox, the tying run scored on a wild pitch. The ball caromed quickly to Saltalamacchia, but Tazawa wasn't able to get the tag down until Escobar had already crossed the plate.
Pedroia prevented the inning from being worse, when he raced to the mound and made a sensational diving catch on a popup off the bat of Johnson. Pedroia barely snagged the baseball before it hit the dirt.
Tazawa seemed to view the airborne baseball as a hot potato. Pedroia realized that just in time.
"[Tazawa's] part of the defense, too," quipped Pedroia. "He kept pointing at it. I was like, 'Please catch it.' That was about it. I'm glad I caught it. It was luck."
The Red Sox started the game with a batting barrage against Alex Cobb, as the first eight hitters in Farrell's lineup reached base, six of them scoring.
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Effort to Identify Horses in Seized Herd Continues
- Aug 4, 2008
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Last February, the seizure of 45 allegedly malnourished Arabian horses from a South Carolina family made national headlines. As court proceedings against defendants Hazelene, James, and Terry Trexler about to move forward, the effort to sort out the horses' histories goes on.
"We've gotten calls from many possible previous owners," said Kelly Graham, director of public relations for the Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Columbia, S.C., the group coordinating the horses' care. "The problem is, we don't know what we've got."
Some of the seized horses.
Carol Darnell, chairman of the recently formed Re-homing Advisory Panel of the Arabian Horse Foundation, is examining photographs and markings charts provided by the Humane Society to identify Trexler horses by process of elimination.
She is also calling on people who sold horses to the Trexlers to help fill in blanks.
"Every piece of information is useful," she said.
According to Graham, the horses are doing well. They are residing in South Carolina foster homes or with Mike Privet, DVM, the veterinarian who has overseen the horses' care since they were removed from the Trexlers' care. Still, matching the horses with their original registration papers is critical to their future.
"After the court case is resolved, the plan is to either send these horses back to people who sold them to the Trexlers, or find permanent quality homes for them," Graham said.
The Trexlers are charged with multiple counts of felony and misdemeanor animal cruelty. They will appear in Richland County Court Aug. 15 for a preliminary hearing.
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Pat Raia is a veteran journalist who enjoys covering equine welfare, industry, and news. In her spare time, she enjoys riding her Tennessee Walking Horse, Sonny.
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June 29, 2009
A New Hoodie Look
8 comments:
- AnonymousJune 29, 2009 at 4:18 PM
he is sooo sexy got to say i like him more with a hoodie than a ball capReplyDelete
Poor guy. Always hiding.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 29, 2009 at 5:24 PM
He's really working those sunglasses ! love it, too bad he has to hide under the hoodie, but the blue likes nice on him.(how long will it take the crazy fan's to notice the colour change before they start running after him again - maybe 2 seconds?)ReplyDelete
- thparkleJune 30, 2009 at 12:18 AM
Look its little blue riding hood lol! Luv him in blueReplyDelete
Poor guy.I feel so gulity and it wasn't my fault , and i wasn't one those crazy bitches , or a disrespectful fans.ReplyDelete
Blue is so his color.lol!He is working those shades and hoodie!He looks really , really sexy in a blue hoodie!*sigh*(ahhh)Rob your so sexy!I will be your blue hoodie close "friend".
It doesn't matter if is blue or black or white or pink...he's soo beautiful!!! hahaReplyDelete
I elt a pang of guilt because he trys so damn hard to blend in. He's in a lose-lose situation. If he doesnt wear a hodie, his trade mark tossled hair stands out. Then theres the matter of the hoodie...and those unmistakable glasses. Rob should just give up and go with the flow.ReplyDelete
Can anyone say..Unibomber!! LOL Bet the blue brings out his eyes!! OOOHHH!!ReplyDelete


text: You raise an interesting question there, which is: "how are humans doing it". When i discussed this recentely with a brain researcher (so the type of researcher that really puts brains in a 3-Tesla MRI scanner) i also quoted the old fashioned theories as that the brain works at like 12Hz. His answer was very surprising (apologies to not know the English word for it) that the central part at where all the brain cells connect to, is at far higher speed than what i assumed it is taking decisions. Something in the order of 200 kHz to 400 Mhz. The thing unknown in how it exactly works to researchers is this high speed central nerve system. Thousands of times faster than i assumed it worked at, which was my big surprise. If we multiply that speed by a few billion brain cells then obviously we should revisit our idea on how the brain works. Maybe a new entry in wiki is needed for them as well :) As for the 1000^3 cube, there is of course a lot of searching algorithms that are yet there waiting for us to get invented. Simple ideas sometimes work rather well when combined with a few others. The classical example open to invention still is multiplication of big numbers and matrix calculations; to avoid questions there and zoom in: if it is possible to first do some slow conversion to fourier space, then multiply it there and then convert it back to radix2, obviously it is also possible to have a direct O (n log n) algorithm that can achieve a bigger throughput of bits per limbs multiplied. The real fundamental problem there has more to do with: "what do companies pay for". Companies hardly ever pay for research, they let government pay for that in general. Companies are there to produce products and earn on them. Any form of research objectively seen therefore is overhead unnecessary, where they only invest in when it is absolutely necessary. Additionally most departments of universities where sometimes a few PHD's are doing research, they have little experience yet in their field. Fields are so advanced nowadays, it not seldom takes 10 years to master it. Most professors are fulltime busy with meetings and have no time to even keep up with the latest theories and developments in their fields. The number of persons that really can do research therefore is really limited and fundamental research like investigating new manners of doing a matrix calculation more efficient, is hardly getting sponsored, even when there is a direct military reason to do so. As i figured out the hard way, first proving you can do better than other scientists and THEN asking for funding, is not clever either. So to get back on the original brain question: "how are humans doing it" My answer is that the majority messes up so bigtime, that it is unclear how *some* are doing it. Vincent On Jun 25, 2008, at 4:10 PM, Robert G. Brown wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >> Chess has indeed more than 10^40 positions. Latest mathematical >> calculation as published in ICGA journal came to 10^43. >> >> There is 2 points: >> a) playing the best move doesn't require searching the entire >> search space, >> so who knows maybe searching 10^18 nodes with a huge >> hashtable and good evaluation function, >> we might already play the best move. > > :-) That's true and funny at the same time. "Only" 10^18 > positions, at > "only" a nanosecond each takes "only" a gigasecond, which since a year > is \pi x 10^7 seconds IIRC, is "only" around \pi x 10 Gigasearch- > years. > > It is a difficult problem, in other words. It's what makes it fun, I > suppose. And equally obviously, human brains don't work anything like > this way on it. To me it is more fun to speculate on how the human > brain does it WITHOUT anything like the capability to process > giga-giga-trees. It clearly prunes things down to some much more > finite > order extremely quickly by discarding nearly all of this space from > the > beginning, and YET the space that remains is often the good one to the > best that even Big Blue can parse out otherwise. > >> b) To get to 10^43 calculation power, we do not need a processor >> that exists out of 10^43 particles. All we need is >> a processor that is hosting 10^43 internal movements, which is a >> lot easier to get acomplished, than building that >> cpu of 10^43 in size. > > I'm not sure what you mean by that. All silicon processing has the > usual serial and parallel components and accomplishes work (per > processor) with a gigahertz scale serial barrier, leaving it many, > many > orders of magnitude short even in parallel. Yes, neural network > processing in the brain has way fewer (maybe 10^11) neurons, but each > neuron has thousands of synaptic connections to other neurons and the > network formed has staggering complexity. Big enough that the chess > problem could actually fit in its entirety inside with room enough for > the go problem left over. And still be nearly "empty", and work > in an extremely parallel fashion. > > There aren't a whole lot of candidate architectures for a parallel > processing system that can do this sort of thing, but I agree that > this > is "all" we need. It's just not terribly easy to accomplish, because > the problem is hard (and fun). > > One encounters numbers that scale like this in physics (stat mech) > quite > often, actually. If you work out the states in e.g. Monte Carlo > sampling of a very simple 100x100x100 simply cubic Ising ferromagnet > lattice (where each site contains a spin that can hold one of two > states) the number of states in the system is 2^(1,000,000). This > is "a > big number" at least at first glance. > > If one then traces through "moves" through the system from any given > starting state through all the various intermediary states to all the > possible final states, one creates a space with e.g. [2^1000000]^N > configurational trajectories for N steps. Ooo, maybe THAT is a big > number, at least if N is reasonably large (say, a few thousand). > > Out of all of those states, a MUCH MUCH SMALLER set of states > represents > the only ones that are "likely" to be seen if the system is in > equilibrium at any given temperature. How to find this needle in a > very > "large" (and yet tiny -- we're talking a mere million atoms when > physical systems big enough to see contain, um, a lot more than > this and > have continuous spins instead of discrete ones) haystack? > > Importance sampling Monte Carlo lets you discard nearly all moves in a > Markov process that takes you from any starting configuration to the > "relevant" part of phase space rather quickly (considering) and then > samples that space effectively. It rejects far, far, far more states > than there are particles in the Universe with a metaphorical > "sniff" as > being absurdly unlikely and homes right in on the likely suspects. > > I think that this is a much better model, or metaphor, for how humans > think than search trees. Humans really suck at search trees, with > their > fundamentally serial attention focus and conscious processing speed > measured in tens of transactions per second on a good day. We > excel at > "intuition", at the instantaneous parallel pruning of enormous > spaces to > the relevant part. > > rgb > >> >> In technical areas that people like to hear about, it is >> impossible as a single person to fight unpaid all the desinformation. >> The biggest problem there is professors who seek publicity, or >> cover up for total nonsense thesis of their students. >> >> I tried to have some sort of discussion with Jonathan Schaeffer >> about a student of him quoting MTD is ok in his thesis. >> >> What i skipped in fact is the total nonsense about parallel >> speedup in game tree searching from his student idea being: >> make the most inefficient searcher on planet earth, then >> parallellize it and of course because even random move orderings >> would improve your program then, also the parallellism gets a >> decent speedup as a result of all that inefficiency; >> the classical approach. >> >> Also MiT is notorious bad in game tree search. >> >> I will give yet 1 more example. >> >> I remember they claimed in articles a great speedup (50% or so >> even) in game tree search at supercomputers. >> >> Now my chessprogram has a lot of chessknowledge and also is doing >> all sorts of mobility, which requires expensive >> scans. That slows down the nodes per second that my chessprogram >> Diep can get. >> >> The search frame from MiT slows down the searchspeed of their >> chessengine by a staggering factor 40. >> >> At the same SGI Origin3800 hardware in fact my slow Diep engine >> gets MORE nodes per second, and a lot more, >> than MiT's cilkchess chess engine. >> >> Not because single core mine is any faster. In fact single core >> cilkchess without cilkframe used to be factor 20. >> >> Additionally there is nowhere anything statistical significant >> done there. All speedups of supercomputers are never carrying >> a table with what is its speedup with 95% sureness. >> >> Doing publications just to show how it should be done and disprove >> and prove a number of algorithms (especially disprove nonsense), >> is already quite a tough challenge and i can be busy for years >> there, as there is hundreds of such publications, just from the >> past few >> years to disprove and show the better alternative. >> >> It's a technical science, there is not many who really are expert >> there, progress goes *real* fast. >> >> In the end what matters for engines is not how strong it plays >> against you, it matters how strong you play against competitors :) >> >> On Jun 25, 2008, at 7:14 AM, Robert G. Brown wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>>>> one player's position -- or one of those distant pieces placed >>>>> early in >>>>> the game -- causes their entire effort to "unravel" and turn >>>>> into a >>>>> disaster. That's almost twice the number of plys in an entire >>>>> chess >>>>> game, and is still only the first third or so of the game. >>>> See above for correct calculation. >>>>> If you or your friend disagree with this, well, feel free to >>>>> edit the >>>>> wikipedia article(s) with examples that contradict it, but the >>>>> mathematics and difficulty of pruning the Go trees suggest that it >>>>> isn't. >>>> See above for disproof of that. >>> Very educational and interesting. But I was also serious -- if >>> you can >>> (and it sounds like you can) you should consider editing the >>> wikipedia >>> articles. >>> I'm not COMPLETELY convinced -- I'll be a lot more convinced when >>> I can >>> get a GPL Go engine that will play a decent game on my laptop...;-) >>> >>> rgb >>> -- >>> Robert G. Brown Phone(cell): >>> 1-919-280-8443 >>> Duke University Physics Dept, Box 90305 >>> Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 >>> Web: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb >>> Book of Lilith Website: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Lilith/ >>> Lilith.php >>> Lulu Bookstore: http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=877977 >> > > -- > Robert G. Brown Phone(cell): 1-919-280-8443 > Duke University Physics Dept, Box 90305 > Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 > Web: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb > Book of Lilith Website: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Lilith/Lilith.php > Lulu Bookstore: http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=877977 > _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.


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Tomorrow starts it ALL! Plus the latest in the infamous DWGW2006
You know DWGW stands for "David Wright Goatee Watch," right? See? I knew you'd been paying attention. But more on that soon! (Or, if you want to just scroll down to the D-Wright action, I'll understand.)
Ever heard that "1-2-3 La Conga!" song? Like at a wedding, say, where you're all lined up to step, step, step, kick? Well, that's been in my head for hours now. Only the words have changed to: "The playoffs are tomor-row!" over and over as my shoulders sway to the maddeningly catchy rhythm. Because you know what?
The playoffs are tomorROW!The playoffs are tomorROW! Da da da da da DA!
Where to even begin this post? Okay, I'll start wtih the heartbreaking. No joke, I've cleared my schedule for baseball in October. I feel too lucky, too excited to have these tickets, and I want to make the very, very most of them. Which, alas, will not be as "most" as I had hoped. Because from what I hear from the (very nice) Mets PR office, there are no plans for open-to-the-public batting practices at all for the playoffs. WAH!
Okay, so even ignoring my child-like disappointment at not getting to start my cheering early–and not getting to work my tush off for an autograph–Mets Office People, a closed warm-up/batting practice/whatever is just not a good idea for the team's morale! Were you THERE for the clincher? The fans fuel the Mets. We get their blood flowing. We encourage them to work hard. We start it all off as it should be started: with a loud, enthusiastic, chilling BANG. As Cliff Floyd said, "It's going to feel like a big hug." And who doesn't want hugs before the game? Who?
For really real, please for all of our sakes, the fans and the team–schedule a public batting practice at least once in October!! PLEASE!
What will it be like tomorrow? Having only been a fan since 2003, I've never been to October baseball. I've never thrown myself into those emotional highs and lows, and I'm not sure how to prepare. I'm so ready to be thrilled and amazed, but how reasonable is it to get my hopes up? Like, way up? We all know our team is something truly special, but even so–a game is a game. Sometimes we've got it dialed up, and sometimes it doesn't work out. How will that change now with extra pressure, with unfamiliar territory for many, with a team that's not 100% healthy? Or how will it change with every Met working at 200%, with a clubhouse that's not just a team but a brotherhood, and with a manager who knows playoff baseball like the hairs of his own mustache?
Let's do this Mets. Let's do it hard, and impressive, and phenomenal. Because we all know you can.
You can look to other blogs to break down stats, player comparisons, etc. Metsblog and Hot Foot especially have been genius at this (thanks guys!). But who else but Zoe could break down the Goatee Watch for you? Because people? David Wright's brought it back. The last time we checked in on the stylings of D-Wright's Mouth Border, he was doing the "David Wright Clean Shaven Dance of Joy," grand-slamming away with his sweetly bare chin.
Now? Hmmm. He's hitting. He's even got a 3-run homer with the chin hair. Is the Goatee tide turning?
Mark my words: This is post-clincher, pre-playoffs facial hair. If I know D-Wright like I think I do, he'll show up at tomorrow's game clean shaven like a new born behbeh. He'll smile that down-home #5 dazzling grin, step to the plate, perform his batting ritual: adjust batting gloves, pull jersey over nose, optional tug at batting helmet, and then he'll knock that ball for a line drive and get our boys home.
Because, you know what?
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I just came across newly updated SQL Server 2012 Developer Kit Setup. It is quite convenient and there are many prefers to download setup kit instead of web installer. Developer kit is my favorite feature because it it is a single resource which gives a complete overview of the product in a nutshell. A developer can learn from many places – books, webcasts, tutorials, blogs, etc. However, I have found that developer training kits are the best starting point for any product. Start with them first, see what are the new features as well what is the new message a product is coming up with. The SQL Server 2012 Developer Training Kit includes technical content including labs, demos and presentations designed to help you learn how to develop SQL Server 2012 database and BI solutions. New and updated content will be released periodically and can be downloaded on-demand using the Web Installer.
Here is the updated Download SQL Server 2012 Developer Training Kit (updated in July 2012)
Developer kit also contains video as well details of how to run labs as well. I suggest every SQL Server Enthusiast should download this developer kit and install it. I believe I have tried most of the labs as well watched all the videos of this training kit. However, whenever I watch this video again I learn something new, which I have not come across before. I would like to know your opinion about what is your favorite feature in SQL Server 2012 and what is your preferred method of learning SQL Server.
Reference: Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)
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Thats awesome …. Thanks for sharing the information.
Thank you for the information – something everybody should use :-)
Hi Mr.Pinal
I have installed sql 2008 r2 as default instance,
When i trying to install sql server 2012 as default instance it's showing MSSQLSERVER already used,
Could you help on this.
Just name the instance something else. that's what I have done.


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On one play, Dallin Bachynski rose over Jason Washburn's back, secured a rebound and put the ball into the basket with force.
Two possessions later, Utah's sophomore center flew in from the weak side to block a shot when a layup seemed imminent.
If there has been a surprise for the Utes so far, Bachynski is it. When David Foster was healthy, Bachynski seemed headed for a redshirt season. With Foster out, however, Bachynski has needed to step up, and he has, becoming a preseason standout for coach Larry Krystkowiak.
"He's certainly played well and added some depth to what we're trying to do inside," Krystkowiak said. "He's getting things done down low."
Bachynski has taken a winding road to this season. Originally from Canada, the 6-foot-11 big man played one year at Southern Utah before leaving on an LDS Church mission. Now back, he has proven to be Utah's strongest and most athletic post player.
That helps the Utes. Washburn is skilled, but can be overpowered in the paint at times. Bachynski is strong and unlikely to be pushed around. But he's not nearly as offensively skilled or savvy as Washburn.
The hope is that the two will provide an effective contrast to one another. Bachynski played well in last week's intrasquad scrimmage, scoring 14 points, grabbing nine rebounds and blocking three shots. He figures to see significant time Friday when Utah takes on Simon Fraser in an exhibition at the Huntsman Center.
"I try to go in and make hustle plays every time down the floor," Bachynski said. "I think we have the chance to be a good team this season if everything goes right for us. I want to help us get there as a team in any way I can."
Change of heart?
Utah recruit Parker Van Dyke may delay his mission plans a year and play for the Utes next season. The 6-foot-3 guard out of East High had previously said he would serve his mission before enrolling in school. But the Utes' need for a guard may dictate otherwise.
"We're thinking about it as a family," Van Dyke said. "There are several options on the table. At the end of the day, we are going to do what's best for the program and what's best for the family."
Simon Fraser at Utah (exh.)
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Vanzant uses her unique life filled with many personal struggles that she has overcome to connect with people. Now, she's is back, fixing lives and using her past to help others' futures. Secrets will be revealed, truths will be uncovered and emotions will come out as Iyanla teaches us how to pull back the curtain on what is broken in our lives.
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Varvaro gets a taste of one-out relief work
By Eric Single / MLB.com
ATLANTA -- Anthony Varvaro was getting used to having an entire inning to himself, and his relief appearance in the 10th inning with the score tied last Friday against the Dodgers was supposed to be no different. Varvaro had lasted at least a full inning in nine of his prior 10 appearances, allowing just two earned runs over that span.
Varvaro's inning did not go as planned: He gave up two singles and threw a wild pitch with runners on the corners that allowed the game-winning run to come across in the Braves' 2-1 loss. Since then, the Braves righty has made a pair of entrances in the middle of an inning and closed out the frame without incident, the most recent member of the Atlanta bullpen to undergo a minor role change and adjust on the fly.
"I don't really think that there are [established bullpen roles] besides obviously Craig [Kimbrel] and you know we're going to [Jordan] Walden late right before him," Varvaro said. "I think [Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez] has been playing matchup for the most part, just kind of what he feels at that moment may be best."
The day after he was tagged with his first loss of the season, Varvaro came on for Kris Medlen with two outs in the seventh and induced an inning-ending groundout. On Tuesday in San Diego, Varvaro struck out Kyle Blanks with runners on second and third to help the Braves escape the eighth trailing by just one run. Those one-out assignments provide different challenges than the task of managing an entire inning and with that comes a slight change in approach, according to Varvaro.
"Normally if you're coming in for a batter, there's someone in scoring position, so you're looking for a punchout," he said. "You're not necessarily coming in and saying 'OK, I'm kind of just trying to get ahead and pitch to contact a little bit.'"
As the Braves move farther away from last Friday's extra-innings loss and the rest of their rocky West Coast road trip, Varvaro is staying consistent with his mentality in the hope that each successive appearance out of the bullpen, no matter the length, will help build his reputation as one of the club's more flexible bullpen pieces.
"When I'm coming in earlier in the game and it's a clean inning and it looks like I may have an inning or two, I'm still trying to be pretty aggressive," Varvaro said. "If I give up a hit, it's not the end of the world, whereas it may be on that one batter."
Tender elbow pushes back Beachy's return
ATLANTA -- Brandon Beachy's much-anticipated return from Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery will have to wait past Tuesday. The Braves scratched the right-hander from his season debut in next week's doubleheader against the Mets after Beachy felt more tenderness than usual in the elbow after a three-inning start for Triple-A Gwinnett at Rochester on Thursday.
"He's a little more tender than he has been in the past post-start, and so we're going to scratch him from the start on Tuesday and let him kind of heal up a little bit," Braves general manager Frank Wren said Friday night. "This is really the first setback he's had throughout this process, so we're going to give him a little more time."
Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said before Friday's game that Beachy remained on schedule to rejoin the Braves on Tuesday against the Mets. But after Beachy met with team doctors, the Braves determined his additional tenderness was a cause for minor concern and announced the decision during Friday's game.
"Beachy's such a perfectionist," Gonzalez said after Friday's game. "He thinks that this is a setback, and it really isn't. He hasn't had a setback all year, and this is something that you want to take a little precaution with. Knowing Beach and knowing the way he is and the hard work he's given to this, he had that target date. It was just a target date. It was never written in pen, it was written in pencil. So what? You don't hit that. Take a breather, do whatever we got to do, and move on."
Beachy lasted three innings Thursday night in Rochester, surrendering three hits, four walks and two earned runs. He also registered four strikeouts and threw just 69 pitches, 24 fewer than he threw in a five-inning start for Double-A Mississippi five days before.
"His command was off, especially last night," Wren said. "I think he had trouble getting the ball where he wanted it. I think that's all indicative of being not quite right."
In recent weeks, Beachy's impending return to the fold has commanded more attention than the sterling performance of the rest of the Braves rotation, which had allowed two earned runs or fewer in nine consecutive games until Monday night's 7-6 loss in San Diego. There was little chance Beachy would be the odd man out when the Braves were forced to make a tough decision about their pitching staff in the coming weeks. That decision has temporarily been pushed farther into the future.
"There's no rush," Wren said. "We had hoped he could make this start in the doubleheader, but it wasn't a make-or-break start, obviously. The most important thing is to get him healthy long term, and we feel like pushing it back a little bit, giving it more time is the prudent thing to do."
Wren said the Braves will make a decision on who starts the doubleheader after Sunday's game against the Giants. Paul Maholm, whose last start came Wednesday in San Diego, will likely handle one of the two starts.
"He's disappointed," Wren said of Beachy. "I think he was excited to get back out there and perform, so I think he's disappointed in that regard, but he's also a smart guy. He knows that's the best thing."
After beginning his live rehab with two innings in an extended spring training game May 14, Beachy made five official rehab starts among the Braves' Minor League affiliates. Before stumbling in Thursday's start, Beachy had turned in the strongest and most complete outing of his rehab in his penultimate Minor League appearance, striking out eight and throwing 94 pitches over five innings for Gwinnett last Saturday.
"We're going to continue to watch it," Wren said. "He was a little tender after the last start, and this time he was a little more tender, so I think the smart thing to do is just to slow it down and give him time. He's had really an unremarkable rehab until this point, so I think everything's going to be fine. We just have to slow down."
Eric Single 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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Marlins raise the roof, but wins don't follow
By Christina De Nicola / Special to MLB.com
MIAMI -- When a retractable-roof stadium was built in the neighborhood of Little Havana, teams and fans alike relished the idea of avoiding rain delays and humid weather seasonal to South Florida summers.
So far in 2013, a strange split has occurred: Entering Thursday, the Marlins had lost all 10 games, including the first two in the Reds series, when both the roof and outfield windows have been open.
With either just the roof or the windows open, Miami holds a 5-3 record. The roof was open just eight times all of last season.
"I'm not worried about that," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said. "Believe me -- at this point -- the least of my worries is whether the roof's open or closed."
Redmond said the ball definitely carries more when the roof is open. There's also a wind tunnel. Over the first two games of the series, weather was in the mid-high 70s, with 12-to-14 mph winds.
"The temperature's nice right now," Redmond said. "It's not too hot, it's very comfortable. I like it when the roof's open. It's a good atmosphere. I know the guys like to be comfortable and the fans do too."
Hill working overtime on nuances of first base
MIAMI -- Every day since Spring Training, Marlins infield coach Perry Hill goes through the fundamentals of playing first base.
Hill teaches everything from positioning to how to hold a runner on. Whether it's responsibilities on relays or how to catch a throw, it's a "whole different ballgame" for many of the guys.
"There's a lot more to it than running over there and putting your foot on the white thing," Hill said. "There's a lot of details to learn to make the job easier we've been trying to cover."
Thanks to a multitude of injuries, the Marlins have been through six first basemen already.
Casey Kotchman and Joe Mahoney -- both signed to fill in for Logan Morrison while he recovered from knee surgery -- have been on the disabled list for most of the season.
Marlins manager Mike Redmond would like to get Greg Dobbs, who has started 30 games at first, some days off, especially with left-handers on the mound.
Hill's pupils of late -- all with limited experience at the position -- have been Nick Green, Matt Diaz and Chris Coghlan. With the team currently carrying three catchers, Miguel Olivo is also an option.
"We've had so many injuries at first, we've got to give [Redmond] some options," Hill said.
Ruggiano, Polanco gets breather in finale
MIAMI -- A day after utilizing the same lineup in consecutive games for the first time all season, Marlins manager Mike Redmond gave a couple of guys Thursday night's series finale off to refuel.
Chris Coghlan started in center field in place of Justin Ruggiano, who was 0-for-7 on the homestand. Coghlan is tied with Eric Hinske for second in the National League in pinch-hits (six), including one on Wednesday night.
"[Ruggiano's] been in a little bit of a rough patch," Redmond said. "Get [Coghlan] in there. He's had some good at-bats off the bench and see if he can give us a little spark and go from there."
Nick Green earned the nod at third for Placido Polanco, who is 1-for-7 in the series. Polanco entered Thursday having started a team-high 36 of 40 games.
Redmond said he wants to keep his players fresh so they last the entire year.
"He just looked a little tired yesterday," Redmond said of Polanco. "I know we just came off a day off [Monday], but because of the situation with lack of depth, I've had to run him out there probably more than I anticipated."
Worth noting
• According to Redmond, right-hander Nathan Eovaldi threw between 30 to 40 pitches in a bullpen session on Thursday, and "everything was good." Eovaldi will probably toss another one or two bullpen sessions before progressing further.
• Catcher Jeff Mathis, reinstated from the disabled list with a broken collarbone he sustained during the first game of Spring Training, made his first start in Thursday's series finale.
• First basemen Kotchman and Mahoney took grounders and played catch before batting practice. Kotchman also hit and is close to going out on a rehab assignment.
• The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball announced that right-handed pitcher Juan Arias received a 50-game suspension without pay after testing positive for metabolites of Stanozolol, a performance-enhancing substance in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Arias, who is currently on the Marlins' Dominican Summer League roster, will begin his suspension at the start of the DSL season.
Christina De Nicola is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Christopher Robinson Receives Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor at Clarkson University
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Clarkson University President Tony Collins has announced that Christopher C. Robinson has been granted tenure and promoted from assistant professor to associate professor of political science in School of Arts & Sciences Department of Humanities & Social Sciences.
Robinson has been a faculty member in the department since 1998. He received his Ph.D. from SUNY Albany, his M.A. from SUNY Albany and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and his B.A. from Siena College, all in political science. His scholarly work has focused on political and legal theory in the contemporary era, with particular focus on language and the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein.
In 2009, Robinson's book, Wittgenstein and Political Theory: The View from Somewhere, was published by Edinburgh and Columbia University Press. This study was the first comprehensive examination of Wittgenstein's philosophy by a political theorist in almost 40 years. It is receiving significant scholarly attention in both Europe and the United States.
Since completing the book, Robinson has embarked on two new projects. The first is a book length manuscript, Democracy and Ecological Economics: The Politics of Sustainability, which examines the implications of arguments pertaining to the unsustainability of economic growth and impending ecological catastrophe for democratic theory. The second project is a study of the relationship between literature and political theory. Robinson's recent article on the novel trilogy of Albert Camus is part of this investigation.
Robinson teaches an array of courses in political theory, American politics, and public law, and is co-advisor to the university's Law and Society Program. For over a decade, Robinson has taught in the HEOP Summer Pre-freshman Experience and has engaged in various diversity initiatives on campus.
He was awarded Clarkson's first Martin Luther King Jr. Award this past January. In addition to his teaching, Robinson has served on many professional and university committees and is advisor to several groups, including Phi Sigma Sigma, the Philosophy Club, and the Pre-Med Program.
For more than eight years, Robinson has been the co-host of North Country Public Radio's "Readers and Writers on the Air." In this capacity he has helped bring the voices and thoughts of some of the world's most important writer's to the region, while also publicizing the scholarly and literary contributions of local faculty and writers. He is married to Sunhee Sohn-Robinson, a physician assistant and rising star on the local tennis scene.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in six alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.