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The 'Animal Connection' Points to Creation, not Evolution
by Brian Thomas, M.S. *
What do the oldest European artworks and the domestication of animals have in common? A Penn State University paleoanthropologist suggested that they are evidence of a unique connection with animals that profoundly shaped the evolutionary development of early man. However, though her hypothesis provides an interesting spin on the evolutionary story, it ignores much of what the data actually reveal.
The presumed oldest artworks in Europe are ivory carvings depicting animals. Since artists have to think about and visualize an artwork before they make it, it's safe to assume that these artists had the same capacity for thought that modern sculptors have. But why did they choose animals as their subjects? In both a technical paper in Current Anthropology and the book The Animal Connection, Penn State's Pat Shipman hypothesized that humans (or human-like ancestors) who shared a more intimate connection with animals were able to obtain more meat, accelerating their evolutionary progress toward modern man.
In addition, their ability to use animals for work and sustenance--"tracking game, destroying rodents, protecting kin and goods, providing wool for warmth, moving humans and goods over long distances, and providing milk to human infants"1--tailored the "selective pressures" that supposedly formed humans.
According to a Penn State news release, Shipman even suggested that the "animal connection" with man led to the evolution of language. Supposedly, domesticated animals became so important that the need for accurate communication about how to manage them gradually turned ape-like grunts into symbolized abstract thoughts.
However, the available data regarding language, animal domestication, and early artwork are most easily interpreted within a creation, not an evolution, narrative.
If the first man was created in the image of God, complete with both the creativity of mind to make art and the appropriate biomechanisms to express that creativity,2 one would expect to find evidence of the sudden appearance of high-quality art. The examples of man's earliest artwork are extraordinarily accurate and fine pieces--obviously the products of people who were fully human. Where are the crude and clumsy artifacts formed by evolution's "pre-people"?
According to Genesis, man was made with a purpose--to rule over the animals and "subdue" (or organize) the natural environment, including its creatures.3 Thus, early evidence for animal domestication is expected. In fact, Genesis offers verification of early animal domestication, since one of the first man's sons "was a keeper of sheep."4
And rather than having to rely on "just-so" stories about how language somehow "emerged," it is more logical to conclude that since the core features of language had to all be present at once for any language to exist, they could not possibly be the result of any simple force of nature and must instead be the result of deliberate design.5
Expertly carved ivory art, cleverly managed animals, and fully adept language--which are all evidenced among man's earliest historical relics and documents--strongly testify to man having been fully man right from the start.
- Stacey, K. New Hypothesis for Human Evolution and Human Nature. Penn State press release, July 20, 2010, reporting on research published in Shipman, P. 2010. The Animal Connection and Human Evolution. Current Anthropology. 51: 519-538.
- Guliuzza, R. 2010. Made in His Image: The Connecting Power of Hands. Acts & Facts. 38 (10): 10-11.
- Genesis 1:28.
- Genesis 4:2.
- Language needs four basic features: syntax to build logical sentences with conventional symbols, semantics to connect symbols to their meanings, the symbols themselves, and biological mechanisms (such as mouths and voiceboxes) for appropriate expression. Without all of these present at once, there is no language at all. Therefore, language has to be the product of intentional creation, as Genesis affirms. See Morris, H. 1975. Language, Creation, and the Inner Man. Acts & Facts. 4 (10).
Image credit: Photo by H. Jensen. © University of Tübingen. Adapted for use in accordance with federal copyright (fair use doctrine) law.
* Mr. Thomas is Science Writer at the Institute for Creation Research.
Article posted on August 26, 2010.
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Does the stock LG UI (4.1.2) really eat up 5-7GB of space!?
The OG comes with 32GB of storage (although I know that it's not exactly 32GB since there's a lot of conversion stuff going on) and there's only 25GB of available storage space? I know a friend who has a 16GB Nexus 4 running stock 4.4.2 KitKat and the stock KitKat only eats up around 3-4GB of storage. Is LG's UI really that much of a storage hog?
Another thing, does the 4.4.2 update consume the same amount of space? or does it consume more? And what ROM eats the LEAST amount of storage?
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The LG Optimus L5 is the mid-range handset in the L series and it makes the welcome transition to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). It features a 4-inch screen with 320x480 pixels resolution, resulting in mediocre 144 pixels per inch. L5 runs on single-core 800 MHz processor with 512MB of RAM and microSD slot for memory expansions.


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Pathetic Mud-Slinging Attempt Smears Ron Paul As "Zionist Shill"
A small minority of dimwits who believe that Ron Paul is too good to be true and represents nothing more than an establishment puppet have seized upon a 15-year-old affiliation with a Neo-Con to charge that the Congressman is a "Zionist shill" in the latest pathetic attempt to scrape the barrel and sling mud at the presidential candidate.
Lewis E. Lehrman, the co-author of Ron Paul's 1993 book "The Case for Gold," was later a signatory to the infamous Project For a New American Century document, a pre-9/11 Neo-Con blueprint which yearned for a "new Pearl Harbor" to justify U.S. military expansionism across the globe.
The fact that the book itself is a sober argument for a return to the gold standard is ignored while Paul's affiliation with Lehrman is seized upon as evidence that Ron Paul is a "Zionist shill" and "part of the New World Order."
Of course, anyone with a shred of common sense would realize that a 10-term Congressman stretching back over 30 years would have had relations and affiliations with all kinds of people whom he didn't necessarily agree with on a host of issues.
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If Ron Paul had run a lemonade stall with a childhood friend when he was growing up in the 1940's and that friend had gone on to become a bank robber, would this make Ron Paul an accessory to the crime? Would it be justified to use this to claim that Ron Paul would give criminals a free pass if he became president?
If Ron Paul, a man who delivered more than 4,000 babies during his time as an ob/gyn, had made friends with a doctor who went on to become an abortionist - would this make the Congressman a baby killer?
How many people do you know from years past that went on to do or say things that you disapprove of? People change.
On the face of it, the charge that Paul is a "Zionist shill" because he wrote a book with a man that went on to become a Neo-Con is a childish ad hominem smear, using guilt by association in a desperate attempt to scrape the barrel for mud to sling at the Congressman.
Another example of how some people even within our own movement are literally straining at the leash to dig up dirt on Ron Paul is a You Tube comment under Paul's latest video interview on The Glenn Beck Show.
The writer speculates that because there is a gold-fringed U.S. flag in the background of the interview, which they say denotes martial law, this is potential evidence that Ron Paul is a "crypto-fascist."
"Paul's people would have been entirely responsible for what was in the background, thus the campaign sign and flags themselves," he writes.
Why Ron Paul's people would have been "entirely responsible" for setting up a shot for an interview conducted by CNN is not explained, but this is just another example of the mindlessness that prevails in some corners of the Internet.
The "everything's a conspiracy crowd" just cannot temper their paranoia for long enough to accept the fact that, while we may not agree with the Congressman on every issue - such as net neutrality or what happened on 9/11, Ron Paul is the real deal and he has to cope with enough mordacity from the establishment media without the need for this baseless BS.
The vast majority of 9/11 truthers and Ron Paul supporters in general realize this but for those who also like to claim that Alex Jones is a "Jesuit Temporal Coadjutor," a Zionist or even a shape-shifting reptoid, their bizarre self-destructive cynicism prevents them from ever contributing towards positive activism and change because of their ninnying egotistic obsession with claiming that everyone but them is in on the conspiracy.
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The city of Russellville, Mayor, Council and Public Works Director has chosen to get a bank loan from Regions Bank for $2.5 million to finance the "El Paso Corridor Project" and pay the loan back at $500,000.00 per year, plus interest from this statewide half-cent sales tax revenue. The project has already been advertised and awarded.
First and foremost, I am 110 percent for a "complete streets" project along the "El Paso Corridor," one that would provide access for Arkansas Tech University students from the campus to downtown or West Main Street, not stopping at Parkway Drive. As shown on the city's five-year Capital Improvement Program 2012-18, the Corridor Project goes to downtown at an original projected cost of $580,000 vs. $2.5 million, and was to be paid for with the one-cent streets and drainage sales tax money.
Why is the city going to finance this project by borrowing $2.5 million from Regions bank vs. using funds from the city, streets and drainage sales tax money, as originally planned?
The city proposal is to repay this $2.5 million loan on or before the required five-year time limit, as stated in State Amendment 78, may require additional funds from the city General Fund.
This five-year commitment of the half-cent statewide sales tax revenue will be denying future mayors, aldermen and Russellville citizens of other projects such as the "Russellville Connected" trail plan, Old Post Road reconstruction and other transportation projects not shown on the five-year plan.
If the extension of the city one-cent sales tax does not pass, the remaining streets and drainage projects or any future trail projects will be dead, and this approximate $500,000 per year will be already committed for the next five years and not available for emergency transportation projects.
Russellville's $500,000 per year projected revenue for the next 10 years could go a along way for moving forward with the "Russellville Connected" trail plan. Whether the city committed $100,000 or $500,000 per year to the trail project, plus applied for other state and federal grants, we should be able to substantially complete a comprehensive city-wide trail system within that 10 years.
During the past several years, the city has missed numerous opportunities to receive state and federal trail grants. State and federal grant money in the past has been turned back because of lack of applications.
Progressive states and cities are all now hopping on the bandwagon and applying for these trail grants.
We are way behind the curve.. This half-cent statewide sales tax revenue for 10 years gives us a great opportunity to move forward with a trail plan and not have to fund it out of part of the city one-cent sales tax revenue, if extended by voters.
The legality of a city borrowing money is tied directly to the State Constitution, Section 2 of Amendment 78. In part, the Amendment states the borrowing of money will be for real and tangible personal property, which streets or capital improvement projects are not a part of.
There are many unanswered questions with how this law is defined and many Attorney General opinions of it with regard to the appropriate use and application of a city borrowing money.
When and where has there been a "public comment" period and council oversite with regard to the city Capital Improvement Program or the use of this new half-cent state sales tax revenue?
The "shotgun" approach we have taken the last couple of years has been a constant "moving target" and left the funding of many future projects in question.
The council needs to address this, along with input from the citizens or taxpayers!
If the city is SERIOUS about trails, I would hope that our council, the responsible party of the taxpayers' money, would further research this issue of borrowing money for streets and give some thought, merit and long-range planning to the future of our "Russellville Connected" trail system and other transportation projects.
This 10-year, half-cent statewide sales tax revenue would provide us with a great opportunity for Russellville to move forward with a great trail system!
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Joel Salatin, the American celebrity farmer and proponent of the organics food movement, says Australia's food producers are facing pressure from retailers at levels not seen anywhere in the world.
"I'm familiar with the food production systems and farmers in Mexico, Italy, New Zealand, Great Britain, and of course, America. The issue is more acute in Australia," Mr Salatin told Fairfax Media after giving a speech to 500 people at Sydney Town Hall on Saturday.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will investigate alleged anti-competitive practices by Woolworths and Coles against producers. The duopoly has an 80 per cent grip on the Australian retail market.
"All of the developing countries for sure, whether it's Indo-China, South America, Africa, all the developing countries have extremely localised food systems," Mr Salatin said. "They simply don't have the infrastructure to centralise it like the developed countries."
Mr Salatin has appeared in the documentary Food Inc and was touted by TIME magazine as the world's most innovative farmer for advocating sustainable farming methods. He is a third-generation farmer, running Polyface Farms in Swoope, Virginia.
He blamed large-scale single product processing for the recent listeria outbreak that has claimed three lives in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.
In the past three months, more than 100 products manufactured Jindi Cheese's Gippsland factory in Victoria and sold under brands including Wattle Valley, Coles Finest and Harris Farm, were recalled.
"Instead of Jindi just being one great big cheese factory, if it was a bunch of smaller ones, it would be much easier to keep clean. And size does effect hygiene and cleanliness," he said.
Mr Salatin will be teaching farmers his methods in Kiama for the next three days.
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Ron Paul Is Now Pretending to Love Ronald Reagan
"Ignored" fourth-place presidential candidate Ron Paul seems to be feeling frisky nowadays, just frisky enough to make an attack ad! How conventional. Is he selling out? No, he's just mocking Rick Perry like everybody else. But there's a certain angle to this ad that doesn't make much sense: That Ron Paul really liked Ronald Reagan's presidency.
"Young Texas congressman" Ron Paul is shown shaking Reagan's hand back in the day, while wearing a suit of what appears to be 100% gold. The narrator explains that Paul was one of the few congressmen to endorse Reagan when the latter was still considered too extreme to serve as president. And then we're told that when Al Gore ran in 1988 on an agenda to destroy the Reagan presidency (he didn't), his "Texas cheerleader" was none other than Rick Perry, Gore's Texas campaign manager. In sum: Ron Paul basically birthed Ronald Reagan, while Rick Perry has always hated Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan, and Ronald Reagan. (There is a debate at Ronald Reagan's pad tomorrow night, is the thing.)
Leaving aside the fact that Perry and most other aspirational Texas politicians were still Democrats back in the '80s, let's look at what this very same Ron Paul was saying about Ronald Reagan in the 1988 campaign cycle — when Paul ran for president on the Libertarian party ticket. Here, via Ben Smith, is an excerpt from a letter Paul wrote to the RNC in 1987 resigning from the Republican party over the policies of the Reagan administration:
In 1976 I was impressed with Ronald Reagan's program and was one of the four members of Congress who endorsed his candidacy. In 1980, unlike other Republican office holders in Texas, I again supported our President in his efforts.
Since 1981, however, I have gradually and steadily grown weary of the Republican Party's efforts to reduce the size of the federal government. Since then Ronald Reagan and the Republican Party have given us skyrocketing deficits, and astoundingly a doubled national debt. [...]
If Ronald Reagan couldn't or wouldn't balance the budget, which Republican leader on the horizon can we possibly expect to do so? There is no credibility left for the Republican Party as a force to reduce the size of government. That is the message of the Reagan years.
I conclude that one must look to other avenues if a successful effort is ever to be achieved in reversing America's direction.
I therefore resign my membership in the Republican Party and enclose my membership card.
Indeed, Ron Paul loved Ronald Reagan so much that he quit the Republican party in 1987 out of disgust.
And then there's this Paul quote from May, 1988: "The American people have never reached this point of disgust with politicians before. I want to totally disassociate myself from the Reagan Administration."
Ron Paul simply does not care for Ronald Reagan.


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patch 3.1, and the WoW EU website certainly delivered today. A preview for Ulduar has been posted, with some descriptions of the early raid encounters and a little more lore flavor for the zone itself. The very beginning of the preview gives a little setup for the zone: "Some thought it a city, built to herald the glory of its makers; some thought it a vault containing innumerable treasures, perhaps even relics of the mighty Titans themselves. They were wrong. Beyond its gates lies no city, no treasure vault, no final answer to the Titan's mysteries. All that awaits those who dare set foot in Ulduar is a horror even the Titans could not, would not destroy, an evil they merely... contained."
Awesome? I would say so. The preview also drives the point home that Blizzard is really loving the hard mode options of encounters. 11 out of 14 encounters will have a hard mode (or modes), so your raid can determine what they can handle. I don't want to get too excited about the preview, I'd like to see the zone in person before I get giddy, but it does sound damn cool and the pictures they supply are very pretty. Go forth and devour their bandwidth, my friends.
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Karrine Superhead Steffans Tweets About Relationship With Lil Wayne
A few days ago, a undisputed schlong-slurpin' champion of the world went on a Twitter rant after hearing a lyric in Wayne's new song "Kush And Alcohol" (B!^$#es Love Me) where he raps:
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Ok, Brego and Beau (dogs) and Roscoe (bunny) running loose in the living room. Turned my back for a minute, turn around, and there is a little pile of................. goo. It was about the size of the inside of the palm of my hand, was gelatinous, reddish brown and had grass mixed in it. The color worried me at first, I thought it was blood, but was actually reddish brown.
One dog was drooling a bit, so it might have been dog vomit and they have both been eating grass like crazy, which they usually do when they have an upset tummy. I don't think it was cecals, cuz it was a pretty big volume. Could have been bunny diarrhea - and to be honest it smelled pretty foul. Cleaned up pretty easy. Roscoe has been pooping just fine in his litter box, normal amounts, no diarrhea in his crate at all. The only thing new I gave him yesterday was some apple, which he'd never had before.
So anyone think this is something I should worry about right now? Roscoe is eating fine, very active, running around the room - the only thing is that he is almost 5 months old, and I think his hormones are raging. He isn't spraying, but he is leaving marking pellets here and there, and I must admit he smells pretty musky around his hind end. I have only had him 3 weeks, and haven't done the monthly maintenance stuff yet. His nails were clipped the day I got him, but I don't know if he has ever had his anal glands cleaned out. I am NOT looking forward to that job, honestly.
Any input would be appreciated. Those of you who have Flemmies - do they normally smell pretty musky? I honestly don't think I ever had a rabbit smell this musky.....
Edited to add - I plan on neutering him ASAP. I am interviewing a vet on Saturday morning, and if he is as knowlegeable as I think he is, Roscoe will be going in as soon as I get my paycheck from my 2nd job sometime before the 15th of Sept.
The dogs don't barf that often, just typical doggy "I ate something I shouldn't have" and it comes back up later. I found out today that my neighbors have been putting their scraps out in their yard for the animals and my pups probably helped themselves. No more instances of the weird goo being left anywhere, so I'm not going to worry about it. And I will also be making sure our dogs stay in OUR yard only and away from the scraps!
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Sounds like barf Cecals really look like a bunch of grapes, and won't have grass in them.
Do the dogs barf frequently, or just those one-of dog barf occasions that you just never know what they are from?
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text: I'll be attending my first MOA rally in Lima this year (staying in Findlay, 30 mi north). It's about 1200 kms (720 miles) from home to Findlay. I'm planning on taking 2 days - Tues/Wed. I'll be crossing the Can/US border at Ogdensburg NY, then heading SW through the Finger Lakes region (around Watkins Glen, NY). I'm looking for suggestions for routes through Pennsylvania and Ohio (or even for alternate routes through NY, for that matter). I just got a Garmin 276C GPS two weeks ago, so I'm now dangerous when it comes to navigation. I also have state maps of NY, PA and OH. When I received my PA travel package they made a big deal out of travelling Rt 6 (picked by National Geographic as one of the best drives in the US, though maybe not on a bike in July). Should I head west on Rt 6 for part of the way? Any ideas most appreciated.


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Valenzuela set for Caribbean Hall of Fame induction
By Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com
HERMOSILLO, Mexico -- Fernando Valenzuela's no-brainer induction to the Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame will take place Sunday, at 10 a.m. MT at the University of Sonora's Arts Center.
Valenzuela -- a six-time All-Star with the Dodgers, who won the National League's Rookie of the Year and Cy Young awards while en route to a World Series title in 1981 -- will be joined by ex-manager Tommy Lasorda, Dodgers vice president Lon Rosen and broadcaster Jaime Jarrin, now Valenzuela's partner in the booth.
Caribbean Baseball Federation president Juan Herrera will make a speech and present Valenzuela with his Hall of Fame plaque, officially placing him in a group that includes Tony Perez, Rod Carew, Willie Mays, Dave Concepcion, Edgar Martinez and Roberto Alomar. Also being inducted Sunday are ex-players Houston Jimenez and Ever Magallanes, along with former Mexican Pacific League presidents Renato Vega and Dr. Arturo Leon Lerma.
Valenzuela's last season in the Majors came in 1997, but he continued to suit up for his home country in the Mexican Pacific League until 2006 -- at age 46 -- and pitched in three Caribbean Series (1982, '93 and '01).
On Friday, Valenzuela kicked off the 55th Caribbean Series and helped christen a brand-new ballpark in Sonora by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch.
"It looks like a very comfortable stadium for the fans," Valenzuela said while hounded by the Spanish press. "It's a stadium designed for baseball, and I think the people here will enjoy it."
Figueroa denied chance to pitch in Caribbean Series
HERMOSILLO, Mexico -- Nelson Figueroa is a man with little to do these days.
The 38-year-old right-hander, signed to a Minor League deal by the D-backs this offseason, helped pitch the Dominican Republic's Leones del Escogido to the Caribbean Series. But Figueroa, a Brooklyn native of Puerto Rican descent, has been blocked by the Puerto Rico Baseball League from playing in the Caribbean Series, which pits the winter league champions from the Dominican, Mexico, Venezuela and Puerto Rico in a seven-day tournament.
So here, at Estadio Sonora, Figueroa is more a fan than an active pitcher trying to help Escogido win its third Caribbean Series title in four years.
And he isn't happy about it.
"That hurts," Figueroa said in Spanish. "It hurts a lot for everyone who's here, playing the whole regular season, playoffs and championship series just to get to this moment, to play or pitch in the Caribbean Series. For us even more, because we have a championship to defend from last year, and for this team that has supported me so much the last four years."
Figueroa has played in the winter leagues of all four nations, representing Mexico, Puerto Rico and the Dominican in past Caribbean Series. Last year, he pitched for the Leones in winter ball, then for Puerto Rico's Indios de Mayaguez in the Series. And next month, he plans on suiting up for Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic.
Figueroa was on loan by the Puerto Rican League to pitch for the Dominican winter ball squad, but apparently that did not extend to the Caribbean Series. The veteran pitcher, who has compiled a 4.55 ERA in nine Major League seasons, didn't find out about it until the start of the tournament. And everybody -- his teammates, coaches and general manager Moises Alou -- was taken by surprise.
Figueroa maintains that he never signed anything that would disallow him from playing in the prestigious Series, and he's threatening to take legal action.
"We have a crown to defend here," Figueroa said.
His anger, at least, is somewhat tempered by the prospect of being in D-backs camp this spring, one year after going 12-5 with a 3.89 ERA in 25 games (15 starts) for the Yankees' and Red Sox's Triple-A affiliates.
"I have a chance to return with my first Major League team," Figueroa said. "I still live there, in Arizona."
Series giving Mendoza head start on competition
HERMOSILLO, Mexico -- In hopes of cracking the final spot of a revamped Royals rotation, or at the very least ensuring that he sticks in the big leagues, Mexico's Luis Mendoza is getting a nice head start.
Mendoza is here with the Yaquis de Obregon, champions of the Mexican Pacific League and participants in a Caribbean Series that's being played at the brand-new Estadio Sonora. In his team's first game on Friday, Mendoza hurled six scoreless innings of three-hit ball, striking out three and walking two in Mexico's 3-0 win over Puerto Rico's Criollos de Caguas.
Mendoza, like so many others, is here to do what he can for his country.
But the 29-year-old right-hander is also here to fine-tune -- specifically his changeup -- in hopes of securing a spot in a much-improved staff that includes James Shields, Ervin Santana, Jeremy Guthrie, Wade Davis, Bruce Chen, Luke Hochevar and Will Smith.
"Spring Training is always a battle," said Mendoza, who's out of options. "Nobody has a solidified spot except Shields and the first two or three starters. But I'm very happy with the team right now. I feel like we're going to compete more this year with a stronger group, and I'm happy to be with a team that's competing. I'll do what they ask, either long relief or starting."
Mendoza was Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Year in 2011, then got his most Major League action in '12, going 8-10 with a 4.23 ERA in 30 games (25 starts).
"For me," Mendoza said, "the most important thing is to be in the Major Leagues and establish myself."
A native of Veracruz -- on the southeast portion of the country, about 1,500 miles from the Caribbean Series -- Mendoza also plans to suit up for Mexico in the World Baseball Classic. Major League clubs are often hesitant to send their pitchers to these events, specifically a Caribbean Series that takes place so close to the start of Spring Training.
But Mendoza sees this as a way to get a leg up.
"It's part of the preparation, and you have to take care of yourself," Mendoza said. "We know that we didn't come to party like people think about with the Caribbean Series, or to relax. It's to come and keep working.
"Like Kansas City said when I talked to them -- 'Take care of yourself. We support you completely, but you know your body and you know your limits.'"
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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In Jenna's absence, I'll be organising the exchange this year. Hopefully I don't go too insane.
Sign-ups run from now until November 24, 11:59(PST), and assignments will be sent out within a day or two.
Stories are due December 23rd, and will be posted beginning December 24th.
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- Also include limits for what you're unwilling to write. Any ratings, characters, pairings, warnings or genres. Please try to be flexible with your limits/requests.
- Requests should not contain anything inappropriate for MNFF.
- Do not request a fic if you are not absolutely sure you will be able to take the time to write one for someone else. If you have to pull out due to unforseen circumstances, then please notify me as soon as possible so that I can arrange for another story to be written.
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- This is a SECRET swap. Don't let anyone know who you're writing for. If you do, I will set my evil flying monkeys on you. If, of course, you use a SPEWer as your beta then they might figure it out, but if they let slip the flying monkeys rule still applies.
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Hello RR!
I know it's tough times right now being a Raps fan, but I am optimistic about next year....anyways that's not the topic here, and this is all about paying homage to one of the best Raps in history: Jose Calderon. He was a pro throughout his career with the Raps, and it was sad to see him go (we got Rudy though!!).
I will be going to the Pistons-Raps game tonight and due to my proximity to the court (close to Raps bench), I will be holding up a sign "THANK YOU JOSE" throughout the game. Class act and I hope he gets a big ovation when Detroit visits Toronto in the next few weeks.
At first I was going to go with #letJONASplay, but that was a few weeks ago and he's getting a little more time now that the season's winding down (what the HELL were you thinking Casey? Gray???)
Anyways, any other suggestions for Jose tribute signs? I still have the back of the poster to use if I want lol - would you bring a tribute to Jose sign if you were in my position RR?
Go Raps! (playoffs next year - there's no way it can't happen)


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Forest trail closed due to excavator damage
WILMINGTON -- The Hiking Committee noticed that something wrong had happened on the Deerfield Ridge Trail: There was a track that showed excavator activity along two miles of the trail.
"Folks reported this," said U.S. Forest Service Special Agent Chris Fors. "Some recreation folks and myself went out with uniformed patrolmen."
Significant excavation and sub-standard alteration had been done on a portion of that two miles of the popular hiking trail. On Dec. 14, the trail, which is near Haystack Mountain, was closed for snowmobile use until further notice.
A press release from the U.S. Forest Service stated "These trail modifications represent a significant threat of damage to the surrounding public lands and resources by increasing erosion, compromising the health of existing wetlands, wildlife habitat and unique biological communities."
All motorized vehicles are prohibited from entering the trail for now. Hikers are still allowed to use the trail, but are asked to "exercise caution and expect changed and degraded trail conditions."
The investigation is still ongoing. Fors said some people had suspected that the Vermont Association of Snowmobile Travelers was working on the trail for its own purposes without the proper permission of the Forest Service.
"It does not appear that this is the case," said Fors, of VAST or of another local snowmobile club. Only experienced snowmobile drivers use the Deerfield Ridge trail, Fors said. No tour groups or beginners usually take it.
He mentioned that VAST had a good working relationship with the National Forest. Once in a while, there may be a small issue with oversight, but most times VAST has worked well with the National Forest, he said.
"They're very familiar with the rules and usually always get permission if they want to do something. They make sure to coordinate with the National Forest if it's on our land."
Fors has asked that if readers have observed anything unusual at the site, to contact the U.S. Forest Service at 802-747-6797.
Notices have gone out to inform the public of the trail's closing as well as to gather information from people who may know something about the incident.
"We have a lot of leads that we're following up on."
Fors could not give out anymore details of the investigation until there was more solid evidence or information. Additional information will be reported once the investigation is closed.
Chris Mays can be reached at 802-254-2311, ext. 273, or email@example.com. Follow Chris on Twitter @CMaysReformer.
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Young infielders top NL All-Star ballot
Five players under 30 could start in Senior Circuit's infield
By Jim Molony / MLB.com
With less than 96 hours remaining in the campaign, the latest NL balloting totals released by Major League Baseball Monday show all eight position leaders from last week still holding their respective spots, including Milwaukee first baseman Prince Fielder; Philadelphia second baseman Chase Utley; New York shortstop Jose Reyes, outfielder Carlos Beltran and third baseman David Wright; Los Angeles catcher Russell Martin; Cincinnati outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. and Chicago outfielder Alfonso Soriano.
Should these leaders remain in first place, Fielder, 23 years old, would join Utley (28), Wright (24), Martin (24) and Reyes (24) to form the youngest National League starting infield since 1970, when St. Louis first baseman Dick Allen (28 years old at the time) teamed with Chicago second baseman Glenn Beckert (29), shortstop Don Kessinger (28), Cincinnati third baseman Tony Perez (28) and Reds catcher Johnny Bench (21) in the NL lineup at the Midsummer Classic at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.
This year's 20-somethings haven't punched their ticket just yet to San Francisco, where the All-Star Game will be played on July 10.
Though stadium balloting has concluded and time is running out, fans can still impact the campaigns by voting online as several races remain too close to call.
Fielder, the NL leader in home runs and RBIs, is in a battle with St. Louis slugger Albert Pujols. Pujols, a five-time All-Star who led all Major Leaguers last year with 3,418,555 votes, has won the starting nod two of the last three years.
Griffey, whose 670,287 votes received during the previous three weeks were the most by any National Leaguer during that period, has a shot to catch Beltran, the current NL vote leader. Soriano, who trails Beltran and Griffey in the balloting, is trying to hold off a challenge from San Francisco slugger Barry Bonds for the third and final starting spot in the outfield. Outfielder Matt Holliday of the Rockies, the NL's leading hitter, has been coming on strong in recent weeks.
Martin leads Paul Lo Duca of the Mets by less than 125,000 votes, and Wright is roughly 280,000 votes ahead of Miguel Cabrera of the Marlins. Reyes of the Mets is about 200,000 votes ahead of J.J. Hardy of the Brewers.
Fans can cast their votes for starters up to 25 times with the Monster 2007 All-Star Online Ballot at MLB.com and all 30 club sites until Thursday, June 28 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Fans will again be given the opportunity to cast an All-Star vote immediately following the 2007 MLB All-Star Game Selection Show Presented by Chevrolet, which will be televised by Turner Sports on Sunday, July 1. Baseball fans around the world will be able select the final player on each All-Star team via the Monster.com 2007 All-Star Final Vote.
Selecting the rosters isn't the end of the fun in 2007, either. Concluding the All-Star balloting process, fans will have the opportunity to participate in the official voting for the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player presented by Chevrolet at the All-Star Game via the Monster.com 2007 All-Star Game MVP Vote at MLB.com.
The All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX Sports and televised around the world by Major League Baseball International. ESPN Radio will provide exclusive national radio coverage, while MLB.com will offer extensive online coverage and MLB Radio will have exclusive play-by-play coverage of the game on the Internet.
Jim Molony is a writer for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I was wondering whether there's a way to set my Outlook to keep all e-mails labelled as [Bulk] by ZA definitions in my inbox rather than it going directly into the ZA Junk Mail folder? I've tried to delete the ZA folder but it gets re-created every time I start up Outlook.
The reasoning behind this is that I've set my Outlook rules to scan for e-mails with [Bulk]in the subject header, to mark as read and then delete. The rules cannot be set to scan other folders automatically, just the inbox. Somehow [Bulk] e-mails captured in the ZA files are not being scanned by the Rules when it first appears in the inbox. I'd like to continue using ZA because it is ZA that applies the "[Bulk]" header in the subject header that allows me to thoroughly catch the spam using the Rules.
I know it's a nitpicky question that has more to do with keeping my e-mail folders neat, but I much rather prefer to just have all my junk go straight to the deleted folder and marked as read (hate seeing bolded folders lol!).
If there's no solution around disabling the ZA folder I'd love to hear of other solutions that may help my problem. Thanks in advance. :)
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Home > The Kills
Long time readers (smooch!) know Alison Mosshart gets shine here at Demeter Clarc. After gorging on The Kills new record Blood Pressures, brace for full on gush.
Can't say enough positive things about this album – growth – range – development – Blood Pressures delivers on all counts. Rich and full, aggressive and melodic, funky and rocking, no record has hit on cylinders like this in some time. (Dare I say since The xx?)Many standout moments sprinkle the eleven song record including: Satellite, Heart is a Beating Drum, DNA, Baby Says, and culminating with new road rage anthem You Don't Own The Road.
Love. Love. Love.
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Mini Comparison of nookcolor and iPad
I've seen a few threads comparing the nookcolor and iPad. I think they can be compared as far as reading and web browsing, though I wouldn't attempt to compare a dedicated reading device (nookcolor) with a tablet like the iPad or even the Galaxy Tab.
For my comparison I chose the nookcolor stock reader and the Nook iPad app, as well as comparing the stock web browsers in both. This is not comprehensive and mainly consists of screenshots to let you draw your own conclusions. I threw in a screenshot of the iPad's iBooks app since the Nook iPad app is not "the stock" reader for the iPad.
The iPad browser seems much faster than the stock browser on the nookcolor.
Note: When you click on the thumbnails they are displayed within this page in a image viewing app that scales them down. If you click on the image in viewing app the image is opened in another web browser window or tab wherein you can view the image in full size, which is much better.
Image 1: Stock nookcolor web browser. Notice the red arrows I drew to show where the browser screwed up rendering the page. The page being viewed is the nook ebook page from the B&N website.
Image 2: Stock iPad web browser. The page being viewed is the nook ebook page from the B&N website.
Image 3: Page 54 from Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol diplayed on the nookcolor's stock reader.
Image 4: Page 54 from Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol diplayed on the the Nook iPad app. This app can display landscape and use two columns, unlike the nookcolor.
Image 5: A random couple of pages diplayed in iBooks for iPad app in two column landscape.
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Thanks for the comparisons, Jack! The photos are very helpful to understand the differences. I like the 2 column landscape view on the iPad. I wish B&N would add similar landscape view capability to the NC stock reader.
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Me too! They probably will in the future. It is strange that the Nook apps for iOS and Android seem to have more features than the nookcolor stock reader. I really got spoiled to the two column landscape when I had my Sony PRS-900 and later the PRS-950. BTW, I didn't show it, but the Nook iOS app has the two column landscape feature. I assume the Nook Android app does too.
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I don't like reading on my iPhone because the screen is too small unless I have to. That's why I got the 350 so I could have a smaller reader to throw in my purse easily for when I'm out and about. On the other hand, the iPad is a little too big for me, and I was hoping they'd improve the screen resolution on the iPad 2 to make it more attractive to me. So did you get rid of your 950 and recently acquire the iPad?
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The Nook Color has a slightly lower resolution screen than the iPad at 1024x600 (compared to 1024x768). However, Nook Color screen smaller which results in sharper images.
Similar screen technologies but reading large documents like PDFs and webpages it is easier and better on the iPad.
Thanks for sharing Jack.
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I really thought that would be the end of the story as I only looked at my nookcolor as a reader and was not that interested in Android apps--nor am I to this day. I'm sure Android will eventually mature enough to be a decent OS, but it is not even close to that yet.
For a few years I've owned iPod touches (1G, 2G, and now 4G). They are okay for reading and about on par with my old Palm and WM PDAs, but that tiny screen as you noted does not lend itself to long periods of reading. The 4G has the Retina display and though it is not as good as the one in the iPhone it is terrific for reading on, but too small. Besides, unlike the iPhones which seem to have good battery life, the touches are notoriously horrible in the battery area, so I could never use the 4G as a take along portable reader because it would run the battery dead within 3 hours. However, having had the touches a few years I'm well aware of the various iOS apps that are available, and I began to wish my nookcolor could run similar apps as well and as easy as my touch.
You see I'm the president of a large Amateur Radio club in Arlington, Texas and I'm a division staff officer in the US Coast Guard Auxiliary (which is strictly volunteer, civilian, non-combatant, non-law enforcement, and has as our mission boaing safety education and vessel examinations). Both of those hobby/jobs require my use of computers at the meetings and events. I started out with a laptop years ago, gladly went to a netbook when they came around, but would dearly love to use a lighter weight tablet. So it seemed natural to me that I should try to use my nookcolor, even though it is not rooted. It wrked, but just barely and a bit sluggishly. I knew I would have to root to get office apps that were more than read only, and I was reluctant to do so, at least until after the expected major update hopefully coming in a few weeks. My touch 4G was way to small and battery challenged to take on the task. I was truly hoping, though I knew better, that Apple would announce a new smaller iPad with about a 7" screen. That of course didn't happen. But an unexpected refund of money from an unrelated project and the announcement of a $100 price reduction on the iPad 1 set me up for one of my compulsive purchases. I never considered the iPad a reasonable value at $500, but at $400 I decided to try it.
I've had the iPad for about a week and a half now. My nookcolor doesn't get used much anymore, much like my nookcolor resulted in my 950 sitting unused. I took my iPad 1 to my monthly Amateur Radio club and was very pleased that it had all the functionality I needed that I had previously used a netbook for--viewing and amending my agenda during the Board of Directors meeting which immediately precedes our membership meeting. Taking notes with an onscreen keypad that is big enough to be very useful to an old, fat fingered guy. (Well at 53 I'm middle-aged but I often feel like I'm old!) The nookcolor keypad is really too small and requires more typo corrections. And I can even connect my iPad to a VGA monitor/projector. The nookcolor will probably never have that ability. Granted only some apps are compatible with VGA mirroring, but there are enough of them that I can use the iPad for presentations!
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A little more detail and thought:
As a reader:
Is the iPad a better reading device than nookcolor? No, and here is the breakdown, for my uses anyway.
As a tablet:
Is the iPad a better overall tablet than the nookcolor? That depends on your usage.
In conclusion:
I think if I was going to use a tablet primarily for reading eBooks I would choose the nookcolor for its size, less heaviness, easier portability, better reading screen (as far as eyestrain is concerned), etc. However, the nookcolor has need for a LOT of improvements as far as reading eBooks. Therefore it is not a hands down best in class reader. Perhaps the update in a few weeks will help, but I'm not very optimistic as updates for any product of this nature rarely live up to our expectations. But it is a new product and I do expect it to improve greatly over time.
However, if size and weight are not an issue with you, there are ways to greatly improve the reading capabilities of an iPad or any other device capable of reading eBooks. If you are comfortable enough to root a nookcolor, then you can certainly figure out how to strip away the DRM from eBooks and use a program like calibre or Sigil to quickly modify them to use bold text and make other improvements that greatly reduce eyestrain on any reading device. (But please don't share your DRM freed eBooks with others--authors need to make a living. )
As a tablet though I really don't think the nookcolor can compete with the iPad. The iPad is too elegant and simply works right in most cases. Android is not a seasoned OS yet, though it might be someday. But even if Android was much better, the nookcolor just cannot compete hardware-wise against the iPad. But it wasn't designed to, so it is what it is. If you want a tablet that works very well with PDFs, office documents, music, videos, etc., you are better off going with the iPad over the nookcolor. I can't speak for the other new Android tablets like the GT or the Xoom, but I suspect the iPad is not really facing much of a challenge yet. But the bottomline is, get what works best for you regardless of OS or manufacturer.
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I disagree with some of your statements.
I would say that Android 3.0 needs additional work, and it's almost ready. But Froyo is a very stable platform with a lot of useful and good applications, most of them free or very low price. I have never had any major crash with my Galaxy Tab or HTC cellphone which I did with the Nook Color, which by the way, runs Android under the hood. The problem is, like you can infer from my comment, the apps themselves or custom UI like the one B&N developed for the NC. This is something that even when I don't see as right or good, is working for Apple; they are so close and strict with their Apple market that the end results is a platform which is really stable and strong. So, don't understand from where you get the comment that Android is not ready yet, when you don't even own or use an stock Android device, like GT.
I also don't think the iPad is a bad ereader either, because the iPad it is not an ereader, it is a tablet. You can download some apps and use it as an ereader but it is not locked like stock NC is. For about $500.00 I think that if you buy an iPad just and only for read books you are wasting your money (or you have money to waste)
It would be interesting how would you rate a stock iPad vs a stock NC ;-) ... that's much more fair and should give a user an idea of what they get out of the box.
Or... if you are into comparing full fledge tablets, regardless of price, the NC vs the GT , lol , and see what the opinion is going to be.
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I think you Android fanboys and fangirls are so wrapped up in your hatred of Apple and Microsoft that you can't see the forest for the trees. You folks keep harping on how evil Apple and Microsoft are and how open Android is. That is total BS. Android is not open source, it is the property of Google which is just as big and evil as any other other huge technology company, but not as talented as they are babies compared to the more than quarter of a century experience of Apple and Microsoft. I suspect that those who woo Google will one day open their eyes and realize the ugly monster they are lying beside, and then they will try to gnaw off their own arm to escape the horror.
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Interesting set of posts, and I agree with you wholeheartedly about the stock Nook browser. I also find the stock reader lacking as well - and I'm using market substitutes for both.
Now from my own perspective, I find a rooted Nook Color to be a very good value proposition - it's less capable than the iPad, but it's more portable and significantly cheaper. It's enough for me to say that neither device is better for all users, but the Nook Color when rooted is probably one of the best alternatives to the iPad currently available.
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I still haven't rooted my NC yet. I have been waiting for the major update and roll-out of the B&N app store. I thought it might appear a little quicker than it has...
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I'm not Apple fan boy or Android Fan boy. I use Microsoft at work because have no alternative and I'm SQL dba , it's a Microsoft product. I only use Linux at home. And yes, Android is open source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)
My comment about comparing stock devices was about NC. You mentioned several times you can get X and Y feature if rooted, that's not an out of the box device or stock. In order to be fair we should compare stock NC (not rooted) vs iPad. Doing that we can see that iPad does a better job on browsing and reading ebooks.
Agree in that iPad is not so portable but that's a trade off when we get a bigger screen on a device, becomes larger and heavier.
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There's another thread floating around here with input from people that own both.
My wife has the ipad. It's to large for me, personally. 7" or so is just right for me.
Honestly, the ipad feels kind of archaic after a while on Android and a rooted NC. No notification bar, no widgets, just rows and rows of icons. And the lack of ports is terrible.
I'm not a fan of the itunes-for-everything paradigm - I really don't like itunes. I like that I can plug my Nook color into any computer in the house, the wife's computers, someone else's, or work... and just drop music, video or book files on it.
I think the best up-and-coming tablet is the unnamed Toshiba that should be coming soon.
Tegra 2 / Honeycomb
Full sized USB
mini USB
Full sized SDXC
Full sized HDMI
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Perfect!! (Well, still too big in my book. But all of the ports make up for that a bit). All it needs is a good IPS screen...or something else with good viewing angles...
But a tablet isn't worth $500 to me. It's got about $200-$300 in value in my book. The Nook color fit the bill perfectly.
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Should Shields and Garza be Shut Down?
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You certainly make a good case for shutting them down. Why not preserve your valuable assets and make sure they're healthy for next season – unless it would seriously undermine their confidence? You're close to the situation, so you know how each guy would handle being shut down. It's a tough decision for sure.
With both Garza and Shields getting a chance to throw at home this weekend against Toronto, I think after that outing it could just be their last "home" starts of the season.
Depending how far Durham has to go in the International League's Governor's Cup Finals, that could also keep the wave of additional arms coming later in the season.
I think Shields would be more inclined to shut down than Garza based on their personalities.
But I also do not know if they have been masking some aches and pains the last few weeks and would welcome the shut down.
All in all, they have done an amazing job, and deserve to take a bit of a breather at the end of the season.
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Thanks for stopping by.
I think it makes a lot of since shutting Garza and Shields down.
For one it saves them some resting time,
and it gives the younger guys a chance to "shine" as I call it.
Garza is a fighter, and I look for him to just dominate next year.
and sorry about the "Kazmir Trade" that really screwed the team up just like I predicted it would.
What is up with the front office?
The great thing is,
these are still "two young guys, who have great arms." And they have a long career ahead of them.
Root them on for me, great post.
Ted's Take
I do think sitting them at this point may be wise. They don't really have anything to play for this year, so why risk injury? It will also give them a chance to look at other guys and see what they've got.
Cliff – it makes perfect sense to shut them down. The Red Sox have done this in the past; why risk injury when there is nothing to be gained? I agree with you – they have nothing to prove to the team or their fans. Let them rest up for next season.
You know, both guys are super competitors, and I do not consider either of them shutting down to be a bad thing here.
The two weeks extra rest might not seem like a lot right now, but I do not know what their bodies are telling them, and the team might not either.
I know when I was playing ball, I never told the coaches about my aches and pains unless ,I knew 100 percent I could not go that day.
I have a sneaking feeling they are the same, and might have some lingering effoects hitting them now for the long and productive season.
Rays Renegade
That is the wild chess game you have to play within that last month of the season.
Al but about 11 teams are currently in the mode of deciding just what to do in the last few weeks of the season with their starters since they are not contending.
I know the San Diego Padres have shut down Matt Latos to preserve his arm, and I expect the Pirates to do the same with Ross Ohlendorf after his next start.
Rays Renegade
Of course we wouls shut them down after we played the Yankees and Red Sox (lol).
Seriously, I think after this weekends starts on Friday and Saturday nights will be the key to deciding what will happen with their final 2 starts.
Add on the great playoff record so far for the Durham Bulls, we might have help by the middle of next week ast the latest.
I guess I am going to have to adapt a "wait and see" motif right now.
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Call me crazy but I think Lowry has a good chance to become an all star this year. The guy can score and dish it out. Last year before the all start break he was averaging nearly 16 and 8.
Also, if we can get a good player via a Calderon trade, I can see this team competing for a playoff spot next year. This team is already good defensively and with the additions we've certainly improved on both sides of the courts.
if lowry can come out and lead this team to a respectable record he might be a coaches decision addition. i think rondo and williams are in for sure.
Lin is most likely getting the most votes for All Star PG... lucky he's in the west!
Kyle Lowry 2013 East All Star PG!
Andrea Bargnani is the 2012 ORlando All Star man
Which means 33-38 games won, which is a huge improvement. I think a .500 season is being overly optimistic.. (I know we're talking about 3 wins here) but put it this way, I don't see us winning half our games. A little less than half is a real possibility though.
I still see this as year 2 of a 3-year rebuilding phase before this team gets competitive. We're much more talented than last year no question, but we're also very young. I think we'll be inconsistent like any other young team. While true that last year our guys caught on to Casey's system, there's 4-5 new guys that know nothing about that system and two of them are starters. We also have at least 2 guys who will be hitting the rookie wall at the 50-game mark (or so) as they'll be on the receiving end of what I expect to be fairly significant minutes.
I think 33-38 wins is pretty reasonable, and builds on last season. Two years ago we won 27% of our games, and drafted a player that we didn't get to use and basically went into the next season with a coaching upgrade. The result was we won 35% of our games, which is a great improvement considering no pre-season. Now we have the same coach, but a whole bunch of new and young players. I think an estimate of another 8-10% improvement is pretty reasonable.
Assuming JV and TR aren't busts, I would assume we become a competitive team and make the playoffs as the 7th or 8th seed in the 2013-2014 season, and if they are as good as advertised, then we're looking at 5+ years of not only making the playoffs but being contenders in the East for at least half a decade until salary demands get too high and we have to part ways with some of the talent.
your pal,
I hope everyone is thrilled with Lowry, because according to this ESPN article, we were in the thick (possibly lead?) for the Lin sweepstakes on July 1st. So, Lowry better be the better player next season.
-"You cant run from me. I mean, my heart dont bleed Kool-Aid."
-"I aint no diva! I dont have no blond hair, red hair. Im Reggie Evans.
3 teams that were playoff calibre last year are now worse, in my opinion: Philly (no bigs and minus leading scorer), Atlanta (minus 1 all-star), and soon-to-be Orlando (do not even want an established player in return and gunning for worst winning % of all time as Charlotte breathes a sigh of relief).
I think it would be a ethnic solidarity thing. Ordinary people forget about the political bs when it comes to performing on the world stage. Yao was probably big in Taiwan and Lin probably cannot speak Chinese so it's a complex mix. Besides, Lin learned his basketball in the US. The only remaining connection to China/the Chinese people then is his ethnicity. Personally, I dont go for this whole nationalism thing. Just play ball.
There will still be many others who were inspired by his sensationalist story and would want to vote for him, regardless of heritage.
brooklyn to me can fall off big time if lopez injures himself again. they are going to rely on both dwill and johnson to score 20 a night. i am not sold on the nets. they could very well end up being another over the top media blitz like the knicks.
right now i would say we are fighting for 8th-6th in the east, with the teams you mentioned.
• Casey's goal for the team is to make the playoffs this season. "I'm not going to guarantee it," he said, "but it's a goal. The goal is always to build something, and keep improving. I think it's a definite possibility."
The one thing that stood out in a text conversation I had with Dwane yesterday, though, is that he came away impressed with how this group gets along.
I guess there was a big dinner, with the two rookies, Ed Davis, Amir Johnson, Kyie Lowry and Landry Fields and the coaches after the two new guys got out there and Casey said he thinks its going to be a bit of fun working with these kids.
Guys you enjoy being around as a coach, is how Dwane put it.
Now, I dont know how that translates to on-court success but its a pretty good start.
And now the real work continues; Casey and the coaching staff are going to fan out to go see players and work them out at their homes over the course of the next couple of weeks, making sure the players are staying with the plans and regimens they were given at the end of the regular season. This is when relationships are forged, its when coaches can see just how diligent the players have been a huge indicator of commitment and when things that will be put in place in camp can at least be marginally addressed and worked on.
Where was DeMar? Does this mean he will be traded?
lol - totally joking.
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Little late to be saying, but Ichigo can dominate Byakuya =P This was pointed out on the first page and i'm really late =o Byakuya tied/lost to Ichigo when ichigo was super nub... And his hollow side dominated him on his own. Let's say Ichigo can control that hollow side now, and see what happens in a fight there =P
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Yah but Byakuya actually lost, meaning he wasn't pulling out all the stuff, but he wasn't going weakling on him =P Dominate may be an exaggeration, but if Byakuya won, i'd kill myself following that fight.
|2008-08-01, 00:33
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Byakuya is kind of like an athlete that has sound fundamentals and doesn't rely on sheer athleticism. Even if you sent the Hulk at him he'd figure some way to keep him at bay. Of course, the jack of all trades is a problem with Byakuya, he can rally with his opponent but at best will win out of attrition and not attack ability (his offense is pretty pitiful).
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Byakuya - ::shunpos away::
Ichigo - ::collapses::
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Um, don't you guys realise Byakuya LET Ichigo live? It was only because of his fairness that he accepted he was bested in an all-out fight. If he was obseed about victory he could've easily(well maybe not so easily) used kidou to wipe the floor with him.
BTW i wonder what would happen if Ichigo/Kenpachi ever learned hadou 61 O_o *shudders*
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he start thinking to save his sister after seeing ichigo determination to her, he make up his mind and let ichigo live
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HAHHAHA Are you guys fucking kidding me?!
"My sword has been shattered by your free spiritness, I will not pursue Rukia anymore, this fight is your victory(he said something along those lines after the fight was done)"
Do you guys seriosly think Byakuya went easy on Ichigo? That he took him lightly?
This isn't even worth arguing about, its just ridiculous.
|2008-08-01, 11:44
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Just dont know what to say about your second sentence, its just so full of bullshit its retarded.
From what i can recall Byakuya is very talented in kido usage and could have used alot of useful spells against Ichigo in their fight but never did since he wanted to beat him with sword only.
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And if we are talking about "what if's", what if Ichigo cut Byakuyas throat when he just got Bankai? Talking about what if's is pointless, there is only one winner and the one who won was Ichigo, at least according to Byakuya and there is no way in hell someone with his personality would go easy on someone or test his resolve.
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That Shuu boy is so annoying... other than being a useless crybaby, he interrupted the fight between Amagai and Ichigo... they didnt even go into bankai state -.-
There is one important thing in the plot of Bleach that is getting more confusing after each episode...
The theory of the souls of the living going to either the soul society or hell.... that was the most interesting thing in this series and i've been waiting for more details on that but it seems that after the first arc, none of that was explained anymore and now the Soul Society is looking more and more like the real world... there are even "bad" ppl in it while at first it was supposed that only "good" ppl were sent to the soul society, and there are lots and lots of other unclear issues....
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BTW if you're a strictly-anime viewer I will have to stop arguing
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All Ichigo has is brute strength and swordsman ship. As Soifon showed last ep his abilities in other departments of fighting are notably lacking. (which is why someone like Aizen who mastered all forms of combat is so freaking powerful aside from his hypnosis) He could try to just overpower them and while it might work it could also go either way. And he certainly can't fight all the other captains and win. He's not that much more powerful than them that his attacks are that much more effective. This isn't like DBZ where being slightly more powerful than someone makes you completely invulnerable to any harm from them.
And why would he try to kill the other captains? They are more or less on the same side just being fooled into fighting each other again. Which is why he didn't just kill Byakuya back in the SS arc. He instead managed to convince him and defeat his resolve which was a much more effective than just ganking him and killing him when he had the chance (not to mention killing Byakuya then would have had Rukia die on the hill if not everyone there and assuming Ichigo survived would have branded him a permanent criminal to SS and might have left SS as a whole fractured making them easy pickings for Aizen)
Just killing doesn't always work. If he'd killed Amagai that would have been it for Ichigo and Rukia at SS and they would become permanent fugatives.
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Ichigo wasnt fighting Soifon seriously... if he fought any of the captains the same way as in the arrancar arc (ex. grimjaw) he definitly wins. As we have seen so far, ichigo's spirit is way beyond some restrain kido techniques and we also know that Ichigo is a speed type in his bankai form so i dont think kido will affect him that much.
I would like to know who is Ichigo's father and back to the question on my previous post.... how come he is back in his human form?
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CARSON, Calif. -- After missing nearly a month of action due to his Olympic commitments, David Beckham did not miss a beat on Thursday as he tallied a goal and an assist while helping lead the LA Galaxy to a 5-2 victory over Isidro Metapán in the CONCACAF Champions League.
But for the Galaxy to pick up a crucial win on Sunday in an important Western Conference clash against FC Dallas, LA will once again need the English midfielder to be at his best.
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BECKHAM: "Obviously at times it was frustrating, but I think that we are, we did what we wanted to do which is getting the three points. that was the important for us. There were frustrating parts during the game, but we did the job and we got his done and now we have to recover for the game tomorrow, which is another big game. Dallas is never an easy game. they come here, they press us and work hard so we know that it's going to be a tough game."
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BECKHAM: it's great to see him back, it's great to see any player back that has come from a bad injury so it's great for them, of course and great for them personally. but we know that they've got a couple of good players and they're in good form. they're going to come here with a lot of confidence, but as long as we do our job then we should be okay."
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(On preparing for the next CCL match against Puerto Rico..)
BECKHAM: "The guys will be more than ready for the next game. that game is over with now, like i said there were a few moments in the game that were frustrating, but like we talked about was getting the three points and obviously we did that and we're in good form going into the next one."
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