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Player Focus: Eden Hazard
Eden Hazard is standing at the penalty spot, his hands on his hips. It's 0-0 in the 35th minute. The Chelsea No.17 had just tried to give the Nordsjælland goalkeeper Jesper Hansen the 'Baggio' eyes, looking intently at one corner before aiming a shot at the other.
He had also maybe heard from Petr Cech that right-footed penalty takers tend to go to the goalkeeper's right, so why not look that way and go the other instead. Except Hansen was wise to it, diving to his left and pushing the penalty away. As he did so, Hazard clenched his fists and looked to the night's sky in anguish.
Minutes earlier Nicolai Stokholm had missed a penalty at the other end. Perhaps it'd had an effect. For missing had just got very real and maybe it was catching.
Hazard has certainly come down with something over the last couple of months. And if it weren't for all the other goings-on at Chelsea, from the Clattenburg case to Roberto Di Matteo's dismissal and the unpopular decision to replace him with Rafa Benitez amid the expectation that he might be the only man capable of reawakening the world class striker lying dormant within Fernando Torres, then maybe, just maybe Hazard's form would have come under the microscope more.
Because after setting the Premier League alight more or less immediately following his £35m move from Lille, it has faltered. In the beginning, he looked like picking up where he'd left off in France, where he had scored 20 goals and laid on 16 assists in the league alone last season. It was a remarkable individual achievement. Only one other player in Europe's top five leagues managed to combine tallies of 15 or more for both goals and assists in the 2011/12 campaign, and that was Lionel Messi.
On Hazard's Premier League debut against Wigan, he set up Branislav Ivanovic and won a penalty for Frank Lampard. At home to Reading, he put in another Man of the Match performance, drawing a penalty again and laying on another couple of goals in arguably his best showing in a Chelsea shirt thus far. Then against Newcastle came his first goal - a penalty that he cooly converted - but what really sticks in the mind was that wonderful back-heel to tee up Torres.
Up until that point, Hazard had been involved in 87.5% of Chelsea's goals in the Premier League, assisting 4, scoring one and winning two converted penalties out of eight. One Sunday paper asked: "Could Hazard eclipse Thierry Henry and Eric Cantona as the Premier League's best foreign import?" Finally, it seemed, Chelsea had found a playmaker to rival Gianfranco Zola. "Gianfranco was a wonderful talent," Di Matteo claimed, "an artist I would say. Eden might become an artist as well."
He was running at people with a sense of abandon and supreme confidence, so often getting the better of his man. In August, Hazard was making 3 dribbles per game in the Premier League with a 60% success rate. Since September, however, he has generally found things that little bit more difficult. For instance, his dribbles per game have fallen to 1.25 per match at a success rate of just 38%.
To some extent, that's natural. Opponents have come to understand that Hazard represents one of Chelsea's strengths and that he needs closer attention. They've also discovered that he might be one of their weaknesses too because he has, on occasion, offered so little protection and defensive cover to his left-back.
Manchester United found this out in late October, scoring twice down Hazard's side and focusing 46% of their attacks down the right flank. Shakhtar followed suit at Stamford Bridge by concentrating 45% of their attacks in that area and while they lost 3-2 - in part because of an absence of luck and the mistakes of their goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov - their game plan was spot on.
It would be unfair to make Hazard the scapegoat for Chelsea's problems. Some have asked: what if he had opened the scoring away to Juventus after Oscar, following a mazy run, played him through on goal in the ninth minute?
People have fixated on that chance, even though Hazard later created one just as good for Juan Mata only for his attempt to be saved. Would things really have been different? In hindsight the writing was already on the wall for Di Matteo.
Still, with the exception of his role in the 4-1 win against Norwich on October 6, his part in the 4-2 victory over Tottenham and his Capital One Cup cameo against United, his performances have, in general, underwhelmed.
From the defeat to Juventus two weeks ago up until Wednesday night's visit of Nordsjælland, his WhoScored average rating over his past four games was 6.71. That of course coincided with a change of manager and an alteration in the team's style to a more solid and defensively organised outfit. But Benitez quite rightly observed earlier this week that Hazard had been struggling before his arrival too.
"Hazard can play in three positions and he has great talent," he said. "I know [Lille manager] Rudi Garcia so I have information and I know he is a great player but he has to adapt also to the tempo of the Premier League, it is not the same way to play [as in France]...
"At Lille he knew he was the key player and the way he was playing was with this feeling - 'I am the best player and I will do what I want to do and it will be right'. Here you come to the maximum level in the Premier League and Champions League. You have to be always at your best and sometimes you cannot make the difference.
"It is something that he will see and learn from and he is doing well, but he can still do better because he is a great player."
To his credit, Hazard didn't let his penalty miss define his performance against Nordsjælland on Wednesday night. David Luiz helped take his mind off it; making amends by scoring from the spot to give Chelsea a 1-0 lead just three minutes later. It unburdened Hazard and from then onwards he put on his best display for a while.
Torres was a beneficiary of his work down the left, as Hazard laid on an assist - his first in eight games - for Chelsea's fourth goal. He also deserved another, as he set up Juan Mata for their fifth, who followed up an earlier shot that Hansen had saved. It was a very good individual performance. Then again that should be expected given the calibre of the opposition and the fact Nordsjælland had nothing but pride to play for.
Benitez will be hoping Hazard can build on that showing away to Sunderland this weekend and recapture the sort of swagger he had at the start of the campaign. Still, the issue of whether all three No.10s can realistically play together as they did under Di Matteo remains under discussion.
"In a game in which you can be in possession [Chelsea had 59% of the ball against Nordsjælland], you can use them all," Benitez explained. "If it is a game [that] you have to manage because the opposition are physically strong [like in the 3-1 defeat to West Ham] then you may have [to take] another approach, but they can play together because they are very good players."
It's a conundrum for Benitez because each of his three No.10s have different strengths and weaknesses out of possession. Oscar for instance makes 1.8 tackles per game, almost twice as many as Hazard [1] not to mention Mata [0.8], and clears the ball more on average too with 1 per game compared with 0.1 and zip respectively from his fellow playmakers. However he also gets dribbled by opponents twice as much as Mata [1.2 times per game in contrast to 0.6] while Hazard leads them both in interceptions.
Finding the right balance between his three No. 10s and the rest of the team is Benitez's biggest tactical challenge at Stamford Bridge. But if he can do it then perhaps his assertion that "we can do whatever we want" in the competitions remaining to Chelsea this season isn't that far-fetched after all.


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Frequently Asked Questions About Celiac Disease 09/30/2015This Celiac.com FAQ on celiac disease will guide you to all of the basic information you will need to know about the disease, its diagnosis, testing methods, a gluten-free diet, etc. Subscribe to Celiac.com's FREE weekly eNewsletter What are the major symptoms of celiac disease? Celiac Disease Symptoms What testing is available for celiac disease? Celiac Disease Screening Interpretation of Celiac Disease Blood Test Results Can I be tested even though I am eating gluten free? How long must gluten be taken for the serological tests to be meaningful? The Gluten-Free Diet 101 - A Beginner's Guide to Going Gluten-Free Is celiac inherited? Should my children be tested? Ten Facts About Celiac Disease Genetic Testing Is there a link between celiac and other autoimmune diseases? Celiac Disease Research: Associated Diseases and Disorders Is there a list of gluten foods to avoid? Unsafe Gluten-Free Food List (Unsafe Ingredients) Is there a list of gluten free foods? Safe Gluten-Free Food List (Safe Ingredients) Gluten-Free Alcoholic Beverages Distilled Spirits (Grain Alcohols) and Vinegar: Are they Gluten-Free? Where does gluten hide? Additional Things to Beware of to Maintain a 100% Gluten-Free Diet What if my doctor won't listen to me? An Open Letter to Skeptical Health Care Practitioners Gluten-Free recipes: Gluten-Free Recipes
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Diagnosed Celiac Disease 3 Years Ago, Still Not Getting Better
Sniffy911 replied to Sniffy911's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsMy nutrionist did check my B-12 Levels. My folate was very low below normal, and my B was at the lowest part of the normal range. He suggested it was probably from the PPI's etc.
Diagnosed Celiac Disease 3 Years Ago, Still Not Getting Better
Sniffy911 replied to Sniffy911's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsThere was a period of time when I was on 40mg x2 Nexium 150mgx2 Zantac, and taking Carafate daily too. I went to a nutrionist and he felt that I was suffering from to little and had me on a HCL regiment. When I was taking it I noticed my gas levels went down, I had less flatulence and burping after eating. I sort of just stopped though, I never saw a significant difference. The PPI's do help my mouth status...when I took nexium before the mouth soars and coating seemed to go away for a little bit. PPI's though give me all sorts of other problems though it seems when I take them like discomfort etc, I just went and saw a doctor today about my throat / Tongue. My throat basically looks inflamed red and looks like constant nasal drip in the back, my tongue well looks like those pictures I left. Doctor said didn't suspect it was thrush at all and just suggested me taking a nose spray and to brush my tongue with baking soda (i hate doctors....seems like a complete waste of money and visit) I have nexium I can take....but I don't want to live on those type of drugs. Feel like its so horrible for you already being a celiac, and I believe in the after affects they leave you because I've gotten them.
Diagnosed Celiac Disease 3 Years Ago, Still Not Getting Better
Sniffy911 replied to Sniffy911's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsThank you so much both for your insight ! If it is thrush I will be truly happy and look into that direction. I wonder if my GI meds are causing or contributing to the thrush as well. The thing i've noticed though is when i Do take a PPI like nexium or something I tend not to get the tongue soars, yet it usually still looks layered and my throat never seems to heal very well. I will make a big effort to try and change up my diet some more and see what I can do about my diet and my snacks. For me cooking still seems like so much of a chore, so I'm not overly fond of it, but I know it's the best thing I can do. I've always wondered if it could be something other than Gerd, and maybe it is, if so I think it'll give me some relief.
Diagnosed Celiac Disease 3 Years Ago, Still Not Getting Better
Sniffy911 replied to Sniffy911's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsI have been trying to stay away from soy as much as possible, but I haven't completely eliminated it from my diet. Also I do make sure I keep the kitchen clean and that I don't cross contaminate or share with gluten eaters. I took some pictures of my tongue which I wanted to share if anyone had advice or if it's happen with them with celiac, but like I said my main concern seems to be my throat always being soar and raw and my tongue. http://tinypic.com/r/n7139/6 http://tinypic.com/r/309m2yc/6 http://tinypic.com/r/2u5x2sk/6
Diagnosed Celiac Disease 3 Years Ago, Still Not Getting Better
Sniffy911 replied to Sniffy911's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptomsthink prodcuts like glutino are causing a problem?
Diagnosed Celiac Disease 3 Years Ago, Still Not Getting Better
Sniffy911 replied to Sniffy911's topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsI had 2 EGDs this year, I believe my last one was around April. In the report I think they said it was a decrease and flattening of my villa and some minor gasritis. I haven't had a follow up Celiac blood panel sense I showed celiac sprue sensitivity in 2009 and had my first EGD to confirm it. I feel like my diet is pretty much extremely limited as it is because of these gerd like symptoms I experience. I don't eat any chocolate, mint, citrus, dairy, tomatoe type sauces, alcohol etc. I mostly live off things like Eggs, Bacon, Chicken, Fish, Pot Roasts, Vegtebales and gluten free snacks
Diagnosed Celiac Disease 3 Years Ago, Still Not Getting Better
Sniffy911 posted a topic in Celiac Disease - Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & SymptomsHello All ! I just wanted to post a little story on what's happened in my past. Firstly...My senior year in highschool (17 at the time, Male) One night i went to sleep and suddenly felt like I lost breath and started hiccuping non stop. I went to the E.R. and they said I looked fine except I had a sinus infection. Months passed and I was still having problems mostly with this feeling of shortness of breath. I then began to start getting stomach pains. Pains were just mostly really bad cramps and they would very in level on and off. After a year of these pains and multiple testing (Including a lot of breathing tests/asthma which i was fine with all of and told I had very good lungs) to seeing a GI doctor that ordered blood work for me. It was then he informed me that I showed sensitivity to Celiac Sprue and I got an EGD and Biopsy done which confirmed it. I have been gluten free for about three years now. I have been trying my best on my own to stick to a clear gluten free diet and use gluten free products. My stomach was feeling better, but my breathing still felt the same until this last december in 2011 where I started getting bad stomach pains again. I've gone through another 2 additional EGDs, Colonoscopy, Esophogram, Barium Swallow, Upper GI w/ lower GI follow through, Hida Scan, Food Emptying test and maybe more that I can't think of. Only thing thats shown is my damage villa and gasritis. My symptoms have gotten worse though. Mostly having to do with my throat and mouth area. I started having difficulty swallowing and had a lot of burping/gas. My throat is always red and I always have white goop in the back of my throat and my tounge is coated and will sometimes get these spots over it and will feel really soar. My GI doctor says Its reflux and so has my ENT. I saw a surgeon about possible surgery for such a problem, but when he looked over my tests he said there is zero evidence of such a thing occuring. I can barely eat a lot of food that doesn't bother me and my throat and I'm taking 150zantac x2 and a 40mg ppi x1. I'm losing weight because I can't eat much and weigh 117 pounds and I am 5-8" Ontop of this I just found out I am in stages of osteoporosis and am actually about to get what I think is called a reclapse? In about 2 hours. Has anyone had these sort of problems with Celiac Disease, or has anyone done anything that has helped them ? At 21 years of age I just feel like my life has been cut short of who I once was because I always feel miserable. I don't go out much because of my problems and its hard to enjoy anything.
Symptoms....am I Doing Everything ?
Sniffy911 posted a topic in Celiac Disease - Teenagers & Young Adults OnlyAbout a year ago I was undergoing my first real bad sickness, a sinus infection. Eventually one night I started to burp a lot and I lost my breath...Since then for a year everyday I live with a shortness of breath, sometimes its not that bad (but i'm still not breathing normal) and other times its a struggle to get a breath. It doesn't seem life threatening, because i'v never had to go for the hospital for it, or have passed out. I under went a lot of tests and back about agust 26th of this year, I found out that I had celiac Disease. Since then to today I have been doing a gluten free diet...Purchasing gluten free items, items that arn't processed where wheat is and etc. I'v also been making myself my own food. I have been on this diet for about a month now, and I'm not seeing any improvements. I also seem to maintain a lot of phlegm goop as well as yellow goop here and there. This all started when I was 17, and I'm now 18. I often feel a lot of goop in my throat that feels almost impossible to get rid of. I feel as if I breathe, and I feel it in my throat. This has gotten on my nerves not being able to fully breath probably, and makes a lot of things difficult for me, especially experiencing all this goop, i hate it... Can this all be occuring because of my celiac disease ? Before I was diagnosed with celiac disease I ate out a lotttttt, with a pretty bad diet. Can anyone relate to this feeling, or maybe something is actually triggering all these issues I have ? Like I said its been about a month with no improvements, I also get the bloating and stomache pains which are horrid ontop of the shortness of breath, and sometimes I have to spit a lot. I go to school, and I work a lot of hours, and its hard to get by when you feel this shortness of breath all the time and feel congested and tight chested. Other Symptoms include : Ear Pressure / pain, Watery eyes that I have to shut and I get a tremor sorta feeling through my ears/head at the same time. Hard to focus.... I'll try looking at something say right now at the computer screen, and I get a feeling of fog like i can't focus clearly on the screen, and often feel like i lose my train of thought, i'll feel out of it, i feel dizzy, and sort of disoriented, I really hate this feeling, because it sorta just makes you feel like your isolated and things are a blur to you while someone else may see things clearly/ I'll get muscle pains, and Tingly and shaky. Often have stomache pain feelings like....i can't let my stomache hang because it'll hurt, but also I just can't relax it cause i feel pain. I feel tired and weak.
Gluten & Asthma Symptoms
Sniffy911 replied to JillianLindsay's topic in Gluten-Free Sports and FitnessWow.....I think this post is just what I needed !!! I was recently diagnosed with Celiac disease nearly the end / early part of August/September. Which took a year to diagnosed while having symptoms. I left a post in the Related Disorders & Research - http://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/index.php?showtopic=62248 Called History...and Can These All Be Causes ? which would be nice if you guys could read and maybe provide me with some more info, cause i'm not gonna go into broad history here.... But when I first started having problems....I was getting sick (cold like symptoms) Coughing and such and mucous. One night I just lost my breath and fell into a panic attack and was sent to the E.R. they just simply gave me some meds and the sinus infection did clear up....I have though ever since been experiencing congestion problems....and ever since that one year ago, I live with a constant shortness of breath everyday. I do have a slight history with asthma but it has never really been bad. Could Celiac Disease have caused this shortness of breath....and respiratory problems ? I have been gluten free now for 3 weeks probably ? I had a lung function test and the pulmonary did say there was some interruption, and i'm going in for an even more advanced one next week.
History...and Can These All Be Causes
Sniffy911 replied to Sniffy911's topic in Celiac Disease - Related Disorders & ResearchThanks for the advice !!! Being new to this sort of thing is hard...cause all I was basically told was to stay on a gluten free diet, and to shop at places like Henry's, Trader Joes, Fresh and Easy, etc...All I have majorly been doing is buying food products that are gluten free, and making sure they're not processed in a wheat factory as well. When I read these fourms though....it looks like celiac can take many directions, its almost frightening. I'v never been tested for food allergies, should I look into it ? Would it even necessary show if I had a soy intolerance or anything else of the sort ? How could I even tell though on my diet....cause so far I'm just doing gluten free and I don't know how long that could take to show results, and if there may be that soy hiding in with it. How can a person tell !?!?!?! My main problems that I deal with are A lot of the phelgm and Mucous causing a lot of congestion. I also cough and spit up this goopyness in my stomache, and almost feels like maybe that causes some of my breathing issues...I also formulate a lot of saliva in my mouth and feel like I constantly have to spit, which feels like it dries my mouth and sorta makes me feel the heart burn and burning in my chest and throat area which also comes with the burping that causes problems too. From what people have said though, I shouldn't be suprised that Celiac Disease can cause these problems...so i'm crossing my fingers. I'm on a gluten free diet....but where should I go from there !?!?! these problems are devestating to an 18 year old....and feel like they'll never disappear !
History...and Can These All Be Causes
Sniffy911 replied to Sniffy911's topic in Celiac Disease - Related Disorders & ResearchAny other help from people would be greatly appreciated here !!! Don't be afraid to post even if you don't think it'll help, cause believe me...anything and everything helps me get through each day easier ! I read in a book on Celiac Disease, that it can cause upper respitory problems...Could this be causing my shortness of breath ? Or has anyone else experienced this while having celiac disease ? All help is appreciated !
History...and Can These All Be Causes
Sniffy911 replied to Sniffy911's topic in Celiac Disease - Related Disorders & ResearchThank you so much for your words !!! They really did mean a lot. Its nice to get clear information, because sadly, most doctors don't even know the symptoms of Celiac Disease. I do feel very bummed about what happened....being in a depressed state is never a good situation, and following others when you can't think clearly for yourself. I for one do not think I would have been mercury poisoned...I was in the ER and watch all night during the situation hooked up to an IV, and the seeds I digested all came out very shorty after upsetting my stomache. Also Mercury is illegal and there would be very little traces on the seeds. I also don't know how Mercury poisoning works though, but I would think I would have it cleansed out of my body by now. I can definately ask for a Mercury test though, it wouldn't hurt. I would think they'd be able to tell through other tests I'v had though, like the urine, which came out fine, and all the other thousands of blood work tests I'v been through ! My loss of breath also came a long with the gas, and the sinus infection which you stated I could be having problems from celiac disease, so maybe its all related to respiratory problems followed by celiac disease ?
History...and Can These All Be Causes
Sniffy911 posted a topic in Celiac Disease - Related Disorders & ResearchFirst off, I'm newly diagnosed Celiac Disease patient for about a month now, and I'm also new to the fourms. Now....IDK how much of this history may relate, or cause other problems that lead up to when i began having problems, but I have been assured it hasn't added to my Current situation, and just want to get some feedback from the general public and people who have coped with problems... Last year, In September one night, I layed down to go to sleep and instantly got this pain in my left arm...and all of a sudden, I lost my breath and started to become really gassy, burping, everything. During this time I was also undergoing a Sinus Infection. I started to have a panic attack and went to the E.R. They just said I had a sinus infection and sent me home with some meds to clear it up. My sinus infection Cleared up, but I still had this shortness of breath that would get on my nerves...Later on I would start to experience stomache pains, and some heart burn. I would also feel this thing like a lump sitting in the back on my throat all the time. This became very uncomfortable for the face that my throat hurt, I have a constant shortness of breath, and heart burn and burping. I was miserable. I was put on Omeprazle being told it was probably Acid Reflux.... This medication seemed to dull the pain for a little, but not for long. I started having all the chest pains come back....Which includes a feel of bloading, where my stoache feels so tight but and the same time, hurts when you just let it hang. Also my chest has always been really tight, and I always have phlegm or a sensation of mucus in my throat and chest. One of the doctors gave me the "Its all in your head" speech. I was not convinced though...So i'v was sent nemerous places...Ent, Pulminary, both saying they can't find anything wrong....I had Throat Xrays, Chest xrays, Chest CT scans, upper and lower GI xrays, Sinus CT scans...All came out fine...So i finally got sent to a GI doctor about 11 months while all these problems were reoccuring. He gave me a massive list of bloodwork to get done. I got the results of everything coming back clear, but traces of Celiac Sprue in my blood. I then got an endoscopy scheduled about 2 weeks later. From that they took biopsies, but from the initial search he said I was fine. When the biopsies were tested it was confirmed I had Celiac Sprue, and I have been on a diet for about a month with no changes as of yet.... This all occured when I was 17, and shorly turned 18 about 4 months after the symptoms I have started. My senior year of High School was a wreck and I missed a lot of classes, but managed to graduate. I'm in college now and It just seems like the worst time to lose that feeling of being invincible, its making life just that much tougher.... So could Celiac Disease randomly come on like that, which is my question...Can it cause the lump in the throat, the constant tightness in the cheast, and not being able to breathe amazingly. Can it cause all these symptoms ? I also get stinging eyes where I have to shut them as they water and I feel almoster a tremor and my ears beging to feel pressure as well...and my ears will randomly feel plugged. I'v had allergy testing and I'm on a lot of allergy medication and getting shots for them. I am also scheduled to get a lung functioning test to see if asthma is a cause of my shortness of breath. I'v always have had horrible shoulder and back pain...I feel some Days that I'm going to die because its so horrible. Just a month before all these problems though...I was depressed and went through a drug deal, where I digested morning glory seeds (which have mercury on them) and are susppose to give a LSA affect...I was told the poison would pass though from poison control, I threw it all up anyways. For a month after though I was fine....The same ole me how I always was feeling good ! My other friends that experienced this too are also all healthy, but it scares me because i feel like maybe I ruined my life from it....but I feel as if I had problems they wouldn't suddenly occur a month later, and I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease... I just feel alone, and need some encouragement. I really don't feel anxiety, but I do feel trapped when I go places with my problems, because sometimes they act up or sometimes I could be having a good day. The constant shortness of breath though is constant...that really is my biggest concern because my lungs and etc are fine !Could I also be having some problems to other substances like Soy, that i'v heard a lot about ? Is there testing I can do that could distinguish problems from others ? Plz help me !


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Reading the signs from Bochy on final decisions
Giants hoping to get some answers about the opening-day lineup and roster on Monday just got more intrigue.
MoreSplashHits has been trying to read between the comments and actions of manager Bruce Bochy. But it's not easy.
So here are the remaining questions and some potential answers.
WHO'S ON FIRST: Will it be Aubrey Huff? Will it be Brandon Belt?
Bochy said Monday's lineup against the A's would "be pretty close" to the opening day lineup, with one or two exceptions.
The lineup was this: CF Andres Torres, 2B Freddy Sanchez, RF Aubrey Huff, C Buster Posey, LF Pat Burrell, SS Miguel Tejada, 1B Brandon Belt, 3B Pablo Sandoval.
So then what are the "exceptions"? Well, one would assume one is Brandon Belt.
Putting Belt in the lineup raised plenty of eyebrows, fueling speculation that the Giants are still thinking about putting the rookie on the opening day lineup.
Bochy said Monday: "Now it's up to us to decide which way we're going to go." That suggests the Giants haven't decided.
But then Bochy also told Mike Krukow that nothing Belt did over these last days would impact the Giants decision. That indicates the Giants have already made decision.
Belt went 0 for 3 Monday with two weak groundouts and a strikeout.
Here's what MoreSplashHits thinks.
The Giants have already decided to send Belt to Triple-A Fresno. They're just waiting to see if anything weird happens Monday or Tuesday. Barring a late injury, Belt goes to Fresno.
The Giants gave him the start Monday as reward for a great spring and to give him a taste of what awaits him if he goes to Fresno and continues to develop his skills.
Bochy said that Mark DeRosa would start at 1B on Tuesday. That's a bad sign for Travis Ishikawa, who has already resigned himself to the assumption that his days with the Giants are numbered. By playing DeRosa at first, MoreSplashHits believes Bochy wanted the veteran to get comfortable there. Here's how we see the scenario playing out.
Belt opens at Triple-A and Ishikawa make the big club to open the season. When Cody Ross is ready to come off the DL, Ishikawa will be traded or released. DeRosa then become the lead backup to Huff at first base, at least until Memorial Day when Belt could get the call.
SO THEN WHO'S IN RIGHT? If Huff is at first base, then who plays in right field until Ross returns.
MoreSplashHits sees the Giants using a platoon of Aaron Rowand (actually in center with Andres Torres in right) and Nate Schierholtz.
Now the book says you start the RH Rowand against lefties and the LH Schierholtz against righties.
One problem, however. Schierholtz apparently never read that book.
In his career, Schierholtz hits RH pitching .249 average/.295 on base/.373 slugging. Against lefties? .354/.390/.500.
Now, Schierholtz' sample size against lefties is about one-quarter the size against righties, but those are significant splits to consider.
THE BULLPEN: Bochy said Monday that the chances are closer Brian Wilson won't open the season with the club. Wilson remained down in Arizona as he tries to recover from a strained oblique.
He'll throw off a mound Tuesday in one last chance to impress the Giants and convince them that he's ready to open the season without pitching in a live game in two weeks.
If Wilson opens on the disabled list, he won't be eligible to pitch for the Giants until April 6, when the Giants face the Padres in the sixth game of the regular season.
If Wilson's on the DL, that leaves room for both Guillermo Mota and Dan Runzler in the bullpen. When Wilson is ready, one of those two pitchers are off the 25-man roster. Runzler has minor league options; Mota would have to be released.


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Visionary, Leader, Servant: Milo Rediger at 100By Jim Garringer Published: Jul 23, 2013
Intellectually curious; a serious thinker; a gifted, engaging professor; and a visionary college administrator – all of these descriptions apply to Dr. Milo A. Rediger. Dr. Rediger, as he was fondly known by thousands of students during his Taylor tenure, loved students and saw the value of their impact upon a world that needed them so desperately.
A fixture on the Taylor campus for five decades, Dr. Rediger would have turned 100 this week. He was serving as president emeritus when he fell ill in 1988, and died a few days later. But even though he has been gone for nearly 25 years, his influence is still felt today.
Dr. Rediger envisioned a Taylor University that was vibrant, growing, equipping men and women for worldwide service to the Kingdom of God. Thus, he set Taylor on a course that led to expansion of not only the physical campus and student body, but also the academic curriculum and rigor of its challenges.
He served as a professor, dean and eventually president of Taylor University. His beliefs that the student learning continued beyond the classroom walls, that whatever was done should be done to the best of one's ability, and that Taylor must always be humbly reliant on God's providence and leading, are hallmarks of the Taylor experience.
Dr. Rediger and his wife Velma lived across the street from the Taylor campus and were parents to two sons, Nelson (an advancement officer at Taylor University) and Wesley (a veteran college administrator and consultant). While the Taylor community knew him as "Dr. Rediger," Wes and Nelson, who have shared their memories of him with us, knew him simply as "Dad."
A fellow college president once said of your Dad that it was better for Taylor to have had Dr. Rediger than to have had $10 million. Why do you believe that is?
He understood education as a function of a people, a community, a body – and so he wanted that body to come together to hear each other. He wouldn't make a decision based on one person's perspective, but he wanted one person's perspective and he would weigh that against others. There was this tremendous emphasis on dialogue – the life of the body in discerning the future.
I think it was because of his Mennonite background that he felt that God's will is best determined by a consensus of the people. (Proverbs 24:6 b "And victory is won through many advisers.). And I think he just enjoyed it. He really wanted to know what the other person thought and why. He loved the process. He thought an idea was a great thing, even if it wasn't his!
He grew up in a Mennonite community that I think as he grew older he needed more full answers to life's questions. His education he found narrow. He was looking for more complex and more comprehensive answers than he was getting. The liberal arts opened the door of the universe to him. It was the liberal arts, in a Christian context. That excited him.
I think he was disappointed when "liberal arts" across the nation began being referred to as "general education." To him, general education implied, "Get some credits and get done." What he wanted was that mind-opening experience in the liberating arts and I think he emphasized that here at Taylor for over 25 years here as academic dean in charge of both the faculty and the curriculum. I think the liberal arts core of the curriculum is what distinguishes Taylor.
Our distinguishing trait today at Taylor University is our community. I remember him at times talking about his dorm life with the students he roomed with – and I think that translated into how we look at community here at Taylor and students interacting with each other. That was one thing that was huge on his plate. He helped start that concept here.
Any time I see the word, "Community" used around Taylor's campus and what it means to students, I do think of Dad and how that was something that was really very precious to him.
Do you see a little bit of your Dad in the lives of the students he mentored?
It makes my job truly exciting because I now get to see a different side of my father than when Wes and I were growing up. We knew him as "Dad" at home, but now I see he impacted these students' lives and what it meant to them. It transformed their lives because of how he worked with them. That is what is amazing to me. He helped so many students in so many different ways.
Tell us about your "Wonder Years."
We lived across the street. Our early childhood memories are he would come home at 5:00 p.m., we would eat dinner at 5:30 p.m., and he would go back for a 7:00 p.m. meeting. Several times a week he had evening meetings with student groups, faculty groups, administrative groups. It's not like he brought a briefcase home and sat over a desk while we were playing on the floor. After meetings he would come home and look at our homework and on Friday nights or Saturdays we would all jump in the car and go to Marion and do our shopping for the week – we called it our errands.
Then on Sunday, we would get up early, the three of us – Dad, Nelson and I – and we would deliver the Indianapolis Star newspaper early Sunday mornings as the sun came up. Often, we would get in a car, drive 45 minutes or an hour to where Dad would preach and then somebody in the church would invite us over for a meal. And if we were lucky, we would get to change our pants and play basketball against the barn and then go to an evening service and get home late. We did that often. He trained as a preacher and he sought opportunities to preach, so we were in all kinds of churches all over this part of Indiana and then elsewhere.
Would your Dad recognize Taylor University today? Would that bring him joy?
I think he saw the campus changing like that with growth. I remember him several times talking about a number at Taylor of 2,000 someday down the road. He would have envisioned, I don't know if it would have been to the total extent of what it is today. He saw it changing but still keeping it in a close-knit community. That was something that he talked about at different times when it came to "how do you see Taylor in the future?"
He saw it as responding to a need in the Christian community. He was well acquainted with the presidents of Gordon and Wheaton and Biola and Westmont and so-on. He saw how the different schools fit and their different distinctives. He understood the similarities and differences. He understood this sense of sisterhood. But he understood Taylor's place in the church and in American society – and he saw it as growing.
He saw it as a stream rather than a pond. He could not sustain stagnancy. He was always thinking of today's needs and planning for tomorrow's needs. He would be thrilled.
Tell us about your Dad's spiritual life.
Mom and Dad always had people they prayed for because of his preaching around the community. There were always needs and so they always prayed for different people around the community.
His prayer for Taylor's campus was that it would grow – but grow in a way that kids would come here with a servant attitude. He enjoyed that concept and wanted students to emulate that when they left here. A lot of his committee meetings in the evenings were with student groups. That was something that, at least for Dad, was heavy on his heart that he wanted to try to impart that kind of a vision to the students he was working with on these committees.
And take a look at some of the people out there. I could go on and on about the people I have met with – it was translated to those students and that has been exciting for me to see.
I would hear him get on his knees next to his bed. I remember him expressing thanksgiving, asking for forgiveness and seeking guidance. I think that was a pattern he used – he found it in scripture and found it meaningful in his life. He was grateful for the blessings in life that he enjoyed and he was repentant for sins he believed he could not reckon with on his own.
He was very serious about whatever happened here at Taylor would be the result of God's guidance in his life and others. The thing was, it was consistent. It was continual for him. As long as I lived in the house and before I moved away it was a daily thing for him. In fact I remember in the mornings after they had built the house in the woods (the Muselman House, the current president's residence), and I was a college junior. He and I were getting ready to go to campus and he and I would stop and read a verse out of the Daily Bread devotional, then the two of us would pray and then come to campus.


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Engine Design: No Talent
I've been spending the past couple of days sorting through the results of our avgas replacement survey. The response was overwhelming: more than 3100 respondents completed the survey and perhaps two thirds of them included direct comments. This one, among many, caught my eye:
It is so ridiculous that in this day and age we are designing a fuel to fit an engine whose technology was born in the 1930s. Shame on Continental and Lycoming for not developing their engines at a pace that keeps up with modern technology. Now the industry suffers because we figure out that we should be using something other than Pepsi or Coke. I am an engine engineer working on a new engine that will burn worldwide available aviation fuel. That is simply Jet A and nothing else. This will meet the demands of future markets, and use technology to solve this ridiculous problem. Trying to engineer a fuel for 30 years, you got to be @%&$ing kidding. Meanwhile automotive engines produce more power per liter than ever before, reliably. Tell Conti and Lyco to get off their asses and hire people that know how to design an engine. As a consultant to these companies I can tell you the talent has gone and left. Very little competence there.
I'm sure this sort of sentiment will be received warmly in Williamsport and Mobile. But is it fair and does it reflect the realities of the market?
In the late summer of 1998, I sat at a conference table in Connecticut with the developmental team of what became Aerosance. They whiteboarded the technical specs of the system that eventually evolved into Continental's PowerLink FADEC system. It essentially adapted state-of-the-art automotive-type pulse-injection and variable timing to aircraft engines and by allowing use of lower-octane fuel, it anticipated the demise of 100LL. In fact, that was the major driver. At the time, I didn't particularly think the Aerosance group lacked talent, nor do I think that now. But some people told me that at the time and many of them are the very same people who, while decrying the inadequacy of other engineers, have produced nothing but talk themselves.
So why didn't PowerLink take off? Buyers said they wanted engines with more technological sizzle. Last year, I asked Continental this very question and they couldn't answer it. But I can. There was no need for FADEC. The market timing was premature. As long as there were no definite plans to eliminate leaded fuel, buyers saw no benefit. Single lever wasn't enough.
Neither did the OEMs see much merit. Cirrus tried PowerLink and so did Mooney and Beechcraft. They found the juice not worth the squeezing and customers were not lined up outside the door demanding FADEC. It was just the wrong product at the wrong time. OEMs probably had worries about reliability and performance. Perhaps it just needed a better sales effort. (I've heard that Beech will be offering PowerLink as an option on the G36 and Baron line this year or next.)
During the same period, Lycoming, in conjunction with Unison, proposed its own electronic engine control, the EPiC. It was soon dropped for technical and marketing reasons. General Aviation Modifications Inc. proposed the PRISM system. It may be progressing in the research phase, but is essentially vaporware and GAMI's engineers are as talented as any you'll find anywhere. So are Porche engine teams. Remember the PFM Mooney introduced in 1988? It was a six-cylinder, air-cooled engine with automotive-style electronic ignition, fuel injection, autoleaning, automatic cooling control and--what was supposed to be the irresistible marketing lure--a single power lever. Sunk without a trace.
More recently, in 2003, along came Bombardier with a much hyped pair of V-6s to take on Continental and Lycoming. Electronic ignition, fuel injection, overhead cams, liquid cooling. Bombardier, through its Rotax division, is the largest maker of aircraft piston engines in the world. They know how to apply technology, they know how to do reliable serial production. Cirrus was on the verge of pushing the button to offer the V-6s as an option. Yet, for internal reasons not clear, Bombardier killed the project. And just as well, because it probably would have failed, leaving Cirrus with a service mess and Bombardier with a black eye.
Why would it have failed? See above. Aircraft owners say they want technological innovations in engines, but they are fickle about responding to these by actually buying them unless these products are able to demonstrate clear benefits over the existing offerings and are at least as reliable. Continental's IO-550 series is smooth, efficient and reliable�and simple. Bombardier's proposed V-6 was more complex and had poorer fuel specifics. But it was high tech, the fruit of talented engineers. And don't forget this: The legacy fleet exerts powerful inertia on future development because low manufacturing volumes make clean sheet engines an economic challenge.
The much-vaunted Jet A burning piston engines have done a little better, but not much. Thielert and Diamond had impressive success with the Centurion line�until Thielert went belly-up, likely due to a flawed marketing and business model and a mechanically tender engine. You might argue that this had nothing to do with the engine, but it had everything to do with market perception of the engine.
SMA has few of its SR305s flying. DeltaHawk has been in development for years in one of the longest cert projects we've ever seen. There are a handful of other diesel projects in development whose likelihood of success is minimal. But it's not due to engineers of no talent, but to a low-volume market sharply sensitive to price and composed of buyers who insist on products with real benefits before they'll buy. As Diamond demonstrated with the DA42 twin, diesel acceptance is better outside the U.S., for obvious reasons. But diesel is far from the slam dunk its promoters say it is because it hasn't yet achieved wide market penetration. We will see if the avgas issue pushes the issue. Just saying that's going to happen doesn't mean that it will.
So, if you're one of those people who believe lack of talent has put us where we are now, try this thought exercise: Heave an IO-550 or O-320 up on the bench. Write down the purchase price, fuel specifics, operating costs, overhaul costs and run a life-cycle cost analysis. Put your honest-man hat on, and compare your proposed engine. Can it do five percent better? Ten? Then bring your marketing guy in�that's where you need the real talent�and ask him if he thinks he can sell it. Buyers want what buyers want. The nexus of engineering and marketing just haven't figured that out yet.
My guess is you'll eventually reach the butt scratching stage where someone will finally say, "Gee, I wonder if maybe we shouldn't just try to figure out a fuel that will work in this old engine." Good, bad, indifferent or intellectually bankrupt, that's more or less where we are now.


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San Francisco Giants lead World Series 2-0 — Thank God.
There was a frightening play in Game 2 of the World Series on Thursday.
In the second inning, the Giants' Gregor Blanco hit a liner back up the middle that hit off the top of pitcher Doug Fister's head and fell in front of center fielder Austin Jackson for a single.
The Tigers' training staff rushed out to check on the Detroit pitcher, who appeared to be fine. Still, they asked him the usual questions.
Where are you at?
"San Francisco. Game 2."
What inning is it?
What the hell was Gene Lamont thinking by sending Prince Fielder home on that double to left?
"I have no idea."
Yep, he's fine.
In game in which there were several key plays, the play in the top of the second loomed as the largest.
To set the scene: Fielder was on first base with no one out. Dmitri Young laces a double inside the third base bag. Blanco played the ball off the wall near the Giants bullpen as Lamont waved Fielder home.
From there, everything went perfectly for the Giants. Blanco hit cut-off man Marco Scutaro, Scutaro threw a strike to catcher Buster Posey, Posey applied a quick sweep tag to the sliding Fielder and umpire Dan Iassogna made a great — and correct — out call.
And while it took a perfect play to get Fielder, the decision to send him home was still questionable.
Tigers manager Jim Leyland called the decision "over-aggressive." Even Lamont had second thoughts.
"If I had to do it over," Lamont would say later, "I would have held him."
That would have been the right call. It would have put runners on second and third and no outs — against a pitcher who had struggled in his previous two outings. And as the Giants would later show, you don't need a hit to score a run.
But Lamont wasn't totally at fault. On the slide at home, Fielder's lead leg went right over the plate, and the first contact he had with the plate was his bent sliding leg, giving Posey a split-second more to apply the tag.
And then there was on-deck hitter Jhonny Peralta, who must have been too busy pondering why his first name is spelled the way it is to get into proper position to alert Fielder that the throw was coming to the inside of the plate and his slide should have been wide.
In a tight game, it's the little things that can prove to be big.
And some good luck helps, too. Someone upstairs must like the black-and-orange.
The Tigers thought they got some good luck when Omar Infante's bouncer into the hole at short handcufffed Brandon Crawford for an infield. Then, the luck changed.
Miguel Cabrera hit a rope to third base that was snagged by Pablo Sandoval. Then Fielder hit a shot to left that in many ballparks might have been a home run. In AT&T, it was a warning-track fly out.
Then in the seventh, the Giants started a rally with a single by Hunter Pence, who has been in a major funk at the plate this postseason. After Fister was lifted for lefty Doug Smyly, Brandon Belt worked a walk.
Blanco came up to bunt the runners over. After working the count to 3-1, Blanco dropped a bunt that traveled 40 feet along the dirt between the grass and the third-base line for an infield hit.
"I was joking with Roberto Kelly when I got to first base, 'We practiced that today,'" Blanco said. "That was a perfect bunt. I wasn't really trying to do that. I think it was just meant to be and I'm thankful that I did it."
Was it his best bunt ever?
"It has to be," Blanco said, "and I think the best at-bat of my career, too."
With the bases loaded and no one out, Leyland decided to play the infield back. He got the double-play ball he was looking for from Brandon Crawford. But it allowed Pence to score the game's first run.
In the eighth, the Giants loaded the bases on walks to Angel Pagan, Pablo Sandoval and Buster Posey, giving Giants fans visions of the walk-aided seven-run eighth inning in Game 2 of the 2010 World Series vs. the Rangers.
But this time, Pence fell behind 0-2, as he has so often done this postseason. But this time instead of striking out, Pence fouled off a couple of pitches before lifting a fly ball to right center for a sacrifice fly and a 2-0 lead.
So the Giants lead the Tigers 2-0 in the series after scoring two runs on outs and getting seven shutout innings from Madison Bumgarner, who had an 11.25 ERA in the 2012 postseason entering the game.
They've got a double off the third base bag, a single that traveled 40 feet and a perfectly executed outfield relay play home.
The Giants have to be feeling pretty fortunate.
"Baseball's so hard, this game's about having luck," Blanco said. "You can hit the ball 10 times with a line drive to center field and go 0 for 10."
Pitcher Ryan Vogelsong said: "You hate to say it, but sometimes you need some luck. I used to be one of those guys who said you create your own luck, but sometimes in this game that's not the case and the ball has to bounce your way."
So are the baseball gods shining on the Giants?
"I don't know about baseball gods, but I'll tell you one thing: I hope the ball keeps bouncing our way," reliever Jeremy Affeldt said. "It's been huge for us."


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Transverse Ranges > San Gabriel Mountains > Thunder Mountain > Climber's Log
Thunder Mountain Climber's Log
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|Vic Hanson
|3 Ts and Mt. Baldy
Date Climbed: Oct 14, 2002
|Started at the Middle Fork of Lytle Creek and came up to Icehouse Saddle, hit the 3 Ts on the way to Mt. Baldy. This was my 2nd attempt at this route, the 1st time in December we camped on Telegraph and went back due to ice and snow, and no Ice axe or crampons.
|Posted Apr 2, 2007 3:03 am
|David Rosenberg
|Ski Lift Peak
Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2006
|I had this as an orphan peak because it looked so unappealing. Finally knocked it off as a 3T exercise. 3.5 hours from Icehouse.
|Posted Mar 14, 2007 4:23 am
|3 Ts
Date Climbed: Feb 17, 2007
|Did this as part of the 3 Ts, although Thunder didn't seem like much of a peak to me. Nice day out, no crampons required. Did a traverse from Icehouse Canyon to Baldy Notch. Hiked down to the parking lot and hitched a ride from another SP member back to the truck.
|Posted Feb 19, 2007 10:14 pm
|Baldy + 3Ts
Date Climbed: Nov 18, 2006
|Perfect day in late November. Did Baldy via Bear Canyon before the 3Ts. Seemed like the toughest part of the hike was the long walk from the Icehouse trailhead back to the village via the highway.
|Posted Nov 19, 2006 4:03 pm
|Cookie Addict
|Over before I knew it
Date Climbed: Nov 11, 2006
|As part of the 3-T's plus Blady and West Baldy. Great day out.
|Posted Nov 13, 2006 5:36 pm
|old friend thunder
Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2006
|Walked the road up for my tenth trip to this fun summit of mine. Had some beers and watched the higher peaks of range. Some find this mountain ugly, but it is a great quick hike or longer mountain bike ride for the area. One of the few good high peaks you can actually bike to in southern california.
|Posted Sep 17, 2006 5:13 pm
|Baldy and 3 T's + Harwood
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2006
|Did Baldy from the village, the three tees (including Thunder) plus Harwood all in the heat, great hike.
|Posted Sep 7, 2006 3:37 am
|R Pollard
|Day hike with Telegraph
Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2006
|Made this one on the way to Telegraph for a nice day with the wife and kids.
|Posted Aug 20, 2006 2:09 am
|Ice House Canyon - Three T's and back
Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2006
|Started from Ice House Canyon and did Timber and Telegraph first. Reached Thunder by 12:30 and had lunch. Long hike back to Ice House Canyon
|Posted Jun 11, 2006 3:47 am
|Manker to Baldy to 3 Ts
Date Climbed: May 27, 2006
|I was disappointed by this peak! Someone en route to Baldy mentioned that "Thunder kicked my butt!" so I had high expectations for a difficult climb up, and was extremely disappointed by the sight at the top (ski lift. oh weee), and zero view (surrounded by cloud and fog) and relatively easy hike up... I think my source probably came by way of Icehouse Saddle, instead of Baldy Saddle.
|Posted May 29, 2006 5:18 am
|From Telegraph Peak
Date Climbed: Dec 6, 2003
|3 of the 3T's traverse
|Posted Mar 30, 2006 3:40 am
|Augie Medina
|Route Climbed: Via Baldy Notch Date Climbed: July 16, 2005
|From the ski parking lot, hiked underneath the lift to the Notch and then to Thunder. Then we continued on to do Telegraph and Timber and back down Ice House Canyon. I've also done Thunder as one of the 3 summits done during the Baldy Peaks 50K.
|Posted Feb 8, 2006 4:06 pm
|Route Climbed: 3-Ts trail Date Climbed: June 14, 2003
|Very, very easy hike!
|Posted Jan 2, 2006 3:39 am
|Route Climbed: 3 T's trail via Icehouse Canyon Trail Date Climbed: April 2005
|Still alot of snow, First trip getting in shape for MT Whitney.
|Posted Jan 1, 2006 4:59 pm
|Route Climbed: East Slope from Telegraph-Thunder Saddle Date Climbed: 12-3-05
|CLimbed up the East slope. In combination with the west ridge of Telegraph it makes for a great quick and steep option when doing the 3T's.
|Posted Dec 5, 2005 10:22 pm
|Route Climbed: 3-Ts trail Date Climbed: Jul-2-05
|Hiked as part of Baldy 9-peaks
|Posted Nov 25, 2005 3:14 pm
|Route Climbed: icehouse canyon to manker flat Date Climbed: 8/14/05
|Beautiful morning hike of the Three T. Saw the sun rising on Baldy from near the saddle and the wind started to pick up from there. Great day!
|Posted Aug 14, 2005 10:14 pm
|Scott M.
|Route Climbed: From the notch Date Climbed: July 2, 2005
|Went up the ski hut trail to Baldy, across the Devil's Backbone and over to Thunder before heading down the dirt road to Manker. Nice day up there. Rob McNair and I did this in the memory of our friend John Davis who passed away a week ago. John was the race director of the Baldy Peaks 50k for several years and the race tops out on both Baldy and Thunder during the event. Got involved in calling in coordinates to a rescue crew for a stranded hiker on the way down. Overall Thunder is not that tough unless you pair it with Baldy or the other two "T"s.
|Posted Jul 3, 2005 1:23 pm
|Route Climbed: 3 T's Date Climbed: 26 Jun 05
|great day
|Posted Jun 26, 2005 8:21 pm
|Route Climbed: 3ts, knotch fireroad Date Climbed: 1993-present
|A really great mountain bike peak or just a quick +8000ft peak in the los angeles area. the 3ts trail is a great route up and over telegraph peak and timber mountain.
|Posted May 29, 2005 4:26 pm


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Do you have any ancient artifacts lying around at your house?
Perhaps a 5,000-year-old stone tool? Or a drinking cup made from a walrus tusk? How about a twined basketry doll made by a Tlingit weaver?
You can learn more about your treasured collector items at the Burke Museum's 28th annual Artifact ID Day on Feb. 9.
Burke Museum experts will be on hand to give you more information about American Indian, Pacific Island, Asian and Southeast Asian baskets, blankets and cultural artifacts.
There will also be archaeological experts there to provide details on fossils, rocks, minerals and bones.
Beware that Burke's experts do not give appraisals and do not authenticate items for sale.
Also, the event is quite popular so limit the items you bring in to three.
Artifact ID Day is to be held from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, on the University of Washington campus, at the corner of NE 45th Street and 17th Avenue NE, Seattle.
Artifact ID Day is covered in the cost of admission, which is $10 general, $8 for seniors, and $7.50 for students and youths. Admission is free for children 4 and under, Burke members and UW students, faculty and staff members.
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I have to agree with RMK all of the way. His points are valid and supported by the facts of the situation. Don, you are just talking and there is no more of a point to what you are saying than there is to what Isiah is doing.
There has to be a plan and when you say that you are convinced that LB is the right coach for this team I have to wonder what in the hell you are talking about. I agree that Larry Brown is a great coach and I love the Knicks. When you say right coach for "this team" though, what are you talking about? Because what team are you referring to? There are at least four different teams here... 1. The Players Team (they seem to be suited for a specific type of play... running and beating their individual man off of the dribble, capable ball handlers that can pass but look to shoot first... Marbury, Francis, Crawford, Jalen and Nate). 2. The Coach's Team (LB's idea of playing smart basketball with few turnovers, strong defense and unsellfish play). 3. The GM's Team (the team that Isiah thinks is like the one he and Joe Dumars or Walt Clyde and Earl the Pearl played for)... and then there is 4. The Real Team (the one that has a mixture of so many odd parts that it just doesn't fit any of the above team concepts. The one that cannot gel, is inexperienced and selfish, that does not play D and has no confidence.
The point is that the GM is responsible for this because it is HIS responsibility to have sight of the big picture and to put all of the pieces together. Honestly, I like Larry... I even like Isiah because I think he believes he can do something... and I like most of our players. BUT.... it makes no differrence in the grand scheme of things if they are all operating in different realities. So when you say that LB is the right coach for this team it depends upon what you mean. LB is the perfect coach for his own version of a team but that is not what we have. There are a ton of coaches that could get more from this team of players right now than LB... but that does not matter if it does not end with a championship somewhere down the line. Our team has no identity and we will not win until it does. The question is... Can we get a single vision of "team" with the current Owner, GM, Coach and Group of Players??? It does not matter if you like all of those people, the answer is no because they all have different ideas of what the "team" is.


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With One Direction's overnight popularity as of late, there is little fans don't know about the U.K. sensation.
When CBS Local sat down with the guys, they filled us in on something they just discovered about band member Zayn Malik. "A fact that actually we only just found out the other day is that Zayn did a lot of archery when you were younger," Louis Tomlinson said.
Louis then handed Zayn the microphone and urged him to talk about it. "I don't really talk about it. How did you find out?" he asked his bandmates.
"Your mum told us," Liam Payne chimed in.
Before Zayn explained any further Louis joked, "He used to think of himself quite the Robin Hood."
With an appearance on Saturday Night Live April 7 and a U.S. tour planned, One Direction's popularity only continues to grow. Just yesterday, several fans received medical assistance while waiting for the band in Montreal.
According to the Montreal Gazette, a 13-year-old One Direction fan was taken to the hospital yesterday. After she spent hours outside in line for an appearance by the boy band, the girl suffered from "light hypothermia on her extremities," Yvan Montpetit, chief of operations for Urgences Santé said.
Another five girls were treated for similar symptoms while waiting outside the MusiquePlus studio for One Direction. Though the temperature was -11 degrees, hundreds of girls camped out in hopes to meet their favorite band.
Canada's MuchMusic recently showcased what happens when 40 One Direction super fans meet the band. The episode airs April 20, but a 50-second preview exhibits just how excited their fans can get.
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This Easter, leave the hopping around to the Easter bunny and skip the cooking. Head to one of the many restaurants offering specialty holiday menus featuring all of your favorites like ham, lamb and carrot cake. Many events feature Easter Bunny photo opportunities or egg hunts. Local candy shops also offer holiday treats to spruce up your Easter baskets.
Easter options at local candy shops:
For Easter and Passover, Max Brenner offers a variety of treats including the Spring Favorite Box for $6.50 featuring caramelized almonds rolled in hazelnut cream and fine cocoa powder, the Easter Praline Box for $12.90 featuring an assortment of nine bonbon, the Spring Praline Box for $23.90 featuring an assortment of 18 bonbons and a variety of collection boxes ranging in price from $26-$89.
See's Candies is offering hand-decorated Easter eggs, chocolate rabbits, springtime truffles and orange cream lollipops for the holiday.
B Sweet Candy Boutique will be closed Easter Sunday but it will have green apple cotton candy with green edible glitter the Friday and Saturday before Easter as well as Easter baskets starting at $19 and other sweet treats.
Payard Pâtisserie & Bistro at Caesars Palace offers an abundance of decadent Easter goodies available for purchase, perfect for stuffing in Easter baskets and giving as holiday gifts. Items range from chocolate bunnies, to chocolate-filled eggs and Eater-themed sugar cookies.
Sugar Factory offers a variety of Easter baskets filled with chocolate treats, sugary surprises, plush toys and playful Easter merchandise. Baskets range in price from $22.95 to $160.
Ethel M offers some of their most anticipated seasonal treats: the Peanut Butter Truffle Box and the Fruit Truffle Egg Box, each priced at $28. They feature eight individually hand airbrushed pieces, making every chocolate a unique piece of edible art. The Peanut Butter Truffle Box includes both milk and dark chocolate eggs filled with creamy, peanut butter made in the factory from roasted peanuts with a hint of sea salt. The Fruit Truffle Egg Box features a variety of ganache-filled chocolates including key lime, strawberry, lemon and raspberry. Both collections are presented in premium pastel iridescent packaging ready to gift in any Easter basket. Ethel M will also return three spring-themed Keepsake Truffle Tins, each featuring a choice of deliciously smooth, gourmet milk, dark and vanilla truffles. The truffle tins are $22 and include 12 pieces each. For the ultimate chocolate enthusiast, Ethel M will sell a variety of Easter gift baskets, each containing a mix of Ethel M favorites and seasonal treats and retail for $60.
Easter dining options:
The Seasons Buffet at Silverton offers special Easter items served from 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. including all-you-can-eat crab legs, prime rib, honey glazed ham, mussels, roasted leg of lamb and herb crusted turkey. Enjoy holiday desserts served with salads, delicious sides and much, much more. The price is $25.95 per person or $23.95 per person with Silverton Rewards Club Card. Children 4 – 6 are half price.
Castle Walk Food Court inside the Excalibur has a week-long social media Easter egg scavenger hunt through Sunday, March 31. Each day, one egg will be hidden at a major location within Excalibur. Holiday revelers can hop onto Castle Walk's, Twitter account and Facebook page to obtain a daily riddle, which will provide clues to uncovering the egg's hiding spot. The first person to find the egg wins. Each egg will contain instructions for winners to claim a variety of prizes, which increase in value every day and include items such as one dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts, a $25 gift certificate to Castle Walk Food Court, a Popcornopolis variety pack, a pair of tickets to Tournament of Kings, a pair of tickets to Australian Bee Gees and a $100 gift certificate to The Spa at Excalibur. On Easter Sunday, one lucky winner gets the grand prize of a two-night stay at Excalibur, a pair of tickets to Thunder From Down Under and a $50 gift certificate to Castle Walk Food Court.
Tivoli Village welcome spring with an Easter petting zoo and photography sessions with real baby animals. Children will have the opportunity to sit on real grass within white picket fencing, pet bunnies, chicks and ducks and have their photos taken. Several picture packages will be available for purchase. Children can enjoy goodie bags compliments of Summerlin Hospital with a picture package purchase. Children can also visit the petting zoo for free without picture packages. The event runs from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Cantina Laredo welcomes families to celebrate Easter with modern Mexican cuisine by offering a complimentary kids' meal with purchase of an adult entrée. Brunch is served Sunday from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. and comes with a complimentary bloody Mary or mimosa with. Featured Sunday Brunch menu items include crab cakes Benedict and asada y huevos.
Grand Lux Cafe offers brunch from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. featuring favorites such as omelets and blueberry pancakes in addition to Grand Lux Cafe signature dishes like the chocolate chip-infused red velvet pancakes and south of the border-inspired chilaquilas plus made-to-order breakfast beignets.
Easter Brunch at Via Brasil is $34.99 and is served from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. The meal features eight meats including picanha, prime rib, tenderloin in bacon, turkey in bacon, chicken drumsticks, pork loin, skirt steak, smoked ham & pineapple, plus a gourmet salad and appetizer bar and dessert. Dinner is served from 2 - 8:30 p.m. and costs $44.99. The meal features 18 meats, a gourmet salad and appetizer bar with 35 hot and cold dishes plus dessert. There will be an Easter egg hunt and children can eat for half price. All diners will get a $20 gift card for use on a future visit.
Strip House at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino offers Easter specials including a grilled baby artichoke and baked ricotta salata salad ($16). The main course is spring lamb Wellington ($48) with ramps, morel mushrooms and roasted heirloom carrots. Dessert is a strawberry panna cotta ($10) with roasted strawberries, a rhubarb marmalade and an almond cookie.
Central Michel Richard offers brunch specials priced at $25 including an eggs Benedict trio with a trio tasting of mimosas. The trio includes a traditional, a smoked salmon and a short rib Benedict.
The D Grill at The D in downtown Las Vegas offers an Easter brunch buffet featuring pastries, fresh fruit, bacon and sausage, biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, chicken marsala, candied yams and ham. The meal is served from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. and is $17.95 per person.
Tender Steak and Seafood at Luxor offers offer a four-course prix-fixe menu featuring entrees like Skuna Bay salmon, priced at $75, or Oregon spring lamb tasting trio priced at $85. For dessert, enjoy Tender's Dessert Tasting Trio including vanilla bean crème brulee with crystallized rose, cherries jubilee angel food shortcake and blood orange sorbet paired with Lamarca Prosecco.
Public House Las Vegas offers a specialty brunch menu accompanied with bottomless mimosas priced at $25 featuring short rib eggs Benedict served with tender short rib and homemade hollandaise on a French croissant with hash browns, steak & eggs served and hash browns, the breakfast sandwich of two fried eggs, cheddar cheese, chipotle ketchup and a choice of applewood smoked bacon or banger sausage on a Kaiser roll and accompanied with hash browns and vanilla bean French toast served with strawberry and blackberry compote, butter and maple syrup with a choice of applewood smoked bacon or banger sausage.
Addiction at Rumor offers an Easter brunch menu featuring a la carte items like short rib nachos, chilled melon soup, barbecue shrimp and grits, bananas Foster pancakes, seafood crepes plus apple tarts and molten lava cake for dessert.
"Top Chef" contestant Carla Pellegrino's new Meatball Spot will offer an Easter Mimosa special on Saturday and Sunday. Guests can enjoy $7 Mimosas all weekend long.
Fernando Guerrero, executive chef of Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House of Las Vegas, offers a three-course brunch including a choice of starter, entrée and dessert for $39 per person, plus the option to add side dishes and kid-friendly choices. Brunch is served from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Easter Sunday and guests can choose from starters including a Del's Salad with avocado goddess dressing or tomato basil bisque with Parmesan croutons. Entrée options include filet mignon Benedict with poached eggs, toasted English muffin and cajun lobster sauce, shrimp and grits, banana and mascarpone stuffed French toast with Grand Marnier syrup and thick-cut bacon or a 12-ounce prime rib with horseradish cream and au jus. Desserts include a warm banana bread pudding, chocolate mouse or cheesecake. Side dishes, which are an additional $7 each, include thick-cut bacon, sausage links, sautéed mushrooms, thin green beans, and chateau potatoes.
Del Frisco's Easter menu will also include kids' favorites for $10 each such as French toast with bacon, macaroni & cheese with French fries and grilled cheese with French fries.
On Easter Sunday, The Resort on Mount Charleston hosts a family-friendly Easter Sunday Brunch Buffet including breakfast classics like scrambled eggs, French toast, pancakes bacon and sausage, as well as honey-glazed ham and oven-roasted turkey. Visit the dessert bar for an assortment of muffins, scones, cookies and brownies and fresh-cut fruit. At 4:30 p.m., the Easter Bunny will make a special appearance for an Easter Egg Hunt. Seating times for the Easter Brunch Buffet are at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Prices are $27.95 for adults and $15.95 for children 12 years of age and younger. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 702-872-5500.
Border Grill at Mandalay Bay offers its popular, all-you-can-eat Border Brunch ($29.99 per person with optional $5 bottomless mimosas) featuring small plates and exquisite cocktails. Available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., guests can enjoy treats like the bacon jalapeño PBJ, Peruvian shrimp and grits, Mexican chocolate pancakes, bread pudding French toast, frittata tart, Mexican rice pudding, breakfast enchilada and short rib hash and egg. Rounding out the menu is Border Grill's famous dulce de leche-infused churro tots, an episode-winning dish from season three of Bravo's "Top Chef Masters."
Marche Bacchus offers a champagne brunch featuring a four-course meal and a complimentary mimosa or champagne ($49 per person). Available from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., guests can enjoy dishes like chilled carrot ginger soup, jumbo lump crab cake, pan roasted salmon, chicken crepes and classic eggs Benedict.
Rick Moonen's rm seafood at Mandalay Bay features a special surf n' turf Benedict ($45) with lobster, prime flatiron, asparagus, truffle-poached egg, and a citrus hollandaise on Easter day.
Fiesta Henderson offers an Easter Egg cocktail ($5) in honor of the Easter celebration. This cocktail includes a colorful blend of Blue Curacao, White Crème de Cacao and half and half.
Corporate Executive Chef Saul Ortiz will cook up an authentic Mariachi Brunch for Easter Sunday at Tacos & Tequila at Luxor from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. The menu offers a wide selection of egg combinations including huevos rancheros made with ranchero sauce, black bean puree and two eggs, any style, all served on a corn tortilla and priced at $13. Guests can also enjoy huevos con chorizo, a Mexican spiced sausage with scrambled eggs, potatoes and salsa verde served on a warm flour tortilla, priced at $11. Chef Ortiz will serve up his specialty dish, chilaquiles, a mix of marinated chicken, red or green sauces, panela cheese, crema fresca and onion served on a crispy flour tortilla, priced at $14.
Honey Salt welcomes the holiday with its first ever Easter Egg hunt beginning at 11 a.m. It is included with purchase of the special Kid's Easter Corner menu. Honey Salt opens for brunch at 11:30 a.m. with brunch specials including artisanal hand-carved ham off the bone and farm fresh eggs with breakfast potatoes. Honey Salt opens at 5 p.m. for dinner with specials including artisanal hand-carved honey glazed ham with fingerling potatoes and spring vegetables. The Kid's Easter Corner menu is $15 and includes a choice of entrée, juice and dessert.
T-bones at Red Rock Resort serves Easter Brunch from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. including assorted salads and smoked salmon, chilled shrimp and crab claws, made-to-order omelets, braised short ribs, roasted pacific halibut, lemon thyme chicken, cinnamon roll pancakes, dessert and pastries for $75 per person. Children 8 & under are $29. The Easter Bunny will also be making a special appearance.
Celebrate Easter Sunday Italian-style at Rao's at Caesars Palace. Specials include corn soup ($15), crab cakes ($21), penne pasta with lamb ragu ($28) and carrot cake ($12).
Hash House A Go Go offers Easter food and drink specials ranging in price from $5.25 to $31.95. Brunch specials include lamb chop hash, butterscotch almond pancakes and roast chicken Benny. Dinner specials include a wedge salad, Hash House mixed grill with lamp chops, duck breast and boneless rib eye and mahi mahi.
Platinum Hotel offers an Easter menu served from 11 a.m. -8 p.m. priced at $25 per person. Choices include crème of mushroom soup, quiche Loraine, seared salmon, grilled t-bone steak and roasted vegetable ravioli. For dessert enjoy tiramisu or crème brulee.
Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort invites families and children of all ages to its annual Kids' Carnival Weekend from Thursday through Sunday. The festivities take place 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. daily and include a snow scavenger hunt, treats like popcorn and cotton candy, and a variety of carnival games including ring toss and beanbag toss. The event is sponsored in part by Centennial Hills Hospital and a lift ticket or season pass is required to participate.
On Sunday at 8 a.m., the resort hosts its annual Easter Sunday celebration with an children's egg hunt at 11 a.m., a bunny chase and noon and an adult egg hunt at 1 p.m.
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar offers a three-course Easter brunch for $36.95 per guest. In addition, each party will receive a $25 dining card valid for a future visit. The meal experience begins with a choice of appetizer including lobster bisque, modern Caesar or fresh seasonal fruits, followed by a choice of entrée including prime rib with a trio of sauces or baked brioche French toast with a walnut crisp, and a choice of desert including the classic white chocolate bread pudding.
Marnelli's at the M Resort offers an Easter brunch featuring choices of asparagus and rock shrimp soup, spring pea tortelloni, grilled Pacific swordfish and caramelized pear and milk chocolate caramel mouse with a hazelnut bar.
M Resort offers a take-home meal option for Easter offering a selection of entrees, sides and desserts ranging in price from $129-$189. Orders must be placed by Friday, March 29. Please call 797-1878 to place an order.
Studio B Buffet at M offers Easter specialties like bone-in glazed ham, Australian rack of lamb, bamboo salmon, beef Wellington, prime rib and a hearts of palm salad in addition to its usual offerings.
Du-Par's at Golden Gate offers an Easter dinner from 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. featuring carrot ginger soup, roasted leg of lamb, mashed potatoes, sautéed baby carrots and key lime pie for $19.95.
Dos Caminos offers an a la carte Easter menu featuring sopa de albondigas, sincronizadas Oaxaquenas (serrano ham and Mexican cheeses) and cajeta-filled dark chocolate eggs.
Under the direction of Executive Chef Rick Giffen, Stratosphere offers special menu items for Easter Brunch and Easter Dinner on Sunday at Top of the World Restaurant and McCall's Heartland Grill. Top of the World Restaurant's Easter Brunch will feature an East/West crepe duo for $32, in addition to the regular Top of the World Sunday Brunch menu. The East/West crepe duo includes an Eastern-influenced chive and sweet potato crepe filled with hoisin barbecue duck. The West crepe is stuffed with mixed seafood including shrimp, scallop and lobster, combined with an herb white wine cream sauce. Brunch is served from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Easter Dinner will offer guests three additional items to the Top of the World dinner menu including Colorado lamb chop with rosemary and pomegranate balsamic reduction for $75, center cut Alaskan king crab legs with jalapeño chili lime butter for $75 or petit filet with demi-glace and elephant black Garlic for $75. Dinner is served from 4:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
McCall's Heartland Grill offers specialty items like lobster mousse-filled smoked pork rack with caramelized pear chorizo risotto cake served with spring vegetables for $29. McCall's Heartland Grill is open 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. through Easter Sunday.
R Steak & Seafood at the Riviera Casino offers a four-course Easter menu featuring choices of asparagus soup with Parmesan crisp, frisee and radicchino salad, grilled lamb chop, papardelle pasta or saffron-infused halibut and fruit tarts for dessert.
Todd English's Olives offers Easter lunch or dinner featuring starters such as grilled shrimp cocktail, barbecue pork flatbread or watermelon gazpacho and then a main course of black olive chicken, pan-seared snapper or surf and turf. For dinner, enjoy choices like lump crab salad or asparagus soup, surf and turf or pan seared swordfish.
The Fountains Brunch at Jasmine offers a special Easter menu on Sunday for $68 per person, featuring a shellfish bar featuring colossal Alaskan king crab, fresh-shucked oysters on the half shell, an assortment of seasonal sushi and nigiri, and American caviar atop buckwheat mini waffles with chive crème fraiche, lobster profiterole with caviar and herb-crusted tuna with quail egg and caviar.
Executive Chef Bruno Riou at Mix offers a four-course seasonal menu for $80 per guest ($45 additional for the wine supplement). Menu highlights include the king crab and mango salad, seared scallops, garnished with asparagus and morels and rack of Colorado lamb.
The Buffet at Bellagio offers a special Easter menu Friday through Sunday for $45.95 per person featuring several live-action cooking stations as well as an unlimited selection of caviars during its Gourmet Buffet Service. Highlights include specialty salads such as truffle Yuzu Thai beef, duck confit green goddess salad and rabbit with cous cous. The Buffet at Bellagio will serve its Easter menu from Friday at 3 p.m. to Sunday at 10 p.m. Dinner will be priced at $47.99 (which includes unlimited caviar) and brunch, served from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, is $35.99.
Café Bellagio offers several Easter menus, one with three courses for $54 or four courses for $62. Starters include springtime gazpacho with lump crab and spicy tomato cucumber broth topped on a crostini and asparagus and Mushroom crostata and braised lamb shank for the main course. Enjoy strawberry mousse for dessert.
LVH-Las Vegas Hotel offers Easter Sunday champagne brunch for $22.95 ($11.50 for children 12 and under) from 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Enjoy chipotle-crusted prime rib, braised turkey, honey glazed ham, barbecue chicken, omelets, cinnamon rolls and a chocolate fountain. Dinner is served from 3-10 p.m. and includes specialties like Canadian snow crab legs, hand-rolled sushi, fresh made pasta to order, crispy fried chicken and chile rellenos.
MGM Grand Buffet offers Easter brunch for $25.99. Enjoy traditional roasted turkey breast, Portuguese sausage, leg of lamb, honey glazed ham, roast beef and apple chicken sausage.
Bratalian by Chef Carla Pellegrino offers an Easter menu served Friday and Saturday featuring Dijon breaded oven-baked lamb chops served with French beans, mashed potatoes and mint sauce for $38.
Comme Ca by David Myers at the Cosmopolitan offers an Easter buffet brunch from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. featuring items like French potato salad, glazed spring vegetables, beer can chicken, roasted leg of lamb, smoked honey ham and grilled ruby trout. Desserts include apple scones, chocolate croissants, lemon tarts éclairs and Comme Ca's duck confit cinnamon rolls. Brunch is $49 per person with a bottomless champagne, mimosa or bloody Mary option for and additional $25.
Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill at Caesars Palace offers a holiday prix fixe menu on Sunday from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. for $48 per person. The menu offers chicory and roasted beet salad, prime beef rib-eye, seared Scottish salmon, roasted fingerling potatoes, honey-thyme roasted carrots and parsnips, minted English peas, Yorkshire pudding, red wine marrow sauce and horseradish cream. Berries and cream will be offered for dessert.


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Elves and Sprites
Upper atmospheric lightning or upper atmospheric discharge are terms sometimes used by researchers to refer to a family of electrical breakdown phenomena that occur well above the altitudes of normal lightning. The preferred current usage is transient luminous events (TLEs) to refer to the various types of electrical discharge phenomena in the upper atmosphere, because they lack several characteristics of the more familiar lower atmospheric lightning. TLEs include red sprites, sprite halos, blue jets, gigantic jets, and elves.
At first the terms elves and sprites implies a certain almost mythic note. They are an electrical discharge associated with thunderstorms but normally above them as opposed to what most people see from underneath a thunderstorm. They are best observed from beyond the earth.
Elves often appear as a dim, flattened, expanding glow around 250 miles in diameter that lasts for typically one millisecond. They occur in the ionosphere 60 miles above the ground over thunderstorms. Elves is an acronym for Emissions of Light and Very Low Frequency Perturbations from Electromagnetic Pulse Sources.
Sprites are large scale electrical discharges which occur high above a thunderstorm cloud, giving rise to a varied range of visual shapes. The phenomena were named after the mischievous sprite (air spirit) Puck in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. They normally are colored reddish orange or greenish blue, with hanging tendrils below. They often occur in clusters above the Earth's surface. Sprites have sometimes been held responsible for otherwise unexplained accidents involving high altitude aircraft flying above thunderstorms.
A team of Spanish researchers has made a recent high speed recording of elves and sprites in storms, fleeting and luminous electric phenomena produced in the upper layers of the atmosphere. Their analysis of these observations has been published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.
The results show there are many fewer elves in storms that form over land than those at sea, apparently due to winter storms having greater energy. The scientists also observed the interaction between two sprites. A branch of one of them hit and bounced off the second, giving clues about their dynamics and electric structure.
These elves and sprites are illustrative of the many phenomena that are not clearly known because of their relative rarity and briefness.
For further information: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100610093511.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper-atmospheric_lightning


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By Amanda Wicks
Ed Sheeran is helping SBTV celebrate its 10th anniversary with an exclusive video of his new single "Eraser."
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Sheeran shared how it had been seven years since SBTV first uploaded one of his videos. "Which started my career properly," he added.
In a sepia-toned video, Sheeran plays an extended acoustic version of "Eraser." Even though the video is edited into several different shots, Sheeran performed the whole song in only one take. At the end, when a man off camera tells him that, he smirks shyly and replies "Cool" before walking off the set.
"Eraser" appears on Sheeran's forthcoming album ÷ (pronounced divide), which arrives March 3rd.