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I found one thing pretty funny, that those guys have even bigger hype towards JV than some Raptors fans.
Well, lets see the bright side, this thread is pretty popular up there, and they are debating of Toronto being playoff team with way more talent.
I wish we could have that kind of optimism with Calderon, reading RealGM makes me sick to my stomach most of the time
I was just reading through the Rockets forums and I can across a post that killed me with laughter - thought I'd share
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We should have done better on Lowry. I don't like losing Lee and Dragic for nothing either. I'm praying that Morey doesn't piss away our rebuild before we have a chance to see what we have in our young talent. I could get excited about Linsanity, White, and Lamb."
If we lose Dragic and Lee for nothing, trade away Lowry for peanuts, and both Asik and Lin are matched, how can Les justify keeping Morey? That's a pretty impressive run of fail, right there."
Totally ripped them off on that deal hahaha BC made up for himself.. good job! LOL
I would like to hear what the houston GM has to say about the Lowry trade. They lost dragic and courtney lee and there are no standout PGs out there in free agency with Nash and Dwill gone. Why would he trade Lowry whose numbers have steadily improved over years for a protected first rounder?
I can imagine two likely scenarios
- he doesn't rate Lowry and thinks someone else is better going forward
- they are tanking this season
Here is the free agent PG list (bold : possible move for Houston):
Jason Kidd
Ramon Sessions
Nate robinson
Kirk Hinrich
Derek fisher
Bayless (likely to stay)
Jeremy Lin
Lou williams
Aaron Brooks
Raymon Fat-on
Andre Miller
Jameer Nelson (likely to re-sign)
DJ augustin
Billups (likely to re-sign)
I would be very interested in knowing what they can offer for a pure PG like Calderon.
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Discussion in 'Doctor Who' started by Candlelight, May 30, 2012.
Holy $#!t. Well, I guess I know what my next stop is once I get a working time machine.
I enjoyed this one. Despite being very little suspense and mystery about the story the very down-to-earth alien abduction storyline would've felt right at home a few years later under Jon Pertwee. The removal of Ben and Polly so early in the story was a little weird, bringing them back for one scene in the final story made for a very frustrating finale, as they'd already been gone for three weeks beforehand!
I think this story would've worked better as a four-parter, as it just doesn't hold it's length. The fact that the originals are simply hidden in a carpark at the airport and not somewhere more secure (like maybe not even at the airport) would've been more realistic.
Got some time to kill so gonna go back and try and listen to the entire The Evil of the Daleks again in it's entirety, and not try to skip two episodes this time.
Would you prefer if they just vanished and didn't show up again like Dodo?
Actually, that makes me wonder if Ben & Polly left due to a contract despute too. Anyone know?
Not quite, Anneke was asked to stay for longer, but didn't think it was fair on Micheal, who's wasn't renewed. It's possible they were only contracted for so many episodes, and their departure scene was shot on film so may have been shot weeks earlier anyway.
I guess they just never expected Jamie to take off like gangbusters the way he did.
Just got the last box set of missing episodes audio releases so looking forward to working through them once the Olympics is over particularly Web and Fury.
Indeed, their departure scene in episode six was shot with the rest of the location work between Macra Terror 4 & Faceless Ones 1, so their last work on the series was the studio for FO2.
And, as you suspect, their contracts for so many episodes had been issued before the number of episodes in each story later on in the season had been tied down, so they ran out in mid story. The oddity is that it wasn't halfway through Faceless One - they were both under contract and paid through to Evil of the Daleks (episode 2, I think, but I've not found the reference to check). There's been speculation that they were originally going to be left behind in 1966 London when the action in Evil jumped back to 1867 Canterbury, but the surviving story outlines, etc, don't back this up).
Their departure is a bit odfd and perfunctory, but the best explanation is just that having decided to switch to Jamie and the new girl (and that was originally going to be Samantha/Cleo/Mary, before ending up as Victoria next story) producer Innes Lloyd wanted to make the change as soon as possible.
It was episode 2 of Evil - IIRC this was because they were renewed for a certain number of 4-episode stories. With The Faceless Ones being 6 episodes, this meant Wills and Craze's contract only lasted through to the first two episodes of Evil.
Indeed; it's been an often quoted fact that David Whittaker originally had Ben and Polly in the first two episodes of Evil, but had to remove them when they were written out in The Faceless Ones. Pity, it's the last time until the late Tom Baker era that the Doctor had three companions. It did allow adventures to be spread over 3 or even 4 storylines when everyone splits up.
I managed to listen to the story the entire way through. I still find the early episodes extremely dull and in the whole scheme of things largely superfluous. That said, I do have a new found appreciation of certain elements, and enjoyed episode 5 now more than I did. The final two episodes however are still stunningly good.
Based on the surviving episode, I'd always had a soft spot for this serial. It felt quite good, the isolated base under siege saga isn't new but being in a 1930s monastery in Tibet adds a new flavour to it... even if it was a Welsh countryside.
But the rest of the missing serial is decidedly average. Victoria is bizarrely written, with her eager to get out there and explore, especially in the cave towards the end of episode one, when suddenly she doesn't want to go in and becomes all hysterical. The Yeti don't actually do much in this story, except walk up and down the mountain a few times. Another story which would probably have worked better as a four-parter.
Pity episode six is missing, I'd love to have seen part of the Himalayas explode.
Might as well stay with the Yeti theme and hear a story I know next to nothing about...
Coming into this story with little knowledge of it, I didn't expect much. Indeed I had always considered The Abominable Snowmen to be the better of the two Yeti stories, though this was based purely on the surviving episodes of each story.
Put simply this is probably the best serial Troughton ever did. The action doesn't let up from the start, Lethbridge-Stewart has a great introductory piece and the Intelligence works better here than before in that it isn't treated as an in-your-face villain, this time running things in the background (or rather, out of sight of the audience for most of it).
My only point of contention would be the Yeti. Why were they brought back from a story perspective? They worked well in Tibet because they could be interpreted as the legendary beast but in 1970s London it just seems a bit silly. The robots could've resembled something else. The fact that the G.I also put all of it's energy into a single contraption that could easily be destroyed (the pyramid in Abominable, the mind draining machine here) is a little naff, but not enough to ruin the story.
It's funny that this story would mirror the following one (Fury from the Deep) with similar storylines, such as the fungus (seaweed) in a confined area of the london underground (north sea oil rigs) protected by people under the influence of the Great Intelligence (weed creature).
Celestial Toymaker next.
Web ep1 is also very similar to the start of The Invasion; after an altercation in space, they land on near-modern day earth and meet Lethbridge-Stewart, who is trying to deal with beings underground...
...oh God... the Toymaker is so dull... I'm only part way through episode 2 and I want to claw my ears off...
That does tend to be the standard reaction. It's been said that it looked more interesting onscreen - that's difficult to believe in view of episode four, but the suggestion is that part of its appeal at the time is that the bright, it's all fun, atmosphere of part one got darker and more menacing week by week, hence part four looking so dark you'd almost think they were trying to cover up for not being able to afford any sets...
I suppose splitting the companions into more storylines worked better when the actual stories were longer. But if you're just doing a 4-parter, too many companions can really bog things down. Three companions worked fine in the early years when it was Ian, Barbara, & Susan/Vicki. They clearly had it worked out what the dynamic was supposed to be between all of the characters. It doesn't work so well when you have companions that were just kinda thrown in suddenly because the characters proved popular, even if they don't mesh with the rest of the cast.
Very average. I got into the 'rhythm' of it by the end of but not my cup of tea. Probably would've been more interesting had they been better games. Episode 2 was probably the best, the one with the dolls. Dodo was unbelievably annoying. The number of times she ruined the 'games' was atrocious.
Almost finished The Smugglers.
Not bad, better than The Highlanders but only just. Just average, not much more I can say.
The Invasion next.
Where do you get the missing-episode audios? I've heard about them, but I don't know where they're sold.
Do a search for 'Doctor Who: The Lost TV Episodes' on Amazon and you'll find 4 box sets containing all the missing stories up to The Ice Warriors (there's a fifth box set out in the UK and likely coming out soon in the US)
The stories are also available on iTunes as audiobooks - they will come up under a search for each individual story title.
As Philip said they're available on CD for purchase. I was fortunate enough to have a friend with them which he lent me, although some were ripped audio files (like the Colin Baker-narrated Macra Terror from cassette tape). I've never been through all of them like this before; in the past I've only ever focused on The Power of the Daleks & Mission to the Unknown (my two favourites), plus a couple of others.
Still have to acquire decent copies of Macra (which was a terrible transfer and would prefer to hear the Frzaer Hines version) and The Underwater Menace (the CD was badly scratched).
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So I am late for the discussion. Being a cheapskate I requested a paper version through my local library and so did not read it until yesterday.
First off I really enjoyed the chess aspect. Thanks to fantasyfan for his post the reminded me of so much that I had forgotten, as well as informing me of some things that I had never known. I became and avid chess player during my last two years of high school and during first two years of college. I actually was inspired into really getting serious about chess by Bobby Fisher and his match with Boris Spassky. I never approached professional level, but did become a very good amateur player. So I did find the character of Czentovic largely realistic. Fisher was from a very early age a wizard at chess, but in almost all other aspects of life was unremarkable, if not incompetent. The only thing that I would question is Czentovic's inability to visualize the game, to play, without having the board and pieces in front of him. All the players that I have ever been aware of that achieve the world class (Grandmaster) level can actually play blindfold. In addition while they have a natural gift for chess, in order to be competitive at that level requires intense study; of openings, end games, combinations, historical games (especially of prospective opponents). No idiot savants. That is the reason I found the chess playing ability of Dr. B. unrealistic. As I said I became a very good amateur, but recall having the opportunity to play a simultaneous exhibition match against a International Master player along with about forty other players. While I was the last one to resign in knowledge of sure defeat, and while throughout the match the IM seemed to take longer to make a move when he came to my board, the final result was never really in doubt. That Dr. B. could have become a player of the level to defeat the world champion solely be studying a collection of games during his confinement is really the stuff of fiction. That actually leads to my next thought on the book.
I thought that Issybird hit it on the nail describing Zweig as seeing good versus evil in terms of social class. The upper class and petty bourgeoisie good, and the lower proletariat class "evil". The contempt and resentment that the narrator (Zweig) holds for Czentovic for thinking that he [Czentovic] should think of himself as equal to or even superior to his social betters. Also that Czentovic should treat chess as a vocation to obtain wealth and improved social standing, instead of treating the game as something that has enough merit as a purely intellectual exercise. In real life I imagine that Zweig felt the same about the Nazis and how many anti-intellectual commoners were able to achieve such positions of power. I did read the edition that included the introduction Peter Gay and that did provide the information that Zwieg was a great admirer of Freud, considered modern psychological analysis a a world changing view of the world, and even wrote his stories with major consideration of that. In the end Dr. B. (Zwieg) is a broken man who cannot deal with permanent loss of the life and position that he enjoyed prior to the rise of the Nazis.
I also saw basically no connection between Czentovic and the Nazis, other than in Zwieg's views as described above. Czentovic was just someone who had found a way to achieve undreamt of success through his ability to play chess, and his behavior during the match with Dr. B. was typical of any fiercely competitive chess player. And anyone who reaches that level is. Zwieg does not indicate that Czentovic knew anything about Dr. B.'s past, his mental state, or even that he had any idea who this unexpectedly strong player was.
I found the discussion of using solitary confinement as a method of torture interesting after having read this article a couple of months ago. Jailhouse Blues. Inspired by the Quakers Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary was opened 1829 and represented a major departure from viewing prisons purely as punishment, but more as a place of rehabilitation. The concept was that all prisoners would be kept in 24-hour solitary confinement and were expected to occupy the hours reading scripture, inspiring them to penitence (hence penitentiary). This inspired a movement to copy it across the US. In the end it turned out to be a case of great intentions gone horribly wrong. The prisoners kept for long under these conditions emerged totally unable to cope with society, if not driven outright insane. Attempting to be more humane in fact resulted in what amounted to cruel and inhuman punishment.
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I finished this story before most of this conversation began, and have been letting it all soak in, as it were.
I actually really enjoyed the story and think that it does stand up to the test of time, for two reasons. One is that it's still an enjoyable read (to me), all these years after it was written, and two is that I believe there are many ways to interpret the story. Even if the author meant one interpretation, it's written symbolically enough that others can be made (and were, by me!).
Regarding social class, I find this story very interesting. I do agree that Zweig perhaps was old-fashioned and perhaps didn't like the idea of social climbers. However, I do have to balance that with the history that he lived in, a world full of massive social upheaval, with a quick rise to power of people - a whole group of people - not only less wealthy and of a lower social class, but less educated and often anti-intellectual too, and that mixed with a persecution of his own class, his family, the people he knew and formerly well-off intellectuals in general.
However, perhaps he didn't mean to be subtle, but I took away subtleties anyway from the different characters of Czentovic and Dr. B. First is that Czentovic was taken in and raised by a priest who wasn't all that wealthy, so the priest was presented as a good character, and at least moderately intellectual, as he played chess. Second were the village chess players and other villagers proud of Czentovic. They also seemed like good people and moderately intellectual.
Next was Dr. B himself. He was lawyer for a very secretive firm, and the royalty and monasteries both were presented as secretive. Perhaps Zweig didn't mean that as a negative, only as a matter of course, but it still isn't the best light to shine the "good guys" in. I suppose he only used that plot point to have a reason for the Nazis to want to torture Dr. B in the way that they did, but still. Also, as a result of the Nazis torture, Dr. B is a little crazy, but nevertheless, he is still a bit crazy.
And finally, Czentovic himself. He is presented the entire story as this oaf of a man who has this strange brilliance for chess and chess alone. As someone who is an almost complete imbecile except for the complexities of chess movements. And yet, then, at the end of the story, what happens? He makes an astute psychological observation! It had nothing to do with chess movements and everything to do with a more keen, insightful intelligence. If he were the same lumbering Czentovic that we'd been presented with in the story up to that point, then he would've just altogether not paid any attention to whatever Dr. B did and only concentrated on the moves.
So why did Zweig do this? Was it something that he himself didn't notice? In his zeal to get the right allegorical story down, he didn't notice these subtle exceptions to the rules? Whatever the reason though, they're there in the story and that is what we are left with, and whether he meant them or not, I think that they're what really make the story.
I actually saw a possible alternate interpretation to the story from most, one that I'm almost sure that Zweig didn't mean, but nevertheless I saw it. In the allegorical history of things, what if Dr. B represented the lunatic tyrants of the world? Dr. B's manic energy during the last game reminded me of some tyrants throughout history and their own deranged zeal. While Czentovic represented the slow onward march of human civilisation? The point that could be taken away is that a tyrant can rule for a short time, but it never lasts. It may be slow and it may be obtuse as a whole compared with certain specific people, but human civilisation will win in the end, if by nothing else than just by outlasting the tyrant. And human civilisation will slowly better itself in the process as well.
Overall, I found the story rich and gave it an "excellent" rating.
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Really interesting ideas here, sun surfer - thank you. And thanks to everyone else too. For a short work it has certainly brought out some good discussion!
For me, I think Zweig means us to have sympathy for Dr B so I don't see him as representing tyrants, though I agree with issybird that he was clearly working for the old, privileged system that had been swept away, so in that he represented them. I think the book is of its time, but no less interesting to read because of that.
And that's a great point, sun surfer: Czentovic can't have been as stupid as we were meant to see him when he was able to read Dr B so well.
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Perhaps I would adjust the view slightly to say that the story might represent a sour and grudging recognition of the strength of the lower classes despite any feeling of contempt that might exist. We are superior and they are dogs - but look how they can crush us. That kind of thing.
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Sun surfer's comments certainly make a good case for the subtlety of this book. I liked particularly his point about social class which points out a complexity in the author's attitudes to this subject:
Regarding social class, I find this story very interesting. I do agree that Zweig perhaps was old-fashioned and perhaps didn't like the idea of social climbers. However, I do have to balance that with the history that he lived in, a world full of massive social upheaval, with a quick rise to power of people - a whole group of people - not only less wealthy and of a lower social class, but less educated and often anti-intellectual too, and that mixed with a persecution of his own class, his family, the people he knew and formerly well-off intellectuals in general.
I wasn't impressed with Czentovic's portrayal at all when I read the book, but I really didn't notice the point made by Sun surfer:
And finally, Czentovic himself. He is presented the entire story as this oaf of a man who has this strange brilliance for chess and chess alone. As someone who is an almost complete imbecile except for the complexities of chess movements. And yet, then, at the end of the story, what happens? He makes an astute psychological observation! It had nothing to do with chess movements and everything to do with a more keen, insightful intelligence. If he were the same lumbering Czentovic that we'd been presented with in the story up to that point, then he would've just altogether not paid any attention to whatever Dr. B did and only concentrated on the moves.
I wouldn't go quite as far as Sun Surfer in seeing Dr B as a villain {perhaps unwittingly made so by Zweig} but I'm going to have to think through my ideas about his rival! My main difficulty with his portrayal was perfectly expressed by Hamlet 53 who made the point in his fine post that Chess Grandmasters simply don't think the way Ctenovic does. They have an amazing power to visualise. (Gerald Abrahams discusses this in his book The Chess Mind.) Perhaps Zweig has decided to simply subvert this quality in order to give an edge to that final unexpected remark of the Champion. Could Ctenovic be an image of the Nazi mind-set--an approach to life which "works" on a purely mechanical level but which has nothing to do with the intrinsic worth and beauty of humanity?
Thanks for that thoughtful post, Sun surfer!
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As usual, I am greatly enjoying all the lucid contribution above, you all really make the reading of any book so vastly more interesting and stimulating!
I am also glad that most of you seem to have enjoyed the book, as I felt somewhat responsible for nominating it. In fact, I am among the minority who did not like it particularly. To the negatives that have been highlighted already I will add that several passages were plain irritating to me, and I found the comparison (repeated twice if memory serves me well) between the isolation Dr. B was put into with what went on in concentration camps frankly unbearable.
Most of my irritation stemmed from finding various descriptions unbelievable, from the personality of the champion to the implicit smugness of the narrator, apparently the only person on the boat able to understand the internal turmoil of Dr. B in the last game, as if only the knowledge he himself had acquired (by virtue of his charm?) about Dr. B's background would allow anyone to detect anomalies in his behaviour, which on the other hand is described as patently rather deranged.
Of course, it did read very well (and I must assume it wasn't just the translation), but in the end I cannot say I enjoyed it. Glad most other did, though, and again thankful for this enlightening discussion!
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I've read it now, and I don't think there's much I can add to the erudite commentary already posted.
I really wanted to like Chess - I was in the chess team at school (and my brother actually represented our country in the game), and I later used a chess manual similar to that described in the story to improve my game and finally start consistently beating the brother of a friend who until then had regularly wiped the floor with me. So I definitely had a connection to the story. The problem for me was the way it shifted from Czentovic, whose story was a fascinating one that could have really gone somewhere, and turned him into an unpleasant and greedy opportunist with no further development (apart, perhaps, for his brinkmanship at the end). At the same time I lost a lot of sympathy for Dr. B because of his contempt for the ordinary man, so I had a hard time identifying with anyone in the story. I found it somewhat depressing in that respect, and can see potential foreshadowing of his suicide in the ultimate negativity of the tale.
I also struggled with the idea of someone being able to play chess with himself in his mind, though I laud Zweig's plot contrivance - an interesting concept that didn't quite convince me.
All in all, I'm happy to have read it, and read the discussion, but it hasn't prompted me to read any more of his works.
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"There were a lot of good things going on," Pelfrey said. "Hicks got his first hit and Pressly had his first outing. So hopefully this will carry over."
Hicks' first hit came in the eighth inning on a two-run single to right field off Brayan Villareal that capped a five-run inning for the Twins. It snapped an 0-for-11 streak with seven strikeouts for Hicks to begin his career.
"It felt amazing," Hicks said. "It just seems like I was too anxious out there. I was swinging at stuff out of the zone. So it was a big situation to get that first hit and it takes the pressure off."
Pressly, meanwhile, tossed a scoreless ninth inning. A Rule 5 Draft pick from the Red Sox in December, Pressly gave up a leadoff single to Omar Infante but was able to retire Austin Jackson, Torii Hunter and Miguel Cabrera to close out the game.
Carroll makes first start in third game
MINNEAPOLIS -- After using the same lineup the first two games of the season, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire changed it up Thursday, as Jamey Carroll started at second base and hit eighth against the Tigers. He went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run.
Carroll, who is expected to see time at second base, shortstop and third base in a utility role this year, entered the game with success against Tigers starter Rick Porcello, with a career .359 batting average against the right-hander.
"I like Jamey Carroll, and he needs to play," Gardenhire said. "We don't need guys sitting. We've already had one day off. Most of the guys have gotten into a ballgame but he's only pinch-ran. So we need to get guys in a game."
But the rest of the lineup remained the same, as Joe Mauer hit second instead of his usual spot as the club's No. 3 hitter for the third straight game.
Mauer awarded hit retroactively
MINNEAPOLIS -- Joe Mauer picked up a hit before Thursday's game against the Tigers even started, as a scoring change from Opening Day awarded him an infield single in his first-bat of the season on Monday.
The play was originally ruled an error on Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera but was reviewed and changed to a hit. With the change, Mauer's batting average improved from .250 to .375 (3-for-8).
Mauer also started behind the plate for a third straight game on Thursday, but is expected to get a day off from catching duties during a three-game set in Baltimore this weekend.
"He came in and I didn't even ask him -- he was catching these three games," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "And then we'll see in Baltimore. He wants to catch. He really does. But [Ryan] Doumit does too, so some day in Baltimore [Doumit] will catch."
Hicks' number switch a natural progression
MINNEAPOLIS -- Top prospect Aaron Hicks, who wore No. 5 and No. 31 in the Minor Leagues, explained his rationale for choosing to wear No. 32 for the Twins.
Hicks, who had his first Major League hit in Thursday's win over Detroit, said he wore the No. 31 in the Minor Leagues to honor his father, Joe, who wore that number as a Minor Leaguer. Hicks added that his father wore No. 31 in honor of Hall of Famer Dave Winfield, who coincidentally wore No. 32 while with the Twins in 1993 and '94 after wearing No. 31 most of his career.
"I'm happy with it," Hicks said. "It's a combination of my dad liking it, and also it's the next number up. Him saying, 'Just be better than I was, actually making it to the big leagues,' there's just a lot that goes with it."
Hicks had the chance to switch to No. 31 after reliever Alex Burnett was sent to the Minors and eventually claimed by the Blue Jays in waivers. But Hicks said he likes his new number and will stick with it, especially considering it's the same number Winfield wore with the Twins.
"I kind of knew the history before Spring Training started," Hicks said. "This just fell into place, I would say."
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Former Mets skipper was finalist for managerial opening
By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com
Former Mets manager Willie Randolph, one of three finalists for the managerial vacancy eventually filled by Ken Macha on Oct. 30, was named Macha's bench coach on Saturday. The news of Randolph's hiring came a day after Bill Castro was elevated to pitching coach, and it left the bullpen coach as Milwaukee's only vacancy.
Randolph said he spoke with Macha, a former teammate in the Pirates' Minor League chain, the morning after the Brewers made their managerial choice to offer congratulations. Four hours later, Macha called with the bench-coach offer.
"It surprised me, too," Randolph said. "He had what you call a brainstorm, I guess."
Randolph still has a desire to manage, and Brewers general manager Doug Melvin told Randolph he will be free to interview for openings as they become available. Randolph has already been mentioned as a possibility in Seattle, where the Mariners recently hired former Brewers scouting director Jack Zduriencik as GM.
Because Melvin had previously interviewed Randolph in 2002 for the Brewers' managerial job, he asked Zduriencik to conduct the interview last month and Randolph apparently did very well. But one baseball source with knowledge of Zduriencik's thinking said the Mariners were likely to hire someone with more recent experience in the American League.
Randolph has been in the National League since taking over the Mets job in 2005. He made two things clear on Saturday: He is excited about the new challenge in Milwaukee, but he still wants to return to managing.
"I didn't really want to wait around," Randolph said. "If I get a job that will put me in the manager's seat any time in my tenure, I could do that. It was nice that Doug left that as an option."
Randolph, 54, played for the Brewers in 1991, ranking second in the American League that season with a .424 on-base percentage, and twice has interviewed to manage the team. He was among five candidates for the job that went to Ned Yost in October 2002, then interviewed again this year, along with Macha and former D-backs skipper Bob Brenly.
Randolph was a six-time All-Star during an 18-year Major League playing career and was a Yankees base and bench coach for 11 seasons before he managed the Mets for parts of four seasons beginning in 2005. New York was the winningest team in the NL during that span, but Randolph was dismissed in June 2008 with his team off to a disappointing 34-35 start.
Randolph also was reportedly considered for a coaching position with the Washington Nationals this offseason, but he chose to keep his managerial options open. He replaces as Brewers bench coach Ted Simmons, who was reassigned when then-manager Ned Yost was dismissed by the Brewers on Sept. 15 and replaced by interim skipper Dale Sveum.
"I was impressed with him when he interviewed with us," Melvin said of Randolph. "I remember him talking about his belief that a player has a lot of ways to help his team other than getting a hit, whether that is working a walk, playing defense, being smart on the bases. That made an impression on me."
Randolph is expected to work closely with Brewers second baseman Rickie Weeks, who has been somewhat slow to reach the lofty expectations set for him when the Brewers used the second overall pick in the 2003 Draft on the Southern University product. Weeks was charged with 15 errors in 2008, most among NL second baseman.
"I love young talent," said Randolph, who will work to "soften" Weeks' hands. "I know the Milwaukee team has a lot of young talent."
The Brewers' staff is now nearly set and will be led by Macha and Randolph. Sveum will be back in 2009 as hitting coach, joining Castro and first-base coach Ed Sedar as returning members of the staff. Brad Fischer was brought in to be Macha's third-base coach.
Melvin offered few clues about a timetable for hiring a new bullpen coach, but said Macha had conversations with two internal candidates: Triple-A pitching coach Stan Kyles and Minor League roving pitching instructor Jim Rooney.
Melvin would not characterize those conversations as formal interviews, and left open the possibility that the team will choose another outside candidate for that post, hoping for a fresh look at a Brewers team that won 90 games and the NL Wild Card in 2008.
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I ended up uninstalling IE11 to fix it, but I would be interested if anyone has advice on getting it to work.
Also, IE11 brings the stupid w8 gui to w7, which might be causing some sort of incompatibility with w7. Thinking about just ignoring this update.


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Before becoming a talk show host on TV, Wendy Williams spent 23 years building her name in radio in the same shock jock circles that launched Howard Stern. But even in her early days in radio, she eyed television.
Williams said she had fleeting inquiries about hosting television shows when hit-making production company Debmar-Mercury approached her and her manager-husband, Kevin Hunter, about taking her to syndicated television.
Her TV show, launched in 2008, posted 43 percent year-to-year ratings growth last season, prompting Debmar-Mercury to renew the show through the 2016-17 season earlier this year.
The show's success has positioned Williams to diversify even further beyond the radio and publishing ventures that have helped make a household name. She and her husband recently formed "Wendy Williams Productions," which will produce reality, game and talk shows. Williams has also launched a film production company – "Wendy Williams Presents" with LA-based film executives Suzanne DePasse and Madison Jones.
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Orioles hang on to trade chips
Roberts, Sherrill stay in Baltimore as Trade Deadline passes
By Spencer Fordin / MLB.com
And for all intents and purposes, that likely won't happen this season. Teams are able to make trades in August if the players in question pass through waivers, but the chances are quite slim that would happen for either Roberts or Sherrill. Baltimore may yet be able to swing a few post-deadline trades, but they will likely involve some smaller names.
Andy MacPhail, the team's president of baseball operations, said he was somewhat surprised by the lack of activity.
"What happened over the last week is we just didnt have an intersection of self-interest between ourselves and another club," he said. "Each year is different for different reasons. You have different buyers, different sellers. ... You just didn't have teams feeling like -- for whatever reason -- they were getting enough back to make the volume of trades we've seen in the past.
"This is my judgment. I might be right and I might be wrong. My judgment is we'll have a larger field to choose from later on for players that are attractive. I suspect that we should have names that are going to be attractive to other teams."
MacPhail acknowledged that his team was mostly trying to sell off established players and acquire prospects, furthering the rebuilding process he started by dealing Miguel Tejada and Erik Bedard. Roberts, who's signed through the 2009 season, was expected to be the next big name in that trend, and Sherrill garnered a lot of interest league-wide.
But despite weeks worth of phone calls, the Orioles never really heard an offer they liked enough to pull the trigger. And they know that both of their major chips will still be in their pocket in the offseason, when teams resume full-scale trading. MacPhail, who's been pleased with his team's play, said he wouldn't let himself make a deal just to get one done.
"I think you get into real problems when you start doing things because you feel you don't want to be left on the sideline," he said of the pressure to make trades at this time of year. "Any general manager has got a streak of competitiveness in them. They want to do things. They want to help their team. They want to make a move. I'm sure all 30 teams have that, but you do have to discipline yourself not to do anything just so you could come out with a trade at this point. You have to do something you perceive to be in your self-interest that survives the litmus test of being better off after you did it than before."
MacPhail said that he hasn't really considered extending Roberts past his shot at free agency, and he also said that media reports that indicated the second baseman was off the table were erroneous. The simple truth is that MacPhail let teams know when they were close for Roberts, and he also let them know when they weren't even in the same ballpark.
"In Brian's case, that was a pretty high bar set," he said. "If I don't think there's going to be a match there ... I tell clubs, 'Look, I don't want to hold you up over the next 48 hours. You can go do something else.' You're going to work with these GMs, hopefully, for a long time. You want to develop a reputation where you're pretty straightforward with them. ... I don't want a guy wasting a lot of time and activity if I don't think there's going to be a match given what they think they can do.
"The group that you're dealing with now are teams that are trying, by and large, to make a push for a pennant race. It's unlikely they're going to take from their current 25-man roster to rob Peter and pay Paul to create a weakness somewhere else."
As for Sherrill, MacPhail said that he wasn't alone on the open market. The executive said that he had a list of 10 left-handed relievers that he expected to change hands, and only two of them wound up traded. Now, he hopes that other teams will further determine what they have and what they need in terms of improving in August or over the winter.
Last season, the Orioles were quiet at the deadline and still swung a late August trade that helped the franchise. Baltimore dealt veteran Steve Trachsel to the Cubs for Scott Moore and Rocky Cherry, and then MacPhail re-signed Trachsel as a free agent over the winter. Both Moore and Cherry are currently playing for Baltimore affiliate Triple-A Norfolk.
That same process could be repeated this year, but the players in question will likely be veterans who won't command huge returns. Kevin Millar, Jay Payton are the chief position players involved, and pitchers like Chad Bradford and Jamie Walker could also find a new home. But first they'd have to clear waivers, which is no sure thing.
MacPhail said Thursday that he plays it conservative when it comes to claiming players in terms of blocking them from being traded to other teams, and he explained the entire process in great detail last week.
"Historically, of the 750 active players, you'll have a fair amount that will not clear," he said. "Maybe a quarter to a third of players subjected to waivers will clear, based on historical levels. And after that, there's generally some activity. I'd imagine there would still be calls in that process. The second deadline which is meaningful is Aug. 31, and players would have to be on somebody's roster [by that point] to be active for the postseason. Generally, that's the last opportunity for contending teams to manipulate their roster in a certain way, and I wouldn't be surprised if we had some activity at that point."
Spencer Fordin is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Discussion in 'Trek Gaming' started by daedalus5, Apr 13, 2012.
Thanks time lord !!! I'll try that next time !!
If anyone wants to record some missions without the interface and labels, d/l screencast-o-matic.
To turn off the STO interface press Alt-F12. Then run screencast-o-matic, and switch back to the game. Standard video controls, just press the record button and it will record your session as .avi or mp4 and .gif. Press Alt-P to pause/stop recording and save file.
It's wonderful just to fly space missions not cluttered by graphics and text, just using Alt-F12.
I think the Romulan Dyson ship is the best looking of the three:
And here is my new Fed engineer, Mantis, whom I am grooming to excel at cruiser command. I have his back story as being half Andorian and half Romulan. Meaning 2 Romulan parents and 2 Andorian parents, going with the 4 gender version of the Andorians in Trek lit. And I really like the look of the Khan-era uniforms with color as a highlight instead of a feature.
The Romulan Dyson is easily the best looking of the lot.
Updated the appearance of my crew with the transition to the Vesta class abit.
Since the new Earth Space Dock is essentially one huge hall, I made a quick panorama. It is a huge image, so here is the link instead.
Here are some pictures from my spacewalk around the circumference of ESD.
Wow that thing is huuuge!
took me around an hour to make it all the way back to the beginning and the scale is probably still 50x to small. XD
Wow, how did you get out there?
They left the door open.
Go look at the weapons vendor (i think). Next to the shuttle bay.
Yeah, I fell through that too, tried to climb back and was falling through space until I reached the boundary and was beamed back into the starbase. Got this cap on the way down...
Am I missing something? WHere is this?
On the Tribble test server.
Please dumb it down for me. Where is this tribble test server, and how do I get there? Thanks.
When you open the STO client and have entered your log in password you have 3 tabs on the lower side: Holodeck (which is the regular live server), Tribble (the public test server for new patches and builds) and Redshirt (which stands in for Tribble for smaller patches when a new seasonal build is being tested).
Just click on on Tribble before you actually log in and you will automatically receive all the patch data that comes with the new STO build.
Just be warned it will be several Gigabyte if you have bandwidth/hard drive issues/restrictions.
There you can create a new test character, but it would be advisable to copy your existing one from the Holodeck Server to Tribble so you get to test everything up to the endgame content without starting over.
Don't ask me where they hide the copy character button these days.
Also, I believe Tribble test server is currently only open to gold players (players who have spent bought stuff with money in STO). So not all players can get access to Tribble.
Thanks for explaining that. I'm not a Gold member, but I'll give it a try.
A new orbital station above San Francisco. Clearly inspired by The Motion Pictor station that later became Regula 1 upside down. Though it looks a bit modernized.
Is this only visible for Gold members?
No, this is taken on tribble serve again.
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Oil rises for first time in five days
Oil rose for the first time in five days as China's net crude imports climbed to a six-month high in November and German October exports unexpectedly increased.
Prices advanced from a three-week low as China bought the equivalent of 5.68 million barrels a day more than it exported, the most since May. German exports gained on goods shipments to countries outside Europe. OPEC will probably leave its production quota unchanged when it meets Dec. 12, a Bloomberg survey showed.
"Chinese crude imports are up and that's the main thing moving the market," said Michael Lynch, president of Strategic Energy & Economic Research in Winchester, Massachusetts. "China's been a real driver of oil prices. The Germany news also helped."
Crude for January delivery rose 22 cents, or 0.3 per cent, to $US86.15 a barrel at 12:54 p.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract dropped Dec. 7 to $US85.93, the lowest close since Nov. 15. Prices are down 13 per cent this year.
Brent for January settlement climbed 79 cents, or 0.7 per cent, to $US107.81 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange.
China, the world's second-largest oil consuming country after the US, bought 23.25 million metric tons of crude more than it exported last month, according to figures released on the website of the Beijing-based General Administration of Customs today. The equivalent of 5.68 million barrels a day is up 3 per cent from a year earlier, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
China Boost
"The market's focus right now is the strong imports data from China and that seems to be giving oil a boost," said Phil Flynn, senior market analyst at the Price Futures Group in Chicago.
The country processed a record 41.61 million tons of crude in November, equivalent to 10.2 million barrels a day, government figures showed yesterday.
The processing rate at China's major oil refineries increased to 87.4 per cent of capacity as of Dec. 6, up 0.5 per centage point from two weeks ago, according to Oilchem.net.
"The China news is quite supportive for the oil price," said Rich Ilczyszyn, chief market strategist and founder of Iitrader.com in Chicago.
China used 9.76 million barrels a day of oil last year, or about 11 per cent of the global total, according to BP Plc's Statistical Review of World Energy.
"The petroleum markets are attempting to organize a move higher around Chinese data that showed stronger November imports on the start-up of new refinery units," said Tim Evans, an energy analyst at Citi Futures Perspective in New York, in an e- mail.
German Exports
Exports from Germany, the biggest oil consumer in the European Union, increased 0.3 per cent from September adjusted for work days and seasonal changes, the Federal Statistics Office in Wiesbaden said today. Economists forecast a 0.3 per cent decline, according to the median of 14 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey.
"Germany's export growth was encouraging as expectations were for a contraction," Andrey Kryuchenkov, an analyst at VTB Capital in London, said by phone. "Germany is the key driver of the European economy."
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will probably maintain its production quota at 30 million barrels a day of oil, according to a Bloomberg News survey of 18 analysts.
Saudi Outlook
"Prices are fine and customers are happy," Saudi Arabia's Petroleum Minister Ali Al-Naimi said in an interview in Doha on Dec. 7. The kingdom is the largest producer in the 12-member group, which pumps about 40 per cent of the world's crude.
Oil pared gains on concern a leadership change in Italy will disrupt efforts to curb debt. Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said he lost support and will resign, while his predecessor, Silvio Berlusconi, announced he will run for the premiership to roll back Monti's budget rigor.
Hedge-fund managers and other large speculators boosted their bets oil prices will rise, according to the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Net-long positions in futures and options combined were up by 13,434, or 12 per cent, to 129,530, the regulator said its Dec. 7 Commitments of Traders report.
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Discussion in 'Ride Reports - Day Trippin'' started by WHYNOWTHEN, Jun 21, 2012.
A Toyota! that's not really riceless?
Yeah Topi, but the muffler is off a KTM 950S
Time for the big hammer!
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Summer in Ramona = 94 degrees Fahrenheit.
"Near Ramona" is just as hot, if not hotter.
Kennedy Meadows is nice and cool this time of year.
Six hour drive. No AC in the big green beast. Poor dog in the back seat.
Awesome riding in the land of a thousand dusty push-ups.
"No my love, the trails aren't all hard"
"Ok baby, just the blue trails."
"Just a few whoops, baby."
"What about this black one, but?"
"You can do it."
Wonderful weather. Great trails. Dusty and fun.
Rollergirl says that she rides much better when there are other women riding too.
These two look like a couple of Starwars figures.
Rules rules rules rules rules! In the land where we are told that we are free.
This one makes sense - spark arresters required on all vintage motorcycles!
I hate being told what to do. I turned left, came back, then turned right, came back, then went straight. Without the sign I would have simply gone straight.
See the little sign on the left?
Can we please fire the brain-trust responsible for this one? What a wonderful use of our tax dollars! Who would have thought that a steep rocky uphill off-road trail might have a steep rocky and rough corner that we may have to slow down for?
It doesn't seem as if too many people agree with this sign. If the forest service plants a sign in the middle of a trail, exclaiming that this is not a trail, it doesn't make the trail not exist.
View of a sign from the south.
View of same sign from the north.
This sign was in the middle of a section of trail, not at the beginning or end.
Dear forest service, how are we supposed to know that you don't want us on this particular patch of dirt if you don't tell us at the beginning?How was I supposed to get off this illegal patch of dirt without riding on an apparently illegal patch of dirt? I wish I had a horse.
This one is easy - No vintage bikes on this trail!
This one was easy too - No riding modern bikes with open face helmets on this trail!
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You should check out Baja. Lots of trails... no signs.
Pretty Near Ramona too I think
From the look of that pic, more like "no sign.... of lots of trails"
I heard that Baja was so dangerous that you moved as far away as possible. Are you missing the color brown yet?
Last Sunday. Nothing crazy.
Lots of brown!
Rollergirl doesn't even get helmet hair.
This has absolutely nothing to do with riding. Pretty funny though.
Looks like a damn fine setup you got out there man! KTMs, a more than understanding partner and a developing country on your doorstep to ride where there are no signs! Keep on!
Thank you Osadabwa. Mexico reminds me of Africa in many ways. People seem to be slower, happier and more involved with living than getting.
Here in the land where we are told that we are free, a lot of us seem to overlook the process of actually living. We spend most of our time chasing the carrot-that-we-can-never-catch.
I passed through Dar about 20 years ago on a very dirty bicycle. I wish I could remember it better.
If you are rant-phobic, skip over this post!
I am usually a happy and content man. I have a wonderful wife, daughter, dog, cat, KTMs, a big dirty truck, a job with a great boss, a developing country nearby that I can ride in, and a few fantastic San Diego beers in my fridge.
Today, however, I am feeling depressed. I am depressed because of self-awareness. I am finding it difficult to ignore my leash. My two day leash. I am more aware of my two-day-leash because those in command have decided to give the peasants a three day leash.
We get to think about going just a little further before we have to turn around and come back. An extra day of dust and gas and tires and beers and sweaty camping! This in itself is not making me sad.
I have been thinking about my birthday weekend in about a months time (I sound like a little kid). I'm thinking of stretching out another three day leash and heading south. I am looking for another little pizza slice of the one and a half day circle that I get to explore. It is funny to think that gas could be a major problem less than a day away from San Diego. I am not someone who likes to blaze down the freeway on a two wheeled couch to test the constraints of my leash. I like exploring skinny singletrack trying to tie my leash in a knot.
A few years back, when Dick Cheney was busy shooting friends in the face, and lots of us were starting to get in line, getting ready to hand our houses over to the banks that were lending us more money than we could ever pay back, I was not aware of the carrot-effect. Then the economy took the shit that only the blind hadn't seen coming. I saw it coming, but was too sedated by an easy life, large TV, and larger mortgage payments, to do much to get out of the way of the shit. So, the bank took back their house. Some yahoo in a honda civic T-boned my new Dodge truck. My mortgage payment (or attempts at payments ) went away. And somehow I felt better. I hadn't sold my bikes, just to stay in the house for another few months. I kept the bikes and got out of the house early.
The carrot was gone! My life changed a lot. I still had my bikes. I had food and beer. I cancelled the evil cable and felt free-er than I ever had since coming to this country. I moved to San Diego and rode a lot in the nearer parts of Mexico.
I have been content - till yesterday perhaps.
I went for a little dirt bike ride around Ramona. Something was wrong. I purposefully got the bike stuck a few times to see whether a little excitement might perk me up. I did enjoy the process of getting the bike back on the trail, but then my one hour leash snugged up tight and I turned around and came home. I am depressed because I am aware of the leash. When I wasn't aware of the carrot, I wasn't depressed by it. I only became aware of the carrot when I became aware of the absence of the carrot. Now I am aware of the leash while the leash is still here.
Like the rest of you that inhabit the 'Day Trippin' zone, I read enviously about the hardy folks in the 'Ride Reports' zone. Those folk somehow have longer leashes. A few of them have even cast off their leashes and are running free. Some of the Ride Report readers sometimes ask the far-away writer "If you don't mind me asking, how do you do it?" The writer offers to pm the wishful reader. Do they explain how they can afford to go, or how they figured out how to get a longer leash?
Thanks for listening. I feel better now. I used to have no leash. I left my parents home on a bicycle in 1993 with three thousand dollars. That lasted me a year and got me half way around this little planet. I now live with a wonderful wife in a place where I can hear a pack of coyotes howl each night, and Mexico is less than an hour away. I am content and finally sleepy, and I am aware of my leash. At least I can dream about my time off between Christmas and New Year, and how Rollergirl and I are going to ride to Cabo San Lucas and back. Ten day leash! Yay!
I thoroughly enjoyed reading your stuff. Thanks for picking up my day.
With a wife and kid... and all the associated bills... I have pretty much given up on being able to loose the collar altogether. At least for a while.
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Emotional first pitch for Garagiola Sr.
Longtime broadcaster overwhelmed by playoff atmosphere
By Michael Schwartz / MLB.com
PHOENIX -- Joe Garagiola Sr. has been involved with Major League Baseball for over 60 years as a player and broadcaster. But after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch and looking out at the Chase Field crowd before Thursday's Game 1 of the National League Championship Series, he still got a little choked up. "It was so emotional for me to see the people and the reaction and then thinking back to when I was 20 years old," said Garagiola Sr., 81, who was reminiscing about his only postseason appearance as a player. "Memories are golden. It's a big night for me." Tears streamed down Garagiola Sr.'s face as he walked off the field after hitting Arizona catcher Miguel Montero's glove. Adding to the moment, his son, Joe Garagiola Jr., watched the moment on the field. Garagiola Jr., Arizona's GM from its inception until 2005, helped build the D-backs by drafting Brandon Webb, Stephen Drew, Conor Jackson and Justin Upton, all of whom started Thursday. "It's special," Garagiola Sr. said. "It's always special when Joe's around. He's in the Commissioner's Office and he's certainly objective, but a lot of these kids he signed up. It's exciting for all of us." Garagiola Sr. has been a baseball mainstay since breaking in with St. Louis in 1946. The baseball lifer played nine seasons before starting a five-decade broadcasting career. He spent nearly 25 years on NBC's Saturday Game of the Week telecasts before joining Arizona's broadcast team when it became a franchise in '98, working as a color commentator on selected broadcasts. Garagiola Sr., who never returned to the playoffs after appearing in the '46 World Series as a 20-year-old rookie catcher, told Arizona's players to enjoy this experience because you never know if it's your last one. "Having gone through it as a player, I know it's special," he said. "I've watched those guys. You've got a nervous energy, and anyone who says it's just another game, it's not. You've got a whole hockey game going right here [in your stomach]." Before Garagiola Sr. threw out the first pitch, Dr. Jesse McGuire played "The Star Spangled Banner" on his trumpet.
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McGuire, the D-backs' good luck charm during the club's run to the 2001 championship and a regular at important Phoenix sporting events, also played the anthem when Arizona beat the Cubs in Game 1 of the Division Series on Oct. 3 and before Game 7 of the 2001 World Series.Near the conclusion of the national anthem, four F-16 "Top Dogs" from the 61st Fighter Squadron flew over Chase Field, where a 300-by-150 foot American flag was unfurled in the outfield. With tears wetting his eyes, Garagiola Sr. still felt good enough to joke around about his soft toss, which he said was slower than a Livan Hernandez curveball. "The radar gun didn't even register, it was 28 miles an hour," he said. "I think you could have clocked me on a calendar. The only reason it dropped was lack of speed."
Michael Schwartz is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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1. Houston Dynamo -- 6 pts. | BYE, Week Four: at Vancouver Whitecaps FC
After picking up six points in its first two matches of 2014, the Dynamo hits the road for the first time this season against Vancouver following a bye week.
2. Columbus Crew -- 6 pts. | 2-1 Win vs. Philadelphia Union, Week Four at Seattle Sounders FC
Bernardo Anor scored a pair of goals to lift the Crew to its first-ever 2-0-0 start. The Black & Gold head to Seattle in Week Four for a tough test against the Clint Dempsey-less Sounders.
3. Toronto FC -- 6 pts. | 1-0 Win vs. D.C. United, Week Four: at Real Salt Lake
Jermain Defoe notched his third goal in just two MLS matches as the Reds beat D.C. United in their home debut. Toronto travels to Utah to meet Real Salt Lake in Week Four.
4. Philadelphia Union -- 4 pts. | 2-1 Loss at Columbus Crew, Week Four: vs. Montreal Impact
The Union showed resiliency and nearly found an equalizer on the road against the Crew. Philadelphia plays host to the Montreal Impact this week.
5. Sporting Kansas City -- 4 pts. | 1-0 Win vs. San Jose Earthquakes, Week Four: at Colorado Rapids
Dom Dwyer broke the Sporting frontline's goal-less drought to help Kansas City to its first victory of 2014. Peter Vermes' side heads to Colorado on Saturday to tangle with a Rapids side that is fresh off a 2-0 win over Portland.
6. Chicago Fire -- 2 pts. | 1-1 Draw vs. New York Red Bulls, Week Four: at D.C. United
The Fire opened up its 2014 home slate with a second-straight draw. The Men in Red head to the Nation's Capital in Week Four looking for a win at D.C. United.
7. New York Red Bulls -- 2 pts. | 1-1 Draw at Chicago Fire, Week Four: vs. Chivas USA
Dax McCarty rescued a point for the Red Bulls on the road in Chicago with a 21st-minute equalizer. New York hosts Chivas USA on Sunday.
8. New England Revolution -- 1 pt. | 0-0 Draw vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Week Four: at San Jose Earthquakes
Remarkably, the Revs have yet to score a goal in three matches so far in 2014, but New England did welcome back centerback Jose Gonçalves to help earn a clean sheet at home against Vancouver. New England travels to San Jose in Week Four action.
9. Montreal Impact -- 0 pts. | 2-0 Loss vs. Seattle Sounders FC, Week Four: at Philadelphia Union.
The bad news for Montreal is that it is 0-3-0 to start the season. The good news is that Marco Di Vaio will be back from suspension to face a strong Union side in Week Four.
10. D.C. United -- 0 pts. | 1-0 Loss at Toronto FC, Week Four: vs. Chicago Fire
United will look for its first goal and first point of the season when it hosts Chicago this week after falling in Toronto in Week Three.


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For me it all depends on what I'm doing. The more I use a gps, the less I want to hear it in my helmet but when riding with a regular partner, the headset coms are helpful for safety and basics- wwe don't generally engage in aimless chatter because we're too busy riding..These days I rarely connect so I can make phone calls while riding though my IPhone/Zumo setup makes it easy- mostly I don't want to be pestered by incoming and I can pull over for a couple if I need to make one- besides cell signals are often crap or non existent in good riding areas especially if you're still on AT&T (definitely not recommended if you frequent rural areas). My netbook is in the sidecase to serve as e-mail device and diagnostic tool/shop manual reference on longer runs.
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The director of an anti-Islam film that helped sparked attacks on U.S. diplomatic faciltiies is not Israeli as he claimed, a consultant to the film said.
The Atlantic blogger Jeffrey Goldberg reported that a Steve Klein, a consultant to the controversial film, "Innocence of Muslims," and a self-described militant Christian activist in Riverside, Calif., said that the film's directo,r Sam Bacile, is not Israeli and that the name is a pseudonym.
Goldberg quoted Klein as saying: "I don't know that much about him. I met him, I spoke to him for an hour. He's not Israeli, no. I can tell you this for sure, the State of Israel is not involved." Klein said: "His name is a pseudonym. All these Middle Eastern folks I work with have pseudonyms. I doubt he's Jewish. I would suspect this is a disinformation campaign."
Meanwhile, a high-ranking Israeli official in Los Angeles told JTA Wednesday that after numerous inquiries, it appeared that no one in the Hollywood film industry or in the local Israeli community knew of a Sam Bacile, the supposed director-writer of the incendiary film "Innocence of Muslims."
The Los Angeles Jewish Journal also reported that individuals heavily involved in the Los Angeles real estate community had never heard of anyone named Bacile. There is no California real estate license issued in his name either, according to the Huffington Post.
The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other American diplomats were killed at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, and the U.S. embassy in Cairo was attacked Tuesday evening by angry protesters.
Amb. John Christopher Stevens and three unnamed diplomats were killed Tuesday night in a rocket attack on their car in Benghazi, the White House confirmed Wednesday morning. On Tuesday evening, Egyptian protesters climbed over the wall of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, pulled down an American flag and tried to set it alight.
The attacks follow the release online of an Arabic translation of the movie. Media reports said it was directed by Bacile, who described himself as a California real estate developer. The two-hour movie attacks the Islamic prophet Muhammad, making him out to be a fraud.
The film was screened one time at a movie theater in Hollywood, someone identifying himself as Bacile told the AP.
Bacile said went into hiding on Tuesday night, speaking to international media from an undisclosed location.
Klein told Goldberg that I there are some 15 people associated with the making of the film, all American citizens and most evangelicals.
Media bloggers and columnists are questioning why Bacile would claim the $5 million film was paid for by "100 Jewish donors," calling it a set up. Media experts have called the film unprofessional and believe the $5 million figure is highly inflated.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the attack.
"The United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. Our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation," she said in a statement. "But let me be clear: There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind."
The Los Angeles chapter of the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Islamic Shura Council are scheduled to hold a news conference Wednesday to condemn the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and attacks on diplomatic facilities and persons in Libya and Egypt.
In Washington, CAIR's national officials called on Muslims in the Middle East "to ignore the trashy anti-Islam film that resulted in the attacks."


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Learning Index >> Hand-blockprinted Textiles: Phyllis Barron and Dorothy Larcher
Muriel Rose and Peggy Turnbull first met through The Three Shields Gallery which opened at 8 Holland Street, just off Kensington High Street in 1922. This gallery had been set up by Dorothy Hutton, a former student at the Central School of Art and already an established calligrapher. (No. 1) In addition to stocking prints, drawings, watercolours and some tempera paintings, she mounted short temporary displays lasting about three weeks of ceramics, textiles and silverware. Several exhibitions of Barron and Larcher's hand-blockprinted textiles were shown there during the early 1920s, and the gallery continued to feature in their order book as late as 1942. (No. 2)
Since Dorothy Hutton wanted to continue with her calligraphy and did not want to be tied to working on the premises constantly, she employed two young women to help her. Muriel Rose was appointed as a full-time general assistant, whilst Peggy Turnbull worked a couple of days a week doing the accounts. Subsequently the two women decided to go into partnership, with some Ł1,000 between them, and set up The Little Gallery together. Happily, the parting with Dorothy Hutton was not acrimonious and she presented Muriel Rose with a fondly inscribed box made by John Paul Cooper as a leaving gift. (No. 3, 4)


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The next honorary mayor no longer lives in Durango, but he is well-known around area bike trails.
At 5-foot-10 and 130 pounds, Tom Danielson will likely have the least amount of body fat of any public official in La Plata County. As a world-class cyclist, he will be one politician who cant be accused of exaggerating his athletic accomplishments.
Unfortunately for sports fans, Danielson wont be at City Hall tonight when regular Mayor Doug Lyon proclaims him the honorary mayor for 2012, but another public event is tentatively planned for Nov. 9.
According to the proclamation, the city wants to recognize Tommy D for calling Durango his hometown and his charity rides in support of athletic scholarships at Fort Lewis College, where he earned a marketing and psychology degree and led the cycling team to a national championship.
The professional cyclist and entrepreneur who actually grew up in Connecticut and lives in Boulder gives Durango much of the credit for his professional success.
I feel like Durango is really the reason I have gotten to where I am in my career. I definitely owe the college and the town of Durango for everything I have, Danielson said in a telephone interview.
Its a unique community. If you immerse yourself in it, you can chase any dream you want or live any lifestyle you want. It works the best when everybody works together as a team. Thats what Ive always loved and believed about Durango.
When his professional cycling career is over, Danielson would like to move his family to Durango. Danielson and his wife, Stephanie, have two children, Steven, 2, and baby Stella, three months.
His family and busy career make it difficult for him to travel to Durango as often as he would like. He is speaking at an eye conference in Minnesota this week in support of implantable contact eye lenses that he says have made a difference in his cycling career.
He is also marketing a line of coffee.
When he moves back to Durango, Danielson said he sees himself opening a coffee shop and bakery. Because he does not want to step on any toes, he emphasized that he wont be opening a store here any time soon.
Danielson will be the first honorary mayor in at least five years. In his new capacity, he was not sure how he would wield his power.
I dont really know what kind of power it is, maybe free Dairy Queen Blizzards for everybody? I dont know what it would be ... free coffee at the Bread? Well see what we can do, he joked.
A suggestion that he waive all tickets for bicycle-related traffic offenses conflicted with his perception of the city: Do people get bicycle tickets in Durango? I dont think so.


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First baseman demonstrates leadership in tough situation
By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
Bradley was disciplined by Cubs manager Lou Piniella, upset after the outfielder threw his helmet and overturned a water cooler when he had a bad at-bat in the sixth. Piniella had followed Bradley into the clubhouse, and there was an ugly verbal exchange.
"I was disappointed being sent home, not knowing what to expect," Bradley said.
Then, he got a phone call.
"I was just looking out for a friend and a guy who I spend a lot of time with," Lee said. "I was just trying to reach out and try to support him.
"That's what teammates do, you take care of each other We're together 189 days or whatever it is. We look out for each other."
Piniella met with Bradley prior to Saturday's game, which the White Sox won, 8-7, on a walk-off RBI single by rookie Gordon Beckham. Bradley started in right and was 1-for-5, hitting a single in the first inning. In their private meeting, the manager apologized for a derogatory comment he made that leaked out.
"There was an issue," Bradley said. "I don't want to have issues. I just want to play. [Piniella] didn't have to [apologize]. I got to admit, I shed some tears in there with him. So did he. He didn't feel good about the situation. He's working on being a better Christian and one of the things is watching your tongue, and so am I."
As far as Lee is concerned, the team has moved on.
"It's over," Lee said. "It was over yesterday. It's a non-issue."
Bradley is not only looking for a fresh start but a way to improve his performance on the field. He's far from the .321 average he posted last year with Texas, and which prompted the Cubs to sign him to a three-year, $30 million deal.
"We know the fans -- if he's hitting .300, they'll like him," Lee said. "[The fans are] the last thing he has to worry about. He just has to go play."
The Cubs are trying. Hitting coach Von Joshua and Bradley spent so much time in the batting cage in Detroit that Bradley said he had a cramped neck.
"It's just a matter of getting in a rhythm," Bradley said.
Lee said the outfielder, who has had his share of outbursts, is a good teammate.
"The thing with Milton is, we've all been fine with him," Lee said. "It's not like he's been a problem. I think there was an incident [Friday] and he got a little upset. I didn't see any of it. [Piniella and Bradley] spoke and it's over."
So Bradley isn't a bad guy?
"Not even close," Lee said. "He's not a bad guy. He doesn't have a bad bone in him. We see his temper and he's passionate, he wears his emotions on his sleeve, but that doesn't make him a bad guy."
"I have feelings," Bradley said. "It's weird for me. I either care a ton, or I don't care at all. Sometimes I care too much and it gets me in trouble. I'd rather feel something than nothing at all. A lot of people in my position would be like, 'What the heck, I got a lot of money.' I want to earn every penny. I don't want to be just hype. I want to live up to it."
More money, Bradley said, simply means he can eat a little more steak than Spam. What's worth more is having Lee on his side.
"He has that unbelievable spirit, that character," Bradley said of the Cubs first baseman. "He holds it together. He battles through whatever he has to battle through. Guys really look up to him and respect him. For him to reach out to me and tell me something good when everything was going bad, it meant a lot."
Bradley doesn't want much.
"I don't need to be, 'He's a great guy,'" Bradley said. "Just, 'He's all right.' I just want to be all right."
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Gustavo Endres
The premier blocker in the Brazilian team, Gustavo Endres, has been a legend in Brazilian volleyball for the best part of the last decade.
At 203cm and only 27-years-of-age Gustavo is one of the best on the international scene and can quite easily turn a match with his perfect timing, balance in defensive and inspirational play. He plays a crucial role in the offensive-accentuated lineup of the World Championship titleholders and his is dynamic and strong play is simply a pleasure to watch, especially when he is full flight. His subtle combination especially in defense and attack make him one of the most lethal weapons in the magic Brazil side.
At the 1998 World Championships he received the Best Blocker Award and followed that up with the same title in the 2001 World League, when Brazil claimed their second title. In last year's World League Gustavo finished as the fourth-best scorer for Brazil in the final round, while last year's World Championship, when Brazil claimed their first title, he was their top blocker.
On court he has developed a superb relationship with skipper Nalbert Bitencourt and both are often seen up in tandem in the block or the first ones to offer congratulations to each other following a successful spike. It is one partnership, which has proved most effective for the yellow and gold team.
But after two World Championships and six World League appearances back pain is starting to hinder the ginger-haired star but he's adapting to it and taking the necessary steps to make sure he is primed for each game.
"Having arrived from Italy I felt pain in my back but I saved myself during the pre season trainings and now I'm raring to go", he said after disputing the Italian Championship with Ferrara last season.
Born in Passo Fundo, Gustavo actually lived in Sao Paulo for nine years so he'll definitely be one of the first players running out into Geraldo Jose de Almeida when Brazil opens its World League matches against Germany on May 24.


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All right all right, I hyped up the surprise at dinner after the show, so I feel like I should just get it out and not wait on pictures to surface.
The Everything Else Atheist and I are now engaged. There, I said it. In a highly unconventional move, since we are godless heretics who scoff at tradition, she proposed to me.
Obviously none of this was a surprise to me since I announced it in advance. We had discussed marriage already and I already knew that she was planning to pull this off at dinner. What I was not expecting, though, was that she enlisted three of her coworkers at Texas Campaign for the Environment to show up dressed as the Bad Horse chorus from Doctor Horrible's Singalong Blog. They sang the song, but the lyrics were, er… modified, to warn me of dire consequences unless I said yes.
I said yes.
The turnout was great, with about 30 people in total showing up. Among those attending were my son Ben, and a rare appearance by my sister Keryn and her husband Michael, and of course the usual crew along with numerous show cohosts.
Thanks everyone, for being there! And to everyone who knew exactly what was about to happen, thanks for keeping the secret.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Navy commanders are responding to tests recently made public that show the standard issue blue fatigues worn by sailors are highly flammable.
Even worse, when the fatigues melt, they don't just burn off -- they stick to the sailors' skin.
Navy brass conducted the tests and found a strip of the new nylon-cotton blend uniform was exposed to a flame for 12 seconds.
The cloth immediately lit up in flames, and continued to burn after the fire source was removed, the report said.
The Navy conducted tests in October on the uniforms known as Type I NWU.
They are half cotton-half nylon and according to the report, the nylon component "is a thermoplastic fiber that melts and drips as it burns."
Rear Adm. John Kirby is the chief of information at the Pentagon and spokesman for the Navy.
In a release made last month, he admits that while the uniforms will "burn robustly until complete consumption," it's not shocking.
"The issue is this. The uniform type one, Navy type one, is not flame resistant. Now we knew this and hopefully you knew this," said Kirby, Chief of Naval Information. "There's been no requirements since 1996, as a matter of fact. Right now there's no change to the fleet requirement for the working uniform at sea. Right now you can continue to wear that uniform. You should continue to wear the uniform appropriately."
Adm. Kirby said the uniform was never meant to be flame-retardant and there is fire gear throughout any ship in case sailors are exposed to flames.
Only sailors with specific jobs such as airmen, engineers or firefighters and those in combat are required to have fire-resistant clothing, Navy admirals said.
An editorial in the Navy Times estimated that it could cost as much as $20 million to gradually phase-in a fire-retardant uniform.
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Heika: Stars may invite junior players, Texas Stars to abridged NHL training camp
While the rules for the NHL's shortened training camps have not been laid out, Stars general manager Joe Nieuwendyk said Monday that he would like to invite OHL junior players Brett Ritchie and Radek Faksa and possibly schedule two days of practices that include players from the NHL and AHL Stars.
Nieuwendyk believes in giving young prospects a taste of the NHL for experience and motivation, so he said he expects to call up Ritchie from Niagara and Faksa from Kitchener. He said that it is unlikely that either will make the NHL roster but that they still could benefit from the experience.
"I definitely see it as a carrot, as a chance for them to see what the NHL is like, get to know a few players, and just be able to set their sights high," Nieuwendyk said. "I know it will be a short time, and I know that there won't be the benefit of them coming up for a full camp, but I still think there is benefit even if it's just three or four days."
Nieuwendyk did not name any other junior players who would be invited.
Another interesting angle that the GM has planned is a couple of days when the NHL and AHL rosters will be on the ice together, with possible full scrimmages. The Texas Stars are playing in Oklahoma City on Jan. 13 and in Chicago on Jan. 16. Nieuwendyk would love the AHL team to spend Jan. 14 and 15 in Frisco.
"We want to make this as much as a training camp as we can, and we'd like to have as much competition and real play as we can, so that's something we'd like to do," he said.
The Stars are expected to call up center Cody Eakin to the NHL roster immediately, and also could take one defenseman from among Jordie Benn, Jamie Oleksiak and Brenden Dillon. That could mean that two other AHL forwards could win spots.
"There are legitimate spots to be had," coach Glen Gulutzan said. "We'll probably bring in two or three defensemen to battle for a spot that's to be had, and two or three forwards. I think the guys in Austin realize there are openings with the big club, and that's great because it creates competition."
The camps could start as early as Friday, but reports are mixed as to when the collective bargaining agreement will be ratified and how long camps will be. Early reports are that the season is expected to start Jan. 19.
Stars players returned Monday to Frisco to hold their own practices. While coaches are not allowed to run practice, the players are able to use the training facilities and get help from the athletic trainers and the conditioning and equipment staffs. In that regard alone, these workouts are significantly better than the ones they were holding on their own in other public rinks.
"Everyone is very happy to get back to the rink," said defenseman Stephane Robidas. "All the guys that have been in town, we've been skating quite a bit and been training. Now we've got a chance to be in our building, and it's very good news for all of us."
Gulutzan said there will be a challenge in bringing the players together and forging not only chemistry but proper timing. Players such as Brenden Morrow, Ray Whitney, Mark Fistric and Trevor Daley have been working out hard but not playing. Players such as Jaromir Jagr, Loui Eriksson, Eric Nystrom and Tom Wandell have been playing in Europe at a very high level. Players such as Stephane Robidas and Jamie Benn played in Europe earlier but have been sitting at home for a month.
"I think they'll be at a few different levels with timing and everything," Gulutzan said. "But we are going to do the best we can at camp to simulate game play. These guys are pros, and it might be one game maybe, but it won't take long."
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Return to the ice
The Stars returned to the practice ice Monday in Frisco in preparation for the expected start of an abridged NHL season Jan. 19. Here are some of the key points for the team:
Players ran practice Monday. Coaches will not be allowed to run practices until the new CBA is ratified and rules for proper training camps are set. Early reports say camps could begin as early as Friday.
Working out Monday were Brenden Morrow, Kari Lehtonen, Stephane Robidas, Ray Whitney, Vernon Fiddler, Mark Fistric, Richard Bachman and Derek Roy.
Players from Europe are expected to arrive soon. Jaromir Jagr did not play in Kladno's game Sunday and is expected to be traveling in the next couple of days. Eric Nystrom was expected to be flying back from Norway on Monday.
The Stars have 18 players under one-way contracts and should carry 23 players. Jamie Benn is a restricted free agent the team expects to sign in the next week or so, while center Cody Eakin (on a two-way contract) has a spot on the NHL team. That means there could be three openings for players from the AHL.
Former Stars center Jason Arnott joined in the workouts. Arnott is an unrestricted free agent who lives in the area, so he has been working out with the Stars players during the lockout.


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