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In what has to be the closest margin in Beargrease Marathon history, Ryan Anderson from Ray, MN crossed the finish line at approximately 9:28 this morning at Billy's on Tischer Road. Following less than one minute behind him was last year's winner from Chisholm, MN, Nathan Shroeder. Total time on trail for Anderson was 39 hours and 51 minutes, for an average speed of 9.4 miles and hour.
Apparently, Shroeder and Anderson dueled all the way south along the shore on the downbound leg. As they approached Duluth and the road crossings became more numerous Shroeder's dogs became entangled and Anderson was able to get and keep the lead into the finish line.
Both racer's appeared weary at the end of the race, however, Shroeder congratulated Anderson, and the mushers embraced in the finish area.
As I write there are still teams on trail and you can track their progress at beargrease.com. Additionally, you can join the party at Billy's tonight starting at 6:00 pm and help wind up a great 2011 race.
Congratulations to Ryan Anderson, his team of dogs, and all the mushers and dog teams who competed in the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon 2011.
See you in 2012.
Photo: Brad Putney, 2011 True North Photography
Post By: Brad Putney - Captain Brad Putney considers himself an inland waters guru, having been at the helm of everything from a ten foot inflatable to an America's Cup yacht. In the summer the Captain works as an outfitter in Ely and is presently a sales associate at Duluth Pack in Canal Park.


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Discussion in 'Pros' Racquets and Gear' started by Francis27, Oct 7, 2012.
What kind of grip does maria sharapova use? What brand? And is it tacky or no?
Overgrip i mean
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I would think its the Head branded tourna grip.
she uses the leather from her favourite whip..
think tourna grip
As I said before, she needs to switch, because whatever over grip she's using now is hurting her hands so much that she screams out loud every time she hits the ball.
I use the death grip while watching her
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the GI Joe kung fu grip.
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An American tradition has made its way to the wedding reception.
An American tradition has made its way to the wedding reception.
Photobooths — the same contraptions adored by teens wandering the mall on a Saturday afternoon — are popping up at even the poshest of receptions, offering couples a chance to see their guests at their goofiest, or at least letting loose in a way the traditional formal photos do not show.
"Photo booths have been around for decades," said ShutterBooth owner Mike Pullano. "Well, ShutterBooth has taken the booth you used to know and turned it into the booth that everyone wants to get to know.
"Many people are shy in front of a camera. They don't like to be seen by others making faces or 'cheesing' in front of a large audience," Pullano explained. "The ShutterBooth allows guests to enter a safe and friendly environment and just let loose. It's amazing how people's true personalities really come out when they close the curtain."
"Getting to rent your own photo booth and take as many pictures as you want is a captivating idea," said James Yoneda, owner of Seemonkey Photobooth.
Both Seemonkey and ShutterBooth set up portable booths at the reception site and staff it with a host who stays the whole time, making sure guests know how to use the booth and making sure things run well.
"Guests are definitely more natural and creative in photo booth shots than in other candid or formal settings," Yoneda said. "It's sometimes hard for brides and grooms to hold plastic smiles for what seems like hours while they get formal pictures taken. I don't think it's ever been hard to for them to smile and even laugh while they take fun, creative, and ridiculous pictures in the booth."
Seemonkey's booth prints doubles, so guests get to take one photo strip home as a favor, and with the second photo strip they can create a personal scrapbook page and write their own well-wishes to the bride and groom. Yoneda also provides a CD of all pictures in photo strip and individual 4-by-6-inch format (for e-mailing and printing more photo strips), as well as an online gallery.
"I want to provide something amazing, fun and meaningful to couples to help them enjoy and commemorate their wedding day — and it has to be affordable," said Yomeda, who charges a flat rate of $650 for receptions in Rhode Island (prices for Massachusetts and Connecticut weddings are on an individual basis).
ShutterBooth offers many different packages and can work with pretty much any budget, according to Pullano. ShutterBooth provides unlimited photos and print one or two photo strips per session, and can print the pictures on a 4-by-6-inch grid. All photos come with a custom designed logo to match the color, font, and theme of the event. All packages include a one-year membership to its online photo gallery, as well as a high resolution DVD of all images from the event. Customized scrapbooks, logos favors are available. "To top it off, we can even 'skin' our booth to match your event's decor," said Pullano, noting that this feature is a big hit in the corporate world, as his booth can match anything from "backyard barbecue to black-tie ball."
Yoneda, who also gets requests to use Seemonkey Photobooth at bar mitzvahs and office parties, got his start in the business through his own wedding. His wife, Lauren, had seen photobooths at other weddings and encouraged her husband, a self-described "computer programmer and part-time mad-scientist/inventor," to make one of his own.
"I created the software and built the photobooth for our own wedding. It worked perfectly, and my little invention was one of the bigger hits at our reception," he said.
What will they think of next?
Pullano said he's working on a video booth. "Why just come into a ShutterBooth and take pictures when you can also come in and record 30 second video clips?"
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A couple years ago, Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney and rapper Kanye West collaborated on three tracks, "Only One," "All Day" and "FourFiveSeconds," the latter of which featured Rihanna.
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Discussion in 'General Pro Player Discussion' started by ark_28, Jan 4, 2013.
I like both players Gut feeling is Isner in three with one tiebreak, something like 4-6 7-6 6-4
You can't underestimate a player like Dodig who has beaten the likes of Nadal and Tsonga, that said am confident John will have too much game for the Croat and seal his place in round 3.
Great match today between Isner and Dodig. Some clutch serving in the final tiebreak from the big man to close it out. Heres looking forward to Isner vs Cilic, where we will hopefully see some big serving and agressive shotmaking that might make these slow courts look a bit faster
Yeah good point John showed today that as Peter Fleming said "he is a true warrior" John was far from his best today but his aura and never say die attitude got him through!
It will be a tough match v Cilic but John has shown today once again that with his serve and passion he has a shot v anyone.
Hope his fitness will hold up. The commentators said something about him hurting his leg when he stumbled after being lobbed. He needs to be mobile if he's to make the desired impact in the later rounds of tournaments......
It did seem like he tweaked his calf hopefully he will be ready to go come the Cilic match
Excuses coming up..
Anyways at this stage Isner, Haas, Malisse, Janowicz, Zemlja, Falla, Muller, Istomin know that their career will be defined by their performance in the majors and the masters is all just gravy.
idk this thread to me is just extremely uninteresting
John showed champion spirit this week v Dodig but came up just short verus and inspired Cilic!
The Davis Cup will be a great test for John but playing the USA in the UsA on fast tracks and with John's serve will not be a prospect that the Serbs are relishing that's for sure!
Awesome performance last night from John taking out Harrison in straight sets proving that what happened down under was a injury related!
I expect John to cruise through later today against the talented Jack Sock!
I wonder if John went to watch Wrestlemania this past weekend? I know he is a massive fan and never misses a wrestling show, and has been in attendance at Wrestlemania's in the past.
Hypothetical situation: John Isner hits 4 aces every service game and takes his opponent to the tie break where he breaks their serve once winning 7-6(7-5). He does this every set to win in straights at a major.
If he were to ever develop an untouchable accurate serve and wins a grandslam, what would you consider him? A disgusting ace machine, or a one slam wonder?
Considering John has never made it past the quarters in a major, I would call it a miracle.
John up next in Houston after the Bryan Bros!
Worringly for the field Johns returns were on point last night breaking Ryan 3 times in a set this level of ferioious hitting to go with John's already devastating serve is going to make life very difficult indeed for the rest of the tour!
Funny... John has a long way to go to even be considered a dark horse at a majors. Forget the many areas where John's game is lacking. Can he last for 5 sets over two weeks given his size? That couldn't be easy.
The only people who consider John a darkhorse are the American media who want to hype another American player and Ark.
Great performance from John last night Sock is s young up and coming player and it is never easy being the hunted as John was last night yet he hit 15 aces and converted 4 out of 4 break points this is incredible form and is very ominous ahead of the French Open and Wimbledon for the rest the tour!
John will take on Berankis who beat Haas later in the quarterfinals
Big man Isner is priming himself for another showdown with Rafa at RG. This time the golden giraffe shall be victorious. People are going to be complaining that RG is too fast once they see the ace sandwiches big John serves up.
Yes it is truly ominous that Isner narrowly edged out well-known clay titan Jack Sock in the second round of a minor event. The warning shot has been fired; the repercussions shall be devastating.
This single-handed puts Isner as the man to beat at this year's French Open.
Rafael who? Isner is the man everyone will be gunning for when Roland Garros rolls around.
What I've learnt from this thread about Isner's talent...
Excellent giff where did you get it?
Great performance from John tonight huge serving and some great convertor stats off the return too!
Apart from one blip in the 2nd set on serve it was a very solid performance!
I uploaded the gif to http://minus.com/lbiaTnyIZ7IqjJ, and the direct link for it is the one I used(http://minus.com/lbiaTnyIZ7IqjJ).
They'd best keep the courts well watered in Houston this weekend, otherwise an Isner inferno might burn up the clay and void the whole event.
John once again showed his champions mentality after losing the 1st set to last years Houston champions 61 he hit back to win the match 1-6 6-4 6-4 he played a superb brand of attacking tennis and came to the net on quite a few occasions he took the racket out of Monacos hand.
John converted two of of his three breakpoints if he continues to return as well as this, to go with his monster like serve he is going to be a tough man for anyone to stop!
John created a bit of history today becoming the first American in 15 years to beat a Spaniard in a clay court final amazing achievement! Not only is John serving huge as always but his returns and groundies have been backing up his huge serve!
As I have said many times the majors from here on in are what will defines John's career but on this form it is going to take an incredible performance from someone to stop John at the French Open.
I want to hear how much smack you will be talking in the next few weeks when your over grown serving dork has to play the big boys, I have a feeling you won't have much to say.
It'll take a top 30 clay specialist to beat John in 4...and in the second round.
Congrats to him today, and I'm happy for him, but he stands no chance right now of winning any slams.
Sensational performance from John yesterday to take out a clay court specialist in his fortress, John now is confident he is hungry this combined with his huge serve and all our attacking style is going to make him very tough to beat this week in Madrid.
I gotta agree with you.
ark is a rec player and has probably seen a fellow rec player with a huge serve (I've seen ark's practice footage and his own serve is far from a weapon), felt powerless to return it, and extrapolated that a big serve is all you need to win anything at the pro level.
Yet he fails to realize that at the pro level, big serves are faced all the time, and they can actually return them.
My serve is improving all the time but this thread is about John not my serve or people at my club and for your information my return is one of my strengths so unless I am up against the club pro or the best players I am not aced that often, but I still have the common sense to realize the importance of a huge serve takes you a long way in this sport.
The fact of the matter is John has beaten Roger Novak and taken Nadal to 5 at the French Open, his serve helped him a great deal in achieving these amazing accomplishments.
His serve is pretty much the only reason for his accompishments. Ground game and movement has improved, but no way can he compete without that serve.
Big John comes into this event with a clay court title under his belt in achieving this feat he became the 1st American to beat a Spaniard in a red clay final since 1998!
Snce then John has managed his results superbly well and comes into the French Open feeling fresh and rested! A fresh John Isner is a dangerous prospect to the rest of the tour, with his monster serve and huge all court game.
No. He will not make 3R.
Time will tell I personally think Wimbledon is his best shot at winning a Grand Slam indeed he himself said this, but the fact remains he is a danger to the games elite players on this surface!
No top seed is going to want to see their name next to John in the draw that is for sure.
Arky :-D havent seen you posting in a while, great to see you back looking forward to see john in action at the French open, would be nice to see him to draw Nadal early and finish what he started in 2011 People trying to diminish his achievement of taking Nadal to 5, just sickening really, as it was just as good if not better than Soderlings performance in my opinion Rooting for John to prove his critics wrong with some aggressive first strike tennis.
Excellent post, as you rightly say, what Soderling achieved and what John achieved v Rafa at the French are both unique achievements with John's being arguably the harder of the two simply because, there are a few guys with big weapons that if they are on their game can take Rafa out relatively comfortably, on any surface, Soderling with his huge game managed this while Del Potro at the US Open and Tsonga have also managed it on other surfaces at the US Open and Australian Open respectively.
Isner by contrast when toe to toe with Nadal at the most prestigious clay court event in the world and pushed Nadal to the brink in his own fortress, both mentally and in terms of endurance that is a far harder and more daunting task IMHO.
Be realistic. Isner was broken 5 times on clay by none other then robin Hasse and Isner rarely wins easily on clay in a best of 5. You should have very low expectations going into the French open of Isner, he is in no form what so ever.
It's going to be a big ask for John to win the French Open this year, but I certainly think he can influence the final outcome in a big way. He did win a title on clay in Houston, but as you say had a few minor setbacks in recent weeks, realistically it should mean he is more fresh for the challenge at the French Open and Wimbledon, where he has his best chance of winning that maiden Grand Slam title.
Fantastic job by John dispatching a clay court specialist in Berloq so comprehensively, tomorrow he faces Ryan Harrison in round 3! A place in round 32 beckons... The longer the run of Johns goes on the more it is going to send shivers down the spines of the world's elite players.Anyone that can hit a serve up to 148 mph from that height and with the brand of big man tennis that John plays, can give fits to the rest of the tour!
John yet again showed today what a warrior he is, down 2 sets to love and he storms back to win in 5!
John now heads into the last 32 of the French, Haas has been in great form and you cannot take him lightly, but John has won 3 of their 5 previous matches and with the big man's serve which kicks up like a mule at pace on a clay court, and huge forehand, the match is very much on John's racket.
I believe Hass will handle Isner the same way he did, the last time they played. If Hass can get in John's service games, big edge to Tommy.
I don't think Isner has much left in him after that marathon. Haas meanwhile, has the form to bring him down and I believe he will.
Thank you come again!
John cruised through yesterday, this is fantastic new John has identified this slam as being the best chance to win a major, Nadal is now out of his way, so it is 1 down 6 to go for Big John
Good luck to Big John...now that Nadal's out, I can start rooting for other players
John first up on court 3 tomorrow the hottest ticket in town seeing big John in his quest for greatness on the hallowed turf
Big John has hit back from injury and is looking stronger than ever.. Many tipped John to go all the way at Wimbledoj this year but sadly join has to retire with injury, against Adrian Mannarino, John however proved last night that this was an aberration as he hammered Manarino in straight sets this is fantastic news for tennis fans around the world.. But ominous indeed for the rest of the tour.
John wins against one of the tours hottest young prospects in 3 sets this is fantastic news for the tour and fans around the world, but it is of course ominous for the rest of the field in Atlanta this week!
John plays the former world number 4 James Blake in just over an hour it promises to be a block buster encounter.
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At TIME, Erika Christakis and Nicholas A. Christakis have penned an article criticising Harvard's endorsement of Oprah Winfrey, with the awarding of an honourary doctorate and as commencement speaker. As their title indicates, "Oprah as Harvard's Commencement Speaker Is an Endorsement of Phony Science".
Oprah's particular brand of celebrity is not a good fit for the values of a university whose motto, Veritas, means truth. Oprah's passionate advocacy extends, unfortunately, to a hearty embrace of phony science. Critics have taken Oprah to task for years for her energetic shilling on behalf of peddlers of quack medicine. Most notoriously, Oprah's validation of Jenny McCarthy's discredited claim that vaccines cause autism has no doubt contributed to much harm through the foolish avoidance of vaccines.
Ms Winfrey does tend to endorse a lot of pseudoscientific nonsense: Rhonda Byrne (who "wrote" The Secret and The Power), Dr Oz, and similar promoters of nonscience and nonsense.
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WASHINGTON -- With the Senate expected to vote today on a proposal to phase out dividend taxation over four years and then "sunset" the provision so that dividends would suddenly be taxed again in 2007, The Concord Coalition said that the use of "sunsets" to artificially reduce the revenue loss estimates of tax cut proposals is an expensive and irresponsible gimmick that future generations will have to pay for.
"There is absolutely no economic or fiscal policy justification for the idea of phasing out and then reinstating the taxation of dividends. Any anticipated positive economic effects from eliminating the taxation of dividends will be muted, if not canceled out, by the looming sunset. On the other hand, if one assumes that the sunset doesn't happen then the cost of the provision balloons. In short, this idea is either bad economics or dishonest budgeting," said Concord Coalition Executive director Robert Bixby.
"The obvious intent of such a blatant scoring gimmick is to pretend that a tax cut with an estimated revenue loss of about $400 billion over 10 years will only lose about one-third as much revenue. Using this device, proponents can take credit for eliminating the double taxation of dividends while technically, if disingenuously, staying within the $350 billion cap set in the budget resolution for the Senate's tax bill. Even some of the reported "offsets" in this amendment are nothing more than new sunsets for other tax cuts. Gimmicks are thus being used to offset gimmicks. It is a measure of how far fiscal discipline has slipped that the Senate would even consider such hocus-pocus in the wake of the Enron accounting scandal," Bixby said.
"To be clear, the Senate is not alone in making use of the sunset gimmick. The House version of the reconciliation bill contains several new sunsets that artificially hold down its official cost. Moreover, any new sunset gimmicks enacted this year will add to the $1.2 trillion 10-year cost of permanently extending all the tax cut sunsets already enacted. These sunsets confuse the fiscal outlook and complicate the tax code. Worst of all, they cynically avoid facing up to the fiscal consequences of today's decisions, leaving future generations to clean up the mess," Bixby said.


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PCC president will speak at Business Club Luncheon
Higher education takes the spotlight at the Chamber of Commerce' Business Club Luncheon on Wednesday, Feb. 6, at noon in the community room at First National Bank.
Pueblo Community College President Patty Erjavec and Norm Jones, the new Dean of Southwest Colorado Community College East and West Campuses will be our featured presenters.
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Jim Edmonds has always had a flair for the dramatic, so it wasn't surprising that his two home runs -- one a grand slam -- provided an exclamation point in the final game of the Cubs' four-game sweep of the second-place Brewers.
Edmonds likes a big stage, and a big crowd always seems to bring out the best in the veteran center fielder, so he was happy to see so many Cubs fans had driven north for the key series.
"I appreciate it," Edmonds told MLB.com. "They come up here to cheer for us, and it's exciting. It's exciting when you're a Cubs player, but it's also exciting for the game of baseball to see that many people make that much effort to come to this series."
Shoppach joins Boudreau with hit parade: With three doubles and two homers on Wednesday night, Kelly Shoppach became the first Major Leaguer to have five extra-base hits in a game since the Dodgers' Shawn Green did it in 2002, and the first American Leaguer to reach the mark since the Indians' Lou Boudreau in 1946.
"To hear some of the names talked about and the length of time it's been since someone's done that, it definitely makes you feel small," Shoppach told MLB.com. "It was a lot of fun."
Angels trio lands in elite group with home runs: Torii Hunter, Juan Rivera and Vladimir Guerrero each hit a three-run homer on Thursday, the first time the Angels have accomplished that feat in 30 years. Brian Downing, Reggie Jackson and Don Baylor did the same thing in a 10-7 win at Oakland on June 8, 1978.
"This is definitely the best we've played all season," Hunter, who had nine homers and 21 RBIs in July, told The Los Angeles Times. "Guys are swinging the bats well. Man, this is what I expected, why I came here, looking at Vladdy and Garret hitting, [Chone Figgins] getting on base, running, putting the panic on pitchers. I love it."
Carpenter shows guts in four-inning return: In his first start since April 1, 2007, Chris Carpenter pitched four innings in the Cardinals' 7-2 win over the Braves on Wednesday night. Working with an 85-pitch maximum -- Carpenter had just two rehab starts before joining the team -- the 2005 Cy Young Award Winner worked into and out of trouble in the first three innings.
"We don't win that game without Chris Carpenter," manager Tony La Russa told The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "He wasn't sharp early, but the other starters are watching how he handles those situations. That's why his value goes beyond the day he pitches."
Hawkins brings experience to 'Stros pen: Veteran right-hander LaTroy Hawkins, acquired in a trade with the Yankees, was scheduled to join the Astros on Friday.
"We've had ongoing discussions with the Yankees on a couple different occasions about LaTroy over the course of the season," Astros general manager Ed Wade told The Houston Chronicle. "And he was on our list over the offseason. We made an offer to him and had had discussions. He ended up signing with the Yankees, but he was somebody that we had on our radar screen back during the offseason.
"He's always had good stuff. He's pitched in critical games in the latter stages of games, so it's a role with which he's familiar."
Griffey Jr. could 'tear it up' with White Sox: For Ken Griffey Jr., the chance to play for a contender again has finally arrived, but he leaves behind a Reds clubhouse in which he was the unquestioned ringleader.
"It's bittersweet for [Griffey]," Reds outfielder Adam Dunn told The Cincinnati Enquirer. "He hates to leave the guys, but he's going to a place where they're in first place. He probably feels likes he's a lot more wanted over there. He'll probably go over there and do well. He'll probably tear it up."
Broken finger can't keep Michael Young down: A broken finger didn't stop Michael Young from hitting a sacrifice fly that brought in the tie-breaking run for the Rangers on Wednesday night.
Young spent most of the game in the clubhouse with his finger in a bucket of ice, but he answered the call for a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning of the 4-3 win over Seattle by launching a deep fly to center field.
"I was pretty jacked up," Young told The Dallas Morning News. "I hadn't ever pinch hit in that kind of situation. I had to take some deep breaths."
Richmond makes strong showing in debut: Recalled him from Triple-A for his first Major League start, Scott Richmond got a standing ovation from Blue Jays fans for his effort in a 3-2 loss to the Rays.
"It was really exciting, and I just tried to keep my emotions in check," Richmond told The Toronto Sun. "The last couple of games, I was watching the games, and it was nice to get a couple of days under my belt before I started. Emotions -- I was just trying to make sure I was relaxed, to breathe and be comfortable. I just tried to do that and focus on every pitch."
Move to left field not a problem for Braun: Ryan Braun, the 2007 NL Rookie of the Year as a third baseman, has yet to commit an error in 103 starts in left field this season.
"He has played left field awesomely for me," manager Ned Yost told The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "I think he has been phenomenal in left field. Under the circumstances as a first-year left fielder, he has far exceeded my expectations for what he could be out there.
"I thought it would be a struggle, and then he'd develop into where he'd be OK. He was OK and developed into being very, very good."
Romero gets high praise for highlight catch: Rookie Alex Romero made a catch on Tuesday night that Arizona manager Bob Melvin called the "play of the year."
"He takes balls off the bat with full-out effort every day," Melvin told The East Valley Tribune. "He takes nothing for granted. He works to make himself better every day."
Pudge Rodriguez traded to Yankees: Needing a catcher after losing Jorge Posada for the rest of the season, the Yankees traded reliever Kyle Farnsworth to Detroit in exchange for 14-time All-Star Ivan Rodriguez.
"Farnsy did a hell of a job for us, but you have to give up to get," general manager Brain Cashman told The New York Daily News. "We're excited to have Pudge here. We're robbing Peter to pay Paul, so I hope it works out. You do the balancing act and tough decisions get made. I made a tough one today."
Perez maintains consistency on mound: In his last six starts, Oliver Perez has gone at least six innings, and he has a 1.36 ERA since June 24. He has also struck out 44 batters while walking only 15.
The string of solid outings has made life easier for manager Jerry Manuel, who joked when he first took over the manager's job on June 17 that he would have to watch Perez's starts from the top step in order to get to the mound earlier.
"I haven't been on the top step for a while with Ollie," Manuel told Newsday. "Ollie told me to sit down and be quiet over there, so that's what I'm doing. He's pitching very well."
Masset sees starting possibilities with Reds: Nick Masset, who was part of the deal that sent Ken Griffey Jr. to the White Sox, hopes he can eventually join the Reds' rotation.
"Ultimately, I think it's going to really open up my future as a starter," Masset told MLB.com. "I'm really looking forward to being a starter, if that's where they want me to fit.
"That's something I've always wanted to do, and I'm excited to head over to the National League. But I also have a lot of great friendships with the guys over here, and it's tough leaving a first-place team in contention for the playoffs. It's tough leaving the White Sox."
Harden gets nine K's in first Cub victory: Rich Harden picked up his first win with the Cubs on Thursday, pitching seven innings and allowing just one run in Chicago's 11-4 victory over Milwaukee. Harden had nine strikeouts.
"I don't think I felt as strong as I've been," Harden told MLB.com. "I was a little inconsistent with some of my offspeed pitches today, but I was able to get through it. There were some great defensive plays made today, and that helped me get out of some jams."
Sammons posts memorable blast in second start: Braves rookie Clint Sammons got his second Major League start and delivered his first home run, which broke a 4-4 tie and propelled Atlanta to a 9-4 win over St. Louis.
"It's something you'll remember forever, just like the first hit that I was able to get last year," Sammons, a Georgia native whose parents, wife and in-laws were in the stands, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "To get a home run and get a chance to give us a lead, which I know we haven't had here lately, was definitely a positive. It was a great memory."
Bengie Molina using healthy arm to throw out runners: Jose Molina leads the Majors in throwing out runners, throwing out 47.3 percent of would-be base stealers.
But now that Bengie Molina is healthy again, the eldest of the catching Molina brothers is back to seventh in the Majors with a caught-stealing rate of 32.6 percent -- one spot ahead of younger brother Yadier Molina of the Cardinals, who has a 32.4 percent rate.
"I feel I have the confidence to throw anybody out if these [pitchers] give me a chance," Bengie Molina told The San Francisco Chronicle.
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More than 200 homeless survive in Crossroads
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Feb. 8, 2013 at 2 p.m.
Updated Feb. 8, 2013 at 8:09 p.m.
More than 200 people in the Crossroads are without a permanent home, according to figures released Friday by the Victoria Area Homeless Coalition.
Coalition members and other volunteers conducted a Point in Time Homeless Count on Jan. 24, spreading out across the area and attempting to identify those without housing.
"We conducted more than 500 interviews and learned that many families are in the midst of a housing crisis," said Ginny Stafford, chief executive officer of Mid-Coast Family Services. "A shortage of affordable housing is the biggest challenge most people named as the reason they are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless."
Though the total numbers are down slightly from the count conducted in 2010 - 279 to 214 - Stafford said the problem remains a big one, though some might not meet the criteria set by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to be considered homeless.
"Many families are living doubled up, which simply means one family moves in with another because of financial reasons," she said. "While this may work for awhile, it often puts a real strain on both families while they manage day-to-day living in overcrowded situations."
Of the 214 counted as homeless, 181 were considered unsheltered. By definition, this means living outside, in a garage or other places not meant for human habitation.
It also includes temporary housing paid for by a church or other charitable organization and those who have received an eviction notice and will become homeless within two weeks.
"For the first time this year, we heard of families who are tripled up, meaning three families in a single-family dwelling," said Stafford.
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Work to define a 400 Gbit/s Ethernet standard formally begins in March, says John D'Ambrosia, outlining some of the key issues ahead.
It has been one year since the initial call for interest to start work on a 400 Gbit/s Ethernet standard. At the IEEE 802 Plenary in Beijing the week of March 16, the IEEE 802.3 400 Gbit/s Ethernet Study Group will be requesting approval of its project documentation, so the real work on the 400GbE standard can begin.
A review of the project documentation will provide insight into the physical layer specifications that will be worked on for the initial version of the 400GbE standard. There will be other 400GbE projects eventually. The key part is that this initial effort will spend significant time and energy on defining an architecture that will be flexible and enable future 400GbE implementations.
From a top view, 400GbE for full-duplex operation only will be defined where the Ethernet frame format using the beloved Ethernet media access controller will be preserved. It also will support the currently defined minimum and maximum frame size of the existing IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard. Finally, support for optical transport network and energy-efficient Ethernet will be defined.
The proposed standard aims to define physical layer specifications that support link distances of:
- At least 100 m over multimode fiber
- At least 500 m over singlemode fiber
- At least 2 km over singlemode fiber
- At least 10 km over singlemode fiber
However, as few as two physical-layer specifications may be created, one targeting multimode fiber and another targeting the other three singlemode fiber objectives. The 500m objective may use a parallel fiber solution that could enable the breakout cable function that is popular today where a 40GbE cable is used to support four ports of 10GbE. In addition, a 2km specific solution might be less expensive than a 10km solution.
Diving into the technical details of each of these anticipated proposals will be part of the fun that awaits those ready for this project. It should be pointed out that physical layer specifications will be defined to support a BER of 10-13, which is an improvement over the 10-12 BER that was specified for 10GbE, 40GbE, and 100GbE.
Finally, the Study Group has agreed to define electrical chip-to-chip and chip-to-module application interfaces. I personally believe that the decision to develop these same interfaces for 40GbE and 100GbE played a key role in accelerating the adoption of 40GbE and 100GbE when tough debates occurred in the IEEE 802.3ba Task Force with the key stakeholders present. The developers of the QSFP and CFP families were probably happy that the IEEE 802.3ba Task Force tackled these specifications.
Industry discussions exploring the 400GbE architecture are already underway. Consensus-building forums, such as the Ethernet Alliance's 400GbE Subcommittee, will be crucial to the development of 400GbE. As chair of multiple IEEE 802.3 task forces, I have always told the individuals in these groups that the real work in developing a standard starts, not stops, when they leave the meeting room.
Stay tuned. Ethernet will be getting very interesting in the near future as the 400GbE architecture is debated.
— John D'Ambrosia is acting chair of the 802.3 IEEE 400 Gigabit Ethernet Study Group, chairman of the Ethernet Alliance, and an Ethernet evangelist and distinguished engineer at Dell.
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Pastafarian Dylan found this article published in the Berlin Kurier. Amazing!
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Spaghetti Monster, Have Mercy
Pastafarians celebrate their fun religion in pasta masses
Friedrichshain (place): They say that they believe in the power of the internet, beer and stripper factories and that a Flying Spaghetti Monster created the Earth. Millions of Pastafarians worldwide worship their god. In Berlin and Brandenburg almost 500 young people perform a pilgrimage regularly to pasta masses.
The community in pirate costumes stand with a set expression in the living room, say a civil "Our Monster" open their mouth to receive spaghetti and beer from their priest. 10 minutes later the religious speech is over, the three youths hungrily eat bolognese in silence. A typical evening watching television begins. Have these lads got pasta on the brain?
Brother Spaghetti alias Rainer Weida (57) explains "we want to use our mostly public masses to criticise every form of religion." In East German times the teacher complained already about the "misuse of faith by the Church to hold power". His club modelled on that of spoof prophet Bobby Henderson, who campaigns in Kansas against the free churches, has 20 members in Berlin and in the whole of Germany 500,000. The goal "is to make sects and fanatics think through pasta."
First the mass, then the evening meal. The community enjoys their favourite meal – two meatballs with spaghetti.
Priest Captain Nodus alias musician Wolf Weida (35) divides the spaghetti offering between the young people.
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Discussion in 'Pro Match Results and Discussion' started by Tammo, Feb 12, 2013.
really cool to see them play together. i think they will win
Do we even have a schedule? When are they supposed to be on court?
that's great. I would love to see that.
Cool! When these kind of single players pair up it makes doubles much and much more interesting for me as I don't know a lot of doubles players that well.
They should be on court now, 10:30pm local time.
Does anyone have a stream? I can't find any stream at all for the Brasil Open. Streamhunter. eu usually has them all..
That's great to see, Nalbandian's variety paired up with Nadal's doggedness.
First set to Nadal/Nalbandian 6-3
Supertiebreak right now, it's going to be a close one
whats with these supertiebreaks in doubles now ?.
i noticed them at the olympics doubles..2sets if one all, then supertiebreak..are all doubles just 2 set hit and giggle matches now ?
11/9 Nadal/Nalbandian. #Game
Nadal/Nalbandian beat Andujar/Garcia-Lopez 6-3 3-6 11-9
..wasn't it always like that? Or maybe not always, but for as long as I can remember, so for the last couple of years.
Only at the grand slams do they play a real 3 set match. No idea what happens at the Olympics.
Maybe it's because they want the doubles to be a fast and exciting match. Doubles isn't as popular as singles and I don't think people are willing to watch and enjoy a long doubles match as much as they would like to see a long Nadal-Djokovic match for example. Nobody would like a 5 hour doubles final in a grand slam.
Wow, his knee is killing him so much, he has to play both doubles and singles
Today against Zeballos again...
you must be right, i dont look at doubles much.
Spin of Nadal with Nalbandians incredible angle shots and down the lines. They should play togeteher more often. Would be fun to watch as a nice contrast to the usually double team's robotic, power game.
Looks like Nalbandian/Rafa gave their opponent a walkover. Nalbandian went three sets today, so maybe he wanted to bank energy for singles.
Nalbandian backhand + Nadal forehand = Destroyer!!! :shock:
Rafa better not double fault or Nalby will kick him on the hoffitis
i think the doubles is good for nadal... if he can add net play and touch to his game he could become very interesting to watch...
nadal as an all court player?!
You forgot to throw in Nalbadian's mental strength.
I see he's withdrawn from the doubles. That's sensible. Don't know why he was playing singles & doubles on his comeback.
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Carleton to host public screening of acclaimed HBO documentary film, "The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia"
Submitted by Jessica Paxton on Fri, 02/01/2013 - 4:45pm
The Carleton College chapter of "Eye to Eye" has partnered with HBO to host a public screening of "The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia" at the Weitz Center for Creativity Cinema on Monday, February 4 at 7 p.m. Dyslexia is one of the most common learning differences (affecting one in five children) yet it is also one of the most misunderstood. Dyslexics are bright students who happen to struggle with reading. An official selection at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival,"The Big Picture" was directed by James Redford. The New York Times says the film "busts any preconceptions about limits on what people with dyslexia can achieve." This important film screening will be following by a discussion led by members of "Eye to Eye." The public is encouraged to attend this free event.
"The Big Picture" follows a dyslexic high school student who pursues admission to a leading college—a challenge for a boy who didn't learn to read until 4th grade. The film depicts the dyslexic experience through the eyes of children, experts, and iconic leaders at the top of their fields. "The Big Picture" demonstrates how dyslexia, a persistent problem with learning to read, can be as great a gift as it is sometimes an obstacle.
Eye to Eye is the only national after-school mentoring program that pairs kids with learning disabilities (LD) and ADHD with college and high school students who have been similarly labeled. Using an arts-based curriculum, Eye to Eye helps these kids to value their own unique minds by building their self-esteem and giving them the skills to become self-advocates.
Eye to Eye creates a safe environment in which highly-trained college and high school student mentors work with their mentees over the school year to complete art projects together. These projects are designed by professional artists who also have LD/ ADHD and are specifically geared towards helping kids with LD/ADHD to develop their strengths, understand their weaknesses, manage their expectations, and most importantly, build their self-esteem.
Eye to Eye mentors are not tutors but instead act as role models and provide a safe, fun, and empowering community for kids labeled with LD/ADHD.
The Eye to Eye Carleton Chapter was founded in 2006 and is currently supported by student coordinators, Sarah Carter '13 (Mukilteo, Wash.), Arielle Koshkin '14 (Oakland, Calif.), and Schuyler Rowe '14 (New York). Additional supporters include Lisa Malecha, Eye to Eye Mentee Coordinator and Arcadia Charter School Social Worker, and Andy Christiansen, Eye to Eye Faculty Coordinator and Carleton College Coordinator of Disability Services. Every Thursday trained Carleton College mentors visit Arcadia Charter School (formerly ARTech Charter School) and, using an art-based curriculum, help kids with LD and ADHD embrace their abilities, value their own unique minds, build their self-esteem, and learn the skills to become self-advocates.
For more information about Eye to Eye, visit their website at www.eyetoeyenational.org. A trailer for "The Big Picture" can be viewed online at www.thebigpicturemovie.com.
For more information about this event, including disability accommodations, please call (507) 222-4192. The Weitz Center for Creativity is located at the corner of Third and College Streets in Northfield.


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He was born Dec. 11, 1930, in Brookline, Mass., to Joseph Mack and Edith Mary Colverhouse Bois. He was a certified registered nurse (CNA) anesthetist for more than 30 years, was a veteran of the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, and the United States Air Force, retired. He was a member of St. John's Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Survivors include his wife, Cora Bois; three sons and a daughter-in-law, Robert J. and Sherry Bois of Phoenix, Ariz., Kenneth J. Bois of Laramie, Wyo., and James H. Bois of Glendale, Ariz.; a daughter and son-in-law, Karen and Douglas Greer of Russellville; a brother, Joseph M. Bois of Boca Raton, Fla.; 10 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
The funeral mass will be conducted at 10 a.m. on Tuesday at St. John's Catholic Church, officiated by Fr. P. Chuma Ibebuike. Burial will be in Rest Haven Memorial Park by Shinn Funeral Service of Russellville.
Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with a rosary service to follow.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Knights of Columbus, or to the Priests of the Sacred Heart.
The online obituary and guestbook are available at www.shinnfuneral.com.


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Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by Mary Ann, Aug 10, 2012.
Wow, that's crazy. Has she been to see a doctor about it?
Thanks , ladies and gentlemen.
That just convinced me that I should indeed ask the admins to delete my account here. Not worth posting anymore
It was fun ..for a while..
I know the friends I've made here will remain friends outside the forum
Bye - for those that care
Really guys, that was uncalled for. Regardless of whether she leaves the board or not, I think some apologies are in order!
For what? It was a funny play on words for a cute picture.
A funny play on words to you, but obviously it wasn't kind.. I'm sure you can see that
I see no unkindness. No mockery, nothing.
You might not see it but it's there. That's the whole point.
Okay whatever.. I'll leave it to Ruaidhri to explain his invisible meanness, assuming he wants to do so.
I think it has more to do with the history of people giving boco a hard time here in the picture thread simply for posting pictures.
Please don't go, Boco. I am sure this was a misunderstanding.
Occasionally, it happens to everyone, that they accidentially say something that has a double meaning. Inevitably someone else will take the opportunity to make fun of it (I do that a lot myself). And exactly that happened here.
However, I am sure it was meant as a harmless joke and certainly not intended as an insult to any member of your family.
I think this is once again one of the cases where cultural differences cause huge misunderstandings:
Please take into account that not in every culture family is so highly valued as in Italy. For most of us, making fun of someone's relatives would not count as an offense. For an Italian with their very tight family bonds and touchy sense of honour a joke about someone's family would naturally be taken far more serious.
Running away is no good solution. It would be better if you'd explain exactly why you find the remark insulting. Then we would understand and could avoid similar misunderstandings in the future.
You make such pretty photos, it would be a huge loss if you'd leave. Please do stay.
And since it was mentioned that you were attacked previousely: if anyone flames or harasses you, we'll defend you and the Mods will step in as well. It's their job and our duty as your friends.
I love the chicken pic! It reminds me of my own granny who when I was a child often took me to the farm where she used to buy eggs. They always had little chickens in spring In Bavaria, we call them 'Singerl' because the sounds they make resemble singing.
What do you feed them in Italy? In Bavaria we give them a mixture of hard boiled egg, quark (a ricotta-like cheese) and nettles. Lots of minerals and proteins that make them grow quickly.
Awesome storm clouds, RyanKCR! The first pic looks quite frightening
Some people are here to throw barbs at others and receive them in kind. Some have a penchant for mocking others, even if under the guise of sarcasm. But then we have some people who don't care for that, who are simply here to share good things and aren't into verbal jabbing.
Ruaidhri's comment did have a winky face following it, but it's still an insult to someone who has made it clear that she doesn't play that way. A grandparent is a revered family member and strangers making jokes like that can't help but be seen as making a callous attempt at stirring up trouble for a brief thrill. It was out of place, especially given the history involved.
I don't know Ruaidhri at all, but perhaps it wasn't his intention to be callous. In any event an apology would be the right thing to do.
Finished another Avengers cross stitch (again, I didn't design it! ):
I'm going to get a wide, plain frame for it, and decoupage Avengers pics around it.
Love it, KM. The sparkly aida makes a great background.
Big sidious in duh house!
Yeah, I had a ton of the stuff left over from Christmas ornaments, so I thought it would be great for The Avengers!
Holy cow, that's so not how I meant that, boco, and I most wholeheartedly apologize for the offense.
I'll echo someone else's plea: please don't go. I greatly enjoy your photos and love that you post them, and wouldn't want you to stop. My comment was meant as a joke, not with any mean spirit, and I hope you'll recognize that this is a sincere apology. It never occurred to me that my joke might be misconstrued.
Wow, talk about an overreaction. Ruaidhri was clearly joking around.
Maybe there's a language barrier at play here or the difficulty of communicating the subtleties of humor through text; maybe it's because of your past history participating in or being the brunt of criticism and that's influencing how you're reacting, but Ruaidhri's comment is one of the most harmless, playful, and obvious jokes I've ever seen and you are completely overreacting to it, and others aren't helping. As if the joke itself wasn't obvious enough, he added a :wink: smiley to further clarify his intent. Since you've never had an issue with Ruaidhri before (that I've seen) and he's one of the nicest, most laid back posters on this forum, why jump to the conclusion that this was an attack?
Plus, no one has asked you to leave or implied having any such desire, but if you want to, then you can just leave. The "asking the admin to delete my account" thing is a tired cliché. They don't delete accounts, it's not necessary to do so for you to go (if you think you'll be tempted to come back and lack resolve, just scramble your password), and it's usually just a means to grab attention and well-wishes by people who don't actually intend to leave. Not saying that's what you're doing here, but that's how it's often used, and it gets old.
You stop stirring up trouble. You know full well that was a joke.
But that didn't happen here, and Ruaidhri has never participated in any of those arguments, so it shouldn't really apply.
She has not made it clear in the past that she does not want to participate in back and forth joking banter. In fact, she has participated in much of it herself. How is Ruaidhri supposed to know this harmless comment of all things was going to provoke that reaction?
How can a joke about a grandmother having baby chicks every spring possibly be interpreted as a callous attack on a revered family member? It's not even an insult, and it's so absurd and whimsical I don't know how anyone could possibly take it seriously.
Ruaidhri is one of the nicest, most polite and respectful posters in these parts, so being that type of person he might apologize anyway just to smooth things over. But rest assured, no apology is owed for what was an obvious and friendly joke.
This is such a ridiculous tempest in a teapot.
Edited to add: See, he already apologized while I was typing this up. He ninja'd me with niceness.
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Arizona has been focused on its practices at Fort Huachuca over the last few days, but that doesn't mean that recruiting stops. The Wildcats added their 25th commitment of the 2013 class Saturday afternoon when defensive line prospect Luca Bruno of Oak Park, Calif., decided to give UA his verbal pledge.
"Well they have always been high up on my list and they've been No. 1 for a couple months," he said. "I just felt they were my top the whole time and due to them running out of scholarships - I took a good look at about 10 or 15 schools - and I feel out of all the schools I looked at they were the top.
"So I feel very comfortable committing to them."
Strength and conditioning staffs have been a big factor throughout Bruno's recruitment and that played a factor in the three-star's decision to choose UA.
"Strength and conditioning was a huge part of it," he said. "A lot of the other schools didn't have as good of training and conditioning [programs] that U of A had, and I felt they really stood out there. And also when I was out there I got to meet all the coaches and I felt more of a family atmosphere there.
"I also looked at the academic side and student side, and I feel like I could fit in with all the students there. I feel like I can get a good education there, and I feel like U of A helps that happen with their football players."
As a future defensive lineman Bruno will be working quite a bit with UA defensive line coach Bill Kirelawich and the rising senior was impressed with his approach to the game when on his visit.
"I've talked about the hard-knock type of football they want to play before," Bruno said. And I feel that after seeing coach K (Kirelawich) at practice earlier this year, that's the kind of football he wants to play."
At this point Bruno said he will likely come in as a defensive end, but he also has the size to play defensive tackle as well.
The 6-foot-4, 282-pound prospect chose UA over offers from SMU, California and Oregon State among others.
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Tigers part ways with Triple-A manager Nevin
By Jason Beck / MLB.com
DETROIT -- The Tigers parted ways with Triple-A Toledo manager Phil Nevin after five seasons in the organization, the last three with the Mud Hens.
The move was announced in Toledo, Ohio, after Saturday's game, the last home game of the season for the team. Tigers Minor League baserunning coordinator Gene Roof, who has spent much of the year in Toledo doing outfield work with top prospect Nick Castellanos, will manage the team for its final two games in Columbus, Ohio.
Nevin, a former Tigers player who rejoined the organization to manage Double-A Erie in 2009, went 61-81 this season with the Hens and 188-242 managing in the organization. The Tigers told Nevin earlier this week and gave him the option to finish out the season, according to John Wagner of the Toledo Blade, but he opted to return home to California after the Mud Hens' final home game.
"Phil's done a good job for us," Tigers president/general manager Dave Dombrowski said Sunday morning. "He's a good person. He's worked hard. He's a good man, been part of us for a while. Sometimes you just need to change the voice. But it is a difficult decision, because he's a good person who's worked hard for us and given his all."
Dombrowski said the Tigers haven't started a search for Nevin's replacement. Two former Mud Hens managers, Larry Parrish and Bruce Fields, returned to the organization this year. Parrish, the Hens' all-time leader in managerial wins, managed this year at Class A West Michigan. Fields, who managed in Toledo in 2001-02, is the organization's Minor League hitting coordinator.
Castellanos savors callup, coming full circle on Monday
DETROIT -- The last time the Tigers went to Fenway Park, in the thick of a playoff race last summer, Nick Castellanos was there. He was playing for Double-A Erie, and he took the team's off-day on the road to drive down from New Hampshire with Avisail Garcia. They wanted to soak in the atmosphere for a day before getting back to their climb, and they were as much fans as baseball players.
As he learned Saturday night in Toledo, Ohio, that he got the big league call and suddenly had to pack for a three-city trip with a much stricter dress code than a Triple-A bus, it hit him. He's heading back to Fenway Park on Monday, this time as a Major Leaguer.
"It's going to feel that much better going there for real this time," he said.
First was Sunday's series finale against the Indians in Detroit, where two Triple-A teammates -- infielder Danny Worth and reliever Evan Reed -- both joined him as September callups. Castellanos entered as a pinch-hitter in the seventh and flied out, then remained in the game in left field. He batted again in the ninth inning of Detroit's 4-0 loss, grounding out to shortstop.
Luke Putkonen will join the team Monday in Boston, manager Jim Leyland announced. Catcher Bryan Holaday, and relievers Jeremy Bonderman and Jose Alvarez will join the team on Tuesday.
Castellanos might still be a spectator to some degree. The Tigers have their mix in left field, and while Castellanos will likely get some time there, he's not taking over. But as team officials have said all along, they don't add September callups just to take up space. When they discussed whether to call up their top prospect, they did it with the intent to use him.
"We think he's earned a spot to come up with us at this point," team president/general manager Dave Dombrowski said. "He's done a nice job for us. We look at him as a very valuable person within our organization for years to come, and we think being here in September, not only will he help us, but it'll be good experience for him."
Castellanos, for his part, is ready for whatever they have for him.
"My role's going to be whatever [Leyland] needs me for, whenever he needs me," Castellanos said. "Whether it's go in against a lefty late in a game, whether it's a pinch-hit, whether it's a pinch-run, whether it's to pitch, it doesn't matter. I'm here to do whatever I can to try to help this team win. Coming in late in games, that's something I'm going to have to try to learn how to do, because I've never really done that before.
"I'm sure that I'll talk to these guys. We've got awesome guys on the team that will let me know things that I need to do."
That learning process will give him a head start on next season, when he likely has a chance to earn a regular role out of camp. His bat, the one that hit .276 with 18 home runs and 76 RBIs for Toledo, will give the Tigers some punch off the bench.
Inside, however, there's still going to be that kid soaking everything in. Even in the quiet of a Sunday morning clubhouse, Castellanos' excitement was evident.
"We're playing for something," Castellanos said. "I'm going to take everything in, I'm going to learn as much as I can, and I'm going to enjoy the ride, because it's going to be a lot of fun."
Miggy sits for finale, though Leyland encouraged
DETROIT -- Miguel Cabrera was out of the Tigers' lineup again Sunday, still receiving treatment on the abdominal strain that forced his early exit Thursday and Friday, and kept him on the bench Saturday. However, manager Jim Leyland showed some encouragement that Cabrera's making progress.
"He was moving around a little bit today, smiling, came down on the bench a little bit," Leyland said. "He got treated all day. I can't tell you when he'll play. I don't really know the answer to that."
The Tigers begin a three-game series Monday afternoon in Boston, where the results could have a huge impact on the best record in the American League and home-field advantage for the postseason.
Cabrera hit .333 (10-for-30) with four doubles, a home run and six RBIs over seven games at Fenway Park last year, so his return could change the tone of the series. However, the Tigers appear intent on making sure he's in playing shape when he returns, not just hobbling through with an impact swing.
Ramon Santiago started at third base Sunday for the second straight game. Torii Hunter again batted third.
Tigers shut down Dotel after setback in Triple-A
DETROIT -- Octavio Dotel has been part of the past two World Series with the Tigers and Cardinals. It does not appear he'll be back this October, whether the Tigers get there or not.
"Right now, he's just not feeling 100 percent, so we're basically shutting him down," team president/general manager Dave Dombrowski said. "It's a situation where we don't plan on him rejoining us. His arm's bothering him. He's just not 100 percent."
The team recalled Dotel from his Minor League rehab assignment, but will not activate him from the disabled list. The forearm tightness that forced him out of Friday's game at Triple-A Toledo is a season-ending injury, if not worse.
"What happened was when he went up to Toledo, he tried to get a little more [on his fastball]," manager Jim Leyland said. "He did get a little more, but the forearm just tightened right up and he just didn't feel like he was ready to compete at this level."
Dotel returned to Detroit this weekend for an examination from team doctors and he could seek an additional opinion from a specialist.
Dotel will be a 40-year-old free agent in November, so any injury that requires a lengthy rehab could be career threatening. Neither Leyland nor Dombrowski know Dotel's future plans.
He has pitched 951 innings over 758 Major League games for a record 13 different teams in his 15-year career.
"Dotel's had a great career, won a world championship," Leyland said. "I wish he was on the club and I wish everything was going right. And who knows, he might be contemplating trying to pitch next year. I'm not saying this is career ending. I'm just saying, right now, he's not going to be available for the Tigers."
Jackson sits for matinee after collision with wall
DETROIT -- Austin Jackson had not yet dragged his aching body to Comerica Park for a status report Sunday when manager Jim Leyland filled out his lineup card without Jackson in it. Even if Jackson could play, Leyland figured a day game off after a night-game collision with Comerica Park's center-field wall made sense.
"I'm just real suspicious that he's going to be pretty sore," Leyland said, "so I'm going to give him a blow today. I don't think it's a matter that he can't play. I think it's a matter that his [neck] area was pretty sore last night. He hit kind of awkward, really."
Jackson said he couldn't throw and was struggling to turn to either side when he arrived at the park Sunday morning. He was feeling better after Sunday's 4-0 loss, but said he's day to day.
"Hopefully [Monday I can] get it loose and get that range of motion back in there," Jackson said.
Most of the discomfort was around his neck, he said. His shoulder was sore, but manageable.
With Jackson out, Don Kelly started in center field, while Andy Dirks batted leadoff.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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if the are normal ropes:
Im pretty sure the only person to actually need saving here would be kakashi (unless he kumai-ed himself out of them). Both uchiha can use fire style to burn the ropes, gaara has his sand to manipulate, and naruto has nine tails mood (the chakra tails will get the ropes).
If they chakra-infused-you-cant-do-shit ropes then gaara


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What's New in Vulvar Cancer Research and Treatment?
Research is being done to find new ways to prevent and treat cancer of the vulva. There are some promising new developments.
Oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes
Scientists are learning more about how certain genes called oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes control cell growth and how changes in these genes cause normal vulvar cells to become cancerous. This information is already being used to develop new drugs that counteract the effects of these gene changes. The ultimate goal of this research is gene therapy. Gene therapy involves replacing the damaged genes in cancer cells with normal genes in order to stop the abnormal behavior of these cells.
HPV vaccines
Vaccines for preventing and treating vulvar and cervical cancer are being developed and tested.
Some of these vaccines are meant to prevent infection with certain types of HPV by boosting the body's immunity to them. Two HPV vaccines, Gardasil and Cervarix, are available. Both vaccines are able to prevent infection with HPV types 16 and 18 and prevent pre-cancerous changes in the cervix. Studies have shown that Gardasil can also prevent anal, vulvar, and vaginal cancers caused by HPV types 6 and 11. Other preventive vaccines are also under study.
Some vaccines being studied are intended to help the immune systems of women with HPV infections destroy the virus and cure the infection before a cancer develops.
Other vaccines are meant to help women who already have a cancer or pre-cancer. These vaccines attempt to produce an immune reaction to the parts of the virus (E6 and E7 proteins) that specifically contribute to the abnormal growth of cancer cells. It is hoped that this immunity will kill the cancer cells or stop them from growing. A vaccine of this type was tested in women with grade 3 vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN3) that tested positive for HPV-16. Most women treated had their VIN lesions shrink, and in some the lesions even went away completely.
Drug treatment
There have been case reports of using drugs known as targeted therapies to treat vulvar cancers. These drugs do not have the same kind of side effects as traditional chemo drugs do. So far, the drugs cetuximab and erlotinib have been tried and doctors have reported some success in a few patients. Sometimes cetuximab is combined with cisplatin chemotherapy for treatment. Further studies of these drugs are needed.
Combining surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy
Clinical trials are underway to determine the best way to combine surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. For example, these trials will provide information about whether certain groups of patients benefit from radiation after surgery and whether patients with cancer that has spread to lymph nodes benefit from chemotherapy or pelvic radiation therapy.
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