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Ford Mustang Electrical Problems
My understanding from various forums (though I don't yet own a Mustang) is that there are several draws on the electrical system when the car is 'off' besides the radio. In addition, the alternators aren't the best, so the batteries aren't always charged to full. Have the alternator tested to see if it's fully functional.
Not really an electrical "problem", but a request for help. I've been looking for an Aux Audio Input Cable for a 2007 mustang gt. More specifically, I need a wire that will allow me to connect a thumb drive to my auxillary input in the center console. I have looked online for a few days without success. Anyone have a site for this wire? Thank you in advance.
Umm......what exactly do you think is going to read the thumb drive? You'd need a mp3 player to interface with an aux input or something to actually read the thumb drive like Sync. PIE makes the adapter but again you need a mp3 player.
Thank you. It's actually not for me, but for a neighbor. I use a thumb drive, but mine is in a new toyo that doesn't need anything additional. I didn't know how it worked with ford / 2007 technology.
moyo71 Posts: 6I assume that when I took the car to the Ford Dealership that they looked at it and tested it. Prior to taking it to the dealership, I had a friend look at it and he informed me that the alternator was putting out enough volt's, if he was wrong then I firgued that the dealership would have caught it.
First, I can't speak for the older Mustangs, but the '10 and '11's with the electronic package will read music files off a thumb drive without benefit of an MP3 player. They have a 10Gb hard drive in their guts that stores music. They even replaced the 6 CD changer with a single CD drive because folks don't need all those CD's anymore.
Second, assumptions about what dealerships did or didn't do are dangerous. I think Autozone stores will check batteries and alternators - you might want to take the car there. My armchair diagnosis is that you've got something in the car drawing electricity even when the car is off and it's killing your battery.
Yes, they do have a 10gb hard drive but you can only load the hard drive from CDs one at a time. Even with Sync you can't load mp3s from the usb drive to the jukebox hard drive. Without sync there isn't even a usb port.
Without Sync (and the Electronics Package), there's no hard drive. Guess you'd need to insert CD's one at a time, like the old days.
No, the hard drive is part of the Navigation system. The Nav system has a 40 gb hard drive and they found they had 10 gb left over and made it available as a jukebox. Since there is no connection between the Nav system and Sync you can't use the Sync usb port to load mp3s from sync into the Nav jukebox.
That may all be different with the new MyTouch interface but mustang doesn't get that yet.
zubygirl50 Posts: 1I've gotten so tired of my battery going died and having the dealership telling me that I just need to drive my car more often. I love my Mustang but hate wondering if it is going to start if I don't drive it every day! Just seems wrong, and since my warranty has now expired, they the dealership said to not worry about it since it had been in the shop so much that it is documented! That really made me feel warm and fuzzy about the Ford dealership. Well I guess that's the end of owning Fords, it's my 5th one! So sad, they say to buy American cars but look what happens when you do!!!
jeremiah6 Posts: 2hello i own a 00 base mustang with the v6 5 speed 3.8 yada yada yada ok i can not get the alt to charge had it tested and it test good battery still runs down while driving cant even run car 20 minutes off a twenty minute jump charge mean hooking jump cables up letting boost car run for 20 minutes then starting and driving. ok so yesterday i bought alternator had it tested, test ok put it in ran boost car for 20 minutes to make sure i had full charge on battery before starting started right up battery light still on no charge, got to oriellys they said battery was no good well of course thats what there cpu is going to say i ran the car 5 miles straight off battery with out being charge, but just too humor them i bought a battery put it in car started right up same thing battery light on ran it for 10 minutes turned on ac voltmeter dropped instantly sputtered died had alt rechecked checked just fine, replaced whole wireing harness from alternator too distrubtion box ran car for 20 minutes again too jump fired up car same thing. im so baffled and peeved i dont know what to do all my connections are fine battery is fine alt is fine and fuse is fine.....please help!!
Well I see one problem in your equation right off---you can't charge a battery by running it to another car with jumper cables for 20 minutes. Not even close. Not even close to close. So you weren't diagnosing things using a "good" battery.
So why don't you fully charge (slow charge) the battery overnight and then see how the car's computer likes that.
440_6 Posts: 1well, this exact thing happened again!
2006 mustang with pony package. my wife just had it washed 2 days earlier and an "intermittent" electrical issue occured yesterday!
The first time this happened car was under warranty and they replaced a "pillar" gasket seal to prevent water entering cabin area and trickeling down pillar to inside passanger kickplate (where this electrical connection that I found was showing moisture corrosion on terminals )-I have pictures of proof that i submitted to FORD-
Second time 1 1/2 years later,after heavy rain, happened again. Car was out of warranty. Ford said sorry, not covered. I cleaned terminal dry and worked for some time until yesterday.
This time, an Intermittent electrical issue on her car had a complete electical system shutdown and then it came back on! She had car washed 2 days earlier and was driving in a snowstorm on I-80 after work. Had car towed in town to investigate issue.
will keep you posted if same problem. ">
I am the original owner of a 2006 Stang w/pony pkg autoTrans. It has the Shaker 500 and all the available options. I also had the dealer install a LoJack system. At the 30K service they called and said the battery needs replacing as well as the alternator - even though it was starting up and charging fine with no problems. So it was done under warranty and at 52k miles I'm having dead battery issues (if car is parked more than 2 days. Autozone check battery and said it tested OK. So I have a friend put ammeter on the car after it has been shut off and and initially showed 1.XXX amps and after about 6 or 7 minutes it dropped to 0.30 and stayed there. I started pulling fuses one-at-a-time and when I pulled fuse #66 the load dropped to .12 and when I put the fuse back in it went back up to .30 so I pulled the fuse out and placed it in the "extra slot" I then started the car back up (V6) and check to make sure all the usual stuff worked and it did including the radio and powered seat. Here's the kicker - the owners manual states fuse position #66 is not used. I read a lot of stuff that the problem is with the Shaker 500 so I had a shop install a JVC KD R810. The drain on the battery remained at .12 with the new radio and everything works except I still am getting a dead battery after 2 days. I spoke with the Ford Service guy and he told me that according to his stuff that fuse #66 is not used. He told me to bring it in and they would open the fuse box and trace the wire at fuse #66. I told him that I didnt have $80/hr to have their tech's do what I could do but that as a dealer THEY should know what is on that fuse! So anyway, anybody happen to know why Im getting a battery drain that kills the battery in 2 days ?
Ok, My 2 yr old Motorcraft battery which was replaced by the dealer under warranty finally failed today. I purchased a new battery and installed it today and I hope it solves my problem but I still have a battery drain of 110ma which is about double the draw that most new cars may have. I will keep this thread updated as time moves forward
You should be fine with only 110ma draw.
tx78109 Posts: 1I have a 2006 mustang V6 that has the same problem, did you find the problem.
Hey guys. I got 2006 Mustang V6. My "CHECK CHARGING SYSTEM" warning keep coming on. Changed the battery, alternator and checked alternator fuse and wires and it's all fine. Does anyone knows what the problem could be?
Only thing left are the battery cables and terminals. It's also possible the replacement alternator is bad or the wrong model.
Thanks dude
robbyh3 Posts: 1Did you find out how to fix this? I am having the same problems on a 1995, i've narrowed it down to the green wire off the top of the altenator, but dont know where it leads too???
Any help?
I have a 2006 mustang V6 containing electrical issues at the kick panel. They claimed that they did a did a diagnostic @ 169.00. Lights went out on freeway. Stated I need a smart box. Claimed they put a new one in. 883.00 dollars. Lights went out on freeway again. The did another diagnostic and stated I needed a new battery 264.00 dollars Lights went out on freeway again, I gave up with Ford dealer as they stated I need a new wiring harness. Aprox 3 grand to replace. Vehicle has intermitten problem. Tonight cat would not start,turns over but doesnt kick in. Yanked out the smart box plug and shows green corrosion on male prongs, left car where its sat. Any great ideas how toclean off male prongs? Ford dealer never mentioned about a "pillar gasket" they just stated leak around the windshield. I need to find a place who does electrical repairs in Puyallup area
mustangheather Posts: 3I have a 99 v6 3.8 L Mustang. The traction control light went out. It will still work, but sometimes the car acts different right at around 30-45 mph but once i get past that it's fine. I don't know if the switch is out, fuse is blown, or what? No check engine light has ever come on that I've noticed. :confuse:
cps432 Posts: 1I have a 2005 Mustang and I used to have a massive water leak above the electric panel on the passenger side. There is a trough that collects water run off from the windshield. There's a drain with a rubber boot that's suppose to regulate the flow of the water drainage. If it fills with leaves and twigs it keeps the water from draining. Then the water fills to a point where they have a vent that leads to the inside of the firewall and water pours into the car like a water fall. It soaks the electric panel and causes shorts. I've been having all kinds of problems with my electrical system. I removed the panel from around the windshield wipers and removed the rubber boots from the drain so that they don't catch leaves and I haven't had the water leak anymore, but the electric problems are getting worse. I fear I will need a new wiring harness. I've been chasing a cylinder misfire for days now and I can't peg the problem. It must be electrical. I'm getting tired of Ford these days.
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cohr Posts: 1Alright, I have no idea about cars, Mechanical wise. But i own a 2009, v8 GT Mustang, Its sapose to be the 25th anniversary addition? It has 22'000 kms on it, And i only had it for about 4 months. Before that, it was previously owned, by a man who took care of it, so the dealers told me. I bought it at 11'000 kms. If this Information is needed.
When i drive it around, though does not happen all the time, The head Lights start to Flash like a strobe light, along with the dash board lights. . It happened last night when I reved my rpms to 2700. And the time before that, When i had my music turned on really loud. The car did not completely Stall on me. It just seemed like a really big Power shortage or something.
Usually any electrical problems concerning the smart box is due to water coming into the interior of the passenger side compartment. The water in some cases is due to the plugged drain holes from devris located under the windshield cowling. Remove the cowling ( some models you may have to remove the wipers). In addition most likely your interior ventilation filter is either wet or damaged at this point. After cleaning under the cowling replace the filter which is also under the very cowling held by a few tabs. Entire proces takes under 10 minutes so its quite easy to do.
I forgot to mention that the water which was built up under the cowling seeps into your interior filter dripping onto your smart box. You may at this time have to replace the junction box (avrg price about 700 +- dollars. If you dont have a full blown problem as of yet you might pull out the fuses and clean the prongs with a brush or try electrical cleaning fluid of sorts. Be careful which fuse you pull out or else you might end up reprogramming the vehicle. Hope this helps. If you owners dont have this problem ---- yet------ Check under your cowling just for the heck of it thus maybe preventing future electrical problems.
kathie6971 Posts: 1I have 2001 Mustang. We started having problems after leaving it sit for about 6 months. Car wouldn't start replaced battery. Worked for 2 days. Replaced alternator. Worked for 3 days. Took battery to be tested ... dead exchanged for new battery. worked for 1 day. Took battery, alternator and starter off to be tested. All Good. So what else could be draining the battery? :sick:
Parasitic Drain perhaps---here's a good tutorial on how to track down such a problem:
corneroftheweb Posts: 1I have a 2005 Mustang. I went to my daughter today and when I backed out of the drive there was a strange noise, like the brakes were sticking. When I put it into drive everything seemed fine. While I was driving home I noticed I was low on gas and decided to stop at the next station which was about 6 block away. After about 3 blocks the low fuel indicator came on and when it did, the radio and lights turned off. After about 30 seconds everything came back on. I pulled into the gas station and turned off the car and filled up the tank. When I got back in the car started just fine but the fuel gage still showed empty. Then when I tried to put the car into gear it wouldn't move. I tried to pull the emergency brake and it was frozen. I noticed the radio wasn't on. I turned the car off and got out. No dome light. No chime even though the key was in the ignition. I pushed the door lock button to unlock the passenger side and it didn't work. I tried the key fob but nothing. I opened the hood thinking it must be electrical and maybe if I disconnected the battery it would be ok. But I realized I don't have any tools in this car. So looking around under the hood I unplug whatever it is in front of the fuse box, plugged it back in and then went back into the car and it started right up, the gages started working, the lights and radio came on and the door lock button and FOB were working. I closed the hood and drove home. The car ran perfectly all the way home (about 10 miles) but now the engine light is on.
This is the first problem I have ever had with this car.
Does anyone know what might have caused this? It has been raining like cats and dogs all day. And what did I unplug and why did it make a difference?


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Found this beetle at the edge of a large lake in the Landes area of southwest France in August. It was 40-50mm long. Can't find it in any of my books or on Internet. Please help!
It is Polyphylla fullo
It is the largest of the European Melolonthinae, reaching 38mm in length
(perhaps you were doing the angler's exaggeration about its size?!)
Nice find - it is quite rare.
Thank you so much Mike - I expect I did over-estimate it, especially as I nearly stood on it getting out of the lake!

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Im looking for a simple way to obtain a unique identifier for a computer system. I need a number that wont change when the NIC fails or the OS needs to be reinstalled. Is there a way to get the CPU's unique serial number? Or maybe some Motherboard chipset ID number?
How would i go about querying this value from within my code?
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- United States Grand Prix
Tyres will be key to success in Austin - Webber
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- United States Grand Prix
- Drivers:
- Mark Webber
- Teams:
- Red Bull
Mark Webber believes temperatures and understanding the tyres will be the defining factor at the US Grand Prix this weekend, not whether the cars suit the layout of the track.
On paper the Circuit of the Americas appears to be well suited to the Red Bull, with fast sweeping corners in the first sector similar to the team's stomping grounds at Suzuka and Silverstone. But with cooler temperatures expected this weekend than at recent races and Pirelli supplying medium and hard compound tyres, Webber believes those factors will be the key to success.
"Temperature is very important, the layout isn't very important," he said. "If the black things in the corners aren't working then you can put the layout up your arse - the car's not going to work. The layout will not be too bad for us but temperatures and understanding the tyres will be important."
However, Webber is still confident Red Bull is going in to the weekend with a good chance of victory.
"The form card has been very strong. Qualifying was strong in Abu Dhabi, Suzuka we were on the front row and [Vettel] cleaned up and the other two races in Korea and India were very strong. The victories are there and that's the goal."
But he admits there are still weaknesses with the RB8, despite its recent run of strong results.
"The car's changed more than I've ever had it change over the course of the season, but only because it was very poor at the start of the season relative to where we could be. We've now improved the car well but people talk about it being the best car, and yes it's fast, but we've still got areas we need to work on, but we don't name them for general consumption."


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Brian Buscher is taking full advantage of his opportunity with the Twins this season, batting .296 with 44 RBIs in 58 games. The 27-year-old third baseman keeps his focus on scoring runners.
"That's the most important thing, scoring runs," Buscher told the St. Paul Pioneer Press. "I could care less about hits. When there are guys on base, it just seems like I'm not trying to do too much. I'm just trying to put the ball in play and make something happen."
Manager Ron Gardenhire is among those who are impressed.
"I know he hasn't got as much attention as [Denard] Span and [Alexi] Casilla out there, but Buscher has been very good for us," Gardenhire said. "He gets it done. He's done a very, very good job for this baseball team. He's a gamer, well-liked, plays the game hard and is a good teammate and all those things."
Lindstrom chalks up first save: Matt Lindstrom notched his first save on Friday night for the Florida Marlins. His teammates congratulated Lindstrom with a shower of beverages.
"It got in my eyes and stung a little bit," Lindstrom told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. "It was a different feeling trying to shut the door and get a win. I was trying to focus on not letting anyone get on base because that's how big innings start. Fortunately, it worked out."
Dukes 'feels it,' uses double to end game: Elijah Dukes as 0-for-6 when he came up in the 14th inning of Sunday's game. But he helped put an end to the four-hour, 34-minute game with a three-run double that lifted Washington to a 7-4 win over Atlanta.
"I didn't start thinking until the 10th inning," Dukes told The Washington Post of the game's length, "and that's when I realized I'm like dying out there. And I started thinking, 'Man, we've got to do something.' It's like everybody was feeling those 4 1/2 hours. I know I was feeling it. I'll probably be feeling it for the next two days."
Manny brings fun with hard-working approach: Dodgers manager Joe Torre is learning firsthand what "Manny being Manny" is all about. But to Torre's surprise, it's been fun and games sprinkled in with all of the hard work by Manny Ramirez.
"No question, Manny took us to another level here," Torre told the Los Angeles Times. "He just came from a world championship team with an attitude of 'Let's have some fun, guys.' And if you want to watch him prepare every day -- a lot of guys were surprised and so wwas I at the regiment he follows -- then fine."
McClain stirring things up with bat: Scott McClain made headlines when he hit his first Major League home run as a 36-year-old. Saturday night the Giants third baseman delivered his second homer, and it helped the team to a 7-6 win over the Pirates.
"Being 36, who knows how far my future goes in this game?" McClain asked the San Francisco Chronicle. "To contribute like this in a big game, and doing it in San Francisco, it's icing on the cake. Whatever happens from here forward, I'll take it in stride."
Bulger eyes playoff roster spot: Jason Bulger spent most of the season in Triple-A, where he posted a 4-0 record with a 0.63 ERA and 16 saves in 37 games. Now he's trying to convince the Angels he belongs on the playoff roster. He took a big step in that direction on Saturday when he tossed three scoreless innings.
"That's something I'm keeping my eye on," Bulger told the Los Angeles Times. "It's definitely a motivating factor. I want to prove to the coaching staff I can pitch and get guys out consistently, and maybe I'll get a chance to pitch in the postseason. That would be a dream come true."
Mota's pitching success provides options: Brewers manager Ned Yost said he would probably start using Guillermo Mota more in the eighth inning. Mota has been one of the most reliable relievers for the Brewers lately, tossing 13 consecutive scoreless innings.
"I'll probably elevate him and use him in the eighth," Yost told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "It's definitely a possibility. Mota's done a really nice job. It all goes on matchups. We've got options."
Playoff race is new territory for Dunn: In only three weeks with Arizona, Adam Dunn has already acknowledged it as a first-class organization. The Diamondbacks, however, offer something Dunn rarely experienced during his playing days in Cincinnati -- a chance to win. The ability to challenge for a division championship every year will be the top factor for Dunn when it comes time to choose which club to sign with as a free agent this offseason. Dunn started his career with the Reds in 2001 and never experienced a winning season.
"I want to put myself in this position that I'm in right now every year," Dunn told The Arizona Republic. "When I do sit down and hopefully narrow down the teams that I'll be able to go to or whatnot, that's going to be No. 1."
Shift to bullpen leads to callup for Ekstrom: When the Minor League season started, Mike Ekstrom was in the starting rotation for Double-A San Antonio. By the end of May, he was in the bullpen after starting the year with a 7.69 ERA in his first 11 starts.
"By May 31, I was a mess," Ekstrom told the San Diego Union-Tribune. "The first two months of the season were as bad as I've ever pitched. I was discouraged. I was feeling for outs and not getting many."
Ekstrom was moved to the bullpen, and, as it turns out, it was the turning point in his season. In 26 games as a reliever, Ekstrom had a 2.57 ERA and went 7-3. In 42 innings, he had 47 strikeouts and only 15 walks while opponents hit only .255 against him. Thanks to those numbers, Ekstrom was called up by the Padres when Major League rosters were expanded at the start of September.
"I'd rather be relieving here than getting killed as a starter in Double-A," Ekstrom said. "I'm a little surprised that I'm getting this opportunity. It's crazy how this game can change. Out of the bullpen, I just let it go. It was simple. I was more aggressive than I was as a starter."
Longoria gets boost with activation from DL: The Tampa Bay Rays got some good news this weekend when Evan Longoria was activated from the disabled list. The Rays' rookie third baseman still is unable to hit, but the team plans to use him as a defensive replacement and as a pinch-runner as he continues his recovery from a broken wrist.
"I'm hoping that I get activated pretty soon just so I can play maybe some late-inning defense or run the bases if we need it -- but now that we've got Fernando [Perez], we might not need that," Longoria told the Tampa Tribune before being activated. "Something, anything, at least to include me in the game, so I can put my spikes on and be ready and start getting myself mentally prepared."
Pujols gets a push for another Gold Glove: Albert Pujols does more than just hit -- as his 2006 Gold Glove Award shows -- and his manager thinks there should be another one on the way.
"Put him down for a Gold Glove," St. Louis manager Tony LaRussa told the Belleville News-Democrat after Pujols scooped a Troy Glaus throw at the end of Saturday's game. "Let the world know this guy plays Gold Glove first base. The one in the last inning was spectacular. And he hits a home run and runs the bases. I say, Gold Glove. He showed it tonight. He is such a good defensive player."
And with a National League-leading batting average of .359, 32 home runs and 95 RBIs, La Russa also believes that another Most Valuable Player award could be headed Pujols' way.
Zambrano gives fans a promise: Carlos Zambrano doesn't enjoy missing starts, and as he's had to do just that this week, he made a vow to Cubs fans that it won't happen again.
"I promise the team and Cub fans I will work hard in the offseason and the rest of this season to [make] my shoulder strong," he told the Chicago Tribune. "It's nothing to be worried about. I have to be strong and work hard for my shoulder."
Wainwright stellar in month since return from injury: Since returning from a finger injury late last month, Adam Wainwright has been nothing short of dominant. Now 9-3 overall on the year, Wainwright is 3-0 with a 1.78 ERA, 19 strikeouts and just four walks in 25 1/3 innings over four starts. He hopes that his latest outing, an eight-inning effort against Florida, will be a step toward more long outings.
"It just proves to me and to everyone else that I'm back ready to be out there pitching until they take the ball from me," Wainwright told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "Hopefully after this game everybody has confidence to let me go as long as I can."
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Hello, all!
In my latest fic I have a character suffering from Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) and I was wondering-- how would the Healers diagnose the disease? In the Muggle world, doctors carry out several investigations-- there is a blood picture, bone marrow examination, urine examination, lumbar puncture, X-Rays, etc. Only after these tests are confirmed can the disease be diagnosed.
Most of these tests involve needles and though I do see modern-day Healers using needles sometimes (as alternative routes of treatment and stuff), I don't know if they'd do a whole collection of investigations using needles (or would they in fact accept Muggle medicine enough to do just that?). And though there are some general symptoms related to ALL, those don't indicate definitive diagnosis. To add to it all, leukaemia definitely needs at least a blood and bone marrow picture for the diagnosis (because it has a few types and the person must be treated for the right type).
And even apart from leukaemia there are certain diseases (some infections) which require blood testing and stuff and I don't see how Healers could diagnose the patient without a blood sample.
Any thoughts on how the Healers would carry out the diagnosis? Would they use needles after all?
What about treatment? Does anyone see Healers evolving from Potion-drinking and wand-waving to actually finding faster ways to introduce the medicine into the patient's system? The patients can't always drink potions-- there are a number of complications they could have from diseases (or even mere unconsciousness) which would prevent them from being able to drink the potion and it doesn't look wise on the Healers' part to wait for the patient to be able to ingest stuff before starting treatment.
And my last question: Since Healers don't believe in needles, injectable vaccines for the kids are out of question. Any ideas on how Wizarding kids would be immunised?
I know. I'm obsessed with medical stuff, >.<
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Farrell not about to make lineup changes
By Chris Toman / MLB.com
Farrell said he's content with the top portion of his lineup -- where Escobar and Bautista have been slotted -- but that's not to say he's going to be patient with the batting order forever.
"I think individually, you look at 100 at-bats as a pretty good sample size or picture into what a guy is currently doing," Farrell said. "You look at the 35- to 40-game mark collectively as a team to get a better read to where we are, our strengths and where our areas of limitations might be. The one thing that I don't want to do is make wholesale changes and then there is a lot of wondering what is going on. When changes are made, those players will be talked to before it's made public."
One of the first changes that Farrell may make to the lineup, eventually, is flip-flopping Escobar and Kelly Johnson, who is currently hitting in the No. 2 spot -- but stressed he isn't ready to go down that road just yet. Farrell experimented with having Johnson lead off followed by Escobar in the order during Spring Training, but he prefers to have his players work through their slumps -- noting it creates stability.
As for Bautista, who is batting just .181 entering Tuesday's match against the Rangers, don't expect him to be moved in the lineup, perhaps ever. Farrell believes Bautista has started to turn the corner dating back to an earlier series in Kansas City, where he hit his last home run, and that his timing is coming around while his head [of the bat] isn't flying off the ball as much.
"He has ... however long it takes for him -- we believe in him, we are confident in him and we will continue to work on getting his timing and production back to where he typically is," Farrell said, when asked if he would contemplate moving Bautista down in the order. "We've been spoiled, and everyone in Toronto longer than I have, over the two-plus years of elite performance.
"He's our three-hole hitter."
One of the things that has plagued Bautista early on, according to Farrell, is that he's been overswinging and pressing at the plate, as he could be trying to make up for missed opportunities from earlier in the season.
Bautista has hit three homers and driven in 10 runs after going deep 97 times and producing 227 RBIs the past two seasons combined. The right fielder has an OPS of .634 after leading the Majors in that category in 2011 with a mark of 1.056.
Thames swinging with supreme confidence
TORONTO -- After going hitless in his first two games of the season, Eric Thames has gone on a tear to become one of the Blue Jays' most consistent hitters.
In games he's started, the left fielder has collected a hit in 14 out of his past 16 games entering Tuesday's contest and is batting .370 since April 8. Manager John Farrell believes Thames understands the game a lot more than when he first arrived on the scene in 2011, and as a result, it has allowed him to flourish this season.
"He's always been a confident hitter," Farrell said. "I thought the second time he came up last year, he was more comfortable with himself and had a better idea of not only what the big leagues were about, but also what opposing pitchers were trying to do to him. As time has gone on, he hasn't chased the ball up and away from him as he did when he first came up last year."
Among Blue Jays starters, Thames trails only Edwin Encarnacion in batting average, slugging percentage and OPS, and he seems to be locked in at the plate more than ever. Thames is doing a much better job at waiting for his pitch, and over the past seven games, he's batting .400 with a .444 on-base percentage.
"He has swung the bat with authority," Farrell said. "He's in that group in that second half of the linuep that has been very productive."
Not playing, but Vizquel ejected
TORONTO -- Omar Vizquel was ejected for arguing from the bench in Tuesday's 8-7 win against Texas in the top of the fifth inning by home-plate umpire Sam Holbrook while Blue Jay starter Drew Hutchison was pitching to David Murphy.
Blue Jays manager John Farrell came out to argue with Holbrook about the incident, but the shortstop was forced to leave the ballgame. Vizquel did not start the game and was sitting on the bench when the ejection occurred.
Vizquel, 45, was the first Blue Jays player to be ejected from a game this season.
The veteran has appeared in five games and is batting .091 in 11 at-bats.
Encarnacion named Toronto's player of month
TORONTO -- Edwin Encarnacion was named the Blue Jays Honda Player of the Month for April by the Toronto Chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. On behalf of Encarnacion, Honda will make a donation to the charity of his choosing.
The designated hitter was a near-unanimous choice -- receiving all but one first-place vote -- after leading Toronto in most offensive category entering Tuesday.
Encarnacion is batting .322 with eight homers, 21 RBIs and 16 extra-base hits and has homered in four consecutive games, tying him with Carlos Delgado and Joe Carter for the second-longest streak in club history. Jose Cruz Jr. has the record with six, set in 2001.
Entering Tuesday, Encarnacion was the only player in the Majors leading his team in home runs, RBIs and stolen bases.
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Jeff Mathis started Tuesday's game at catcher against Texas, the second time he has started in the past three games. J.P. Arencibia will still get the bulk of the work, but Blue Jays manager John Farrell likes what he has seen from Mathis.
"Jeff being in the lineup Tuesday is a byproduct of Ricky [Romero] pitching tomorrow in a day game," Farrell said, as Arencibia is Romero's primary catcher. "So the schedule has been factored in to have Jeff in tonight, but that doesn't mean we are reluctant to have Jeff in there. We are confident in both guys."
Mathis has been productive early on, batting .313 with two homers and a 1.201 OPS over six games.
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BELLOWS FALLS -- The Rockingham Highway Department supervisor and the town's financial officer have two weeks to find a solution to the department's problem of aged and worn vehicles.
Highway Supervisor Mike Hindes told Selectboard members at Tuesday's meeting two of his six-wheel, six-yard dump trucks should be replaced. The Selectboard said there is room in the budget only to repair the current vehicles, not to purchase new ones. Hindes said he has no intention of repairing the trucks because it is not worth it to put any more money into them.
He and Finance Officer Chip Stearns have until the board's next meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 16, to try to figure out how to fix the problem.
Selectboard Tom MacPhee told the Reformer he would like Hindes and Stearns to consider purchasing used equipment to replace the current trucks, as that would be less expensive. He also wants a better picture of what having no new equipment could mean for the highway department.
The Selectboard refuses to raise taxes to pay for brand-new equipment. MacPhee said next fiscal year taxpayers will already see a spike because two bonds -- one of roughly $3 million for the Rockingham Free Public Library and another of approximately $10 million for Bellows Falls Middle School -- will start being paid off.
According to information handed out at the meeting, two dump trucks are not being used due to engine failure and a rough body. Hindes said one of them -- a 1998 model -- could be used if absolutely necessary. The other, a 2000 model, had 154,608 miles on it as of September 2011.
The pricing for a single new replacement vehicle truck provided by Patriot Motors is $160,000.
Three of the department's four other six-wheel, six-yard dump trucks have deteriorating bodies but all function properly. Hindes said his 2008 model is the best in the group because it is the newest.
The department also has two six-wheel, three-to-four-yard dump trucks (an International 7300 and a Chevy 4500) and a pair of 10-wheel, 14-yard dump trucks. He said he has enough equipment to get through the winter.
Hindes, the highway supervisor for 12 years, said each of the trucks are all-season vehicles equipped with a sander and a wing plow. They all are designed to sand and salt during the winter months, though some roads may not be able to get plowed until after a snowstorm hits.
"It's tough," he said. "I feel bad for the people that are going to have to wait."
Hindes said the department, which has 11 full-time employees and three part-timers, used to have an equipment replacement system and one truck would be replaced every year.
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Familial Responses to Financial Instability: The Financial Management Behaviors Scale, 2009 [United States] (ICPSR 26542)
Principal Investigator(s): National Center for Family and Marriage Research; Dew, Jeffrey, University of Virginia; Xiao, Jing Jian, University of Rhode Island
This study focused on how financial difficulties may hinder or facilitate sound financial management. A survey of 1,000 adults aged 18 years and older from the general population was conducted by Knowledge Networks on behalf of the National Center for Family and Marriage Research. The survey was completed by 1,014 respondents out of 1,517 cases (66.8 percent response rate).
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Discussion in 'Pro Match Results and Discussion' started by Duncan Bell, Jan 17, 2013.
Robson just needs to hold serve, easy!...I said about 40 minutes ago.
Robson breaks, watch her choke.
Robson again serving for the match!
BP Laura! c'mon girl
ESPN is still on. They skipped the bulk of Federer's match but there's been barely a commercial break for this stupid match...
Those ball tosses, I thought we're enforcing time rule and all that jazz. What happened to that?
Yay Laura, GOAT match
comm just said about robson's serve just now, "as custom, takes two on the ball toss."
those toss catches are getting reaction from kvitova
omg laura just won ... 3 hours ... now I can go get a snack!
Is this what happiness feels like?
Robson takes it!
If Sloane Stephens flips out on those ball tosses, I'll be down for that.
Brilliant Laura, bloody brilliant!
Pity. Poor Petra, couldn't handle longer all the toss-cheating.
Did anyone really win in this match?
And a fitting interview to end the match.
No but we all lost something here.
Wow look at that, I started charging my laptop in the beginning of the match from ~5%, now it's fully charged...
She lost 1st round here in '12, if she beats the young American Sloane Stephens next, then I have to believe Date-Krumm gotta run out of steam, I imagine Laura's ranking could go into seed range -- anybody know the math?
Wahey! Get in Laura. Super fight and result. Well happy. Another Brit into R3.
Rematch of Hobbart now. Bring on the Sloane.
Live rankings here: http://fr.tennistemple.com/wta-classement-live/
Laura Toss is on her way.
No, none of us know math now, not after watching this match.
If she did win next 2 and make QFs, she go up to about 25. That doesn't account for other players rising / falling though.
Think she'll struggle against Sloane though.
Tennis players are good at math! 1 + 1 = 30
true dat. might be a different story ..... except I almost think nothing was said because the crowd was 90% in favor of Laura ..... and if the same holds true in her match against stevens, then I'm not sure what w/b said
Kvitova did a few grimaces and eye rolls toward the end there, but her obnoxious screeching balanced it out ..... not sure whether sloane has any bad habits she can retaliate with, but shouldnt someone be able to serve without all those ball toss catches?
It begins to boarder on gamesmanship
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Unforced errors: Laura 41 ... Petra 51
Well, Robson could handle Petrifying's SHRIEKING! And :cry: faces.
I really felt Robson just couldn't do it, but like Andy Murray at US Open was proved wrong to my delight.
I heard one of the commies say that Judy Murray was in Laura's entourage ..... guess she's been having some influence on her training, too ..... can't imagine Judy would find all that toss-cheating acceptable!
Just logged in to see that score, great job Loz
Judy and Laura, I have no problem with that.
As for ball tosses, can we cut the child some slack when she's against a #2 Wimby champion 90 degrees overtime midnight in front of 14,000 delirious Auzzies?
Great website! Go on Heather!
My eyes are still bleeding. What a horrible, horrible, horrible match.
Congrats Laura, but that was terrible, even for WTA standards.
she is 19 nearly :twisted:..she WILL be 19yrs old on january 21st..
i could only see the first game of the match robson losing serve inc 2 df..looking at the comments seems the level of play wasnt too high..
however...whooooo-ooooo robbo wins 11-9 in the 3rd its a massive win for her i think.
It's definitely massive since it brings her closer to the magic 32 ranking when she stops meeting players like Kvitova in the 2nd round.
I didn't watch the match. What is "toss-cheating"?
Laura was doing a lot of catching of her tosses. She wasn't cheating, her tossing was just poor.
Horrible match, reminded why I hate the WTA in the first place. Kvitova was a mess, Laura not that better.
Happy for Laura though, finally someone we can get behind. 8)
it's a word I picked up from natalia (see above). could also be called "toss catch 'cheating.'" it's when someone steps up to the line as if to serve the ball, then interrupts their service motion by throwing the toss in the air and then catching it before serving. one commentator pointed out that laura was doing it excessively, even regularly twice with every other serve, varying when she did it just enough to avoid forming a pattern. a way of getting into the head of the opponent when done that much. and clearly it was getting into kvitova's head because she was reacting, such as exhaling and bending forward, touching her racket to the floor and leaning on it as if trying to catch her breath, while glancing up at laura through her eyebrows skeptically, etc., etc., etc. ..... IOW, it's a form of gamesmanship:
Gamesmanship is the use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win or gain an advantage in a game or sport, without being able to be technically accused of violating any particular rule ... Wiki
Like the receiver raising their hand up, without any apparent reason, just as the server is going into his/her motion. That kind of thing. Except that Laura Robson did it A LOT last night.
I've noticed this myself. She is young to be already getting the service yips. I hope she and her coach get it sorted out before it becomes too much of a problem!
I'm sure she wasn't doing it deliberately. How many missed ball tosses is a player allowed before a fault is called on the serve?
I do not think deliberate as she was doing it at Olympics and US quite a lot
that's just it. it's not against the rules, as far as i know. remember when ivanovic was doing it? she got flack for it, and i believe she still does it sometimes, but it takes effort and working on it to stop doing it .... which ivanovic hardly ever does it anymore as far as i know, but there was a while there when she was doing it so much that it became a problem.
That's going to be annoying when Sloane plays her.
Well, Robson was born in Melbourne to Aussie parents so I guess its natural she's going to get the support of the Aussie crowd!
Robson is Hot. you can't blame the crowd for that. People like beautiful pretty people. and so do I.
I fell asleep during second set of Federer. Shame, I love Robson and this looks epic.
Stephens vs Robson should be really fun and you know ESPN will be all over it unless the Williams are playing doubles or something
well the biggest reason for that is that she is half australian...
I feel for Petra.
Hope that she will turn the things around soon.. Expect seeing her in top3 in the end of the season
And she gets really really cute eventually
Kvitova no. robson yes. she is already cute
The scoreline is epic but the match was horrible. Your sleeping was a much better pasttime than suffering through this error-fest. There were hardly any rallies and though the drama was high at the end, and the tennis a little better, let's face it, if you follow tennis at all then you know how bad Petra has been and that this was not really an upset but an opportunity to be taken. And the scariest thing is what 'epic' lengths Laura had to go to to take that opportunity.
Congratulations Laura R.
You know the match was bad when even ESPN refuses to show it during their daytime replay.
Petra is turning into a huge joke. Her 2013 is already shaping up looking like it will even worse than her 2012, she will probably end it even ranked below Wozniacki, LOL (and I expect Wozniacki to continue to drop as well). Good to see Robson post another big win in a slam though, even if it is over the washed up nutcase rather than someone more legitimate.
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text: This really falls under both categories, but I just watched First Contact again and realized that the the movie does compare very well to Into Darkness, both being "action adventure" Star Trek to the extreme. The easy comparison is to Wrath of Khan, since the plot points of Into Darkness were so similar. I don't think it's an apt comparison all the same, since Wrath of Khan just from literary value of the writing is one of the better films ever made, and Into Darkness is much more of a "less thought out" action movie, similar to First Contact. I started discussing this on facebook earlier, and realized that the discussion here would make a lot more sense, and probably get more interesting responses. Forgive me if this particular topic has been covered. I'll start with my facebook posts (and actual good responses from a fellow trek fan) and go from there. Would love to see other thoughts of similarities/differences between the movies for good or ill. The posts: In a lot of ways, FC paved the way for what Star Trek became, being so successful in action with a property that was very much not action based. The difference is, First Contact maintains the feel of Star Trek. The characters still make intellectual decisions, there are still references to major works of art and literature. The writing was tight, symmetrical, layered with foreshadowing and beautiful metaphors. And they did that all WHILE giving us action. That's why First Contact is far superior in every way. It is possible to have a best of both worlds, proverbially speaking. Friend's response: Contact while the superior of the two films still sucked. Picard is totally out of character the entire film. He is reacting emotionally and dredging up feelings of hatred and pain. The series already covered this material in the episode "Family." Which by the way, had a better climax with Picard getting in a fist fight with his brother not smashing some starship models. My response: While I agree that "Family" is one of the better episodes, and does cover that emotional ground much better, I disagree on the point that First Contact sucked. I can only imagine that being faced with such a combat situation, hearing the sounds of ships getting blown up, seeing the borg assimilate others after one had been through that sort of capture and assimilation is absolutely credible traumatic stress for Picard to react in an overly emotional manner to being confronted with it again. In fact, the fleet in the movie even is very concerned about that to the point where they tell the Enterprise to stay away, so is Lily later on. Both situations point out those faults in him in the movie, so it was a well-written and well conceived departure from the "normal" Picard. It makes sense, and the writing justifies it. That's all I ask for in a script. He reacts pretty emotionally in Generations as well, so it is a logical progression of the character from that standpoint too. I can actually contrast that character departure to the ones in the new films as well. Kirk and Spock fly off the handle all the time for no reason, make choices that are contrary to a military structure without justification, and let's not even talk about the sexual harassment lawsuits that would occur. It's only justified by an unsaid "Oh, well they're young now. Young people act like this," not by well written plot points or dialogue like in First Contact. While I could except that generally, I can't accept that in conjunction with "they're young people who are military geniuses who rise through the ranks quickly because of their amazingness." The two conflict. Friends rebuttal: Picard deals with the borg on several occasions after his assimilation. Starfleet also appoints him to lead a task force to stop the borg from preying on federation colonies. What suddenly changed where he was fit to engage the borg before but not anymore? I know it is clearly just a movie device to set up the Picard character arc but it seems lazy and disregards the series itself. (He also posted this link to the FC review on Red Letter Media: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7Lr8cdZwHQ ) My response:I do like the red letter media, and opening up the can of worms where I'm analyzing the movies I have to grant a lot of his premises as correct, but I still don't think it was poorly written as far as action movies go. His main qualm with the plot is "why do the enemies act so dumb", which can apply to almost any movie, and any star trek episode. The best star trek episodes are really where they don't have a real "enemy" and they're dealing with "what does it mean to be a good human" type of issues, consequently. 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most efficient robots.
Bongard has created robots capable of evolving both its body and behavior over
a period of time, much like the way humans grow from babies to adults. The goal
is to create four-legged, upright robots that can move to a light source
without falling.
robots were made in many different ways. Some start out flat on the ground, or
like snakes with legs while others may have splayed legs like lizards. The
robots may start out in any of these forms, but the end result is that they
form upright legs and know how to use them. They have 12 moving parts and are
very simple-looking structures with a jointed spine, the look of a mammal's
skeleton, and four sticks for legs.
prototypes for these robots were made of Lego's, showing how the evolution of
these robots would work. They were made as four-legged "robots" like
in the simulation, and wore braces on its front and back legs that would tilt
it. This causes the controller to look for successful movement patterns, which results
in the legs going from horizontal to vertical. They would go from a reptile to
a quadruped.
built a relatively simple robot out of a couple of Lego Mindstorm kits to
demonstrate that you actually could do it," said Bongard.
To make
the real robots, Bongard first ran 5,000 computer simulations -- each taking
about 30 hours to complete -- on the University of Vermont's parallel
processors to create synthetic models that move around in 3-dimensional space.
Each generation of each creature then "runs" a genetic algorithm,
which is a software
routine that helps the creature learn different body motions such as
slithering, crawling or walking. An appropriate motion is applied to each
generation of the creature, giving it a proper plan to be able to obtain the
goal of moving toward a light source without falling over.
snake and reptilian robots are, in essence, training wheels," said Bongard.
"They allow evolution to find motion patterns quicker, because those kinds
of robots can't fall over. So evolution only has to solve the movement problem,
but not the balance problem, initially. Then gradually over time it's able to
tackle the balance problem after already solving the movement problem."
noted that robots who
evolve this way learn to walk more quickly and have a more "robust
gait" than those that were built with fixed bodies and behaviors. In
tests, Bongard's evolving robots were able to reach the final goal of moving to
the light source without falling over faster than non-evolving robots. Also,
researchers found that the robots were able to attempt new kinds of challenges
that were not previously given to them after reaching the light source. This
may be because controllers used in the evolving robots could have maintained a
certain behavior over a wider range of sensor-motor-related functions while
controllers in fixed robots did not.
copying nature, we're copying evolution, we're copying neural science when
we're building artificial brains into these robots," said Bongard.
study was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of


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Santa Fe Baldy Climber's Log
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|Beautiful, Long Day
Date Climbed: Feb 24, 2007
|Snowshoed up Saturday, lots of snow. I was breaking trail past Puerto Nambe. Started at 6:50, summited at about 1:00, back to the car at 6:15. Windy and very cold on the summit, not bad lower down. There's way more snow on the east face than on the side visible from town.
|Posted Feb 26, 2007 8:16 pm
|Quiet Winter Climb
|Snowshoed up just after a good snowfall. The forest was so quiet - the snow just deadend any noises. Once out of the trees, it was sunny and calm. Wish I'd had skis.
|Posted Feb 25, 2007 10:44 pm
|Windsor Trail
Date Climbed: Aug 9, 1996
|Climbed it in junior high with a big group. Great, long hike.
|Posted Aug 10, 2006 10:45 pm
|Garon Coriz
|A Hard Ass Snowshoeing Trip
Date Climbed: Mar 17, 2006
|We got to the trailhead at 8:30 am, made the summit at 2:30 pm, and got back to the car at 6:30 pm. There was a lot of snow under the trees and only small patches above treeline and on the ridge to the summit. The grey jays were friendly and the weather was nice. It was cloudy and the only spot where it became very cold was at the summit. Only saw one other person on the trip.
|Posted Mar 19, 2006 12:15 am
|Southeast Ridge
Date Climbed: Mar 4, 2006
|There was hardly any snow of mention on this route at all. However the ice sheets were an obstacle. I found crampons to be very helpful, though I did see tracks going out of the way in order to go around these sections. Weather was great, but with the wind on top it was very cold above treeline.
|Posted Mar 7, 2006 1:05 am
|Southeast Ridge
Date Climbed: Feb 25, 2006
|Very pleasant, warm day. There was no snow above treeline, and the trail was packed hard all the way. The only obstacle we encountered of any kind were some pretty big ice sheets covering the trail in a couple spots. Based on current conditions, I'd say any peak in the Pecos (maybe in the the N.M. Sangres) is climable right now.
|Posted Feb 27, 2006 12:26 am
|Midlife Mountaineer
|Route Climbed: Windsor/Skyline Trail Date Climbed: Oct 2003, July 4, 2004, Sept 9, 2004
|Always enjoy this hike
|Posted Jun 25, 2005 10:09 pm
|Route Climbed: Southeast ridge Date Climbed: June 19
|It was a really beautiful day! Still some snow and good glissading.
|Posted Jun 20, 2005 12:36 am
|Route Climbed: Windsor Trail Date Climbed: Oct 2004
|My wife and I made the r/t hike in great weather. This was my 33rd and final New Mexico County highpoint, thus completing a project I had been working on for almost 5 years. We strongly recommend the hot spas at the 10,000-Waves Japanese Spa just down the highway outsude of Santa Fe.
|Posted Nov 1, 2004 5:43 pm
|Route Climbed: SE ridge Date Climbed: aug 1999
|Quick run up to get back to town in time for Dad's BDay party! Moist and cool conditions - perfect.
|Posted Oct 13, 2004 11:29 pm
|Route Climbed: Windsor - Skyline Trail Date Climbed: August 2003
|I've actually done this six times (once in the winter) - and I'd have to say it is one of the most spectacular hikes in the Western United States....unless big thunderheads are building around you while you're on the summit...but other than that, it's a great hike!
|Posted Jan 23, 2004 1:16 pm
|Route Climbed: Windsor Trail Date Climbed: July, 1997
|Years ago. Began climb with a bad hangover earned from a sleepless night in Sant Fe while attending St. Johns. After the first hour sweated out the poison and things got better. A beautiful climb, tough, long (I think it was 14 or 17 miles roundtrip). My first summit of any stature. The next day we learned that yet another person had been hit--and this time killed--by lightning... Glad we don't have that problem in Washington...
|Posted Dec 15, 2003 1:35 am
|Route Climbed: Windsor/Skyline Trail Date Climbed: June/July 2003
|Two climbs now, just a glutton for punishment, as the final ascent to the summit of Badly is very steep. Great views of the Truchas to the north, and the city of Santa Fe and the surrounding area as well. Can't wait to try a night ascent to see the sun rise at 12,600 or so feet, recommend several layers of clothing and a clear, full moon night.
|Posted Oct 13, 2003 12:26 am
|Route Climbed: Lake Peak, Penitente Peak, Santa Fe Baldy loop Date Climbed: June 19
|Done as a rather long loop including Lake Peak and Penitente Peak as per the maintainer's suggestions (or challenge). See trip report for more. Lets maybe agree to call this 'The High Road' to Santa Fe Baldy' PICS
|Posted Jun 30, 2003 6:25 pm
|Route Climbed: Southeast Ridge Date Climbed: 2/93; 8/94; 2/96
|I've climbed Baldy in the Winter and Summer, and I actually prefer winter descents. The setting is spectacular when there is snow cover, and you usually have the entire place to yourself.
|Posted Jan 4, 2003 7:22 am


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Phils' frantic finish deals Dodgers deja blues
By Todd Zolecki / MLB.com
They know that Carlos Ruiz crushed a double to left-center field in the bottom of the ninth inning on Thursday to complete an improbable 10-9 comeback victory over the Dodgers that moved them within two games of the Braves in the National League East and a game behind the Giants in the NL Wild Card race.
"That was a blast," Mike Sweeney said.
Inconceivable. Unbelievable. Crazy.
It was all of those things.
The Phillies trailed in the eighth inning, 9-2, but scored four runs in the eighth and four more in the ninth to win it.
It ended with Broxton on the mound.
The Phillies must be in his head, right?
"I have no idea," Ben Francisco said. "I don't know him. I've never talked to him."
"I think he probably knows that we beat him and things like that," manager Charlie Manuel said. "It can bother him, maybe. I don't know."
Before Broxton blew a three-run lead in dramatic fashion on Thursday, he had thrown the final pitch in some of the Phillies' most memorable postseason moments over the past two seasons. Matt Stairs hit a mammoth go-ahead home run off Broxton in the eighth inning in Game 4 of the 2008 NL Championship Series at Dodger Stadium. Last year, Jimmy Rollins hit a thrilling game-winning double to right-center field off Broxton in the ninth inning in Game 4 of the NLCS at Citizens Bank Park.
"No," said Broxton when asked if his past struggles might have been on his mind. "Whatever happened last year, happened last year. I wasn't thinking about that at all."
But Broxton is 2-2 with a 9.82 ERA and one save in four opportunities against the Phillies, dating from the moment Stairs' homer landed deep in the right-field bleachers at Dodger Stadium nearly two years ago to the moment teammates mobbed Ruiz near second base on Thursday.
Broxton's third pitch of the ninth inning hit Placido Polanco, sending him on first base. Broxton then walked Sweeney and Jayson Werth to load the bases with nobody out.
Some might remember that Broxton had similar control problems in that 2009 Game 4, when he walked Stairs and hit Ruiz with a pitch to put runners on first and second before Rollins hit a two-out double into the gap to win it.
But on Thursday, before Broxton left the field in a daze, the Phillies got a gift.
Francisco hit what appeared to be a double-play ball to Dodgers third baseman Casey Blake, but Blake let the ball scoot between his legs and into left field, scoring Polanco and Sweeney to cut the Dodgers lead to one run.
"One of those, you don't call it do-or-die but an in-between, and if you don't come up with it, it kind of makes you look like an idiot, and tonight I looked like an idiot," Blake said. "I've got to make that play, bottom line."
Ruiz, who stepped to the plate with runners on first and second and no outs, crushed a 1-1 slider to left-center.
"I always like that moment," said Ruiz, who hit a walk-off home run on May 4 against the Cardinals. "I was going to the plate relaxed. I was thinking [Manuel) showed his confidence to get a big hit right here, because right there you have a bunt situation. So I said, 'You have to do something.' I definitely was looking for a good pitch to hit, and he threw me a slider right down the middle, and I made good contact."
As soon as the ball fell, Werth and Francisco raced around the bases.
It was hard to believe that the Phillies were trailing, 9-2, just a few minutes earlier.
The rally was needed after right-hander Joe Blanton continued his trend of putting the Phillies in an early hole. Blanton allowed four singles and two walks (one intentional) in the first inning to hand the Dodgers a three-run lead, even though the Dodgers did not hit the ball particularly hard.
Blanton now has an 8.53 ERA in the first inning this season.
Blanton settled down, but Chad Durbin, J.C. Romero and Jose Contreras helped the Dodgers take a seven-run lead before the Phillies scored their eight late runs.
"Nine-to-two is a hurdle," Manuel said. "That's when you bring out your four-leaf clovers, your rabbit's feet, your horseshoes."
And Broxton.
Todd Zolecki 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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Hmm. And cause another uproar about paint on the snake? I think not. (grins for a moment)
But Nagini is more than welcome in my room or studio if she wants a place to "hide."
Well, seems things are winding down, thank goodness.
I am retiring for the night. Buona notte.


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Donate Your Amputated Toes to the Sourtoe Cocktail Club
If you're tired of staring at all the jarfuls of brown, amputated toes cluttering up the mantel above your fake fireplace, consider shipping them off to the Sourtoe Cocktail Club: Canada's most popular drinking organizations for amputated toe-drinkers. They'd be happy to garnish their drinks with your disgusting old digits!
Donating toes probably won't get you a tax write-off, but you will feel much better knowing that your toes will be put to good use by the Club—an exclusive society founded in 1973 by a guy named Captain Dick Stevenson (you can just call him "Captain Dick"). Over the years the Club has conserved its toes by recycling them, but has gone through at least eight—including one that came from the body of an early 20th-century trapper and another from a diabetic. (It's okay: Unlike heart attacks, diabetes is not contagious.)
If you'd rather join the Club than give your toes away, here's some background:
The original rules were that the toe must be placed in a beer glass full of champagne, and that the toe must touch the drinker's lips during the consumption of the alcohol before he or she can claim to be a true Sourtoer. The rules have changed in the past twenty-seven years. The Sourtoe can be had with any drink now (even ones that aren't alcoholic), but one rule remains the same. The drinker's lips must touch the toe. " You can drink it fast, you can drink it slow— But the lips have gotta touch the toe."
Sound good? Now all you have to do is drive up to its headquarters in the Yukon, plunk down over $5 (Canadian, we presume), drink your toe drink, and sign the official "Sourtoe Log Book" to receive an official Sourtoe Cocktail Club membership certificate." Then you'll have something brand-new to hang above your fake fireplace. You can also do the modern thing and write a memoir-book about your experience, though as the Huffington Post notes, you won't be the first.


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Reminds me of Pete Lacey: The S stands for Simple [wanderingbarque.com].
That's a good one. And sad...
Because namespaces are URIs, and that in turn is because those are (generally) globally unique identifiers. That's all. In the context of namespaces the URI doesn't have any meaning beyond being a unique identifier. That's fine, as URIs don't have to be retrievable, even those with schemes you're used to thinking of as retrievable, such as "
http:". You can use any other scheme though. For namespaces I like to use "
tag:" when I don't plan to put any


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The Ignacio High School girls basketball team had twice as many steals as Mancos had points.
The Bobcats nabbed 32 steals off of the Bluejays to win the San Juan Basin League game pretty handily 56-16 on Saturday night at IHS.
Everybody got to play and just was a good day, IHS head coach Justa Whitt said.
Sky Cotton led the Bobcats with nine steals. Michelle Simmons grabbed eight and Cloe Seibel five.
Our guard front was working (Saturday night), Whitt said.
The turnovers translated into points for plenty of Bobcats.
Seibel led all scorers with 15 points, and Cotton added 10. Jordan Cuthair and Gabs Garcia each scored seven, and Simmons had six.
Overall we just had a good game, Whitt said.
The Bobcats (10-7, 5-1 SJBL) will play another league game at 5 p.m. Saturday at Telluride.
IHS will host Norwood in its regular-season finale Feb. 23.
Whitt said Telluride barely has nicked the Bobcats the last couple of years.
So thats kind of on my list for a good win up there, Whitt said.
Im going to have them pumped up.


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Look out, London, Tom Cruise is here.
The actor has kept a relatively low profile while filming in the city for his film All You Need Is Kill, but he made his presence known on Saturday when production shut down Trafalgar Square for shooting. Filmmakers reportedly brought in tanks, suggesting it was an action scene, so not only did tourists get a glimpse of Cruise, but some pretty dramatic scenes, also.
Though people crowded around the Square to watch filming, police made sure to keep passersby off set.
The film also stars Emily Blunt and Bill Paxton, and follows the story of a soldier who must fight a war against aliens.
Yes, this is a role Cruise should be comfortable portraying. The flick is set to hit theaters March 7, 2014.


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Superp sound & packed with features! It seems as thougth the folks over in the UK wanted to build a unit with as many new features as possible, but really haven't had the time to go back and refine things. This unit has extremely low THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) which allows you to turn it up more, and sounds better than other units with 2x the power. I love the RDS (Radio Data Service) that displays artist & title. To get that feature in a stereo along with a great amp, alarm clock, USB port & a CD that reads MP3-encoded CD's, you'd have to spend $799 + up.
Pros: RDS, very low %THD, reads SD cards, USB sticks & MP3-encoded CDs.
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Collaborative Advantage: What is interoperability, really?
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When industry leaders collaborate to create a standard, the reason always cited is "interoperability". Yet do we really understand what is meant by this seemingly simple term?
When industry leaders collaborate to create a standard, the reason always cited is interoperability. Yet do we really understand what is meant by this seemingly simple term? Because there is sometimes confusion about the nuances of this concept, lets explore its meaning in greater depth.
The first point is to be precise what must interoperate at the outset. Tool-to-tool interfaces are most often assumed, numerous library-to-tool interfaces are essential, and user-to-tool interfaces are also very popular (such as with any design language). Sometimes, a request for tool-to-tool interoperability also requires specifying an associated library-to-tool standard for the interoperability benefits to be realized this should be clearly understood up front.
The next choice is to define the appropriate architectural level of abstraction for the task at hand: data-based versus file-based interoperability. This is a tradeoff of what versus how, and is critical to comprehend, and apply, in the proper context. Data-based interoperability ensures that the information (semantics, data, and their relationships) is preserved across tools and/or libraries. Since this is where the most effort is invested in our electronics industry, and represents the actual IP content, it is by far the most important asset to protect and typically the true business goal behind interoperability. File-based interoperability represents a common implementation format, and is also very convenient; however it emphasizes syntax for one single format, sometimes in lieu of clear data semantics. The main problem with file-based interoperability is that it may not be practical when multiple formats are already well-ingrained across the ecosystem (and unlikely to change). The ideal case is to enable both data and file-based interoperability when feasible, but data can be automatically mapped into multiple syntaxes if the semantics have been well-defined. For interoperability problems where proprietary file formats are solidly entrenched (for any number of reasons), data-based interoperability is the only practical, widely-adoptable solution. As Albert Einstein famously stated, The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.
The architectural decision for interoperability must also be based on the expected use cases. For example, an API provides the most efficient protocol of communication between running tools or between a tool and a library, especially for large / complex data, however files are still necessary for persistence and transfer. Also, not all file formats are the same: some may be simple parameter-value pairs, while others may represent a full (human-editable) database incorporating self-checking features within a formal XML/XSD structure. Furthermore, business constraints may require special handling of IP protection and encryption that must be included in the architecture.
To be clear, an interoperability challenge may demand more than one type of interface or one abstraction level. Designing chips requires complex flows among many teams and tools, and for any given use case, a combination of the above choices may be necessary.
The business goals of interoperability are almost always driven by economics, efficiency, and quality. In some cases, an emerging technology or market will require interoperability to enable that commercial market opportunity to be realized. While 1:1 partnering between customer and supplier remains essential, an array of differing and confusing formats is sometimes insufficient to hit the economic threshold when information must pass across a supply chain.
Finally, I will note that a standard only has value once adopted. The true measure of interoperability value is not the number of logos on marketing slides, but by how well it has actually solved the problem once it has been released.
Id like to hear other thoughts on how you define interoperability feel free to comment!
Steve Schulz, President and CEO, Si2
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