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Former deputy, dispatcher accused of selling drugs; Harrington on bail
Gary F. Harrington, 41, of Arlington, pleaded not guilty Thursday in Vermont Superior Court to three felony counts of narcotic sale, seven misdemeanor counts of narcotic possession, felony counts of extortion, forgery, and a misdemeanor count of neglect of duty by a public officer.
He has been fired from his position with the Bennington County Sheriff's Department, where he had worked on and off for the past 18 years, and has also been terminated from the Manchester Police Department where he worked as a dispatcher and special officer.
Judge Nancy Corsones, after hearing bail arguments, decided to keep the $10,000 bail that had been imposed on him at his arrest in place, but added conditions that he abide by a 24-hour curfew at his home, not leave the county, and not possess any firearms or drugs without valid prescriptions. He is allowed to leave his home for medical and legal appointments, and when he is within sight of his wife.
"When all is said and done, what's in the affidavit is not going to look anything like what the truth is," said Wright, who had argued against the state's request for $25,000 bail. He said his client has strong family ties to the area, no criminal record, and has done good work as a police officer.
Wright said he planned to raise issues with the complaining witnesses' credibility, and that the state's case it weaker than it appears from the affidavit.
Woman said he forged insurance documents
According to an affidavit by Bennington Police Sgt. Michael Plusch, on Wednesday he spoke to a 28-year-old woman who said Harrington had forged insurance documents for her, and given her prescription narcotics to sell.
She met him via Facebook in December 2013 and they became involved in a sexual relationship.
The woman worked at Bennington Schools at the time, and would meet Harrington while he was on duty. She was driving a car without a valid license at this time, which Harrington knew yet did nothing about.
When the woman left her job at Bennington Schools, Harrington made a comment on Facebook which made her think he would now use his position to arrest her or write her tickets. The post was deleted, but according to the affidavit police were able to recover it. It reads, "It's hard telling your colors when your a pill head. Hmm I can always use a new target!!!"
On March 14, the woman was in a motor vehicle crash that led her being taken to the hospital. Harrington arrived in uniform and she told him she did not have insurance. He said he would take care of it. The woman eventually bought car insurance, but not until March 21.
Harrington sent her an email on March 15 with an attached insurance card from Geico. The email read, "You have proof of insurance now as long as no one calls to verify. If you want me to give it to him I will and cross our fingers."
She said not long after that, Harrington picked her up and they rode around, then stopped at the sheriff's department where he took an insurance card from his vehicle's visor and brought it into the building. The woman said Wednesday was the first time she had heard of the forged card having been used.
When the crash was reported, the woman told police she did not have her insurance card. It was learned from another deputy that Harrington had gone to see the woman in the hospital and told other police he would drop her insurance card off later. Police learned from the deputy who processed the crash report that the card was dropped off and he listed it in the report, but it was now missing.
Police said that according to Geico no policy associated with the card's number exists.
In late April, Harrington started talking to her about purchasing a car so they could spend more time together while his cruiser was at the department. He gave her a handful of pills, a mix of Dilaudid, Vicodin, and morphine for her to sell on his behalf. Later he went to her home on Applegate Drive and gave her a bottle of Vicodin to sell, which she said was worth $350. On Monday he gave her five Suboxone strips worth $100 despite being a year past their expiration date. She gave him the money the following day.
Suboxone is used to treat opiate addiction.
It was on Wednesday she got into a verbal argument with Harrington, after which he left her a message on Facebook reading in part, "Don't contact me anymore or I will have you arrested for something. I'm done after that outburst. Omg you come hear to work things out and leave like that."
The woman said when she was called to the Bennington Police Department she thought she was being arrested.
She told police where Harrington keeps his medications. The apartment was searched and police found hundreds of prescription narcotics, including 239 two-milligram hydromorphine pills, 20 Tylenol with 30-milligrams of codeine, 18 five-milligram pills of Oxycodone, a bottle containing 20 milliliters of morphine oral solution, 175 pills of methadone, 197 eight-milligram pills of hydromorphine, and 19 15-milligram morphine pills.
The pill bottles did not have Harrington's name on them.
Harrington declined to speak to police.
Wright challenged Corsones' finding of probable cause on the possession charges, saying his client has suffered chronic back pain for many years and the medications in his home were prescribed to him and are just old. He said Harrington at one time was addicted to painkillers but has been prescribed Suboxone and has recovered.
Corsones said it strained credibility to think all of the pills found were possessed lawfully given their number and the opportunities Harrington would have had to dispose of them.
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Discussion in 'Racing' started by pvangel, Mar 24, 2011.
oh you're coming to hell in the hills?
So...I rode at the country club today and wanted to concentrate on corner speed, elbows up, look ahead, weight the outside peg and grip with your knees and for gods sake get up the gonads to do the big uphill double that they put in a month ago and I have pussied out on everyday since...
I started slow and tried to get in a rhythm and did not jump the uphill double for awhile but it haunted me every lap until I checked my vagina in the sweeper before the double and gassed it hard trying to clear it....which did not happen, cased it big time in the soft stuff before the landing and almost went over the bars...faaaaaak. I made every excuse I could think of, I'm old, It's a 125 how could I make it? I'm to fat for that poor little 2 stroke.
Well next lap around I came into the corner just like they say in Dirt Bike magazine and weighted the outside peg, looked ahead and gassed it, this was it! Go big or go home( in a meat wagon) welllll I friggen made it! Once I did it I did it 20-30 times, If I wasn't 100% on than I cased it and it was ugly but when I hit it right it was pure magic.
I left the track totally content, and consider today a personal triumph.
Not that I ever consider a day at the track bad but today was great.
you the man!
what are we calling the country club?
Thats cool!
I had a similar experience last night over some whoops. Man and machine connected i am suprised my helmet could contain my smile. I was so happy and confident i tried to climb a large rock... and fell...twice...back to reality
Thanks guys!
Milford riders club is the track, a private facility north of Bridgeport Ct.
The jump is a blind uphill 40'-50' gap right after a corner which is what makes it difficult. You can't see the landing before you hit the lip so have no idea how to gauge it, now I know that its balls out everything I got on the 125 but I see guys on 450's blip the throttle and clear it.(but there 20 and weigh 140lbs and are on a 450, I am none of the above)
No helmet cam shots because I can't find the GO Pro......How the hell do I lose a camera?
maybe check the last video that came off of it?
I'll tell you how I'd guage it and I've never even seen it.
From a lawn chair!
I found the Go Pro so next ride I will have proof! If I can get the nuts up to do it again....
Was supposed to ride today but work got in the friiggeenn way again, don't they know I have a racing career to think about?
One of the kids we ride with posted these on FB today of the uphilll double I talked about, it's no skyshot at Unadilla but for a old fat guy it is!
that is a pretty sick jump. what gear on that 125? badass!
3rd gear, pinned!
a buck and a quarter is all ya need!
buck and a quarters rule!
So the summer race break is over and September schedule is full!
Englishtown NJ is the on the 1st so I'm getting ready for that now.
9/15 is the Vet championship in Winchester NH
and then Tomahawk in WV on the 23rd.
Spent the last 3 days in Boston so I gained 10 lbs, hopefully lose that before Sat.
Country Club tomorrow on the 89...if work allows but I'm loaded to go!
how long is the drive to tomahawk? time wise from hudson valley? how many nights out of town will you be going? you getting a hotel? drive down friday etc. etc?


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London-based global law firm Eversheds has teamed up with LawWithoutWalls, the legal and commercial education project led by the University of Miami School of Law, in a first-ever collaboration.
The participation was announced by Bryan Hughes, chief executive of Eversheds, and LawWithoutWalls co-creators Michele DeStefano, an associate professor at the University of Miami School of Law, and Michael Bossone, special advisor to UM Dean Patricia D. White. Lawyers from Eversheds' worldwide operation and clients of the firm will bring their practical expertise to students from 18 universities around the world in LawWithoutWalls' 2013 program.
Hughes called it "unique, practical training," in which students "develop innovative business solutions specific to the legal sector and present these ideas to a panel of venture capitalists and legal industry experts" at the course's conclusion.
"LawWithoutWalls is about developing a future generation of lawyers who are commercial, innovative, digitally-savvy, and global thinkers," Hughes said of the program, under which leaders from business and academia mentor the next generation of legal and business students to help them attain real-world commercial skills.
"We are absolutely delighted to have Eversheds as the global law firm to participate in LawWithoutWalls," said Dean White. "We were seeking to include a major global law firm which embraces innovation, technology, and the highest standards of quality and service. Eversheds is a perfect choice."
Professor DeStefano and Bossone said they were very pleased with the collaboration with Eversheds and its promise of meeting the challenges of today's global legal marketplace.
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All-Star balloting kicks off on MLB.com
Fans can send their favorite players to St. Louis
By Mark Newman / MLB.com
The All-Star Game is coming back to St. Louis this summer, and so it is appropriate to start with those words from Stan "The Man" Musial.
He was the definition of the term "All-Star" to millions, selected every year from 1943-63 with the exception of 1945, when he was enlisted in World War II.
Those simple words from a living legend are your instructions now, because the annual rite of fan balloting -- the largest of its kind in pro sports -- is now under way to decide lineups for the 80th All-Star Game coming July 14 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
Cast up to 25 ballots per e-mail address to help decide starters through the 2009 All-Star Game Sprint Online Ballot at MLB.com and all 30 club sites. It all begins here, right now, and fans are historically a big part of the story themselves by shattering online voting records and making any necessary "corrections" after weeks of voting updates.
Last summer, with the majority of the individual races going down to the wire undetermined, fans cast their final votes online at unprecedented rates, including more than 41 million votes in the final 24 hours. That mark was 57 percent higher than the previous single-day record of 26 million set on the final day of online balloting in 2005. Overall during '08 online balloting, 214.7 million votes from 16.5 million ballots were cast at MLB.com and the club sites, despite having seven fewer days in the voting cycle than in '07. These record figures each represented increases of nearly 40 percent over the previous marks for total votes and ballots cast.
More than 20 million Walt Disney Pictures G-Force All-Star Game ballots also will be distributed at the 30 Major League ballparks, each of which will have 25 home dates for balloting, and in approximately 100 Minor League ballparks. Every Major League club will have begun its in-stadium balloting no later than May 6. When the in-stadium phase of balloting concludes on June 26, fans will have the opportunity to cast their final ballots exclusively online at MLB.com and the club sites until 11:59 p.m. ET on July 2.
In addition, Banco BHD will sponsor All-Star Game balloting in the Dominican Republic, making Spanish-language ballots available at its Dominican locations and online from May 5-June 22.
"The Major League Baseball All-Star Game Balloting program is one of the great traditions in sports and serves as a powerful way to engage baseball fans around the world," MLB president Bob DuPuy said. "Major League Baseball is delighted that fans once again will determine the Midsummer Classic's starting lineups as we celebrate the 80th All-Star Game in one of America's truly special baseball cities."
The ballot was officially launched at a news conference in the "All-Star Summer" in the Champions Club at Busch Stadium. In attendance along with DuPuy were: seven-time All-Star Albert Pujols of the Cardinals; Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith; Tim Brosnan, MLB's EVP for business; Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr.; Cardinals president Bill DeWitt III; Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon; St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay; and St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley.
For the first time, this year's ballot also will feature the State Farm Home Run Derby Fan Poll. Fans will have the opportunity to select three players in each league who they would most like to see participate in the State Farm Home Run Derby.
The 2009 American League and National League All-Star teams will be unveiled on Sunday, July 5, on the 2009 MLB All-Star Game Selection Show, televised nationally on TBS. The AL and NL teams each will have eight fan-elected starters. Twenty-three reserves will be determined through a combination of "Player Ballot" choices and selections made by the two All-Star team managers -- Joe Maddon of the Rays and Charlie Manuel of the Phillies -- in conjunction with MLB.
Then the wildness begins again.
Immediately following the announcement of the rosters, fans will have the opportunity to select the final player for each league's 32-man roster at MLB.com. The 2009 All-Star Game Sprint Final Vote will provide fans the opportunity to cast their votes from a list of five players from each league over a four-day period. That period is known for phenomenal voting turnout and creative grassroots campaigning on behalf of the 10 candidates. For the fifth year, fans will be able to vote for their Final Vote selections on their mobile phones, exclusive to Sprint subscribers. Both winners will be announced after the voting has concluded on Thursday, July 9.
Finally, fans once again will participate in the official voting for the All-Star Game's Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet via the 2009 All-Star Game Sprint MVP Vote on MLB.com.
The NL will try yet again to win for the first time since 1996, and the breakthrough in this stupefying trend seemingly has to happen sometime soon. Over the past four years, the AL has won by a combined five runs. Last year at old Yankee Stadium, it was Michael Young's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 15th that plated Justin Morneau and finally ended an epic and unforgettable night.
The AL obviously has won the World Series home-field advantage every year since the adoption of a rule starting in 2003 that gave that edge to the winning league in the Midsummer Classic. Although any team would want to host the start of a World Series rather than opening on the road, there is no indication that it has made a difference in late autumn. The Phillies' Series victory over Tampa Bay last year makes it a 3-3 tie.
These were your choices for the starting lineups last year:
AL: Ichiro Suzuki (Mariners) OF, Derek Jeter (Yankees) SS, Josh Hamilton (Rangers) OF, Alex Rodriguez (Yankees) 3B, Manny Ramirez (Red Sox) OF, Milton Bradley (Rangers) DH, Kevin Youkilis (Red Sox) 1B, Joe Mauer (Twins) C, Dustin Pedroia (Red Sox) 2B.
NL: Hanley Ramirez (Marlins) SS, Chase Utley (Phillies) 2B, Lance Berkman (Astros) 1B, Pujols DH, Chipper Jones (Braves) 3B, Matt Holliday (Rockies) OF, Ryan Braun (Brewers) OF, Kosuke Fukudome (Cubs) OF, Geovany Soto (Cubs) C.
One look at those lineups and you already can see where there will be some changes in the 80th All-Star Game. Manny and Holliday flipped leagues, and we'll have to see how A-Rod, a perennial lock, fares in the voting after a tumultuous offseason and then missing at least the first month of the season due to hip surgery.
There is a lot of baseball ahead, and a lot of online ballots to cast. Here are some first impressions of the ballot:
AL: It's early, but Detroit's Miguel Cabrera is breaking out of the gates like a possible starter, leading the Majors in batting through Monday. Youkilis was right behind him and shows no signs of giving up his starting All-Star job, but keep an eye on newcomer Mark Teixeira of the rivals in The Bronx as the days roll by. Carlos Pena led the Rays to the last AL pennant and looks good again.
NL: Pujols is the one to beat here. Joey Votto of the Reds could be an interesting darkhorse, Adrian Gonzalez had five homers through Monday for a surprising San Diego club, and one presumes Carlos Delgado of the Mets, Ryan Howard of the Phillies and Derrek Lee of the Cubs could be there. Prince Fielder of the Brewers is off to a tough start and we'll see how he progresses.
AL: Ian Kinsler of the Rangers had a good April in one day, with that 6-for-6 performance including a cycle, and the discussion should begin with him. Keep an eye on Brian Roberts of the Orioles, Aaron Hill of the Jays and Robinson Cano of the Yankees. It's been a slow start for Pedroia, but you figure the reigning AL MVP will make a show in early voting.
NL: Utley ran away with the voting last year and the road to Busch goes through him again. Orlando Hudson of the Dodgers and Felipe Lopez of the D-backs should make noise based on their starts, and what about Florida's Dan Uggla? After his three-error performance in the last All-Star Game, he might want some payback.
AL: Tampa Bay's Jason Barlett is off to a brilliant start and probably should be there if the voting ended now. Alas, it is just beginning, and you can expect the usual suspect wearing a No. 2 in pinstripes. Marco Scutaro of the Blue Jays and rookie Elvis Andrus of the Rangers could be sleepers here.
NL: It's been a slow start for Hanley Ramirez so far, but his team has been hot and he's still viewed by many as the best player in baseball right now. Rafael Fucal helped the Dodgers to a white-hot start, and Jose Reyes figures to be right there in the balloting for the Mets.
AL: Will it be the changing of the guard, or will A-Rod come back and control his past domain? Evan Longoria appeared in the last All-Star Game as a rookie, and don't be surprised if the Rays' sensation is making his first All-Star start at St. Louis. Fans of AL teams who really want their league to win might be well-advised to vote for Young, who has a history of clutch All-Star at-bats. All should watch for Mark DeRosa (a quick 15 RBIs for Cleveland), Brandon Inge after that hot start for Detroit, and the steady Mike Lowell in Boston.
NL: Aramis Ramirez of the Cubs, David Wright of the Mets and Ryan Zimmerman of the Nationals could be the ones to beat here. Emilio Bonifacio captured everyone's attention the first week of the season, and it remains to be seen whether he can regain momentum for Florida.
AL: Victor Martinez also plays first for Cleveland, but he is still the name that jumps off the ballot here. Kansas City's John Buck could be a surprise pick, and watch out for Jorge Posada of the Yankees as usual.
NL: Not the deepest class right now, but with game after game comes the separation you need for those later ballot submissions. Yadier Molina could get the hometown start in St. Louis. Brian McCann of Atlanta, maybe. Soto was a history-maker last year as a rookie starter behind the plate, but he has to rebound from a slow start. John Baker of Florida could be a sleeper, and one expects the Dodgers' Russell Martin to draw consideration as the season progresses.
AL: Carlos Quentin of the White Sox led the Majors with seven homers through Monday. Holliday jumped over to Oakland, and we'll see if his slow start is just an aberration or if he's an All-Star again. The Orioles have a pair of candidates in Nick Markakis and Adam Jones so far, and it remains to be seen whether the club can draw the global voters. Likely favorites might be Hamilton, B.J. Upton of the Rays, Ichiro (always a popular pick, especially with the online vote) and Jason Bay of the Red Sox. But keep an eye on Grady Sizemore of the Indians, Adam Lind of the Blue Jays, Nelson Cruz of the Rangers, and Nick Swisher, who has been invaluable so far for the Yankees.
NL: Remember what happened to Braun last summer? In his first full season, fans paid close attention and they vaulted him from a trailing candidate to the top NL outfielder in voting. Other big names likely to draw votes include Manny and Carlos Beltran of the Mets. But watch for some of these guys: Ryan Ludwick of the Cardinals, Raul Ibanez of the Phillies, Alfonso Soriano of the Cubs, and Andre Ethier, who was just named NL Player of the Week from the Dodgers.
If your favorite players were not mentioned above, then no worry. It's just the ballot launch, time to stir those voting passions again and re-acquaint you with a pastime within the pastime. Many millions of people around the world are going to decide who deserves to start and be the final roster spots at Busch Stadium, and in some cases it will be based on performance and in other cases it will be based on team pride.
Some fans vote the "team ticket." Some fans might adhere to Stan the Man's words and simply go with those who you like to watch the most. Many of you will pay close attention to those weekly voting updates when they are posted in the days to come, and by that crazy, final 24 hours of online voting, it no doubt will be an intense rush by the baseball world to get it right.
"It's something more than a great feeling to be on the ballot," Cano said at Yankee Stadium last week when asked about the All-Star ballot launch. "Fans are voting for you, and you aren't deciding for yourself. They follow you. I feel so happy that they vote not just me as a player but also for others.
"It matters a lot to us. Anybody wants to be in the All-Star Game. You don't get a chance to say hello to many of the other guys during the season, but you can do that at the All-Star Game. It is an honor to have a chance to be there."
The 80th Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX Sports, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and Sportsnet HD and televised around the world by Major League Baseball International, with pregame ceremonies beginning at 8 p.m. ET. ESPN Radio will provide exclusive national radio coverage, while MLB.com will provide extensive online coverage.
Mark Newman is enterprise editor of MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Wonder Boys (3-4 overall, 2-1 Great American Conference) used what head coach Doug Karleskint described as a "ground and pound" style to earn a 60-44 league win over the East Central University Tigers at the Kerr Activities Center.
"We used a philosophy today that we haven't used before," Karleskint said. "We were going to pack it in defensively and make them hit shots. The guys executed beautifully."
Using exclusively a 2-3 zone defense, Arkansas Tech held East Central to 15-of-45 (33 percent) from the field. The Wonder Boys only allowed two offensive rebounds and finished with a 19-7 edge in points off turnovers.
Willie Kirkland scored 21 points and grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds for his first double-double in an Arkansas Tech uniform. Bobby Hatchett added 11 points for the Wonder Boys, who avoided their first three-game losing streak since January 2009.
Colby Carr had a team-high 15 points for East Central (3-6, 1-3).
The Wonder Boys will return to action with another road game at 6 p.m. Saturday against Midwestern State University at D.L. Ligon Coliseum in Wichita Falls, Texas. It will be a rematch of the 2012 NCAA Division II Tournament South Central Regional championship game, which was won by Midwestern State 77-61.
ECU 67, Golden Suns 62
ADA, Okla. — East Central University's Ashley Robison scored all eight of her points in the final 3:17 of the game to push the Lady Tigers to a 67-62 Great American Conference women's basketball win over the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns at the Kerr Activities Center on Saturday.
Robison made a 3-pointer at the 3:17 mark and added a layup plus free throw with 2:23 to go to give East Central (6-2 overall, 3-1 GAC) a 63-57 edge.
A jumper by Jessica Weatherford and 3-point play from Caitlyn Spurgeon pulled the Golden Suns (3-3, 2-1) within 63-62 with 56.9 seconds left, but ECU's Kodi Morrison drove the right baseline for a layup with 29 seconds to go and Robison sealed it with two free throws with 15.1 seconds remaining.
The Lady Tigers led by as many as 11 points in the first half, but Arkansas Tech closed the opening period on a 13-2 run to tie the score 31-31 at halftime.
The Golden Suns were 5-of-11 from 3-point range in the first half and 0-for-7 from beyond the arc in the second half.
Rosie Silva paced Arkansas Tech with 17 points.
She also grabbed five rebounds, made seven assists and took five steals. Weatherford scored 14 of her 16 points after halftime. Tech's Westin Taylor added 12 points.
Kodi Morrison and Lindsay McCown scored 11 points apiece for East Central, while Dilan Webster had 10 points and eight rebounds.
The Golden Suns are idle until Dec. 17, when they will host LeMoyne-Owen College (Tenn.) for a 5:30 p.m. non-conference game inside Tucker Coliseum.


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It's been a long drawn out process but it appears that there is finally a light at the end of the Jorge Soler signing tunnel. The Cubs are hoping that is a good sign and not another missed opportunity. News broke over the weekend, specifically yesterday that Soler and his representatives were accepting final bids and that a deal could be signed within the next 24-36 hours per Jon Heyman of cbssports.com. Before that, the New York Post broke a story that Soler would be signed, sealed, and delivered to a team before today, the terms would be for four years and around $20 million up to what Cespedes got ($36 million). Finally, last night Buster Olney tweeted that a handful of teams were after Soler and that final bids have been submitted, with the Cubs and Yankees at the top, but many teams exec's feel that the Cubs are the favorites.
So it seems that either today, or at the latest tomorrow we will have some finality to the Soler situation, here's hoping it's the Cubs that come out on top, but you always have to be hesitant when the Yankees are involved. Sure they can offer a lot of money up for Soler, but so can the Cubs as they have very little money committed to the team after this year. I will update as soon as I hear something.
[UPDATE] 9:18 AM CST – Your Anon Sports is reporting via Twitter that the Cubs and Yankees are the finalists in the Jorge Soler derby.
[UPDATE 2] 12:28 PM CST – The Dodgers are officially out of the running, and it might have been because of the price going way up. Soler is the last "bonus baby" before the new CBA kicks in, that means the price might be somewhere near $40 million, but who really knows at this point.
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LOL.But what that means for DAntoni, who has one year left on his contract, is unclear after neither Carmelo Anthony nor Stoudemire gave him an endorsement following the loss.
Anthony was particularly lukewarm, and did not mention DAntoni by name.
Its a long summer, Anthony said when asked if he wanted DAntoni back. As far as the players go on the team or coach situation, Im pretty sure the front office will handle it to the best of their ability. They have one of the greatest front offices in the NBA, so they will do their job. Ill let them handle that.
Anthony went on to say that he, Stoudemire and Chauncey Billups will meet with owner James Dolan and Walsh about making the Knicks not just a playoff team but a championship-caliber team. Anthony did not mention DAntoni as part of the summit.
Since arriving, Anthony has talked periodically about his big adjustment to DAntonis system and questioned the coachs defensive scheme after a loss in Indiana. He is represented by the super agency CAA, which also handles Kentucky coach John Calipari and superstar point guard Chris Paul. The Knicks did not plan to make Walsh or DAntoni available to the media today, when the team convenes for exit meeting, as is customary.
Asked about DAntonis return, Stoudemire, who supported the coach all season, surprisingly evaded the issue, only saying hes been great my whole career. However, a source familiar with Stoudemires thinking said Stoudemire supports DAntoni and would do any lobbying privately.
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I love this post Renegade.
Exactly spot on true!!
IF all of the Indians starter's could be half effective as yours,
we would win the central. =)
Now that tells you how bad our division is haha.
The Rays at least still have Garza – but he is a little shaky as of late.
You gotta hold him on a leash we don't want him to throw at A-Rod or anything here!
We don't want any headlock throwdowns ;)
–Ted "TTW/T"
Believe me, if he threw at A rod, he would not do anything. Garza is one of the Rays I would not challenge to anything, he is that competitive a person.
But the system is still under review in my mind here in Tampa Bay. I see pluses and minuses all over the place right now. Price and Neimann get the system, but Garza and Shields still fight it from time ti time.
Wade Davis only has 1 start, so he is under further review.
Rays Renegade
I would believe Friedman if he had said just that about Kaz. It makes total sense. Of course, then you are asking management to own up to a real reason for something. Which won't ever happen. We're going to see Scott's real power soon enough – and hopefully the guys coming up in our farm system will learn this whole "system" before getting called up. Price and Neimann are doing rather well, and as you said it works for them. If Garza and Shields can't adapt next year – I'm afraid we may see another "salary dump" in 2010. If this is the system they are going to stick with, they better not aquire any pitcher who can't already "pitch to contact". The jury is still out on this "system" from where I sit too. I don't like to have a hate on for coaching staff – but Hickey is pushing me to that point. He better prove this works or I'll give a vote of "no confidence" in him.
Most people in Tampa Bay know if I got a vote to retain Hickey I would be grinning like a Cheshire Cat when I delivered it.
The system can work, but it seems to take a few seasons to perfect it.
Thus if they start at Double-A with the process, by the time they hit Triple-A it is ingrained into their style and can be adjusted better or tweaked to make it more suited to the individual pitcher.
Rays Renegade
Such an interesting post, Renegade. (No surprise there.) I'm no expert on any of this, but does a team really need to have a one size fits all philosophy for its pitching staff? Isn't the idea to develop each pitcher's strengths instead of teaching them to conform to some system? They're all so different. I think young pitchers need to learn how to throw strikes and not nibble, but beyond that, this is all new to me.
that used to be the thinking years ago when Pitching coaches went by sight and gut reactions on players than on the Sabermetrics we all know and love today.
They can now chart almost too much information and over analyze a poor guy to death.
Gone are the simple days of just getting up there and throwing.
Video and also mechanic mapping can now be done to further dive into the causes and effect of a pitcher's bad performance.
Like a NASCAR car, the new era pitchers can be rebuilt from the point of delivery back to their foot placements on the mound.
Rays Renegade
Well thank you for that Diamondgirl.
I love this hodge podge team myself pretty deeply.
Decided I have complained about this system for so long, I might as well let people know what it is all about for a change.
Rays Renegade
Indians farm system has lacked pitching over the last couple of years. The "fire sale" was to get rid of some of the contracts, but it was also to inject some young high ceiling pitchers into the system.
Too true.
Masterson from V-Mart trade with Boston along with the young Huff should give you a nice 2 and 3 pitchers next season.
Health is the only thing that could derail a nice return of pitching to the Indians system.
Plus, you never know what veteran might like to reestablish himself like Carl Pavano did for your team early in the season.
Always fun to speculate 6 months in advance.
Rays Renegade
Cliff – interesting idea – that everyone on the team needs to be "pitching the same program". I was happy to see tonight that it appears that Carlos Pena came through surgery just fine. I hope he will be okay.
This program is supposibly the future of baseball. It igves control and also variations to the pitching staff anfd the team to concentrate on a particular quadrant or location near the plate to get hitters to leaning for pitches, or come in close on the hands to promote foul pop ups and infield flies.
I have not heard yet about Pena's surgery, but I know he was a plane back to Tampa Bay yesterday.
Worst case scenario he will be ready by Spring Training. Best case, he can begin to do some off season work beginning in November and be ready and in shape in time for Spring Training.
Rays Renegade
Great piece Rays. Nice in-depth look. I began to notice it a lot with the Rockies in the past few seasons. The thing I think gets lost in that equation is the quality of the defense. The Rockies have had a great deal of success getting pitchers to go after the ground ball because they have confidence the defense has their back. Even finesse guys who are struggling can "back up" on this and go longer into games when they don't have their best stuff. I've seen it work for the Rockies, but nice way to point it out.
The process of pitch to contact makes a lot of sense on paper, but sometimes it doesn't transfer well in real life.
A good majority of the MLB's staffs are trying to implement a type of this system that is designed for their staffs, but with mixed results.
With Kazmir being more of a power guy than finesse, it was an easy choice to send him to his ex-pitching coach Mike Butcher who lets his guys throw their game more than employ the system.
Each coach has to gauge his staff abilities, and if they are wrong, they will not be there long.
Rays Renegade
Okay, so I could not get past your profile picture, it is soooo funny. I'll read your post when I stop laughing.
That is a picture of me and Brian Knobs, who is a member of the WWE's Nasty Boys wrestling tag team. I know he is now retired from the game, but he like to still manhandle people like me.
Knobs did a "Braveheart" rip-off with myself and some of the other Maddon's Maniacs a few years back called "Braveknobs".
It was fun to do, and I even got a small speaking line.
Just another fun thing the Rays have let me do in my time with the team.
Rays Renegade


text: I realized the other day that I take a lot of pics when out riding, but I am the only one that ever sees most of them. You will probably see a lot of pics of my regular riding areas from different perspectives, times of year etc. I guess I will start with pics from 2012. The mild winter meant I was out riding in January.This is the entrance to Greenwood Furnace State Park camping area. I seem to pass though here on a lot of my evening rides.


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Using Smartphones Smartly
As Internet commerce began to take flight a decade ago, there was great concern that the growth of online business would be stymied by consumer's reluctance to entrust their personal and financial data to the emerging security risks of vulnerable websites.
Yet, Internet commerce has grown unabated, as businesses have proven their ability to (usually) protect client data, and to cover consumers for losses in those cases where they don't.
More recently, as the use of smartphones and similar mobile devices has become ubiquitous, the same arguments are being heard again: the growth of mobile commerce will be limited unless adequate security can be demonstrably in place. These fears are actually more justified this time around, as wireless mobile transactions are by their very nature more difficult to protect.
Nevertheless, consumers choose to conduct business from wherever they may be, and are willing to entrust both personal and financial information to the digital airwaves, as long as there are reasonable protections in place, and that they are not restricted from conducting business.
As with credit card transactions, consumers believe that any risks in using mobile devices to conduct commerce should be borne by the merchants or card issuers. Therefore, consumers are less likely from being deterred from using their devices, despite the increased risk of fraud.
Emerging applications such as Google Wallet, Square Wallet, Isis and similar software applications now allow consumers to use their smartphones as mobile wallets. Ultimately it is convenience, which seems to trump risk, that is driving mobile commerce's growth.
Research from Forrester validates this trend. Their report "The State of Mobile Banking 2012" predicts that there will be 108 million U.S. mobile banking users by 2017, representing 46% of all U.S. bank account holders and roughly triple current levels.
Binary Security Considered Inadequate
Various data encryption, identity verification and password-protection technologies have been developed to make using mobile devices more secure. However, the criminals are equally adept at overcoming these more basic security measures.
In an age of social media, where vast amounts of personal information is openly shared on public forums, confirming identity by simply asking for basic information is no longer sufficient. According to the analyst firm Javelin, the average social media site user is lax about sharing personal data:
- Thirty-one percent share their birth date and year
- Forty-seven percent share their email address
- Twelve percent share their phone number
- Nine percent share their pet's name
Unfortunately, this is precisely the kind of information that binary rules-based authentication relies upon. Studies by Experian's Decision Analytics confirm that the use of a single binary condition such as address, phone number or date of birth does not provide adequate predictive separation between "fraudulent" accounts and "legitimate" accounts.
This means an unnecessarily high frequency of transactions (often greater than 30%), get flagged for review and are costly to clear, though are not high risk.
FIs Make Mobile Fraud Prevention a Priority
The need to combat fraud without unduly restricting merchants or consumers, while simultaneously making mobile transactions easier, has become a priority for financial institutions. According to Aite Group, which interviewed 32 North American financial institutions, mobile divisions within these institutions are a high priority for fraud prevention technology investments, with 26% of institutions citing it as their highest priority.
Many of these investments are being steered toward a new class of technology called "risk-based authentication," which offers more comprehensive fraud detection and prevention than binary security alone, making it better-suited to mobile applications.
A risk-based fraud prevention system allows institutions to make customer relationship and transactional decisions based not on merely a handful of rules or conditions in isolation, but on a holistic view of a customer's identity and predicted likelihood of associated identity theft.
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A Multi-Faceted Approach
Effective risk assessment should combine multiple factors including complex device recognition, identity authentication and real-time risk evaluation, while balancing mobile authentication with customer ease of use. Recent guidance from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council supports the position that for fraud prevention to be viable, it should rely on more than one method of validation.
In its 2011 "Supplement to Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment," the FFIEC states: "Although no device authentication method can mitigate all threats, the Agencies consider complex device identification to be more secure and preferable to simple device identification. Institutions should no longer consider simple device identification, as a primary control, to be an effective risk mitigation."
Rather than basic binary security measures, there are risk-based authentication tools that use robust data sources to provide a more accurate picture of each applicant. By combining identity proofing with out-of-wallet-question tools in a single platform, these analytics produce actionable risk-based authentication and fraud scores for use in identity proofing.
Such a risk-based authentication system allows credit providers to make faster and more consistent credit decisions, mitigating the risk of fraud while speeding transaction processing. In addition to using data scoring tools to verify the identity of an individual, risk management technology can also be used to confirm the legitimacy of the device being used to access an account.
Adapting Authentication to the Mobile Environment
Mobile commerce is here to stay. As devices such as smart phones get smarter, so too is the way they're used. Authentication methods are adapting to a world where people increasingly use mobile devices for transactions of all sorts.
A new breed of tools is providing a holistic assessment of the identity of the user as well as the device being used. These tools, tailored expressly for the mobile environment, simultaneously reduce fraud and minimize the number of non-fraudulent transactions being declined or requiring manual review.
Keir Breitenfeld is vice president, Fraud and Identity Solutions, for Experian Decision Analytics.


text: Those who say there is no debate are correct. The case is actually closed. In fact, even had PS and RF been tied at 14 majors, the honors, in my opinion, still go to RF for several reasons, the biggest of which is his amazing streak of QFs or better in majors. But the many PS advocates who claim their man is still #1, regardless of the numbers, believe he faced the (much) tougher opposition, and had they been correct, there certainly would be a debate. There are cases in which quality of opposition could be a decisive factor when comparing the accomplishments of two athletes. A good example of this is Connors 74 and McEnroe 84. Each man had a sensational year, but was one better than the other? Connors 93-4 15 W Australian, Wimbledon, US McEnroe 82-3 14 W Wimbledon, US (lost French final) The following players had good showings in the majors: 1974 1984 Rosewall F F Lendl W F SF Newcombe SF QF QF Wilander W SF QF Smith SF QF Connors F SF SF Borg W Cash SF SF QF Connors defeated Rosewall twice, in the finals of Wimbledon and the US. He didn't face Newcombe, Smith or Borg. He defeated Phil Dent in the Australian final. His record against the top performers in 1974's majors was therefore 2-0, omitting Dent, who surely wasn't highly ranked. McEnroe defeated Connors in all three majors. He defeated Cash once and split a pair of matches with Lendl. His record against 1984's best was 5-1. He didn't play Wilander in a major, but did trounce him at the year-end Master's event. Despite winning two majors to Connors' three, I believe McEnroe gets the nod because of the more difficult opposition he had to deal with. RF's main opposition from 2004 to 2007 comprised Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt (04-05), Andre Agassi (04-05), Marat Safin (04-05), Rafael Nadal (05 onward) and Novak Djokovic (07). How this crew can be described as being part of a weak era is a mystery to me, but PS supporters usually base half of their argument on that claim. To be honest, 2006 may have been relatively soft, with the decline of AA, LH and MS, and an off year by AR till the US Open, but it's not much worse than PS's 1994. And when compared to 1997, when PS beat just one Top 10 player in a major (Muster #5 Aust), RF's 2006, with seven Top 10 victims, doesn't look too bad after all. Agassi: Old. That's what RF detractors usually say about AA during this part of his career. He's too old to offer strong competition. He's far from the player he used to be. Before I continue with AA, I want to mention some similarities between pro hockey and pro tennis. In both sports, players typically begin their careers in their late teens or very early twenties, and in both, most players are at their best before reaching their 30s. In the 2010-2011 NHL season, Nick Lidstrom of the Detroit Red Wings won the Norris Trophy as the league's best defenseman. He was forty years old. I'm sure that even the most dim-witted observer will understand my point. One example should suffice, but here's another one. The previously mentioned Ken Rosewall was 39 when he lost in the finals of Wimbledon and the US to Jimmy Connors. To reach those finals, he defeated Roscoe Tanner, Stan Smith and John Newcombe, twice. Yes, he was destroyed in both finals, but I believe (and I obviously can't prove) that the defeats had more to do with Connors' powerful groundstrokes easily handling Rosewall's lightweight serves than it did with the disparity in years. AA had a long up-and-down career, but the period from 2002 to 2005 was one of consistently good tennis, with good W-L records and few early knockouts. In 2004 and 2005, he reached a Final, a SF and two QFs in the four hard-court tournaments, losing the SF to Safin in Australian 04 and the other three to RF. How does a player who's allegedly too old advance that far in so many majors? Finally, if you still believe the man was too old, go to Youtube and watch the final few minutes of his match with James Blake in the US 2005 QFs. Hewitt: 2004 68-18 4 Ws 3 2nd rnd losses in 20 matches 2005 37-9 1 W 1 1st rnd loss (by retirement) in 10 matches 2004 majors 4 QF QF F French loss to Gaudio, other 3 to RF 2005 majors F -- SF SF Aust. loss to Safin, other 2 to RF LH lost 27 matches in these two years, nine of them to just one player, RF. It looks like RF had no problem with him. How did LH do against other players of interest? Sampras 5-4 LH won five of the last six. Agassi 4-4 One LH loss was a retirement. AA won the last two, in 02 and 04, again proving that he wasn't too old to compete. Rafter 3-1 Safin 7-7 Roddick 7-7 Roddick won four of the last five. Henman 9-1 From 00 to 04, it was 8-0, and all four on grass were LH's. Ivanisevic 3-0 00, 01 and 04, all on grass, 7-0 in sets Philippoussis 3-1 Blake 8-1 Kafelnikov 7-1 LH obviously has a losing record against Nadal, Murray and Djokovic, but virtually all of the damage would have been done after 2005. The only other players I could find with winning records against LH are Gonzalez, 5-2, and, believe it or not, Karlovic, 3-1. Roddick: Compare AR to a few notables from the Sampras era in winning percentage, overall and on grass and hard courts. There's no point in including his clay results, as he was no threat to RF at the French. Overall Grass Hard Roddick 612-213 74.2 79.6 75.5 Agassi 870-274 76 73.5 79 Courier 506-237 68.1 62.2 70.9 Ivanisevic 599-333 64.3 72 58.2 Rafter 358-191 65.2 74.7 66.7 I would say that Roddick measures up fairly well. From 2004 to 2007, in the 12 non-clay majors, he reached three Finals, two SFs and Four QFs. Overall, he reached the SFs or better ten times. He was stopped by RF in seven of those matches. Nadal: Little need be said here. It's true that he didn't meet RF in a hard-court major till 2009, but he was an immediate threat to RF at the French, which, unlike PS, RF usually had an excellent chance of winning. I've heard Nadal described as strictly a defensive player, and on some other site, some idiot described him as a pusher. The hardest hit groundstrokes I've ever seen are inside-out forehands that RN occasionally unleashes. Safin: MS's career is remarkably similar to Patrick Rafter's. Each man had one big all-around year: MS 2000 73-27 7 W 15 early losses PR 1998 60-21 6 W 11 early losses In majors, each man had 2 Ws, 2 Fs and 2 SFs (MS reached 2 QFs. wile PR did not). Djokovic: He was obviously not the player he was to become, but in 2007 his record was undeniably good: 68-19 5 Ws majors: 4 SF SF F In addition, he won two Masters events, Miami and Canada. Davydenko: Packed four SFs and four QFs into 05-07, which is better than Courier did in the three years following his last big one, 1993. Nalbandian: His achievements in majors were fairly close to those of Todd Martin, but he spread them around all four majors. 2006 was his last good year in the majors, but in 2007, at Masters Madrid (the earlier indoor one) and Paris, he knocked off RF twice, RN twice, NovD and David Ferrer. Martin won no Master Series events. Finally, here are some interesting numbers with which to finish this thing off--Top 10s faced by PS and RF in each year of their periods of domination. In each case it will the man's record vs Top 10s in majors in the stated year. PS 93 4-1 RF 04 7-0 94 4-1 05 5-2 95 4-1 06 7-1 96 3-1 07 9-1 97 1-0 for 1993, I added the victory over Agassi, even though he wasn't a Top 10 at the time. In conclusion, I want to say that I'm not only a Federer fan, but also one of Sampras. I refuse to watch any part of his match vs Bastl at Wimbledon 2002on Youtube because I'm not at all interested in seeing him embarrassed. I did these two posts mostly because it seems to me that his supporters, more than those of RF, pump out so much unsubstantiated BS, particularly about the quality of the players both men faced. I may make one more large post on this topic, comparing each man's path in the majors during their best periods.


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猿飛サスケ, Sarutobi Sasuke
"My will is strong enough to kill you!"
Basic Information
Name:Sasuke Sarutobi
Nickname: Monkey king savior
Sasuke is a average size shinobi around 5'9" for height and a fit body style. he is known for having a small amount of facial hair on his chin. Also his hair has grown spikey white over time which used to be brown and spikey. His chiseled facial features are due to strenuous battles on the forefront of the battlefield. His smile is small yet it fills your senses knowing that he still smiles. His son hiruzen got most of the same looks from sasuke which many shinobi would call hiruzen a spitting image of sasuke.
Being the head of the Sarutobi family Sasuke is full of lot's of wisdom and character. He has been through so many wars and battles that he now has a cold outer shell which many have to get past to know him. He still has his smile but it is rarely seen anymore except for when he is playing with his son hiruzen the thing which brings happiness to his life.
Village Info.
Village of Birth: Konohagakure
Village of Alliance: -
Rank//Chakra Info.
Ninja Rank: S-Class Ninja.
Specialty: None of yet.
Elements: Fire (Needs training) Earth (needs training)
Your ninjutsu:
(Bunshin No Jutsu) - Clone Technique
Chakra Cost:5
Damage Points:N/A
Description:A clone made of the user that can move but(cannot use any jutsu)This clone is merely an illusionary projection of the user.
Note:The clone jutsu can be made with different elements and is a D-Rank jutsu under its own element(Mizu/Water Tsuchi/Earth Sumi/Ink)
(Bikoku Ninjutsu) - Shadow Stealth Technique
Chakra Cost:5
Damage Points:N/A
Description:This jutsu lets the user follow the target covert by concealing the users presence.
(Henge no Jutsu) - Transformation Technique
Damage Points:N/A
Description: Henge no Jutsu is a Ninjutsu technique, which every ninja learns at the Ninja Academy.
Henge allows the ninja to transform themselves into any person or object.
This allows the ninja to move with stealth or to trick their opponents.
(Gokan Sakusou) - 5 Senses Confusion Disorder
Chakra Cost:N/A
Damage Points:N/A
The user throws an explosive kunai at their target and the mist spreads threw the air.
This jutsu causes the opponent to be hit by attacks even though they think they dodged it or countered it.
This effect lasts for 2 turns.
(Kawarimi no Jutsu) - Change of Body Stance Technique
Chakra Cost:5
Damage Points:N/A
Description: Kawarimi no Jutsu is a basic Ninjutsu technique.
When in danger the ninja will quickly substitute themselves with another nearby object.
This can be a block of wood or even another person.
This allows the ninja to quickly flee and hide while the original object takes the brunt of their opponents attack.
(Nawanuke No Jutsu) - Escape Skill
Chakra Cost:5
Damage Points:N/A
Description:Using chakra the user can escape from being tied down(only works with non-chakra ropes).
(Kakuremino No Jutsu) - Magic Cloak Of Invisibility Technique
Chakra Cost:5
Damage Points:N/A
Description:The user will pull out a cloak that is pre designed for their use.Then by using ninjutsu they make the cloth blend into the background
.Skilled ninja can see through this jutsu(Rank c and above)
Background Info.
Not many people can measure up to the quality of shinobi as someone like Sasuke Sarutobi. He contributed so much the founding of the hidden leaf village and helping it stabilize. He was honored and respected by both hashirama senju and tobirama senju. As such the two hokage brother's elected to train Sasuke's son in payment of his quality service to the senju brother's and the leaf village. He was rivaled as a monkey king because of his great summon to be announced at a later date. Sasuke was also known for having admirable fire and earth jutsu. His fire jutsu rivaled that of the uchiha clan. While his earth jutsu was said to crush and level the war field with but a handful of skilled jutsu's. The full depths of Sasuke's jutsu's were not full shown because sasuke was never pushed to his limit's like his mentor hashirama was against madara uchiha. Sasuke grew old watching hiruzen sprout into the fine leaf shinobi that was trained by the two brother senju hokages. Sasuke's legendary skills had led him to have an uchiha child named after him as Sasuke uchiha many thought this to be a show of faith towards the village and the sarutobi clan.
generations of sarutobi.
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Giant wave of understanding in South China Sea
Their effect on the surface of the ocean is negligible, producing a rise of just inches that is virtually imperceptible on a turbulent sea. But internal waves, which are hidden entirely within the ocean, can tower hundreds of feet, with profound effects on the Earth's climate and on ocean ecosystems.
Now new research, both in the ocean and in the largest-ever laboratory experiments to investigate internal waves, has solved a longstanding mystery about exactly how the largest known internal waves, in the South China Sea, are produced. The new findings come from a team effort involving MIT and several other institutions, and coordinated by the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
Seen in cross-section, these waves resemble surface waves in shape. The only difference between an underwater wave and the water around it is its density, due to temperature or salinity differences that cause ocean water to become stratified.
Though invisible to the eye, the boundary between colder, saltier water below and warmer, less-salty water above can be detected instrumentally. That boundary layer can resemble the ocean's surface, producing waves that reach towering heights, travel vast distances, and can play a key role in the mixing of ocean waters, helping drive warm surface waters downward and drawing heat from the atmosphere.
Because these internal waves are hard to detect, it is often a challenge to study them directly in the ocean. But now Thomas Peacock, from MIT, teaming with researchers from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon, the Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, and the University of Grenoble Alpes, all in France, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, have completed the largest wave laboratory experiment of its kind.
The team performed laboratory experiments studying the production of internal waves in the Luzon Strait, between Taiwan and the Philippines. "These are the most powerful internal waves discovered thus far in the ocean," Peacock says. "These are skyscraper-scale waves."
These solitary waves have been observed to reach heights of 170 meters (more than 550 feet) and can travel at a leisurely pace of a few centimeters per second. "They are the lumbering giants of the ocean," Peacock says.
The team's large-scale laboratory experiments on the generation of such waves used a detailed topographic model of the Luzon Strait's seafloor, mounted in a 50-foot-diameter rotating tank in Grenoble, France, the largest such facility in the world. The experiments showed that these waves are generated by the entire ridge system on that area of seafloor, and not a localized hotspot within the ridge.
Read more at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Luzon Strait map via google images.


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Sony today released its PRS-500 Reader Portable Reader System pre-orders at sonystyle.com, which will hit retail stores by the end of October. The device has been delayed several times, with the last volley of delays occuring just this past July.
The PRS-500 tablet-like shape features a high-resolution display designed to mimic traditional paper and is readable even in bright sunlight. With battery life equivalent to roughly 7,500 continuous page turns, readers can store and display personal documents in Adobe PDF format, RTF, text, JPEG photos and selected RSS feeds from blogs and news sites.
Sony today also announced its CONNECT eBook store with more than 10,000 eBook titles available. And for a limited time, when a Reader is registered on the CONNECT site, people will receive a $50 credit towards the purchase eBooks online.
"Today, we're writing a new chapter in digital technology for reading," said Ron Hawkins, Sony Electronics' vice president of Portable Reader Systems marketing. "Easy and enjoyable to use, the Reader fulfills the promise of electronic reading in a way that no other device has been able to do. Not intended to replace traditional books, but to supplement them, the Sony Reader allows people to take a library of books and other reading material with them wherever they go."
The Sony Reader will retail for about $350 at SonyStyle and Borders stores and comes complete with USB cable, a wall charger, the CONNECT Reader software and a protective soft cover. More information about Sony Reader is available at its official site.


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eval-block isn't the same thing as eval-string and you probably shouldn't think of them as related. The former is used when you're creating new source code on the fly and want to run it. The latter is when you want to trap die().
It's the same word but they aren't related. They share the variable $@/$EVAL_ERROR and both trap die() but that's incidental.
Replacements for string-eval are often dispatch tables, curried functions, closures, that kind of thing. The following is an example of something that can b
eval qq{
use Foo::$module;
\$value = Foo::${module}::bar(\$baz); };
Ok, so just do "no strict 'refs'" for the parts that make sense to use it for. That's oodles nicer than string-eval for everything. I keep thinking there's a better use of Module::Pluggable or similar here but that usually implies ISA and class stuff which isn't what you coded.
# Validate that $module is safe...
no strict 'refs'; ## no critic (ProhibitNoStrict)
if ( not keys %{"Foo::${module}::"} ) {
# or
if ( not $INC{"Foo/$module.pm"} ) {
## no critic (ProhibitStringyEval)
bar in
fails or that$value = "Foo::${module}::bar"->( $baz );
Foo::${module}just does not exist?


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COURSE: 70-460 Programming Languages (3)
This course provides a study of the structures of selected programming languages related to ALGOL 60 and LISP. Emphasis is placed on semantics rather than syntax of the programming languages. Backus-Naur Form, recursion, parameter transmitting techniques, and an introduction to formal language theory is covered. Functional programming is also discussed. A term project is required. Prerequisite: 70-300 or 70-350. Offered: Spring, RMVL.


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Not wearing a wig is SUPER comfortable! >___<
Yet, I'll probably wear a wig and upgrade some of its details when I cosplay this outfit again next year.
Thank You for the photos, TheBigTog!
New York Comic Con / New York Anime Festival 2010
Sunday Photoshoot with TheBigTog
costume by COSARU.com
Cosaru Cosplay Group Photo Gallery
photo by TheBigTog


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By way of brief background, you know changes to the analog television spectrum are coming, as is the drop dead DTV date (April 2009). Well, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will probably also sell off the 700MHz frequency at that time, when it becomes "available."
We could face significant problems in using wireless microphones for live video coverage as a result, especially as the Commission has already voted to allow "fixed wireless devices" to operate in the broadcast band.
The FCC is taking input from industry participants about the nature of that spectrum (being called "white space") and the effect such devices might have when operating there, whether they should be licensed or unlicensed, whether mobile devices should be allowed, and so on. This spring, the FCC is slated to begin testing different wireless devices, and it's supposed to table a report by the end of the year.
Depending on those results, devices could hit the market early in 2009—just in time for the sky to fall.
Although the FCC is going to test for possible interference with digital televisions, it apparently is not going to test interference to wireless audio microphones. Broadcasters, production companies, event videographers, equipment manufacturers, and industry associations are—or should be—directly involved.
For example, Shure, Total RF, and the Association for Maximum Service Television Inc. (MSTV) are among those involved in recent meetings in Washington, D.C. with U.S. congressmen and the FCC.
Commissioners and staff there were told how important wireless mic systems were to the production community in general, and they should be protected from potential interference.
MSTV published a report on the prospect of harmful interference from unlicensed wireless devices to broadcast transmissions, and by extension, ENG crews in the field relying on VHF and UHF frequencies for authorized wireless mic transmission.
It's not just the United States, of course; Canada, the United Kingdom, and European countries are all facing some sort of spectrum management issues, if not an impending sell-off of available spectrum.
Sennheiser, by the way, is on record with statements like "the consequences . . . would be disastrous," and "no . . . room for radio microphones," and "not reserving a spectrum for wireless microphones would mean the end . . ."
Sounds pretty serious, huh? Sennheiser nevertheless says it is optimistic about the potential for a satisfactory resolution.
Sennheiser's "Frequency-Agile" Wireless Systems But if you need to know any more about the move to "frequency-agile products," just look skyward. Actually, that's the phrase Sennheiser uses to describe its products, like the newest 5000 series: 32 custom frequencies are programmed within the switching bandwidth of 36MHz; another 20 frequencies in steps of 5KHz can be programmed and stored by the user.
The company's new slot-in receiver for pro video cameras is a good match for the SK 5212 bodypack transmitter, for example, as well as the 5200. Sennheiser is now showing beta software that can control and monitor mic systems from a PC (the full release should be available by the time you read this).
dB Technologies DB Technologies says it sees the future of wireless transmission as digital, and in the 2.4GHz range. Its new DWS2400 system includes handheld mic, 16-channel transmitter, and receiver. It gets to that range (at the upper reaches of the UHF band) with a special built-in antenna. Operating with 9 V batteries and an LCD readout of signal and power strength, the system works with condenser-capsule or dynamic hyper-cardioid mics as well.
In a more traditional vein, the new TOA 5000 Series wireless microphone systems operate in the 692-722MHz band with up to sixteen simultaneous systems. Transmitter options include handheld condenser, lapel, or headset mics. Transmitters take a single AA battery, and are rated for up to 10 hours of continuous operation. Receiver models (16- or 64-channel) feature a frequency-scanning function and transmitter battery-status indicator.
Azden The new Azden 300LT is a complete system with body-pack transmitter, electret condenser lav mic, and receiver. The receiver and transmitter offer 240 frequencies (794-806MHz) to choose from.
It's smaller than the company's 500 UHF wireless receiver, and easy to put on those newer, smaller DV cameras (the attached shoe-mount takes the receiver horizontally). There's balanced mini-jack mic output, headphone out, and LCD display with selected frequency, reception quality, and battery life info displays.
The belt-pack transmitter works with lavaliere and headset microphones. A pair of AA batteries provide power.
Behringer For hosted sports- or school-video production, there's a nice new headset microphone featuring a Panasonic condenser transducer mic, due this summer from Behringer.
Its Ultralink UL2000B true diversity headset system offers up a choice of 320 transmission frequencies, including user-tunable transmit frequencies and three presets for eight channels each.
The body-worn transmitter operates with a 9 V battery, and there is a local mute function and low-battery indicator on the unit. Receiver operation is managed through a comprehensive menu and LCD screen. The receiver also features a switch-mode power supply with easily interchangeable AC plugs for maximum flexibility (100-240 V). It's a fixed unit, so a 19" rackmounting kit is included.
Nady Nady's 351 ultra-compact receiver is nice for any videographer, being easily camera-mounted with a supplied cable or bodyworn. There's room for a slide-open 9 V battery compartment, LED lights for low battery and receiver signal, and not much else.
There are two available transmitters, handheld or bodypack, with an omni lavaliere or headset mic, with mini-jack connections and input level adjust. An Off/Standby/On switch allows audio muting with the transmitter "On."
Zaxcom Zaxcom's new ZFR800 handheld wireless recorder and TRX800 handheld wireless mics are making their debut, having been announced last year. These systems provide internal recording capabilities for applications where sound quality and mobility are paramount, and the system produces a timecode-referenced recording as backup.
It's supposed to shine in live and live-to-tape applications where good sound is critical, or where wireless transmission might be affected by interference or limitations in the available frequencies.
Think they knew the sky was falling?
Lee Rickwood is a media consultant and freelance writer.


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Ever since Electronic Artists (EA) started investing in the mobile games scene, the company has produced a flurry of titles that have been a big hit with Apple fans. With the combination of console to iOS ports (FIFA 12, NBA JAM, Dead Space) and original content made exclusively for iOS (Max & the Magic Marker, Fantasy Safari), EA has become one of the hottest game developers for the iPhone and iPad.
Now that we're rolling into the holiday season, EA is starting to feel the Christmas spirit and has created a "Daily Deals" page that highlights new deals on their most popular games.


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Fight for the top: Android 4.4 KitKat vs iOS 7
0. phoneArena posted on 18 Nov 2013, 12:31
Technology is advancing at a rapid pace, and the software powering our beloved gadgets isn't an exception. With each new release, mobile platforms are growing sleeker, faster, and more versatile than ever before. That's mobile OS evolution we're witnessing, and we're calling it evolution not only because software is constantly being improved, but also because the fittest are the ones that survive, while those who can't keep up eventually meet their demise. So, which is the best survivor of them all? The ultimate mobile operating system? Well, that's one of those questions that seem simpler than they actually are...
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Tim Tebow + Camilla Belle Split Because Maybe He Didn't Pray Hard Enough
Few first world citizens are having as crappy a week as Tim Tebow. Actually, make that few first world, attractive, rich, famous citizens. But still. He's not having a great time.
After finding out he may well be a free agent from the New York Jets, Tebow is also a free agent in the dating game. His fledgling romance with actress (we guess) Camilla Belle crashed and burned as fast as Gang Green's chance at the playoffs.
Us Weekly reports that Tebow, 25, and Belle, 26, "just didn't work out."
That makes the second ex that Belle shares with Taylor Swift. Joe Jonas left Swift in favor of the likely less crazy Belle, and Swift wasn't pleased about it. She penned a lyric rumored to be about Belle in her track 'Better Than Revenge': "She took him faster than you can say sabotage / She's an actress/But she's better known for the things that she does on the mattress." Subtlety in slut shaming isn't Swift's strong point.
In any case, outspoken virgin Tebow and Belle were off to a good start back in October when they were spotted on a bowling date. "They were grabbing kisses and holding hands … they were having a great time together," a spy said.
This is all hot on the heels of Tebow's rumored exit from the Jets roster for the 2013 season after being benched for the bulk of 2012.
Anyone feel like fielding guesses about what he's praying for now?


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Download CSVObjects 0.5b
CSVObjects is a free and open source Java based framework for transparently parsing and unmarshalling Comma Separated Value (CSV) files and records into Plain Old Java Objects without the need to code the parsing logic manually.
The CSVObjects parsing library relies on declarative mapping of CSV fields and data types to Java Bean attributes, via a mapping XML file. This is similar to the manner in which Hibernate provides a relational table mapping for Java Beans.
Also, the framework provides convenience Xdoclet support for specifying the CSV to Java mapping in the Java source code itself by using Javadoc markup, thereby reducing the burden on the developer to manually maintain separate configuration files.
The Framework is built upon Stephen Ostermiller's excellent CSV reader/parser classes.
CSVObjects is released under the GPL V2.0 License.


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Jennifer Lopez is hitting the road this summer, and she's relying on some famous friends — including her beau — to make her tour absolutely perfect.
"I'm working with … Casper Smart," she shared during a press conference in Hollywood Monday, where she announced the tour along with co-headliner Enrique Iglesias. "We have a lot of choreographers working with us. It's going to be an amazing, amazing show."
Even more amazing? Hopefully, the fashion! "Zuhair Murad is going to do all my costumes," Lopez revealed, adding that plans are still in the works. "We're still thinking about [the looks]."
However, there is one must-have on the list: "There is a cape planned for the show," she revealed. "It's not a Wonder Woman cape. You'll have to come to the show to see it."
This project won't be a stretch for Murad, who designed Lopez's white gown (and cape!) for the Golden Globes earlier this year.
A brand loyalist, Lopez has turned to the Lebanese designer for many other major fashion moments, including the 2010 Met Gala ("People were crying," Murad told New York of her gown), her 2011 album launch event and the 2012 Oscars (twice!).
Murad is no stranger to dressing Lopez for the stage either: he created a spider web-inspired bodysuit for her for a Los Angeles concert last year. Tell us: What do you hope to see Lopez wearing on her summer tour?
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Part I: Shahid Khan, NFL's most unique owner
Seize the moments
Mike Henneman was one of Shahid Khan's friends giggling madly at the must-see mustaches. They have known each other for more than 40 years. They are co-owners of a bio-diesel plant and were fraternity brothers at Beta Theta Pi.
"He and I talk and laugh and say, 'If we could ever turn the clock back, that would be one of the times we would turn it back to.' It was a lot of fun," Henneman said.
Joining the fraternity was a conscious effort by Khan to immerse himself in American culture, and it was one of many times in his life where a fear-no-failure attitude would serve him well.
"He was very much like everybody else," Henneman says. "I know that's crazy to say because he came from Pakistan. He really blended in, participated, was active. I will tell you, what's interesting in my mind about it, you would think that in a lot of situations people would be more reserved and shy and want to be with other people from Pakistan. In this particular case, he actually forced himself to be the opposite."
Khan's college life was like anybody else's. He juggled summer jobs. He studied. He longed for a fast car, and after he bought a fast one, he longed for one even faster. He also attended Illinois football games. The first one baffled him. But he soon fell in love with the sport.
And with a girl.
There was a bar near the University of Illinois campus called Wit's End. One day Khan noticed a pretty blonde playing pinball. They had mutual friends but had not met. He did not wait for those friends to introduce him to her.
"You're waiting for an introduction, you're doomed," he said.
Those seven words sum up his go-get-it approach to life. He and the girl playing pinball—she's now Ann Carlson Khan—are married and have two grown children—Tony, a bio-diesel executive who is working in analytics for the Jaguars, and Shanna, who works as a district aide for a congressman.
In the summer of 1970, right before his 20th birthday, Shad Khan went "door to door," looking for a job. One morning, he got one. A woman offered to make him the manager of a sit-down ice cream restaurant. He took it. Later that day, an engineering company offered him a job.
Two jobs, one day. He debated the merits of both. The ice cream job meant he'd wear a tie in an air-conditioned building. Not a bad gig considering just a few years earlier he had gotten his start as a dishwasher. Now he'd get to tell high schoolers to wash the dishes. He'd seem totally cool as he pulled up in the Alfa Romeo he bought himself for his 19th birthday. Plus, working at an ice cream place means access to ice cream. Fast car plus pretty girl plus ice cream equals greatest summer ever.
With the engineering job, he'd still have the car and the girl, but he'd also be hot and dirty and exposed to welders' torches; it was essentially a blacksmith's shop. The place was, in his words, "a hole in the wall." Plus, no ice cream. But he came to the United States to become an engineer, so he called the lady at the ice cream shop back and said he had changed his mind.
"Whenever I've gotten to a fork in the road, the hard way, for me, has almost always been the right way," he said.
That tough decision is how Khan started working at Flex-N-Gate, which he eventually bought and built into a multinational corporation that employs 14,000 people in 48 manufacturing plants and nine product development and engineering facilities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina and Spain. He doesn't have any formal business training, but as his son says, he has a Ph.D. worth of practical experience.
"There is a phrase that if you build a better mousetrap the world is going to beat a path to your door. You've probably heard that," he says. "Absolutely wrong. That's not how life works. You've got to build a better mousetrap. Then you've got to go sell it. You've got to be paranoid enough to keep improving that mousetrap."
Khan's better mousetrap was a seamless bumper for pickup trucks. When he tried to sell it to the Big Three automakers in Detroit, he got nowhere. He turned his attention to foreign automakers. Toyota and others were shipping their pickups to the United States—to Jacksonville, Fla.—without bumpers. Khan convinced Toyota to buy his bumpers.
Of course it was not easy. There were numerous trips to Japan, Los Angeles and Hawaii to woo Toyota, big deals won and lost, a dispute with the IRS, the change in bumpers from steel to plastic, the recession, the ever-changing landscape of the auto industry. To hear Khan and his family and friends tell it, overcoming the obstacles and learning from the failures are what make him successful. "There's no downside to failing," he says. "That's a very, very American concept. As a matter of fact, failure can almost become a merit badge for the next opportunity."
For proof of that, look to how he became an NFL owner.
All signs pointed to Jacksonville
About five years ago, Khan began to investigate buying an NFL team. He called an executive at the NFL and started asking questions. "They used to say in college, 'You've got to ask the best-looking girls out, because you'd be amazed how often they don't get asked.' That analogy, I think, it applies in life," Khan says. "If you don't pop the questions, you never find out."
His timing was good, if not also lucky. The NFL had recently started trying to be proactive in helping potential buyers, which Khan did not know until he called. A man looking for help found a man looking for men to help. "We don't advertise this, but we just quietly let it be known that if people were interested in being owners, we would like to get to know them in advance," says Eric Grubman, executive vice president of the NFL.
In the six or seven years it has sought to help buyers, the NFL has talked to dozens of people. Some learn they can't afford it. Some want to be limited partners. Some want to own teams outright.
Grubman served as a mentor to Khan; he suggested Khan introduce himself to other owners, which Khan did. One of the owners he talked to was Jerry Jones of the Cowboys. Jones knew of Khan's business success but didn't know much about his background. "Make no mistake about it, I knew I was talking to the real deal," Jones says.
After a brief phone conversation, they met face to face roughly three years ago. Jones was impressed with Khan's commitment to being involved with the team. "I have such respect for him and what he's accomplished and how he's accomplished it, his style," Jones says. "As a personality, he's very charming. He's also very persuasive with his personality. He's got a very easy way about him, he's easy to talk to, easy to approach, easy to be around, which is a big plus. As it turns out, we end up spending quite a bit of time each other with the business of the NFL today."
Initially, Khan decided he was not ready to buy a team. But a few years later, he was. In February 2010, Khan had a deal to become part owner of the Rams. But at the last minute, Stan Kroenke, who already owned 40 percent of the team, exercised his right to match Khan's offer and become full owner.
Khan was disappointed but not overly so. He knew going in that Kroenke had that option. He had formed many good relationships and learned how teams operate. And truth be told, he was not big on being a partner. His much bigger preference was to be a sole owner.
Less than two years after the Rams deal fell apart, Khan got another chance with the Jaguars. Wayne Weaver was one of the owners Khan had gotten to know when he first started poking around about buying a team. When Weaver was looking to sell, he had a buyer that he, the NFL and many fellow NFL owners already knew. In that insular world, that's a big deal.
Just as Khan's first attempts to sell to the Big Three failed, so did his first attempt to buy an NFL team. Just as Jacksonville was the key to success for Flex-N-Gate, so it was the key for his success in the NFL. He calls this coincidence a coincidence and then smiles. "It's kismet," he says, a Turkish word that means fate or destiny. He smiles as he says it because that's also the name his wife gave to their 220-foot yacht that is docked in Jacksonville.
Part III: Khan's plan for Jaguars


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Pitching, small ball yield 2-0 lead
Club scores all four runs without help of an extra-base hit
By Marty Noble / MLB.com
The axiom applies, nonetheless. The Mets are two-thirds of the way to the National League Championship Series in no small measure because of their starting pitching. The bullpen has performed as advertised, and the offense has been as productive as it has been versatile. But it has been the starting pitching that has formed the shape and the structure of the Mets' two victories against the Dodgers in the NL Division Series.
John Maine was adequate in Game 1, and Tom Glavine was more than adequate on Thursday night in Game 2. As a result, the Mets departed for Los Angeles early Friday with three chances to squeeze out the one victory required to extend their season.
Their 4-1 victory in Game 2 was the end result of Glavine's six shutout innings, more imprecision by the Dodgers -- this time it was their defense -- and small-ball offense that suggested the batting order had reinvented itself.
Two nights after learning Orlando Hernandez, like Pedro Martinez, had been baseball-incapacitated, Glavine borrowed from the best of his uneven October past and made their absence irrelevant. The Dodgers, the team with the highest on-base percentage in the league, put six runners on base in Glavine's six innings. But none ventured beyond third base. Glavine was removed for a pinch-hitter after allowing four hits and two walks, and he left in position to gain his 13th postseason victory.
That was secured by Pedro Feliciano, Aaron Heilman and Billy Wagner, who collectively allowed two more baserunners, one being Wilson Betemit, who hit a home run against Heilman in the eighth inning.
"I think [Glavine's] been doing that to hitters for a long time," Little said. "He's an outstanding pitcher. A lot of hitters talk to themselves after they face him three or four times."
No batter got four whacks at Glavine. He was gone after 94 pitches, not many of which were stressful.
Meanwhile, the Mets' offense left behind the slugging that produced six runs in Game 1 and scored four on Thursday in ways that would have made Gene Mauch happy and delighted their own manager.
"Whatever it takes, man. Whatever it takes," Willie Randolph said. "We don't try to have a certain blueprint of how we do it. We just try to be aggressive and play the game right. We come at you in different ways."
The Mets had just one extra-base hit, a double by Paul Lo Duca in the third inning that played no role in the run output. But they used two sacrifice bunts -- and the equivalent of one -- and a sacrifice fly to overcome starter Hong-Chih Kuo and the first of his four successors, journeyman Brett Tomko.
"We knew we had to make things happen against Kuo. He was tough again," Randolph said, referring to the six shutout innings the left-handed rookie pitched against the Mets at Shea Stadium on Sept. 8. "We kept battling with him, and we got his pitch count up a little bit. Not that it was out of whack, but we just made him pitch a little bit. You know, we had some at-bats where we taxed him a little bit."
In beating Kuo, the Mets accomplished what they had done with alarming infrequency in the second half of the season: They won a game in which they were opposed by a left-handed starter. They won 18 of their first 25 games of that sort, but lost 15 of the subsequent 22.
That flaw was inconspicuous on Thursday night. Three of the four hits against Kuo were by left-handed hitters -- two by Endy Chavez, who started in right field. The assignment was Randolph's way of giving Glavine better defensive support. Sometimes the best defense is an enhanced offense. Chavez scored the first run after leading off the third with a drag-bunt single, and he was an ingredient in the second.
The Mets' first run scored on a one-out broken-bat groundout by Jose Reyes with Chavez on third. After David Wright and Cliff Floyd flied out to the wall in right and right-center, respectively, in the fourth -- with less wind, each might have produced a run -- the Mets took more measured swings and added another run in the fifth, with Lo Duca hitting Tomko's first pitch for a bases-loaded sacrifice fly.
An error by Tomko and slow reactions by shortstop Rafael Furcal on a potential inning-ending double-play ground ball by pinch-hitter Julio Franco led to the third run, in the sixth. Reyes' first hit of the series, a single through the middle, produced the fourth run. Each was unearned.
Franco's sprint to first base was fodder for postgame humor, of course.
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"We won because of the arm of a 40-year-old and the legs of 48-year old," Floyd said. "D'you see him go?"
"That's why we keep the grass here like the U.S. Open rough," Wright said. "So the 55-year-old can beat out a hit once in a while."
With the bases loaded and one out, Franco swung at the first pitch, a changeup, from Mark Hendrickson.
"I swung at a bad pitch; I swung at his pitch," Franco said. "And the way I swung -- so far out in front -- I was already two steps toward first base. I didn't hit the ball like I wanted to. But after that, I became a runner. I was pleased with the second part. It extended the inning, and Jose got us another run."
It helped that Furcal waited for the ball to reach him.
"He probably thought he had a lot more time," Wright said.
Another zinger aimed at the everybody's favorite senior citizen.
"I won't be able to run like that when I'm 48," Floyd said. "I can barely run like that now."
Will Carlos Delgado run like that at age 48?
"I wouldn't want to," he said. "If I'm still a baseball player when I'm 48, please slap me silly."
Marty Noble is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.