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Old-growth trees store half rainforest carbon
Large trees store up to half the above-ground biomass in tropical forests, reiterating their importance in buffering against climate change, finds a study published in Global Ecology and Biogeography.
The research, which involved dozens of scientists from more than 40 institutions, is based on data from nearly 200,000 individual trees across 120 lowland rainforest sites in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It found that carbon storage by big trees varies across tropical forest regions, but is substantial in all natural forests.
African rainforests, with an average of 418 tons of above-ground biomass per hectare, stored the most carbon. Big trees — defined as those measuring at least 70 cm in diameter at breast height — accounted for an average of 44 percent of African forests' biomass. Other research has suggested that the preponderance of large trees in African forests is due to the abundance of large herbivores, which suppress smaller trees.
Asia was second with an average of 393 tons, of which large trees accounted for 154 tons or 39 percent of total above ground carbon. Latin America averaged 288 tons per hectare, about a quarter of which occurred in large trees.
The findings emphasize the importance of big trees, which typically dominate old-growth forests.
"Big trees represent less than 5% of stems, but store up to 50% of tropical forest biomass," lead author Ferry Slik of China's Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden told mongabay.com. "This makes tropical forest biomass storage very vulnerable to global change, especially if droughts would become more frequent and intense."
Big trees also have important ecological functions, offering niche habitats for wildlife and providing abundant fruit, foliage, and flowers.
Yet big trees are particularly at risk due to their attractiveness to loggers, who typically target the largest and oldest trees in selective logging operations. Big trees are also especially vulnerable to ecosystem change, including drought, increased incidence of wildfires, edge effects, and disease, according to a 2012 paper published in the journal Science. Taken together, the new study adds urgency to calls to better protect old-growth forests for climate stabilization and conservation of biodiversity.
"Once lost, it takes hundreds of years to get these big trees back, so we'd better take good care of them," said Slik.
See more at ENN affiliate, MONGABAY.COM.
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The Novex RM75s is an affordable rack mounting kit for the Icom IC-R75 receiver. It is the standard 3U size 5.25"H and 19" wide. Mounting holes are standard EIA and will match any standard EIA rack enclosure. This rack mount has a 0.090 inch thick aluminum tray. There are vent holes at the rear for cooling and holes in the base that match the radio's footprint. The front panel is 0.125 inch aluminum and painted black. This item has a built-in speaker with a 3" Mylar cone and will handle up to 8 Watts of audio which is many times more than the radio can deliver. These speakers have a rich tone and are much more pleasant to listen to than the original radio's speakers. The speaker plug is a standard mini phone plug and simply plugs into the radios external speaker jack.
Installation usually requires the removal of the rubber feet, wire bail and any side mount hardware. This is an easy task of unscrewing several screws. It is easy to install the rack mount, then slide the radio into place. If the user wants to secure the radio to the rack mount, the screws from the feet can be used. These rack mounts are designed for base use and will require additional support if used in mobile operation. (Shown above with IC-R75 which is not included).
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Safeway (NYSE:SWY) announced on Thursday that it earned $157 million during the third quarter, up 21% from $130.2 million in the same period last year. Adjusted EPS was 45 cents, which topped the 43 cents that Wall Street was looking for, the Associated Press noted.
Quarterly earnings were boosted by a $49 million after-tax gain from the sales of its Genuardi's-branded stores. Excluding that gain, Safeway earned $108 million during the quarter.
The supermarket operator recorded revenue of $10.05 billion, down slightly from $10.06 billion in 2011.
Investors weren't pleased with the results. Shares of Safeway dropped more than 4% in Thursday morning trading.
Sames-store sales increased by 0.1% in the quarter. Safeway has introduced a new customer loyalty program called "just for U." It's designed to stem shopper defections to discount retailers like Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) and Target (NYSE:TGT).


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Indians break tradition, pick athletic prep Lindor
Switch-hitting shortstop garners high praise for defensive ability
By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com
Layden was Lindor's high school coach at Montverde Academy in Florida. Lindor was Layden's team leader -- whether by voice, bat or glove. And what a glove. In rapid-fire fashion, Layden begins to rattle off the type of plays the young shortstop has made in the field.
They are the kind of plays that Lindor -- selected eighth overall by the Indians during Monday's First-Year Player Draft -- will perhaps make up the middle in Cleveland some day. Backhanded stabs in the hole. Diving catches up the middle. Throws like missiles.
First-round selections
|RHP Gerrit Cole
|LHP Danny Hultzen
|RHP Trevor Bauer
|RHP Dylan Bundy
|OF Bubba Starling
|3B Anthony Rendon
|RHP Archie Bradley
|SS Francisco Lindor
|SS Javier Baez
|2B Cory Spangenberg
|OF George Springer
|RHP Taylor Jungmann
|OF Brandon Nimmo
|RHP Jose Fernandez
|LHP Jed Bradley
|LHP Chris Reed
|1B C.J. Cron
|RHP Sonny Gray
|RHP Matt Barnes
|LHP Tyler Anderson
|RHP Tyler Beede
|2B Kolten Wong
|RHP Alex Meyer
|RHP Taylor Guerrieri
|RHP Joe Ross
|C Blake Swihart
|RHP Robert Stephenson
|LHP Sean Gilmartin
|SS Joe Panik
|SS Levi Michael
|OF Mikie Mahtook
|SS Jake Hager
|LHP Kevin Matthews
"He had one," said Layden, pausing as he began to recall one of the athletic Lindor's more memorable plays.
The opponent was West Orange High School. The hitter was the school's fastest player, Auston Bousfield. The play -- with two outs and the tying run on third base -- was a chopper that bounced through the grass past the mound, skipping just out of range of Monteverde's pitcher.
Enter Lindor.
"He comes in," Layden said. "He barehands it, takes two steps, dives and in mid-air throws the guy out. He ended up sliding and doing a somersault four feet from the first-base foul line. It was the best play I've ever seen a shortstop make."
That is a nice compliment from a high school coach. It is worth noting, however, that Layden spent seven years as a pitcher in the professional ranks. He was a sixth-round Draft pick of the Cubs in 2004. Layden has seen his share of shortstops -- some with a future in the game and others without.
The Indians believe Lindor, who will turn 18 in November, has the potential to develop into an impact player at shortstop one day. Selecting him is a risk, and his path to the Major Leagues will likely be gradual. Cleveland believes picking a prep star, in this case, was a risk worth taking.
"It's not often," said Brad Grant, the Indians director of amateur scouting, "that we go and scout high school players that we have the ability to say, 'This guy can play shortstop at the Major League side of things.' Often times, we go with the phrase, 'We think he can stay at short.'
"In this case, it's, 'This guy can play shortstop.' It's the intangibles. The instincts and the way he plays the game are pretty special."
Lindor told MLB.com recently that his older brother, Miguel, and his cousin, Christian -- both shortstops in the past -- served as motivation throughout his youth. Especially when it came to his brother, Lindor wanted to one day be show that he was the superior defender at short.
"My brother used to be a shortstop," Lindor said recently. "I would try to compete against him -- he's older than me. They had more range because they were older than me. That made me focus on getting that range to get better than them.
"They're good, but I've moved past them."
And Lindor kept advancing at an incredible rate.
"I always worked hard," he said. "I don't just work hard in one aspect of the game. To be a successful baseball player, you have to work on defense and offense. I work on every aspect of the game -- the little things. They're going to help me."
For the Indians, it was Lindor's ability to remain at shortstop that convinced the organization that the time had come to break tradition. In each of the past nine Drafts, Cleveland took a collegiate player with its top selection. The Tribe had not taken a high school position player with its top pick since 2000.
As things currently stand, Lindor is committed to Florida State University, though the Indians might have gone in a different direction if there were signability questions. The last date to sign Draft picks is Aug. 17 and the Indians know Lindor's dream is to play professionally.
"He wants to play pro ball," Grant said. "Baseball has been his life."
Live coverage of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft resumes at noon ET Tuesday on MLB.com, where fans will receive exclusive coverage of Days 2 and 3, featuring a live pick-by-pick stream, expert commentary and Draft Tracker, a live interactive application that includes a searchable database of every Draft-eligible player.
You can also keep up to date at Draft Central and by following @MLBDraft on Twitter. And get into the Draft conversation by tagging your tweets with #mlbdraft.
Cleveland is a team that craves information before making its decisions, and the club did all it could to make sure Lindor was worth being taken in the first round. For the past 2 1/2 years, the Indians monitored the switch-hitting shortstop closely in high-profile events and tournaments.
The Indians also spent a lot of time getting to know Lindor.
Grant saw Lindor firsthand. Area scout Mike Soper, who oversees South Florida and Puerto Rico, spent the most time with the young shortstop.
"You've got a special kid, makeup-wise," Grant said. "Every time we talk to him, every time we're with him, we just walk away more and more impressed."
Playing a role in that is Lindor's journey to Draft day.
Lindor's father -- once a semi-pro ballplayer himself -- recognized his son's ability at an early age. When Lindor was 12, he moved to from Puerto Rico to Florida in order to face better competition while pursuing his dream of playing in the Major Leagues.
"They made a lot of sacrifices for him to come over here," Grant said. "And he's lived up to all the sacrifices that his family has made."
Lindor spoke no English when he arrived to the United States and enrolled at Montverde, a boarding school north of Orlando that draws its students from around the globe. Now, Lindor is bilingual and -- the way Layden tells it -- a natural-born leader.
"He was the leader on our team without question," Layden said. "There were several times where guys on the team were kind of getting a little lost in the fact that we had 100 scouts at the game.
"It wasn't me. It wasn't anybody else. He took everybody on the side and said, 'Listen, we can't let this affect the way we play on the field.'"
Lindor enjoys taking on that role.
"It's definitely important to be a leader," he said. "It's not like I want to take over, but it's important to be a leader as a shortstop. That's in me. That's part of me.
The extra attention his team received certainly did not hurt Lindor's play.
Lindor began hitting from both sides in ninth grade and batted .528 (28-for-53) this season with six home runs, seven doubles and two triples. Lindor compiled 13 RBIs, stole 20 bases in 21 chances and crossed home plate on 32 occasions.
"They both stand out for us," said Grant, referring to Lindor's offense and defense. "But, obviously, his defense is what makes him special in our eyes."
The Indians view Lindor as a gap-to-gap batter whose strength will be hitting for average and utilizing his speed.
"It's a line-drive approach," Grant said. "When he's working the ball back up the middle, that's when he's at his best. But again, he's got the ability to drive the ball into the gaps. He's got the ability to drive the ball from both sides. But power's not going to be his game."
Layden lets out a slight chuckle.
"We hit him leadoff and asked him to hit," Layden said. "If I would've put him in the four hole and told him to just turn and grind, hit the ball out of the yard, he probably would've had 25 home runs."
"People think I don't have power because I'm not 6-4, 220," Lindor said. "But I have some power. I think I'm capable of hitting the ball out."
At 5-foot-11 and 170 pounds, Lindor certainly still has some room to grow and perhaps some power to add. The shortstop has already displayed some pop, too. In 2010, when Lindor was still only 16 years old, he won a home run hitting contest during the Aflac All-American Game in San Diego's PETCO Park.
Asked which batter's box Lindor was standing in that day, Grant smiled.
"He did it left-handed," he replied.
The Indians can only hope that this summer's pick continues the club's recent string of strong first-round Draft choices.
A year ago, Cleveland took left-hander Drew Pomeranz (fifth overall), who has been dominating (58 strikeouts over 43 3/2 innings) Carolina League competition for Class A Kinston. In 2009, the Tribe settled on righty Alex White (15th overall), who reached to the Majors this season, where he is 1-0 with a 3.60 ERA in three starts.
Lindor is the first position player picked up by the Indians in the first round since the organization selected Lonnie Chisenhall with the 29th-overall pick in 2008. Chisenhall is currently manning third base for Triple-A Columbus and could be doing the same for Cleveland before the end of the summer.
The past four Drafts have been overseen by Grant and, under his watch, Cleveland's farm system has developed into one of the best in baseball. This year's Draft, however, is the first under the guidance of new general manager Chris Antonetti.
As far as Layden and the Indians are concerned, Lindor is the real deal.
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Introduction to the Fair Use Defense in Copyright Law, University of Tulsa College of Law, Mini-Conference: Fair Use for Scholars and Teachers of Modern Literature, Feb. 20, 2013 (Tulsa, OK)
Teaching Informs Research, University of Oregon School of Law, Northwest Regional Legal Writing Conference, Aug. 10, 2012 (Eugene, OR)
Animal Law--Contract Pitfalls, Washington State Bar Association, CLE, Nov. 16, 2010 (Seattle, WA)
A Story with No End in Sight, Lewis & Clark Law School, Conference on Applied Storytelling in Law, Jul. 23, 2009 (Portland, OR)
Panelist, Applying the Rhetorical Perspective to Scholarship, Teaching, Professional Practice & Disciplinary Development, Mercer University / Legal Writing Institute Conference on Law & Rhetoric: Legal Writing Through a Rhetorical Lens, Jan. 6, 2009 (San Diego, CA)
Legal Writing, Washington State Bar Association, CLE on Persuasive Writing Techniques, Jun. 26, 2008 (Seattle, WA)
Persuasive Writing Techniques--Improving Your Writing Style, Washington State Bar Association, CLE, Jun. 26, 2008 (Seattle, WA)
K&LGates, PLLC, Workshop on Contract Drafting (video-conference), Mar. 6, 2008
Posner TM, University of Washington School of Law, Faculty Colloquium, Oct. 31, 2007 (Seattle, WA)
Panelist, When Worlds Collide: Exploring Inter-Relationships and Collaboration Between Clinicians and Legal Writing Teachers in Teaching and Scholarship, Association of American Law Schools, Annual Meeting, Jan. 4, 2007 (Washington, DC)
Contract Law and Practice in Washington State: An Update, Whatcom County Bar Association, CLE, Nov. 1, 2006 (Bellingham, WA)
Introduction to Contract Law, University of Washington, Summer Institute in English, Business & Law, Aug. 2006 (Seattle, WA)
Using Collaborative Workshops and Self-assessment to Teach Legal Writing, with Carolyn Plumb, Legal Writing Institute, Semi-annual Meeting, Jun. 2006 (Atlanta, GA)
Six Lessons in Drafting Contracts, Preston, Gates & Ellis, Feb. 1, 2006 (Seattle, WA)
Bringing Interdisciplinary Work to the Classroom, Association of American Law Schools, Section on Law and Humanities, Annual Meeting, Jan. 5, 2006 (Washington, DC)
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How Students Learn Basic Legal Skills--Report on the First Year of the Pilot Project, University of Washington School of Law, Faculty Colloquium, Mar. 11, 2005 (Seattle, WA)
What's Consideration Got to Do with It?, University of Washington School of Law, Faculty Colloquium, Feb. 2, 2005 (Seattle, WA)
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Gov. Shumlin announces senior staff overhaul
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MONTPELIER -- Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin announced several changes in senior state government positions Tuesday, including the departure of a top aide who has been with him since his days leading the state Senate.
Alex MacLean, who has managed both of Shumlin's campaigns for governor and served during his first term as secretary of civil and military affairs, will step down in the near future to explore opportunities in the private sector, the governor said.
Shumlin called MacLean's departure "a decision that doesn't thrill me. ... It's not my choice, but hers."
Other changes announced Tuesday involve:
* Bill Lofy, who will leave his job as Shumlin's chief of staff to go to work for the Democratic Governors Association, a group whose chairmanship Shumlin is seeking in an election next month.
* Elizabeth Miller, who will move to chief of staff from her current job as commissioner of the Department of Public Service, which oversees the energy and telecommunications industries.
* Christopher Recchia, who leaves his current job as deputy secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources to replace Miller as commissioner of the Department of Public Service.
* Mental Health Commissioner Patrick Flood -- who has overseen the revamping of the state's mental health system since its main psychiatric hospital, the Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury, was flooded by Tropical Storm Irene -- will step down. He'll be replaced on a temporary basis by Deputy Commissioner Mary Moulon while a national search for a new commissioner is conducted, Shumlin said.
* Dixie Henry, senior policy and legal adviser at the Department of Health, will move to become deputy secretary of the Agency of Human Services.
* Steve Kimbell, whom Shumlin coaxed out of retirement two years ago to serve as commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation, will leave that post as expected to return to his Tunbridge sheep farm. He'll be replaced by Susan Donegan, who had been his deputy overseeing the insurance industry.
"One of the things that I'm most proud of over the last two years has been the extraordinary team that we have assembled to get the work done that must be done," Shumlin said. "This re-election as we enter a second term gives us an opportunity to make a few changes."
Vermont is one of only two states -- the other is New Hampshire -- with two-year terms for governor, and the period between re-election and inauguration traditionally has been a time for changes in senior appointed positions within an administration.
Timothy Hayward, a former senior aide to Gov. Richard Snelling and chief of staff to Gov. Jim Douglas, said such changes were common.
"Certainly in the governors' office every two years you'd find some turnover; it's just nature," he said. "The pace in a governor's office is very unusual."
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Evidence-Based Equine Sarcoid Treatments Reviewed
The treatment modality selected is determined by many variables, including sarcoid tumor type, location, and aggressiveness; client compliance; treatment costs; patient behavior; and the availability of services, equipment, and facilities.
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Despite the numerous treatment choices available for equine sarcoids, no modality is 100% effective in producing a cure. So which of the numerous treatment options should veterinarians use to treat this common equine tumor? The answer depends on a number of factors, and at the 2012 Western Veterinary Conference, held Feb. 19-23 in Las Vegas, Nev., one researcher gave a rundown of evidence-based sarcoid treatment options.
Small sarcoids generally cause little disruption in a horse's daily life. Under certain circumstances, however, these tumors can spontaneously grow into a nuisance, a health risk, and an eyesore. In such cases, "early recognition coupled with appropriate treatment is paramount to a successful outcome," explained Ann Rashmir-Raven, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS, associate professor of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at Michigan State University's College of Veterinary Medicine.
"The treatment modality selected is determined by many variables, including sarcoid tumor type and location, aggressiveness of the tumor, clinical experience, client compliance, treatment costs, patient behavior, and the availability of services, equipment, and facilities," she added. In short, it's not an easy decision.
She noted that regardless of the option selected, treatment must be aggressive. Rashmir-Raven reviewed some common evidence-based treatment options:
Surgical Removal--While this is a relatively easy procedure to carry out in most cases, Rashmir-Raven noted it has a recurrence rate of 15 to 82%, with the majority of tumors growing back more aggressively and within six months. "Surgical excision is better used to reduce tumor volume and improve killing efficiency of other treatment modalities," she suggested. She gave practitioners in attendance some tips on removing sarcoids, but stressed using adjunctive treatment options.
Laser Removal--The concept of laser removal isn't too different from surgical removal; however, it might offer some benefits over the latter option, Rashmir-Raven noted: "Because laser energy is absorbed by surrounding tissues, tumor cells are killed up to 0.2 mm beyond the wound margins." The downside? This method of excision has the potential to aerosolize infectious particles and agents from the sarcoid being removed, and Rashmir-Raven said it's unclear what impact this could have on the horse and/or surgeons performing the procedure. Like surgical removal, she suggested veterinarians use laser removal in conjunction with another treatment option.
Cryotherapy--Although cryotherapy is a cost-effective sarcoid treatment option, Rashmir-Raven noted, "recurrence rates vary widely for this procedure with some authors reporting little success (1%) and others reporting 100%." In this procedure veterinarians use liquid nitrogen to literally freeze the tumor off the horse's body. Rashmir-Raven noted that cryotherapy typically results in scarring and hair depigmentation at the site of removal, so this isn't the most cosmetic removal option. Additionally, she said, "due to the significant tissue destruction associated with cryotherapy, it might not be appropriate for tumors near the eye, nostrils, or similarly significant structures."
Intratumoral Hyperthermia--Intratumoral hyperthermia, in which the sarcoid is heated, has reportedly been successful in treating equine sarcoids, she said. "More recently hyperthermia treatments have also included concomitant (when multiple drugs are given at or almost at the same time) chemotherapy," Rashmir-Raven added. Unfortunately, hypertherapy units are not readily available in private practice.
Cisplatin Injections and Beads--One of Rashmir-Raven's choice treatments is the chemotherapeutic drug cisplatin, which is used in both injectable form and beads. She reported that cisplatin "consistently provides long-term control of equine sarcoids with a 96.4% resolution rate (3.7% recurrence rate) after four years in 409 cases."
When using a cisplatin injection, she explained that tumors are generally injected three to five times, every two to three weeks. Large sarcoids, she said, should be debulked prior to cisplatin treatment. When using cisplatin beads--which release the drug slowly over the course of 30 days--the practitioner inserts the beads in the tumor and the surrounding areas, she explained. Rashmir-Raven said she prefers the beads to the injection for most sarcoids due to the ease of placement.
"Long-term results with cisplatin ... have provided the best tumor resolution rate of all the published sarcoid treatment modalities," Rashmir-Raven said.
She briefly discussed the use of cisplatin electrochemotherapy in treating sarcoids, noting that one clinical trial that yielded a 99.5% success rate. Horses require general anesthesia for electrochemotherapy, so treatment cost is typically high, she noted.
Topical Acyclovir--Rashmir-Raven explained the topical application of the antiviral drug acyclovir is considered a safe and cost-effective treatment and surgical excision. In one study she discussed, acyclovir reduced the size of all 47 treated sarcoids and completely resolved 68% of those tumors. "Acyclovir is proposed to be routinely used for the treatment of flat and mild-type sarcoids or potentially as a relatively economical way to shrink tumors prior to the use of cisplatin," she said. She added that the cream or ointment should be applied daily for two to six months.
Topical Immiquimod--Known by the trade name Aldara, Rashmir-Raven said that in studies immiquimod has reduced nondebulked tumor size by as much as 75%, and she added that her personal results with the drug have been even more effective when used on tumors that have been debulked. The drug is applied every other day for 32 weeks or until the tumor is resolved, she said. Potential side effects from immiquimod use include inflammation, oozing, hair depigmentation, and hair loss.
Topical Bloodroot Extract--Rashmir-Raven discussed the use of a bloodroot extract salve used to treat a variety of skin conditions, including sarcoids. She relayed that the salve, marketed under the trade name Xxterra, is an economical option for some small sarcoids and larger sarcoids for which more expensive treatment isn't an option. Sarcoids typically begin sloughing in seven to 10 days, and treatment is often required more than once.
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Injection--Rashmir-Raven explained that BCG injections--one type of sarcoid "immunostimulant"--are known to have good success rates in treating sarcoids around the eyes (83-100% efficacy); however, the success rates drop to less than 50% when treating sarcoids located elsewhere on the body. Additionally, she said, severe inflammatory and allergic reactions and anaphylaxis (a rapidly developing and sometimes life-threatening allergic reaction) have been known to occur when using BCG.
Autogenous Vaccines and Sarcoid Implantation--Essentially autogenous vaccines are created using tissue from the patient's own body to prompt an immune response, Rashmir-Raven explained. "Similarly, the removal, freezing, and reimplantation of a sarcoid into the same horse has demonstrated success in a limited number of cases," she added. Also, while tumor implantation using sarcoids from a different horse has decreased the size of some sarcoids, it has also been known to stimulate the growth of new tumors, she reminded. "Because other less-invasive treatments frequently work well and tumor transplantation from a donor horse bears risks--such as tumor production and transmission of other diseases--this procedure should be reserved for refractory cases," Rashmir-Raven stressed.
Take-Home Message
Although science and research on sarcoid treatments has advanced and produced some viable therapy modalities, there's no one option that will cure all sarcoids. Work with a veterinarian to determine which treatment option is best in each particular case.
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Erica Larson, news editor, holds a degree in journalism with an external specialty in equine science from Michigan State University in East Lansing. A Massachusetts native, she grew up in the saddle and has dabbled in a variety of disciplines including foxhunting, saddle seat, and mounted games. Currently, Erica competes in eventing with her OTTB, Dorado.
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Register for kindergarten Saturday
West Sacramento's local elementary schools will accept registration for kindergarten and transitional kindergarten students on Sat., Feb. 23, from 9 a.m. to noon. Bring your child's birth certificate, social security card, immunization records, proof of physical (dated after Aug., 2012, for kindergarten students) and a copy of your PG&E bill for address verification, to your local campus. For kindergarten, child's fifth birthday must be on or before Oct. 1, 2013.
Questions? Contact Bridgeway Island Elementary at 375-7778; Elkhorn at 375-7670; Riverbank at 375-7700; Stonegate at 375-0960; Southport at 375-7890; Westfield at 375-7720; or Westmore Oaks at 375-7730.
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Fundraising with firecrackers
If your church or nonprofit is interested in getting a permit to sell fireworks in West Sacramento during this year's Independence Day (July 4) season, go to the information session scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 6 p.m. in the city council chambers, 1110 West Capitol Avenue.
The permit lottery will accept applications March 1-31. For more information, contact City Clerk Kryss Rankin at 617-4500.
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Man convicted for growing marijuana on public land, patrolling with gun
Last month, a Yolo County jury found 57-year-old Fidel Alvarez guilty of "cultivation of marijuana" and "possession for sale of marijuana." The jury also convicted Alvarez of being armed during the commission of these crimes.
According to the office of Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig:
Last September, agents from the Yolo County Narcotics Enforcement Team and the Mountain and Valley Marijuana Investigations Team discovered a marijuana grow one third of a mile off Highway 16 in Yolo County on public lands. The marijuana grow contained over 500 plants that were only a few days away from harvest. Agents discovered Alvarez walking through the field of plants dressed in camouflage clothing and carrying a .22 caliber rifle with a homemade flash suppressor.
Alvarez admitted to agents that he had been hired by drug dealers in Richmond to come and tend to the marijuana plots. He stated that he was going to receive a percentage of the profits from the sale of the marijuana. Experts testified that the plants would produce somewhere between 250 and 500 pounds of marijuana which would have a street value of $250,000 to $500,000, said the D.A.'s office.
"These marijuana grows on public lands are dangerous and the cause of numerous acts of violence across the state," said prosecutor Michael Vroma, in a press release. District Attorney Reisig commented on the environmental impact. "The toll these marijuana grows have on the surrounding environment due to chemicals and fertilizers is immeasurable," said Reisig in the same release.
Alvarez will be sentenced on February 25 by Judge Timothy L. Fall. Alvarez faces up to four years in prison.
Editor's note: the News-Ledger asked the D.A.'s office for a few more details about this case, but the requested information was not provided.
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Gales seeks a school board seat
By Steve Marschke
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What can Katherine Gales bring to the local school board?
"At the top of the list is research," she answered. "That's what I do first if I don't know something. I'm going to learn about it, especially if I'm going to be held responsible for making a decision about it. I'll take my experience and I might take other persons' opinions, but I'm going to go to the Internet and I'm going to Google it, and I'm going to find out exactly what it is."
Gales, 50, told the News-Ledger that doing the background work is a key part of a school board member's job.
"It's important for the school board member to understand what's going on in that area, so they can make a decision," she explained. "You have to be up on current events. . . and you can be affected by anything coming into the district. If I don't know about a certain community, it's my obligation to get a good understanding or recuse myself from decision-making in that area."
Gales has been working for the state Department of Education since 1997. She is now an executive assistant at the downtown Sacramento office. She serves as a "branch level office manager," she said.
Gales said that one reason she took the job was to figure out why different schools taught different ways – a realization that came from comparing her own education at an "old school" in the Monterey area to her daughter's campuses in Natomas and New York.
Gales grew up in an Army family and moved around, but she went to high school in Monterey, at a campus with large classrooms that were well equipped for science, home economics and so forth.
"When (my daughter) got into junior high, it was different from what I experienced in junior high," said Gales. "That made me get even more involved. . . In home economics, we had kitchens in our classrooms. . . I compared that to my daughter's school (in Sacramento), and they had portables."
Working into her adulthood, Gales earned a pair of degrees from the University of Phoenix.
"I have a bachelor's in business management and a masters in management," she reported.
She did not marry her daughter's father, but both parents were involved in the now-grown daughter's life. For the past three years, Gales has lived in West Sacramento with her daughter and her seven-year old grandson, who attends school in Washington Unified School District. Gales also has several nieces and nephews in town, also going to West Sacramento public schools.
She's running against four other candidates for one available spot on the ballot for school board, in a special election March 5.
How does she think the current school board is doing?
"I've attended the local school board meetings since December," Gales answered. "They seem to work fine. Over two or three meetings, I think they're working through what they need to do. As far as what I saw, they're doing pretty much what they need to do and what I would do. I don't know what goes on in closed session."
How good is the local district?
"They're about as good as they can be at this time, but anything can be improved and be better. That's what I can contribute."
How well are the schools doing in standardized test scores?
"I know Bridgeway Island (Elementary School) did pretty good on the API and Southport was second," she answered. "The others came behind them. Test scores are important, but I'm focused on what's coming down the pipeline (from the state board of education)."
New curriculum standards and new tests are on their way, she said.
Fiscally, Gales thinks the district is in good shape.
And she said she would consider new charter schools on a "case by case" basis. What would it take for a new charter school to get her approval as a board member?
"You have to be productive, and you have to follow the requirements of the law, first and foremost," said Gales.
She was asked what kinds of challenges she sees in WUSD's future.
"I think the main thing sticking out in my mind is that it's very important for them to be diverse in their workforce," answered Gales. "All staff should closely mirror the national average. . . In West Sacramento, we may not have a really high level of ethnicity in one area or the other, but (students) should be exposed to at least the top three or four (ethnic groups) that most people are exposed to on a regular basis."
"I don't know that we have any African-American teachers."
Gales also said she wants to see better conflict-resolution in local schools.
"When my daughter went to school in New York for a year, they had a program set up," she explained. "It was called peer mock court or peer court, where the kids actually could go to court if they had a dispute or something. They could discuss the issue in front of a body of peers or administrators, to get to the core of a problem before a decision was made for discipline."
"I don't know if that's even done here, but it doesn't seem like they have any kind of structure set up to deal with discipline. A lot of times, it seems like it's just decided by the principal and teacher – I'm not sure, I really can't speak on it."
Gales was attracted to run in this race because the timing was right to become active in the community, she said. She saw news about the special election on Mayor Cabaldon's Facebook page. She hasn't, though, obtained endorsements from him or any of the school board or city council members.
But, as she added by email after the interview:
"What I have received is support from friends and family including, but not limited to, friends in the Sikh community and my church at the Calvary Christian Center."
Editor's note: Five people are running for one vacant seat on the Washington Unified School District Board of Trustees. A winner will be chosen in a special, all-mail ballot in West Sacramento on March 5.
Katherine Gales, profiled above, is one of the five.
The News-Ledger newspaper is presenting an interview with each of these five candidates. The series will conclude in our print edition on Feb. 27.
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With players away, Brewers get creative in community
Bullpen catcher Hanel leads annual coat drive through 'Koos for Kids' charity
By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com
MILWAUKEE -- Not since Craig Counsell retired after the 2011 season has a Brewers player made his year-round home in Milwaukee, but that was only one of the reasons the team's bullpen catcher, Marcus Hanel, was hard at work this week.
Hanel was born and raised in nearby Racine, and though his annual salary is dwarfed by even the most inexperienced of Major Leaguers, he has his own nonprofit organization that for eight years, among its other initiatives, has distributed hundreds of winter coats to Milwaukee-area school kids each November.
On Monday afternoon, the stop was Gilbert Stuart Elementary School on the city's northwest side, which was covered in a blanket of snow.
"Three hundred and fifty kids, a lot of whom weren't ready for this weather," said the school's principal, Winifred Tidmore. "These are kids who have been coming to school without jackets, and it's getting colder. For an organization to do something like this, to reach out to the community like this, it's absolutely awesome."
The needs in the community are greater when the weather gets colder, forcing a team that plays during the summer to get creative in its community relations efforts.
"Everyone's requesting the players," said Katina Shaw, the Brewers' senior director of community relations. "It's one of our biggest challenges this time of year."
She relies often on former Brewers Jim Gantner, Gorman Thomas and Larry Hisle, who live in Wisconsin year-round (Hisle has a post in the front office). Counsell is still involved, though his own front-office duties take time. And the Klement's Racing Sausages work just as hard in the winter as they do during the summer months. They were cheered by kids Monday at Stuart Elementary.
In all, Brewers Community Foundation raised more than $2.8 million in 2013 through its game day "50/50" raffles, its 5K in July and a mini-marathon in September, plus the "Evening With Hank Aaron" and "Pink Tie Guy" events, and will spend nearly all of it to support nonprofit organizations in the areas of health, education, recreation and basic needs. In 2012, BCF spent 97.8 percent of its total revenue, according to data compiled earlier this month by the Appleton Post-Crescent.
In the offseason months, the Brewers tend to partner instead with other charitable organizations. Just during Thanksgiving week, the club teamed with WISN, Milwaukee's ABC affiliate, and the Hunger Task Force and sent staff to man the phones for the Food For Families drive. On Wednesday, BCF, Hunger Task Force and CBS 58 hosted a food drive at Miller Park.
Then there is Hanel, who started his "Koos for Kids" charity in 2005. His nickname -- Koos -- came from the pronunciation of his first name by Hanel's German-born parents. When he visited Stuart Elementary on Monday, all 350 students went home with a new winter coat.
"I've been given a platform, albeit it's small," Hanel said. "It started because people would ask for memorabilia to help an organization. It was nice to help them raise money, but who knows where it goes? I wanted to see more things done locally.
"I think a lot of people think, 'When I become something, when I get big, then I'll help out.' I think we need to get to the realization that you can help out even when you're the low man on the totem pole. You just have to have a vision. That's my one message: You don't have to be a millionaire to start something."
His signature program began modestly in 2006, when Hanel and wife Jill gave away 15 winter coats to needy kids. This year, with help from the Sears at Southridge Mall in suburban Milwaukee, which sells coats to Koos for Kids at a deep discount, the Hanels distributed more than 1,100 winter coats to schoolchildren in the area. Shaw works with Hanel and the Milwaukee Public Schools each year to determine where there is the greatest need.
Hanel raises all of the money to purchase the coats at one event during the season, at which he auctions off signed memorabilia and fan experiences provided by Brewers players, most of whom attend.
For that reason, Hanel disputed the notion that Brewers players are not involved in the winter.
"I wish they could see the result of it," Hanel said. "I know it can be an inconvenience to do a fundraiser like that after a game, but I really appreciate them coming out. We had 20 guys last year -- that's almost the whole team."
Tidmore described the "pure joy" on faces as children chose their coats Monday.
"Marcus has always been very instrumental in this community," Shaw said. "And he's always just a phone call away, which is very nice."
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brew Beat, and follow him on Twitter at @AdamMcCalvy. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Whether you want to save the earth or some money, energy efficiency makes good "cents." At the Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 Green Bag Lunch-n-Learn, City of Colorado Springs Energy Efficiency Services AdministratorCathy Crawley and Colorado Springs Utilities Sr. Conservation Specialist Doug Bursnall will gather local expertise to share unbiased, hands-on tips to help you get your home ready for winter.
The lunch-n-learn runs over the noon lunch hour, from 12:11 to 12: 49 p.m., at the City Administration Building, 30 S. Nevada, in Suite 102. Attendees are encouraged to bring and enjoy their lunches during the presentation. Those who come also have the opportunity to win a door prize tote bag made from reused City banners.
Each month, the City Office of Innovation and Sustainability sponsors a lunch-n-learn topic on an environmental issue. This month's topic supports the Pikes Peak Library District's selection of Margret Atwood's Year of the Flood as the All Pikes Peak Reads book selection. Conserving natural resources and fossil fuels helps to preserve our natural environment and resources for future generations.
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Crew winger Ethan Finlay will join the likes of Landon Donovan, Mia Hamm and a lineup of former U.S. Men's and Women's National Team stars and current MLS players for "Soccer Night in Newtown" on January 7 in Newtown, Connecticut.
Organized by Houston Dynamo General Manager and Connecticut native Chris Canetti in the wake of the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting on December 14, the event will be exclusive to Newtown residents and members of the Newtown Youth Soccer Club. The families of Newtown will get to meet the players participating and play in small-sided games, helping heal the community from the tragedy.
As the Crew's lone representative, Finlay is honored to give his time to bring a smile to the residents of Newtown.
"It's a great opportunity to give some hours to try to help a community that has suffered a horrific tragedy," Finlay said. "I think it's kind of the least I could do. I'm not a staple in this League yet, but whatever I can do to provide help and comfort to the families and children affected, I'm willing to offer."
Entering his second season in MLS, Finlay is continuing to learn the impact he can have on people's lives as a professional athlete.
"It means a lot, and it means even more to be looked up to as a role model," he explained. "It really sets in when you're able to do these type of things. I'm looking forward to seeing the smiles on these kids' faces and talk with these families, people who are leading regular lives just like I was a year ago. To mean something more to them is really humbling and to represent the Crew, one of the original teams in MLS, is an honor. Hopefully I can do a good job of representing what we stand for in the Crew organization and MLS in general."
Over 30 players will participate in the event on Monday afternoon:
Columbus Crew: Ethan Finlay
FC Dallas: Zac Loyd, Bobby Warshaw
Houston Dynamo: Corey Ashe, Brad Davis, Brian Ching, Ricardo Clark, Tally Hall
LA Galaxy: Landon Donovan, Sean Franklin, Rafael Garcia
NE Revolution: Kevin Alston, Darrius Barnes, Ryan Guy, Matt Reis, Clyde Simms, Chris Tierney, Bobby Shuttleworth
New York Red Bulls: Kenny Cooper, Heath Pearce, Ryan Meara
Philadelphia Union: Chris Albright, Ray Gaddis
Real Salt Lake: Kwame Watson-Siriboe
San Jose Earthquakes: Marcus Tracy
Seattle Sounders: David Estrada, Josh Ford
Vancouver Whitecaps: Brad Knighton, Omar Salgado, Matt Watson
U.S. Men's Legends: Cobi Jones, Alexi Lalas, Eric Wynalda, Mike Burns, Tony Meola
U.S. Women's Legends: Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly, Christie Rampone


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A Sad Goodbye
I am done. I am completely done. Over the last decade I have been fooling myself inside and have finally come to the reality that maybe, just maybe I am not the fan I put out there for everyone else to see at Tampa Bay Rays games. Maybe it was the finalization that I am not even a thought in the entire process that my money is more important than me, the Season Ticket holder. Or maybe it was final obeservation that I am treated like a second class citizen by most baseball fans because I do not have a big "B" or pinstripes on my game day wear.
Or it might have been the reality that I was chasing the dream of the "underdog" for so long that I fell into a rut or trap to where I did not have a way or a reason to want anything different. Or maybe it was the final observation that over the past few Rays season little by little my past Rays special moments have been whittled away from me, that now I am just like the guy **** comes up to the Rayx Box Office at 7:05 pm, I am just a number.
And it is sad that today I will get a huge bag of charcoal, fire that grill up and throw my 50+ autographed wooden bats, tons of photos and paper collectibles and game-used jerseys onto the flames to finally return to the heavens. For maybe the frustration levels just got so bad in my head and my heart that change had to happen now to save my soul for another sports love. Maybe I finally found the sport that will love me back as the Tampa Bay Rowdies will soon come back from the ashes and play soccer again in Tampa Bay.
But the stark reality that things have slowly been taken from me as a fan of the Rays has been a stepping stone path towards this funk I am in right now. And it is time to release the devil or demon within my chest and set it free to maybe take the soul of the "Happy Heckler" again. And it was a subtle reversal of my favorite moments that went unoticed within my mind, but now it really looks like a deliberate move by the Rays to remove my presence from their fan base with slow and methodical surgical moves to cut the umbilical cord.
Maybe the first instance that the end was coming was when the Rays held the Rays Season Ticketholder Photo Day the next morning after the team celebrated their first Playoff berth after an evening and night of late into the twilight celebratory drinks, song and maybe even a few Patron shots. When only a handful of Rays players came out for photos and much more of them were ushered way into the field of the surrounding fans and we were not even offered a quick photo or even a snap of a photos are they were whisked down the line not even turning towards the crowd….once.
Or maybe it was the reality that even though I am a kid at heart at the ballpark I could no longer complete my baseball collection each season getting some of the harder autograph becuase I was not under 14 years of age, which is the current age limit for getting player's autographs in the lines on Sundays. Maybe that was strike two in my obvious heart. For this hurt my 2009-2010 adventure to have an autograph of everyone who was on the Rays 25-man roster during those seasons and now I am left with trading with young fans who want cold hard cash for their signed balls instead of trading Rays collectibles.
Or maybe the final blow was finding out today that even thought I have been faithfully writing paragraph after paragraph over the last few years into this very blog entry that I am viewed as an angry fan and not someone willing to post positive or even new news about the team in a "Rays fan's point of view". I am flabbergasted that my over 750 posts have been viewed as trash, that they have been proposed as fan propaganda with hidden agendas and motives. That my fan worship has been all about the all mighty dollar and not about the baseball and friendships that come wit it all.
So I guess all that is left to say is that I am done. I am finished. I am going to fade into the dark abyss. Sure I might have paid $ 1,800 dollars for my Rays seats but it will make a nice fire tonight. I can not fanthom following or even writing about a team who can not feel a kinship bond with me, even though some of them are my closest friends. I guess today is the day I am not longer a Tampa Bay Rays fan.
And like a bad relationship or marriage this break-up is coming with a heavy heart. It was not anticipated, planned or even thought possible even 24 hours ago, but now it is here and is a final nail in the coffin as I watch that shaved down Jose Canseco bat burning on the grill putting grill makes on the white pine shaft of the game-used bat. And next will be my "Jersey Off Their Back" Damon Rolls and Aubrey Huff jerseys with the whole episode finalizing with me burning my 1998 Game Used Wade Boggs jersey hopefully around nightfall.
It is said to sometimes say goodbye, but maybe this one has been 13 years long overdue. Maybe on this April 1, 2010 I finally found out that I am just a number. That my significance is minimal and insignificant to the Rays with every fiber of my being. Maybe on this first day of April, even with the season about to unfold…..my seat will be empty for 81 games……Goodbye.
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I had almost forgot it was April Fools Day until I read this…lol Nice one….hey, toss some marshmallows on that bon fire :O)
Cliff, Cliff, Cliff, I was getting ready to give you a pep talk then when I got to burning stuff, I knew it was a joke.
You have not visited me in a while :-(
It is April Fool's Day.
Dang, will have to change the date to March 31st.
It is tough some days to post, but this one hurt a bit…
It was hard to write something like that…believe me.
Rays Renegade
As soon as I started reading this, I thought "this can't be", then I remembered the date. Very convincing, though!
Rants, Raves, and Random Thoughts
Been a rough couple of weeks with U S Congress going on hiatus without signing the new Unemployment Act, so been not buying time on the Internet and doing a lot of Dollar menu meals.
I should get back to normal soon…..Sorry.
I am burning some stuff today, but might just be the chicken. Wanted to just take a photo of the BBQ grill with an old broken bat on it, but thought someone might freak out.
Rays Renegade
I understand Cliff. Just thought I give you a hard time. I have friends and family unemployed too. Is hard here too.
EGBOK. Everything is goona be OK. You wait and see.
Teams disillusion the fans all the time.
That is why it might be believable..And who knows, you might have to wait to see if I post anything tomorrow Rays-related, or Mariners related.
Tick Tock…Tick Tock.
Rays Renegade
Sorry. I knew after the very first sentence that this was an April Fool's scam. I ain't no fool. Go Rays!PS. I have a lot at stake with the Rays this year as Longoria, Niemann, Garza and Crawford are all apart of one of my big money leagues. Thus, Go Rays!
The odd thing is this will happen in the future for me no matter what the date.
I am one of people when I am wrong, that is it….game over.
I went to the same place for 20 years and they accused me of starting a fight one night and I was not even in that area…I was 3,869 miles west of Tampa Bay at the time.
Have not been back there since…
When I lose trust in the Rays………..It is over.
Rays Renegade
Believe me, I know the stress and anxiousness of not working.
But then again, if I was still in my old job, I would never have started this blog….So it is a double-edged sword.
So as long as I am content, and the Rays put up with me, I will be here giving my own version of the truth, justice and the "Rays Way" of doing things.
Rays Renegade
O my God! You got me so bad. I was going to write to you telling you that you sounded suicidal. Wow, great writing and probably the biggest April Fools I have ever gotten.
I am fine.
I have had a few people tell me to breathe in and breathe out already today.
I could never be suicidal. Conceited people can not harm themselves (lol).
Thank you for the writing compliment, but I am just doing my thing.
Rays Renegade
I have met Griffey Jr before and talked with him, but have never got him to sign a ball.
But in 2010, I am on a mission myself to get it.
It is so funny how the casual fan sometimes can get what all of us want, and then when we try…people look at us like we are crazy.
I guess it could be worse…..I could always stay at home and miss all this great baseball.
Go get his autograph….
Rays Renegade
Touche'…That was awesome, the more I read the more it drew me in. I'm taking your advice and I'm gonna get that Ken Griffey Jr Autograph tomorrow…D
The thing is… if I give you my address you can send the tickets this way and i will burn them for you…. and thats as believable right… love the Mariners background… NOW CHANGE IT… LOL
Outside the Phillies Looking In
Nice. I read about 3/4 of the way down and saw the "yaD slooF lirpA yppaH A" and quit reading. lol
Didn't even recognize the Mariners background until i read Peter's comment.
Tomorrow actually I am going to post a entry on the new Rays ticket fronts.
There are 11 different Rays players and one grey-haired Manager situated on the tickets.
But everyone will have to wait until Friday for the pictures.
Seattle is actually my retirement community, plus my favorite MLB stadium of all time (until the Rays new stadium).
I will change it back after midnight tonight.
Rays Renegade
I added the reverse image message about 10 am yesterday because so many people were calling my cell phone and it was beginning to get on my nerves.
But April Fool's Day is one of those days I can have fun by trying to convey something a bit twisted, but will make you laugh from your belly.
So hopefully today I will get back into my Rays groove….maybe.
Rays Renegade
Wow. You had me going there for awhile! If you hadn't tipped me off that you'd written an April Fool's post, I might have called the paramedics!!!
That coming from you is all I needed to smile today.
Hey, you got to have fun in life, April 1st is one of those days for me.
No paramedics needed, if it was real no one would ever be able to find me unless they could motor across the country and look on a seaside cliff ( no pun intended) at a guy sitting on his A-frame roof howling at the full moon.
Rays Renegade
Once you broke out the charcoal…I said no way! LOL
Worst thing is that I know you can not do damage by burning something with propane.
An ex-GF burned a lot of my football photos, uniforms and a helmet in the fireplace a long time ago.
Learned my lesson that day (lol).
Got a few people, but most of them it took them at least 3/4 of the way, then it got to silly to be real…maybe
Rays Renegade


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Monday night begins 10-game road trip
By Paul Hagen / MLB.com
PHILADELPHIA -- The Pirates opened the season going 2-4 on the road at Arizona and Los Angeles, then came back to PNC Park and won seven out of nine, including the last three in a row against the streaking Braves.
Monday night presented a new challenge, as the Bucs opened a 10-game road trip to Philadelphia, St. Louis and Milwaukee. It will be just another test, manager Clint Hurdle said.
"You get tested every day up here," Hurdle said. "Every day is a test. It's the next opportunity. ... We're looking forward to embracing that.
"The last road trip didn't go the way we wanted it. We weren't able to do hardly anything at all on offense. We went 2-4. We rallied well in Arizona to win the series, but we got wiped out in Los Angeles. So we're looking forward to having better momentum. We're in a better place. But that's got to carry over."
Despite struggles, Sanchez scheduled to start Friday
PHILADELPHIA -- Clint Hurdle expects Jonathan Sanchez to make his next scheduled start at St. Louis on Friday, even though the left-hander has struggled (0-2, 11.12 ERA in three starts) so far this season.
"We're going to continue to work. It's still getting him in a good position here. He's repeating his delivery and the ball is coming out clean and he's throwing strikes," Hurdle said. "We've got basically three guys we're really trying to fine-tune and ramp up for better consistency off the mound. Jeff [Locke] being one, Sanchez being one and actually Jeanmar Gomez being one. So we do feel that we have the ability to help them be better, but they've got to trust those things that they've worked on on the side and in the practice sessions when they get in the game.
"Jeanmar has done it to some degree. Locke's done it. Sanchez, that's where we've kind of gotten hung up. Jonathan understands it. You get removed at that point in time. He's not glaringly bad. You look at the numbers and most people probably think he might have gotten hurt to come out of you just look at the line score. But any time you're going to go with a pitcher, you're looking at whether he's getting close to making an adjustment where it's getting better. And I didn't think that was the case."
Sanchez was lifted from his start against Atlanta on Sunday after allowing two runs on four hits and three walks in three innings. He also struck out five. The Pirates came back to win their third straight game.
"So [Sanchez] will have another opportunity to get some side work in, and then I'm of the opinion right now that we'll move on right in sequence with the rotation," Hurdle said, adding that he still needed to discuss the situation with general manager Neal Huntington.
Hurdle discusses 1980 World Series in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA -- Back in 1980, Pirates announcer Bob Walk was the Phillies' starting pitcher in Game 1 of the World Series and Bucs manager Clint Hurdle was the Royals' right fielder. In fact, Hurdle got the first hit off Walk.
Hurdle reminisced about that matchup, which the Phillies won in six games, before Monday night's game at Citizens Bank Park.
"Playing in a World Series, that's the culmination of a boyhood dream playing Wiffle ball in the back yard. You always end up in a World Series situation," Hurdle said. "For me it was really special, because then there was no such thing as Interleague Play. So this is the first time you're playing a National League club on a very big stage. And the stage at the time here was huge, 70,000 people [at Veterans Stadium], by far the biggest crowd I'd ever played in front of it. My mom and dad were able to be here, which was really cool.
Hurdle emphasized the emotions that were involved in such a big game in that atmosphere.
"One of the most abstract things I've ever been a part of was in Game 6, when they were getting ready to win and they brought out the horses and the police to encompass the field. That was something I had no history with. And then to actually see them win and that multitude of people, because they had gone so long without a championship. I actually did hang out to check it out just because of the emotion of it.
"They came back to beat us late three times. We had the lead late three times and I think we only coughed up one or two of those in the 162-game season. And we coughed up three in six games. So that part was bitter. To get to play in one, it was fantastic. But little did I know that was the first one of three I'd come up, and [always] finish second. And that's a hard walk away when you get to that point. People say, 'At least you got there.' Well, that doesn't work. It doesn't work all winter and it doesn't work now. You still finished second."
Another connection between then and now: One of Hurdle's Kansas City teammates was first baseman John Mayberry. His son, John Mayberry Jr., started in right field for the Phillies on Monday night.
Worth noting
• Right-hander Charlie Morton (Tommy John elbow surgery) will make his second rehab start for Double-A Altoona on Tuesday night at Richmond. He'll be limited to four innings or 60 pitches.
Paul Hagen 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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Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame Golf Classic
This past Tuesday, the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame hosted their 4th annual Golf Classic at the Huntingdon Valley Country Club. The Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of Philly sports history which inducts new members annually.
The golf event was attended by many Philadelphia stars, including former Phillies, Flyers, 76ers and Eagles, along with broadcasters and other special guests. I was asked to be the photographer for the event, which was in honor of the memory of Harry Kalas. This is a tribute table with a few of Harry's belongings and memorabilia:
The day included a putting contest, lunch, shotgun golf round, live and silent auctions, a million dollar hole-in one contest and the "High Hopes" reception and dinner. Much of the time was spent by chatting with VIP guests as well as enjoying the golf course. By the way, former Phillie Darren Daulton promised me the Phillies would be snapping out of their current funk very soon. I am holding him to that.
From top to bottom, left to right, here is Darren along with Greg Luzinski, Terry Harmon, Andy Ashby, Tyler Green, Mike Mamula (former Eagle), someone I do not know and Dickie Noles. If you know who the mystery guest is, feel free to let me know ;o)
Other sports were represented as well. This next photo collage includes former Eagles coach Dick Vermeil, former Eagles player Chuck Bednarik who was showing me his bent finger, former Eagles Eddie Khayat and Vince Papale and former Flyer, Bernie Parent, possibly the most entertaining man on the planet. If you have never met Bernie, you are missing out on a real treat. The man is a ball of energy and funnier than most professional comedians:
I have tons of other photos which show many other big stars from the day and all of the events that went on. Feel free to check that out. Thanks to the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame for inviting me! It was a memorable day.
Photos by Jenn Zambri Photography
*Read more about the Phillies at my other home page, Phightin' Phils Phorum in the My Team Rivals network*


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Everyone knew he was still rehabbing his foot and hence the PUP.
But somehow that morphed into "he failed his condtioning test so he must have reported out of shape."
The guy is a workout freak, but yeah, maybe he came in fat and lazy.
Only Jet fans.
I used "maybe" b.c I did not know. Never stated anything as fact.
But I apologize for the misunderstanding. Did not mean to spread misinformation, if that is what I did.
I see now. I meant to say maybe he failed a test but I wrote "Maybe his failed test". I didn't know if he even took one.
Sorry about that.
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he'll be out 4-6 weeks before the 1st preseason game.....
Some one inadvertanly and innocently says he failed a conditioning test and 6 pages later it's being spewed here as fact that he's a lazy POS that he can't even get into shape for the game he supposedly loves and he's just in it for the money and won't make it out of training camp and won't ever play another down of football in the NFL.
Guy is a beast of a workout guy, the last one I'm worried about failing a conditioning test. The only thing holding him back is his achillies rehab and NO one knows how that is. I wouldn't be surprised if Rex makes him sit periodically during camp to give the achillies a rest.


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Car Driven Onto Runway At Sky Harbor
A 21-year-old woman has been arrested after ramming her 1997 Saturn through an�airport gate and reportedly driving with her 2-month-old son onboard onto an active runway at Phoenix Sky Harbor International airport Thursday at about 10 p.m. The event caused an interruption to operations at the airport, but no flight delays were reported. Early reports state that Phoenix Police responded within minutes, stopped the car and took the driver into custody. Authorities say that when asked, the driver stated she did not know she was on an airport or that her son was in the car. She was booked on aggravated DUI and other charges. Sky Harbor has spent $10 million on perimeter security after suffering similar incidents in the past.
In 2003, two teens drove a stolen car through a perimeter fence at the airport and onto the airfield. In 2005, a man being chased by police drove a stolen pickup through a gate and onto runways at the airport, passing jets on a taxiway. Similar events have since been reported at other airports including West Oahu Kalealoa, Hawaii; Colorado's Grand Junction;�and Philadelphia International. Police say that at the time of the most recent incident at Sky Harbor, the airport's gate was being tested and was slightly open. A worker at that location notified police and tower controllers after the woman drove through. Airport operations were stopped for approximately 15 minutes as the police took chase and stopped the vehicle. An investigation hopes to determine additional details, including whether the driver was operating under the influence of a drug.


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4 straight tanks in Michigan's UP and 47.3, 48.2, 49.3 and 48.0 mpg. Wish we could get ethanol free in IL
4 straight tanks in Michigan's UP and 47.3, 48.2, 49.3 and 48.0 mpg. Wish we could get ethanol free in IL
When I use E-Free racing fuel to put some engines to bed for the winter, I find, the aroma of the "old fuel" like a trip back in time.
"You can do good or you can do well. Sooner or later they make you choose." MI5
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"Hey, where you goin'?" "Nowhere in particular." "Man, I wish I was you." "Well, Hang in there..."
I have ran ethanol free gas in my bike, car and truck to test against gas with ethanol. After running about three tanks through all of my vehicles I came to the conclusion that despite what most claim the gas mileage improvement was so minimal to not be worth the extra cost. They do charge more for ethanol free gas at the station I am able to purchase at. I do purchase and run the ethanol free gas in all my small engines and will fill my bike with it for winter storage but outside of that it's really all hype in my humble opinion and experience. It's not a game changer in MPG and there was no noticeable H.P. difference that I could detect on a normal day of riding.
Chuck Senn
2006 R1200RT (Red)
I know I'm interloping here with you K guys but on my 2011 R1200GS I do see noticeable improvements with mileage. Near my home I can get 87 and 93 octane ethanol free. I run the 93 which is about $3.99 per gal and my mid-grade E10 is about $3.40. Mileage on my instrument panel is 44-46 with E10 and 48 with E0. Gulf is selling 89 octane mid grade in NC for exactly the same price as E0 mid grade and it give me 49-50 mpg. The bike doesn't go any faster, but idle is smoother and transitions out of corners are also smoother. This data comes from multiple tanks and doing the fill amount / miles driven method has always been real close to my instrument panel.
Old But Not Dead
Semper Fi
Chuck Senn
2006 R1200RT (Red)
RECENT MODERN cages may not be much of an issue with ethanol other than those that come from water separated fuel in badly managed filling stations but it sure creates problem is small engines.
Take some time to talk to your local small engine repair place and ask them how much business has been created for them since this junk replaced pure gas. Almost all of it gummed carbs (in fairness, also possible with pure gas), some of it non-compatible parts damaged by ethanol. My local folks say its half of their business.
If you add up all the costs associated with ethanol use, its pretty obvious its basically a subsidy to large farm industry and wastes a food crop doing it.
Our energy security from foreign oil isn't going to come from ethanol in any appreciable way but instead from our own natural gas sources, whatever we can get from renewable stuff, etc.
I see a good 4-5mpg difference when I'm out of state and can burn pure gas. Track stuff pretty religiously. YMMV (literally. )
YMMV is so true...
I've always been somewhat fanatical about tracking gas mileage in all our vehicles. When our local Chevron station started serving up ethanol I noticed the difference quickly with my bike, car, and truck. And of course they NEVER tell you how much ethanol is in the blend, just a small note on the pump that states "this fuel MAY contain up to 10% Ethanol". Sort of a crap shoot, to say the least! So, I buy their gas most of the time, and notice the difference in our '07 Avalon. With EO we average 26+ in mixed use, 31+ in freeway cruise (65-70mph), mpg drops 10% in both driving modes with E10 (E?) in 90K miles of driving experience. I'm a big fan of Techron (198K on our F-150) and will continue using Chevron/Texaco most of the time. We do use E0 from another station now and then, the 10% improvement in mileage is worth the extra 3% in per gallon cost.
As they say...YMMV!
Bill Johnston
The small engine repair person that fixes my lawn mower tells me fuel problems associated with ethanol problems is epidemic. Foolishly we modeled our ethanol program after Brazil who makes their ethanol from sugar cane witch produces seven times the production of corn.At the end of the day this policy will go down as one of the least efficient way to make us energy independent.


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'Get the Government Out of Marriage' is a Red Herring
by Jennifer Thieme
This article was first published February 8, 2013, at AmericanThinker.com.
A red herring is something that distracts people from the issue at hand. It allows people who are otherwise thoughtful and intelligent to not think about another topic too deeply. Libertarians often make claim to "get the government out of marriage," but this ends up serving as a distraction from the real policy issue at hand. There are a several reasons I believe it's a red herring, or at least an idea that people haven't thought through too well.
First, I do not think it is realistic to believe the government will actually get out of marriage, especially once the definition of marriage becomes sexless (genderless) as a widespread policy. Sexless marriage as a policy is what must happen in order to allow gay couples to marry. It wasn't fair that only straight women could be brides, and only straight men could be grooms. So now no woman gets to be a bride, and no man gets to be a groom in same sex marriage states. The state will not likely give up the increased power it gets over individuals, children, and the church as this change gains traction.
Second, how would we accomplish getting the government out of marriage? Marriage is part of so many social policies, from tax law, to food stamps, Medicare, Social Security… the list goes on and on. Extracting the concept of marriage from all of these policies, at the federal level, at the state level, and perhaps even at the local level seems extremely unrealistic to me.
But even if we could, remember that marriage provides a certain incentive to people, an incentive to create families. So we would not just be removing that incentive, but actually incentivising something else in its place. Quite likely, we would increase the incentives for single motherhood and absentee fatherhood, both of which are sub optimal conditions for children. And remember: children grow up to be voters.
Third: now that we've raised the subject of children, just what kind of impact would it be to get the government out of marriage? Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse says privatizing marriage is unjust to children. She asks and answers questions like these:
- Do the needs of society place constraints on how we treat children?
- What is owed to the child?
- Are our views of the child somehow related to the foundations of a free society?
- …. and others.
It's a must read for any libertarian.
Fourth, and perhaps most important to my claim that its a red herring: no legislator is proposing any policy to get the government out of marriage. It's not on the table anywhere, that I am aware. So people who are otherwise articulate and intelligent are being distracted from the real issue. What is being proposed and implemented is to make marriage sexless as a policy. And without sex, traditional marriage ceases to exist. This answers the question sometimes posed by gay marriage supporters:
"How does gay marriage affect YOUR marriage?"
I've encountered honest, far-left leaning Democrats who admit that sexless marriage is the destruction of traditional marriage. They admit it, point blank. One even likened it to slavery. This is not how it gets marketed to voters. Voters are told that marriage is simply being expanded to include gay couples. Expanding marriage vs. eliminating traditional marriage are two very different things.
Furthermore, father of Marxist thought Friedrich Engels was against traditional marriage. It is not possible to know what sort of stand he would take on the sexless marriage issue. I think it's very fair to say that his modern day followers support it. It frustrates me that some prominent libertarians refuse to engage an important social policy that socialists support. Does it occur to them why socialists support it?
Finally, fiscal conservatives would be well served to understand that traditional marriage is the foundation for the success of their fiscal policies. It creates the sort of citizens needed for fiscal conservatism to thrive, as it's the gold standard for children's outcomes across all measures.
Libertarians and fiscal conservatives: please support traditional marriage as a distinct policy. Your fiscal policies cannot succeed without it.
Jennifer Thieme is the Director of Finance for the Ruth Institute, a project of the National Organization for Marriage Education Fund.


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The largest traffic project in years in San Juan Capistrano officially kicked off Wednesday in the shadows of the city's most recognizable historic feature, its Spanish mission.
The $86.2 million reconstruction of the I-5/Ortega Highway interchange will rebuild the Ortega bridge over the freeway as well as the on- and off-ramps to create additional traffic capacity for what the California Department of Transportation calls one of Orange County's worst chokepoints.
While there are still issues about the project's potential effects on local residents, businesses and commuters, shovels struck dirt and the project, described by many as necessary but inconvenient , was under way.
Dozens of Caltrans and Orange County Transportation Authority staff members joined city and county officials as well as members of surrounding communities to mark the start of the project that is expected to be completed in spring 2015.
However, the scheduled start of work this week was delayed because of rain. Caltrans District 12 spokesman David Richardson said restriping and installation of concrete barriers will begin late this week or next week.
While speakers at Wednesday's ceremony praised all parties involved in the project, there were reminders of what lies ahead.
"We all know there are going to be (traffic) delays; there will be times when we'll say 'Why are we doing this?'" said San Juan Councilman Larry Kramer. "I think the important thing here is we're going to keep the lines of communication open until it's open."
Orange County Supervisor Patricia Bates said there will be a lot of construction but that everyone needs to have patience.
San Juan City Manager Karen Brust said that while the project will strain the city, managing the city the next two years won't be more difficult. She commended Caltrans and OCTA and said communication with them about the project has been excellent.
"I look at this as a new opportunity," she said. "People might discover new businesses in the city … people will sort of rediscover (San Juan Capistrano)."
The mayor and city staff plan bimonthly walks around the city to speak with businesses and residents affected by the project.
For updates and more information about major road closures, visit ortega.dot.ca.gov or call the project's public-information line at 714-724-2000.