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Two years – two players of the year – two number two NBA draft picks.
There is no question the Big 12 has some of the best talent in the country and the last two years has driven the point home even more. While Michael Beasley and Kevin Durant took over college basketball for just a little while, other players have quietly made clutch plays, made All Big 12 teams, and won national championships.
With no freshmen drawing the attention as the two fore mentioned, the emphasis this season, will be on team and experience. Here is a look at some of those players that have been around while and are this season players to watch.
Damion James, Jr. Forward Texas
There is just something I like about the way he plays. James is athletic and willing to do what his teams asks of him. Having played power forward when Durant stopped by, James is now living and loving at the small forward spot. But James is not your typical three. Not only did he averaged a double-double, 13.2 ppg and 10.3 rpg and but he gives the Longhorns easy buckets on lob passes and put backs and has a reliable jumper out to 15 feet. Look for him to increase his productions as the inside option to A.J. Abrams outside.
A.J. Abrams, Sr. Guard Texas
Welcome back Mr. Abrams, the Longhorn fans are rejoicing! I don't think there is a player who will benefit more from staying in college, more than Abrams. While he is an outstanding scorer, Abrams can use this year to solidify his ball handling skills. Shooting guard is his natural – and best position – but if he is truly looking to play in the league, he must show he can handle the ball in pressure and find open players. Abrams showed he is more than just a three point shooter, shooting 42 percent from the field and averaging 16.5 ppg. The Longhorns are going to expect even more from him this season, and so will the NBA scouts.
Sherron Collins, Jr. Guard Kansas
Can you say – "Now is your time to shine?" After taking the last two seasons to perfect his roles as "instant offense" and "sparkplug off the bench", Collins will be the Jayhawks team leader this season. He has the ability to play at a pace many cannot, but I believe his weight could play an issue. Having played 24 minutes a game last season, Collins will need to be on the court more for Kansas to win and losing the extra pounds would help.
Byron Eaton, Sr. Guard Oklahoma State
There are many similarities between Collins and Eaton. Like Collins, he is quicker than quick, his team's success now depends on how he plays, and his weight has been an issue. But this season, with Travis Ford's new up-tempo offense, you should Eaton at his lightest and best. Last season Eaton 11.5 ppg and 3.5 apg, but in a five game stretch he averaged 20.6 ppg, and they won all five games. And he made one the most incredible shots in the history of basketball in one of the greatest college games I have ever seen. Go to Youtube and type in Byron Eaton, crazy.
Josh Carter, Sr. Guard Texas A&M
After testing the draft waters and deciding they were a little too cold, Carter comes back to the heat of Texas to improve his stock. After leading the nation in three point percentage as a sophomore, Carter's percentage slipped last season. Going into his last season, he will be more of a focus on offense and he might not again return to the percent he shot two seasons ago. At 6'7", if he can show he is capable of consistently scoring in a verity of ways and improve his passing skills, Carter will be drafted in June.
Curtis Jerrells, Sr. Guard Baylor
Talented Guards are aplenty in the Big 12 and Jerrells is arguably the best. He finished last season second in the conference in scoring at 15.3 ppg and first in assists with 3.8 apg. He is most dangerous behind the arc but if he could improve his percentage by even two points, he would easily average over twenty points per game. Jerrells is quick, handles the ball very well, and is an improving passer. Even though he is a shot first guard, the Bears would like his assists numbers should go up because there are other options on this team.
Blake Griffin, So. Forward Oklahoma
So there is a guy named Griffin in Oklahoma that is really good and is going to be the first overall drafts pick next June. Nope not Taylor – he is pretty good too – but I am talking about Blake. Everyone knows what Blake can do, but this year he will be better, stronger, and healthier than last season. There is not a more dominate force in all of college basketball and at 6'10" and with a 37 inch vertical, Girffin is a monster at both ends of the court.
Craig Brackins, So. Forward Iowa State
Brackins came to Iowa State last season as Top-20 freshmen. While the majority of the players ranked ahead of him are now in the NBA, Brackins is about ready to explode on the national scene. But unfortunately, he plays for Iowa State. Rarely are they showed on television, so he will continue to be the "best kept secret" in the Big 12. Scoring only 11 ppg does not tell the whole story; he scored 20 point in five games and was second on the team in blocks. He is quick off the ground, runs the floor very well, and got stronger as the season went on. He posted a school freshmen record when he dropped 33 points on Baylor.
DeMare Carroll, Sr. Forward Missouri
The former Vanderbilt transfer was the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year last season. While averaging 13 ppg and a team high 6.7 rpg, he scored double figures 26 times. At 6'7" his is undersized in the post but makes it up with quickness, hustle and hardnosed play. He could very well creep towards a double-double his season of eligibility.
Alan Voskuil, Sr. Guard Texas Tech
If you expect Voskuil to sit behind the three-point line and wait for an open shot, your team will lose. His game has developed to include a solid mid-range jumper and he will run the break. But he still is a great outside shooter – he shot 50 percent last season. During his sophomore year, Voskuil played about 11 minutes a game, then 34 minutes last season. The Red Raiders rely on his production and leadership and I would not be surprised to see his all in the mix for All Big 12.
Others to keep an eye on:
Mario Little, Kansas
Willie Warren, Oklahoma
Leo Lyons, Missouri
James Anderson, Oklahoma State
Connor Atchley, Texas
Josh Carter, Texas A&M


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I was born in the 60's, and grew up in the Mad Men era, so that's probably why I am transported when I watch show. The scene where Don Draper teaches his young daughter Sally how to make his favorite cocktail seemed so familiar. My dad taught me how to make his favorite drink, Jack Daniels. On the rocks. Two fingers. I didn't know that the "two fingers" were supposed to be my two fingers horizontal to the glass to measure how much Jack to pour, so I put my two fingers inside the glass and filled it to my knuckles! That was a good night for my dad.
When I was little and my parents entertained friends and family they would usually serve mixed drinks. Wine didn't seem to be the cocktail of choice. When wine was served I seem to recall that it came from a jug. Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill , and Spañada were the "merlot" of my parent's day. I remember that the "wine" that was served at the party following my First Communion was Spañada. In a punch bowl. With fruit slices. I felt very grown up that day, and the drink looked so pretty, I begged my parents let me have a small glass while they toasted me. Yeah, no wonder most people drank mixed drinks.
My dad's drink is Jack. My mother liked 7 and 7. It always seemed like a mystery language to me, ordering cocktails. Old Fashioned. Gimlet. Jack and Coke. Gin and tonic. I think it's easier to say Chardonnay or Merlot. A few months ago, inspired by a recent Mad Men episode, Juan came home with a stainless steel drink mixer, some Vodka, Vermouth and olives. He made me one of my favorite adult beverages, a dirty Martini. He's gotten to be a pretty good mixer.
So, a few weeks ago, after a long, stressful week at work, and the prospect of having only one child home for the night, I decided I wanted to unwind and have a drink. But, I didn't feel like a martini, and we didn't have anything to mix with Vodka. No orange juice, cranberry juice. Nothing, but this:
I read somewhere that Vodka goes with everything, so I tried it.
Put it in a nice glass, filled with ice and squeezed in a little lime.
Refreshing, and tasty. But, one problem. How do I order it when I am having a night out at the bar…
"I'll have a vodka with a juice box?" Or maybe, the "Mommy Cocktail?"

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Speed of light regulated
What determines the speed of light? We know that it is a limiting factor for all physical objects. We have heard it time and again – nothing goes faster than c! Nothing. Can we determine why it is regulated to c? I think we can. It is all a matter of relativity.
Suppose we consider the idea that the photon is disk-shaped due to space distortion. (See figure at left) The photon is traveling at the speed of light and the space distortion equations tell us that, from our perspective, the photon's dimensions in the direction of travel are greatly shortened, essentially like a very thin pancake set perpendicular to the direction of travel.
We know that the photon is a ball of energy related to its frequency and we know that the frequency determines the color of light that we can actually detect with our eyes. A blue photon has both a higher frequency and energy than a red photon. All the energy is confined to that flat pancake moving along at the speed of light, c.
Now we come to a slight separation from the earlier argument that the clock of the photon is stopped and nothing wiggles in a photon with a stopped clock. That is, in my opinion, true for the photon, but we are talking about the photon here from an observer's point of view, not the photon's perspective. From the observer's point of view, the photon moves with measurable velocity, measurable frequency, measurable energy, and thus potentially real live vibrational modes as seen by a clever observer. The time experienced by the photon is still zero from start to finish of its journey, but the observer still knows it is moving at a particular pace and also vibrating as it goes.
The photon cannot vibrate in the front to back direction because to do so implies that the vibration mode that goes toward the back lags behind and then it could never catch up without exceeding the speed of light. This implies that the photon vibrates from side to side or possibly either way around the rim of the disk and never front to back (well, maybe a very little, as explained later). The ripples in the disk are shown greatly magnified in the figure of the photon in flight above. Vertically polarized photons vibrate from rim to rim in a vertical fashion, horizontally polarized vibrate side-to-side and circular polarized photons vibrate around the rim, to and fro, and can even be lopsided a little producing an elliptical polarization. These types of polarization exist in our real world and we can separate photons with various filters. prisims, and crystals.
Now let us suppose that we consider the vibrational modes of the disk in a little more detail. It seems that any vibration would cause at least some ripples along the disk, and that these ripples must involve at least some bunching of energy producing some motion front to back. Suppose these ripples are constrained to some minimum amplitude in order to even exist. Could it be that these ripples actually limit the speed of the photon to some factor that actually defines c? They can.
In other words, if the speed of the photon were to try to increase beyond the speed of light, as seen by our (any) frame of reference, the continuing shortening of the disk would reduce the amplitude of the ripples and potentially slow the photon back down to a speed where the ripples can still exist in our frame of reference. This provides a theory of how the speed of light is established and limited to a particular speed, "the speed of light", for a photon. The speed of light is about 299,792,458 meters per second, usually symbolized by the letter "c".
My thought is that when a photon or other particle is emitted, it probably takes off at the highest possible speed that is limited by the speed at which it can still maintain vibrational modes that can exist within an observer's frame of reference. This is the speed of light as we know it and the regulator is the relativistic shortening of the disk in the direction of travel as seen by the observer. This shortening reduces the amplitude to a point that is sustainable for the energy it contains. If a photon can vibrate longitudinally, it would still be limited in amplitude to the size constrained by the disk in the same way described above, essentially very little, and regulated by the speed. The photon will always go at the maximum speed it can maintain (and no faster) within a given frame of reference.
Why photons all travel at the same speed
So why do all photons travel at the same speed? Even for two observers traveling in differnt directions both measuring the same speed for a photon crusing by? First lets consider some facts: Blue light has a frequency, f, entered on 7.88×10^14 HZ and a corresponding energy e of 5.22 10^ -19 Joules. Red light has a frequency centered on 3.79×10^14 HZ and a corresponding energy e of 2.373 x 10^-19 Joules. Since they have different energies and different frequencies, would they not reach that equilibrium at different speeds?
For the answer, consider this: The energy and frequency of all photons are related to a simple constant, e= hf. Where h= Planck's constant= 6.6262*10 ^-34 J s (Joule second). So the relationship of the energy of photon to its frequency is a constant.
Or put another way, h = e/f for all photons. The ratio of the energy of a photon to its frequency is a constant for all photons. Thus we can see that the sustainable amplitude is somehow related to h and all photons are regulated to the same speed, which we measure as c in any frame of reference. For example, if you divide the frequency into the energy for the blue and then the red light photons above, the ratio comes out the same. The result is h, a constant for all photons. These relationships are well known in the physics world.
However, the frame of reference is a key element, which means that the regulation to c takes place in any frame of reference because the shortening of the disk is related to the speed within the reference of the observer (any observer and all observers), and thus become regulated to c in all frames of reference. If the frame of reference were within a spaceship traveling at near relativistic speed and attempting to measure the speed of a photon going in its direction, the photon's speed would still be c in respect to the spaceship. The length contraction relative to the spaceship would just be enough to regulate the speed of light measured by the spaceship to agree with the speed observed on earth.
There is a little of cart before the horse-trading going on here. The equations for space distortion and for time dilation both involve the square root of a term that would be a negative number if the photon exceeded the speed of light. In order for us to consider that the photon might even try to go faster than the speed of light, the equation would need some modification to make things right. It might well be that in order for the photon to reach c it might initially slip into "superluminal" speed, but it would quickly be brought back to within the speed bounds by the disk shortening along the path of flight and the reduction of the amplitude of the energy waves in the disk, the shortening taking place in the frame of reference of the measurer/observer. Even when there are no observers and no measurement taking place, the photon is not alone. Other particle exist, even in a vaccum, virtual particles for example. These make up a frame of reference too, so the photon is always locked in to c.
All photons strive to go faster than c all the time, but are held back by the relativistic effect of space shortening's effect on the need to vibrate.
This latter discussion begs a new question. If the vibrational modes could somehow be frozen so that they do not need to vibrate in flight as we observe them, could they then travel at an unregulated speed beyond the speed of light? Consider a particle that starts out at absolute zero. In that case all the parts are locked together and nothing moves and therefore has no vibration to sustain. What is to regulate the speed of that particle? Can we then reach superluminal speeds for such a particle? I don't think so because to get it up to speed, energy must be applied. In the case of a photon, the energy comes from the change in states of an electron around an atom or a collision of some sort that generates a photon. Once we have energy for a massless particle, it has to cruise along at c.
It may be possible that a photon in flight passing thorough from another dimension/universe might have motion relative to us moving so fast that there is no effective vibration taking place during the time of its passage, effectively frozen during its passage. Such a particle might zip by at superlumal speed. Of course we would never know it passed unless it hit something on the way. Then we would have a mess.
Physicists call hypothetical particles that travel at superlumal speeds tachyons, (hypothetical so far, that is).
There is one other consideration that acts as a speed regulator. Something I hinted at above. c is the speed at which the time and distance experienced by a photon reduces to zero. I stated that a photon always strives to go faster than c. Each time it does, it slips into imaginary time and pops back to c, and has to stay there. Look at it another way. The photon traveling at c arrives the instant it leaves (from the photon's perspective). If it went any faster than c, would it arrive before it left? I don't think so and so the photon cannot go any faster.
Hopefully I've given you something to think about.
Article and drawing, Copyright 2006, 2007,
James A. Tabb


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Ice, solid substance produced by the freezing of water vapour or liquid water. At temperatures below 0 °C (32 °F), water vapour develops into frost at ground level and snowflakes (each of which consists of a single ice crystal) in clouds. Below the same temperature, liquid water forms a solid, as, for example, river ice, sea ice, hail, and ice produced commercially or in household refrigerators.
Ice occurs on Earth's continents and surface waters in a variety of forms. Most notable are the continental glaciers (ice sheets) that cover much of Antarctica and Greenland. Smaller masses of perennial ice called ice caps occupy parts of Arctic Canada and other high-latitude regions, and mountain glaciers occur in more restricted areas, such as mountain valleys and the flatlands below. Other occurrences of ice on land include the different types of ground ice associated with permafrost—that is, permanently frozen soil common to very cold regions. In the oceanic waters of the polar regions, icebergs occur when large masses of ice break off from glaciers or ice shelves and drift away. The freezing of seawater in these regions results in the formation of sheets of sea ice known as pack ice. During the winter months similar ice bodies form on lakes and rivers in many parts of the world. This article treats the structure and properties of ice in general. Ice in lakes and rivers, glaciers, icebergs, pack ice, and permafrost are treated separately in articles under their respective titles. For a detailed account of the widespread occurrences of glacial ice during Earth's past, see the articles geochronology and climate. See also glacial landform for the effects of glaciation.
The water molecule
Ice is the solid state of water, a normally liquid substance that freezes to the solid state at temperatures of 0 °C (32 °F) or lower and expands to the gaseous state at temperatures of 100 °C (212 °F) or higher. Water is an extraordinary substance, anomalous in nearly all its physical and chemical properties and easily the most complex of all the familiar substances that are single-chemical compounds. Consisting of two atoms of hydrogen (H) and one atom of oxygen (O), the water molecule has the chemical formula H2O. These three atoms are covalently bonded (i.e., their nuclei are linked by attraction to shared electrons) and form a specific structure, with the oxygen atom located between the two hydrogen atoms. The three atoms do not lie in a straight line, however. Instead, the hydrogen atoms are bent toward each other, forming an angle of about 105°.
The three-dimensional structure of the water molecule can be pictured as a tetrahedron with an oxygen nucleus centre and four legs of high electron probability. The two legs in which the hydrogen nuclei are present are called bonding orbitals. Opposite the bonding orbitals and directed to the opposite corners of the tetrahedron are two legs of negative electrical charge. Known as the lone-pair orbitals, these are the keys to water's peculiar behaviour, in that they attract the hydrogen nuclei of adjacent water molecules to form what are called hydrogen bonds. These bonds are not especially strong, but, because they orient the water molecules into a specific configuration, they significantly affect the properties of water in its solid, liquid, and gaseous states.
In the liquid state, most water molecules are associated in a polymeric structure—that is, chains of molecules connected by weak hydrogen bonds. Under the influence of thermal agitation, there is a constant breaking and reforming of these bonds. In the gaseous state, whether steam or water vapour, water molecules are largely independent of one another, and, apart from collisions, interactions between them are slight. Gaseous water, then, is largely monomeric—i.e., consisting of single molecules—although there occasionally occur dimers (a union of two molecules) and even some trimers (a combination of three molecules). In the solid state, at the other extreme, water molecules interact with one another strongly enough to form an ordered crystalline structure, with each oxygen atom collecting the four nearest of its neighbours and arranging them about itself in a rigid lattice. This structure results in a more open assembly, and hence a lower density, than the closely packed assembly of molecules in the liquid phase. For this reason, water is one of the few substances that is actually less dense in solid form than in the liquid state, dropping from 1,000 to 917 kilograms per cubic metre. It is the reason why ice floats rather than sinking, so that, during the winter, it develops as a sheet on the surface of lakes and rivers rather than sinking below the surface and accumulating from the bottom.
As water is warmed from the freezing point of 0 to 4 °C (from 32 to 39 °F), it contracts and becomes denser. This initial increase in density takes place because at 0 °C a portion of the water consists of open-structured molecular arrangements similar to those of ice crystals. As the temperature increases, these structures break down and reduce their volume to that of the more closely packed polymeric structures of the liquid state. With further warming beyond 4 °C, the water begins to expand in volume, along with the usual increase in intermolecular vibrations caused by thermal energy.
The ice crystal
At standard atmospheric pressure and at temperatures near 0 °C, the ice crystal commonly takes the form of sheets or planes of oxygen atoms joined in a series of open hexagonal rings. The axis parallel to the hexagonal rings is termed the c-axis and coincides with the optical axis of the crystal structure.
When viewed perpendicular to the c-axis, the planes appear slightly dimpled. The planes are stacked in a laminar structure that occasionally deforms by gliding, like a deck of cards. When this gliding deformation occurs, the bonds between the layers break, and the hydrogen atoms involved in those bonds must become attached to different oxygen atoms. In doing so, they migrate within the lattice, more rapidly at higher temperatures. Sometimes they do not reach the usual arrangement of two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds to each oxygen atom, so that some oxygen atoms have only one or as many as three hydrogen bonds. Such oxygen atoms become the sites of electrical charge. The speed of crystal deformation depends on these readjustments, which in turn are sensitive to temperature. Thus the mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties of ice are interrelated.
Mechanical properties
Like any other crystalline solid, ice subject to stress undergoes elastic deformation, returning to its original shape when the stress ceases. However, if a shear stress or force is applied to a sample of ice for a long time, the sample will first deform elastically and will then continue to deform plastically, with a permanent alteration of shape. This plastic deformation, or creep, is of great importance to the study of glacier flow. It involves two processes: intracrystalline gliding, in which the layers within an ice crystal shear parallel to each other without destroying the continuity of the crystal lattice, and recrystallization, in which crystal boundaries change in size or shape depending on the orientation of the adjacent crystals and the stresses exerted on them. The motion of dislocations—that is, of defects or disorders in the crystal lattice—controls the speed of plastic deformation. Dislocations do not move under elastic deformation.
The strength of ice, which depends on many factors, is difficult to measure. If ice is stressed for a long time, it deforms by plastic flow and has no yield point (at which permanent deformation begins) or ultimate strength. For short-term experiments with conventional testing machines, typical strength values in bars are 38 for crushing, 14 for bending, 9 for tensile, and 7 for shear.
Thermal properties
The heat of fusion (heat absorbed on melting of a solid) of water is 334 kilojoules per kilogram. The specific heat of ice at the freezing point is 2.04 kilojoules per kilogram per degree Celsius. The thermal conductivity at this temperature is 2.24 watts per metre kelvin.
Another property of importance to the study of glaciers is the lowering of the melting point due to hydrostatic pressure: 0.0074 °C per bar. Thus for a glacier 300 metres (984 feet) thick, everywhere at the melting temperature, the ice at the base is 0.25 °C (0.45 °F) colder than at the surface.
Optical properties
Pure ice is transparent, but air bubbles render it somewhat opaque. The absorption coefficient, or rate at which incident radiation decreases with depth, is about 0.1 cm-1 for snow and only 0.001 cm-1 or less for clear ice. Ice is weakly birefringent, or doubly refracting, which means that light is transmitted at different speeds in different crystallographic directions. Thin sections of snow or ice therefore can be conveniently studied under polarized light in much the same way that rocks are studied. The ice crystal strongly absorbs light in the red wavelengths, and thus the scattered light seen emerging from glacier crevasses and unweathered ice faces appears as blue or green.
Electromagnetic properties
The albedo, or reflectivity (an albedo of 0 means that there is no reflectivity), to solar radiation ranges from 0.5 to 0.9 for snow, 0.3 to 0.65 for firn, and 0.15 to 0.35 for glacier ice. At the thermal infrared wavelengths, snow and ice are almost perfectly "black" (absorbent), and the albedo is less than 0.01. This means that snow and ice can either absorb or radiate long-wavelength radiation with high efficiency. At longer electromagnetic wavelengths (microwave and radio frequencies), dry snow and ice are relatively transparent, although the presence of even small amounts of liquid water greatly modifies this property. Radio echo sounding (radar) techniques are now used routinely to measure the thickness of dry polar glaciers, even where they are kilometres in thickness, but the slightest amount of liquid water distributed through the mass creates great difficulties with the technique.George D. Ashton Mark F. Meier
Learn More in these related Britannica articles:
global warming: Ice melt and sea level riseA warming climate holds important implications for other aspects of the global environment. Because of the slow process of heat diffusion in water, the world's oceans are likely to continue to warm for several centuries in response to increases…
hydrosphere: IceIce is nearly a pure solid and, as such, accommodates few foreign ions in its structure. It does contain, however, particulate matter and gases, which are trapped in bubbles within the ice. The change in composition of these materials through time, as recorded in…
Indian Ocean: IceIce is formed in the extreme south during the Antarctic winter. Between January and February the melting ice along the Antarctic coast is broken up by severe storms and, in the form of large blocks and broad floes, is carried away by wind and…
water: Structures of iceIn the solid state (ice), intermolecular interactions lead to a highly ordered but loose structure in which each oxygen atom is surrounded by four hydrogen atoms; two of these hydrogen atoms are covalently bonded to the oxygen atom, and the two others (at longer…
climate: Mechanisms of precipitation release…0 °C, more and more ice nuclei become active, and ice crystals appear in increasing numbers among the supercooled droplets. Such a mixture of supercooled droplets and ice crystals is unstable, however. The cloudy air is usually only slightly supersaturated with water vapour with respect to the droplets and is…
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Iggy Azalea dunkin on these hoes in London
Australian hip-hop artist Iggy Azalea spotted leaving O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire after her second consecutive sold-out night supporting for Rita Ora's Radioactive Tour in London yesterday and later at Mahiki nightclub for the official after party.
Performing on the first London date a couple days ago:
And performing her debut single "Work" that will be released in the UK NEXT WEEK!
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Monday, August 03, 2009
Cali vs World contest - Pack 4
Kevin Seitzer - Have we seen him before? (Hint: Yes) Will we see him again? (Hint: Yes)
Jose Guzman (P.R.)
Tom Nieto (Downey, CA) - Neato! I think I will start punning now. Those who are averse to ridiculously tortured wordplay should turn back now. At least Tom here looks mildly enthusiastic.
Manny Trillo (Venezuela) - Not the Manly Trio, which is Me, Myself, and I.
Jack Morris - Unpunnable. But the Dupe Parade marches along.
Jeff Montgomery - Montgomery is the capital of Alabama. Does that count as a Bama Boy?
Mitch Webster - Just me, or does he look like he just got shot in the back?
Claudell Washington (L.A.)
Mike Hart - At least his last name isn't Hunt.
Rick Schu - Gesundheit.
Willie Randolph - Or won't he? Or will he R-U-N-N-O-F-T?
Jack Clark - Another dupe. If I somone made me Chief Nicknamer, this guy would be Jack "Lark" Clark. Nothing like playing off of a glottal stop. I'm just getting warmed up, folks. I have a deep and varied bag of tricks.
Gary Thurman - I think the photographer pissed him off. Or maybe he doesn't like my material.
Kent Tekulve - Oh c'mon, you can tkell me!
Jerry Reuss - I'm getting a nice stack of tradeable doubles. I'll make a killing down at the playground after school. Maybe I can get a Gregg Jefferies rookie.
Dave Palmer - Palmer? He barely knows her.
Johnny Ray
Tim Raines - All Star
Ken Dixon - I flatly refuse to riff on that name. This is a family blog.
Mike LaValliere - This one just depends on how you pronounce it. I prefer "La Valley Air." And then the joke just depends on which valley you want to make fun of. I'd do one on the Oxmoor Valley, but no one would get it. Which I guess is how it goes with most of my puns.
Niekro Brothers - Record Breaker
Al Nipper (San Diego) - No, let me do it. I know her better.
Checklist 1-132 - Oh goodie, now I can make sure I get the whole set of this masterpiece.
Don Schulze - Schools? Shultz? Shultzuh? I can't work with this one.
Dave Concepcion (Venezuela) - I'll just call him "Immaculate" and move on.
Dave LaPoint - A little too on LaNose.
Randy Bush - Oh, no. I wouldn't touch this one with a Ken "Foot" Dixon.
Junior Ortiz (P.R.) - See this facial expression? This is the normal reaction to my puns. It's something I like to call "bewildered amusement."
That's all folks. I'm here all week. Tip your servers.
Cali - 3
World - 4
Terrible Puns - Eleventeen.
The World closes the gap a bit. Score now stands Cali 19, World 13. Still no Bama Boys.
6 comments:
- Andy said...
According to this there were only 19 major leaguers from Alabama in 1988.
Looking right here I find the following: Doyle Alexander, Bruce Benedict, Jeff Brantley, Jerry Hairston, Albert Hall, Bo Jackson, Pat Keedy, Jimmy Key, Terry Leach, Sap Randall (WHO??), Gary Redus, Steve Shields, Ozzie Smith, Van Snider, Don Sutton, Lou Thornton, Jay Tibbs, Willie Wilson, and Eric Yelding.
Brantley doesn't have a card in the set, nor does Randall, Lou Thornton, Eric Yelding, or Van Snider.
Andre Thornton wasn't active in 1988 but has a card in the set.
That gives you 15 cards out of 792 for your 'Bama boys.
- Scab said...
Seitzer cards always make me happy. I used to watch him bat and sometimes reminded me of a righty Will Clark.
- --David said...
I tipped my servers, now everyone is complaining they can't email.
- skoormit said...
@Andy: Nice research. I don't suppose you checked if there is anyone in the 1988 Topps set that was not active in the majors in 1988? Maybe someone retired after 1987, or missed a season due to injury, or Topps printed a rookie card but the guy didn't make the big leagues yet. The next question will be math: If a set of 792 cards has 15 Bama Boys, what are my chances of pulling a Bama Boy in a pack of 28 cards, assuming all 28 cards are unique? What are my chances in ten packs of 28 unique cards each? Bonus points: Given that I have pulled zero cards after four packs, what is my mean total expectation of Bama Boys in the remaining six packs?
- skoormit said...
@Scab: I was a big Seitzer fan in 1988, mostly because he led the league in hits that year as a rookie. At that point in my baseball strategy development, I thought lots of hits was better than fewer hits with more home runs. Sure it was popular to like McGwire and all his homeruns, but I was taking the more cerebral position that Seitzer was more valuable.
- skoormit said...
@David: Terrible. Good job.


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― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 14:48 (twelve years ago) Permalink
god i love this movie
and john carpenter
i feel like i have rediscovered something and it's changing my life all over again
and i'm not even a 12-yr-old boy!
― rrrobyn, Monday, 19 May 2008 23:26 (eleven years ago) Permalink
Personally I love Big Trouble in Little China, who's with me?
― chap, Monday, 19 May 2008 23:34 (eleven years ago) Permalink
i think this is my spring/summer of john carpenter (realized i've never seen 'ghosts of mars' or 'vampires' all the way through, so, hm)
i think it will rule
― rrrobyn, Monday, 19 May 2008 23:34 (eleven years ago) Permalink
ernest borgnine and i have the same birthday
― rrrobyn, Monday, 19 May 2008 23:43 (eleven years ago) Permalink
Jeez, Rrobyn. I'm a Carpenter fan, but those are both terrible movies.
― Oilyrags, Monday, 19 May 2008 23:48 (eleven years ago) Permalink
realize the parenthetical - they will be in context of greater carpenter + i have completist tendencies
― rrrobyn, Monday, 19 May 2008 23:51 (eleven years ago) Permalink
Ah, I see. Well, enjoy the good ones, then!
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 00:01 (eleven years ago) Permalink
Pliskin's tat is out of control.
― Abbott, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 00:05 (eleven years ago) Permalink
this movie hasn't aged well IMHO
― Eisbaer, Friday, 1 August 2008 18:58 (ten years ago) Permalink
seeing it again after all these years, it looks ... and SOUNDS ... like an apocalyptic episode of "knight rider."
― Eisbaer, Friday, 1 August 2008 18:59 (ten years ago) Permalink
soundtrack may be best part.
― Steve Shasta, Friday, 1 August 2008 19:04 (ten years ago) Permalink
^ what he said
― jaxon, Friday, 1 August 2008 19:08 (ten years ago) Permalink
Some day I might write a blog about how the ending of the sequel has caused it to endure in my memory FAR longer than the tons and tons of better movies out there. It's really an awesome 15 seconds.
― Eric H., Friday, 1 August 2008 19:11 (ten years ago) Permalink
what is actually on the tape?
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Friday, 1 August 2008 19:13 (ten years ago) Permalink
Easily Adrian Barbau's finest hour.
ADRIENNE BARBEAU for the love of FIRE
and her finest hour is Swamp Thing obv
― David R., Friday, 1 August 2008 19:25 (ten years ago) Permalink
this is totally true!
― Simon H., Friday, 1 August 2008 19:31 (ten years ago) Permalink
Its aged really well, prob the best thing Carpenter ever did!
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 2 August 2008 14:52 (ten years ago) Permalink
This movie hasn't aged as well as Big Trouble in Little China or Halloween, but its pretty good, considering.
And Adrienne Barbeau's breasts are amazing to behold.
― B.L.A.M., Wednesday, 17 December 2008 04:50 (ten years ago) Permalink
And Isaac Hayes' car is amazing.
I think it's a part of many St. Louisan filmlovers' development to see this as a kid, just dig it like any other wacky movie, find out it was shot all downtown because downtown looks like a post-apocalyptic New York, rewatch it, and fall totally in love with it.
Seriously, I've known at least people who've gone through this cycle.
― en i see kay, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 05:37 (ten years ago) Permalink
at least six people
― en i see kay, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 05:38 (ten years ago) Permalink
Just watched this for the first time as a followup to doing BTILC the other night (see thread). It's...okay? Like, it cleaves so close to being the world's most generic dystopian craphole movie (I'm thinking of MST3k fave City Limits here), just a string of terrible cliches...but then there's this great supporting cast, who really do elevate the hell out of this: Lee Van Cleef is awesome, Ernest Borgnine is charming, Isaac Hayes is basically cool, and Harry Dean Stanton plays the sleazy treacherous guy like a sleazy treacherous guy who's had all the sleaze dried out of him in a few years of living in New York.
Soundtrack's sweet too. So I guess what didn't click for me was either the plot (great premise, but the episodes went up to 5 when they needed to go up to 11) or, sad to say, Kurt Russell, who looks and feels like he's cosplaying the character. Maybe it's just after watching BTILC, where he gets so much more material to work with, good lines, some jokes...here he just wheezes and grunts his way through the scenes. I still basically want to see him escape from New York but I'm not cheering when he does.
So, based on the above, should I keep following Russell & Carpenter down the Netflix rabbit hole? I get the impression Escape from LA is to be avoided at all costs...
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 07:47 (seven years ago) Permalink
yeah this film has a lot going for it but it manages to squander way too much of that. there's a lot of neat stuff that shows up and just kind of fizzles out b/c carpenter didn't seem to know what do with it, plot-wise. this is true of a bunch of other carpenter movies: they live (which like escape from n.y. has a climax that feels very rote), the thing (ditto)... not to mention the horrible crap he made in the 90s and 00s.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 10:26 (seven years ago) Permalink
like walter hill (a more unusual and somewhat better director IMO), he peaked early.
assault/halloween vs. the driver/the warriors??
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 10:28 (seven years ago) Permalink
Eh, I don't think Carpenter peaked early. He had a pretty much 100% successful run of movies from Dark Star to at least Big Trouble, or maybe They Live. That's nearly 15 years and 10 or so movies. I think it's more accurate to say that after such a strong run, he fell hard.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 15:00 (seven years ago) Permalink
I'd even go so far as In The Mouth of Madness, with the mis-step of Memoirs of an Invisible Man in between that and They Live. After that, though, ugh.
― A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 15:03 (seven years ago) Permalink
Mouth of Madness is okaaaay, and then yeah, massive drop after that. They Live is the last 'can be watched and enjoyed many times' Carpenter.
I didn't learn my lesson until paying to see Escape from LA *AND* Vampires in the theater...I was such a fangirl I kept hoping it would get better. But it really, really didn't. *cries*
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 17:29 (seven years ago) Permalink
Also Vampires is the reason I hate James Woods to this day.
banning amateurist...damn no ban button. banning alex in nyc in retrospect too for being such a dope.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 17:51 (seven years ago) Permalink
banning me for what? i didn't say all his '80s films suck. some of them are pretty damn good, if flawed. big trouble is probably the best of the lot. but they do seem like a dropoff to me from assault/halloween which are unfuckwithable.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 17:59 (seven years ago) Permalink
actually i think i was just taking alex's thread title and first post out on you. he's not around, i have to ban someone!
― scott seward, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 18:12 (seven years ago) Permalink
plus, i love this movie.
Pissed that Netflix has this streaming in pan and scan.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 18:14 (seven years ago) Permalink
and i really like later walter hill movies too. trespass, wild bill, last man standing, crossroads, johnny handsome, streets of fire, red heat, extreme prejudice.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 18:18 (seven years ago) Permalink
i'm actually more of a fan of streets of fire than i am of the 48 hours movies. though the first 48 hours is good.
though my fave three came out three years in a row: warriors, long riders, and southern comfort.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 18:20 (seven years ago) Permalink
and speaking of walter hill, would watch:
― scott seward, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 18:23 (seven years ago) Permalink
banning alex in nyc in retrospect too for being such a dope.
Why don't you go gargle with a bag of your own filth?
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 18:35 (seven years ago) Permalink
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 18:50 (seven years ago) Permalink
If an eyepatch and camo pants is wrong, I don't want it to be right.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 18:52 (seven years ago) Permalink
this is the weakest of the Carpenter/Russell troika but it is still great. Carpenter had an amazing 15 year run - Josh in Chicago otm about that. Even stuff like the Fog and They Live are loads of fun.
― Artful Dodderer (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 18:57 (seven years ago) Permalink
oof i should have known better than to summon the grouch.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 19:36 (seven years ago) Permalink
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 20:49 (seven years ago) Permalink
this is kind've the second worst thread title ever
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 21:04 (seven years ago) Permalink
― A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 21:09 (seven years ago) Permalink
watching this now - so many plot elements lifted from neuromancer!
― dayo, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 00:10 (seven years ago) Permalink


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Equinix to Build Out New IBX Center within Recently Acquired Washington, D.C. Area Campus
Foster City, CA — February 8, 2006 — Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the leading provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, today announced that the company will build out a new center within its Washington, D.C. area campus to further expand its Washington, D.C. area Internet Business Exchange™ (IBX®) center. Equinix also announced that it intends to expand in the fast growing Chicago metro area and has secured a potential site for future expansion.
Based on the success of Equinix's most recent expansion in the Washington, D.C. area in 2004, continued strong demand in the market, and strong financial returns, the company has decided to build out an existing structure on the campus that it announced the acquisition of last year. The expansion will add approximately 1,500 - 1,700 cabinets immediately adjacent to Equinix's existing IBX.
Equinix's Washington, D.C. area campus is located in the Dulles Corridor and is home to many of the region's technology companies. The campus totals 461,681 square feet and houses over 120 networks, making it one of the richest IP network interconnection points in the U.S. Equinix will build out one of the undeveloped buildings as a part of this new initiative, investing approximately $50.0 to $55.0 million of capital expenditures, of which approximately $40.0 million is expected to be incurred in 2006. The center will feature an updated design that will enable Equinix to expand its capacity and support the increased power and cooling demands of customers. Equinix intends to open the new center for customers in early 2007.
Equinix has also announced a decision to expand its presence in the Chicago metro area. Based on the results of a comprehensive nationwide demand study that Equinix conducted in 2005, this expansion will support enterprise demand in the Chicago area, and it will complement the strength of the Equinix Financial eXchange customer base in Equinix's existing Chicago IBX center located in the downtown area. A new center would be interconnected to Equinix's downtown center through redundant dark fiber links managed by Equinix, enabling new customers in each center to have direct access to the more than 75 networks already operating in Equinix's downtown IBX center.
To support this decision, Equinix has secured a potential site for $9.75 million, payable upon closing, in order to conduct a full evaluation of the property and the financial returns associated with a potential definitive purchase. The building is approximately 228,000 square feet. The agreement is subject to numerous closing conditions, including the satisfactory completion by Equinix of a comprehensive due diligence review of the property. As part of the evaluation process, Equinix is considering several partnering and financing options for building out this center and is also evaluating options to build out this center in a phased approach.
"Demand and pricing trends in these markets make new green field builds financially attractive for Equinix again," said Peter Van Camp, CEO of Equinix. "Today's announcement is a continuation of our ongoing expansion program to enable us to grow the company with the potential to generate annual revenues of $500 million over time."
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Social media communication carries with it a wide array of legal risks, and as such requires the same compliance principles that govern e-mail and IM retention — this extends to tweets and LinkedIn profiles, as evidenced in recent cases and regulations. In the City of Ontario v. Quon, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the City of Ontario did not violate its employee's right to privacy by auditing messages sent over a company-issued pager. FINRA Regulatory Notice 10-06 affirmed that FINRA-registered financial firms are responsible for supervising the use of social networking sites and retaining messages.
Whether your firm allows social networking or not, employees are using these sites to help them build business, leaving the company open to compliance violations. Therefore, it is essential to ensure company internal policies and archiving systems extend to these channels to remain compliant. Smarsh has provided the following information with regard to social media compliance.
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VIDEO: LeBron, Miami thump Thunder in Thursday's showdown
OKLAHOMA CITY — Weeks before Russell Westbrook knew he would need a third knee surgery, back when he was rolling right along with his Oklahoma City Thunder, and so too were Portland and San Antonio, he was asked to rank his team's prowess in the Western Conference.
"I think we're the best team in the NBA," Westbrook said. "I don't think about the West or the East. We're the best in the NBA."
The Thunder entered Thursday night's showdown against the Miami Heat boasting the league's best record. But anointing a best team isn't something to be done in December or February. And so it was on OKC's home floor, on the night Westbrook made his long-awaited return to a standing ovation, that LeBron James provided this stark reminder to all: He is not only the reigning two-time MVP, but the two-time reigning Finals MVP to boot.
He delivered an overwhelming start, scoring the Heat's first 12 points, deflecting passes, running the floor and dunking with no remorse as Miami roared to a 34-17 lead after one quarter. The Thunder made several runs, got as close as five points, but each time the Heat, led by a LeBron growing more menacing by the game, answered with force.
Whatever has James fired up, whether it's Durant's frontrunning MVP candidacy, the Mount Rushmore volcano, the whipping Oklahoma City wind, he is using it to his advantage. Thursday's game-high 33 points in 33 minutes on 15-for-22 shooting — 14-for-17 inside the arc — was his 13th 30-point game since Jan. 1, and his fourth in a row. He has seven of them in the last nine games going back to the Jan. 29 home loss to the Thunder that put on exclamation point on Durant's stupendous MVP run.
The only way the Thunder found to stop the bleeding was to actually make James bleed. He got clobbered with about six minutes left as he aggressively attacked Thunder power forward Serge Ibaka at the rim. Somehow he made the bucket, then crashed to the floor with blood flowing from his nose. He left the game and wouldn't return, but the damage was done as Miami held on for a 103-81 rout.
He was ruled free of a concussion after the game, and will have until Sunday to recuperate before the black-and-blue Chicago Bulls come calling in Miami. The Heat will take a four-game win streak into that game as they completed a six-game all-Western Conference road trip 5-1, ringing up West contenders OKC and the L.A. Clippers, plus West playoff teams Golden State, Phoenix and Dallas with James shooting 57.1 percent on the trip.
If this is Durant's MVP to lose, at least now we must consider the race officially on.
Of course, the regular-season MVP award is secondary to a Heat three-peat or the Thunder capturing their first championship, but history is attached to this MVP. No one has won three in a row since Larry Bird did it from 1983-86. Before Bird it was Wilt Chamberlain from 1965-68. And before Wilt it was Bill Russell from 1960-63.
Chicago's Derrick Rose spoiled James' first run at three in 2011, and now Durant is threatening to do it again. Westbrook, who has watched every mesmerizing performance from the bench as he recovered, said Durant is clearly the MVP as of now.
"It's obvious, it's obvious," Westbrook said. "I mean he has so many different stats throughout the season that nobody has done. He's done a great job of leading us as a group. He's done it in a way that I don't think nobody has done it this year."
It wasn't so obvious Thursday. Durant finished with 28 points on 10-for-22 shooting, but he was just 1-for-6 from beyond the arc and he even missed three of his 10 free throws. As James attacked early, Durant played it passively, perhaps hoping to give Westbrook an opportunity to gather his legs and find his touch. Whatever it was, the Heat defense walled him off. Durant turned it over three times and was 0-for-2 six minutes in; James had 14 points, six on dunks and Miami was off to a 20-8 start.
"He did what very few can do, that's impact and set the tone on both sides of the court," Spoelstra said. "He's an absolute, true throwback in terms of being a two-way player and understanding how important it is. While he wasn't necessarily on Durant to start, he was very active with his hands and blowing up pick-and-roll coverages with his speed and his awareness, and obviously he was just so aggressive with that mentality, everybody just gained confidence from that."
James has the Heat surging, and quietly now just 1 1/2 games behind Indiana. Meanwhile, the Thunder face a period of transition as Westbrook and Durant work on the fly to regain the form that led to a 21-4 record before their three-time All-Star point went under the knife again.
It will all make for a fascinating stretch drive and a very meaningful race for MVP.
"I've never put pressure on myself to receive the [MVP] award," James said. "I just went out and played my game. That was what happened out of it. And obviously, for me, I try to be the MVP every night for our team and just try to put us in position to win."
He did so, emphatically, Thursday night.
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TRINIDAD, Cuba — The taxi from Cienfuegos to Trinidad takes a little more than an hour. It's a breakneck ride on a beautiful road, with densely forested hills rising above cultivated fields. Ambling horse carts veer to the side of the nearly empty highway; we pass them as if they're standing still.
"This isn't a taxi," I mutter to my driver, flinching. "It's a private jet."
Trinidad, near Cuba's south-central shore, is one of the country's most beloved destinations: a beautifully preserved Spanish colonial town founded in 1514. In 1988, the town's labyrinth of cobbled streets and plazas was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It's one of those places where every day seems reason for celebration. The restaurants and bars pulse to a Latin beat, their tables laden with strong mojitos and Bucanero beers. After nightfall, the scene outside the Casa de la Música — just a hop from the cathedral — is as lively as a Max Fleischer cartoon.
As a solo traveler in Cuba, you have two choices for lodging: at one of the reasonably charming hotels not far from each town's main plaza, or at a casa particular, the home of a Cuban family licensed to take in tourists.
During my first week in the country as part of a U.S.-approved people-to-people delegation, I checked in at some pretty classy hotels. On my own it was casas all the way. These friendly, immersive home stays are an ideal way to meet locals, practice conversational Spanish, eat beer-battered fish and gain transformative insights into Cuba's evolving socialist experiment.
But the equation works both ways. Sometimes, it's the Cubans who are transformed by their visitors.
One example is Julio Muñoz, 45, Cuba's best-known horse whisperer. Muñoz comes from a line of prominent Spanish immigrants; his two older brothers are gynecologists. Their spacious family casa sits on a sunny corner of Trinidad, adjoining the maternity clinic where Julio and his brothers were born. The house has been in his family for generations, though they lost other properties and businesses after the revolution in the 1950s.
"Why didn't I leave Cuba?" Muñoz says with a shrug. "I am a survivor. And I'm a person who loves my people and loves my country. I find ways to be happy. With my horses, and with my friends, I am incredibly happy."
After a quick, thick coffee at the casa, we hire a cab and bump along the cobblestone roads leading to Finca del Chino, the ranch where his horses roam free. During the drive, Muñoz describes the series of events that changed his life.
"Since I was a kid," he says, "I've been interested in photography. But good cameras were hard to get. Also, Cuba didn't have a tradition of scenic photography. Normally, Cubans take pictures of weddings, birthdays, quinceañeras, things like that. But no fine-art photography."
In mid-1994, as tourism restrictions relaxed, the intense, wiry Muñoz turned his home into a casa particular. Thanks to his knowledge of Trinidad and his command of English, the Casa Colonial Muñoz quickly became popular.
"Journalists, filmmakers — all were greedy to come to Cuba to make films, to write articles. And Trinidad was one of their favorite places. I was hired as a 'fixer' to scout locations, translate, find people. That's when I learned there was another way to take pictures."
Inspired and encouraged by the photographers who stayed at his casa (one of them even left him a block of color slide film), Muñoz expanded his horizons. He began to explore Trinidad with new eyes and a fresh appreciation for the city's architecture, culture and landscape.
"I wanted to record everything." Muñoz rolls down the taxi's window, letting in the heat. "And one of the most beautiful parts of Trinidad is the countryside. But the only way to reach it is by horse. And when I started riding horses to reach the countryside — well, that's when I fell in love with horses.
"It was like a loop of events. Because I rent rooms in my house, I am led to photography. Because of photography, I am led to horses — and through my love of horses, to the horse-whispering techniques."
We arrive at Finca del Chino, named for the rugged owner, and accept a cup of strong coffee and a wedge of farm cheese from Chino's wife.
There are many styles of "natural horsemanship," Muñoz explains, sipping his demitasse, "but the core is the same. Never treat badly the horse. Never give pain to the horse. I don't use spurs; I don't use a whip.
"And, most important, use the horse's psychology. How do they live in the natural world? How do they communicate between each other? When you learn to use this kind of body language, you can do amazing things."
One of Julio's first horses, Diana, was born and raised in his Trinidad casa. "She was living in the house like a dog and walking throughout the house — I have videos of all that." Diana died after an injury, but Julio has immortalized her by starting a foundation, the Diana Project, that advocates for equine health and well being.
Muñoz leads me past napping cats, rusting farm implements and muddied boots. Spurs hang on a wall, proof that other ranchers at this finca train their horses in the traditional way, through pain and intimidation. This clearly upsets Muñoz. But he continues to teach by example, hoping his methods will be absorbed.
"It's very difficult to change the way Cubans treat horses," he says. "They use them like a disposable tool. They don't understand that with natural horsemanship, the horse is happy. It's willing and glad to do things. There is a joy. There is a connection."
Muñoz's current love is a 4-year-old filly named Luna de Miel — Honeymoon. We climb through a barbed-wire gate, and he disappears over a small rise. He returns a moment later astride the brown quarter horse. The affection between man and beast is evident. Muñoz dismounts and shows me exactly how trusting she has become. He tickles her ears, picks her nose, even takes hold of her thick, wet tongue.
Luna endures the routine patiently, then snuggles gamely up to me (I don't go for her tongue) while he snaps a photo. It's a cute shot, but it doesn't compare with the pictures of him with his horse. Together, they're practically a centaur.
"It really is like that," Muñoz says with a laugh when I remark on the telepathy between them. "When I drink rum, my horse gets drunk."
There is another side to Muñoz as well. Like many Cubans, he's a devout Catholic whose observances were long suppressed by the socialist regime. During my visit, though, thanks to policy relaxations by President Raúl Castro (Fidel's younger brother), Trinidad will hold a much-anticipated celebration. A statue of Cuba's patron saint — La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre, or Our Lady of Charity — will be carried through the rustic streets in an emotional procession.
Muñoz has arranged the equine aspects of the event. "I am the boss of the horses," he proclaims proudly. His gifted 17-year-old daughter, Maria Carmen, will sing to the crowd.
Such observances are a sign of relaxation concurrent with Cuba's growth in tourism. But unlike the recent economic changes, this procession confirms a conviction that people here have long kept to themselves.
"After the revolution, the government tried to erase Cuban history," Muñoz says with a slight smile. "But they couldn't do it."
The next afternoon, as Maria Carmen's powerful voice fills the cathedral's plaza, I sit on a doorstep and devour yet another cubano of salty ham and gooey queso. Muñoz soon appears at the head of a noble parade, Luna de Miel his faithful mount. He nods to me, filled with pride as he guides Honeymoon through the age-old pageant.
From a visitor's vantage, it's hard to know if religious freedom is making a comeback in Cuba, or if this is a one-time easing of government restrictions. The single indisputable thing I've learned during my visit is that the country is indeed changing at a pace that alternately plods and gallops.


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2010 Women's Tennis Recap
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The women's tennis team finished the season with an overall record of 3-6, 2-5 in the Skyline Conference.
Freshman Jamie Prendergast (Long Beach, N.Y.) finished the season with a 4-4 record in #3 singles. Prendergast teamed with sophomore Vanessa Josma (Massapequa, N.Y.) in first doubles and the pair posted a 3-5 record.
Sophomore Laura Earlie (Moriches, N.Y.), the #4 singles player for Farmingdale State, held a 4-4 record, while senior Simonette Clarke (Amityville, N.Y.) was 3-3 at fifth singles. Sophomore Regina Cane (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) played first singles for the Rams and her and Earlie held a 5-3 record as doubles teammates.
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Week 24: Can Knicks give Miami a run? | Needing, using the top pick | Last call: Are Lakers in or out?
Who needs the Draft's No. 1 pick the most? Who will use it best?
Steve Aschburner: Charlotte. Please, Charlotte. No team in The Association needs more help – on the court, at the turnstiles, for the boss' legacy – than the Bobcats. Doesn't matter how they spend it (Nerlens Noel, Marcus Smart, whomever), they need to pick high, they need to get it right, they need to get moving. As for which team would best utilize it, I'm thinking San Antonio, which aces the No. 1 pick every time it gets it.
Fran Blinebury: Oh, for sure the Bobcats need it the most. They've been living on the bottom so long they should be renamed "Flounders." Of course, based on Michael Jordan's stewardship, they'll be right back fishing for No. 1 again next season. Orlando probably deserves it after having Shaq and Dwight Howard walk out the door. But based on what's already going on in Cleveland and the pieces that have already been put around Kyrie Irving, I believe the Cavs could take a big step forward with the No. 1 pick and make it more appealing for free agent LeBron James to return in 2014.
Jeff Caplan: We all know who needs the No. 1 pick. His initials are M and J. But do we trust the Charlotte Bobcats owner with the top pick? I've got a bridge to sell you … So who'd best utilize it? I'd like to see what Dell Demps and Monty Williams could deliver to the young and intriguing New Orleans Pelicans.
Scott Howard-Cooper: Needs it most? Probably Charlotte or Sacramento. The other teams with the best chance to get No. 1 either had relatively recent success or signs of forward movement in place. The Bobcats have struggled to gain traction and the Kings are rowing in circles. Who makes the best use of the pick? The GM that still has his job in two years. This Draft is filled with potential peril.
John Schuhmann: The answer to the first question is obviously the Bobcats, because they're terrible on both ends of the floor and need help at every position, except maybe small forward (because I like the Kidd-Gilchrist/Taylor combination if they just get MKG a dedicated shooting coach). I think the Pistons would do well with the pick, though. They already have three young pieces with Brandon Knight, Andre Drummond and Greg Monroe. If they keep Jose Calderon, use their cap space wisely, and add a top pick that's ready to contribute, they could be ready to take the next step.
Sekou Smith: First we we have to identify exactly what the team with the No. 1 pick in the Draft would be getting their hands on with that top pick. And from what I saw during March Madness, there didn't seem to be a program changer running through the college ranks. If Ben McLemore of Kansas is the man, then it would be fantastic to see what a couple of unusual lottery types could do with the No. 1 pick. The Dallas Mavericks need a young star to help bridge the gap between the Dirk Nowitzki era and whatever comes next. Sure, the Charlotte Bobcats are in much more dire straits than an outfit like the Mavericks. But after years of seeing what perennial lottery teams do with the top picks in the Draft, I'd love to see what the Mavericks could do with the No. 1 overall pick.


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Letter to the House of Representatives Supporting the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
October 02, 2008
Dear Representative:
On behalf of the National Education Association's (NEA) 3.2 million members, we urge you to support the Senate-passed version of H.R.1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, because it addresses issues critically important to children and public education. As part of legislation addressing the nation's fiscal crisis, this bill would extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act, the tax deduction for classroom supplies educators buy with their own money, Qualified Zone Academy Bonds (QZAB) for school modernization, the Child Tax Credit, and provide mental health parity.
Specifically, we are concerned about:
- Substantial and devastating funding cuts for 4,400 rural schools in 42 states. The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination program, created in 2000 to ensure a consistent funding stream for rural schools near national forests, has already expired. Failure to reauthorize and fund the program immediately has already resulted in school closings and further curtailed essential educational services.
- Making it possible for educators to continue purchasing essential classroom supplies with their own money. Educators are spending more of their own money each year to buy pencils, glue, scissors, facial tissues, and other essential classroom supplies. Most recently, the National School Supply and Equipment Association found that in 2005-2006, educators spent an average of $826 for supplies and $926 for instructional materials, for a total of $1,752.
- Meeting the pressing need for renovation, repairs, and 21st century technology in disadvantaged communities through the QZAB program. QZABs are an efficient and cost-effective financing mechanism in urban and rural areas alike. Investors receive a federal tax credit equal to the amount of interest payable on the bonds, thereby relieving local taxpayers and municipalities of the interest burden.
- Extending the Child Tax Credit to working families who don't earn enough to qualify for the current credit. Many are young families, simultaneously struggling to make a living and care for their children.
- Providing mental health parity. One in five Americans-children as well as adults-suffers from a mental or brain-based illness, according to the U.S. Surgeon General. Access to great public schools is a basic right for every child. By the same token, every child deserves the chance for a healthy start in life, including treatment for mental as well as physical conditions that impair the ability to learn and succeed in school.
NEA members across the country will be watching congressional actions closely to be sure these critical issues are addressed. We urge Congress to act on them now.
Diane Shust, Director of Government Relations
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Shaken baby syndrome is difficult to diagnose, unless someone accurately describes what happens. Physicians often report that a child with possible shaken baby syndrome is brought for medical attention due to falls, difficulty breathing, seizures, vomiting, altered consciousness or choking.
The caregiver may report that the child was shaken to try to resuscitate it. Babies with severe or lethal shaken baby syndrome are typically brought to the hospital unconscious with a closed head injury.
To diagnose shaken baby syndrome, physicians look for retinal hemorrhages (bleeding in the retina of the eyes), subdural hematoma (blood in the brain) and increased head size indicating excessive accumulation of fluid in the tissues of the brain.
Damage to the spinal cord and broken ribs from grasping the baby too hard are other signs of shaken baby syndrome. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans can assist in showing injuries in the brain, but are not regularly used because of their expense.
A milder form of this syndrome can also be observed and may be missed or misdiagnosed. Subtle symptoms which may be the result of shaken baby syndrome are often attributed to mild viral illnesses, feeding dysfunction or infant colic. These include a history of poor feeding, vomiting or flu-like symptoms with no accompanying fever or diarrhea, lethargy and irritability over a period of time.
Often the visit to the medical facility does not occur immediately after the initial injury. Without early medical intervention, the child may be at risk for further damage or even death, depending on the continued occurrences of shaking.
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I liked this book because it tells about penguins! This book reminds me of the movie March of the Penguins because it shows how penguins take care of their babies. The photos are excellent because they show real penguins.
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Eminem Is Back in the Studio, 'Southpaw' Movie on Hold
Eminem has remain relatively quiet in the past couple of months and with good reason. The Detroit rhyme-slinger is back in the studio working on his eighth album. His last effort, 'Recovery', dropped in 2010 and has sold 5.7 million copies worldwide.
Now that Eminem is recording again, production on his much-talked about boxing movie 'Southpaw' has been delayed. The Grammy-winning rapper has signed on to play the lead character in the gritty drama about a boxer trying to make a comeback against insurmountable odds. The movie will mark Em's first lead role in a movie since his 2002 performance in '8 Mile.'
"He's focusing on his music right now, so while he's doing that, while he's in that space, he wanted to put [the film] on hold for the time being," Eminem's rep Dennis Dennehy told the Detroit Free Press.
The 'Southpaw' project is not necessarily dead and there's hope that the film will eventually get made. Eminem has applied for film permits in the metro-Detroit area but withdrew them citing "talent issues."
Relocating the project out of Detroit would financially hurt the already cash-strapped city, but Dennehy insists that's not the case. "What I'm told is when the film does get made, the plan is that the bulk of it will be shot in Michigan. That was always the understanding," he says.
It's good to hear that Eminem is back in the studio recording new music. Let's hope his 'Southpaw' movie gets off the ground, as well.