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Bumgarner subdues Dodgers with eight-inning gem
LOS ANGELES -- Madison Bumgarner's first pitch Tuesday night was a strike. So were most of the remaining 100 he threw.
After being subdued by Los Angeles' Clayton Kershaw on Opening Day, the Giants reversed their fortunes as Bumgarner gave the reigning World Series champions their first victory of the year. Displaying remarkable precision, Bumgarner limited the Dodgers to two hits in eight innings in San Francisco's 3-0 triumph.
This didn't quite match Gaylord Perry and Ray Washburn pitching back-to-back no-hitters in September 1968 at Candlestick Park. But it was along those lines as Bumgarner followed Kershaw's four-hit shutout with an equally admirable performance.
Bumgarner retired the first five hitters he faced before Andre Ethier doubled. That prompted Bumgarner to record 18 outs in a row, a spell broken by A.J. Ellis' two-out double in the eighth. Undaunted, Bumgarner ended the inning by slipping a called third strike past Nick Punto.
Sergio Romo recorded his first save of the season with a perfect ninth inning.
While Bumgarner threw 76 strikes in 101 pitches, his accuracy was as well-timed as it was consistent. Bumgarner threw first-pitch strikes to the first 17 batters he faced and 22 of 26 overall. He issued no walks and didn't reach a three-ball count until he confronted his 19th hitter, Jerry Hairston Jr., in the sixth inning.
"That's the best I've felt in a long time," said Bumgarner, who's 5-1 with a 1.94 ERA in his last six starts against the Dodgers.
Forced to protect a 1-0 lead until shortstop Justin Sellers' pair of seventh-inning throwing errors helped the Giants score two unearned runs, Bumgarner responded to the taut score.
"If it's close like that, there's no room for error," he said. "I felt like I was careful and kept the ball out of the middle as much as I could."
Catcher Buster Posey confirmed Bumgarner's view.
"His command on the fastball was outstanding from start to finish and he mixed his pitches really well," Posey said. "He throws the ball inside so well that when he can locate on the outside corner, he's going to be really tough."
Manager Bruce Bochy sensed immediately that the Giants would receive Bumgarner's best. The left-hander threw nine strikes in 11 pitches during the first inning.
"You could tell that he was on top of his game early," Bochy said.
Dodgers manager Don Mattingly didn't argue with any of these assessments.
"Madison tonight was kind of exceptional with his control," Mattingly said. "I've never seen him throw quite that many strikes. It seemed like he was ahead of every guy. Obviously he's a guy that's got good stuff. He's deceptive. He's got a good arm. He's got a tough angle for guys to deal with. If he gets the ball to the other side of the plate, he's going to be tough. He's a guy we've had trouble with in the past and tonight in the present also. We're going to have to do a little bit better job with him and make some adjustments."
Facing Hyun-Jin Ryu, the left-hander making his first Major League start after starring for seven seasons in Korean professional ball, the Giants looked goofy at best and ragged at worst on offense. Joaquin Arias, replacing the ill Brandon Belt at first base, collected the team's initial RBI of 2013. Free-swinging Pablo Sandoval coaxed the first walk. The Giants grounded into four double plays, two by Posey. And they still don't have an extra-base hit.
The Giants amassed nine hits, all singles, in the first five innings. But they went only 1-for-6 with runners in scoring position in that span as Ryu induced three double-play grounders.
San Francisco mustered a fourth-inning run, its first of the season, on consecutive one-out singles by Posey, Hunter Pence and Arias.
The Giants seized upon the Dodgers' sloppiness to score a pair of unearned runs in the seventh. Arias opened the inning by reaching first base as Sellers' throw pulled Adrian Gonzalez off the bag. After Andres Torres singled to right, Brandon Crawford's grounder to first advanced the runners. Out went Ryu and in came hard-throwing right-hander Ronald Belisario. Bumgarner met that challenge by hitting a high chopper up the middle. Sellers grabbed the ball and overthrew catcher Ellis as Arias slid home. Belisario compounded the error by forgetting to cover home plate, enabling Torres to score.
"It was a 100 percent team effort," Bumgarner said.
His effort at least equaled that figure.


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Use your space wisely when creating a TV room
By Linda Merrill, Networx
Is it time to shake things up? A simple re-arranging job is all you may need to do to breath new life into tired rooms, without spending a dollar.
First Assess Your Space
First, you want to assess how functional your current arrangement really is. Do you find yourself bumping into furniture, or straining to have a simple conversation with another person in the room? Often, once we plunk our furniture down in a room, it never really moves again. It's literally stuck and so are we. Assess what the function of the room is - what happens there and who uses it and determine if the furniture currently in place support those needs. Often, we don't need to buy furniture, but we actually should get rid of items. If you are not using something -- a television set, Grandma's wing chair or a small table for instance -- then consider if they can be used in another room of the house for another purpose, or donated to a local charity.
Next, Plan Your Space
Once you've gotten rid of the extras, you will have more room to breath and to create new arrangements. Create cozier conversation areas, or a private little reading nook with a comfy chair, lamp and footstool. Become a creative space planner by considering your needs and using your furniture to support those needs.
Use the Unexpected
One of the most effective tools in the interior designer's tool belt is the use of the unexpected. Have you ever thought about employing this tactic to furniture arranging? How about placing a small sofa in the kitchen with a round table in front of it for a cozy breakfast nook? Or, if you have an open kitchen/family room combination and a separate dining room, have you ever considered turning the family room area into a large dining area and the dining room into a quieter space for television watching or reading? If you don't do much formal entertaining, the dining room likely sits empty most of the time. By swapping the two rooms around, you are creating a large multi-use living space of kitchen/dining/family area that can be used for casual dinner parties (after all, doesn't everyone congregate in the kitchen anyway?) AND you will have a new quieter family room for reading or movie watching.
Swap Accessories Around the House
Consider swapping accessories and art around the home. Just because the painting you have over the fireplace has always been there doesn't mean it has to be there. Maybe it will work in a bathroom or in the front hall. A trick is to gather all your decorative items off the walls and shelves and from the attic and basement into one space and lay everything out. You will quickly see new groupings of items that you may not have considered before. The quilt you have stored in the back of the linen closet may make an excellent wall hanging in the kitchen, or the pillar candles normally forgotten on the mantle will add a romantic touch to the bathtub area.
"See" your belongings with a new eye and you are sure to breath new life into your entire interior.
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Cheers SBI, good show etc etc. :beer:
Also, why is this ending?
Teams for the World Team Cup in Düsseldorf have been finalised:
Becker Haas
Gunther Heug
Manfried Manz
Walter Schiller
United States
Darcy Cowan
Jason Bradley
Hugh James
Ralph Robinson
West CWLand
Sven Oxenstierna
Heath Davis
Jojo Mustard
East CWLand
Spas Delev
Roy Daniels
Matt Bre
Zoltán Varga
János Varga
Imre Medgyessy
Danijel Micic
Srdjan Ivic
OUT Savo Petkovia
Dusko Milosevic
IN Viktor Bosich
Ion Andueza
Sanchez Emelio
Juan Manuel Cortés
Antonio Bachunelli
Michael De Kinsele
Sandro Bachunelli
West CWLand will operate on a rotational basis to give all players a go.
And the draw:
Blue Group
West CWLand
Red Group
East CWLand
United States
PTA Ranking Points
Singles 1
1st R: +35
2nd R: +35
3rd R: +35
*Finals: +95
**Bonus Points: +50
Singles 2
1st R: +25
2nd R: +25
3rd R: +25
*Finals: +50
**Bonus Points: +50
Doubles Deciding Match
1st R: +35
2nd R: +35
3rd R: +35
*Finals: +95
**Bonus Points: +50
Doubles Dead Rubber
1st R: +10
2nd R: +10
3rd R: +10
*Finals: +20
**Bonus Points: 0
* Player who only play the finals will be awarded points from the previous round
** Players must win all 4 matches and be part of the winning team in order to earn the Bonus Points
In average ranking terms, which of these teams are the best? West CWLand must have a pretty decent team with the Ox (4), Jojo (14?) and myself (29?)
Westerners easily the strongest here, but the Blue Group is the tougher group. Hungary are OK, though.
Nice Preview
Full draw
A field that has been hit by a torrent of injuries now looks pretty weak in the last traditional tournament before Roland Garros. Jefferson Drake leads the back, but he joins two other Madrid quarter finalists in the top four seeds in a pretty strong top handful of players. Despite a disappointing exit late last week in Madrid, Drake was starting to show some real touch and could cap off a solid Open preparation with a tournament win here. He's on the first line of betting, and realistically should run himself into some form by the semis. Drake vs. Carlo Amato is the match I suspect most people want to see by semi final time, and I'm not sure there's many players standing in their way.
In the other half, Brett Read has a good chance of seeing second round and maybe even quarter final action. Mark Harmel has watched his ranking plumet with a string of bad results, while Toby Brookes makes a winnable second opponent. Although this is the first time this tournament has been held, Brookes is effectively the defending champion having won Pörtschach which was replaced this year by Nice.
Prediction: Jefferson Drake def. Patrick Pascaul
Smokey: Pierre L'Estrange
Düsseldorf OOP - Sunday & Monday
Red: (1) Haas vs. (1) A. Bachunelli
Red: (2) Heug vs. (2) De Kinsele
not before 4:00 p.m.
Blue: (1) Oxenstierna vs. (1) Z. Varga
Blue: Ivic (1) vs. Andueza (1)
Blue: Micic (1) vs. Emelio (1)
not before 4:00 p.m.
Red: Bre (2) vs. Bradley (2)
Red: GER vs ITA Doubles
not before 2:30 p.m.
Red: (1) Delev vs. (1) Cowan
not before 5:00 p.m.
Blue: FRC vs. HUN Doubles
Blue: (2) Mustard vs. (2) J. Varga
followed by
Red: SRB vs. ESP Doubles
not before 5:00 p.m.
Red: CDR vs. USA Doubles
Haha, quality team from the East 8|
Cremona Preview
Oh man, a dog of a draw with most of the 100+ ranked players looking to qualify later this week. Scotland Rivers leads the high ranked guys who are allergic to clay, guys with rankings above 200 and Rob Bowenburg. Rivers should sleepwalk into the semis at least, and in reality should coast into the final. He can tune up against ordinary players before facing bigger tests like Jeremy Natale and Tu Haifeng later on.
Bowenburg has it a bit tougher with no qualifiers or wildcards to pad out his section, but he'd be disappointed with anything less than a semi final. He's in the best form of any one in the draw, but a week out from the French Open this is a puzzling choice to play here. Ivars Emsis has played a lot of tennis on hard courts and could spring the surprise.
Prediction: Rivers def. Emsis.
I'll put up the qualifying draw for Roland Garros (kill me now :( ) after the first round of action in Nice and Cremona, and Tuesday in Düsseldorf. I just whacked pretty much every CWLander old and new in there.
ARAG World Team Cup II
PTA 250 - Sunday (Day One) - Düsseldorf, Germany - Clay (Red)
- Sven Oxenstierna vs. Zoltán Varga promised a lot but delivered little as the World No. 4 gave West CWLand a 1-0 lead after Sunday in Düsseldorf. Arguably the two best clay players in the draw and certainly the pair in the best form, Oxenstierna would have expected a tough hitout to perfect his Roland Garros preparation. But it wasn't Zoltán Varga at his best as the Hungarian struggled for rhythm throughout the match as Oxenstierna coasted to a 6-3, 6-3 win. The scoreline flattered the Hungarian as Oxenstierna never looked troubled in his dominant straight sets win.
- There was less to be happy about for East CWLand as Matt Bre was thrashed by the USA's Jason Bradley. Sending the East down 0-1, Bre's lack of form was shown up by the American journeyman who eased to a 6-3, 6-1 win. It doesn't get any easier tomorrow with Spas Delev facing top ten player Darcy Cowan who appears for the first time since Miami.
- Elsewhere, Germany and Italy are tied at one rubber each with Serbia and Spain locked at the same score.
Open de Nice Côte d'Azur II
PTA 250 - 1st Round - Nice, France - Clay (Red)
- Brett Read has made an unblemished start to his week in Nice as the West CWLandish qualifier made light work of Belgium's Mark Harmel. Harmel's form has been rat**** as of late, but he and Read employ similar styles as the two engaged in a largely uneventful baseline affair. But the World No. 141 was clearly too good as a baseline war against a player without dangerous ground strokes is well in his comfort zone as he cruised to a 6-3, 6-3 win to move to the round of 16. He now plays Alex Peters after the German tamed Toby Brookes 6-2, 6-3. Interestingly, Brookes won the now defunct Pörtschach tournament this week last year and in the semi finals ousted Read 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 on the way to his title.
- Seeded players out: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...tralia.svg.png Toby Brookes; http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Spain.svg.png Sergio Joaquín.


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Oceanbridge Sail Auckland 2013 came to a roaring conclusion, with strong winds again pushing the sailors to their physical limits on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour.
On the final day of Kiteboard racing, Tauranga's Torrin Bright extended his lead on the fleet of 20 riders, extending his chain to six race wins in a row. Best women was Justina Sellers (NZL), finishing 12th in the open fleet.
Local board sailing coach Dave Robertson took the early regatta lead on day one, but Torrin proved to be unstoppable in the high winds of the final two days, when kiteboards where one of the few classes able to sail at all. Matt Taggert (GBR) completed the podium.
Kiteboards took part in Sail Auckland for the first time, and already provided the third biggest fleet, shortly after the Lasers and the strong local OK fleet. Competitors and sailors alike were more than satisfied with the regatta - the weather provided fun conditions to sail and the Auckland organizers proved to be on top of the game, setting up perfect racing. Surely everybody is looking forward to the next edition of Sail Auckland, and probably future major class championship events.
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Cursed Forest spotlighted in new Sacred 2: Ice and Blood video
A video showing off Sacred 2's Ice and Blood expansion on PC has surfaced over on CVG. Watching it, you will become privy to the new Cursed Forest area. The expansion adds more to the world of Ancaria with two new regions and over 30 hours of additional gameplay, but a new playable character is […]
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Sacred 2 add-on almost finished, international date up in the air
DeepSilver, a division of Koch Media, will release the upcoming add-on for the PC version of Sacred 2 on August 28 in Germany. Titled Ice & Blood, an international release date has not been provided as of yet, and the expansion for the console version is still being planned as well and you can keep […]
Sacred 2 PC gets patched to 2.43.0
Exactly what it says on the tin: the PC version of Ascaron's RPG, Sacred 2, has been patched to version 2.43. Download it directly from Ascaron's site and read the full patch notes over on the forums. There's no hint if this is on its way to consoles or not. Get clicking.
Ascaron still working on Sacred 2 add-on
Ascaron still owns the license to Sacred, and it was not part of the IPs that Kalypso recently purchased from the troubled company. According to the Sacred message boards, community manager Anca Adelina Finta stated: "Studio 2 (subsidiary company of Ascaron) has the license for Sacred 2 and the devs will continue working at the […]
Sacred 2 - more screens
Some more shots of the 360 version of Sacred 2 on GameInfoWire. It's a Bank Holiday, OK? It's out in June.
PS3 Sacred 2 video released
Eurogamer Germany has a new video of the PS3 version of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel. It shows character customization and a tiny bit of gameplay. Developer Ascaron recently revealed the company had entered administration, as well confirming the existence of both a Sacred 2 add-on and a full sequel. Hit up Eurogamer for the video.
Sacred 2 dev files for bankruptcy protection, add-on and third game in works
Sacred 2 developer Ascaron Entertainment filed for bankruptcy protection on April 14, reports WorthPlaying. According to the site, delays may have attributed to the firm's financial issues. To try and get another company interesting in acquiring the studio, it was revealed that an add-on for Sacred 2 is scheduled for release this summer, as is […]
Sacred 2 is golden, invades Europe June 5
The console version of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel has reached gold status, and will release on June 5 for PS3 and 360. The PC version was released in November last year. Sacred 2 will arrive in the states May 12. Press release follows.
Sacred 2 high elf mount has video, go-faster stripes
There's a video of the high elf's special mount in Sacred 2 after the break. It's blue and it floats. It has snazzy stripes on the side. It looks a bit dragony. The Koch RPG's out on Marh 24.
Sacred 2 - Wide-eyed men talk metal in role-playing game
As far as PR goes, the video after the link is something of a classic. It's about a band called Blind Guardian, and how it got involved in doing the music for Ascaron RPG Sacred 2. Basically, the band wanted to do a game, but couldn't. And then it could. And there was metal in […]
Sacred 2 gets firm release dates, Atari to publish
Atari has announced that it will be publishing Ascaron Entertainment's RPG, Sacred 2, and to celebrate, they've unveiled firm release dates for both PC and console. The PC version will ship November 11, not November 7 as we told you the other day. The console versions hit the shelves on February 17. So that's that. […]
Sacred 2 demo released
Ascaron's released a demo for RPG Sacred 2, available now from FilePlanet. Apparently, "This exciting new demo immerses gamers in the mystical world of Ancaria, as they experience a small sampling of the quests, environments and monsters that will be part of the grand adventure of the full game. Playing as the beautiful and deadly […]
VO virgin Rob Purchese is "magnificent talent," says Sacred 2 dev
Eurogamer news chap Rob Purchese clearly isn't just a pretty face. As seen in this EGTV video, the writer's done voiceover for three of Sacred 2's characters – a jester, a little green man thing and an old chap – and his performance has pretty much knocked out the development team. "I think Rob's a […]
Sacred 2 trailer reveals 500 quests and four player co-op
After the drop. Ascaron has released a new trailer for Sacred 2 at the Games Convention in Leipzig and we reckon it looks pretty decent. The vid boasts over 500 quests and four player co-op. Impressive. The RPG is due out on 360 and PS3 this autumn. By Mike Bowden
New Sacred 2 screenshots look pretty diabolical
Danish site Xboxlife.dk has got ten new screenshots of Ascaron RPG Sacred 2, and they look horrid. The game is scheduled for a Q3 release. Screenshots through the link. By Mike Bowden
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12/16/19 Post – The Camas area is expected to have wet weather this week. The City of Camas will make sand and sandbags available for emergency use to city residents at 4010 NW Astor Street, near NW 38th Avenue, and southeast of the Camas Public Works Operations Center at 1620 SE 8th Avenue (sand is located at the corner of SE Polk and SE 9th Avenue). The sandbags are located in a can near the pile of sand. This sandbagging location is "self-serve" with shovels available for use. Sandbags should be filled only half full. Smaller bags pack tighter and are easier to handle, thus avoiding back injuries. Overfilled bags are unstable when stacked and can leave gaps that allow water to flow through.
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BALTIMORE -- The Orioles made their first big move of the winter late Monday night, trading All-Star closer Jim Johnson to the Athletics in exchange for infielder Jemile Weeks and a player to be named.
The deal comes on the heels of a frenzy of Johnson trade rumors earlier in the day, as Baltimore was aggressively shopping the arbitration-eligible right-hander given that his second consecutive 50-save season could have resulted in a salary around $10 million in 2014.
"These trades are difficult decisions, but sometimes you have to try to reallocate resources so that the club can be strong in all the areas it needs to be competitive," Dan Duquette, executive vice president of baseball operations, said of the move, which frees salary for the Orioles to be aggressive elsewhere in free agency. "That's what the club is trying to address with this trade.
"Weeks is a talented player, versatile in several areas, a good basestealer with good on-base [percentage], especially against right-handed pitching. … Jim Johnson has been with the Orioles his whole career, and we appreciate the work he's done. He came up through the system, and we want to wish him a lot of luck and opportunity."
Johnson led the Majors in saves over the past two seasons, with 101, and he converted 50 of 59 opportunities in 2013, but the nine blown saves made him the subject of fan ire in the second half of last season. An All-Star in 2012, he went 18-26 with a 3.11 ERA in six seasons with the Orioles and was the second-longest-tenured active player -- behind Nick Markakis -- as well as a clubhouse leader.
Duquette, who spoke with Johnson after the trade was made, said that it's always a difficult to make these trades and thanked Johnson for his diligence over the past few years.
As for who will close for the Orioles, the organization will continue to look externally, although Duquette didn't rule out promoting a current member of the bullpen, similar to what they did with Johnson, who took over the ninth-inning duties full time at the end of 2011.
In Weeks the Orioles get a former first-round selection -- by the A's in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft -- and a versatile infielder who could help fill the hole at second base. Weeks played in just eight games for Oakland in 2013 but hit .271 with 19 doubles, 10 triples and 40 RBIs in 130 games for Triple-A Sacramento. He was also tied for the team lead, with 17 stolen bases in 19 attempts.
Weeks had a stellar rookie season in 2011, batting .303 with 26 doubles and 36 RBIs in 97 games for the A's, and he's capable of serving as a shortstop, center fielder and designated hitter if need be.
In addition to rotation help, the Orioles are in need of a DH, left fielder and second baseman, and the trade helps give them some breathing room to compete for free agents.
"The personal part of it is tough, because Jimmy was originally drafted and signed into the organization and solely played for the Orioles, and that makes it difficult," Duquette said. "But the way these things work, a lot of times it's about resource allocation. Jimmy deserves a lot of credit [for the team's success], he did a nice job for the Orioles and gave his best over the course of his career."
Baltimore, which agreed to contracts with outfielders Nolan Reimold and Steve Pearce on Monday, tendered deals to their other six arbitration-eligible players: Tommy Hunter, Brian Matusz, Bud Norris, Troy Patton, Matt Wieters and Chris Davis.


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QUASHED! - Mills, Quarrie satisfied with mediation talks
André Lowe, Senior Staff Reporter
Two of Jamaica's most celebrated track and field figures, Donald Quarrie and Glen Mills, left Monday afternoon's mediatory talks satisfied that all "misunderstandings" had been settled, after a public quarrel a few days ago.
The two clashed on prime time television - triggered by Quarrie's accusation that Mills had contrived to keep him off the slate of Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) incumbent president Dr Warren Blake - for the November 29 elections.
Quarrie is the current JAAA second vice-president.
Mills strongly denied the charge, and in turn questioned certain decisions taken by Jamaica's technical team - led by Quarrie - at the recent Olympic Games in London.
However, with current JAAA fourth vice-president Dr Winston Dawes and executive member Dennis Gordon acting as mediators during the midday get-together, Quarrie and Mills used the opportunity to settle their differences in what was described by both as a quick and frank discussion.
Speaking to The Gleaner late Monday night Quarrie, who initiated the meeting, was happy with the outcome and believes that there is greater understanding between himself and the Racers Track Club president and head coach.
"I don't want to say much on it right now, but we left on a positive note and we wanted Jamaica to understand that we both deal in the sprinting business, we started and ended quickly," laughed Quarrie, a 1976 Olympic gold and silver medallist. "It was a quick thing, we got into it and it's over and all is well.
"Glen (Mills) and I met knowing that we are fine and we are looking forward to another year of exciting track and field and for our athletes to keep blossoming more and more," added Quarrie, who was scheduled to leave the island yesterday for California, en route to Barcelona for the IAAF Grand Gala and Centenary celebrations.
"Our meeting went well and I think we should build on what we have and look forward to an election that will be exciting and different," Quarrie noted.
No malice
Mills, who will also be in Barcelona on the weekend, underscored that there was no malice between the two, but underlined his position on the whole exchange.
He was also happy that the meeting took place, even if he felt it should have happened before any public accusation.
"I said what I had to say. He (Quarrie) asked to meet with me, I had no malice with anybody. I usually say my mind and that's it," Mills said. "I maintained my innocence in all of this and the president (Blake) has underlined that I didn't say what I was accused of saying, it's a matter of his (Quarrie's) interpretation of the discussion between the president and himself.
"I am happy that he (Quarrie) saw the need to have such a meeting of this nature to clear the air and create better understanding of whatever misunderstanding existed," said Mills, the man who conditions the world's top sprinters - Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and Warren Weir.


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Alex Jones: Ladies and gentlemen, we are live. It is Monday, the 5th day of April, 2010. Until the bottom of the hour, we have Congressman Ron Paul with us. And we appreciate him coming on. Congressman, good to have you here.
Ron Paul: Good to be with you.
Alex Jones: There is so much going on. I've got a lot of important questions I want to ask you. But out of the gates, what is most important on your plate that you want to warn the American people about today?
Ron Paul: Oh, there are too many things. And I don't know which one is the worst. You know, the finances are so bad, and they're getting much worse because of the way they're spending money, running up the debt. I think the financial crisis is getting so much worse. Interest rates are going up. I think that's a major, major problem we face. But Ben Bernanke believes that he's achieved great things by printing the money, […], taking care of his friends. And the people who lost their jobs don't have a voice. So he thinks he's had a great victory. But the second thing is what's going on over in the Middle East; that's getting much worse. The Iraqi situation is worse, now they won't remove any troops at all. And of course, we're going to be up to a 100,000 troops in Afghanistan, and Karzai is now feeling very bold and critical of the United States. When that happens, you know, I just wonder how we'll handle that, because at times when our good friends start to act on their own, we usually get rid of them or desert them or let them go on their own. So I think that thing is a whole mess and it's really going to blow up in our face.
Alex Jones: Well, let's get into the economy then first. I've seen the different job charts, showing that this is the worst recession since the late 1940s. And, meanwhile, I have a Business Week article from 2 weeks ago, where the federal regulators are pressuring public and private pension funds to be invested "in failed banks". We have Geithner in the news with China talking about not buying as many dollars. We have open discussion by Moody's and other top rating services of the U.S. losing their AAA rating. The economic situation appears to be spiraling downwards.
Ron Paul: Well, I don't think there's any doubt about that. But there are a lot of people with their head in the sand. And I don't know whether they're lying to themselves when they say, "Oh, I really believe that things have turned around." They look at the other side of the story and they see more jobs are being found, and unemployment is staying under 10%, GDP is going up. And they either try to fool the people, or they're fooling themselves. But ultimately, though, the market will dictate and everybody will catch on. But I think where the disconnect is the government is putting a positive spin on it, but the people that you talk to and the people who take part in the Tea Party Movement know better. That's why they're […]; they're not buying into this. This is a completely different year than we've had in, I guess, many, many years.
Alex Jones: Well, the AP reported last week that half of these so called 'new jobs' are government jobs and census jobs. And we know that the unemployment number is really above 20%. So even with cooked numbers, they're claiming that we've gotten a small amount of job increases.
Ron Paul: Yeah, and in this last report there were a lot of part-time jobs. They weren't real jobs. There were part time jobs, government jobs. I don't think there's much good news in that report at all.
Alex Jones: Congressman Ron Paul, let's talk about the healthcare bill; how it was passed, what it really does, the best ways you think the states can counter this. I think we shouldn't just have lawsuits and trust the federal courts, state level nullification. Specifically on the healthcare bill, you talked about Obama being emboldened, and now he wants this carbon tax. He's going to try to pass that in the Senate, declaring CO2 a toxic waste. Let's talk about healthcare legislation, because we've seen Obama say, "Look, it's been a few weeks since this passed, the birds are singing, the sun is shining", but he knows that this thing doesn't get phased in until next year and the three years after that. So that's a very deceptive game he's playing of perception.
Ron Paul: You know what he'll probably do is by that time, whoever is in charge or whoever will be there, will say, "Oh, maybe we didn't do quite enough. Maybe what we really needed to have was that single-payer system". So failure to them is just another opportunity. And if in the next year and next six months the people only hear good news and they don't see what it's going to really cost, you know, he may get away with it for a year without it coming down hard on him. But ultimately, though, it's an illusion to think that they can do what they claim and not cost anymoney and improve healthcare. That's a hard sell.
Alex Jones: Well, you're a medical doctor yourself, not just a congressman. And, of course, you're also someone who's researched how the economy really works. Specifically, for people that have questions about the healthcare legislation that is now law, a) what is in it that concerns you most, b) What do you think the most effective constitutional strategy is to defeat this?
Ron Paul: Well, if the people were awake enough and there were enough of us, the process would be to just change the Congress, change the president, and repeal all that stuff. That's the smoothest way to do it. The part that bothers me the most, of course, is the process that you talked about. I mean, how they pulled it off and, you know, we passed the rule, and the rule passed the Senate version, and then they go to reconciliation. That was horrible. But I think philosophically the worst part was that they moved away any opening for a private option. You know, they talk about public option, but what about the private option? Why don't individuals have the right to get out?
Fortunately, some people opt out of the public school system and they have private schooling and homeschooling. Why don't we have that in medicine? And that's the HSA approach. But they minimize those; it's much more difficult and if you opt out and say, "I don't want it, I'll take care of myself, I'll handle everything. I don't want to be a ward of the state", you'll have to pay a fine. You know, pay your $9000 and that, to me, was a big, big move in the wrong direction. And instead of thinking the day after we got this passed, "Oh, let's repeal the whole thing." Well, that would be great if you could, but maybe if we could narrow it down. And I want to introduce legislation to just narrow it down to legalize a private option to get out and take care of yourself. And that might be less confusing than going through 2,000 pages and explaining what is good, what is bad, what we're going to keep, can you really get rid of everything; you know, that whole thing. So I would like to see debate where we just have a change over in Congress and we wouldn't have to fight these things over and over. I mean, they pass this stuff and the people now are becoming more informed and they get upset. So there is lot of frustration out there turning into anger.
Alex Jones: What do you see as the best strategy to defeat this, though, at the state level? I mean, can't the states nullify this because it does force the states to pay for a large part of the federal mandate? So we have attorney generals now suing, but I don't think that's enough.
Ron Paul: Well, I'm all for that if people want to do it. But they're behind the 8-ball there. It's not going to be accomplished. It's sort of like they take our highway funds and then they come and say, "Well, you get your highway funds from the federal government, so we're going to set your speed limit. Everybody has to drive at 55 miles per hour". That's what they did for so many years. And the states say, "Oh, we're not going to do that? We're going to fight that. We don't want that sort of law." Thefederal government says, "Alright, we'll just keep their highways fund".
And that's what they'll do on Medicare. What are you going to do? Repeal every state participation in Medicaid? And then it'll make the problem worse. There are unfunded mandates, and they're going to have more unfunded mandates if they just try to ignore the law. I think the states want to do it, and I think it's good that they're talking about it and they passed these resolutions. That represents some good PR on how upset the people are. But I don't think that is the solution. The ultimate solution for all this is people having a better understanding and a better trust in the way the market works and the way freedom works. You don't need the government nanny state taking care of us from cradle to grave. If that isn't repealed – that attitude – tinkering around the edges of legislation won't do the trick.
Alex Jones: Congressman, you've talked about the fact that what's really going to end this is the country collapsing financially. Can you speak to that? And then also as a medical doctor, my dad's a physician, and everyone knows that federal money comes in for abortion. And then these hospitals and clinics just use money that they would have used for something else for the abortion, and use the other federal money to pay for the other programs. So it's a shell game.
Ron Paul: Yeah, and that whole thing and the process was very annoying when they couldn't agree on the abortion language. So Obama – it was easy for him: "Alright, they don't have a law. I'll write a law; I'll write my own law. I'll set up an executive order, and I will state the Hyde Amendment."
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They argued back and forth, so the conservatives said, "Oh well, that won't count. The executive order isn't the law of the land." I don't think that was the right argument, because it is the law of the land. The reason it isn't effective […] is that I don't think the Hyde Amendment ever did that much. If you strike all those funds to all these pregnancy centers that are doing abortions, they say, "Well, the Hyde Amendment says you can't use any funds for abortion." But you can use them for birth control pills." So they just shift money, it's fungible, and when the money gets shifted over, they go ahead and do the abortion.
So that was all a con game. But it emphasized the process on how that whole thing was being bad. But this bill, in addition to what I said earlier, has put a lot more obstacles between the doctor and the patient. In recent years we've had insurance companies and HMO companies and drug companies. But now we're going to have a lot of bureaucrats making the decisions about how to practice healthcare.
And that, of course, will cost a lot more money. But the money is going to go to paying bureaucrats and paying extra people to push papers around. So this is going to be costly and the care is going to go down and just a lot more people…
Alex Jones: And they admit that with this comparative care, now the bureaucrats will decide. And they're actually in the news today, saying, "Look, you won't get knee surgery, you'll get a cortisone or steroid shot. And, oh well, you'll get Prozac. We'll just basically drug you." So they cut Medicare and Medicaid, they raise taxes, and then they restrict benefits. This is exactly what Europe has done. And Dennis Kucinich, before he flip flopped, and others, said this was nothing but a boondoggle for the insurance companies. And I looked at the lobbying numbers, 90+% of the big healthcare HMO insurance companies, drug companies… 90+% of the lobbying money went for this bill.
So isn't that a red herring when they say, "Oh, the right wingers just don't want poor people to get care." I mean, really all this is is government coming in, teamed up with corporations, to basically lower the standard of care, but make more money?
Ron Paul: I think that's absolutely right. We don't have the classical socialized medicine. We're not on the verge of having that. I don't even think Obama was pushing it. He was pushing for corporate medicine. He doesn't have to destroy the insurance companies. They might have complained a bit to get their best deal. But they're pretty happy right now. They have a lot more customers, the bills will be paid, and they'll all do quite fine.
But we have the corporations get involved. And we talk a lot about the military-industrial complex, but there's a medical-industrial complex, too. All the big corporations and government, and they do spend a lot of money on lobbying. There are some big bucks made. And somehow our country has been conditioned to believe that medicine [is their right]. Everybody has a right to medical care. So, therefore, the government has to give you this right to take care of it. And we're not even close to changing that attitude.
Matter of fact, when I said that on TV, it sort of shocks people. They say, "What? You're saying I don't have a right to medical care?" Of course not. You have a right to your life, you have a right to your liberty, you have a right to your fruits of your labor so you can take care of your medical care.
Alex Jones: Well, congressman, you've been a medical doctor for 40 years. I mean, you know better than anybody that government involvement in healthcare in the last 40 years is what's added all these layers of costs, and allowed big corporate medical care to institutionalize things and get into people's bank accounts. And so now it's only going to get worse.
Ron Paul: That's right. And the companies will make a lot of money on it, and the patients, ultimately, will become very unhappy. And, of course, the doctors are more unhappy than ever before. And who knows what will happen there. Of course, there is the risk that a lot of doctors would quit; I'm not sure that's going to happen, because they don't have a whole lot of options. They've trained for a long time to practice medicine. They're going to have to find something else to do. So they'll probably moan and groan and put up with one more layer of government.
Alex Jones: Congressman, shifting gears into some other subjects. I don't know if you've seen this video yet, but Representative Hank Johnson said he didn't want us to be able to move more troops to Guam, because he was afraid that the floating island would capsize; and he was serious. Representative Phil Hare of Illinois was on video last Friday saying, "He doesn't worry about the Constitution, because healthcare is a right." And as you've said many times, it's not just some evil force in Washington; we know the globalists play into that. We've also got a lot of other congressmen and government people that really are unfortunately as dumb as a box of rocks. Can you comment to people thinking that islands float, and that the constitution isn't important?
Ron Paul: Well, I didn't hear it. But you say that he sounded like he was serious?
Alex Jones: Yes.
Ron Paul: That's pretty bizarre. But I think even not too long ago our Republican president said something rather careless about his conviction that we're supposed to follow the Constitution. I mean, I guess it shocks us when they actually say it. We know either they are totally ignorant and they don't understand the Constitution, or they don't have any respect and they don't care about following it. But for them to say, "Oh, we don't have to do that, we don't want to do that, we don't need to do that" I think it is still shocking that somebody could actually say that.
Alex Jones: It is. We've only got about 3 or 4 minutes left with Congressman Ron Paul today. I wanted to bring up your son in Kentucky, Rand Paul. In many polls he's ten points ahead of the Democrat and Republican challengers, showing that this anti-incumbency and this hunger for a constitutionalist type candidate runs across party lines.
And the Republican Party has, in Politico and other publications, said they are gunning for your son, who is a true conservative and a libertarian. And, of course, as you know, two weeks ago, the State Election Commission there ruled that Trey Grayson can run the election commission, and can oversee his own election. No other state that I've seen has ever allowed this type of conflict of interest. Can you speak to that as a new level of corruption, and any concern that you have for the election coming up in Kentucky?
Ron Paul: Well, I'm very concerned about it. I'm shocked that they allowed that to happen. But you think politically they ran campaigns to get some mileage out of that and get the people on their side. But that might not change the outcome of the election. In a closed election it doesn't take a whole lot of work and effort to change things. So I've urged him to make sure they have the poll watchers and definitely Rand will do everything conceivable of to try to protect himself.
We probably all have these perfect elections in the United States. You know, we go across overseas, start wars to teach them how to run good, honest elections. So I guess we better have faith in our system.
Alex Jones: Well, I mean there is no doubt that he is the chief election official running the election. And the Kentucky Executive Branch Ethics Commission said that was fine. I mean, this is a felony and in most states people have to recuse themselves. I mean, on its face he's got all these employees that know that they're going to end up being in a senatorial office. So even if he doesn't want to cheat, there is no doubt you're going to end up having county officials and others that have been promised jobs, that are going to steal votes if it looks like their candidate is going to lose. And your son is 10 points ahead, and so if he doesn't win, ladies and gentleman, something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
Ron Paul: Absolutely. You think if they were honest about what was going on, they wouldn't even want to be close to it. Because if they figured they're going to win and they pulled it off and they won legitimately, nobody would believe them anyway. You would think that the Grayson people would be the ones that would want to be away from it.
Alex Jones: Amazing. Folks can find out more at www.CampaigForLiberty.com. Congressman Ron Paul is our guest. For the last 45 seconds, the Democrats are really starting to talk about censoring the internet, censoring talk radio. They violate the Constitution and all these other fronts; why not there? Are you concerned about restrictions on free speech cyber security?
Ron Paul: Oh yeah. I think the other day when we had our cyber security [review], I don't know if the was anybody else… but anything touching the internet or communications, I will not vote for. And they're always wanting to do that. Though I think some of the talks I've heard about this: that we need more government management of the media to get a better balance. Pretty scary stuff.
Alex Jones: Congressman, we're going to break. I know you've got to go, but I need to tell you something during this break, so please hold for one moment.
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It creates a sense that things must always continue. But work is projects and projects have to end. At some point you must stop editing the novel, stop putting paint on the canvas, stop adding salt to the soup. Knowing when to say when is the hardest thing about creativity but I've always felt I was good at it.
So, The Loss Column is heading into retirement.
This comes, I'm sure, as no great surprise to anyone left to hear about it. I may even be a few months late but I wanted to let the Orioles season play out.
We had an awesome run.
This site started in 2006, the result of a bit of inspiration from my friend Chris. We had that conversation on a landline phone. Today I don't even have a landline phone.
At the time, the Orioles were closing out their ninth straight losing season. The day the first post went live, August 15 of '06, they played the Tigers and (what else?) lost. 17-2. Hayden Penn started the game and gave up seven hits and seven runs in 3.2 innings. The guys who replaced him were named Ortiz, Abreu, Rleal, and Manon. Every one of them gave up at least a run.
There were few Orioles and/or Baltimore Sports-focused sites then. It took me some time to find my voice here but when I did we went on a 4-5 year run that I'll stack up against anybody in terms of how we did things and the quality of the conversations.
Today the Orioles are winners two years running and they made the playoffs. The landscape is full of sites devoted to covering the team and Baltimore sports as a whole. I'd be lying if I said I felt there was no place anymore for TLC but, at the same time, I don't feel like there's a whole lot left to prove.
I never thought we'd last seven years but, looking back, I'm pretty proud.
So here's where I pause and thank the folks without whom none of it would have happened:
Thanks first and foremost to the regular commenters. Dan the Man, sci, Big Ben's Motorcycle, Andrew (formerly of Rochester), Ryan, Dan H, Ryan97ou, and Miles chief among them. You guys had as much of a hand in all of this as I did. Props as well to our old friend Drew Forrester (df1570), who while he hasn't been around in awhile (and whose stock-in-trade was mind-numbing frustration) was nevertheless an interesting part of our salad days.
Thanks as well to Baltimore Magazine for the "Best Of" recognition a couple of years ago, and to anyone and everyone who ever linked to us (Camden Chat, Baltimore Sports Report, a host of others). There was never a moment when I didn't appreciate that sort of thing.
Much love to everyone who contributed front-page content. The aforementioned Chris (who called Joe Flacco to the Ravens in his 2008 mock draft), Staci, the aforementioned Dan the Man and Andrew and Ryan, the Baltimore Chop. I hope I did you all right.
Ultimately, thanks to everyone who ever read the site. Plain and simple, I appreciate it. Means more than you know. If I could buy each of you a beer, I would.
So, now? Retirement, in this case, means just that. Slowing down here and moving into another phase.
The Loss Column isn't dead — it isn't shutting down — but posting will officially be sporadic (as opposed to being unofficially sporadic). I also reserve the right to pull a Jay-Z if the mood strikes but, for now, this space needs to rest in favor of other things.
One of them is work, of course. The day-to-day. Another is a cool project that I'll be talking a lot about when the time is right. I'm going to start ramping up to regular posting on Medium, where you can currently read one post but where you'll soon find a lot more. I hope to continue my posts for MASN. And, well, I've got a few more ideas.
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A three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is out this morning with its opinion that Prop 8 is unconstitutional. You'll see and read plenty of news and analysis (including here at Prop Zero) about what this ruling means, about the impact on gay couples, about the legal strategies of same-sex marriage supporters and opponents going forward.
But none of this much matters.
There's only one Californian whose views on Prop 8 really matter. And he hasn't ruled yet.
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That Californian? U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Kennedy, who has been on the court since 1988, is a Sacramento native, the son of a politically connected attorney, who grew up around the Capitol. He graduated from Sacramento's McClatchy High before going on to Stanford. He practiced law in San Francisco and Sacramento, doing work for Gov. Reagan. He infamously drafted a convoluted tax and spending limit proposal, known as Prop 1, which Reagan himself said he couldn't understand. It was turned down by voters.
These days, Kennedy is the swing vote on an ideologically polarized Supreme Court. As such, he's seen as the justice whose vote may well determine the outcome when today's case -- or other challenges to restrictions on same-sex marriage -- reach the high court.
The legal and political arguments we're hearing now are designed in large part with Kennedy in mind, which is why much of what is said and written today matters only in how it influences the Supreme Court appeal, and Kennedy's ultimate decision.
ADDITION (at 1:44 pm): Your blogger has now read the entire 2-1 decision, including the majority opinion and the dissent. Much of the discussion focuses on a U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned a 1996 Colorado ballot measure known as Measure 2. Measure 2 challenged gay rights by saying that gays and lesbians did not have the protection of anti-discrimination bills. Both the judges in the majority and the judge who dissented said that that decision, Romer v. Evans, validated that argument.
The author of Romer v. Evans? Anthony Kennedy, of course.
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Team Canada:
Competed in a four nations tournament in China as part of the Canadian Developmental National Team ... Also participated in Canada Basketball's Senior Men's National Team training camp.
Junior (2012-13):
Team co-captain ... Tabbed All-Ivy League honorable mention ... Named to Rivals.com's Preseason All-Ivy League team ... Tabbed Best Shooter in the Ivy League by Rivals.com ... Named recipient of Henry Zimmerman Free Throw Shooting Accuracy Award ... Ranks second in program history with 207 career 3-pointers ... Stands third in Harvard record books in career 3-point shooting (.403, 207 of 514) ... Made 80 3-pointers this season, to set the record for a single year ... Ranks third on the Crimson with 10.3 points per game ... Averaged 9.6 points per contest in Ivy play ... Averaging 35.4 minutes per game, good for fifth in the conference ... Played in all 30 games, starting 29 ... Has reached double figures in scoring 15 times ... Has drained two or more 3-pointers in 23 games ... Made at least one 3-pointer in 26 straight games, the second longest streak in team history, between Feb. 24, 2012-Feb. 16, 2013 ... Scored 10 points in opener against MIT (Nov. 9) ... Sank five 3-pointers and led the team with 17 points against Manhattan (Nov. 16) ... Buried four treys and was 3-of-3 from the line, finishing with 15 points at Saint Joseph's (Nov. 20) ... Hit four 3-pointers, scoring 17 points against Vermont (Nov. 27) ... Made two treys and had 10 points and five rebounds against Holy Cross (Dec. 22) ... Poured in a season-high 19 points, hitting five 3-pointers, in victory at California (Dec. 29) ... Tabbed COOP Athlete of the Week Jan. 1 ... Had a season-high 21 points, making 5-of-7 3-pointers against Rice (Jan. 5) ... Drilled four 3-pointers and had 12 points in Ivy opener at Dartmouth (Jan. 12) ... Went 5-of-7 from beyond the arc for 15 points vs. Yale (Feb. 1) ... Played a career-high 49 minutes, scoring 16 points in double-overtime win over Brown (Feb. 2) ... Connected on four triples in win over Princeton (Feb. 16) ... Sank three treys and tallied 13 points at Yale (Feb. 23) ... Drained four 3-pointers and had 14 points at Penn (March 2) ... In Ivy clinching win, drained four treys and scored 17 points in 40 minutes against Cornell (March 9) ... Connected on five 3-pointers to break the school single-season record and scored 17 points to top No. 3 New Mexico in the second round of the NCAA tournament (March 21).
Team Canada:
Named to Canada Basketball Senior Men's National Team training camp in Aug. 2012.
Sophomore (2011-12):
Played in all 31 games, starting 16 during sophomore season ... Was third on team with 10.1 points per game overall and 8.6 points per contest in Ivy games ... Shot 41.0 percent from beyond the arc (66-of-161) ... Made at least one trey in 26 of 31 games ... Reached double figures in scoring in 12 games ... Buried 4-of-6 treys and was 6-of-10 from the field for 16 points against MIT (Nov. 11) ... Led Harvard with 20 points, hitting 5-of-8 treys and 7-of-12 shots overall, at Loyola Marymount (Nov. 19) ... Made two treys, went 4-of-4 from the line and finished with 12 points at Vermont (Dec. 1) ... Scored 14 points, making six free throws against Seattle (Dec. 4) ... Drained two treys at No. 9 Connecticut (Dec. 8) ... Made a career-high six treys, scoring 18 points and grabbing four rebounds at Boston University (Dec. 10) ... Tallied 18 points, making four treys, at Boston College (Dec. 29) ... Netted 16 points, going 4-of-10 from long distance and played a season-high 36 minutes, getting the start at Monmouth (Jan. 10) ... Made three treys and was 5-of-5 from the foul line, finishing with 16 points against George Washington (Jan. 14) ... Went 6-of-6 from the free throw line and was 5-of-8 from the floor for a team-high 18 points at Yale (Jan. 27) ... Made 5-of-9 shots, including 3-of-7 from long distance for 16 points and added a career-high three steals against Cornell (Feb. 3) ... Sank five baskets and hit eight free throws for 20-point effort against Columbia (Feb. 4) ... Netted eight points, making two treys, against Penn (Feb. 25) ... Went 6-of-7 from beyond the arc, including 5-of-6 in the second half, scoring 20 points against Vanderbilt in second round of NCAA tournament (March 15).
Freshman (2010-11):
Averaged 88.3 percent from the foul line during rookie season ... Was third among Ivy League rookies in scoring (11.0 points per game) ... Played in all 29 games ... Made at least three 3-pointers in nine games ... Drained at least one three-pointer for 15 straight games (Nov. 17-Jan. 8) ... Scored in double figures in 16 games ... Averaged 9.9 ppg in Ivy contests ... Named preseason Ivy League Newcomer of the Year by Lindy's ... Buried three from long distance and finished with 12 points in victory at Mercer (Nov. 20) ... Scored seven points and picked up three rebounds in win over Colorado (Nov. 28) ... Netted 21 points, making 5-of-8 from long distance, while coming down with three rebounds against Fordham (Dec. 1) ... Buried five treys for second straight game and came down with five rebounds at Michigan (Dec. 4) ... Tabbed Ivy League Rookie of the Week Dec. 6 ... Scored 15 points, making five shots from the floor and was 4-for-4 from the line in win over Boston University (Dec. 11) ... Made two treys, scored 12 points and blocked a shot at No. 4 Connecticut (Dec. 22) ... Hit several key baskets down the stretch and finished with 18 points, shooting 5-of-7 from the field and 6-of-6 from the line, against Monmouth (Dec. 29) ... Tallied 17 points, hitting five baskets, and dished out a career-best four assists against MIT (Dec. 31) ... Earned second Ivy Rookie of the Week honor Jan. 3 ... Scored a career-high 23 points, on seven field goals and three treys, in win at Boston College (Jan. 5) ... Scored all 16 of his points in the second half, shooting 3-of-4 from long distance, in win at George Washington (Jan. 15) ... Tabbed Ivy League Rookie of the Week for third time Jan. 17 ... Led Harvard with 13 points, drilling three treys, in victory over Dartmouth (Jan. 22) ... Buried 3-of-5 from beyond the arc to finish with 12 points against Cornell (Jan. 29) ... Drilled three treys and came down with four rebounds at Princeton (Feb. 4) ... Hit two 3-pointers in double-overtime victory at Penn (Feb. 5) ... Tallied 14 points in only 22 minutes against Yale (Feb. 11) ... Grabbed a career-high six rebounds and scored 12 points at Brown (Feb. 25) ... Shot 5-of-8 from long distance en route to a 21-point effort against Penn (March 4) ... Hit two treys and was 4-of-10 from the floor, finishing with 10 points, at Oklahoma State in NIT (March 15).
Lettered in basketball and track and field at Northfield Mount Hermon … Previously attended Seminaire Ste-Trinite … Captain basketball team and was named team most valuable player in 2009-10 … All-New England Prep School Athletic Conference Class first team as a shooting guard … Was high school teammate of fellow Crimson freshman Matt Brown … Was named Montreal Basketball League most valuable player and played in conference All-Star Game in 2008 … Three-time Quebec champion in mountain biking … Under-19 junior national team member, finishing seventh at World Championships in New Zealand in 2009 … Under-17 Quebec team member, placing first at nationals in 2008 and second in 2007 … Inducted into Cum Laude Society.
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Christian Webster and the Crimson are 2-1 in Ivy League road games this season (Harvard Athletic Communications).
- Complete Game Notes (PDF)
- Live Audio with a subscription (with Harvard's Chris Villani)
- Live Statistics (at Cornell)
- Live Video (at Cornell with subscription)
- Live Statistics (at Columbia)
- Live Video (at Columbia with subscription)
- Keith Wright Named Ivy League Co-Player of the Week
- Ivy League Standings
The Particulars
Harvard, which is off to its best Ivy League start (7-1) since 1970-71, heads to the Empire State for road games at Cornell and Columbia. The Crimson, winner of three straight games, stands at 18-4 overall, its second best start in program history and is in second place in the Ivy League. The Big Red own a 6-16 mark and is 2-6 in the Ancient Eight.
Audio for this weekend's games will be broadcast via a subscription at GoCrimson.com. Video (via a subscription) and live statistics will be available at CornellBigRed.com for Friday's game and video (via a subscription) and live statistics will also be available for Saturday's game at Columbia at GoColumbiaLions.com. In addition, Saturday's game will be broadcast live on Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 130.
Series History
Harvard and Cornell have met 156 times on the hardwood, dating back to the first game during the 1901-02 season. Cornell leads the series, 90-68, and has taken five of the last six between the conference rivals.
Last Meeting Against The Big Red
Keith Wright earned his seventh double-double of the season, scoring 21 points and grabbing 11 boards, including nine on the offensive glass, in a 78-57 win over Cornell Jan. 29. Kyle Casey added 16 points and nine rebounds, while Laurent Rivard (12 points), Brandyn Curry (10) and Christian Webster (10) also scored in double figures. Curry and McNally each handed out seven assists, helping Harvard to a 17-to-4 assist-to-turnover ratio for the game.
Last Time Out
Harvard overcame a 24-point deficit early in the second half to Brown before outscoring the Bears 54-23 for the remainder of the game to emerge with an 85-78 victory. Keith Wright, who was named Ivy League Co-Player of the Week, led the way with 22 points, 14 rebounds and five blocks, as the Crimson recorded the largest comeback in program history and the second biggest in the history of the Ivy League. By overcoming a 22-point deficit at halftime, Harvard's historic comeback ranks fourth in NCAA history.
The Big Red nearly upset first-place Princeton Feb. 12, but the Tigers held on for a 57-55 win in Ithaca. Chris Wroblewski paced Cornell's offense with a 14-point showing, while Errick Peck added 13 points. Cornell shot only 39.2 percent from the field, but made 11 steals.
Ivy League Race
The Crimson heads into Friday night second place in the Ivy League with a 7-1 conference mark, trailing only Princeton who boasts a 7-0 Ancient Eight record. With six games to play, Harvard has two games remaining at Lavietes Pavilion and four contests left to play on the road. Yale is in third place with a 5-3 conference mark, while Columbia is fourth at 4-4. Harvard also has the second best overall record in the conference, behind only Princeton (19-4), and the Crimson sports an 11-1 record in its last 12 games.
Historic Comebacks
Harvard's 24-point comeback in its 85-78 win over Brown Feb. 12, ranks at the top of several program, conference and national records. The comeback was the largest in Harvard history and is second in the history of the Ivy League, behind only Princeton's 27-point comeback against Penn (Feb. 9, 1999). In addition, the 22-point comeback at halftime is the fourth largest in NCAA history and the 24-point deficit overcome in the second half ranks tied for 10th in NCAA history.
Harvard Down The Stretch
The Crimson is shooting 53.9 percent from the floor (55-of-102) and 42.1 percent from long distance (16-of-38) in the final five minutes of games this season. Harvard has only been called for 61 fouls in that time span, while drawing 94 fouls by opponents.
Amaker vs. The Ivy League
Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker enters the weekend with a 26-24 (.520) record against Ivy League opponents. Harvard is 19-5 against Ancient Eight foes since the start of the 2009-10 campaign and won four straight conference games to open this season. Harvard has also won its last three Ivy games entering Friday evening.
Starting Strong in Ivy Play
For the second straight season, Harvard swept Dartmouth to open conference play and sits at 7-1 in Ivy League action after sweeping Yale and Brown Feb. 11-12, respectively. Harvard's best Ivy League record occurred in 1970-71, when the team finished 11-3 in conference games. The 2010-11 Crimson has tied the 1970-71 team with a 7-1 conference start.
Stepping Up in Conference Action
Keith Wright is averaging nearly a double-double in conference games, scoring 17.9 points per game, while collecting 9.1 rebounds per contest. Wright is also shooting 62.1 percent from the field in Ivy League contests. Kyle Casey (14.6 ppg, 6.8 rpg) and Christian Webster (13.6 ppg, 3.6 rpg) are also averaging double figures. Brandyn Curry is handing out 5.8 assists per game, while scoring 8.5 per contest. Harvard is averaging 73.6 points per game as a team, while surrendering 65.8 ppg, for a +7.8 point margin.
Lavietes Is The Place To Be
Harvard is riding a 15-game win streak at home, a program record. The current win streak at home is the longest for Harvard at Lavietes Pavilion and is tied for the 11th current longest streak in the NCAA. Harvard has established a new record for home victories in a season with 12, surpassing last season's 11 wins at Lavietes. The 1937-38 Crimson finished the season 10-0 at home.
McNally Closing Out Games
In the last four minutes of games this season, McNally leads Harvard with a perfect 1.000 shooting percentage. He has made all five of his shots in the closing moments of games, four of which were from beyond the arc. He is averaging 1.6 points in the last four minutes of games and is 22-of-24 from the foul line (.917).
RPI Watch
Harvard appears 44th in the most recent NCAA RPI, released Monday. The Crimson has the highest RPI in the Ivy League, seven spots ahead of conference rival Princeton (51).
Undefeated When...
The Crimson is undefeated this season at home (12-0), scoring 70 or more points (13-0), surrendering less than 60 points (7-0), shooting better than 35 percent from 3 (13-0),when recording 10 or more 3-pointers (5-0), shooting 46.6 percent or better from the floor (14-0), shooting under 75 percent from the foul line (7-0), in January (6-0) and when Kyle Casey has nine rebounds or more (5-0).
Crimson in Overtime
With Harvard's dramatic, 83-82 victory in double overtime at Penn Feb. 5, the Crimson has won its last three games that have gone past regulation. The Crimson held off William & Mary, 87-85, in three overtimes with Jeremy Lin's 3-point buzzer beater Nov. 15, 2009, and downed Yale, 82-79, in overtime, Feb. 12, 2010.
Scoring In Bunches
Harvard is 6-0 this season when scoring 80 or more points, topping Colorado, 82-66, Nov. 28, Fordham, 80-57, Dec. 1, Boston University, 87-71, Dec. 11, MIT, 84-58, Dec. 31. Penn, 83-82, in double overtime Feb. 5 and Brown, 85-78, Feb. 12.


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I have written an Étude that starts in B major and ends in C major, if I write it down, should it be Étude in B major or Étude in C major?
Just "Étude" will do IMO. Not even necessary to give it a number (e.g., "No. 1"), unless you're certain there will be a "No. 2".
Alright, but still, if a piece changes it's key, is it in the key it started in, or the key it ends in?
The simplest things are complex and that is esp. true re: the key of a given work (though there's always exceptions, eg: popular songs are often straightforward). The Wiki explanation is as good as anything I've seen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_(music)
Ugh, yet another explanation of key as equivalent to scale.Keys are not scales! Keys are hierarchies of harmonic relationships, which do not have to rely on a scale.If it's always moving towards the ending key, then I'd say the whole could be judged as being in that key (eg the first song of Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen), but just modulating at some point isn't the same. Best to avoid a key designation. It's not really necessary anyway.
Agree, Mahlerian - it's the modern practice in any case.
I thought the Wiki explanation specifically warns against interpreting scale as key : "Although many musicians confuse key with scale, a scale is an ordered set of notes typically used in a key, while the key is the center of gravity, established by particular chord progressions..."
True, and I think it's another indication of how tonality is just not the natural language for the average listener anymore.
I can not think of a piece of this nature where the composer stated the key, if you think on it one sec, for obvious reasons, lol.
Gustav Mahler wrote a Symphony No. 2 in C minor (ending in E-flat major), a Symphony No. 4 in G major (ending in E major), a Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor (ending in D major), and a Symphony No. 9 in D major (ending in D-flat major). And although he didn't give a key designation to the Symphony No. 7 I've seen it referred to "Symphony No. 7 in E minor/C major" which is.... dumb but whatever.Also: Chopin's Fantasy in F minor (ends in A-flat major), Ballade in F major (ends in A minor), Scherzo in B-flat minor (ends in D-flat major). And Schubert's Unfinished Symphony in B minor technically ends in E major because he didn't bother to finish the remaining movements (which presumably would have been in B minor). I guess that kind of answers the OP's question.
In a wider context, our culture has not abandoned tonality. It is still ominpresent. Even if you want to get away from key relations, tonic and dominant are still fundamental acoustic properties.
With regard to a piece like Chopin's 2nd Ballade, one can say that the key designation is ambiguous given the equal importance given to F major and A minor. In fact, they contrast in every way. The F major part is tranquil (most of the time) and the A minor is turbulent. But consider that inside each section the tonality is clear, with some modulation but nothing really far out. Chopin liked third relationships but never abandoned tonic and dominant.
Of course this is a large topic but on the whole in tonal music, the key center is what usually determines its designation. I find it a very valuable piece of information about the piece.
Correct, I come from certian genres of "popular music" as a kid, namely Rock, metal and jazz. I know from first-hand experience, not only of consuming it but also playing and composing it. "popular music" breaks all and every "rule" of tonality. It is modal and often chromatically modal (like metal). Pop music tends to shy away from traditional chord functions even.
What if a piece changes key?Good.Carry on
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Bills on Taro, GMOs, and Local Agriculture to be Heard
WHAT: The Committee on Agriculture will be hearing several bills relating to taro, GMOs, and growing our local agriculture industry.
WHEN: Monday, February 4, 2013, 8:30 A.M.
WHERE: Hawaii State Capitol Auditorium
WHY: The Constitution of Hawaii mandates that the State "shall conserve and protect agricultural lands, promote diversified agriculture, increase agricultural self-sufficiency and assure the availability of agriculturally suitable lands." These goals are also highlighted as a major priority in the Governor's "New Day" plan. The Legislature aims to do its part to move Hawaii forward this Session.
WHO: Chair Jessica Wooley, Vice Chair Richard H.K. Onishi, Reps. Tom Brower, Romy Cachola, Isaac Choy, Takashi Ohno, Gregg Takayama, James Kunane Tokioka, Clift Tsuji, Lauren Kealohilani Cheape, and Gene Ward comprise the Committee.
"This is a really exciting time for local agriculture," said Rep. Jessica Wooley. "These bills could represent a turning point in the future of agriculture in Hawaii. Food security, increased local food production, recognizing consumers' right to know what they're eating, and protecting the most culturally significant crop in Hawaii are at the forefront of our agenda."
The Hearing Notices posted below contain the bills on Monday's agenda as well as links to submit online testimony.
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Robinson triumphed over Robert Thomas of Altamont by pin. Cordasco, repeating his state championship of 2010, outlasted Chris Manzanares of Wayne (who only lost three matches all year, two of which came at the hands of Cordasco), 5-3.
Three of Coach Shane Musselman's San Juan Bronco wrestlers placed fifth place in the 2A tournament.
Sophomore Dallin Jacobsen at 112 pounds, 25-13 on the season, and seniors Ty Hosler (135, 39-14) and Herschel Todachinnie (285, 15-15) all wrestled their way to a spot on the rostrum.
Wrestling is different than most other sports, a point I have often made. I like the life lessons a young man must face each time he steps on the mat.
Imagine the agony, heartbreak, and colossal disappointment of falling in the last second of a state championship match or the euphoria and liberating sense of accomplishment at realizing that long dreamed of, sought for, illusive state championship.
Regardless of the outcome of every match, a young man must get up off the mat, shake hands with his opponent and walk off the mat, win or lose, exhilarated or devastated, head held high and go on with life, all in full view of everyone.
Thanks again, wrestling, for teaching us a little bit about courage and determination and facing disappointment and growing up.
Ref Whacker
Another aspect of wrestling, one which came into play twice for the Buckaroos in state championship matches, that is totally unique to wrestling, is the, for lack of a real word that I know of, the RefWhacker.
No other sport has the refwhacker, at least that I'm aware of anyway.
You know the refwhacker, the guy or gal who nonchalantly, yet ominously strolls out on the mat near the end of each two minute period to whap the ref somewhere on the backside when the time has expired. (Editor's note: Technical term is "bopper".)
When the refwhacker steps on the mat, the tension automatically increases, the crowd gets louder, the cheerleaders pound the mat harder, the neck veins of the coach get bigger the closer the refwhacker sneaks to the ref.
It's like a teacher sneaking back into the classroom, yardstick in hand, to catch an unsuspecting student doing a dance on the desktop. The suspense is unparalleled in any other sport!
Can you imagine such a position in any other sport? And how do refs feel about the refwhacker? Do they appreciate them? Is there a refwhacking etiquette? I've seen some refwhackers take obvious pleasure in whacking a ref with some enjoyment and gusto.
Others seemed somewhat reluctant to whack, and instead, kind of tap tap tap on the shoulder.
Where do you whack the ref? Is one spot better than another? Is there a refwhacking academy? And how do you get such a job? Is there an application process?
"Uh, I got my start in refwhacking way back when I was four and my springer spaniel would bark at the full moon all night. The only thing that would shut 'im up was whackin' 'im over the nose with a rolled up newspaper."
What a job! Honestly, hasn't everyone at some time or another wished they could whack a ref with a newspaper? Now, I'm not advocating ref violence, just expressing a fleeting thought surely every parent of an athlete has had at least once.
The refwhacker was conspicuous in two Buckaroo state championship matches.
Brian Robinson, near the end of the second period of his state championship win, pulled a nifty reversal on his opponent and was pressing for the pin as the refwhacker approached.
Tension mounted as Robinson pushed for the win, the Altamont wrestler bridged for his life and the clock ticked on.
It seemed the ref slapped the mat at the same instant as the refwhacker whacked his backside. But Robinson knew he had beaten the whack, which he had in fact done, and raised his hands in humble triumph. Sure enough, the ref, though rubbing his backside, raised Robinson's hand too. The losing Altamont wrestler knew it too, trotting over to admirably shake hands with the Buckaroo coaches, Ronnie Musselman and Kent Adair.
The Bucks were on the other end of the refwhacking in Senior Coltan (Ronnie's boy) Musselman's 135 pound state title match against Tanner Lewis of Duchesne.
Musselman had a two point lead and was on top with 10 seconds left in the match as the refwhacker approached. Suddenly, Musselman found himself reversed and tied and before anyone knew what was happening, had his back exposed by the determined Duchesne wrestler.
The refwhacker's wand was poised as the ref counted the three seconds needed to get back points.
Almost it seemed, in slow motion, the ref counted 1,2 and then 3 as the whacking occurred, nearly simultaneously, but heartbreakingly just a microsecond after the ref hit three.
The points were awarded, the match won by Lewis of Duchesne. Only in wrestling.
Monticello gals finished in a tie for first place in Region 19 basketball, then won the decisive coin flip with Green River, giving them the number one seed from the region for the state tournament this week in Richfield.
The Bucks open play on Wednesday against the winner of a Panguitch-Salt Lake Lutheran playin game that was held after the press deadline.