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Pakistan Blocks Journalists From Entering Balakot Air Strike Site
A few days after the release of satellite images that purportedly show that the IAF did not destroy the religious school operated by the Jaish-e-Mohammed group, members of the media are blocked from entering the Balakot air strike site, a report says.
The UK-based news agency, Reuters, said in one of its reports that their journalists were barred from entering the site where the hilltop religious school is located in the Jaba Village of Balakot in Pakistan. The journalists said that they were denied entry to the site three times for the last nine days.
The officials guarding the way to the site said they are not letting the reporters climb a hill in northeastern Pakistan to the site of a madrasa due to "security concerns."
High-resolution satellite images reviewed by news agencies in the United Kingdom showed that a religious school purportedly run by Jaish terrorists is still standing in Northern Pakistan – proof that the neutralization operation of the IAF was a botched job.
In the high-resolution satellite images released by Planet Labs Inc., a San Francisco-based private satellite operator, six buildings on the madrasa are seen unscathed on March 4.
Although the high-resolution images of the strike site are still not publicly available, the released photos show details as small as 72 cm (28 inc). According to analysis, the images are virtually unchanged from the satellite images taken from April 2018; with no discernable holes on the roof of the buildings, no visible scorching, no blown out walls, and no displaced trees on the madrasa area, and other things that is expected to be found on an air strike site.
Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Project at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, who has 15 years' experience in analyzing satellite images of weapons sites and systems, confirmed that the high-resolution satellite picture showed the structures in question.
"The high-resolution images don't show any evidence of bomb damage," he said. Lewis viewed three other high-resolution Planet Labs pictures of the site taken within hours of the image provided to Reuters.
Pakistan government said that the air strike carried out by Indian forces last February 29 has no casualty, contrary to what India is saying that the JeM camp was totally destroyed.
According to Indian authorities, jets dropped 1,000 kg laser-guided bombs in a 'non-military, pre-emptive' strike against one of the biggest camp of Jaish-e-Mohammed.
They said that the strike has killed over 300 terrorists and have effectively destroyed a significant camp of Jaish-e-Mohammed which they described as the 'heart of training for suicide bombers.'
Yousuf Azhar, the brother-in-law of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, leads the Balakot camp. He too was announced dead by Indian authorities.
However, these claims were dismissed by the Pakistani government saying that the Indian troops were not able to kill any terrorist in their 'reckless' operation.
Sources from Pakistan reported that residents said that aside from waking up because of a loud bang, there was no casualty in the said operation.
Pakistani officials said that their jets forced Indian panes to withdraw and drop their 'payload' in a sparsely inhabited area – leaving no casualty after the operation.
However, authorities from India bragged that among the bombs they dropped, six of them hit the Jaish facility after a one-hour-and-a-half operation that allowed Indian jets to go home 'without a scratch.'
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that India has 'resorted to a self-serving, reckless, and fictitious claim.'
A source from India has said that Pakistan army has cordoned off the entire area of Balakot and are clearing away evidence such as dead bodies so that they can deny India's claims of the latest IAF strike wiping 300 militants in the area.
A report from 'India,' a local Indian news agency, said that intel reports revealed that the Pakistan Army has undertaken a sanitation drive and is hiding bodies of terrorists killed in the Balakot camp strike to avert any claims or questions from New Delhi.
The Indian retaliation, the Balakot Air Strike, followed the Jaish attack on Indian diplomats where terrorists blew up explosives next to a security envoy in Pulwama in Kashmir, killing 40 Indian soldiers.
The escalating conflict between Pakistan and India stems back from their claims of Kashmir, where both countries claim complete ownership but only control only a part of it. The recent Indian strike is the first time India went across the Line Of Control, a boundary between Pakistan-owned Kashmir (PoK) and Indian-owned Kashmir (PoK), since 1971.
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AMCA Breach: 20 Million Victims, 19 Class Actions
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More than 20 million and not 200,000 have fallen victim to a massive data breach that has seen medical clients using the services of healthcare billing company, American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), to pay for their laboratory tests in different blood testing labs across the U.S. were confirmed by the SEC filings of affected medical institutions amidst the earlier claims of AMCA that there were fewer victims.
The data breach was a result of a cyber attack that aims to phish for financial information from the website of the AMCA. The exposed data belongs to Americans who paid laboratory services at several clinical and blood testing labs and institutions and used the AMCA billing portal.
What happened in the AMCA breach?
Data that were stolen from the victims include their names, phone numbers, dates of birth, home addresses, social security numbers, credit card numbers, and other bank details. The said information was auctioned off by the hacker in several financial hacking forums.
According to DataBreaches.net, the organization who first reported about the incident, AMCA officials, following the notification of the breach confirmed that their system has been compromised and has remained undetected for more than eight months. AMCA corroborated that the breach took place between August 1, 2018, and March 30, 2019.
Notifications have been sent by several of AMCA's corporate partners and clients to their customers following the disclosure of the security breach that has seen information from millions of Americans compromised.
Related: Hospitals Only Spend 5% Of Its Budget For Cybersecurity Amidst 82% Of Them Reporting To Have Been Attacked
The list of impacted testing laboratories includes Quest Diagnostics (11.9 million patients), LabCorp (7.7 million patients), BioReference Laboratories (Opko Health subsidiary, 422,600 patients), Carecentrix (500,000 patients), and Sunrise Laboratories (undisclosed number of patients).
However, neither the AMCA nor its five clients have yet to notify ALL impacted citizens by the breach making them vulnerable to a lot of cyber crimes and their financial data could be used by anyone who gets hold of the information against the persons of those who still don't know that their financial information is floating around the internet.
The companies involved in the breach are facing several lawsuits
Appropriately, the lawsuit came into the direction of AMCA, Quest, and LabCorp regarding the incident. More than 11 class-suite actions have been filed against the three companies for their inability to protect consumer data. The 11 lawsuits were recorded at The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) on June 3. Since then, eight more lawsuits were filed against the companies in federal courts from New Jersey, New York, and California.
According to litigation experts, "If many cases are filed in federal court, any of the lawyers on any of those cases can file a motion with the JPML [..] to centralize the various federal cases that have been filed by sending all of them to a single judge for coordinated pre-trial proceedings."
"Healthcare companies are especially susceptible to data breaches not only because they aggregate a tremendous amount of important and sensitive data, but also because they tend to be less focused on cybersecurity protection than other industries," said John Yanchunis of Morgan and Morgan, one of the firms who filed lawsuits against Quest Diagnostics.
"These companies, like Quest Diagnostics, know they are at an increased risk and yet have not taken the proper steps to protect their patients' data. We will fight for justice on behalf of those impacted by this breach," added Yanchunis.
Lawmakers are demanding an explanation
The U.S. government, led by attorneys general from Connecticut and Illinois has also opened an investigation on the matter. Furthermore, lawmakers and other politicians have sent letters to the responding companies to ask for an explanation of why an eight-month data breach remained undetected and to demand accountability from them.
In Washington, US Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) also sent a letter to Quest Laboratories demanding the company explain its vetting process for selecting AMCA as a billing vendor, and what requirements a third-party vendor has to pass. Democratic New Jersey Sens. Cory Booker and Bob Menendez also sent letters to AMCA, Quest, and LabCorp, seeking official answers on how a breach of this severity went undetected for eight months.
"The months-long leak leaves sensitive personal and financial information vulnerable in the hands of criminal enterprises. Moreover, such breaches force victims to contend with identity theft that may lead to irreparable harm to their credit reports and financial future," said the letter sent by the NJ senators.
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'The Hunger Games' Is Launching A Prequel And A Possible Movie
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Almost fours years after the last The Hunger Games movie (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part II) and almost nine years after the first book from the trilogy was released, Suzanne Collins is returning with the famed trilogy — but this time in a form of a prequel.
Scholastic, the publishing company that distributed Collins' The Hunger Games trilogy, announced today that it is publishing a prequel novel to the series, currently untitled, which will hit shelves on May 19, 2020.
"Suzanne Collins is a master at combining brilliant storytelling, superb world-building, breathtaking suspense, and social commentary," Scholastic Trade Publishing President Ellie Berger said in a statement. "We are absolutely thrilled — as both readers and publishers — to introduce the devoted fans of the series and a new audience to an entirely new perspective on this modern classic."
Collins' original Hunger Games trilogy—The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay—altogether, sold more than 100 million copies and has been translated into more than 50 languages. Moreover, The Hunger Games books appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for more than 260 consecutive weeks (more than five straight years).
After writing the last installment in 2010, Collins teased in 2013 that she was working on a new series, but did not say whether it was related to The Hunger Games.
This time, the novel will be set in the world of Panem, 64 years before the events of the original Hunger Games trilogy—the morning where Katniss Everdeen volunteered as a tribute on the 74th Hunger Games. Presumably, Katniss Everdeen played by Jeniffer Lawrence will not be involved in the upcoming novel.
Based on the previous novels in the series, 74 years before the main novels, the 13 Districts of Panem already tried to initiate a rebellion against the Capital. In the aftermath of the failed attempt, 12 Districts remained to leave District 13 to rubbles. The Hunger Games was a result and served as a reminder that all the other Districts should obediently comply with the Capital's rule.
The novel will take place 10 years after the first rebellion and will tell the story of Panem during the "Dark Days following a failed rebellion in Panem "With this book, I wanted to explore the state of nature, who we are, and what we perceive is required for our survival," Collins told the Associated Press in the announcement. "The reconstruction period 10 years after the war, commonly referred to as the Dark Days — as the country of Panem struggles back to its feet — provides fertile ground for characters to grapple with these questions and thereby define their views of humanity."
On other news, the Lionsgate film studio, who adapted The Hunger Games trilogy into movies, is already looking forward to the next addition to Collins' franchise given that it received praise and public attention for producing them.
"As the proud home of the Hunger Games movies, we can hardly wait for Suzanne's next book to be published," said Joe Drake, chairman of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, in a recent statement to the Associated Press. "We've been communicating with her during the writing process and we look forward to continuing to work closely with her on the movie."S
Lionsgate turned Collins' Hunger Games novels into a series of four films, dividing the last novel, Hunger Games: Mockingjay, into a two-part finale. Over the course of the four movies, it earned almost $3 billion dollars an the worldwide box office with the last movie earning $653.4 million.
Collins helped with the movies as an executive producer and a co-screenwriter on the first 2012 movie but distanced herself after she finalized Mockingjay in 2010.
Lionsgate is also known to have produced Twilight, which is one of their platinum franchises along with Collins' trilogy. The studio earlier licensed The Hunger Games to theme parks and live concert tours being built around the movie franchise.
Additionally, it starred Jenniffer Lawrence who played the main character as Katniss Everdeen in all of the four movies, which helped catapult her acting career in 2012.
Scholastic acquired world English rights to the prequel novel and it will publish in print, digital and audio formats in the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand next year. The deal was negotiated by Rosemary Stimola of the Stimola Literary Studio for Suzanne Collins and David Levithan, VP, Publisher, and Editorial Director, for Scholastic.
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Global Ice Melting At Rates Faster Than Expected
The global ice, or the size and number of glaciers located across cold spots around the world, is a clear indicator of the effects of global warming. With human's excessive and consistent use of o-zone depleting resources such as fossil fuels — the rate of global ice is melting will only keep accelerating.
The National Snow and Ice Data Center reported that based on data they have gathered since the1900s, glaciers around the globe are shrinking and melting at an alarming rate.
Arctic sea ice has been in constant general low over the years following the increasing trend of greenhouse gas. Additionally, as the frozen ground across the Arctic melts, it releases a massive amount of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Scientists say that this effect could make global ice melt accelerate even faster.
A separate study found that parts of the Canadian Arctic are experiencing a rate of permafrost thaw six times the long-term average.
Meanwhile, melted ice is especially notable both in and around Greenland — home to the second largest ice sheet on the planet.
"Communities in #Greenland rely on the sea ice for transport, hunting, and fishing. Extreme events, here flooding of the ice by abrupt onset of surface melt call for increased predictive capacity in the Arctic," Steffen Olsen, a climate researcher at the Danish Meteorological Institute said in a tweet.
Olsen was referring to Greenland losing 2 billion metric tons of ice. "The high melt is unusual so early in the season but not unprecedented," Greenland Ice said in a tweet.
Experts are calling the lost ice "not normal" considering that it equates to almost half of Greenland. Roughly 45 percent of the ice sheet surface has been melting. Usually, less than 10 percent of the ice sheet surface is melting at this time of year. According to data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center, Wednesday set a daily record for the widest melt area on that date, with 275,000 square miles.
"I'm losing the ability to communicate the magnitude [of change]," Jeremy Mathis, a longtime Arctic researcher and a current board director at the National Academies of Sciences told Mashable. "I'm running out of adjectives to describe the scope of change we're seeing."
On other parts of the globe, a city in western Alaska is experiencing drastic changes to its land formations as the state's ice and permafrost are starting to thaw away.
"Springtime in Alaska isn't what it used to be. This is the 3rd time past 21 years we can say" warmest spring of record." 1998 was the warmest to date, exceeded in 2016 and now 2016 exceeded in 2019. Trend +4.0F (+2.2C) since the 1970s." Rick Thoman said in a tweet.
The continued ice and permafrost melting in Iceland are causing significant damages in terms of requiring towns and villages like Newtok in western Alaska to relocate to avoid dangers.
"It's a real challenge because in the US there isn't the precedence to deal with this and there isn't the political framework to deal with it either," said Susan Natali, a scientist and Arctic expert at the Woods Hole Research Center in Massachusetts. "The numbers needing relocation will grow, the costs are going up and people's lives and cultural practices will be impacted.
"Every year there's a new temperature record, it's getting worse and worse and you feel like a broken record saying it. This should be the number one urgent conversation happening right now because it's not just going to be Alaska, it's going to be other communities all over the US," Natali added.
The problem does not only persist in Greenland, the Arctic or Alaska. Global ice is melting all across the globe. "The famed snows of Kilimanjaro have melted more than 80 percent since 1912. Glaciers in the Garhwal Himalaya in India are retreating so fast that researchers believe that most central and eastern Himalayan glaciers could virtually disappear by 2035 […] From the Arctic to Peru, from Switzerland to the equatorial glaciers of Man Jaya in Indonesia, massive ice fields, monstrous glaciers, and sea ice are disappearing, fast," the National Geographic reported.
This week, the Pope has talked to oil executives in the Vatican to find solutions in the growing problem of global warming. He called for a "radical energy transition" from conventional fossil fuels and develop greener energy alternatives.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Malt Maniac Awards: "The quality of the average Japanese whisky has now surpassed the quality of the average Scotch whisky."
Japanese whiskies have scooped nearly half of the gold medals at the 2009 Malt Maniacs Awards.
A Number One Drink's Company bottling of a Karuizawa 1972 single cask (65%, Sherry cask #7290, 528 Bottles) won a gold as well as the first prize in the "ultra-premium" category but it was the presence of three Japanese whiskies among only seven gold medalists that shocked Malt Maniac editor Johannes van den Heuvel.
"Such a result would make sense if half of the bottles in the competition came from Japan, but in fact only a handful of the participants for 2009 were submitted by Suntory, La Maison du Whisky or the Number One Drinks Company. So, based on our experiences in the MM Awards it seems that the average Japanese whisky is fabulous," he said.
"It would seem that the quality of the average Japanese whisky has now surpassed the quality of the average Scotch whisky."
The Malt Maniac Awards are the most transparent international whisky prize and one of only two or three competitions that I pay close attention to every year. The organisers publish every score from a named panel of some of the world's most knowledgeable whisky people. The formula used to collate the results is also explained in detail.
Although the whiskies tasted are given for free by the companies that make or distribute them, the Malt Maniacs themselves are a non-profit making collective of whisky enthusiasts and so there can be no suspicion of commercial interests skewing the results (to be fair, there is no evidence of chicanery in the main commercial competitions.)
Alongside the Karuizawa, the other gold medal winners at this year's awards were a Yoichi 1991/2009 Single Cask (58%, Official Bottling, Cask#129374, 453 Bottles), made by Nikka whisky and imported into Europe by La Maison du Whisky, and a Hakushu 1989/2009 (62%, Official Bottling, Sherry Butt #9O 50021) made by Suntory.
Another major prize went to my current love interest Yamazaki 1984 (48%, OB, matured in Japanese Mizunara oak, +/- 2009), which won the Best Cask Innovation Award in the Ultra Premium category (best whisky matured or finished in an unusual cask). The Yamazaki 18-year-old (43%, OB, +/- 2009) scooped the Sherry Cask Award in the premium category.
"One trend that emerges from these results (or perhaps an existing trend that is confirmed by these results) is the strengthened profile of Japanese whiskies. Ever since they started participating in our competition in 2006, the Japanese managed to collect more than their fair share of medals," said van den Heuvel.
"Of course it's entirely possible that we've only received the very best whiskies from Japan, so we'd never encounter possible sub-standard expressions - even if they existed. Nevertheless, based on what we've experienced so far it would seem that the 'quality' of the average Japanese whisky has now surpassed the quality of the average Scotch whisky.
"This didn't have to be a problem if the price levels had not changed in recent years; Japanese whiskies used to be considerably more expensive than Scotch whiskies a few years ago. However, the prices for most of the Scotch whiskies were raised considerably in recent years. That means that these days Japanese whiskies offer some serious competition for Scotch whiskies, especially in the 'premium' and 'ultra premium' price segments."
4 comments:
- WhiskyNotes said...
I don't want to argue about the excellent Karuizawa, but I thought Glen Grant 36yo 1972/2009 won the "overall first prize" (91 vs. 90 points)? Strange how even One Drinks keep saying they were "best of the best".
- December 2, 2009 at 7:49 PM
- keith.wood said...
Well done to that Karuizawa for winning one of the three categories; Ultra premium with 90 points.
Also well done to the 36y Glen Grant for winning the Premium with 91 points, not forgetting Glendronach Revival's 90 point win in Daily Drams.
91, 90 & 90 Points; Who's the overall winner?
- December 2, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Whisky Note and Keith. Sorry, my bad. I have changed the wording of the post (which,for anyone coming late, said the Karuizawa was the overall winner of the whole competition when in fact there does not seem to be such a prize.) The Glen Grant, in the less expensive category, did indeed score higher. The Karuizawa won the ultra premium category.
- December 2, 2009 at 10:30 PM
- blog87 said...
Always thank you very much!
You're the most important benefactor for Japanese MaltManiacs.
Katsuhiko Takemoto
- December 2, 2009 at 11:02 PM

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Obama: Likable enough
He's likable enough, as it turns out.
President Barack Obama, a man known for his professorial aloofness and unwillingness to schmooze his enemies into submission, lamented — tongue-in-cheek — that Republicans are too worried about Fox News and the tea party to allow themselves to be swayed by his charming, fun-loving personality.
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Obama was in the midst of languidly reciting his debt ceiling talking points at a hastily called press conference in the East Room on Monday when a reporter asked about the lack of high-profile promotions of women in his Cabinet — and his reputation for not wanting to hang out socially with his political foes, or anybody outside his insular inner circle.
He answered the first part methodically, ticking off the names of high-profile women in his administration. But it was the "insular" question that awakened the sleepy chief executive as he arched an eyebrow, smiled and began talking about getting "kind of lonely" in the "big, old" White House. This was, technically, the final press conference of the president's first term and he was feeling expansive.
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"With respect to this truism about me not socializing enough, patting folks on the back and all that stuff, most people who know me know I'm a pretty friendly guy. And I like a good party," he said when asked about how his lack of a personal connection to senior Republicans was souring the tenor of debt ceiling and sequester talks.
Obama's remarks echoed the most infamous diss of his political career, his early 2008 crack, "You're likable enough, Hillary," to a vanquished Democratic opponent soon to become his treasured secretary of state.
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House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) played golf with Obama once, and they nearly struck a grand bargain on taxes and spending over drinks afterward. Obama professed to have a blast, but now Boehner has vowed not to negotiate with the president one-on-one after a series of less productive encounters — highlighted, Republicans say, by lengthy Obama lectures and much eye-rolling.
Obama has never played golf with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who once said his top goal was to make Obama a one-term president. In fact, Obama hardly ever talks with the cagey Kentucky Republican, outsourcing that relationship to Vice President Joe Biden, who is nearly universally regarded as a "friendly" guy.
The issue of temperament isn't a trivial one, not with national default and trillions in looming cuts being seriously considered — and the White House claiming it will refuse to negotiate on the debt ceiling. On Monday, Obama used no fewer than four different metaphors to deride the GOP for linking deficit reduction to the debt cap, likening the strategy to hostage-taking, pointing a gun at the head of the American taxpayer, being a "deadbeat" and walking out on the check after consuming a sumptuous meal at a restaurant.
Obama recently claimed that his Republican adversaries found it hard to say "yes" to him — and on Monday, he underscored that by saying merely negotiating with him was seen by many in the GOP as an unpardonable sin destined to be paid for on Fox.
"You know, the truth is that you know when I was in the Senate, I had great relationships over there, and up until the point that I became president, this was not an accusation that you heard very frequently," Obama said.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Another day, another position.
That may very well be the motto for the Lipscomb Lady Bisons softball team this fall.
Saturday afternoon at Rose Park the Lady Bisons swept Belmont 5-3 and 5-2 in a doubleheader. The Lady Bisons remain undefeated this fall in four games, but more important than the victories is the opportunity for coach Kristin Ryman to determine her best starting lineup on the field and at the plate.
Several players are getting the opportunity to play a number of positions. But giving players enough time to get comfortable with their new roles and new surroundings is a challenge.
"The one negative with versatility, if there is one, is it is hard in one practice to get the players the amount of reps they need at all of the positions," Ryman said.
Rena' Cothron continues to solidify her position at catcher. She caught 15 innings against Belmont after catching every inning of the opening fall doubleheader with Tennessee State.
"Rena' is very durable right now," Ryman said. "On one hand it is great she is getting a ton of experience, but on the other hand catching takes a lot out of you."
In game one the starters in the infield were Kristen Sturdivant at first, Mimi Cartwright at second, Bridgette Begle at short and Paige Neely at third.
In the outfield Gracey Aguirre was in right, Brittany Elmore played center and Brianne Welch was in left.
Welch also spent half of each game at second base. She has played in the outfield each season at Lipscomb.
"Brianne has been working at second a little bit," Welch said. "She has a lot of infield experience from high school and travel ball.
"She is very quick. She covers a lot of ground. She has good range. She just hasn't had enough time to get comfortable over there again."
Aguirre split her time between right field and first base. She has also worked some this fall at catcher
"Gracey is playing really good defense at first base," Ryman said. "She caught a couple of fly balls against Belmont. She was quick getting to the ball. She came off the line into the three-four hole and snagged a grounder.
"She really played well. She has been working a decent amount at first, but has practiced the most in the outfield."
Mimi Cartwright has played second, third and right field. Welch has played all three outfield positions in addition to second base. Paige Neely has played third, short and center field. Elmore has played center and second.
Katy Richardson has worked at both first base and right field. Madison Wray has spent time at third and in right.
Hitting continues to be a concern for Ryman as she looks for more quality at bats, especially from her veteran players.
"The biggest thing we stressed after game one is we just didn't make adjustments at the plate quick enough," Ryman said. "We won the game in eight innings, but if it had been a regulation game we would have lost 3-2.
"I was proud to see that fight right at the end and the way they performed under pressure to retake the lead. But we had multiple opportunities before that. We just didn't have the quality at bats we were looking for in the first game."
Ryman expects the freshmen to struggle at the plate as they adjustments to NCAA Division I, but not the veterans.
"The speed of the game is different for the freshmen," Ryman said. "The older girls were struggling to make adjustments in the first game as well.
"Top to bottom through our lineup we didn't have a great first game. We had some choppy singles and took advantage of a couple of miscues."
Ryman is analyzing at bats in the four games this fall to see what each player is doing at the plate.
"A big part of this whole puzzle is figuring out who those top hitters will be and with those hitters what will the defense look like," Ryman said. "We want to make sure we have the right combinations.
"We don't know who our top nine, 10 or 11 hitters are right now. Until we figure what that is going to look like we think it is important they get some innings at a few different positions."
The Lady Bisons continue the fall schedule Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. when Trevecca Nazarene visits Draper Diamond.
"We are stressing to them the need to play with a sense of urgency and energy," Ryman said. "When moving players all over the field they need to be able to communicate with the players around them.
"There have been a few miscues here and there. We are emphasizing mechanics and where players are supposed to be, but we also want to make sure they aren't getting caught on their heels."


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Dear board membersI'm baseball player for a several time periods (days,moths ,years,decades) I've noticed that interest in baseball isdwindling, and baseball is becoming less and less relevant and willsoon become extinct with only baby boomers supporting it, and eventhose are either going to die or switch to golf. In order to save ourfavorite sport I propose we make drastic changes and adapt more modernthings like:a. Playing on the beach sand wearing swimwear like in beachvolleyball, very modern sport. Check Thiobe for growth rateb. Replacing bats with hockey sticks. Note that hockey is popular inmany world countries and we should think internationalc. Including 24-Second Shot Clock like in NBA that will make oursport more lively and fast pacedd. Square playing fields should be replaced with the more commonrectangular one like found in many popular sports : soccer, football,tennis etcIncluding this will make baseball prosper.very truly yoursConcerned Semi-Ex Baseball PlayerAvenue of delusional weirdos Number 23
Sunday, January 25, 2009
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- Xach said...
Close, but Grady Little fucked up with Pedro and was shown the door. Terry Francona followed and is still around.
- January 25, 2009 at 9:02 PM
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Dear Board Members:
I have been curling for at least a few days, and while I think the idea of a sport that involves Canadians wielding wooden implements on a court of ice has merits, I think that it could be improved upon.
I'll freely admit that these ideas are not entirely of my own devising. I have taken inspiration from other sports like basketball, three varieties of football (take that American swine- Canada has its own variety of football, and it is much better than your so-called "NFL" [note the arrogance of the word "national", without qualification- it is as if the US speaks for all nations], but I digress). (note that I put my period _outside_ my parentheses, swine). Something all of you "Americans" (and who gave you the right to the exclusive use of the name of an entire hemisphere, anyway)? ought to note- the American century is over and you'd better get used to the word national taking on meanings you are not yet accustomed to. But I digress again.
At any rate, I would like to suggest that curling might be a bit better if it had "goals" at either end of the court. We could have a natinal search for folks named Jason with a pre-existing toothal-deficiency to man this position. And let's do away with the brooms in favor of simple sticks so as not to imitate the running-dog American bourgeois obsession with cleanliness, and also to demonstrate our new-found Canadian love of frugality.
Of course this is horse-puckey, which suggests a name for the whole sordid business. I'm convinced that this "hockey" could be both a commercial success and a demonstration of the vast superiority of Canadian aesthetics over the aesthetics of the States.
A loyal Canadian
captcha: senes, as in senescent. How apropos.
- February 8, 2009 at 12:07 PM


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We're currently at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, for the unveiling of the 2015 Ford Mustang. The new ponycar was announced with an optional GT package that cranks out 420hp from an all-aluminum 5.0L Coyote engine. Also available will be a 305hp, 2.3L turbocharged four-cylinder.
For the 50th anniversary of the ponycar, Ford made leaps and bounds redesigning and overhauling the platform. The auto manufacturer brought the unveiling celebration to the TCL Chinese Theatre, formally known as the Grauman's Chinese Theatre and Mann's Chinese Theatre, because of its popularity as a tourist destination on Hollywood Boulevard. Millions of people walk past the theater each year, stopping to admire famous handprints and signatures displayed out front.
The event kicked-off with a breakfast, then a meet 'n' greet with executives from the Ford, and finally the launch of the all-new Mustang. Later this afternoon, we're heading down the road to Venice beach for another Mustang celebration hosted by Ford. At the beach will be a car show for the general public; those wanting to display their Mustang pride, as well as to get close to the all-new 2015 Ford Mustang, will be welcomed. Stay tuned as we bring you more details about the Venice car show, and also more photos of the unveiling from the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.


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Trey Canard – Broken Arm
Comment: Team Honda Muscle Milk's Trey Canard suffered a broken arm over Thanksgiving weekend while testing. Trey had surgery to put a plate in the arm and said he hopes to return at Dallas.
Matt Goerke – Broken Finger
Comment: Goerke had a rough night at Anaheim 1 and ended up breaking the index finger on his clutch hand. He had minor surgery and was able to gut it out at Phoenix for a fifteenth. Goerke will be on the gate at A2.
Matt Goerke had minory surgery on his finger this week and will race A2.
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Josh Grant – Shoulder
Comment: Grant crashed hard in practice at Phoenix, hitting his head and shoulder. It was enough to prevent him from racing the night show. Grant had an MRI that didn't indicate a need for surgery and he'll ride late in the week in order to determine whether or not he's okay to race. If he's not, backup rider Phil Nicoletti will get the nod for A2. Nicoletti has already been sent to California.
UPDATE (01-17-14): Josh Grant has indeed decided to race Anaheim 2.
Austin Howell: Lacerated Spleen, Punctured and Collapsed Lung, Bruised the other Lung, Broken Ribs, Fractured Collarbone, Fractured C-3 in Neck, Surgery on Wrist
Comment: We contacted Howell before Anaheim 1: "Everything is healing up pretty good. My wrist is healing well; I had surgery on it two weeks ago and get the cast off next week. Hope to see me on the East Coast. Will be back on the bike as soon as I can and pick up where I left off."
Dillon Huddleston - Broken Thumb
Comment: Privateer Dillon Huddleston broke his left thumb at Phoenix. He was able to complete the night and qualified 38th in 450SX, but will miss next couple of rounds.
Josh Grant crashed hard in the tricky 3-3-3 section during Phoenix practice.
Phil Nicoletti will step in as Grant's replacement if he's not up to racing A2.
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Ben LaMay – Dislocated Wrist, Broken Upper Jaw, Broken Eye Socket
Comment: Ben LaMay suffered a big crash right before Anaheim 1 and is expected to miss a significant portion of Monster Energy Supercross. The Cycle Trader Rock River Yamaha rider tweeted this a few days ago: Seen the doctors a bunch and I'm healing good. I got 4 titanium plates put in my face cause I broke a lot of stuff, (eye socket,nose,cheek bone,upper jaw.) I knocked 2 teeth out so I gotta go to the dentist too. I dislocated my wrist and also a small fracture. I'm resting and healing the best I can. Wanna get back out there and show everyone what I got but I gotta make sure I'm 100% again. Can't thank @sshheerryyllox enough for taking care of me everyday and Thanks to @cycletraderrockriver for sticking behind me and all my fans who are praying and keeping a close watch on me throughout my career.
Davi Millsaps – Torn ACL
Comment: Millsaps, the 450SX runner-up the past two seasons, crashed while practicing at Milestone and tore his ACL. It's the first injury Millsaps has ever had on that leg, as the knee injury that cost him the 2013 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship was on the other leg. He had surgery in mid December and can only say, "I'll be back as soon as I can." Considering the typical return time from ACL surgery, we don't expect Davi to return until the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship.
Broc Schmelyun – Broken Legs
Comment: Pennsylvania privateer Broc Schmelyun will miss all of Monster Energy Supercross after breaking both legs in a late December practice crash. "This is a very unfortunate injury at a time where Broc has really worked hard and prepared himself for the supercross season in the premier class," said Gary Luckett, Traders Racing team owner.
Shane Sewell - Broken Foot
Comment: Westville, Indiana's Shane Sewell broke his foot at Anaheim 1 during the second 450SX heat, but hopes to be back on the bike in about a month.
Eli Tomac - Left Shoulder Rotator Cuff Contusion
Comment: Tomac came together with Jake Weimer on the opening lap of his A1 heat race and hurt his shoulder in the crash, which forced him to miss the remainder of the night. Tomac also missed Phoenix and will return to racing at Oakland at the earliest.
Phoenix wasn't in the cards for Eli Tomac, so he's now
looking to return for Oakland at the earliest.
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Blake Baggett – Broken Foot
Comment: Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Blake Baggett suffered a broken foot testing this off-season. Baggett was scheduled to race the Eastern Regional 250SX Championship. We spoke to Baggett at Anaheim 1 and he is not sure if he will be back for the East opener at Dallas or not.
Zach Bell – Broken Collarbone
Comment: Bell was claimed by the tricky triple-triple-triple section featured in Phoenix and is out for the season. He broke his collarbone in three places and needs surgery for a fix.
Justin Bogle – Five Broken Vertebra and Broken Shoulder Blade
Comment: GECIO Honda's Justin Bogle suffered a huge crash at the team's Milestone test track in early December—he reportedly caught a footpeg while scrubbing a triple—and suffered five broken vertebra and a broken shoulder blade. "My mindset hasn't changed or anything like that," he said at the time. There is no timetable on his return, but the team picked up Blake Wharton as a replacement in the East.
Zach Bell had a tough crash in practice at Phoenix and will
sit out for the remainder of the season.
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Casey Hinson – Crushed and Dislocated Right Wrist, Fractured Left Hand and Fractured Face
Comment: Privateer Casey Hinson is hoping to return late in the series after a December practice crash where he reportedly clipped a landing in a rhythm section and went headfirst into the ensuing jump.
Marvin Musquin – Torn ACL
Comment: Red Bull KTM's Marvin Musquin suffered a torn ACL in early December and will miss the start of the East Region. Musquin has already undergone surgery in his home country of France. "This is an unfortunate injury, but we know Marvin will do the all steps necessary to recover as quickly as possible and come back when he is 100 percent," commented team manager Roger DeCoster in a statement released by the team.
Austin Politelli – Broken Femur
Comment: Privateer Austin Politelli suffered a broken femur while testing at Milestone the week before Phoenix. No timetable has been set for his return.
Joey Savatgy – Broken Wrist, AC Separation, Broken Ribs and Partially Collapsed Lungs
Comment: The 2013 SX Rookie of the Year is expected to miss some time on the Eastern Region after a huge crash at Milestone in early December resulted in a broken wrist, an AC separation, broken ribs and partially collapsed lungs. Rockstar Energy KTM has signed Cole Thompson in case Savatgy won't be ready for when the racing begins in the East. Thompson will also ride the 350 S-FX at a few 450SX races on the West Coast and the 250 on the East.


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