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Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: South Florida's first festival and a memorable moment with Jimi Hendrix.
In May 1968, South Florida had very little to boast about when it came to placing its imprint on the national music scene. The Beatles made their bow outside New York City when they appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show in a telecast from Miami Beach, and Criteria Studios had already begun its run of notable R&B hits (James Brown recorded his signature song "I Got You (I Feel Good)" there in 1965), but for the most part, our environs were a kind of musical nowhere land that few in the business ever thought about twice.
That made the first Miami Pop Festival, which took place over two days, May 18 and 19, all that more auspicious. Though many may think of it as footnote in rock's larger trajectory, it was in fact a critical lynchpin between the two festivals that would eventually overshadow it: Monterey Pop, held 11 months before, and Woodstock, which awaited 15 months later.
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For the record, the Miami Pop Festival didn't take place in Miami at all. It didn't even take place in Miami-Dade County. The setting was Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, then -- and now -- a racetrack that hosts concerts sporadically, in addition to its primary calling as a horseracing venue. It also holds a connection to the aforementioned festivals. Michael Lang, a young native New Yorker who relocated to Coconut Grove in 1966 to open a head shop, attended Monterey Pop and was so inspired by the idea of a multiday, multiact musical event, that he decided to attempt to organize one himself. The result of that decision was manifest in the first Miami Pop festival and, seven months later, a much larger gathering held in the same locale. Satisfied with the results, Lang would go down in rock history as the man who help organize Woodstock, the festival that still serves as a blueprint for every festival since.
But there was also another connection, one that was at least as significant. As it turned out, Jimi Hendrix performed at all three. The man who lit his guitar on fire at Monterey and closed out the three days of Woodstock with a sunrise performance was also the biggest star at the first Miami Pop, and the artist who made that provided the promoter with his main draw. There were other heavyweights there as well -- Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Steppenwolf, Blue Cheer, John Lee Hooker, and Arthur Brown -- but the Jimi Hendrix Experience was clearly the most formidable act on the bill and the one act that ensured its success.
More than 40 years after his untimely passing, fascination with Hendrix continues unabated. Arguably the most innovative guitarist of all time, his four short years in the spotlight left an indelible legacy that's lingered ever since.
So even with the endless stream of reissues and repackaging, new Hendrix releases still reap unceasing fascination. A new album, Jimi Hendrix Experience: Miami Pop Festival, is especially significant, however, because it provides the first audio documentation of those two days in May. Together with Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin', an expanded home video that originally aired on PBS' American Masters, it documents a crucial performance that many fans and aficionados may never have even known existed.
Although the band's set list is drawn mostly from the Experience's first album, a pair of jams -- "Tax Free" and "Hear My Train A Comin'" -- mark their stage debut. Needless to say, Hendrix is as explosive as ever, but Mitch Mitchell shines as well, affirming his status as a drumming dynamo. Indeed, despite the somewhat crude technology -- Noel Redding's bass and backing vocals are muted considerably -- these recordings are a revelation. The scenes shown in the documentary are equally revelatory, thanks to the historical footage of the festival that's heretofore unseen.
For the record, I was fortunate enough to see Hendrix perform with the Experience when I lived in Dallas, Texas. The opening act on the bill was a new band that called themselves Chicago Transit Authority before later changing their name to simply Chicago. I remember the show fairly well, especially the part in "Purple Haze" when Hendrix modified the lyric slightly and admonished the audience to "'scuse me while I kiss this guy!" For years after, I had a pair of glossy photos that a friend of mine took of the show hanging on my bedroom wall. Sadly, they're long gone now, but my memories linger.
And now, with these two releases, the memories of those who were at Gulfstream on that May day will linger as well.
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Beetles, along with butterflies, lacewings, true flies and wasps, bees and ants have a lifecycle based on complete metamorphosis. The egg hatches into a larva which in no way resembles the adult, grows through a series of moults, and finally forms a pupa from which the reproductive adult form emerges. This lifecycle appears to have evolved only once, probably in the late Carboniferous, and this group (the Holometabola) comprises the vast bulk of modern insect diversity. True bugs on the other hand retain the original insect developmental pathway – the egg hatches into a nymph which resembles a small adult except for lacking wings, and as it grows each moult results ina stage more like the final adult form.
Often confused with beetles, we have only one of the true bugs on show at Bristol, the Two-Spot Assassin Bug Platymeris biguttatus. They originate from Central Africa, where there are many similar species. They are quite secretive and nocturnal, hiding away under loose bark or inside hollow logs, where groups of them can often be found. When hungry, they emerge from their hiding places in pursuit of prey, usually small beetles, cockroaches, and similar size invertebrates. Their usual hunting method is to stab their prey in the back (hence their common name) with their piercing mouthparts, injecting a toxic saliva which liquefies the inside of the prey insect and enables them to suck up the contents. If attacked, they will also bite in self defence, and as their venom is quite potent their bite is painful.
They do not, however, need to bite to defend themselves. They can also spray toxic secretions in the face of an attacker, and if this gets in a handlers eyes the result can be quite serious – for which reason the keepers always wear goggles when having to work in their display. Their distinctive patter is another example of warning colouration, and their sociable tendencies also reinforces the defence – a mongoose trying to attack a colony of assassin bugs will not forget the lesson quickly!
Many bugs exhibit parental care, often brooding the eggs to provide defence or even gluing them to the parent's body, but this does not appear to be the case with assassin bugs. The eggs are simply dropped in a suitable spot where humidity is reasonably high and left to their own devices. They are fairly long lived insects, reaching maturity in perhaps 9 months and living as long as two years in captivity.
As a result of their defences and retiring nature, assassin bugs probably do not have many vertebrate predators. Their main risk is probably spiders and parasitic wasps or flies, which attack practically every living insect species at at least one point in their life cycle. They are not endangered in the wild, and are unlikely to become so in the near future.
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Friday, October 30, 2009
Thank you Rolling Thunder Racers!!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Montana Racer Schedule for CX Nationals
9:45am Men B U29: Shaun Radley
11:00am Men B U39: Jesse Doll, Rick Finley
1:00pm Master 55 - 59: Steve Muller, Mike Longmire
9:15am Junior 13-14: Bridger Fiore
2:15pm Master Women 35 - 39: Patricia Dowd, Amy Frykman
3:30pm Master 45 - 49: Frank Gonzalez, John Fiore, Bill Cochran, Pat Scharfe
8:30am Master 50 - 54: Geoff Proctor, John Wehyrich
9:30am Master 40 - 44: Alex Gallego, Bryan Frykman
2:15pm Master 35 - 39: Rick Finley, Brad Morgan, Troy Kindred
11:15pm Elite Women: Patricia Dowd, Amy Frykman, Lisa Curry
1:00pm Collegiate Women: Lindsy Campbell
2:30pm Elite Men: John Curry, Brad Morgan
Monday, October 26, 2009
Sam Schultz Hoists the Champagne at Rolling Thunder
Sam Schultz and Lisa Curry won Rolling Thunder under the lights Saturday night. The 4th annual Rolling Thunder nighttime cyclocross race was held on crisp fall night in Montana. Kevin Bradford-Parish and Defending champion Sam Krieg gave Schultz all he could handle. Also, racing was Craig Richey, John Curry and Kenda rider Andy Schultz.
The beer was flowing and the music was blasting. The crowd had just finished performing their Michael Jackson "Thriller" dance. The whistle blew and Cycling House rider Owen Gue grabbed the hole shot. He led for the first two laps laying down a furious pace. The lead group was Schultz, Krieg, Bradford-Parish, and Owen Gue. Krieg attacked through the finish area and dropped Gue from the leaders. Then Schultz went for the kill shot, stomping on the pedals of his mountain bike. Defending Champ Krieg who's recovering from a shoulder injury couldn't stick with the Subaru Gary Fischer rider. In an impressive show of defiance Kevin Bradford-Parish would not let Sam ride away. Both Schultz and Bradford-Parish were riding the run- up. KBP stuck with Schultz for the rest of the race and lost at the line by a couple bike lengths. Krieg came home in third, and Gallatin Alpine Sports riders John Curry and Brian Frykman finished 4th and 5th.
The ladies race contained several top regional riders. Defending masters national champion Kris Walker, Jenni Gaernter, Amy Frykman, Zephanie Blasi and pre-race favorite Lisa Curry. The technical course favored Curry. The deciding moment in the race came on the 180-side hill section. Riders bottlenecked at the top allowing Curry to grab 25 meters. That's all this Bozeman rider needed, as she turned 25 meters in to 300 meters by the finish. Also, helping Curry was her ability to ride the run-up. She came home in first place followed by Kris Walker, Jenni Gaertner, Amy Frykman, and Team Kenda mountain biker Zephanie Blasi.
Sunday's race was on a faster track just down the street from Rolling Thunder. Greased Lightning started with a bang. Amy Frykman stole the show in the ladies race beating out Kris Walker. Patricia Dowd was third.
The men's race saw Craig Richey dominate the field. After a mechanical took him out of contention the night before, Richey started out hot and didn't look back. Sam Krieg hung with him for a while, but the Blue Cycles rider was just too much. Third was John Curry, closing out a consistent weekend.
Race Notes
-Sam Schultz received a Kona Major Jake frame and fork and double bladed ax for his efforts
-Lisa Curry received a Specialized Tricross frame and fork
-Andy and Sam's dad Bill Schultz had a great showing in the masters race, winning the Fan Favorite award
Day 1 Top 5 – Rolling Thunder
Sam Schultz, Kevin Bradford Parish, Sam Krieg, John Curry, Brian Frykman
Lisa Curry, Kris Walker, Jenni Gaertner, Amy Frykman, Patricia Dowd
Day 2 Top 5 – Greased Lightning
Craig Richey, Sam Krieg, John Curry, Karl Vanderwood, Bob Presta
Amy Frykman, Kris Walker, Patricia Dowd, Lindsy Campbell, Kelly Grove


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Two years ago yesterday, Dr. George Tiller of Wichita, Kansas, was murdered for his work as a well-known abortion provider. Dr. Tiller was renowned for the high level of care that he provided to women for many years.
Despite the tragic end to Dr. Tiller's career, he is remembered for providing safe reproductive services in a region where not many doctors will perform abortions. This is significant in a time when women are turning to unsafe providers for lack of other options.
Abortion is a common medical procedure. One-third of American women will have an abortion by the age of 45.
At this rate, it is likely that every person in America will know at least one woman who has had an abortion.
Doctors who provide abortions face many difficulties today. In many communities, anyone who is in any way connected with providing abortion care – doctors, nurses, even building landlords and custodians – and their families live in fear of violence from anti-abortion groups. On May 26th, a man from Madison, WI, was charged with a federal misdemeanor count of trying to injure people providing reproductive health services.
Although anti-choice groups in Wisconsin are distancing themselves from the man's act, this story is one example of how the threat to abortion providers and clinics is still alive and real. However violence is not the only issue that the pro-choice medical community faces.
With the battle over health care still warring today, organizations such as Planned Parenthood face the threat of being defunded by the federal government- even though no federal money goes to abortion care because of the Hyde Amendment. The federal money that Planned Parenthood receives goes toward cancer screenings, routine sexual health check-ups, STI testing, sex education, and other desperately-needed services.
In Pennsylvania, some law-makers are trying to restrict access to safe, compassionate abortion care in the Keystone State.
HB 574 passed the state House on May 11 and would regulate abortion clinics as ambulatory surgical facilities, forcing them to make costly renovations and increase staffing despite no proven benefit to patient safety.
In light of this legislation, Dr. Tiller's method of providing care is important to remember. He insisted on quality patient care for women and administered this care viewing every woman as an individual and unique case. He is also noted for going above and beyond standard patient care:
George bravely immersed himself not only in the specialized medicine of later abortions but also in the complicated lives of his patients. Sometimes, for legal or medical reasons, he couldn't accommodate a patient's request for an abortion and helped arrange adoption. The work he did was far from simple, like many other kinds of health care.
Now two years later, Dr. Tiller's work is still stigmatized and under attack by lawmakers at the state and national levels of government. Although abortion is still legal, future laws could impact the way that it is practiced not only in Pennsylvania, but in other states as well. It is important to oppose these changes and fight to keep reproductive health care safe and accessible.
Call your PA State Senator today and tell them to vote no on the Mensch Amendment to SB 732, which would end abortion care after nine weeks of pregnancy in freestanding clinics.


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The Appalachian Trail in northern Georgia is an amazingly beautiful and interesting trail. The Army Rangers complete the mountain portion of their training in the area near Dahlonega. The field they use for rapelling out of helicopters is next to the AT and you can hear them firing off rifles at all hours of the day. You won't see them, but they are known to stalk hikers on the trail for practice.


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Oil meeting in Qatar ends without freeze as Iran absent
DOHA, Qatar — Oil-rich nations at a Qatar summit failed to reach an agreement Sunday on a production freeze, saying officials needed "more time" to make the decision as Iran stayed home and vowed to keep pumping.
The hourslong meeting in Doha, the Qatari capital, resembled a failed OPEC meeting in December that saw crude oil prices tumble on the cartel's indecision. The fact that producers couldn't agree to even freezing production at near-record January figures likely means oil prices will drop again as markets open Monday.
Speaking to journalists after the summit, Mohammed bin Saleh al-Sada, Qatar's energy and industry minister, said the 18 countries gathered for the meeting believed "the fundamentals of the market are generally improving."
However, he largely dodged the questions about whether another special summit will be called before OPEC's next meeting in June and whether Iran had anything to do with the breakdown of the talks.
"We of course respect their position and ... we still don't know how the future will unroll but it was a sovereign decision by Iran," said al-Sada, who is serving as OPEC's president. "The freeze could be more effective definitely if major producers, be it from OPEC members like Iran and others, as well as non-OPEC members, are included in the freeze."
Sunday's gathering follows a surprise Doha meeting in February between Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, in which they pledged to cap their crude output at January levels if other producers do the same.
They had hoped the cap would help global oil prices rebound from their dramatic fall since the summer of 2014, when prices were above $100 a barrel.
Prices dropped briefly to under $30 a barrel, a 12-year low, in January, but have climbed to the mid-$40s this week, boosted in part by market speculation about the Qatar meeting.
Western markets were closed Sunday and not immediately affected by the discussions, though the failure to reach a freeze likely will come into play Monday. Stock exchanges in Saudi Arabia and Dubai closed in negative territory Sunday, with the Saudi Tadawul down 1.48 percent.
Iran decided to stay home late Saturday after saying the day before it would send an emissary to the meeting. Speaking to Iranian state television, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh said it didn't make sense to send any representative from the Islamic Republic "as we are not part of the decision to freeze output."
"We can't cooperate with them to freeze our own output, and in other words impose sanctions on ourselves," Zangeneh said.
With many international sanctions lifted under its nuclear deal with world powers, Iran began exporting oil into the European market again and is eager to claw back market share. It produces 3.2 million barrels of oil a day now, with hopes of increasing to 4 million by April 2017.
Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia had said it wouldn't back any freeze if Iran, its Shiite rival, doesn't agree to it, throwing the deal into question before the meeting. The kingdom seems determined to ride out the low prices that could squeeze Tehran. Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi declined to speak to journalists during the meeting.
That dispute underscores the level of discord inside OPEC as it faces arguably its biggest challenge since the oil glut of the 1980s. Even had officials reached a deal, Iran's production and oil from other sources, like the U.S., could keep prices down.
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The 2017 Bowling Green New Music & ART Festival - MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music
October 18-21 Featuring guest composers STEVEN MACKEY and SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER and guest ensemble LATITUDE 49.
Various concerts through the festival will include music by -Dai Fujikura, Peter Eötvös, Marissa DiPronio, and Chin-Ting Chan.
Also, Roger Zare, Takuma Itoh, Dai Fujikura, Christopher Dietz and Jason Eckardt, Anthony Donofrio, Dan VanHassel, Alex Temple, Mario Diaz de Leon, and Matt Marks,
Steven Stucky, James Romig, Robert Morris, Marilyn Shrude, Jonathan Newman, John Mackey, and Emily Custer, among others.
Winning entries from the call for works - to be performed on the 38th Annual Bowling Green New Music Festival - also include: Piano: Ingrid Stölzel In the Midst and John Liberatore She rose, and let me in; Flute & Percussion: Carl Schimmel Temper Mutations, Janice Misurell-Mitchell The Art of Noise, and Erin Rogers Shimmering Dust. Trumpet / Trumpet and Piano - Robert Gibson Fall; Stephen Lilly Mazed. Brass Quintet Michael Eckert Brass Quintet and Cydonie Banting Carillon Calls.


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We're always hearing how a specific vitamin or herbal supplement will remedy a chronic situation or drastically improve the quality of our lives. The bottom line, Mowry says, is that more cautiously developed, larger trials are required before suggestions can be created about which vitamins, minerals, and other supplements may possibly support MS. And because high levels of even crucial vitamins and other supplements can be harmful, Costello encourages you to speak with your medical professional or a registered dietitian seasoned in MS about the right amounts for you.
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I listened to President Obama's May,21st speech at the National Archives, and I also read and re-read the transcript. With all the eloquence the president is endowed, there is a part of the speech that I am sure the president can not explain to the satisfaction of many citizens.
In his speech the President said, "We are going to exhaust every avenue that we have to prosecute those at Guantanamo who pose a danger to our country. But even when this process is complete, there may be a number of people who cannot be prosecuted for past crimes, but who nonetheless pose a threat to the security of the United States. Examples of that threat include people who have received extensive explosives training at al Qaeda training camps, commanded Taliban troops in battle, expressed their allegiance to Osama bin Laden, or otherwise made it clear that they want to kill Americans. These are people who, in effect, remain at war with the United States. As I said, I am not going to release individuals who endanger the American people. Al Qaeda terrorists and their affiliates are at war with the United States, and those that we capture – like other prisoners of war must be prevented from attacking us again. "
As a person who is not well versed with legal mumbo jumbo, I must ask the president,
- Why can't they be tried? Is there evidence?
- Don't you believe that anyone accused of crimes should be tried?
- How would you know they are dangerous, if they are not tried? And may I be permitted to ask as to what happened to your new " era of respecting human rights"?
One of the brightest minds in U.S. media, Rachel Maddow of MSNBC, I think has defended the U.S. constitution aptly. In her awe of the Obama's speech, she asks, "how can a president speak the kind of poetry president Obama does about the rule of law, and call for the power to indefinitely, preventively imprison people because they might commit crimes in the future. How could these two things co-exist in the same person?"
Ms. Maddow, the answer may be found in " double speak".
It is certain, Obama's speech has upset human rights groups and constitutional scholars. It has also gained the support of Senator McCain, who says that he is "pleased". Mr. Ari Fleischer, who was George W Bush's first press secretary, wants Obama to admit that he was wrong in "criticizing" president Bush during the campaign, since Obama is "following the same path President Bush pursued". It is also possible, that a number of dictators throughout the world must be paying close attention to the new Obama policy of "prolonged detention".
Mekonen Haddis


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Obesity is a dangerous medical condition. More than 70% of the American population is currently overweight or obese.
Obesity is associated with metabolic diseases such as high blood pressure, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus, cancer, coronary artery disease, and even dementia.
At any given time, around half of people suffering from obesity are trying to lose weight.
Losing the weight does not mean that you are healthier.
All of us know that obesity is bad for your health. But obesity is not the problem.
Obesity is just a symptom of underlying metabolic abnormalities such as insulin resistance, chronic inflammation, nutritional deficiencies, increase intestinal permeability, etc.
These metabolic conditions are the root causes of obesity and they are the reason that obesity is associated with many other diseases which are also caused by these metabolic dysregulations. Moreover, obesity itself causes worsening of metabolic conditions, ultimately patients suffer from the complications of obesity on a daily basis.
Weight loss plans usually fall under two broad categories:
- Trying to force the body to lose the weight. This method does not address what causes obesity in the first place and does not address the metabolic diseases that both caused obesity and got worse by it. Most of the popular weight loss plans falls under this category. This includes, low calorie, extraneous exercise, use of appetite suppressant, HCG dieting, meal replacement therapy, liposuction and bariatric therapy and many more. Losing weight following this methods results in what is called the obesity paradox. Which means that weight loss is associated with higher mobility and mortality.1
- Treat the underlying metabolism associated with obesity. Obesity is a symptom and not the disease. Obesity is a complex metabolic derangement whereby the body if forced to carry excess pounds of fat. This method addresses and treats what is currently wrong in your health and your body. The advantage of this methods is you will have a very healthy and permanent weight loss and all the diseases that were associated with obesity will be positively affected. This is the method we use in The Metabolism Clinic for weight loss.
The Metabolism Clinic is established as the destination for weight loss and reversal of diabetes. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina. www.themetabolismclinic.com


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Toward the end of the Sunday service, the Minister asked, "How many of you have forgiven your enemies?"
80% held up their hands.
The Minister then repeated his question. All responded this time, except one man, an avid golfer named Walter Barnes, who attended church only when the weather was bad.
"Mr. Barnes, it's obviously not a good morning for golf. It's good to see you here today. Are you not willing to forgive your enemies?"


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Slim Picket is a trapper and also the head of Klamath's Trapper Town in 2241.
Slim Picket is the tall and lanky[1] head of the Trappers in Klamath. Lately, he has noticed that the rats around the western part of town have been acting strangely and thinks something is controlling them.
Interactions with the player characterEdit
Interactions overviewEdit
|This character offers sex.
Requires female character
|This character starts quests.
- Kill the rat god: Slim says that something in the caves is controlling the rats west of Klamath. He wants it taken out.
Other interactionsEdit
- He has a key to the north part of Trapper Town. He also mentions the Highwayman in the old car lot.
- With Outdoorsman less than 29% and a successful Speech check, Slim can raise the Chosen One's Outdoorsman skill by max(IN*2;7%) for $100 ($50 with good town reputation).
- With 29% in Outdoorsman or after having received training, he can tell the Chosen One more about geckos, at which point he'll mention Smiley and Ardin Buckner, unlocking an option in her dialogue to ask about the trapper (not that it's too hard to do it another way).
- Female characters can sleep with him.
|Other items
|Torn old outfit
|Trapper Town key
Meat jerky x3
20 $20
Slim Picket appears only in Fallout 2.
Behind the scenesEdit
Slim Picket is a reference to the actor Slim Pickens best known for his role in the movie Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb as B-52 pilot Major T. J. "King" Kong who rides a dropped H-bomb to a certain death, and waving his cowboy hat as if the bomb were a rodeo bronco. The bomb explodes triggering the end of the world.
Although his Outdoorsman training session is supposed to cost the Chosen One 100 (or 50) dollars, due to incorrect scripting, the Chosen One will instead receive the money.[verified]
- In the unpatched game, money would be neither paid nor received.[verified]
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Bianca A .: How BODYART changed my life
Since about 3 years I regularly go to the gym, whereby I have mainly done strength and endurance training, spinning and body pump. However, at times, this kind of training became too one-sided for me, so I was looking for something that would challenge my body in a new way. To this particular new challenge, I have actually come through my best friend Amelie.
After a 4-week stay abroad, she always raved about a sport called BODYART. First of all, I did not know what I should imagine. BODYART sounds more like art and painting than sports. But nevertheless, their testimonials have led me to look for suitable offers in my place of residence. My first hour of BODYART overwhelmed me completely. The way in which body and soul are reconciled, the unaccustomed strain on the muscles and the energetic breathing ... all in all, that has changed my body, but also my mind or my attitude towards life. Since I have problems with the back from childhood, I have found a way in BODYART to gently strengthen this and thus prevent further pain.
After a hallux operation a year ago, this sport also helped me mobilize my toe joint and put my whole body upright. This development has also affected my mind. I realized that I have become calmer and more balanced. BODYART gives me the necessary strength and the self-confidence to believe in myself and my abilities, especially in demanding times or before upcoming exams.
Antonio C.: BODYART, what is it?
This was about 2 years ago, my curious question to my physiotherapist in Landshut. Once again, I was under treatment for Achilles tendon irritation and pain on my right heel, as well as lumbar back pain. As a passionate and longtime footballer, I could not stop it despite the familiar physical symptoms. The real reason, these chronic complaints were a malposition and muscle shortening in the calf, lower leg and back. But a footballer is tough and does not need yoga stuff, was my motto until now.
Then there was a job stress phase, which has even led to health problems. In this period of life, I realized how important your own health and the right balance in life is.
After a few attempts, I finally searched and found BODYART, a new sports activity that touches and strengthens the body, mind and soul. After 2 years of regular (1 to 2 times a week) exercise, I have learned to love and appreciate BODYART. The multitude of different physical exercises challenges me to reach my own limits and body awareness is strengthened. The flowing movements and the targeted breathing, in combination with the appropriate music, lead me every time anew in a harmony and soothing deep relaxation. In addition, as a Christian-oriented person, I experience additional benefits for my soul in certain exercises, through the proud and reverent attitude. Finally I have found an important balance to my profession through BODYART and I am always aware that I am doing my body something good. And by the way, my back problems have disappeared and I have achieved tremendous, surprising results with the "foot stretch" and the extensibility of the musculature.
Every BODYART hour is a real treat!
Christa W.: BODYART - is body art and body feeling
The art par excellence, to lovingly deal with his body and to perform with patience movements that are initially considered to be impracticable. I was in my late 56s when I was first confronted with BODYART ... Oh God! That almost borders on the impossible ... it shot through my head ... Such a body control, such contortions, distortions, deliberately tense muscles - how do you leave the room after this hour? ... Nevertheless, I went fresh to work. Borders have been (and are) shown to me by my body, but well-being, pleasant languor, and this incredibly motivating, proud realization of "you've actually made it" - all that screamed for MORE. And for this more already two years. My condition, my figure, my well-being, my balance - simply the "all-round good feeling" encourage me from time to time to continue to exert my physical and mental powers. The success is for sure! - in spite of the delicate gray shimmering highlights in her hair and no longer having the skeleton and the elasticity of a young woman. But the very varied movements, whether from the table position in the dog, from the inverted V in the push-up, in the big or small cobra, the crow - what is not all ... And the wonderful thing about it: it is (almost) everything feasible! And when my physical commitment to it is still humorous, patient and inspiring led to my performance limit (which continues to expand upwards!) By our lovable trainer Andrea Brown, my colleagues and I can ultimately reward them and us with ever better performance, which us again with much joy and commitment to enjoy the BODYART hour.
Lawrence B.: love it!
"I can not wait to go to BODYART it is a natural stress releiver and a great muscle toner. After a hard day at work and you just can´t stop thinking about the problems in your inbox.... BODYART just melts it all away.. problems are gone and one sleeps at peace and awakes rested...... I MISS YOU and BODYART..."
Jennifer B.: My BODYART Experience
My name is Jennifer and I'm 34 years old. I have two wonderful children and a loving husband. My passion / passion are people, which is why I became a personal trainer and triathlon coach. Ten years ago, FSH diagnosed me with a form of muscular dystrophy (MD) affecting the face, shoulders and back. I got my positive genetic test on the same day I found out I was pregnant. This form of MD affects one in a hundred thousand people. Part of my disability is the inability to raise my hands over the head, bilateral swinging of the shoulder blades and little to no chest muscles.
Before my diagnosis, I was a competitive gymnast until I was 16 years old. Then I grew up and the pain started. I grew 15 cm in a year and with that my gym career was over and my skip career had just begun. Diving accompanied me through the high school years and earned me a scholarship for the Seton Hall University. I have always been an active athlete and overcame many obstacles.
My motto is: You can bring me down but I keep getting up. I've often been told that I can not do that and should do better - well, they do not know that I can and will do everything I do. My first experience with BODYART ® was in Morocco with Robert & Alexa and it was electrifying. I felt the flow of energy from my head, shoulders, back and feet. I had never felt this kind of flowing energy in my body. I relived every emotion and found myself crying with tears of joy and a sense of accessibility that enabled me to fight through training. BODYART ® was a unique kind of empowering, captivating and sensual in a training session. I felt strong during and after training and this power accompanied me not just for a few hours but for days. It was a really amazing and life-changing experience for me.


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35 minutes
- 2 (5 oz) pkgsbaby spinach
- 1 small pkgfresh basil
- 4 clovesgarlic
- 2 (1 inch) piecesginger root
- 1lime
- 6pork sausages
- 10 ozspaghetti pasta
-  black pepper
-  fish sauce
-  salt
-  virgin coconut oil
- 1Fill a large pot about halfway with hot water (from the tap); cover with a lid and bring to a boil over high heat.
- 2Wash and dry the fresh produce. (Skip the spinach if it came pre-washed.)
1 lime 2 (5 oz) pkgs baby spinach 1 small pkg fresh basil 2 (1 inch) pieces ginger root
- 3When the water in the saucepan comes to a boil, uncover the pan and season the water with salt (snap the spaghetti into thirds as you add to the water), then add the pasta and stir for a few seconds. Cook the pasta, uncovered, for 11 to 12 minutes (or according to package directions). Once cooked, drain the pasta in a colander.
10 oz spaghetti pasta 2 tsp salt
- 4Peel and mince or press the garlic. Peel and mince or grate the ginger.
4 cloves garlic
- 5Heat a skillet over medium-high heat.
- 6Once the skillet is hot, add coconut oil and swirl to coat the bottom.
2 tsp virgin coconut oil
- 7Cut the pork sausage open at one end. Sliding your fingers from the sealed to the cut end, squeeze the contents of the sausage into the skillet and discard the casing. Add garlic, and ginger to the skillet. Breaking the sausage apart with a spatula, cook until browned and crumbly, 4-5 minutes.
6 pork sausages
- 8Juice the lime into a small bowl.
- 9Pick the basil leaves off the stems and discard the stems.
- 10Turn the heat down to low and add the spinach and half the basil, stir until the spinach is wilted.
- 11Add the pasta, lime juice, fish sauce, salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring constantly, until ingredients are well combined.
2 tbsp fish sauce ½ tsp salt ½ tsp black pepper
- 12To serve, divide the pasta between bowls and garnish with the remaining basil. Enjoy!


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Limerick's Live 95fm are running a competition called the €10000 Puc that will take place at the Gaelic Grounds on May 9th.
There will be 100 participants 50 from the Live 95fm listenership and 50 from Limerick Gaa including Camogie, Ladies Football and Handball.
There will be a grid numbered 1 to 100 in a central pitch location on the day in the Gaelic Grounds. Each participant will be allocated a number in a sealed envelope. A special quest will take a puc directly into the grid and what ever number the sliotar lands in will be deemed the winner.
The 50 Participants from Live 95fm Listenership will come directly through their radio programming and will be the sole winner of the ten thousand euro.
Limerick GAA including our sister organisations have been allocated 50 participants and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. The first fifty responses to firstname.lastname@example.com on Monday March 30th before 9.00am will only be facilitated. The fifty lucky clubs will nominate a person to represent the club on the day by running a similar competition through their clubs with a nomination fee set by the club and resulting funds will be kept by the club. The nominated club person will be legally obliged to give five thousand euro back to the club if they are lucky enough to win the competition.
It is the responsibility of Limerick Camogie, Limerick Ladies Football and Limerick Handball to circulate this email to their clubs. For further information please contact me on this email address.


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Congress Acts to End Forced Arbitration
Did you make a call on your cell phone today? Or buy something using your credit card? Most Americans engage in these activities every day without realizing that they could be giving up their legal rights – specifically, their right to hold the cell phone company or the bank accountable in court if they cheat customers or violate their privacy. It may sound crazy, but when you bought that cell phone or opened that credit card, the corporation likely buried a forced arbitration clause in the fine print of the agreement.
With forced arbitration, corporations can kick Americans out of court and instead funnel them into a rigged forum decided by an arbitration company chosen by the very corporation that broke the law. These dangerous clauses are everywhere – from cell phone contracts and credit card agreements, to college enrollment documents and even nursing home admissions forms.
This widespread, abusive practice is used by corporations to ensure that Americans can never hold them accountable in court when they break laws designed to protect consumers, employees, and students, and it can only be stopped if Congress acts.
Yesterday, U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) reintroduced the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2015 (AFA) [H.R. 2087], which would prohibit corporations from forcing people into arbitration and ensure that rights are not eliminated by the fine print.
If enacted, the AFA would:
- Eliminate forced arbitration in employment, consumer, civil rights, and anti-trust cases;
- Ensure that the decision to arbitrate is truly voluntary; and
- Restore fundamental rights created by state and federal laws that are currently at risk of being wiped out by forced arbitration.
Forced arbitration is especially ubiquitous among predatory, for-profit colleges. Notorious scam colleges like Corinthian and Everest slipped these clauses in their enrollment forms, leaving cheated students drowning in student loan debt and unable to recover their losses in court.
On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Cal.) introduced a bill to make sure other students aren't denied this right. The Court Legal Access & Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2015 will prohibit any school that receives student aid funding from the Department of Education from using forced arbitration against students.


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Clark Island, Sydney Harbour
Friday 10 – Sunday 12 November, 2017
Anthony and I love to visit Sydney, in fact, when we were there in September 2016 we enjoyed a night climb of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The climb was an amazing tour with an even more amazing view. However, little did we know that if we'd looked far off into the distance, just outside of Double Bay, we would have gotten a bird's eye view of the venue for Wine Island – Clark Island.
Also getting a bird's eye view is Percy the Pelican, the Fesitval's mascot, who has welcomed De Lisio Wines to Wine Island in 2017. The Wine Island Festival runs from Friday 10 to Sunday 12 November, where guests enjoy a ferry ride (complete with a glass of sparkling for the journey) to Clark Island where they can relax and enjoy the best of island life – food, wine, music, sun and beach chairs!
Local and international wineries will be on show and we're looking forward to meeting some sun-kissed Sydney-siders and sharing some of our new release wines perfect for an island weekend.
To keep informed of ticket release dates go to www.wineisland.com.au.
Cheers, and see you on the island…
Vanessa De Lisio


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In 2018 ABG and Delfab, a Canadian company that deals with textiles in the healthcare sector, formed a partnership. Carolyn De Luca, Delfab sales manager, in this short interview talks about Delfab and this collaboration:
Can you describe briefly your company and your core business?
Delfab's mission since 1976 has always been to work for our clients by developing unique textile products, sourced internationally. Thanks to our global network of suppliers, we have successfully built an import business which at its core has always been textile centered. The first three decades of our history were spent establishing our expertise and reputation in the conversion of raw material for industrial and apparel markets. This proficiency in textiles was the basis used for our migration into the reusable healthcare linen market, fifteen years ago. Our primary focus is now on delivering reliable institutional linens and garments, of superior calibre, for healthcare end-use.
How did you first hear about ABG Systems?
ABG Systems was first made known to Delfab through one of our trusted uniform manufacturers in China. We were looking for a partner in linen management and identification, and ABG's excellent reputation with our vendor lead to our introduction.
When did your partnership with ABG start?
Our work with ABG began in June 2017. Our partnership was officialised in January 2018.
Why did you choose ABG to work with?
Delfab's biggest priority upon entering this market was to find a leader in the industry of textile management. ABG's products responded to this need. Their equipment design, use of RFID traceability, and their ONE software offered a system of solutions that is first of its kind in Canada. Furthermore, ABG's reputation speaks for itself. It is a company that is known for its reliability and its professionalism. Their personalized approach to customer service matches our own. Our similar methodologies motivated this relationship.
Which is, in your opinion, the added value that ABG bring to your business?
Canadian healthcare industry is just starting to understand the benefits of automatic identification and controlled linen management. This appreciation will increase our clients demands for equipment that will serve this purpose. Ultimately, this will impact Delfab's position as a uniform supplier. To present ourselves as leaders, we need to anticipate our clients' needs by offering cutting-edge solutions to help them manage their linen inventory safely and efficiently. ABG's experience and innovative technologies make them the perfect ally in responding to this need.
I know that you had participate to a tender for the Jewish Hospital with ABG Solutions: which are the next steps?
Now that we have won our first contract in Canada, our next steps are to fully implement ABG's equipment and software at Delfab's headquarters in Laval, Quebec and at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal. Building these installations will help us showcase ABG's products to potential new clients, who will want to explore the benefits of garment management and distribution. We will actively canvas our current client relationships to promote ABG Systems and the added-value we can now offer our customers, in conjunction with our linens and unfirms.


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Long Island University is a Leadership Coalition Institution. "A committee of faculty members composed of members from each of Long Island University_s major campuses, Brooklyn and C.W. Post, was convened to discuss processes through which curricular transformation could take place. It was decided that faculty teams would be invited to submit plans for creating interdisciplinary, integrated clusters of courses forming common themes that could be taught in innovative ways, and could transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries, including bridging traditional arts and sciences disciplines with professional fields of study. To establish a pilot project, a general theme of _learning through community_ was developed with the intention of connecting selected faculty, students, and representatives of the campus_s respective local communities in an engaging experience meant to encourage the application of classroom learning to local problems. Faculty would have opportunities to rethink and reshape their teaching in collaboration with each other, while students would benefit from opportunities to engage in individual and collective civic action outside the classroom."
Long Island University - Post Planning Grant
Long Island University - Post
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Nothing says the Fourth of July like watching baseball.
Fans packed Target Field Friday just like they packed Yankee Stadium 75 years ago to hear Lou Gehrig give his now-famous speech that ushered in the fight against ALS – also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Twins Hall of Famer Kent Hrbek says he can remember his first major league game in 1981, where his connection to Gehrig, the Yankees and ALS became apparent.
"The big push is to try and get a cure and name it after Lou Gehrig instead of having a disease named after you," Hrbek said. "I played first base in Yankee Stadium where Lou Gehrig … stood for many years, and [during] my first big game was in Yankee Stadium I find out my father has ALS."
Both Hrbek and Terry Steinback's father's died from ALS. Hrbek founded ALS Minnesota to raise money to find a cure.
They took the field Friday with several ALS patients to show the battle is not over.
"It's kind of a sad day because not only my dad, Herbie's dad, but you know there's many, many people out there who have been affected with this disease," Steinback said. "And with the recognition that, you know, Lou Gehrig has given this disease, hopefully we can raise enough money and generate enough resources to find a cure for this thing."
From bobble heads of Gehrig to big Jumbotron tributes, the Minnesota Twins honored those who battle the disease daily, and those who spent their last days raising money to find a cure.
Gehrig was diagnosed with ALS at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, and the game where he gave that speech was a double header: the Yankees against the Washington Senators – now known as the Minnesota Twins.
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Richmondhill Nurtitionist, Brian Gangel presents a complete colon support guide for a healthy colon.
*Always stay hydrated. Drink ½ your body weight in ounces of purified water.
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Organic Yellow Pea Protein Isolate (17 g), Organic Sprouted Brown Rice Protein Concentrate (9.75 g), Organic Hemp Protein, Concentrate (4 g), Cranberry Seed Protein (1 g), Chia Protein (1 g) Organic Flax Seed Oil Powder.
Enhances lean muscle growth, Offers exceptional immune support, supports cardiovascular health, Aids in the repair and formation of bone, provides intestinal support, Enhances the fat burning process Balances blood sugar levels and helps moderate appetite, Supports healthy digestion, Enhances iron absorption & Supports liver & kidney function.
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A blend of critical grasses including: Barley, Oats, Alfalfa & Wheat.
Provides support for digestion and gastrointestinal function* Support for healthy circulation* More energy* Support for clearance of waste products of metabolism, detoxification* Support for neurological health* Support for cardiovascular function* Support for normal blood sugar and cholesterol* Support for immunity* Resistance to oxidative changes associated with aging.
3. Trace Minerals-Pink Salt
84 minerals and trace minerals in a colloidal state for maximum absorption. It contains natural electrolytes and dissolved mineral complexes.
Another important component of colloidal trace minerals is the naturally occurring fulvic acid content which acts as a catalyst for the free transport of the nutrients contained in organic colloidal trace minerals.
(Docosahexaenoic Acid) is an omega-3 essential fatty acid that is a major building block of cell membranes. It can be found in high concentrations especially in the brain, nerve tissue, and in the retina of the eye and is therefore essential for the development and maintenance of these cells. Vegetarian DHA is produced from naturally occurring microalgae via a patented fermentation process.
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Powerful, broad-spectrum "good bacteria" for ideal intestinal ecology. These 12 different viable strains of beneficial flora support all major groups of health-promoting intestinal bacteria. This uses a unique Japanese process using 92 different natural herbs and barks, cultured for 5 years to produce healthy, mature flora and highly bio-available nutrients. It suppresses the growth of harmful micro-organisms, delivers significant amounts of four organic acids critical to enzyme synthesis and tissue repair and helps reduce free radical synthesis.


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I have an Aloha Fair exclusive from Shae's Designs to show you. The Abbarrane outfit consists of a cropped top, shorts and boots. I think of all the outfits I have blogged for Shae's this has to be my favorite. It has an updated retro look.
The top is a ribbed textured cropped jersey with 3/4 sleeves and a crew neck. It's a lovely shade of blue. The high waisted shorts have a subtle diamond pattern and are belted in the middle with a belt that matches the top. I love the way these shorts flatter my figure. Both the top and shorts are made for five standard mesh sizes Belleza Freya/Isis/Venus, Maitreya, Slink Hourglass/Physique and TMP. The shorts are also made for Tonic Curvy/Fine .
This outfit is finished off with a cool pair of knee high boots in a light blue shade. They have a small thin heel and a thick toe and the back zips up. These boots are made for Belleza Freya/Isis/Venus, Maitreya and standard avatar feet
The Aloha Fair
This Summer Best Event...!
80 Great Designer In One Summer Trendy Sim
Animations-Furniture- Decor- Clothes- Shoes- Skin & Much More
The Aloha Fair starts July 27 and runs until August 10.
Website: http://eventhuntforeverplanners.wordpress.com
Relevant Links
Shae's Designs
In-World - http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Blanxi%20Estates/210/196/21
Market Place - https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/170658
Aloha Fair - http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Saints%20Row/117/116/28
What I'm Wearing
Body - Lara Mesh Body [Maitreya]
Head - Annie Mesh Head [Catwa]
Shape - Lisa [Amacci]
Catwa Applier - Alice [DeeTalez]
Eyes - Promise Eyes - Mahogany [IKON]
Hair - Kirsty [DeLa @Uber]
Top/Shorts/Boots - Abarrane [Shae's Creations @Aloha Fair]
Earrings/Necklace - Karina Karina Daydreamer [Maxi Gossamer]
Lips - Ombre Lipstick Set 5 (Catwa Applier) [Deesses Boutique]


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Kyle Hendricks's velocity dip is killing his effectiveness
It may be early, but it's not too early to worry about Kyle Hendricks. Last year's MLB ERA leader has had a rough go of it thus far in the 2017 campaign. He has made three starts, pitching to a 6.19 ERA, 5.85 FIP and 1.38 WHIP and surrendered 15 hits, including four homers, and seven walks in 16 innings. He's walking nearly two additional batters per nine innings than he did last season, and his walk rate has almost doubled. Basically, if it's bad, Hendricks is doing far more of it than he did last year.
Hendricks made his third start of the season last week, in what was eventually a 7–4 win for the Cubs over the Brewers. By time the Cubs came back late, Hendricks was long gone. He allowed four runs on four hits and four walks in five innings, allowing homers to Travis Shaw and Jett Bandy. Before that start against the Brewers, Hendricks had taken the ball 77 times in his career. He had never allowed four walks and two homers in the same game and had allowed four walks or two homers just six times. One of those two-homer games was earlier this year. It may be just three starts, but it's obvious that something isn't right.
It doesn't take much of a deep dive to find out what's causing Hendricks's issues. His sinker, the centerpiece of his arsenal, is averaging 85.9 mph this year, according to Brooks Baseball. Accounting for the new practice for measuring velocity this season, that's down nearly four mph from last year. What's more, there's now fewer than six mph separating Hendricks's sinker and his changeup. The interplay between those two pitches, and Hendricks's expert command and control over both of them, is what turned him into a Cy Young candidate last year. With the difference in velocity all but erased from a practical sense—six mph is far too small a spread to upset a hitter's rhythm—Hendricks is struggling to generate the whiffs and weak contact he did a season ago.
What makes Eric Thames so successful? Plate discipline and raw power
To be fair, Hendricks never dominated with velocity. He drew generous comparisons to Greg Maddux last season largely because of the way he attacked hitters, winning by changing speeds, owning both sides of the plate, and using his sinker and changeup to keep hitters uncomfortable. That's possible when you're living between 89 and 91 mph with the fastball. When you're down in the mid-80s, however, hitters have nothing to fear. A sinker in the high-80s or low-90s can get on a hitter in a hurry when a pitcher has messed with his head by changing speeds, especially when that sinker moves identically to his changeup. No one will be blown away by an 85-mph sinker, even if it's paired with a top changeup.
It's not hard to see where Hendricks got into trouble against the Brewers last week. Check out his pitch types and velocities from the first inning. Remember, this is when, at least theoretically, he should be at his strongest.
None of Hendricks's pitches even eclipse 86.2 mph. Hendricks doesn't use his four-seam fastball as frequently as the sinker, but that pitch regularly topped 90 mph last year. He's in Jered Weaver territory with an 86-mph four-seam fastball. He surrendered a two-run homer to Travis Shaw on a changeup that I'm willing to say, without going back and watching all 773 changeups Hendricks threw last year, was worse than any change we saw from him in his breakout 2016 campaign.
As bad as that was, a sequence in the second inning lays bare what's wrong with Hendricks this season. But first, let's go back almost a full year. The date is May 17, 2016. Hendricks is in the midst of what will be an incredible season in which he finishes third in Cy Young voting, but no one knows that just yet. When he took the ball against these same Brewers on this day, he was still just a pitcher with a lot of promise who was off to a solid, though not spectacular, start to the season.
I want to take a look at a specific at-bat against Jonathan Villar, because it's instructive for how Hendricks's game has taken a turn for the worse. Ahead 1-2 in the count, Hendricks goes to his sinker. He spots it perfectly on the inner third, forcing Villar to give up on a pitch that darts back across the plate for what should have been strike three. Unfortunately for Hendricks, the home plate umpire was apparently fooled by the late movement, as well, and called it a ball.
Even though he didn't get the call, Hendricks still has Villar right where he wants him. After showing him the sinker inside, Hendricks goes to the changeup away. By time Villar realizes it's the change, and not the sinker, it's too late.
OK, with that on the record, let's get back to the present day. Hendricks had a nearly identical situation in last week's start against the Brewers, with the only difference being the handedness of the hitter, in this instance Jett Bandy. There's no one on base, meaning Hendricks is pitching out of the windup, and he's ahead of Bandy, 1–2. Again, he goes to the sinker and, again, it's pretty much where he wants it. This one misses outside, but it nearly catches the corner and, if nothing else, changes Bandy's eye level. The big difference between this sinker to Bandy and last year's version to Villar, though, is the velocity. This one checks in at just 84 mph, whereas the one that set up Villar to flail helplessly at the change was 88 mph.
On 2–2 this time around, Hendricks again comes back with the changeup. Bandy has a much different experience with the pitch than Villar did last season.
This really isn't a bad pitch. It's down, likely out of the zone, and spotted exactly where Miguel Montero calls for it. The issue, though, is that it's 79 mph, just five mph slower than the sinker Bandy just saw, as well as the one he saw earlier in the at-bat that we didn't show you. When there's a 10-mph difference between the two offerings, as there was for Hendricks last year, it's hard for a hitter to slow his hands down to stay on the changeup. When there's a five-mph difference, it often ends up in the seats.
Hunter Greene is the star baseball needs. First he has to finish high school.
This has been the case for Hendricks again and again this season. He got a 23.9% whiff rate with the changeup last year. That's down to 15.4% this year. He has already allowed three homers on the sinker and changeup combined, one for the former and two for the latter, this season. He allowed 10 all of last year. Hendricks became a star last year because the whole was greater than the sum of its parts. His impeccable command, notably of the sinker and changeup, was a major factor, but his Maddux-like ability to change speeds, making the two pitches more effective together than they ever could be apart, was the driving force. With just five mph separating his sinker and changeup, he's no longer changing speeds, and hitters are making him pay.
Pitchers to watch this week
Wade Miley, Orioles
What in the world has gotten into Miley? The veteran righty, who has always been fine but never particularly good during his previous five full seasons in the majors, has a 1.89 ERA, 0.84 WHIP and 24 strikeouts in 19 innings this season. He put on a show in his last start, striking out 11 Reds in eight innings, allowing one run on two hits and a walk. The Baltimore offense didn't give him enough run support to get him a win, but it was one of the best starts of his career. We talk all the time about "Cardinals devil magic," but maybe it's time to explore what's going on in Baltimore, where the team always seems to get just enough pitching out of also-rans to be playoff contenders. Miley's next scheduled start is Tuesday against the Rays.
Chris Sale, Red Sox
It's hard to envision a future in which Sale retires without a Cy Young Award on his mantel. Through four starts this season, it seems Sale doesn't want to wait any longer. The ace has been dominant in his first April with the Red Sox, totaling a 0.91 ERA, 0.71 WHIP and 42 strikeouts in 29 2/3 innings. He has just one win to show for his work, with the Red Sox scoring a combined 11 runs in his four starts, six of which came after he left the game, but he has been the best pitcher in the majors during the first month of the season. He'll make one start this week, getting his first taste of the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry on Wednesday.
Amir Garrett, Reds
Despite the strong start to the season, it's going to be a long year in Cincinnati. This is one of those teams that needs to look for silver linings and little victories wherever it can find them. It appears they already have one in Garrett. The 24-year-old was excellent in his first three starts, tossing 19 2/3 innings and allowing four runs on 14 hits, with 21 strikeouts against three walks. He got roughed up by the Brewers on Monday, though, allowing nine earned runs on eight hits and four walks in 3 1/3 innings. That makes his next start against the Cardinals on Sunday the first time in his young career in which he'll have to bounce back from a tough outing.
Jason Vargas, Royals
Miley's success if unlikely enough, but even his work was more predictable than that of Vargas, who has been the one of the best pitchers in the league this April. Vargas made his fourth start of the season on Monday, allowing three earned runs on seven hits in five innings in a loss to the White Sox. He struck out five while walking zero in the start, giving him 28 strikeouts against two walks on the season. Vargas will make one more start this week, facing the Twins on Sunday.
Joe Ross, Nationals
Ross made his first start of the season last week, allowing three runs on six hits and a walk, striking out seven in as many innings and earning a win over the Braves. The Nationals held Ross back thanks to their abundance of off-days to begin the season, though he did make a couple of starts with Triple-A Syracuse. He used primarily his sinker and slider against the Braves, and we should expect that sort of mix going forward. Ross dealt with both injury and fatigue last season, but there's a lot to like about the righty in his age-24 season. He's scheduled for two starts this week, facing the Rockies at Coors Field on Tuesday and Mets on Sunday.
Prospect Watch
Lucas Giolito, White Sox
Giolito has been a top prospect in baseball since the day the Nationals made him the 16th overall pick in the 2012 amateur draft. He quickly rose through Washington's system, peaking as a consensus top-five prospect last year before making his MLB debut in June. Giolito made six appearances, including four starts, with the Nationals last season, pitching to a 6.75 ERA, 8.21 FIP and 1.78 WHIP, with 11 strikeouts against 12 walks in 21 1/3 innings. As talented as he was, he clearly wasn't ready for the show.
The Nationals shipped Giolito to the White Sox this offseason as part of the deal that landed Adam Eaton in Washington. The belief is that Giolito, who will turn 23 years old in July, will be in a White Sox uniform at some point this season, but he's going to spend a good chunk of the year with Triple-A Charlotte. The White Sox aren't going anywhere this season, so they have no reason to rush any of their big-name prospects, most notably Giolito and Yoan Moncada.
Giolito has made three starts with Charlotte this season, and some of the issues that stood out with the Nationals last year are still present. He has walked nine batters and surrendered three homers in 14 innings. That's the sign of a pitcher who lacks both command and control. He still has a tendency to lose the strike zone, and has yet to fine tune his approach when he is in the zone. Still, Giolito's stuff is filthy, and he has 16 strikeouts to go along with those nine walks and three homers. He's unlikely to be a major fantasy contributor this year, no matter when the White Sox promote him, but this will likely be the last season we say that.
GIF of the Week
What was the best part of Chris Sale's 13-strikeout performance against the Blue Jays last week? The way he toyed with Jose Bautista every time he was at the plate. Sale struck out Bautista in all four of his plate appearances, and the hitter literally had no clue what to expect on all four strike threes. The result? Three check swings and a taken fastball right down the middle.


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There is much to love and celebrate about Havana. Granted, we were only there for two days — hardly time to develop an informed opinion. And yet. Havana strikes me as a study in contrasts symbolic of Cuba, at least as much as we experienced in our whirlwind circumnavigation of the archipelago.
On one hand, grand old buildings beautifully restored. On the other, crumbling architecture and abject poverty. Tourists careening around corners in neon-bright old cars; dingy and crowded public transportation. Large plazas and ample social space, often with militaristic theming; crowded and humble personal dwellings. Miles of Malecón, the seawall "sofa of the city" where waves roll and crash; dusty and rusty recreational spaces, sunburned dry and brown where fountains lie empty. Security and safety, night and day; blackouts, isolation, poverty, and conditions ripe for crime in any other country. Government laborers toeing the party line; private entrepreneurs creating a new social class. Those were my first impressions.
We entered port early, the sun rising over military vessels as the moon set over the old city. I'd been up for hours, watching the shoreline appear through the moonlight. To get to the pier we navigated another long channel into a perfectly sheltered harbor (map); Cuba seems particularly blessed that way. Cristo de La Habana greeted us from the hillside opposite the Malecón as we sailed slowly on. San Francisco pier alone of the piers in port was nicely restored; the others in decay, almost ruins.
We became acquainted the best way: an Old Havana historical walking tour. This included visits to several city plazas: San Francisco Square (on the backside of the pier), Saint Francis of Assisi Square, Cathedral Square, Old Square, Arms Square. I must admit I wasn't paying much attention to the tour guide's descriptions of these sites, taken up in the sights, sounds and smells of Habana Vieja — a veritable feast!
Most cruisers returned to the ship for lunch but we were determined not to miss a Habana moment. We meandered through a fascinating book sellers market tucked away on a narrow side street. Old books and books in many languages were on display, most were subjects of the Revolucion. I found an English trade copy of Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea and purchased for 5 CUC. It was published in the U.S., a delightful irony, don't you think? On our tour guide's advice we returned to the paladare la Moneda Cubana for a lovely celebration (recounted here).
We returned to the pier in time to join the afternoon tour required by our people-to-people program. We boarded the bus with Group 5, the independents. Every bus used throughout our travels was first-rate coach in like-new condition, which is quite a feat in our Caribbean experiences. The explanation is simple: state-owned transportation.
We spent the next few hours in a panoramic tour which means mostly driving by sites of interest in a scramble to fit them all in. We were weary from miles on our feet in the heat, so it was not a huge disappointment. However, iPhone images snapped from the bus leave something to the imagination. We drove through Central Havana and other neighborhoods less accessible by foot. We had some time on the ground at Revolution Square, the largest of public plazas in the city, blacktop steaming in the midday sun. Here the old car taxis line up for tourists, adding a fun element to an otherwise stark stop.
We drove past the Old Capitol Building under renovation (remarkably similar to the U.S. Capitol), the University of Havana, up and down La Rampa, as our guide pointed out the Yara theater and Copelia ice cream parlor, the former a social icon and hub and the latter renown for affordability and modernist architecture, a la Revolucion. She made a big deal out of the Habana Libre, formerly a Hilton, quickly nationalized after the Revolution.
The Habana Libre was only the first of several "excellent" hotels cited by our tour guide which looked to us like 1950s throwbacks in desperate need of renovation. In fact, there were very few Havana hotels that warranted a second look if we were to consider a longer stay. One exception was the Saratoga, sporting a U.S. flag and favored by celebrities. We were quite surprised to see U.S. flags flying in numerous public locations — and not surprisingly at the recently opened U.S. Embassy.
There were multiple references to Ernest Hemingway, morning and afternoon. He seems to be Cuba's favorite import. The Hotel Ambos Mundos was his residence for a time, we'd passed by on our walking tour as a band played and drinks flowed early in the day. He was also fond of the Floridita. I came to appreciate both the Floridita (lemon) and Hemingway's Favorite (grapefruit) daiquiris for the crisp and refreshing citrus in the Caribbean heat.
Our excursion concluded with a brief stop at an indoor craft market, where selection was poor and prices high. Nonetheless, I purchased children's baseballs with the Cuban flag for the grands at an exhorbitant price (8 CUC each), uncertain of shopping opportunities ahead. The Hubs was not enthused, considering these just one more in a pile they undoubtedly own. It seemed unique to me but in fact, we found plenty more before we were through at half that price. None with the Cuban flag, so I wasn't unhappy with my decision. Besides, he was suckered into purchasing a horrible caricature of himself — drawn in sharpie on cheap cardboard — five minutes off the pier. Worse, when the price suddenly doubled to 10 CUC to "support the arts" he still shelled it out. How can he complain about my baseballs? Ha!
~ René Morley
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biologos draws a theological line in the sand
If you follow some of the major movers and shakers in the science and atheist blogging world, you're probably well aware that those working for religious groups that claim to investigate religious claims scientifically, have to sign various statements of faith which actually commit them to the exact opposite, a slavish devotion to just one book and unquestioning acceptance of very broad, vague, and unproven religious assumptions. Francis Collins' pet project, funded by Templeton cash and insisting that it's trying to reconcile faith and science, turns out to subscribe to one such statement as well. Jerry Coyne has the details, but the part that struck at me was this blurb advocating what I can only describe as jamming your fingers in your ears and yelling really loud the minute anyone starts trying to explain something complex and abstract about the human condition…
[And] in contrast to scientism, we deny that the material world constitutes the whole of reality and that science is our only path to truth. For all its fruitfulness, science is not an all-inclusive source of knowledge; scientism fails to recognize its limitations in fully understanding reality, including such matters as beauty, history, love, justice, friendship, and indeed science itself.
To give you a little context, this paragraph comes after a hiss at atheists who dare say that you have to prove a world beyond this one before you start making big claims about it. So rather than actually, you know, provide a few lines of evidence past rhetorical games, BioLogos simply marks off areas of research and exploration for itself and declares them to be off limits to science, as if by that declaration they've done something other than show their intellectual impotence in the matter. This is just like their previous mewing about how science was so easy and simple compared to the vastly more complicated fields of philosophy and aesthetics. And the followers of this muddled, buzzword-laden theology which has to resort to marking its territory in science just to find a relevant question to answer in the most non-committal and obscure way possible, are just thrilled for an organization which claims to pursue the truth and yet wants its members to agree to a set of beliefs they're not allowed to question. How much of an honest exploration of anything can you achieve with that?
But then again, for numerous followers of religious dogmas, this forced adhrenece to a belief with a complete lack of any evidence for it and obeying a rule which takes away one's inability to question this belief is seen as the highest for of devotion. Funny thing is that between two different religions, this devotion is typically decried as simple-minded obstinacy, so one faith's most devoted and dedicated members are another's simpletons who follow a false God. We have hundreds of different religions and people worship hundreds of different and mutually exclusive deities. How does BioLogos plan to reconcile all their beliefs and ideas with science? Well they're not. They're only interested in affirming their own Christianity and launching petty insults at atheists and scientists veiled in vague and polysyllabic language to make this childish sniping seem dignified.


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Rickzor is the next guest for our 72th CitaCi Recordings #Podcast #Series episode. Rickzor born in the early 80s, on the island Ibiza, the best scenario to grow surrounded by the best music in one of the meccas of electronic music. It was why he had it easy for interested and introduced gradually into that world. From there over time, skills and techniques in the turntables, this was opening her doors to him in various clubs of the island, to get to his first important gig in 2006 in the famous and legendary Space Ibiza nightclub after this performance immediately was contracted as one of the djs residents of two of its most emblematic party, like Kehakuma and BE Space, sharing cabin with djs of international standing and rename as: Nick Curly, Martin Buttrich, Johnny D, Ilario Alicante Sascha, Seth Troxler among others. This was a door that he opened the doors of diverse clubs and concert halls on the island (Amnesia, Pacha, Eden, Privilege, Blu ...) as well as go to the peninsule and abroad covering gigs in cities like Madrid , Barcelona, Valencia, Burgos, Valladolid, Portugal .... The next step was the "lives acts", which discovered over time, learning and mastering new and different techniques, that allows him to introduce into the world of music production, mounting his own studio in 2008. He did not take long to discover his abilities, and that was rewarded, edited many tracks with a very important and famous labels inside the underground electronic music, an example of these labels are: VIVa MUSiC, Cocoon Recordings, Kina Music, ROOTED,Moral Fiber, Serkal, Leone Music, Crl, Inwave .... among others
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