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Beat the Streak Report: Memorial Day Weekend Edition
It was a big gravy train in Streakland yesterday, as six of the top seven picks each got hits to combine to extend the streaks of about 40 percent of the whole wide world.
Justin Morneau was far and away the biggest knight in shining armor, single handedly upping the streaks of a ridiculous 19.7 percent of our users just by his lonesome self.
We have reached Memorial Day weekend. Memorial Day weekend is glorious.
There will be tons of traveling, family time, frisbees, etc. But, really, all anybody cares about are the BBQs, hot dogs, hamburgers and the 43 percent chance of baked beans being involved. And baked beans are spectacular.
Anyway, this is no time to lose your focus because you are preoccupied trying to see how many skirt steaks you can fit in your mouth.
The key is to make all your weekend selections beforehand so you can live in a worry-free, skirt-steak self-gorging world.
And isn't that the kind of world you want to live in?
On to the weekend picks.
Oh, hello there …
? Chipper Jones: .524 (11-for-21) lifetime vs. Pirates starter Zach Duke
? Nick Markakis: .450 AVG (9-for-20) lifetime vs. Blue Jays starter Shaun Marcum
? Ryan Braun: .538 AVG (7-for-13) lifetime vs. Mets starter Johan Santana
? Carlos Lee: .405 AVG (15-for-37) lifetime vs. Reds starter Aaron Harang
? Manny Ramirez: .375 AVG (6-for-16) lifetime vs. Rockies starter Aaron Cook
? Conor Jackson: .563 AVG (9-for-16) lifetime vs. Giants starter Jonathan Sanchez
? Stephen Drew: .636 AVG (7-for-11) lifetime vs. Giants starter Todd Wellemeyer
? Dustin Pedroia: .571 AVG (5-for-14) lifetime vs. Royals starter Gil Meche
? Ryan Ludwick: .421 AVG (8-for-19) lifetime vs. Cubs starter Ryan Dempster
? Brian McCann: .412 AVG (7-for-17) lifetime vs. Phillies starter Joe Blanton
? Todd Helton: .474 AVG (9-for-19) lifetime vs. Giants starter Tim Lincecum
? Ichiro Suzuki: .353 AVG (6-for-17) lifetime vs. Twins starter Francisco Liriano
Feeling kinda spicy?
? Ramon Hernandez: .385 AVG (5-for-13) lifetime vs. Astros starter Wandy Rodriguez. Duck …
? Geoff Blum: .600 AVG (12-for-20) lifetime vs. Reds starter Aaron Harang. Duck …
? Skip Schumaker: .419 AVG (13-for-31) lifetime vs. Cubs starter Ryan Dempster. Duck …
? David DeJesus: .439 AVG (9-for-21) lifetime vs. Angels starter Ervin Santana. Goose!
You'll thank me later …
? Miguel Cabrera: .167 AVG (3-for-18) lifetime vs. Athletics starter Ben Sheets
? Chase Utley: .167 AVG (2-for-12) lifetime vs. Marlins starter Chris Volstad
? Kevin Youkilis: .100 AVG (1-for-10) lifetime vs. Royals starter Zack Greinke
? Joe Mauer: .091 AVG (1-for-11) lifetime vs. Rangers starter C.J. Wilson
? Troy Tulowitzki: .111 AVG (2-for-18) lifetime vs. Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw
? Shane Victorino: .182 AVG (4-for-22) lifetime vs. Marlins starter Anibal Sanchez
? Troy Glaus: .095 AVG (2-for-21) lifetime vs. Phillies starter Joe Blanton
? Brad Hawpe: .231 AVG (6-for-26) lifetime vs. Giants starter Tim Lincecum
Leaderboard time!
Mark Teixeira's 2-for-4 evening bumped "kneetgma"'s streak to an impressive 27 games. "kneetgma" is now officially 47.4 percent on the way to having $3,000,000. Also known as roughly what "MacGruber" took in at the box office last weekend.
Top MLB streakers
? Adam Jones: 13 games
? Travis Hafner: 12 games
? Michael Young: 12 games
? Troy Tulowitzki: 11 games
? Robinson Cano: 10 games
? Jeff Mathis: 10 games (DL)
111 Comments
I am wondering whether Vinny's secret pick drinks at Brennan's Tavern in Detroit. I am thinking more on Action Jackson right now.
Weekend picks of Grande Amigo are very slanted with great pitchers v. great hitters – not the kind of matchs up I'm looking for.
Leaning toward Vinny's pick or Crawford or M. Young. The pitching match ups look to be more in favor of the hitters with these guys.
North wind blowing in toward homeplate in Chicago today. Not a HR kind of day at Wrigley Field.
Just updated the streaks from the suspended game!!!
drag what do you think of ichiro???
Maybe Vinny likes to visit Disney World in Orlando. The one in Cincinnati that is.
Great match-up on Monday – Ubaldo Jimenez vs. Tim Lincecum.
i know this may be the dumbest pick anyone has ever made on bts but im switching my pick from crawford to adam everett. hes been good against sheets and sheets is struggling this year. also hes hitting .250 in his last 10 games which is actually very good for him
I may go with Ryan Ludwick vs. Wells. Ludwick is 2-3 against him with both hits being HRs. If not Ludwick, I'll go with Jeter.
johnny gomes could be a surprise pick today. he hits rodriguez well and is batting .333 over the last 10 games and is riding a 3 game hitting streak
Well some of the line-ups anyway.
I went with Crawford.
Ichirio v. Kazmir is a lefty v. lefty matchup – I'm not confident with that.
well im now locked in with everett. when this pick fails i cant be too upset because its a stupid pick
Now that the game is closed for the day it is safe for me to post my Survivor pick.
I've got the Cubs over the Cardinals. There is no way the Cubs should win this game – so I'm going with them. The wind is blowing very strong in from centerfield toward homeplate. This usually indicates a low scoring game.
The balls that Pujols usually hits onto Waveland ave., which runs behind the left field wall should be knocked down by the wind (I hope :):)
My original survivor pick was TB – Take it to the bank that they will win tonight v. ChiSox as they are no longer my pick. lol
It is a beautiful day for baseball in Chicago – if you can get the Cubs v. Cards on TV turn it on. This is a classic baseball rivalry.
Go Cubs!
deb23 – Ludwig doubles in the first at Wrigley – Welcome to the BTS 10 game hit streak club. 1st 3 cards get hits in top of first inning. Could be a long afternoon for Cubs.
I took Crawford for a Friday to get to2 and Young for Saturday.
Survivor, i have the Rays tonite to get to three
@ Drag: Thank you! Ludwig brings my streak to a season high of 17 beating my earlier season high of 16 (ichiro reset me). I was joking last night that I was "due" for a 1st inning hit since my last three came in the 8th, 6th, and 7th. Guess I'll start working on tomorrows pick. Good luck this weekend.
"When life gives you lemons make lemonade."
Well this is how I'm going to turn my dismal performance in survivor around! Cubs down 5-1 v. Cards. After the game ends, if the Cubs lose, I'm going to Survivior and pick the Cardinals for the next 10 days. The Cards will need a gaggle of Dominican Republic voodo doctors to recover from the hex that dragbunt is placing on them.
deb23 – 17 gamer big congrats on that. Who do you like on Sat?
deb23 – Sweeney of A's came out on my research which pales in comparison to yours. I also came up with M. Young, Ordonez, Casey Blake. Out of the box picks would be Cano or Eckstein of SD. I am now leaning on players with top notch 7 day numbers.
@ drag: So far I am leaning towards Sweeney (OAK). He is batting .667 against Porcello, lefties in general are batting .357 against him, he is only averaging 5.2 innings per game, has a 5.58 ERA and 1.70 WHIP. The Tiger bullpen has a 4.11 ERA, and hitters have a .258 AVG against then. Sweeney went 1-4 last night, but has a .325 May average and a .381 average in the past 7 days. I'll see what he does tonight and search for a back-up pick in the mean time.
deb where did you gets those stats because the crap about the tigers bullpen is completely wrong. sweeney has hit porcello well but porcello's stats are decieving because hes pitched much better the last few starts. also the tigers have the top bullpen in baseball right now with a 2.56 era and a .314 avg against which is the 7th best.
MLB stats page "pitching stats" on the left shows the Tigers in 16th place.
Cards 7 Cubs 1
I just reset my Survivor picks for the next 9 days and picked the Cards every day that they play. Now I sit back and watch! lol
@ Schenk: I see the difference now. MLB.com shows the entire pitching stats, while you can separate the starters from the bullpen stats on espn.com. You are correct about the bullpen stats for the Tigers. Thanks for the heads up!
the entire tigers entire pitching staff has a 4.11 era but the bullpen by itself has a 2.56 era and a .314 avg against which is good for a bullpen. im just warning you that there is a very good chance that sweeney goes hitless tonight
Top Picks for Top2500. All games included, 149 different players picked
Player, Times Picked, Percentage
Ichiro Suzuki, 557, 22.28
Carl Crawford, 248, 9.92
Robinson Cano, 125, 5
Derek Jeter, 115, 4.6
Chipper Jones, 109, 4.36
Michael Young, 87, 3.48
Martin Prado, 70, 2.8
No Selection, 57, 2.28
Coco Crisp, 53, 2.12 (DL)
Hanley Ramirez, 47, 1.88
Kevin Youkilis, 43, 1.72
Albert Pujols, 40, 1.6
Evan Longoria, 40, 1.6
Jorge Cantu, 39, 1.56
Ryan Braun, 36, 1.44
Jacoby Ellsbury, 36, 1.44
Highest "No Selection": Pg#3 with streak of 18 bye-bye.
just dont want you to make a pick based off of the wrong stats.
i find it funny when no selection is one of the most popular choices
Appreciate that Schenk!
"i know this may be the dumbest pick anyone has ever made on bts but im switching my pick from crawford to adam everett. hes been good against sheets and sheets is struggling this year. also hes hitting .250 in his last 10 games which is actually very good for him"
Sheets has been great lately and .250 is still not very useful.
The Tigers may not be hesitant in swapping him out late in the game either.
"starting line-ups are posted:
Were any of these, ones that were not already posted on the home page?
@All: Appears the suspended game finally updatd.
@dragbunt: Maybe change your Survior strategy to start Sunday vs tomorrow. Got a good feeling Silva will be 7-0.
@schenk015. "No selection" almost always among top 20 picks for some reason (averages about 30+ a day). But when early games are on, it can rise to the 70's. Go figure, it takes over a week to even show up on page #100 & nearly 3 weeks for page #3 and then they let their pick just lapse? I wish they'd donate their streak to me instead 😉
@champion_88: Regarding my CHC-STL prediction from yesterday; still think a CHC series win is doable. Note: Rookie is not Garcia. I now live 15 minutes outside STL and knew before MLB confirmed that a rookie would be called up for Sat's game, but just wasn't sure which one. Hoping Sliva 7-0 tomorrow & Wainwright gets hit well Sunday cause not a ton of faith in Demp right now.
yea streak boosted up 2 in one day to what it should be at 11. Pujols came through for me today in the 1st inning ganna look at picks for tomorrow tell ya who Im picking good luck to all your picks
I'm liking Hunter Pence against Aaron Harang or anybody with a good batting average on the Yankees this is for Saturday right now I'm going Hunter Pence.
so if you do not make a pick for a day does your streak stop?
@bmoccabee: Yes, no selection, no pick equals streak of zero. You may want to take a few minutes and read the rules which are linked on the page you make your picks from.
.314 ? If the Tigers bullpen is "holding" opponents to this average of .314, that seems like a good batting average to me and not so good pitching? Please fill me in?
Sticking with the Card rookie v. Cubs Silva tomorrow.
dragbunt look at the opposing batting avg each bullpen is allowing and the tigers .314 is the 7th best
I picked Denard Span on Friday and the reason is he is hitting .407 over the last 7 days. He bats leadoff and is hitting .362 at home and Twins are home on Friday. He is my sleeper for today and my choice.
Also Span has 11 hits in 7 days and I love that statistic.
lol my sleeper is Cody Ross.
1st inning single for Cody Ross!
Well thinks for the advice on ichiro after the picks lock. I guess it doesnt matter im only at 1.
Also, that .314 batting average against for the Tigers' bullpen sounds HORRIBLE!!!
Their stats are supposed to be BETTER than the starters, since they can throw 130 pitches of energy into 30 pitches and I have seen few starters allow that many hits without getting sent down to the minors.
Unless you are Charlie Morton.
Also, that .314 batting average against for the Tigers' bullpen sounds HORRIBLE!!!
Their stats are supposed to be BETTER than the starters, since they can throw 130 pitches of energy into 30 pitches and I have seen few starters allow that many hits without getting sent down to the minors.
Unless you are Charlie Morton.
im not saying that .314 is great im just saying that they have the 7th best opp batting avg which means 23 other teams are allowing the opposing team a higher batting avg. so the .314 in comparison to the league avg is good
ichiro just got a hit yeah. my wife moves to 24
Leaderboard may look a bit different tomorrow: M.Young & N.Cruz 0-fer unless game gets tied; Youk 0-fer, Crawford 0-fer, Hanley 0-fer; and will have to wait to see what Ichiro does against the Lefty.
Still can't decide on tomorrow's pick. Its down to Jeter, Sweeney (A's) Prado, Keppinger (HOU) or Andres Torres (SF). Looks like rain may interfere with a few games on the East Coast.
Yankee Stadium is a friendly place for hitters and HR's in the daytime so I'm going with Jeter in BTS and HR BTS.
Taking Cards over Cubs so that my hex in picking winners in Survivor will bring the Cubs home as the winner on Saturday. lol
""Taking Cards over Cubs so that my hex in picking winners in Survivor will bring the Cubs home as the winner on Saturday.""
LOL @ drag. Looks like the Red Birds are sending a rookie to the mound, so that may help the Cubbies. I'm sticking with the Yanks Sat/Sun and probably the Mets on Monday.
Well tomorrow I'm taking Ordonez against Anderson. Anderson is just coming off the DL and will be rusty and Ordonez hits him at a .750 clip so that is my pick. As for a sleeper for tomorrow. I would say Jason Bay. Hitting well lately and will continue that tomorrow.
Hey Vinny, hows the weather in the Bronx today?
I went with Andres Torres.
I'm staying away from Geoff Blum who I had first selected. His 10 for 17 off of Harang is tempting but he is 2 for 20 in his last 10 games including a pinch hit 0 for 1 yesterday. He has trap written all over. I'll take Jeter instead.
!!! I had Miguel Cabrera for Friday – then scratched him, figuring he might not have his head in the game after flying home for the birth of his second child. Then he hits THREE HOME RUNS. Guess he was feeling it! 🙂 Happily Ordonez took my streak to 7.
Saturday's Top Picks for Top2500. All games included, 164 different players picked
Player, Times Picked, Percentage
Martin Prado, 319, 12.76
Robinson Cano, 218, 8.72
Pablo Sandoval, 205, 8.2
Derek Jeter, 196, 7.84
Ryan Zimmerman, 92, 3.68
Alex Rodriguez, 76, 3.04
Ian Kinsler, 70, 2.8
Michael Young, 65, 2.6
Ichiro Suzuki, 61, 2.44
No Selection, 59, 2.36
Jose Bautista, 53, 2.12
Ryan Braun, 53, 2.12
Miguel Cabrera, 51, 2.04
Albert Pujols, 48, 1.92
Highest "No Selection": Pg#1 with streak of 22 now back to zero
Weather is awesome in the BX. Nothing but sun right now and clear skies 00LI.
Jeter singles in the first v. Huff. I'm thinking that Jeter could do the same thing in Sunday's game v. the Tribe's hittable Masterson.
deb23 – Start up your computers! What is your analysis looking like for Sunday? You are on a major caliente streak.
Jeter looks promising on Sunday or maybe the lefty bat of Cano v. the righty Masterson(?)
LOL @ Drag… My pick for tomorrow is 100% a lefty from NYY. Not sure if its Swisher, Cano or even Tex at this point. Leaning towards Cano, but lets see if Swisher bats 2nd again. Also, lets see who, if anyone, gets the day off. Sure hope Huff is okay after that ball hit off his head from the bat of ARod. It looked pretty bad.
I have the Yankees on survivor (currently lead 10-6) and they better not blow this lead.
NO WONDER MY STREAKS ARE NEVER LONG _ YOU JOBA YOU LOUSY HUT! Back to 0 thanks to this disgrace!
"I'm staying away from Geoff Blum who I had first selected. His 10 for 17 off of Harang is tempting but he is 2 for 20 in his last 10 games including a pinch hit 0 for 1 yesterday. He has trap written all over. I'll take Jeter instead."
lol, that is not a trap.
That is someone the blog writer would probably recommend though!
@drag & deb: yea on sunday definately go witha lefty NYY you could pick Jeter too if you want I'm confident that he will get a hit but I'm picking Cano for the second day in a row which goes against pretty much my only rule but right now on paper he has the best chance of getting a hit with his avg. against lefties and Masterson's high opp. avg. I probably will change to Jeter ultimately
lol, Shin-Soo Choo just went 0 for 6!
I can't believe that Yank/Indian game. 400+ pitches, 12 pitchers, 26 hits, and 24 runs. Who is left in the bullpen for Cleveland tomorrow? Wonder how long Masterson will last? Are the Yankee bats (less Tex) tired after today?
Drag: Please take TB next time they play NYY. LOL!!!
I'm looking for a "back-up" pick for tomorrow JUST in case.
Check out OAK vs. Max Scherzer. Seems he's still trying to find his grove this year and was sent down to the minors earlier this month where he pitched well (2 Wins, 15.0 Innings, 0.60 ERA, 0.40 WHIP, 17 Strikeouts (10.2 K/9), 2 Walks (1.2 BB/9)). Did Max find his grove in the minors?
"THE HEX" – I'm now 0 – 5 in Survivor for the past 5 days BUT today it worked for my home town Cubs. I have been the "kiss of death" for any team thay I've taken lately. So I took the Cards today v. Cubs and you know what happened! The Cubs won. I'm taking the Cards again tomorrow in Survivor.
Robinson Cano is looking good for Sunday or is he looking too good?
Wow Halladay pitches a PERFECT GAME. anyone picking marlins are back to zero.
Unfortunately, many of us that didn't pick the Fish are back to zero too. I've been on such a prolonged "2-3 Hits then Reset" pattern that I honestly don't know who to pick any more :(. I know it's just frustration and maybe I just need to load up a few days of heavy hitters, sit back and don't analyze, and hope to get a quick 5 hit streak going.
Angels could be in trouble and worth considering betting against in Survivor for the next few days. With Morales' broken leg and Torii not likely to play for a few days; Angels wins may be hard to find.
@dragbunt. Hope Wainwright gets hit well today. I'd like to see the Cards drop 3-games behind the Reds. And the Cubs gain a game on the Cards. Red-Cards & CHC-PIT series start tomorrow. If Cubs can sweep the Pirates, then the Central will look quite different. Cubs been playing well against top-rated teams; but they are playing to their opponent's level & if the do that with the Pirates again, another good opportunity may go by the boards.
@dragbunt. Crazy blog page. I post a reply to your comments and the posting gets inserted 2 above yours. So, trying to sign-out/sign back in, to see if these get posted after yours 😉
Hope Wainwright gets hit well today. I'd like to see the Cards drop 3-games behind the Reds. And the Cubs gain a game on the Cards. Red-Cards & CHC-PIT series start tomorrow. If Cubs can sweep the Pirates, then the Central will look quite different. Cubs been playing well against top-rated teams; but they are playing to their opponent's level & if they do that with the Pirates again, another good opportunity may go by the boards.
Crazy blog page. I post comments to
I'm staying with Cano again today after having initially picked Pedroia. Tomorrow I'm still undecided. I was going to go with Todd Helton, but with Lincecum pitching doesn't sound like a wise choice. We'll see.
lavolpe – You post about not getting a streak going this year is right on target. It has been extremely tough.
The leader board is pretty bare.
Reds could have a 3rd day of going wild v. Astros.
Going with Cano
Cards over my home town Cubs today in Survivor "The Hex Pick Day 2."
Jeter, Cano, Swisher, Sweeney…. Decisions, decisions!
How many minutes before game time are lineups posted?
Streak of zero again, think I'll go with Byrd against Wainwright — just for the fun of it. Go Cubs!
@dragbunt: Lineups on GameDay are posted 45-60 mins before game starts. Otherwise, try to find lineups on other sources like twitter for example.
"I'm staying away from Geoff Blum who I had first selected. His 10 for 17 off of Harang is tempting but he is 2 for 20 in his last 10 games including a pinch hit 0 for 1 yesterday. He has trap written all over. I'll take Jeter instead."
lol, that is not a trap.
That is someone the blog writer would probably recommend though!
It was recomended but it seemed like a trap and was a trap, thanksfully I switched to Jeter as Blum went 0 for 4 making him 2 for his last 24.
Yanks today in Survivor. Interesting pattern so far for my 3-Game streak: Cubs 1-0, Giants 5-0, RedSox 1-0. Yankees today: 5-0 ?
Well Jeter's good, on to tomorow's pick. GL to the rest of ya.
Sunday's Top Picks for Top2500. All games included, 130 different players picked
Player, Times Picked, Percentage
Robinson Cano, 650, 26
Elvis Andrus, 161, 6.44
Derek Jeter, 155, 6.2
Billy Butler, 128, 5.12
Kevin Youkilis, 118, 4.72
David Ortiz, 115, 4.6
Dustin Pedroia, 81, 3.24 (Pinch Hitter Maybe)
Ichiro Suzuki, 68, 2.72
Kendry Morales, 65, 2.6 (DL)
No Selection, 64, 2.56
Stephen Drew, 56, 2.24
Hanley Ramirez, 52, 2.08
Adrian Beltre, 52, 2.08
Alex Rodriguez, 42, 1.68
Jose Reyes, 39, 1.56
Highest "No Selection": Pg#5 with a streak of 17 back to zero.
Well Cano already got his hit so I'm good so time to look at tomorrow.
Top of the first at Wrigley Field: Albert Pujols hits a massive HR over the bleachers and onto Waveland Ave. I took him today in HR BTS – my hex on the Cards may be weakening.
Jeter and Cano both have hits – Deb and Vinny get ouside and enjoy the day!
I took Pujols in HR BTS too and he just went deep again. Tomorrow in BTS I have Ichiro.
yeah im up to 4. I think i am going with hanley ramirez from fl. My wife is thinking about bloomquist from the royals. Any thoughts? If anyone is following her streak she changed her nick name to 10percent on the leaderboard.
Jeter, Longoria, Cano
Ichirio – Liriano is tough against lefties though.
Consulting magic 8-ball for tomorrow's pick.. Lots of good pitchers on the mound.
I'm going with Cano tomorrow. If I do stick with him, it will the first time I've ever picked the same player 3 days in a row. But he is just such an unbelievably good hitter right now it's rediculous. He's making Morneau look like a Minor Leaguer.
My hex on the Cardinals lasted one day!
Jeter and Longoria are logical choices but where has that gotten me recently? So I'm going under the radar with Andrew McCutchen v. Cubs Randy Wellls who got shelled in Chgo on Friday by Cards. Wells faced 6 batters and got no one out.
NYY in Survivor
Pujols v. Arroyo in St. Louis – He could go deep and is my HR BTS pick.
"I took Pujols in HR BTS too and he just went deep again. Tomorrow in BTS I have Ichiro."
You might want to reconsider that since Liriano has held lefties to a .191 batting average against this year and Ichiro has struggled to hit against LHP.
"yeah im up to 4. I think i am going with hanley ramirez from fl. My wife is thinking about bloomquist from the royals. Any thoughts? If anyone is following her streak she changed her nick name to 10percent on the leaderboard."
Willie Bloomquist?
If you want a Royal, I would suggest going with Billy Butler.
By the way, I went with Bobby Abreu today.
Going with Cubbie-Blue today with Survivor & Byrd for BTS.
edg at 18 did not make a selection. How do people manage to get streaks that long and forget to add picks? Back to 0 for him.
Happy Memorial Day to all…going with James Loney today.
Monday's Top Picks for Top2500. All games included, 117 different players picked
Player, Times Picked, Percentage
Ichiro Suzuki, 428, 17.12
Robinson Cano, 216, 8.64
Jason Bay, 187, 7.48
Evan Longoria, 156, 6.24
Derek Jeter, 142, 5.68
Martin Prado, 102, 4.08
No Selection, 74, 2.96
Cristian Guzman, 73, 2.92
Hanley Ramirez, 70, 2.8
Ryan Braun, 59, 2.36
Marlon Byrd, 58, 2.32
Carl Crawford, 56, 2.24
Albert Pujols, 53, 2.12
Highest "No Selection": Pg#2 with a streak of 19 back to zero.
A-Rod comes through first at bat.
lavolpe – The timing of posts is wierd. As I test this is being posted at 2:25pm Chicago Time. What time zone are you in?
Jeter has two hits
McCutensen of Bucs has one to extend me. 🙂
Crazy rain in Chicago past few hours good thing the Cubs game is in Pitt and ChiSox are off. This is a rare day in Chicago as neither Cubs or ChiSox is playing a home game.
From April to Oct there is rarely a day when one team, Cubs or Sox are not playing a home.
Cano gets a homerun in what might be his final at bat in the seventh.
However, in the same game, JETER was removed from the game with an injured leg
@dragbunt: Central
Not that I hold much optimism in the HR BTS, Cano gets me to 1. Hoping Byrd gets hit next AB & Cubs score again; else my other streaks back to zero. Fingers crossed.
Well I changed to Jeter from Ichiro in BTS and Jeter got two hits before he left the game. It's a quad injury so he may not be playing for a few days. I had A-Rod in HR BTS and I'm up to 2 in that and hoping to keep it going tomorrow. Drag, is Rios a good pick in HR BTS tomorrow?
backrubs – Looking at Cano on Tuesday – T-Storms in the Bronx Tuesday what does the weather look like. Jeter's injury?
St. Louis game has resumed from a rain delay in the 4th inning. I need 2 innings to make sure my Pujols hit counts.
vinny – Rios in HR BTS on Tuesday?
Tough call – Harden is a pwoer pitcher who does best on 6 days rest between starts and that is what he is doing tomorrow in Chicago. ChiSox home US Cellular Field is a HR type park. Rios is streaky – he could get ahold of one or Harden could strike him out 3 times.
Well Drag I didn't even choose him. I chose Ortiz to hopefully get to 3 as wind is blowing out at Fenway. Jeter is questionable for Tuesday as it's a hamstring. I have Cano for the next two days as O's absolutely suck but I may change tomorrow or Wednesday to Swisher or somebody else.
Paul Konerko could go yard v. Harden and Rangers on Tuesday(?)
"From April to Oct there is rarely a day when one team, Cubs or Sox are not playing a home."
That is not true.
There is usually several series per year that both teams are home and, as a result, several that both teams are on the road.
" It's a quad injury so he may not be playing for a few days."
lol, then Nick Swisher is going to lose $1 million!
As for the weather for the Yankees, right now, there is a 58% chance of rain and likely thunderstorms at 700 PM, but that decreases to 36% chance of rain and a chance of thunderstorms by 1100 PM.
Im looking at the numbers of Manny Ramirez against Danny Haren. 17-for-31. a .548 average.
good thing is that the games dont lock till 7 Eastern tomorrow
Got Joe Mauer tonight to get me back to 4 games in a row. Good luck everyone.


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A serene 70-year-old will commend you for putting in place a process that reduces the stress and uncertainty of decision-making later in life. He may thank you for supplementing Social Security with annuity income; he may tell you it was not as outlandish as thought at the time to go back to school or to start a freelance business that is keeping the 70-year-old self busy and fulfilled with work. He may thank you for finding a trusted financial advisor.
A stressed 70-year-old might tell her younger self that she really didn't need to spend as much as she did on clothes, entertainment and vacations; that just as she once weathered a 10% pay cut during the Great Recession, so too could she have reduced her expenditures when her full pay was restored in order to save consistently for retirement. She might say there were health and longevity risks that seemed improbable at the time that she wished she had insured against.
Another critical area of satisfaction or frustration would involve the 70-year-old's relationship with his children or younger-generation relatives, friends or mentees. We live in a society that does not generally cultivate respect for elders. Many a parent fears his adolescents and popular culture portrays grown-ups as clueless and out of touch, rather than as individuals who have overcome obstacles, acquired wisdom and charted a course for the next generation.
A serene 70-year-old can praise his younger self for decisions, even if unpopular at the time, to ward off bad influences on his children. A stressed 70-year-old might question her younger self's reluctance to let her children stand on their own two feet.
Many people give remarkably little thought to planning for their financial futures, often making enormously consequential decisions quite casually. As financial advisors, the understanding that your 70-year-old client is the result of his 50-year-old self's decisions is nothing less than your key value proposition.

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The iOS App Store is rapidly approaching the 25 billion download mark, Apple has announced.
The company expects to hit the milestone very soon and will reward the person who downloads the 25 billionth app with a $10,000 App Store Gift Card.
The App Store for iOS first opened in July 2008, and contains more than half a million apps. Within its first year more than 1.5 billion apps had been downloaded. Downloads of both iOS and Android apps topped 1 billion during Christmas week alone in 2011.
In January 2011 the 10 billion milestone was reached and by July it had hit the 15 billion mark.
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One Million E-Books Headed to Africa With FC Barcelona's Help
Non-profit Worldreader kicked off a campaign Thursday aiming to put 1 million e-books in the hands of children across the planet, with a little help from players on one of the world's most popular sports teams.
This may sound like a crazy goal, considering the widespread absence of books from African classrooms, but the organization is aleady well on its way. So far, Worldreader has donated 100,000 books to 1,000 students in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda.
The non-profit now wants to expand its reach throughout sub-Saharan Africa and has enlisted some capable help — the world-renowned players on FC Barcelona (Barça).
"We're trying to get them to do something radically different," David Risher, CEO and co-founder of Worldreader, and a former Microsoft and Amazon executive, told Mashable. "When a student sees the image of a player he idolizes, it brings a whole new culture and habit, associating reading with a hero. Using these tricks we can get kids to read more, making it more fun and a bigger part of their lives."
The organization believes the popularity of Barça will inspire students to keep reading, when they see personalized messages on their e-readers from some of the team's biggest stars, including Lionel Messi, Xavi Hernandez, Eric Abidal and Seydou Keita, encouraging them to "score big" and continue their education.
The donated e-books include classic literature, local African textbooks and story books, and newspapers from around the world. To help reach this distribution goal, Worldreader is seeking donations of $5, which each pay for one e-book.
In addition to putting books in the hands of students, Worldreader gives local authors and publishers access to a larger market.
E-Readers Impact on Students in the Developing World
When Worldreader began delivering books to Ghana in November 2010, the non-profit launched a study, funded by USAID, measuring the first implementation of e-readers into classrooms in under-previledged areas. The study found performance on standardized test scores jumping between 12.9% and 15.7%.
While Worldreader's mission is to put a library of books in the hands of every kid on the planet, distribution isn't the only challenge. Half the effort is getting kids excited about doing something new.
"To classroom teachers, e-readers just feel like having more books — they're not significantly new technology to adopt," Risher says. "I've had young boys come and say to me, 'I've always found books kind of intimidating, but this feels like a gadget because it's something I can play with.'"
Another advantage to e-readers, which can be often overlooked, is that the font sizes easily increase, making a big difference for students without proper eyewear.
Worldreader mostly distributes books on Amazon Kindles, because they work well outside of the U.S. and because of Risher's history with the company. The organization recently began venturing beyond e-readers and onto feature phones, through an e-book app created by developer biNu.
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QUEBEC - The Quebec government says it believes it has found a way of not running afoul of Ottawa after a legal panel recommended that a terminally ill patient has the right to die.
Provincial junior health minister Veronique Hivon said Tuesday the panel determined that provinces have the legal jurisdiction to legislate in matters of health and that the future Quebec legislation would clarify how acts to end a life wouldn't be considered suicide.
The report states "the Quebec legislature has the constitutional power to organize the required legal framework for end-of-life care within the health-care system."
Euthanasia and assisted suicide are illegal in Canada under the Criminal Code. Julie Di Mambro, a spokeswoman for federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson, said Tuesday the government's position remains the same.
"This is a painful and divisive issue that has been thoroughly debated in Parliament," she said. "We respect Parliament's decision."
Hivon said the Quebec government can now pass a law with strict guidelines that will respect the wishes of the dying to shorten their suffering and provide doctors with a clear legal framework.
Under the recommendations, patients themselves would have to make the request to a doctor on the basis of unbearable physical or psychological suffering. Two physicians would have to approve the request, which would have to be made in writing.
Doctors would not face criminal charges in these circumstances, the report said. Any law should state that the refusal, interruption, abstention from care or the application of a terminal sedative in those circumstances could not be considered a suicide.
The Quebec panel, which was headed by lawyer Jean-Pierre Menard, said people suffering from an incurable or degenerative illness should be allowed to ask for medical assistance to help them die.
However, the panel added the final decision should be left up to doctors.
"We want to affirm a person's right to make a choice," Menard said.
"Besides that, we try to establish or to confirm or reinforce a lot of regulation for vulnerable people to avoid any situation in which a vulnerable person may be subject to a treatment that is not required," Menard said.
The recommendations follow a landmark report in Quebec from last March that suggested doctors be allowed in exceptional circumstances to help the terminally ill die if that is what the patients want.
It's a debate that Canadians have grappled with for nearly two decades.
In 1992, assisted suicide hit the national radar when Sue Rodriguez, a B.C. woman, fought all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada for the right to kill herself. Rodriguez, who suffered from Lou Gehrig's disease, lost 5-4 in a split decision. She killed herself in 1994 with the help of an unidentified physician.
Hivon said implementation of any new law would be accompanied by a bolstering of Quebec's palliative-care system, which she said she believes is one way to avoid increased requests to use the right-to-die law.
She said a lack of palliative care is one reason many people ask to have their lives shortened.
"For the vast majority of people who are suffering, palliative care remains the best answer," she said.
The Quebec association of retired and semi-retired people has asked the government to open 200 new palliative-care beds.
"What the commission has shown is the urgent need to develop palliative care throughout the province," said association spokesman Mathieu Santerre.
(With a file by Nelson Wyatt in Montreal)
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Day 1 Anchorage to Seward (204 km / 127 mi)
This morning travel along the Seward Highway towards scenic Turnagain Arm. Turnagain Arm is a body of water featuring the world's second highest tides at over 30 feet. Keep an eye out for Beluga whales chasing salmon in the bay or Dall sheep along the highway. A great stop for lunch is the Alyeska Ski Resort/Girdwood. Here you can take the tram up Mt. Alyeska (optional). Another interesting stop might be Portage Glacier and its interesting visitor centre. In Seward we suggest a visit to Exit Glacier and the SeaLife Centre.
Day 2 Seward with Northwestern Fjord Cruise (Cruise)
Today we have arranged for you to take an all-day Kenai Fjords National Park Cruise. Travel farther into Kenai Fjords National Park than with any other cruise and visit the magnificent Northwestern Fjord, home to three amazing tidewater glaciers and numerous alpine glaciers. Kenai Fjords National Park boasts abundant wildlife, alpine and tidewater glaciers and breathtaking scenery. This cruise is the best way to see this pristine National Park and its inhabitants. Also, visit the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, an island home to teeming seabird rookeries. Don't miss this opportunity to see the untouched beauty of Alaska's coastal waters. (A continental breakfast & deli-style lunch is included onboard)
Day 3 Seward to Talkeetna (386 km / 240 mi)
Head back to Anchorage today taking in the sights of the Seward Highway as you go. Keep an eye out for beluga whales making their way towards the Cook Inlet or for Dall sheep combing the mountainsides. Continue on through Anchorage and drive the Glenn Highway north to Wasilla and on to Talkeetna. A stop should be made at the Alaska Native Heritage Centre. Talkeetna serves as a base camp for Mt. McKinley climbers; the community of 857 residents is located at the confluence of the Talkeetna and Susitna Rivers. A turn-of-the-20th-century gold-mining centre, the town has retained much of its early Alaskan flavour. Log cabins, a roadhouse and clapboard storefronts line the dirt streets, colourful locals and bush pilots stroll the wooden sidewalks, while Mount McKinley looms overhead. Main Street, the only paved road in town, begins with a "Welcome to Beautiful Downtown Talkeetna" sign at the town park and ends at the banks of the Susitna River, a nice place to view the big mountain when it's out.
Day 4 Talkeetna to Denali National Park Entrance (257 km / 153 mi)
Today, explore Denali's south side or depart early for the drive to Denali National Park. You'll have as much time as you like to experience the majesty of Denali National Park, take in the sights of the George Parks Highway or arrive at your hotel near the park entrance to take advantage of an optional excursion or a visit to the Denali Visitor Centre.
Day 5 Denali National Park Backcountry Adventure (Coach / Bush Plane Flight)
This full-day narrated coach trip explores the entire 148km /92mi of the restricted Denali Park Road on your way to the Denali Backcountry Lodge. During your journey to the lodge, your experienced driver-guide will help in the search for bear, moose, caribou, Dall sheep and other wildlife while pointing out the biology and geology of the area. There are numerous stops for wildlife viewing, photography and to stretch your legs and enjoy complimentary snacks. Lunch is included on this full day journey at the Denali Backcountry Lodge and while at the Lodge you can take a nature walk or try panning for gold. You will return to the park entrance via a flightseeing tour in a small bush plane. If weather permits, you will fly close to Mount McKinley. (lunch is included)
Day 6 Denali National Park Entrance to Fairbanks with Sternwheeler Riverboat Cruise (198 km / 123 mi)
Continue on the Parks Highway north to Fairbanks. Accompanied by incredible forest and mountain landscapes, drive through the communities of Healy, Nenana and Ester - an old mining camp. In the afternoon climb aboard the Riverboat Discovery III for an unforgettable 3-hour cruise into the Alaskan Interior; travel the Chena and Tanana Rivers on the only authentic sternwheeler riverboat operating in Alaska. This narrated tour provides background on the area's natural history and the Athabascan Indian culture. You will see a floatplane take off, meet sled dogs, witness the "wedding of the rivers," and gain insight into the ancient Athabascan Indian culture. Athabascan guides who have worked and lived in Alaska will take you on a personalized tour of the Chena Indian Village.
Day 7 Fairbanks to Valdez (584 km / 363 mi)
Drive the spectacular Richardson Highway south. Near Delta there are some opportunities to see the Trans-Alaska Pipeline - the great construction project that brought so many people to Alaska, and brings oil from the fields in Prudhoe Bay some 800miles/1300km from the Arctic Coast to Valdez. Crossing 34 rivers and 3 mountain ranges above-ground, the line could not be buried due to the possibility of earthquakes and permafrost. Continuing south, you can't help but be impressed with the spectacular mountains of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park - a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park is home to 9 of the 16 highest peaks in North America including Mt. Blackburn, at just under 5000m! All told it is bigger than Switzerland, or roughly the same size as Ireland. At Thompson Pass you may wish to stop at one of the pullouts for the scenery and views of Worthington Glacier before beginning the descent into Valdez. Just outside town, you'll see evidence of the devastating 1964 earthquake. Though the quake was felt in Valdez, it was the tsunami that caused most of the damage. Dead trees miles inland show just how far the saltwater traveled up the valley!
Day 8 Valdez Free Day
Today enjoy a free day in Valdez. Take a cruise into Prince William Sound to Columbia or Meares Glacier on which you also have a chance to see sea lions and even Humpback whales. Or enjoy a guided kayaking or rafting tour (not included).
Day 9 Valdez to Sheep Mountain Lodge (309 km / 192 mi)
Today you will drive back north on the Richardson Highway with great views of the Wrangell Mountains as you return to Glennallen (weather permitting). Here you follow the Glenn Highway towards Palmer / Anchorage until you reach Sheep Mountain Lodge. The rest of the day is at leisure to enjoy the scenic mountain views or recreational activities in the area. There are over 20 km / 12 mi of trails near the Lodge perfect for exploring. Birds and wildflowers abound. Maps are provided in each cabin for self-guided hiking.
Day 10 Sheep Mountain Lodge to Anchorage (172 km / 107 mi)
Drive the Glenn Highway south to Anchorage. Highlights on this part of today's trip include the Independence Mine in beautiful Hatcher Pass and the many communities in the Mat-Su Valley. This valley contains many farms with the remarkable growing season in Alaska and offers beautiful views of the Chugach Range.
- Accommodation including taxes for 9 nights
- Full day Northwestern Fjords Cruise with lunch
- Denali Backcountry Adventure Tour by coach one-way with flight back to Denali National Park Entrance
- Riverboat Discovery Cruise (3 hours)
- Exclusive travel documentation package including personalized maps, itinerary and driving directions, and a Lonely Planet Guide of Alaska
Not included:
- Rental Car
- Road and Tunnel Tolls
Hotel Information (Moderate Grade)
- Seward - Exit Glacier Lodge (Deluxe Queen/Double Room)
- Talkeetna - Susitna River Lodge (Cabin)
- Denali Park Entrance - Denali Cabins (Standard Cabin)
- Fairbanks - Rivers Edge Resort (Garden Cottage)
- Valdez - Best Western Valdez Harbor Inn (Standard Room)
- Sheep Mountain - Sheep Mountain Lodge (Classic Cabin)
Hotel Information (Superior Grade)
- Seward - Seward Windsong Lodge (Standard Room)
- Talkeetna - Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge (Guest Lodge Room)
- Denali Park Entrance - Grande Denali Lodge (Standard Room)
- Fairbanks - Fairbanks SpringHill Suites by Marriot (Double Suite)
- Valdez - Best Western Valdez Harbor Inn (View Room)
- Sheep Mountain - Sheep Mountain Lodge (Classic Cabin)
Valdez accommodation is the best available in the area and considered lower end of 3 star.
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Maik Barthel has revealed the Dortmund striker is keen on a move to the Premier League but concedes a move to England this summer "is not the future"
Robert Lewandowski's agent has revealed the Borussia Dortmund striker is unlikely to join Manchester United this summer.
The 24-year-old, who has scored 33 goals in 39 appearances this season, has a year remaining on his contract with the German club and has been strongly linked with a move to Old Trafford at the end of the campaign.
Lewandowski's representative, Maik Barthel, insists the Poland international is keen to play in the Premier League but has played down a switch to England this summer.
"I can tell you only one thing – Robert is interested in the future coming to the Premier League," Barthel told the Guardian.
"The Premier League is very interesting for Robert. How long is the future, I cannot say to you. I think this summer is not the future."
Goal.com revealed last Tuesday that Bayern Munich have edged ahead of United in the race to sign Lewandowski, as Juventus are lining up a deal for Mario Gomez, which will create space in the Bundesliga champions' squad for the Pole.
When asked whether Lewandowski will join Bayern Munich, Barthel replied: "I don't know."
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Driver full throttle for her Winter Olympics campaign
JESSICA Golding will take time out from her quest to represent Australia at the Winter Olympics in skeleton to return to her karting roots at Willowbank this weekend.
Golding is the only female racer to have won a national karting championship in more than 20 years.
She has joined forces with multiple Australian champion and Ipswich Kart Club member William Yarwood and his team Project X. They're racing an Australian manufactured Monaco chassis in Rotax Light.
"William has an incredible amount of experience, he is one of the best guys in the country in terms of getting a kart set up," Golding said.
"He's a winner and is continually determined to be at the front of the pack whether he's behind the wheel or working with another driver.
He will go the extra mile to ensure that those he works with are at the front."
A return to the racetrack forms a critical part of Golding's "off ice" training program.
Golding is building fitness on her way to Calgary in September to continue her goal of representing Australia at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Her skeleton event can be best described as head first luge.
"There's a lot of synergy between the two sports," she said.
"Since my first skeleton test in Calgary earlier this year, I have been in the gym and focused on the strength and physical aspects to prepare for the next phase of my development.
"It is a good time to get back in the kart and race, as that will focus my attention back onto competition, which complements the program I've been working on.
"By doing two major events like the Pro Tour and the Rotax Nationals in late August, I'll have my eye back in and will be ready to hit the ice at full speed."
Golding said the sports were similar from a speed perspective.
"I can expect to be up to around 140kph behind the wheel of the kart just millimetres off the ground," she said.
"In skeleton, again I will be just millimetres off the ground, but getting up to around 150kph."
Training overseas and being close to the AIS Winter Sports program has brought out a nationalistic passion in the Brisbane-based racer.
"To race in an Australian- made chassis adds another element of interest for me," she said.
"Training with people from all over the world and getting an insight to an Australian Olympic program makes me realise even more the level of pride that will come with wearing the green and gold on the international stage."
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Facebook, Google and Microsoft and other Internet companies have been paying broadband-service providers for connections to get faster and smoother access into their networks, while Netflix has been reluctant. Shalini Ramachandran reports
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They go to prom, hitch rides from their parents and heck, most of them can't even vote. But since 1988, high school students have accurately picked the president in every election but 2004. And this year, they picked President Barack Obama.
Obama won 316 electoral votes, including Ohio's, to Republican candidate Mitt Romney's 208 in the Voting Opportunities for Teenagers in Every State, or VOTES, election.
The president squeaked by with 50.2 percent of the popular vote and Romney polled a low 41.2 percent, probably skewed by the disproportionately high support for Libertarian Gary Johnson (4.1 percent) and the Green Party's Jill Stein (2.4 percent) that Romney will siphon off in the actual election.
Like most of the younger population, the students lean Democratic and often show the liberal candidate winning by a higher margin than in the actual election, said Jim Shea, who organizes the elections and is a high school American government and U.S. history teacher at Massachusetts' Northfield Mount Hermon School. Still, young adults living at home with mom and dad generally agree with their parents' political views, Shea said.
Cue Lila Livingston, a 17-year-old junior at Northfield Mount Hermon School who voted for Obama in the mock election like her parents will Tuesday.
She said politics come up regularly at family dinners, especially with her father, who majored in political science.
"Definitely my family has influenced my view," Livingston said. "I can't really hide my views from my family."
Livingston's experience isn't uncommon, Shea said. He said it's one thing for teenagers to want to break from their parents and another for them to actually do so.
"Despite the thought that high school students are rebellious, independent thinkers, for the most part students are products of environment and vote for the most part along the lines of their parents," Shea said.
And their track record is nothing to scoff at. The budding patriots only messed up once: during the 2004 election when President George W. Bush topped Democratic challenger John Kerry by about 2 percentage points.
Pundits say with this year's tight election, another split between electoral votes and the popular vote is likely. And that's making Shea uneasy.
"In a very close election like this I have more doubts," Shea said. "I'm more anxious about accuracy today than I have been in most elections."
So don't get too worked up yet. In the mock election Obama also won Alaska, Louisiana and Georgia — solid red states already guaranteed to Romney. Three New York and Pennsylvania schools didn't hold elections yet because of Superstorm Sandy, and no schools in New Jersey voted leaving 14 electoral votes left out completely.
"The students might be right in terms of aggregate total, although higher in Obama's popular vote," said Ron Schurin, a political scientist at the University of Connecticut. "I would be shocked if Obama carried some of the states like Georgia, Alaska and South Carolina."
After all, it's not a scientific poll. It was made to get high school students revved up about the election, and even if Romney wins tomorrow it's done its job, Shea said.


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In a continued effort to restore and sustainably maintain the Colorado River, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced, in May 2012, a long-term protocol to improve the river's resources in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Grand Canyon National Park. The plan includes periodic controlled flood releases from Glen Canyon Dam: high-flow experiments pioneered by U.S. Geological Survey scientists including Utah State University professor Jack Schmidt.
On Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, Schmidt will watch water blast forth from the dam's river outlet tubes; the start of a four-day period with a peak release of 42,300 cubic feet per second expected Nov. 20. This is the fourth controlled flood conducted using water from Lake Powell, the nation's second largest reservoir, which borders Utah and Arizona.
Schmidt, who leads the Flagstaff, Ariz.-based USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, was among the team of scientists that designed the first series of controlled floods in 1996. Subsequent high-flow experiments, known as "HFEs," were carried out in 2004 and 2008 and monitored by Schmidt and his students.
"Glen Canyon Dam, constructed in 1963, traps sediment that used to form and replenish sandbars crucial to native ecosystems," says Schmidt, who retains an unpaid faculty position in USU's Department of Watershed Sciences. "The purpose of the controlled floods is to mimic seasonal inundations that occurred prior to the dam and help restore these ecosystems by redistributing sand from the bed of the river to rebuild eddy sandbars."
Flowing from headwaters in the Rocky Mountains, the 1,500-mile-long Colorado River crosses the Colorado Plateau and winds southwesterly to Mexico's Sea of Cortez. More than 30 million people in the southwestern United States and another two million Mexican residents rely on the waterway and its tributaries for critical water and power.
"The controlled floods are nowhere near as large as typical spring snowmelt floods of the pre-dam era," Schmidt says. "But HFEs remain one of the few practical approaches we can use to mitigate the effects of the dam."
Schmidt and USU alum Paul Grams, MS'97, a GCMRC hydrologist, are among authors of a 2011 USGS report that details findings from the previous high-flow experiments and recommends continuation of the artificial floods.
Each of the earlier HFEs has increased scientists' understanding of how floods affect the river's physical environment and biological resources, Schmidt says. While each controlled flood also provides temporary benefit to native fishes, the endemic humpback chub remains endangered and three other native fish have disappeared from the river.
"To restore a river, you have to have water," he says. "Since Glen Canyon Dam's construction, the Colorado River will never be the same, but we are committed to developing scientifically based efforts to save what we can of one of the most unique and beautiful places on our planet."
In an Aug. 30, 2012, ceremony, Anne Castle, DOI Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, presented Schmidt with the department's STAR (Special Thanks for Achievement) Award. Castle read a citation honoring the USU scientist "for (his) leadership and commitment to science excellence in the development of the Glen Canyon Monitoring and Research Center Biennial Work Plan."
Schmidt is among the featured speakers in USU Science Unwrapped's spring 2013 public outreach series, which will focus on water issues. His talk is slated for March 29, 2013, during Quinney College of Natural Resources Week March 25-29 at USU.
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- "Running Rivers Through: Artificial Floods at Challenge says USU Expert," Utah State Today
- USU Department of Watershed Sciences
- USU Quinney College of Natural Resources
- Intermountain Center for River Rehabilitation and Restoration
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Robert Stankiewicz, country manager for Dow in Poland, explained to 300 delegates that shale gas offers major gains. It can spark economic growth, trigger exports of value-added products while also helping cut energy bills, he explained.
"Access to shale gas is important for manufacturing – and especially the chemical industry," said Stankiewicz. "However, we are not only customers for shale gas, we also have the potential to contribute to the safe and sustainable production of shale gas – through educational efforts and chemical solutions by leveraging the most advanced and sustainable microbial control technologies for shale gas exploration."
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Anne Hathaway wants that Oscar bad, and she will no doubt get it. Her performance is being lauded by many and yet, her faux "who me?!" every time her name is called at an award show is pretty silly. Girl, you know you got this, so just go get it.
Spoofing on her Les Misérables performance and Oscar blood lust, Alberto Bell directed this three-and-a-half-minute video starring Emma Fitzpatrick as Anne Hathaway as Fantine (with lyrics by Robert Hill). It's hilarious, and I'm guessing Anne Hathaway would probably dig it, too. After all, she did it all in one take, bitches!
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My friend Sani and I tried an experiment in honor of the ongoing Soda Free Sundays campaign. We decided to choose two Thai herbs and see whether we could turn them into delicious, unsweetened soda.
Contestant #1: Pandanus leaf, otherwise known as bai toey. It's a long, thin leaf. If you've eaten Thai food at Pok Pok in Portland, it's what they use to make their water taste like toasted rice. Their water is delicious. Nomination: bai toey! Sani and I were both pretty sure bai toey would work.
Contestant #2: Kaffir lime leaf, otherwise known as bai makroot. It's what you see finely chopped and tossed into panang curry or tom yam soups or things like that. It's one of my favorite flavors, but not typically something you'd think of for a beverage. Sani and I were both skeptical, but it was my idea and she was polite enough not to tell me she was skeptical.
The pandanus/bai toy was frozen, not fresh, because apparently it's hard to find fresh here. Maybe that's why it didn't work. The beverage tasted like wet leaves.
The kaffir lime leaf/bai makroot, on the other hand, made amazingly delicious soda! Subtle and refreshing. Would go great with Thai food or as something to bring along on a picnic.
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These ingredients aren't local. But! You can actually grow your own bai makroot/kaffir lime leaf tree. I'd love to pick these fresh any time I want. However, I'm not so sure about growing pandanus.
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- 5-6 pairs of kaffir lime leaves (they're often attached)
- 2 cups of water
- 1 cup of seltzer/club soda/soda water (unsweetened)
- ice
1. Tear up the lime leaves. Throw them in a pot with the water. Boil for 5-10 minutes, or until it smells strong.
2. Cool the liquid, with the leaves still in it. You can stick it in the freezer or add ice to it or whatever works for you.
3. Add it to two glasses, with the seltzer, in a ratio of about two cups of the leaf water to one cup of seltzer. One strange thing we noticed: If you add the leaf water first, and then pour in the soda, you'll see that the leaf water has a faint green color that disappears instantly when it touches soda. You can add back in a few leaf bits for color and charm.


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The year is 1987 and Cadillac is desperate to shake off its image as a manufacturer of land boats for people who wear white loafers. They want to compete with Mercedes-Benz and BMW! But this isn't the GM of today that produces gems like the ATS and the new CTS. No, this is 80s GM, and so they go into battle with this: the Cadillac Allanté.
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Superstorm Sandy's floodwaters drove Bob Mackie from his home on Long Beach Island, N.J., but nothing was going to stop him from voting Tuesday. The 72-year-old widower drove an hour each way to cast his ballot at a makeshift polling site for island residents, refusing to be disenfranchised by the devastation.
Superstorm Sandy's floodwaters drove Bob Mackie from his home on Long Beach Island, N.J., but nothing was going to stop him from voting Tuesday. The 72-year-old widower drove an hour each way to cast his ballot at a makeshift polling site for island residents, refusing to be disenfranchised by the devastation.
"A lot of people died for it, so we better exercise it," Mackie said of the right to vote.
A week after Sandy's ruinous march up the East Coast, thousands of displaced residents boarded shuttle buses and searched online for alternative polling places to cast their ballots. For millions who were still without power, cleaning mud out of their homes or living in shelters, voting represented both a return to normalcy and an act of defiance.
West Virginia resident Barbara Bolyard has been without power since the storm, relying on a coal-fired stove for heat and eating meals served by the Red Cross at local fire hall. But she and her three adult children still made it to their polling place in Newburg. "It's your right, do it," Bolyard said she told her kids.
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National Guard units in West Virginia set up tents at three polling places and provided generators to help provide power to five other areas that had been buried under 2 feet of snow from Sandy.
In Connecticut, where all but two of the 773 voting precincts were open, voters displaced by the storm had to travel long distances to cast ballots in their precincts.
Jody Eisemann, who lost the first floor of her Fairfield, Conn., house to flooding, came home from the New York suburbs where she is staying with her brother to vote at her local polling site. Eisemann's neighborhood was still filled with downed trees, utility trucks and National Guard troops.
"It's a big pain in the neck," the 60-year old acupuncturist said.
In hard-hit New York and New Jersey, voting became an emotional mission for many.
Sarah Brewster of Long Beach, N.Y., sobbed as she emerged from her polling place in a school cafeteria. She said she had been overcome when she went inside to vote and saw the clocks all stopped at 7:27 – the time her community lost power on the evening of Oct. 29.
Voting is "part of our civic responsibility in the midst of all this crisis," said Brewster, a nonprofit worker.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, both signed directives allowing displaced residents of their states to cast provisional ballots at any polling site. Provisional ballots are counted once a voter's eligibility is confirmed.
After voting near his home in Mount Kisco, a New York city suburb, Cuomo told reporters it was essential to make balloting easier for those affected by storm.
"A lot of people are not at their home polling place – they've been displaced, they're staying with friends or their parents. We have first responders and volunteers who are not in their normal polling place, a lot of people from upstate who are helping in downstate New York," Cuomo said.
New Jersey also offered displaced residents the option of requesting a ballot via email and fax – the same procedure followed by the state's overseas residents and military personnel. County election offices were quickly swamped with requests for email ballots, prompting officials to announce they would give voters until Friday to cast ballots.
"It has become apparent that the county clerks are receiving applications at a rate that outpaces their capacity to process them without an extension of the current schedule," Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, who is also New Jersey's secretary of state, said in a directive issued Tuesday.
In Hudson County in northern New Jersey, officials received 4,000 email ballot requests by mid-afternoon. "It's a different kind of nuts," Deputy County Clerk Janet Larwa said.
Some in New Jersey said they weren't comfortable with the email option.
Pinky Milsen, a 62-year-old retired retail worker forced from her home on Long Beach Island, drove to a polling place on the mainland to cast a ballot for President Barack Obama.
"They said you could do it on the computer, but I said no, I want to push the lever. I want to make sure Obama wins," Milsen said.
In New York City, some polling places ran out of the affidavits due to heavy demand, said city Board of Elections spokeswoman Valerie Vazquez. The city printed up only 250 of the affidavits per election district and didn't have time to order extras, she said.
The storm came so close to the election that officials did not have enough time to educate poll workers about the change, which led to confusion, Vazquez said.
City Elections Commissioner J.C. Polanco said lines were long even in areas of the city most disrupted by Sandy. Some voters in the Rockaways area of Queens cast ballots at a school where nine polling locations had been merged into one. Other voters in the Rockaways and one precinct in the Bronx were voting in tents powered by emergency generators.
Complicating matters further was the state's recent switch to electronic voting machines and the 2010 legislative redistricting that put many residents into new polling precincts.
"You couldn't pick a more perfect storm – a hurricane before a presidential election, a redistricting year, and new machines," Polanco said.
The efforts put a premium on creativity. At a public school in Staten Island's Midland Beach, flares were set up at an entrance to provide light, and voting machines were retrieved from the school and moved to tents where voters lined up in 29-degree temperatures.
Not everyone hurt by the storm saw voting as a priority.
New Jersey college student Cynthia Barreau was flooded out of her Toms River home and stood in a long line outside a FEMA processing center in Brick Township.
"I'm thinking a lot of people are not going to vote today; I just don't see it happening," she said. "We don't have homes. The last thing on our minds today is looking for a place to vote."
Fouhy reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Geoff Mulvihill and Wayne Parry in New Jersey, John Christoffersen in Connecticut, Vicki Smith in West Virginia, and Frank Eltman, Jim Fitzgerald and Christina Rexrode in New York contributed to this story.


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Girardi focused on Roberts' swing, not stats
NEW YORK -- Brian Roberts may not have the statistics he'd like to see, but he's convinced manager Joe Girardi that he's off to a solid start. The veteran second baseman is batting just .235 in his first 24 games with the Yankees, but Girardi said Roberts' statistics don't necessarily tell the entire story.
"I know the numbers don't necessarily stick out, but if you were to look at all the hard hit balls that he's had, he's swung the bat better than his numbers indicate," said Girardi. "I've had a couple conversations with him, joking about trying to be a little bit smarter where he hits the ball. And it's kind of to get the guy to loosen up a little bit and not put so much pressure on himself."
Roberts spent his entire career with the division-rival Orioles before coming over to the Yankees this winter, and the two-time All-Star is a .278 career hitter. Roberts has been slowed by a litany of injuries over the last few years, and the Yankees just want him to settle in and get comfortable.
"I think sometimes you can look at your numbers and be frustrated as opposed to looking at how hard and how good your at-bats are," said Girardi of early-season statistics. "He can do some good things. I've been pleased with his at-bats. He's not found a way not to hit it at people."