A No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown highlights this week's boys rankings.
Source: http://highschoolsports.cleveland.com/news/article/2571558907551103513
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Monday, January 31, 2011
There were even second half positives for Nemo
Fintan O'Toole
IT appears that rumours of Nemo Ranger’s demise were greatly exaggerated. The football grapevine was humming since the turn of the year with news of a heavy beating by Offaly champions Rhode in a challenge game, an indifferent display against the Cork U21’s in another workout and then an early exit in a secondary Cork club competition, the Tadhg Crowley Cup, against Ballincollig eight days ago. But 30 minutes after Derek O’Mahony had blown the opening whistle at yesterday’s Munster Club SFC final in Mallow, the Trabeg men had firmly shredded notions that they were in any state of decline.
We saw yesterday the most powerful and complete display of first-half football since Kerry trampled all over Pat Gilroy’s startled earwigs in the 2009 All-Ireland quarter-final. Nemo were simply awesome. Their management deserve credit for that by opting not to withdraw Brian O’Regan to act as Gooch’s shadow as he was allowed to dictate matters from centre-back. David Niblock and Peter Morgan continued to play off each other brilliantly at midfield, while Carrigtwohill native Aidan O’Reilly has become a highly useful addition at wing-back. Those sectors provided the platform for Nemo’s dominance and they relentlessly attacked the heart of the Dr Crokes defence. The quality of their point-kicking was stunning and the six-in-a-row that they strung together before half-time was of critical importance in constructing a winning advantage. As Dr Crokes boss Harry O’Neill put it afterwards, “if a Nemo player had tried to kick the ball out over the stand in the first-half, it would probably have curled back into play and gone over the bar.”
If Nemo Rangers replicate that first-half play for the rest of the competition, then Briain Morgan can already start to prepare his cúpla focal for March 17th on the Hogan Stand podium. The concern for manager Eddie Kirwin and his sideline gurus as they plot their team’s route through the All-Ireland series is what transpired after the break in Mallow. The bare statistics paint the picture of a collapse as Dr Crokes outscored Nemo by 1-10 to 0-2. But that scoreline masks aspects of yesterday’s second-half play. Firstly Dr Crokes are a quality team and they were always going to to unleash that quality at some juncture. Shifting Eoin Brosnan to midfield, bringing Daithi Casey out to the half-forward line and introducing Fionn Fitzgerald helped get them moving again. Their sharpshooters inside were finally fed quality ball, and Kieran O’Leary and Colm Cooper duly obliged with a stream of points.
Secondly, it’s important to note that while Nemo may have been forced into submission on the scoreboard they never showed any visible signs of panic on the pitch. Their experience and football nous came to bear as the half progressed with Morgan slowing down kickouts in goal and forwards like Alan Cronin and Barry O’Driscoll cleverly holding onto the ball up front. They may not have been playing particularly well but their ability to remain calm under pressure once more enabled them to claim a trophy.
The challenge now is to see can their 15th Munster title pave the way for an 8th All-Ireland crown. It’s seven years since Colin Corkery’s tour de force downed Crossmolina but they will not lack motivation to end that barren run. Winning Munster this year stemmed largely from the frustration of their semi-final exit to Limerick’s Drom-Broadford in November 2008. Now on the national scene they have a chance to atone for their semi-final defeat to St Gall’s in February 2006 and the final loss to St Vincent’s in March 2008. The sense is that this is a better team than those that have previously made stabs at honours. The team is not reliant on James Masters for scoring inspiration as Paul Kerrigan and Barry O’Driscoll have emerged into real leaders up front.
St Brigid’s will not be pushovers at the last four stage but Nemo’s irresistible first-half form yesterday entitles them to the mantle of favouritism. Then they would get the chance to pit themselves against one of the other club giants that Nemo routinely measure themselves against. Will it be 2009 champions Kilmacud Crokes or 2007 winners Crossmaglen Rangers? The manner of their Leinster final success suggests Kilmacud are in pole position there yet either way a dream national final could be in the offing on St Patrick’s Day.
Source: http://feeds.examiner.ie/~r/iesportsblog/~3/SEu2NS3cdrE/post.aspx
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Guardian, Al-Jazeera 'misquoted' Palestine Papers
There have been ?prominent distortions? in the media coverage of the content of the leaked Palestine Papers, according to research by advocacy group Bicom.
The documents have sent shockwaves around the world since they were first released last week by Al-Jazeera and the Guardian newspaper.
But ?The Palestine Papers: Analysis or Agenda?,? produced with input from Palestinian and Israeli experts, shows that in places the facts of the documents ?differ starkly from claims made about them?.
The report highlights key inconsistencies, including that the papers were ?misquoted? to suggest the Palestinians were willing to accept a cap of 10,000 refugees.
But the Bicom researchers said they found evidence of ?the Palestinians demanding an initial number of 150,000?.
Bicom also stressed that rather than, as claimed by the Guardian and Al-Jazeera, the Palestinians conceding on recognising Israel as a Jewish state, the papers actually pointed to ?a hardening of the Palestinian position on this issue?.
The report also criticised the Guardian for ?focusing their attention selectively, in particular by failing to give sufficient weight to the Olmert proposal of August 2008? and for presenting the content of old Middle East negotiations as new.
Bicom said: ?We have looked at some of their most prominent distortions, revealing the extent to which both Al Jazeera and the Guardian have pursued an aggressive line in interpreting the documents, casting both Palestinian and Israeli negotiators in a negative light.?
Source: http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/44462/guardian-al-jazeera-misquoted-palestine-papers
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Month ahead: Valid from 05/02 to 04/03 2011 - Atlantic air returning, Jan 30 - 21:18
'Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart'. Victor Hugo There is strong evidence to suggest that the weather is about to see the Atlantic to take control through at least the short term. All areas are likely to see windy and at times wet weather, with temperatures recovering as a result, although the effects perhaps mitigated by the strength of the breeze at times. We are not done with high pressure or winter just yet though, as although the confidence is not overly firm, from mid-month a colder regime may once again may be threatening to establish itself and it is this 'worst case' scenario that forms the basis of the following forecast. *05/02/11 - 11/02/11* The pattern will be swinging around here. This the result as you would expect of a westerly and Atlantic low pressure dominated regime; that said there is the likelihood of some intervening drier and brighter spells between but this is not expected to be protracted. Temperature will be swinging around all over the place too, beneath the cloudier and unsettled bands it'll be milder but the effects tempered by the strong and blustery wind and rain. Colder and blustery weather will pass through rather quickly on the stiff breeze as low pressure clears to the east, temporary and transient weak ridges of high pressure can't be relied upon, the emphasis squarely on it remaining unsettled. *12/02/11 - 18/02/11* An Atlantic flow looks as though it'll be the dominant feature of the pattern through this period, a strong and unsettled westerly breeze bringing a mixture of cloud, wind and rain to all areas. Temperatures will be holding up well with a small risk of frost although the effects of higher temperatures will be mitigated by the fresh to strong breeze. Some drier and brighter conditions can be anticipated between the bands of cloud and rain, although not completely dry as blustery showers will be moving through on the stiff flow. As we approach the latter stages of the forecast period higher pressure may having an effect once more, a ridge extending through across southern Britain where it may become somewhat drier and brighter, the flow maintained as a fresh westerly over the north. Southern and southwestern Britain is expected to become drier and quieter as high prerssure edges in from the south, winds falling lighter will bring an increased threat of mist and overnight frost. *19/02/11 - 25/02/11* High pressure slipping in from the south or southwest looks likely to be developing into quite a large anticyclone, which will slowly drift northeastward toward Scandinavia. Winds will initially be light and variable across most areas but a noticeable easterly breeze will be developing through the southern half of the UK, so feeling chilly here despite some sunny spells. The exact positioning of this anticipated development will be crucial in the future confidence of this pattern. There is an increased, but still largely low threat of some wintry showers developing across England and Wales as low pressure edges up from the south, although the emphasis remains on a largely dry and settled pattern for the bulk of the UK. From the English Midlands northwards it'll be mainly dry and bright with light to variable winds, mist and fog quite widespread with overnight frosts, there are however indications of changes to the south. *26/02/11 - 04/03/11* High pressure will remain a large and dominant feature to the north, lower pressure entrenched to the south the UK trapped between a strengthening easterly flow, which has the potential to become increasingly wintry over England and Wales. It'll be feeling colder everywhere and there'll be a good deal of cloud across southern Britain with a wintry mixture of rain, sleet and possibly snow edging northwards into central areas, further north increasingly cloudy and colder but largely dry save for a scattering of showers across northeastern areas. Low pressure to the south is expected to slip away southeastward into the near continent, a chilly northeast to northerly flow covering the UK for a time as higher pressure to the west extends through the UK, showers becoming confined to eastern and northern Britain, with western areas drier and bighter, *05/03/11 - 09/03/11* High pressure will be drifting slowly eastward across the UK so a drier and brighter but still chilly few days is anticipated, showers becoming more scattered with an increased risk of mist or patchy overnight fog. Western areas are likely to see increasing cloud and patchy rain later with a strengthening southerly breeze as low pressure approaches from the west, the eastward progress of this unsettled weather is likely to be erratic and possibly will stall over western Wales. Simon & Captain Bob Email me at simon.keeling@weatheronline.co.uk
Source: http://feeds.weatheronline.co.uk/~r/weatheronline/~3/kYfcvuJjr-s/reports
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Isn't it quiet!
There are few phone calls that matter. Almost no Spam e-mails. If you doin?t look out of the window, it?s great. There?s even time to read the stuff you would not bother with, like dear Julie Burchill in Prospect magazine. Having told the JC she has given up her column and announced that shul no longer has any appeal for her, she tells this improving journal that her New Year resolution is ?Reach a reading age of 12 in Hebrew - so far, it?s five.? Why bother? The real fun was in an e-mail from a cruising brother deep into the penguins, whales and icebergs of Antarctica. His cruise ship was joined by a Lubavitch couple along the way in south America who, apart from all the other necessary supplies, brought their electric cholent pot with them. But, alas, alack and gevalt, the chief steward ruled it too serious a fire hazard to allow them to keep it puttering away in their cabin over Friday night into shabbat lunch time. Imagine, cold cholent??in the Antarctic! Next week, all will be back to normal, sadly?.
Source: http://www.thejc.com/blogpost/isnt-it-quiet
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Don't go booking those Croke Park NFL tickets just yet
IT was back in 1992 that Gay Mitchell first suggested Dublin should try to host the Olympics – a ludicrous suggestion and one that came to mind this week when the story about the Pittsburgh Steelers playing in Dublin sprouted its head.
Not just any game, mind. No, the buzz was that this would be a regular season fixture, not one of those pre-season walk-throughs where the star players play a quarter at best - and at half-pace at that - before being benched for the remainder of the afternoon.
Yeah? Really? Ok guys, whatever.
Here's a few reasons why that ain't gonna happen any time soon. First up? Money, baby. Why would the NFL come to lil ol' Ireland when it could dump its wares on a mega-market like the UK (which it has been doing), or Germany.
Over 80 million people live in Germany. Sixty million are in the UK. Ireland's population is, what, four million? And even that is probably on the way south given the new wave of emigration that has unfolded.
Not exactly a key demographic, are we?
The Germans are mad for gridiron. When NFL Europe folded four years ago, five out of the six sides were based there (the Amsterdam Admirals were the other) and the sheer size of the country makes it a leading contender to host any potential tie.
Added to our European neighbours are the claims of Mexico where the one and only regular season game to be played there attracted 103,467 people to the Azteca Stadium and Canada which is similarly festooned with NFL addicts.
The Buffalo Bills have already taken a number of their home games away from the upstate New York area and across the border to Toronto. Buffalo have been awful for years and Canada has its own version of the NFL and yet the Bills still get huge crowds.
Ireland? Give me a break. We had the same palaver a few years ago when there was talk of bringing an F1 race to the island and Bernie Ecclestone killed that myth off quickly by saying the economics just didn't add up so let's all get real here.
All this Pittsburgh talk has been based squarely on the convenient fact that the club's former owner is Dan Rooney, an Irish-American and currently Barack Obama's representative in the Phoenix Park but this is aspirational stuff at best.
A flyer as we call it in the media.
Did you see any Steelers representative quoted in the story when it emerged this week? No, you did not. What did you see but a source from Mary Hanafin's department who was never going to come out and say that it was mere pie in the sky.
Even Croke Park were forced to dilute the fervour.
Bottom line? If you want to see an American football game in the near future and don't want/can't afford a trip to the USA then take in Navy-Notre Dame in the Aviva next year or put your name down for the next instalment at Wembley later this year.
Oh yeah, that's if the threatened NFL player strike which shows no sign of being resolved just now doesn't put paid to the season, or most of it.
See? Dublin? Not. Going. To. Happen.
Source: http://feeds.examiner.ie/~r/iesportsblog/~3/GVbWQf8oPsM/post.aspx
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Northeast Ohio Baseball Coaches Association announces Hall of Fame class
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Government to keep funding Holocaust Memorial Day
The government will fund at least two more years of the Holocaust Memorial Day with a grant of �1.5m.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles announced the funding will continue at the national HMD event last night.
He said: ?Antisemitism and other forms of bigotry have sadly not yet been relegated to the history books. It?s the responsibility of every one of us to challenge divisive views and discrimination whenever we see them.
?Holocaust Memorial Day is such an important focus for motivating people to do their bit to ensure that the horrendous crimes committed during the Holocaust are remembered and never repeated. This is why we have decided to continue to provide funding to support the crucial work of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.?
The department will work with the Trust to create a more viable business plan for their activities over the next two years.
The event was hosted by actor Simon Callow and memorial candles were lit by him, Mr Pickles and the Chief Rabbi. David Cameron, Ed Miliband and First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond Parliament and the leaders of the Welsh and North Irish Assemblies were featured in a video message lighting memorial candles.
Source: http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/44382/government-keep-funding-holocaust-memorial-day
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Sunday, January 30, 2011
99% south Sudanese want secession
Official preliminary results of independence vote shows nearly 99% support for break up of Africa's largest country
Nearly 99% of southern Sudanese voters chose secession in this month's independence referendum, clearing the way for Sudan to split in two.
The official preliminary results were announced at a ceremony attended by a crowd of several thousand people in the southern capital Juba today. The figures showed that voter turnout was 98% ? far above the 60% threshold required for the result to be valid.
Subject to confirmation of the final result next month, and pending legal challenges, southern Sudan will be free to declare independence on 9 July.
"This is what we voted for, so that people can be free in their own country ... I say congratulations a million times," southern Sudan's president Salva Kiir told the crowd, who had assembled at the grave of the liberation leader John Garang, who died in a helicopter crash in 2005.
The ceremony ended with the people singing of "the promised land", something southerners have dreamed of since colonial rule ended in the 1950s and the Arab-led government in Khartoum took power. Decades of marginalisation and conflict followed, with the most recent north-south war from 1983 to 2005 causing about 2 million deaths.
The peace agreement that ended the war gave southerners the option to secede through a referendum after a six-year interim period. Such was the anticipation before the vote that hundreds of thousands of people queued before dawn across the vast, undeveloped south to cast their ballots on 9 January even though the voting booths were open for a week.
The ballot has been commended by observer groups, though some problems with tallying have been reported. Many feared President Omar al-Bashir's regime in the north ? which opposes secession ? would use violence or other means to disrupt the vote, but it did not happen. This, added to Bashir's comments that he wanted to enjoy "brotherly" relations with the south should it secede, led to rare praise for the often-maligned leader, both internationally, and in southern Sudan. "Omar al-Bashir took the bold decision to bring peace. Bashir is a champion and we must stand with him," said Kiir today. He urged his people to remain patient over the next few months as his government was "not going to put down the flag of Sudan until July 9. The project has not finished ... We cannot declare independence today. Let us respect the agreement. We must go slowly so we can reach safely to where we are going," he added.
Voting was open to southerners living anywhere in Sudan, while those abroad could vote in eight countries, including Britain. The results showed that in southern Sudan itself 99.57% of voters chose secession, with only 16,129 out of 3.7 million people choosing unity. The result in favour of a split was overwhelming in all 10 southern states, ranging from 95.5% in Western Bahr el Gahzal to 99.98% in the oil-rich Unity state.
Many of the estimated 2 million southerners who still live in the northern half of Sudan did not register for the referendum, fearing their choice would be manipulated, or registered in the south instead. Still, 58% of the nearly 70,000 people who voted in the north chose secession over unity. The only region in the whole country where unity won out was in south Darfur, where 63% of the 9,253 voters wanted Africa's largest country to stay intact.
Mohamed Khalil Ibrahim, chairman of the referendum commission, described the result as "decisive", but said that the country's people would remain close even after the split. ""North and south are drawn together in indissoluble geographic and historic bonds," he said.
The southern government's attention will now focus on several pressingissues that need to be resolved with Bashir's regime before July. They include demarcation of the common border and a decision of what to do about Abyei, a coveted region whose own referendum on whether to join the north or south was postponed after Khartoum insisted that northern nomads be allowed to vote.
There also needs to be a deal on oil. More than three quarters of Sudan's oil reserves lie in the south, but the only pipeline runs through the north.
The south also requires a name; options being considered include Nile Republic and Cush.
But if today's results announcement was anything to go by, it will stick with what it's got. "Bless the name of this land, Southern Sudan," said Episcopalian Archbishop Daniel Deng as he opened the ceremony.
Protests in the north
If the loss of the south ? and most of the Sudan's oil reserves ? were not bad enough, Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir is under increasing pressure in the north.
Many there blame Bashir for the country's economic woes and, while his vast security apparatus means his grip on power remains strong, there are increasing signs of dissent.
Inspired by events in Tunisia and Egypt, groups of young Sudanese men and women took to the streets today in rare protests, demanding that Bashir and his government should resign. However, the demonstrators announced their intentions in advance through social networking sites, so police detained numerous people on Saturday night and riot police were deployed in central Khartoum this morning.
They beat and arrested people chanting slogans such as "revolution until victory" and "we are ready to die for Sudan" and officers blocked the entrances to four universities in the capital. News agency reports suggested that more than 2,000 people, many of them students, joined the protests.
Analysts say poor policies and government overspending have caused Sudan's economy to falter, with prices of basic goods rising fast and the Sudanese pound being devalued as a result.
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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/30/sudan-results-preliminary-support
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Revolution by Twitter
Have we entered a new era of revolution by tweet? Until the Egyptian cut them off yesterday, it was possible to follow the unfolding of events in Cairo by logging into one or the other of the social networks being used to spread the word of demonstrations against the regime. This is so much more authentic in conveying the flavour of events in Cairo than the digested and sometimes overly-cautious interpretations offered by media experts. Some of the best stuff on developments in the Arab world comes from savvy bloggers. One who seems to know his olives from his dates pointed out that the al-Jazeera/Gurdian leaks of Palestinian papers came from�within the Palestinian Negotiations Support Unit (NSU). �The NSU is funded by DFID, the UK Department for International Development, and exists to provide parity in the negotiations by giving the Palestinians a professionally-staffed reach-back capability for negotiation details. My blogger observes: ?�I'm not casting aspersions here - the NSU hires a lot of young international idealists, and local skeptics, any of whom might have been to blame for the leak. �But that detail, combined with the recent admission by a British general that his support to the Palestinian security forces has not made any impact on the use of torture�by those forces, reinforces the perils of giving any backing to a regime that doesn't have the support of its own people.? There?s a thought. And another one: how does supporting the Palestinian negotiating team fit in with DfID's apolitical remit of poverty reduction?
Source: http://www.thejc.com/blogpost/revolution-twitter
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Legal action bid to halt strike by train drivers?
A RAIL strike planned for the opening day of the Six Nations could yet hit the buffers.
Arriva Trains Wales (ATW) is considering court action to halt a strike which could cause chaos in Cardiff next Friday night when Wales host England.
Bosses at the train operator have said its offer of a 12 per cent pay increase over two years — taking a driver's basic salary to �39,117 — was "very generous".
The union RMT disputes the 12 per cent figure, saying the rise for this year is 3.7 per cent and claims it is an effective pay cut.
Mike Williams, of Clydach, was planning to head to the Millennium Stadium by train on Friday with his wife Carole, who is junior secretary at Vardre Rugby Club, and their two teenaged sons.
"It's spoiling everything because people are going to have to travel by car," said Mr Williams. "We will have to set off earlier — it's going to be chock-a-block."
The self-employed builder said he did not sympathise with the train drivers.
"There are people out there who have not got jobs," he said.
"These train drivers are always going on strike. I only worked two days this week, and I've got two days next week. We are all in the same boat."
Friday night kick-off times for rugby internationals have had a mixed response.
An estimated 32,000 fans usually use ATW services on match days.
An ATW spokesman told the Post late yesterday afternoon: "We are currently reviewing the RMT's proposed (strike) action to see whether it is lawful, and we are working with legal representatives to ascertain whether there are grounds to mount a challenge.
"A further meeting is scheduled with the RMT on Monday, and we have also asked them to use Acas (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) to resolve the issue."
He added: "We are continuing to do everything we can to bring this situation to a resolution, and we would urge the RMT to suspend their action for this important rugby event and to accept this generous pay offer."
A union spokesperson said: "Our dispute is not with the rugby fans of Wales or England, our dispute is with ATW.
"We decide on our tactics to force the issue with the company. We have to look at all the options.
"It has forced the company to take this issue seriously.
"We're not doing this to disrupt people who are going to the rugby."
Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones has called on both sides to negotiate.
ATW employs 617 drivers of which 129 are in the RMT, with the remainder in the Aslef union. ATW does not expect the other drivers to cross the picket line.
One Swansea rugby fan said Friday night kick-offs were a turn-off. "By the time the game finishes there's a bigger scrum for the train," he said.
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All bets are off over headliners
Anyone planing to place a bet on the headliners at this year's Glastonbury Festival has the odds stacked against them.
Bookmakers William Hill and Paddy Power issue regular press releases about their runners and riders for the Pyramid Stage.
This year's favourites are U2, Radiohead and Coldplay.
The offer of odds gets the bookies plenty of free publicity.
Unfortunately for the punters, any attempt to actually place a bet on the headliners won't get out of the starting gate.
Paddy Power lists U2 at 9-4 and Abba at 33-1 in its releases, but any attempt to actually place a bet on their website hits a brick wall.
"We are not currently accepting bets on this event," reads the website. This is curious as the attempt to have a flutter took place the same day as the Paddy Power odds were issued.
William Hill are also keen to offer novelty bets, or so they would like the punters to believe.
But so far any attempt to actually place a bet has been met with refusal.
A customer who attempted to put a U2/Abba/Lady Gaga accumulator on at a William Hill shop in Somerset was told that the odds were not available and that bets were not being taken.
Odds may be made available "closer to the time" according to the betting shop.
So anyone who has insider knowledge from one of Michael Eavis' cow's brother's uncle will find it affords them little chance of a killing at the bookies.
Rules not broken by gym plans
THE councillor in charge of overseeing Swansea's economic regeneration has said plans to house a gym in the city's Princess Way development do not break planning rules.
Responding to a question from the council's Tory members, Alun Robinson, who is cabinet member for economic regeneration and planning, said: "It is the officer's view, however, that the proposed use does not breach adopted planning policy, which seeks to maintain a strong retail offer at ground floor, but is flexible in respect of upper floors, encouraging complementary uses which add to the overall mix of uses that make a city centre vibrant and viable.
"I am advised that the unit has been marketed by experienced retail agents, but due to the very weak nature of the UK retail market, no tenants have been forthcoming for the upper floor."
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Cord Phelps and Matt McBride continue hitting surges for Columbus after promotions: Minor league report
Phelps has split the season between Class AAA Columbus and AA Akron, producing even more for the Clippers after starring at Akron.
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Clippers 5, Yankees 1: RH starter Carlos Carrasco (10-5, 3.71) held Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) to one unearned run on five hits in seven innings, and the Clippers won the International League game Tuesday in Columbus. Carrasco walked none and struck out six.
CF Ezequiel Carrera (.279) had three hits and scored twice, and RF Jose Constanza (.309) had two hits, two stolen bases and two runs scored. Constanza has 32 steals on the season.
Notes: Going into Tuesday night's game, OF Matt McBride (.382) was on a 12-game hitting streak. McBride was 21-for-55 with three doubles, two home runs and just five strikeouts after being promoted from Class AA Akron, where he hit .364 (36-for-99) with 13 homers, 11 doubles and 32 RBI in his last 26 games. ... 2B Cord Phelps (.333) was on a six-game hitting streak, going 9-for-25 (.360) with two homers, a double and eight RBI. Phelps had 15 doubles, three triples, six homers, 37 runs and 26 RBI in 52 games at Columbus. He played his first 53 games this season at Akron, batting .296 with eight doubles, three triples, two homers, 25 runs and 23 RBI. ... RH reliever Vinnie Pestano (1-2, 11 saves, 1.83) was 1-2 with 10 saves and a 1.20 ERA in his last 20 games, striking out 36 in 30 innings. ... OF Jose Constanza (.306) was third in the International League with 30 stolen bases (in 34 tries). He was batting .318 (34-for-107) in his last 27 games. ... Tuesday night's starting RHP, Carlos Carrasco, was 1-1 with a 2.08 ERA in his last five games, striking out 24 and allowing just 15 hits and six walks in 26 innings. Carrasco had given up one home run in his last seven starts, spanning 37 innings, after yielding 15 homers in his first 91 2/3 innings this season.
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Aeros 8-7, Phillies 7-9: RF Jerad Head (.314) hit two home runs and had five RBI, and visiting Akron beat Reading (Pa.) in the completion of a suspended Eastern League game from July 25. Head has 12 home runs on the season. 1B Beau Mills (.239) had four hits for Akron.
Lefty Nick Hagadone (4.71) pitched 2.2 innings of hitless relief to earn his first save.
Mills hit his ninth home run of the season and drove in three runs in Tuesday’s regularly scheduled game, but the Phillies shelled LH starter Matt Packer (0-1, 4.74) for nine runs in five innings en route to the win.
Notes: Going into Tuesday night's game, 2B Jason Kipnis (.339) was on a nine-game hitting streak, going 14-for-37 (.378) with two doubles, one triple, two homers and 10 RBI. He was hitting .398 (45-for-113) with eight doubles, four triples, five homers, 29 RBI and 26 runs in his last 28 games. ... RHP Alex White (7-6) was first in the Eastern League with a 2.39 ERA and owned the second-best walks+hits/per innings pitched ratio (1.09), allowing 80 hits and 23 walks in 94 1/3 innings. ... OF John Drennen (.299) was 14-for-35 (.400) with two doubles, a homer and six RBI in his last eight games. ... CF Jordan Henry (.292) was 7-for-14 with one double, one triple, six runs, three RBI and two walks in his last three games. ... 3B Lonnie Chisenhall (.273) was 7-for-14 with one double, one homer, eight RBI and five walks in his last four games. ... OF Jerad Head has been sent to the Aeros from Columbus. Head had a 13-game hitting streak going with Akron before he was promoted to Columbus on July 31. With the Clippers, Head hit .233 (10-for43) with four doubles, one home run, six RBI and seven runs. Head had an earlier stint with the Clippers this season, going 7-for-20 (.350) with three doubles, one homer, six RBI and five runs. Between his stays in Columbus, Head batted .299 (53-for-177) in 49 games with Akron, hitting 15 doubles and 10 home runs, with 28 RBI and 32 runs.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Indians 3-5, Nationals 1-3: K-Tribe CF Donnie Webb (.244) had two hits and two RBI, RH starting pitcher Austin Adams (4-0, 1.40) allowed one earned run in five innings in the opener. Kinston (N.C.) completed the doubleheader sweep when Juan Diaz's two-run homer keyed a four-run first inning over visiting Potomac.
Notes: Going into Tuesday night's games, RHP Joseph Gardner (10-5, 2.86) was tied with teammate and LHP T.J. McFarland (10-4, 3.05) for second in the Carolina League in wins, and was fourth in ERA. Gardner was also fourth in hits+walks/per innings pitched ratio (1.08), allowing 74 hits and 42 walks in 107 innings, and was tied for fifth in strikeouts (94). ... 3B Kyle Bellows (.262) was 14-for-38 (.368) with four doubles, seven RBI and seven runs in his last nine games. ... RHP Cory Burns (0-1, 23 saves, 1.76) had struck out 43, walked 12 and allowed 22 hits, including one homer, in 30 2/3 innings over 31 games. Counting his time with Lake County, Burns was 0-1 with 35 saves and a 1.94 ERA in 45 games. Pitching 46 1/3 innings overall, he had struck out 68, walked 13 and allowed 35 hits, with just the one homer....RHP Matthew Langwell (4-2, four saves, 2.23) had fanned 48, walked 13 and given up 38 hits in 48 1/3 innings. Not counting the one game in which Langwell allowed five earned runs in 1/3 inning, his ERA was 1.31. ... IF Justin Toole has been sent to Kinston from Akron. Toole played in three games for the Aeros, going 1-for-7. Hampered by an early-season injury, Toole has played for Columbus, Akron, Kinston and Mahoning Valley this season, but had been in just 23 games going into Tuesday night, batting .185 (10-for-54). He had played 14 games for Kinston, going 8-for-34 (.235).
A Lake County Captains
The Captains were idle on Tuesday.
Notes: 1B Adam Abraham (.259) is batting .372 (42-for-113) with eight doubles, six home runs and 28 RBI in his last 28 games. ... OF Greg Folgia (.258) is 8-for-10 in his last two games, and batting .333 (44-for-132) since the All-Star break compared to .192 (29-for-151) before it. ... OF Jason Smit (.264) is on an eight-game hitting streak, going 12-for-32 (.375) with three doubles, one triple, one homer, seven RBI and five runs. ... OF Delvi Cid (.256) is 12-for-34 (.353) with two doubles, eight runs, four walks and 5-for-5 in stolen bases in his last eight games. Cid leads the Midwest League with 61 steals (in 74 tries). ... RH reliever Antwonie Hubbard (2-0, two saves, 3.05) has not given up a home run in 44 1/3 innings this season. In his last three games, Hubbard has pitched six scoreless innings and earned one save. ... LH reliever Francisco Jimenez (7-1, one save, 3.97) has pitched 7 1/3 scoreless innnings in his last three games, getting one win and fanning nine while allowing three hits and two walks. ... The Captains (68-51) will host the Bowling Green (Ky.) Hot Rods (52-67) on Wednesday night.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
The Scrappers were idle on Tuesday, while the New York-Penn League All-Star Game was played in Staten Island, N.Y.
Notes: Scrappers all-stars are RH starting pitchers Alex Kaminsky (5-3, 1.95) and Owen Dew (1-2, 2.64) and 2B Dan DeGeorge (.264). ... OF Jonathan Burnette (.292) is batting .345 (20-for-58) in August, with four home runs and six doubles. ... OF Carlos Moncrief (.241) is batting .378 (14-for-37) with three doubles, one triple, one homer and eight walks in his last 10 games. ... RHP James Ehlert (0-2, five saves, 4.07) has struck out 35 in 24 1/3 innings. He has saves in each of his last three games, fanning six while allowing one hit and one walk in 3 1/3 innings. ... RHP Casey Gaynor (4-2, 3.89) is 3-1 with a 2.36 ERA in his last 26 2/3 innings, making two starts and eight relief appearances. ... The Scrappers (24-33) host the Batavia (N.Y.) Muckdogs (31-24) on Wednesday night.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
CornBelters 3, Crushers 2: Lake Erie had three hits and two errors in losing the Frontier League game to Normal (Ill.) in Avon.
Notes: Going into Tuesday night's game, LH reliever Ronnie Morales (1-2, 3.18) was 1-0 with an 0.92 ERA in his last 14 games, allowing two runs on just five hits in 19 2/3 innings, while striking out 16 and walking 11. In 40 games this season, Morales has given up just 30 hits in 51 innings. His problem has been his 30 walks, compared to 38 strikeouts. .. .IF Lee Huggins (.246) was 10-for-28 (.357) with one double, two triples, one homer and five RBI in his last seven games.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2010/08/minor_league_report_37.html
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These bowls were indeed super -- especially when the Steelers lose: Bill Livingston
A personal list of favorite Super Bowls, which rewarded daring, exposed underachievers and thwarted Pittsburgh.
View full sizeThere are always improbable Super Bowl heroes, but few were so clearly fortunate -- and able to turn that good luck into a personal fortune -- than Cowboys defensive back Larry Brown in Big Game XXX, says Bill Livingston.CLEVELAND, Ohio -- In Cleveland, Super Bowl Sunday once was a time for what-iffing and shoulda-beening. But it has been so long since the Browns regularly flirted with playing in the game with the Roman numerals that almost all fans here have to cling to is the nickname of Mike Holmgren, the latest czar of all Berea -- The Big Show.
So, when do the Browns get their ticket punched for the Show? Urging patience is an unpopular strategy.
One way, however, to turn that frown upside down is to focus on the moments when the haves had not and when Toto pulled the curtain back, exposing the great and powerful Oz.
That's the selection bias here, not necessarily resentment of Pittsburgh's Super Bowl XLV-bound "Stillers," as their fans term them. (Those charmers also say "you'uns" -- pronounced "yuns" -- because the dears have trouble grasping that the plural form of "you" is still, um, "you.")
Solely on a subjective basis, here's the list of my five favorite Super Bowls. (Heads up, Pittsburgh. Coming right at youns.)
1. Super Bowl XXX -- Cowboys 27, Steelers 17.
Why: It's the only Supe the Steelers have lost. Also, it was the most ridiculous example of pure, dumb luck ever. Although Pittsburgh dominated the second half, beginning with a surprise onside kick recovery, this was remembered ever after as the Neil O'Donnell giveaway game.
The never-to-be-forgotten Stiller QB twice hit Dallas defensive back Larry Brown, who was not only open, but was the only man in the same zip code, for timely interceptions. It was said that Brown won the game's Most Valuable Player award for finding a $50 bill on the sidewalk.
Also memorable: Al Davis, that sharpie, signed Brown to a huge free-agent contract in the off-season. Unable to face O'Donnell consistently, Brown proved to be a huge bust. And who can forget "Neon Deion" Sanders, augering himself into the turf, rather than try to actually hit Steeler monsterback Bam Morris?
2. Super Bowl XLII -- Giants 17, Patriots 14.
Why: Truth, justice and a favorable spin of Fortune's wheel spoiled Bill Belichick and the Pats' perfect season. Eli Manning, who was almost, but not quite, in the grasp of a tackler, slithered away and threw the ball that little-known David Tyree caught with his helmet, setting up the last-minute winning touchdown.
Also memorable: It was the season when Eric Mangini blew the whistle on the Patriots' illegal spying. On the Pats' last possession, Tom Brady's long pass that would have put New England in tying field goal range was one foot beyond the reach of sometimes slacker Randy Moss, who didn't lay out for the ball.
3. Super Bowl III -- Jets 16, Colts 7.
Why: The Delts beat the Omegas. Never was anyone so praised for leading a team to one touchdown as was Joe Namath. The game validated the AFL and probably put Namath in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, despite a horrendous 173-220 career TDs to interceptions ratio. Possibly Baltimore's Earl Morrall was channeling his inner Broadway Joe. He still hasn't seen Jimmy Orr, open in the end zone.
Also memorable: The upset established the notoriety of oddsmaker Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder, who installed the Colts as 18-point favorites. It showed that people don't have to be that good at what they did anymore in America. On a big-enough stage, colorful, epic ineptitude worked just as well.
4. Super Bowl XLIV -- Saints 31, Colts 17.
Why: Football is a big-game, peak-experience sport. As was the case with Peyton Manning in college at Tennessee, in the pros, too, his big-game record is one of resounding underachievement. The pick-six he threw clinched the upset for the Saints, who, post-Katrina, were the real America's team. The uh-oh toss also gave Manning a 9-9 record in the playoffs. It's now 9-10.
Also memorable: Sean Payton outcoached Indy's Jim Caldwell as widely as Bill Cowher did to Barry Switzer in Super Bowl XXX. The Saints even recovered a second-half surprise onside kick too. This time, creativity and aggression were rewarded.
5. Super Bowl IV -- Chiefs 23, Vikings 7
Why: Conclusively proved the Jets' victory the year before was no fluke and that AFL coaches were ahead of their NFL counterparts in creativity. It further showed that short-sighted Browns owner Art Modell, by accepting $3 million to leave the soon-to-be-named NFC for the AFC in the coming pro football merger, was sallying forth on his biggest "d'oh" moment since firing Paul Brown. The path to the Super Bowl was exponentially harder in the stronger AFC.
Also memorable: Miked for sound Chiefs coach Hank Stram, inventing a new meaning for the word "matriculate" by babbling, "Keep matriculatin' the ball down the field, boys."
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Clippers batter Reds' Harang; Aeros get six shutout innings from Kluber: Minor league report
Columbus makes Aaron Harang's rehab assignment less than a success; Kipnis' homer supports Corey Kluber's gem for Akron.
AAA Columbus Clippers
Clippers 7, Bats 3: Columbus battered Aaron Harang for five hits and five runs, all earned, in five innings, and went on to defeat Louisville, Ky. Harang, a veteran right-hander, is pitching for Louisville on a rehab assignment for the parent Cincinnati Reds. He also struck out five. The Clippers' Wes Hodges clubbed his 10th homer of the season, and teammate Matt McBride hit his second.
AA Akron Aeros
Aeros 7, Rock Cats 0: Akron spaced out its runs, scoring no more than two in any inning, and defeated New Britain, Conn., in an Eastern League game at Canal Park in Akron. Jason Kipnis slugged his ninth homer of the year, a two-run shot, in the first inning. Corey Kluber (1-2) pitched six innings of shutout ball and picked up the win.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Hillcats 6, Indians 4: Kinston, N.C. starter T. J. House was roughed up for five runs, all earned, on nine hits in five innings as the K-Tribe lost at Lynchburg, Va., in a Carolina League game. He also uncorked a wild pitch. Lynchburg completed a sweep of the three-game series.
A Lake County Captains
Captains 5, Dragons 2: Giovanni Soto (9-6) gave up two runs in five innings, Roberto Perez hit his sixth home run, and Lake County defeated Dayton in a Midwest League game at Classic Park in Eastlake. Jose Flores pitched a scoreless ninth, striking out two, for his fourth save.
Notes: In the top of the sixth, Captains relief pitcher Ramon Cespedes picked Dayton's Ryan LaMarre off first, as LaMarre was trying to steal second. LaMarre had reached on an error, and the pickoff ended the inning.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Scrappers 10, Spinners 8: Mahoning Valley scored five in the top of the eighth to defeat Lowell, Mass., in a New York-Penn League game. Two Scrappers homered: Kevin Rucker socked his second of the year, and Moises Montero his first. Jordan Cooper (4-3) pitched four innings in relief to pick up the win. He gave up five hits and two runs, both earned. James Ehlert picked up his fifth save, striking out three in 11/3 innings.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Miners 3, Crushers 1: Lake Erie lost the rubber game of a three-game series in Marion, Ill. Lake Erie scored its only run when Raphael Turner scored on a double-steal in the eighth inning.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2010/08/clippers_batter_reds_harang_ae.html
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Saturday, January 29, 2011
May you live to 120, 130, 140...
According to new estimates, one in five of the British population can expect to reach the age of 100.
It won't be long before those traditional Jewish birthday wishes, "Bis hundert und swantzig"/ "Ad meah v'esrim" - "May you live to a 120", will seem out of date.
Perhaps it's time to revise the figure. How about 127, the age of Sarah, for a start?
Source: http://www.thejc.com/blogpost/may-you-live-120-130-140
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Campuses must stop extremists
John Mann has called the apparent refusal by the London School of Economics to clamp down on Islamist extremist speakers "unacceptable behaviour."
During the antisemitism debate, many MPs voiced anger over why hate speakers continue to be tolerated on campus.
Mr Mann highlighted the case of Abdel Bari Atwan who spoke at LSE while audience members shouted "Nazi" at Jewish students. The MP said: "In a democratic society, we cannot have the kind of incidents that we saw in December. It was not only the comments of Atwan that were unacceptable, because the consequential behaviour that resulted from them was equally unacceptable. That is not tolerance, and it is not free speech."
Mr Mann praised Manchester University's guidelines for dealing with controversial speakers on campus and urged other universities to adopt similar guidelines. "If we get that this year, it will be a magnificent achievement for Parliament and an accolade for the government, which will have our support in pushing the universities because the issue is important."
Harlow MP Robert Halfon said: "There must be a financial penalty for university campuses that do not put their house in order. The blame lies squarely with the university authorities for allowing this sort of thing to go on."
But the idea of fining universities was rejected by the minister at the debate, Lib Dem Andrew Stunell, Under-Secretary of State for Communities, who said: "I do not think I want to get there yet."
Source: http://www.thejc.com/node/44355
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"I love nothing better than a giant blizzard. I really love it.
"It just stops everybody. It?s the Yom Kippur of meteorology."
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Rabbis outraged by 'inappropriate' Glenn Beck Holocaust slurs
A cross-communal group of rabbis have joined the voices calling for media mogul Rupert Murdoch to remove the controversial right wing pundit Glenn Beck from Fox News.
The rabbis have taken out a full-page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal newspaper condemning Mr Beck?s repeated attacks on Holocaust survivor and financier George Soros.
In the advert the group criticised as ?inappropriate? a programme broadcast on the channel last year called ?Puppet Master?, in which Mr Beck accused Mr Soros of helping ?to send the Jews to the death camps?.
During the show he also suggested that Mr Soros was ?at the centre? of the economic crisis and made the comment in front of a picture of a star or David.
The group also expressed outrage at the ?literally hundreds of on-air references to the Holocaust and Nazis when characterizing people with whom you disagree?.
The rabbis, all branches of Judaism, said: "We respectfully request that Glenn Beck be sanctioned by Fox News for his completely unacceptable attacks on a survivor of the Holocaust.?
They added: "We share a belief that the Holocaust, of course, can and should be discussed appropriately in the media.
?But that is not what we have seen at Fox News,"
In another show earlier this month Mr Beck referred to nine figures ? almost all of the Jewish ? who had created "the era of the big lie" in the United States.
The advert was placed in the newspaper by the American organisation Jewish Funds for Justice (JFSJ). JFSJ Mik Moore said: ?This is not an issue for liberal or conservative rabbis, but an issue for all.?
Earlier in January JFSJ organised a petition demanding that Mr Beck be fired. It was signed by more than 10,000 people and sent to Mr Murdoch?s New York headquarters.
Source: http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/44360/rabbis-outraged-inappropriate-glenn-beck-holocaust-slurs
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MPs urge crackdown on internet hatred
MPs have urged the European Union to take the lead in cracking down on antisemitic sites from far right and Islamist groups.
At the first major debate on antisemitism last Thursday at Westminster Hall, John Mann, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group against Antisemitism, said he was frustrated with progress on the issue.
He said: "Is it beyond the EU to have some common standards relating to the internet that would greatly enhance what has happened in this country? "
But he warned: "Despite the history of the origins of the EU, the Commission has never, ever seen antisemitism as part of its remit, which must change. Addressing the internet would be a good start."
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is preparing a ministerial conference on dealing with internet hate. Noting a US initiative to challenge Google and Microsoft over antisemitism online, Mr Mann observed: "I am certain that if our colleagues in the US Congress can organise such meetings, we will in some way be able to get representatives, too."
His call was backed by LibDem MP Sir Alan Beith, who said: "Internet service providers will have to do a lot more to prevent the internet and social networking tools, which are of such immense value to so many people in the world, from becoming a source of terrible evil and a means by which evil is spread."
Mr Mann pointed to the success of prosecuting Simon Sheppard and Stephen Whittle, convicted of inciting racial hatred by posting stories such as"Tales of the Holohoax." It was the first case the Crown Prosecution Service brought involving the diffusion of race hate via the internet.
Louise Ellman raised concerns that those sites which went unchallenged were generally Islamist, coming from places like Saudi Arabia,, rather than those on the far right.
But Denis MacShane said he did not believe antisemitism online was confined to extremist websites, saying: "I could bring to the House cartoons and articles in our main newspapers - our liberal newspapers, our left newspapers and our conservative newspapers - that precisely draw that moral equivalence between Israel and Nazism, which attempt to typecast all Jews as supporters of Israel who thus have a double loyalty."
Tom Watson was greatly concerned by rhetoric in the media, particulary that of TV host Glenn Beck of Fox News, whose shows are available in the UK. Last year, he noted, "Mr Beck and his guests invoked Hitler 147 times. Nazis, an additional 202 times. Fascism or fascists, 193 times. The Holocaust got 76 mentions, and Joseph Goebbels got 24."
A CST spokesman said: "This was an excellent debate that showed cross-party support for tackling antisemitism and a real understanding of our community's concerns. We must not forget or underestimate just how many good friends we have fighting our corner."
Source: http://www.thejc.com/node/44354
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Runnymede On Thames
Once a somewhat prosaic structure in a great location, a multi-million, refurbishment has transformed the Runnymede into a dazzling building.
Now significantly more up-scale, the hotel has also been "opened out" by clever use of glass walls and floor-to-ceiling windows, plus new riverside terraces adjoining each of its restaurants.
What owners Daniel and Stuart Levy ? owners of Runnymede's sister hotel, The Grove ? have not refurbished they have refreshed.
The sibling relationship is evident in the exceptional service, the clever planning of all the public rooms and the quirky art like the huge metal robot, wooden geese, and an apple core sculpture next to the main entrance.
The spacious lobby has clusters of big sofas festooned with squashy cushions and a games corner. Rooms are not vast, but they're well-appointed, with nice touches like a well-lit, mirrored alcove with a hairdryer. Bathrooms are new and shiny with double sinks, oversize rainfall showers, robes, slippers, magnifying mirror and White Company toiletries.
The spa and indoor pool have been refurbished, and there's a new outdoor pool and sunbathing area, as well as a kids' playground. Kids get a generous welcome pack and cuddly duck.
An excellent menu at the fine-dining Lock restaurant features plenty of fish and vegetarian dishes. A huge breakfast spread includes veggie sausages so kosher eaters can enjoy a faux Full English.
Rate: From �124.00
Tel: 01784 220600
Source: http://www.thejc.com/travel/hotel-week/44383/runnymede-on-thames
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Captains pushed to fifth game in Midwest title series: Minor league report
Clinton (Iowa) scored two runs in the top of the eighth to defeat Lake County, and force a deciding game 5 Monday in the Midwest League championship.
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A Lake County Captains
LumberKings 3, Captains 2: Clinton (Iowa) scored two runs in the top of the eighth to defeat Lake County, and force a deciding game 5 Monday in the Midwest League championship. The Lumberkings tied the best-of-five series, 2-2. Captains starter Vidal Nuno struck out 12 in 6.2 innings, and gave up one unearned run. Jose Flores was the losing pitcher, yielding two earned runs in just two-thirds of an inning.
Notes: Lake County and Clinton will play the fifth and final game at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Classic Park, starting at 6:30 p.m. The starting pitchers were undetermined Sunday night. Going into Sunday night, the Captains leaders in batting average during the playoffs were SS Casey Frawley, .325 (13-of-40); OF Jason Smit, .313 (10-of-32); OF Tyler Holt, .297 (11-of-37); OF Jonathan Burnette, .281 (9-of-32); RF Greg Folgia, .258 (8-of-31); 2B Argenis Martinez, .250 (8-of-32). ... Smit had scored 11 runs, followed by Frawley, Holt and Martinez with six each. Burnette and CF Delvi Cid had five runs. Folgia led with seven RBI. Smit, Holt and Cid each had six RBI, and Burnette had five. ... 3B Adam Abraham, Burnette, Smit and Folgia each had two home runs. Frawley and Burnette had three doubles each. ... RH reliever Preston Guilmet had earned a save in four of his five playoff appearances, and had pitched 8 2/3 scoreless innings. He had struck out 13, walked two and allowed three hits. Including the regular season and playoffs, Guilmet was 4-1 with a 1.93 ERA and 15 saves in 35 games (all relief), striking out 92 and walking 12 in 60 2/3 innings, while giving up just 38 hits -- including just three homers....RH reliever Francisco Jimenez was 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA in four playoff games, striking out nine while allowing nine hits and three walks in 8 2/3 innings. ... The Captains were 3-0 in RH Brett Brach's three playoff starts. Brach was 1-0 with a 3.45 ERA. He had struck out 17, walked two and allowed 17 hits in 15 2/3 innings. ... RHP Jason Knapp has struck out 41 in 24 1/3 innings for the Captains in six games, including two playoff starts. Prior to joining the Captains, Knapp, 20, had fanned 18 in 12 1/3 innings over five outings in the Arizona League -- where, beginning in July, he pitched in games for the first time since having off-season shoulder surgery. In 36 2/3 combined innings with the two teams, Knapp is 2-2 with a 2.70 ERA, has struck out 59, walked 13 and given up just 21 hits -- including no homers. Knapp, a 2008 second-round draft pick of the Phillies and considered an elite prospect, came to the Indians in the trade of Cliff Lee to Philadelphia last July. The Captains won both of Knapp's playoff starts. He was 1-0 with a 2.16 ERA.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2010/09/captains_can_clinch_first_cham.html
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LinkedIn plans to float this year
Social networking site aimed at business professionals to lead wave of IPOs at companies such as Facebook and Groupon
LinkedIn, the online service for business professionals, is to go public this year, the first social networking company to float on the New York stock exchange.
The nine-year-old website filed documents confirming its formal intention to go public last night, in a move seen as firing the starting pistol for flotations of other highly valued internet companies, such as Facebook, daily deals site Groupon, and Zynga, the games business behind FarmVille and CityVille.
The number of LinkedIn shares to be offered and their price range have not yet been determined, according to its Securities and Exchange Commission prospectus. But private shares in the company changed hands at an implied valuation of $2.5bn (�1.6bn) on Friday's SharesPost market.
Investor appetite in relatively unproven internet companies such as LinkedIn has boomed in recent months, with Facebook's $50bn valuation opening the door for Silicon Valley to make its mark on the stock exchange once again. Wall Street's renewed interest in the sector has also drawn comparisons, not always flattering, with the dotcom boom and bust of a decade ago.
"Facebook has definitely escalated people's interest in the sector and I think there's a lot of demand (for more internet IPOs)," said Rory Maher, an analyst with Hudson Square Research.
LinkedIn has raised almost $100m in various venture capital funding rounds since its inception. Investors include Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Goldman Sachs and the European Founders Fund.
Goldman Sachs and the European Founders Fund also hold a stake in Facebook, with the investment bank also leading an exclusive share offer to its top clients that aimed to raise $1.5bn in funding.
However, Goldman Sachs was forced to scrap plans to offer Facebook shares to its super-rich US clients in the private placement, saying the "level of media attention might not be consistent with the proper completion of a US private placement under US law". Foreign investors are not covered by the same rules and will still be able to participate in the Facebook offering.
Founded by the ex-PayPal executive Reid Hoffman in 2002, LinkedIn has 90 million users, with an unknown number opting to pay for premium features on the network. LinkedIn's net revenue nearly doubled to $161.4m in the first nine months of 2010, with $1.85m in profit, according to the company's SEC filing. Last year, the company moved into in profit.
Facebook, by contrast, is the world's most popular social network, aiming for mass-market appeal with more than 600 million registered users, according to recent estimates. Facebook had $1.2bn in revenue in the first nine months of 2010 and $355m in profit, according to the company's prospectus released to potential investors earlier this month.
Unlike Facebook, LinkedIn has a "freemium" commercial model, offering premium services to paying customers, while basic features and registration are free. Revenue from paying users fell to 27% for the first nine months of last year, from 41% in the previous year. Job listings and recruitment contributed 41% of net revenue in the same period, up from 29%. Advertising revenue remained steady at 32%.
Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and JP Morgan are LinkedIn's three lead advisers. A portion of the shares will be issued and sold by the company, while a separate portion will be sold by certain stockholders of LinkedIn, according to the SEC filing.
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Goedert's 20th homer of season backs Espino's strong start for Clippers: Minor league report
Beau Mills' 3 RBI help Akron rout Trenton, Captains win pitching duel.
AAA Columbus Clippers
Clippers 5, Indians 2: 3B Jared Goedert (.271) hit his 20th home run, Paolo Espino (3-2, 4.30) struck out seven in seven innings, and Columbus won the International League game Tuesday in Indianapolis. Espino, a right-hander, gave up two runs (earned) on three hits and three walks. Columbus 2B Cord Phelps (.323) had two doubles.
AA Akron Aeros
Aeros 10, Thunder 4: 1B Beau Mills (.241) hit his 10th home run and had three RBI, DH Jerad Head (.312) drove in three runs, and Akron won the Eastern League game in Trenton, N.J.
Advanced A Kinston Indians
Indians 9, Keys 2: Kinston 3B Kyle Bellows (.255) belted his 10th home run and knocked in three runs, Marty Popham (4-4, 4.28) threw six strong innings, and the K-Tribe won the Carolina League game in Frederick, Md.
A Lake County Captains
Captains 1, Silver Hawks 0: Three Lake County pitchers combined on a four-hitter and the Captains won the Midwest League game over South Bend (Ind.) in Eastlake. Left-hander Francisco Jimenez (3.63) started for Lake County and allowed three hits in five innings. Lefty Nick Kirk (5.11) gave up one hit in 2 innings and righty Jose Flores (1-1, 2.25) earned the win with 11/3 hitless innings.
A Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Doubledays 3, Scrappers 1: Mahoning Valley outhit Auburn (N.Y.), 6-4, but the Doubledays scored two in the top of the ninth to win the New York-Penn League game in Niles, Ohio. Righty Michael Goodnight (4.05) started for the Scrappers and pitched five scoreless innings.
Independent Lake Erie Crushers
Crushers 2, Wild Things 1: Lake Erie DH Matt Sutton (.186) hit a one-out ninth-inning single to drive in 3B Lee Huggins (.238) from second base and the Crushers beat Washington (Pa.) in the Frontier League game in Avon.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2010/08/goederts_20th_homer_of_season.html
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Palestinian Solidarity Campaign hits youth trail
The efforts of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign to appeal to younger activists are causing concern among pro-Israel supporters.
A PSC rally last week to mark the second anniversary of Operation Cast Lead and the Gaza conflict heard speakers including veteran campaigner Tony Benn and the organisation's campaigns director, Sarah Colborne.
But it was two youthful, energetic speakers who roused the crowd. The appearance of hip-hop artist Lowkey, and political activist Jody McIntyre, gave what had been a staid rally a vibrant, contemporary atmosphere.
The combined age of the media and technology-savvy pair is just over half that of Mr Benn, who is 85.
One expert studying anti-Israel activity described the increasing influence of performers such as Lowkey as a "potential nightmare," and compared the impact of his backing for the campaign to the effect of artists such as Annie Lennox and Elvis Costello attacking the Jewish state.
He said the addition of "celebrity support" could revitalise campaigners who have spent the past decade seeing the same faces at every meeting.
The PSC has traditionally relied on parliamentarians such as Baroness Tonge and Jeremy Corbyn to back their campaigns.
Lowkey, real name Kareem Dennis, is a 24-year-old poet, playwright and hip-hop artist who has performed at Glastonbury and had his music played on mainstream radio across Europe.
Born in London to an Iraqi mother and English father, Lowkey has been described by poet Benjamin Zephaniah, a PSC patron, as "one of the best lyricists in the western hemisphere".
At last week's rally he spoke of his pride at being an anti-Zionist and called Israel a "terrorist state". The event organisers and audience later successfully persuaded him to perform his track "Long Live Palestine", written during the Gaza conflict.
It accuses Israel of bombing hospitals and mosques and criticises everyone from Barack Obama to Coca Cola and Huggies nappies.
In 2010 the track was number one in the UK's hip-hop download chart.
Mr McIntyre came to national prominence in December after he accused police of pulling him from his wheelchair during student protests.
But the 20-year-old, whose great-grandparents were Lebanese, has a long history of anti-Israel and anti-western activism. In November he was profiled by the Observer as one of a new breed of political activists using the web to promote their campaigns.
He regularly writes about the Middle East on his blog, and last August wrote of a trip to Ni'ilin in the West Bank, where he claimed to have been tear-gassed by Israeli troops.
Since the student protests, Mr McIntyre has become a poster boy for the left, writing columns for the Guardian and Independent and speaking at numerous rallies including at the launch event of the Equality Movement in London last Friday.
Lowkey was this week performing in Australia, but found time to tweet that Israel was "founded upon racism" and would "always divide itself internally along racial lines". They are unlikely to be his last words on the subject.
Source: http://www.thejc.com/node/44347
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Lake County Captains win Midwest League championship, topping Clinton, 3-1
Preston Guilmet's three no-hit innings earned the save as Lake County -- an Indians Class A team -- won the best-of-five series, 3-2.
The Lake County Captains, playing their first season in the Midwest League, won the league’s championship with a 3-1 victory over the Clinton (Iowa) LumberKings on Monday night at Classic Park in Eastlake.
Captains starter Giovanni Soto pitched 5 2/3 dominating innings and reliever Preston Guilmet hurled three no-hit innings for the save as Lake County clinched the best-of-five series, three games to two.
The Captains are a Class A affiliate of the Indians. Cleveland's Class AAA team, the Columbus Clippers, won the International League championship last week.
Soto, a 20-year-old left-hander acquired from the Detroit organization in the July 28 Indians trade that sent Jhonny Peralta to the Tigers, allowed one run on three hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out nine and walked two.
Right-hander Jeremy Johnson relieved Soto after Clinton tied the game, 1-1, with two outs in the top of the sixth inning. Johnson retired the one batter he faced, and got credit for the win when the Captains scored in the bottom of the inning.
Center fielder Delvi Cid drew a one-out walk, then stole his sixth base of the postseason. Shortstop Casey Frawley lined a two-out single to center to score Cid and give the Captains a 2-1 lead.
Guilmet, a right-hander, struck out five and walked one. He pitched 11 2/3 scoreless innings and got five saves in six playoff appearances. He struck out 18, walked three and gave up three hits.
Left fielder Jonathan Burnette singled, went to third on a single by catcher Roberto Perez and scored on first baseman Jason Smit’s double play grounder for a 1-0 Captains lead in the fifth inning. Burnette singled and scored in the seventh inning, too, with the help of sacrifice bunts by Perez and Smit, a Clinton error and right fielder Greg Folgia’s sacrifice fly.
Notes: The Captains won two best-of-three playoff series to get to the championship series. They bested the West Michigan Whitecaps, two games to one, in the first round, and the Great Lake Loons, two games to one, in the second round. ... The Captains' starting pitcher on Monday, LH Giovanni Soto, was 3-2 with a 3.77 ERA in six regular season starts with the Captains. The Indians acquired him from West Michigan, a Detroit Tigers farm team, in exchange for Jhonny Peralta on July 28. ... Going into Monday night's game, the Captains' leaders in batting average during the playoffs were SS Casey Frawley, .310 (13-of-42); OF Jason Smit, .286 (10-of-35); RF Greg Folgia, .286 (10-of-35); 2B Argenis Martinez, .280 (7-of-25); OF Jonathan Burnette, .278 (10-of-36); OF Tyler Holt, .268 (11-of-41). ... RH reliever Francisco Jimenez was 2-0 with a 1.74 ERA in five playoff games, striking out 10 while allowing 11 hits and three walks in 8 2/3 innings.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2010/09/minor_league_report_45.html
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