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Sunday, August 18, 2013

Ogio's New 2013 Fall/Winter Golf Apparel: Look and Feel Your Best to Play Your Best

The new fashion-forward 'golf apparel line' offers lightweight, UV protected lifestyle polo's, bottoms, and outwear(Salt Lake City, UT) - OGIO, the global leader in golf bags, apparel and accessories, shows off its latest "all-star" fall/winter fashion apparel collection on the tour's best dressed golfers led by Aaron Baddeley and Ben Kohles.The new collection embodies the ideal blend of OGIO's head-turning prints, plaids, stripes and solids designed to get noticed on the golf course, on the town and in the boardroom. OGIO has a reputation for bringing unique fashions with intelligent designs that includes innovations such as performance materials that allow for free movement, stretch seams, moisture wicking and UV-resistance. Apparel is OGIO's fastest growing golf category and is available at the top 400 golf shops and at www.OGIO.com."We fused feedback from our apparel fashion designers, PGA Tour players and our top selling styles from the past four seasons to create this 'all-star' collection," said Tom Gocke, Global VP of OGIO Golf. "Our goal is to provide golfers with uniquely stylish men's fashions intended to raise adrenaline levels at first glance."2013 FW Golf Apparel Features:* Crafted with light-weight easy care fabric* Constructed with UV protection, anti-microbial material that wicks moisture away* Performance textured, mechanical stretch material for full range of motion* Includes a full line of bottoms, polo's, and outerwearThe 2013 Fall/Winter Golf Apparel collection is available now at www.ogio.com. For more information on OGIO's latest innovation, contact PR representative Kristen Bean at kristenbean@maxborgesagency.com or 305-374-4404 x123.Contact: NEOhioGolf@yahoo.com
Source:http://americangolfer.blogspot.com/2013/08/ogios-new-2013-fallwinter-golf-apparel.html

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Sunday, August 4, 2013

Quantity Surveyor and Civil Engineer

We are recruiting to fill the following positions of: Location: Lagos1.) Quantity Surveyor2.) Civil EngineerRequirementCandidates should have HND/B.Sc level qualification.Minimum of 3-5 years post qualification experience.How to ApplyInterested and qualified candidates should forward their applications and CV's to: architecturalminds@gmail.comDeadline 13th August, 2013
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Monday, June 10, 2013

LeBron on criticism: 'I've done more and lost'

With six simple words, LeBron James explained the philosophy behind the way he now plays the game."I've done more and lost before."Such was the response to a question presented to him Saturday - one day before he and the Miami Heat take on the San Antonio Spurs and try to even the NBA Finals at a game apiece - about the perception that he needs to be more aggressive at times. It was almost as though he was waiting for such a query, because he had his answer at the ready.In short, James has put up awesome numbers in past playoffs but never got the awesome result he sought for nearly a decade until last season, when he and the Heat won a title."When I was in Cleveland we played Orlando in the Eastern Conference finals and I think I averaged 38, 36, or whatever I averaged," James said, referring to the 2009 series where he averaged 38.5 points, 8.3 rebounds and 8 assists. "I guess I should have done more in that series as well. But I can't. ... I do what's best for the team. What's best for the team, it doesn't always result in a win."Case in point: Orlando won that series in six games.Case in point again: James had a triple-double, one of the longtime gold standards in defining an outstanding all-around basketball game, in Game 1 of these finals against the Spurs - an 18-point, 18-rebound, 10-assist effort. But it came in a loss in which he took only 16 shots, so the second-guessing was predictable and prevalent.And on Saturday, James' style of play got defended - not just by those on his side, but also by the guy leading the other side."He's a grown man," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "He doesn't need any of you to tell him anything. He knows more than all of you put together. He understands the game. If he makes a pass and you all think he should have shot it, or he shoots it and you think he should have made a pass, your opinions mean nothing to him, as they should not mean anything to him."James will be judged by history when he leaves the game. But for now, he's often judged against his own history.Perhaps the most memorable game of his Miami tenure was Game 6 of last season's Eastern Conference finals at Boston, when he put up a 45-point, 15-rebound effort to simply dominate the Celtics and force a Game 7 - which the Heat won for a trip to the NBA Finals. It's often forgotten that he scored 45 points in a playoff game at Boston once before, in what was the final game of Cleveland's 2007-08 season."The Game 6 in Boston, I mean, that was LeBron James Show," Heat guard Dwyane Wade said. "We did our job defensively, but we gave him the ball and got ... out of the way. That was the moment, us being able to go into that game and for him to perform the way he did and us being able to dominate the way we did, that was the moment I said, `Yeah, we're a championship team."'Still, Wade was asked, isn't it unfair to expect that level of James in every game?"Well, yeah," Wade said. "But LeBron can do whatever he wants. He can control the game in any number of ways."James created a stir during this year's East finals when he said he had to revert to his Cleveland way of thinking and assume more of the offensive workload. That was when Chris Bosh was struggling and Wade was particularly slowed by the right knee pain that he's battled - unsuccessfully at times - for about three months.After all, when he left Cleveland as a free agent after seven seasons and came to Miami in 2010, he said he wanted to be part of a better overall team that could contend every year for titles. And clearly, given that the Heat are in the finals for the third time in three seasons and have a chance to win back-to-back titles, he's gotten his wish."I wish we could go 16-0 in the playoffs," James said. "That would be awesome. There's challenges that come from the game. You learn from game to game in ways that you can get better. I want to win just as bad as anyone. I'm going to put myself and my team in a position to win. I have to try to make the plays. I can't worry about if people are saying, `You should have done more, you should have been more aggressive' because you got a loss."As for what's in store for Game 2, James insists he does not know.He often has said he doesn't predetermine how he's going to play - try to score more, pass more - before a game and just lets the flow and what his team ultimately needs be his guide. And he's reiterated that stance between Games 1 and 2 of this series.As long as Miami wins, his stat line, he insists, will not matter."The Spurs did a good job of shrinking the floor ... so if that's their game plan, we're going to continue to exploit that," James said. "And I believe our guys will be there to knock those shots down. But there's also a few plays I could have been more aggressive as well. But Game 1, I think I improve as the series goes on as well, seeing ways I can be more aggressive from possession to possession."
Source:http://sariyokohama.blogspot.com/2013/06/lebron-on-criticism-ive-done-more-and.html

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Sunday, June 9, 2013

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Background: DH (56), Myself disney world hotels (43), My Mother disney world hotels (73) and her Husband (80). We booked this cruise through my TA back in November, 2010. I had wanted to take this cruise since 2005, but it was so expensive it took awhile to get the funds together. This is my 4th cruise. 2 Caribbean Cruises on Carnival, which I hated and 1 on Princess that was OK, but not really my cup of tea. Personally, cruising disney world hotels is not my favorite way to vacation and feel for some destinations it is a necessary evil. If anyone has ever read anything I ever written, you will know I don t like cruises disney world hotels and don t tend to recommend. I have stated more than once I would never do another cruise vacation unless it was going to Alaska and I meant it. But, don t stop reading now. This is not a cruise bashing review. On the contrary, this cruise was the exception to any others I have taken. I actually enjoyed it and would cruise to Alaska again in a heartbeat. I might even consider other destinations as well. I think the main difference was the overall atmosphere. I enjoyed disney world hotels the laid back vibe with the much more mature disney world hotels crowd with no party, party, disney world hotels party mentality and only a handful of children that were not obtrusive. I also didn t think that the Golden Princess felt as crowded disney world hotels as prior cruises.Seattle: We spent 3 days in Settle before the cruise and then DH and I spent all day Saturday and Sunday morning/afternoon in Seattle after the cruise. I used Southwest Rewards tickets and couldn t get a flight out after the cruise until Sunday at 3pm.We arrived at Sea Tac around 10am. My parents flew American so we had to wait about an hour for them to arrive. (they got a free upgrade to 1st class) We headed to the baggage claim, got our bags and then sat in a coffee shop and munched on blueberry muffins and milk until they arrived. I decided beforehand that we would take the LINK to the Westlake Station and then cab it to our hotel. From research, disney world hotels the walk really wasn t as far as I have read, and we had no problems getting there with 4 bags per couple. The Link was $5.50 for 2 ($1.50 for 2 seniors) A really great alternative instead of a $45 cab ride if you have the time and patience to do it, which we did. Once we got to the Westlake Station, we grabbed a cab, which was $10, and headed to our hotel; Best Western Loyal Inn.Best Western Loyal Inn: We did not have any issues with this hotel. It was decent for the price and the rooms were clean. The neighborhood was a little on the iffy side, but we walked to and from even at night with no issues. disney world hotels There were many cruisers staying at the hotel. I paid $107 internet rate for a king standard room. The room had a fridge and microwave.Loved the soap/lotion/shampoo/conditioner/body wash dispensers in the bathroom and shower. I have the same in my baths at home. Wish every hotel would use those instead of the tiny bottles. I have to comment on the mattress. It was great. We have stayed at a many of hotels in which the mattress was too firm with no give, which hurts the bones, disney world hotels but these were very comfortable.The hotel offered an extensive free continental breakfast, which was decent. The breakfast room is way too small for all the guests, so we never found a place to sit, so we would gather our plates and take back to our room to eat. They also offer free internet services with 2 computers. No issues getting to use them. They also had a small gym area and a cute indoor whirlpool. For our after cruise stay for one night, they put us in a deluxe King room for $147. I would have preferred just the stand room instead of paying the higher price. The room was much bigger though and the bathroom had 2 sinks with a wide closet area. There was also a wet bar with the frig.From research, I do not agree that the location of this hotel is the best place to be for first time visitors that really want to enjoy everything disney world hotels Seattle has to offer. It was a 10 block (long) walk to Pike Place Market. We walked the first day to get lunch and to look around. disney world hotels My parents decided they would not be doing that again. For them, trying to figure out and use the bus system or metro was not to their interest, so we took turns paying for taxis to/from where we needed to be. At least that keep our individual costs down. Additionally, there are no restaurants or bars in close vicinity to this hotel. And, by close vicinity, I mean within a couple of blocks. So in the future, I would next time pay a little more and get a hotel closer to the Market area. There is a Walgreens about 4 blocks down and the Space Needle is about 6 blocks from the hotel.Steelhead Diner - We ate lunch here on our first day. Walked from the hotel to the Diner. Very long 10 block walk. The food was really good, but on the pricey side. DH and my mom s husband had the cobb salad. My mom and I shared the quiche and I had a cup of clam chowder. Never seen clam chowder that was broth based instead of cream based. It was good, just different. They had the pecan pie which they enjoyed and we had the blueberry cheesecake and it was pretty bad. We took about 2 bites and was done. We don t like hard cheesecake that tasted like it just came out of the freezer. We each paid for our own and my mom and split the price of the quiche. disney world hotels We all just had water to drink after that long walk and our bill was $51. A little ridiculous for what we ordered. After lunch we looked around the Market and then took a cab back to the hotelSky City at the Space Needle - We had 6pm reservations. We walked the distance to/from the hotel. The place was packed. Was hoping that we could enjoy the view before being seated, but they prefer we eat first and view after. Dinner was really good and again pricey, but we excepted it here. Our waiter was snotty and acted disinterested like he wished he was anywhere else but there. I had this really neat smoking martini made with dry ice. After dinner, we went out on deck, took pictures and then headed back to the hotel.The Underground Tour - The next morning we took a cab to the Underground Tour. It was a very nice tour and they provided a lot of history of Seattle. There is a lot of walking and lots of stairs. disney world hotels I have grave issues with going up and downs stairs due to my knee, but was able to handle. Afterward, we had reservations for the Seattle Savor Gourmet Food Tour, so we took a cab to the Mayflower hotel where we were supposed to meet up. Very nice hotel. We were early, so we walked over the Westlake Mall and got a small bite to eat and looked around.Savor Gourmet Food Tour - We went to Andaluca in the Mayflower Hotel. They served Sangria disney world hotels and Duke Cake. We didn t like the Sangria. Not sweet enough and missing the citrus flavors we are accustomed to. The duck cake was interesting. Not something I would order.Serious Pie - We tried 2 different gourmet pizzas. Good, but again not something I would order. DH really wanted just a traditional pizza with tomato sauce. Maybe if we had gotten to see the entire disney world hotels menu and pick something more to our taste we would have liked it better.La Buona Tavola - The gave us a cup of yummy potato soup and then added some truffle oil. My mom and I loved the truffles, but the guys weren t too impressed. The truffle salt was awesome and my mom bought a bottle. They also let us taste several different variety of truffles and oils. I would have bought some, but since DH was so against the flavor I decided I better not.Il Bistro - They gave us risotto and a glass of red wine. I personally do not like rice in general. I did taste it and the sauce was OK, but not my cup of tea. DH loved it. We are not red wine drinkers disney world hotels either, so didn t care for their selection. Very dry and non-sweet.Pike Brewing Company - We tasted 2 types of Seattle beer with cheese and bread. One beer we really liked and the other a little disney world hotels to dark for our taste. I really liked the cheese, but DH didn t. I ll eat any type of cheese disney world hotels though. The restaurant is really cute and I would have loved to gone back to just have lunch.Thoa s Vietnamese Restaurant - I m not big on this type of food, but was very impressed. They gave us noodles disney world hotels with vegetables with fish sauce. Yeah, no rice! Very good. The best fish sauce I have tasted.Gelatiamo - The last stop. They gave us strawberry and chocolate chip gelato. I don t like strawberry flavored anything, so gave to DH and he gave me his chocolate chip. It was OK. Tasted a little freezer burned. Have had better gelato elsewhere.This was a very good tour and we enjoyed tasting things that we normally wouldn t order on our own at restaurants we would probably not go to otherwise. Our tour guide was very nice, knowledgeable of all the restaurants/area and we appreciated his vigor for this tour . In hindsight, I wished we had also taken the Pike Place Market food tour also.Mama s Mexican Kitchen - Later that evening, DH and I decided to walk from the hotel to this restaurant for a late dinner after the food tour. We are such Mexican food snobs, I don t know why we keep venturing disney world hotels to Mexican restaurants in other areas knowing they will never live up to our expectations except we have to have some kind of Mexican food fix. The salsa and guacamole were good. The waitress failed to advised us that they use shredded beef and not hamburger meat in their tacos and enchiladas. Imagine our horror. J So we just ate around it. The sauce could have been a little more spicy, disney world hotels but we appreciated that they use refried beans and not those yucky black beans. We had enough to get our fix . For dessert, we have the coconut flan, which tasted like a cheese cake, but was very good.Upon return from the cruise, DH wanted to eat here again because he needed another fix and it was reasonably close to the hotel. I wanted to go down to the waterfront and eat seafood, but after all they food we had on the ship, he wanted Mexican. I wasn t going to win, so we went back. He ordered chicken enchiladas. He wanted green/verde sauce, but the waiter said they didn t have any. I
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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Iron Man 3 - The Armors and a review

 Spoilers ahead!I loved Iron Man and Iron Man 2 FYI. I did come out of Iron Man 2 wishing they had more of Tony and Peppers relationship instead of them just coming together at the end. Whiplash was a cool character in concept and design but I think the filmmakers initial idea for Whiplash to go more compact and terroristic (See concept art by Ryan Mienerding that was revealed on the new box set with all the marvel movies) at the end of the movie was better than him build a big suit of armor and just have a big set of whips. But it did look cool at least and the suitcase armor was amazing with a cool armor-up process.from the art of Iron Man 2, taken by me, flash spot by my ignorance.So Iron Man 3 had me excited. I grew up watching the Iron Man cartoon so the Mandarin was a pretty familiar villain to me. I never really dug him that much and associate him with MODOK (can't we all agree he's a bad idea?) I don't know why mandarin was green...is that scurvy? I loved the Dark Knight feel that Shane Black's Iron Man script gave to the Mandarin. The Trevor moment made it even better for me and the moment near the end when Killian reveals that he IS the Mandarin is a sweet payout for fans. Also he can breathe fire. But only once for some reason. I hate when that happens to me! oh my.So the other twists were great too. The Maya double cross was great and the moment when Iron Man was hit by a car was confusing and a great moment for my brain to catch up with. The Extremis stuff was cool and the graphics were really excellent. I saw it on Imax 3d and the 3d was okay but it's definitely a trade off as you lose a lot of the detail you get from the digital format. I recommend seeing this movie at a drive in. Mostly for the sound quality you get. My paragraphs share no common theme.A wraparound of the mark 42 for toy design.The Mark 42 was an awesome running gag through the movie. What was shown to us in the trailers to be the ultimate suit of armor was just a messy prototype. When I told my Dad how Tony armors up with the mark 42 he rolled his eyes and I had to remind him it looks awesome so who cares. I think the concept was not a stretch for the Marvel Universe and really added some fun to the movie. Armoring up is my favorite part of the movie Iron Man and this movie had him going in and out of suits about 20 times. Seriously I think it was about that many. The finale had some great moments of him jumping in and out of suits and even just parts of the armor coming off. Concept art by Adi GranovMy only main complaints were Pepper in the finale (I don't know why. It just looked funny and was a weird idea for a newly Extremis'd person to beat the crap out of an experienced guy) and the under-powering of the armors in the finale. Some people say that they were all just prototype units, but I know they just did it to add some conflict and some cool explosions. And along with that they went and designed 35+ suits of armor and only showcased 5-6 of them. After the movie the first thing I did was try and find all the armors. Which was difficult. But I did it. Some dude scanned these in. Some are almost exactly the same as others but all in all I think they are great. I still can't figure out which one he was wearing in the finale when he was fighting on some scaffolding and had small vertical lights on both sides of his arc reactor. The Silver Centurion armor was one of my favorites.the heartbreaker armor-modeled after James Dean.The fight scenes were great. Every one. The fights without the armor or partially with the armor were maybe the best of the bunch too. My wife said, "Yeah right." Speaking of great the little kid was a fun addition and Tony's relationship with him was unexpected and fun. The movie had some great jokes and even some Downton Abbey which I addmittedly have watched. And other stuff happened in this movie. It was mostly good stuff. Let me know what you thought in the comments section! Enjoy the Marks 5-42! Scans from-http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=455137&page=9I'm pretty sure they are from 'The Art of Iron Man 3' which comes out soon.
Source:http://jaredsalmond.blogspot.com/2013/05/iron-man-3-armors-and-review.html

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Mickey, Willie, and Everyone Else: A Conversation with Allen Barra

Allen Barra's new book is about Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle, and their relationship with each other, and everyone else.MAY 16, 2013 - 2:09PM | BY DAVID DAVIShttp://theclassical.orgIn "Mickey and Willie: Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball's Golden Age" (Crown Archetype), the veteran author-journalist Allen Barra examines the mythic stature of two of the greatest center-fielders to play the game. The book is also a personal exodus of sorts, as Barra attempts to untangle the complex emotions he has about two childhood heroes."Mickey and Willie – they were given boys' names that they never grew out of," he writes. "The private lives of both men revealed that they were ill equipped for life after baseball, a fact that those of us who loved them found almost impossible to understand. How, though, could we have understood?"I emailed questions to Barra about writing and "Mickey and Willie," and he replied from his home in New Jersey.You helped Marvin Miller write his memoirs, entitled "A Whole Different Ball Game." What was it like to work with Marvin Miller?It was an education. I thought I knew enough to write a book on the business of baseball and the ongoing strife between the owners and the baseball union. I was amazed at how much I didn’t know. In the course of doing the book, I think I came to think a little like Marvin. That’s a gift I’ll always be grateful for.Do you think that Marvin Miller will ever be elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame?No, I don’t. If the players had stood up and demanded it, which they should have done, it would have happened. It is, after all, their Hall of Fame. But they didn’t. Anyway, Marvin was adamant he didn’t want in and stated so in several public letters. One of the last things he said to me was to please make that clear to anyone still calling for him to be elected.  So now the HOF can’t induct him without embarrassing themselves.It's been said that "all biography is at last autobiography." As the author of biographies about Paul "Bear" Bryant, Yogi Berra and now Mantle and Mays, do you find that statement to be true? How do you, as a writer, approach biography?Well, if all biography is autobiography, then I coached Alabama to six national championships and won ten World Series rings with the Yankees. Nope on that.I approach biography – and in this category I'll put Wyatt Earp, Bear Bryant and Yogi Berra – as men about whom much had been written but about whom I had never read what I wanted to read about them. There were too many unanswered questions, and that’s why I wrote those books. I don’t regard "Mickey and Willie" as biography. As the subtitle says, it’s a “parallel lives.” I was fascinated by the many things about them that were both similar and different. They were the same age, both children of the Depression, both southerners, both raised by baseball fathers and nurtured by the industrial league culture that thrived until a couple of years after World War II. They came to the Major Leagues in the same city and played against each other in the World Series in their rookie year, 1951. They ended up playing the same position, center field, and both were great all-around players.They both had actual names that others thought were nicknames, boys’ names. They were both booed by fans for not being Joe DiMaggio. Both loved going to the movies, especially westerns.As for the opposites – well, of course, one was white and one was black, so they lived most of their lives on different sides of American culture.There have been quite a few books about Mantle and Mays, including most recently James Hirsch's exhaustive biography of Mays and Jane Leavy's personal reportage about Mantle. Why did you feel there was room for another book about Mantle and Mays? What did you feel had not been discussed in previous works?All previous books, whether about them or ghosted by them, left out pretty much one element: each other. The similarities I mentioned above were seldom discussed except in passing. I never read anything, for instance, about Mickey and Willie barnstorming together, or about the many commercials and endorsements they did. (Thank you, George Lois.) Or, that Mickey was envious of Willie’s salary while Willie was envious of Mickey’s endorsements. In the end, each liked and respected the other enormously.They were compared endlessly. When I was growing up, “Who's better, Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays?” was practically the only baseball question that mattered. I think that’s largely forgotten today.You've written that "Mickey and Willie" is, at heart, about the concept of hero worship. What did you discover about that in researching and writing this book? Knowing what we know now, are Mantle and Mays still deserving of hero status?What I learned was that in their private lives they were at least as flawed as I am. That makes me feel both better and worse. I suppose the thing I learned that impressed me most is that being someone’s hero imposes an enormous burden of dreams on someone.But, finally, were they worthy of being called heroes? Yes, I think they were. I’ll give them that. Being my hero was a tough job, but in the end they did okay.You write that, after all these years, Willie Mays remains a cipher. Why? What happened to him?I don’t know that anything “happened” to him except everything he went through his whole life. After reading everything that has ever been written about Willie Mays, I can’t say I know him any better than I did before I started, at least in the sense of “What is the inner man really like? What were his dreams outside baseball, his aspirations?” What made me feel that more than anything else was that the two men who knew him best from the time he hit the major leagues, [authors] Arnold Hano and the late Charlie Einstein, were also baffled by him.You're a general manager in the spring of 1950. You have the choice of taking one ballplayer for your team: Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays. Who do you take and why?Well, I take Mickey for two simple reasons. In 1950 I don’t know what his history of injury is going to be, but I do know he’s white. It’s that simple. What I’m saying is that if I were a general manager in 1950, I don’t know that I would have thought differently than GMs did back then.From the perspective of ability, I don’t know that there was anything to make me choose one over the other.What's the subject of your next book?I’m not sure yet. I would love to write a dual biography of Ed and his late son Steve Sabol – how they built NFL Films and changed the way we look at sports. I also have been researching for years a book on how an Italian, a Jew, and an Irishman – Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, and Owney Madden – created the modern mob.David Davis is a contributing writer at Los Angeles Magazine. He is the author of Showdown at Shepherd's Bush: The 1908 Marathon and the Three Runners Who Launched A Sporting Craze (St. Martin's). He lives in Los Angeles and is on Twitter at @ddavisla.
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Monday, May 13, 2013

Miller and Lester Were Almost a Perfect Pair

Shelby Miller gave up a leadoff hit, but then set down the next 27 Rockies hitters in order. (Dilip Vishwanat)Tonight, St. Louis’ Shelby Miller and Boston’s Jon Lester did something no pair of pitchers have done on the same night in the history of baseball. They each threw a one-hit, no-walk, complete-game shutout. The only hit Miller allowed was a leadoff single by the Rockies’ Eric Young, Jr. Lester bid for perfection lasted until the sixth inning when the Blue Jays’ Maicer Izturis hit a double.Let's compare the two superb performances. Miller's outing is really unique in that after giving up that leadoff single, he retired the next 27 hitters. This is really as close to a no-hitter as you possibly can be. After the leadoff single, he threw a no-hitter. That's impressive to say the least. However, that is not all that is impressive about Miller's performance. He also stuck out 13 batters and maintained his velocity of up to 93 mph throughout his 113 pitches. That is how dominant Miller was. Finally, his opponent, the Rockies, are the NL’s highest-scoring team.Lester’s one-hitter is his first shutout since 2008. This is an encouraging sign for Red Sox fans that the lefty might be regaining that top form. On paper, Lester was not as dominant as Miller. He only five struck out five batters. Instead, Lester relied on his infield for a total of 12 ground-ball outs. Both pitchers benefitted from getting ahead in the count. In fact, both pitchers threw first-pitch strikes to 21 of the 28 batters they faced.You might be wondering how rare of an occurrence is it for two pitchers to throw one-hitters on the same night. It has only happened three other times since the turn of the century.May 25, 2001: The Cubs’ Kerry Wood and the Red Sox’ Hideo Nomo each threw a complete-game, one-hit shutout on the same night. Both pitchers struck out 14 batters. Wood walked two hitters, while Nomo did not issue any walks.April 26, 2002: The Dodgers’ Odalis Perez and the Mets’ Shawn Estes both threw complete-game, one-hit shutouts on the same night as well. Perez did not walk any batters, while Estes allowed just one walk.June 16, 2012: The Orioles’ Jason Hammel and the Angels' Ervin Santana each threw a complete-game, one-hit shutout on the same night. Hammel issued two walks, while Santana only walked one batter.As you can now see, Miller and Lester share a unique bond that only a handful of major league pitchers have ever shared. There is one statistic that distinguishes them above the rest. Neither one of them walked a single batter. Miller and Lester can say that they are the only pair of pitchers to throw one-hit, no-walk, complete-game shutouts on the same night.
Source:http://fireawayblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/miller-and-lester-were-almost-perfect.html

Miller and Lester Were Almost a Perfect Pair Images

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Illustrating The Past And Present.

Deedee914 art on etsy.com/Illustrated bird postcardsArt, while not necessary to live, is a great asset to your space. That is, if you can afford it. Wait though, you can....A few years back, I started to get into mid-century digital, illustration, and abstract art. At the time, the market lacked many of the ebay, etsy, and online stores that it has today that are selling Mid-century furniture. Instead, when I search such terms as Mid-Century*, Space Age*, retro*, atomic age*, and Eames Era* art, I was treated to the bright and wonderful world of the mid-century revivalists (That's what I call them anyhow.). These are artists that were creating contemporary (new) are in the style of the mid-century era. Some of the art was a bit more modern, some of it was a bit more traditional, but all of it was inspiring. So, today, I'm going to give you a teaser as to what will be coming your way over the next few weeks.If all goes well, I will be able to give you articles and interviews with at least a few great artist. So, let's see a bit about what it is that our contemporaries are doing for the mid-century modern revival.At the top of the post, you'll the mid-century modern illustrated bird post cards of deedee 914. These nine post cards are a set, and can be used as postcards, note cards, greeting cards, invitation, or as classy wall art. Plus, these are a good option for inexpensive wall art. If you want to know more, check out Deedee914's etsy site. By the way, Deedee914, also has a blog I love to read here.Art by: Edwin WadeMy next mention is Edwin Wade. This gentleman is someone I'm very happy to see still going strong. I remember when he first started on facebook, and I took a liking to his art immediately. His style, color choice, and general composition of his art makes them truly a please to look at. While Edwin has art of all different types of medium. He also is very fair about pricing.  Check out Edwin's etsy here and see what I mean. Greg Maletic is another creative artist that, while not having a large portfolio of hanging art that he sales directly, he does have 4 disney attration themed pieces that you can download for free and then print on your own. Plus, the pdf's (1& 2) that he has saved them as, allow them to be modified for your need. While I love his work, I changed the colors of one of mine in Adobe Illustrator* to fit the color theme of my house. While the art is free, there is a licensing agreement you should read and understand. As he's giving us this incredible art, be kind enough to respect it please.While these are not all of the mid-century revivalist artist, they are some good ones. As the blog goes on, I'll try and feature more as I have in this post, but also, as I have in the post such as my interview with Edwin Wade that you can read here. Note: Links with an (*) at the end of them are links that direct readers to affiliate sites. Purchases thru these links help finance amidst mod and keep the site going.
Source:http://amidstmod.blogspot.com/2013/05/illustrating-past-and-present.html

Illustrating The Past And Present. Images

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... from Mint.com illustrating the gadget battles of the past and present
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... comcast corp illustrating the past and present valuation based
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... franklin resources inc illustrating the past and present valuation
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