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The Dividing Line; The First Half vs the Second in Cape League Baseball
by Harrison Meyers
To many on Cape Cod July 4th is the arbitrary half way line in the Cape League season. Around this time most teams have played close to half their games so this makes sense, but it also is the dividing line between the first half of the season, where rosters are in flux, players are missing, and teams generally get an excuse for being off the pace, and the second half where the slog of the long short season that is Cape League baseball truly begins and you know which teams are going to be competitive and which will not be. Teams like the defending champion Wareham Gatemen, and last years East Division Champion Chatham Anglers have proved to be competitive, and unless something drastic happens down the stretch in the last 20 games of the year, both teams will be around come playoff time. The same cannot be said for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks, who, now 25 games into their season have a record of 5-19-1 (a full nine points behind the Bourne Braves for fourth place in the West), seem more and more destined to miss the playoffs for the second time in three years. As we cross this midway line and celebrate the 243rd birthday of the United States, its hard to see a way that the Harbor Hawks will be competitive down the stretch.
However, the battle for the final playoff spot in the East is much more interesting. The Brewster Whitecaps and the Harwich Mariners, fourth and fifth place respectively, are separated by just one point, 25 for Brewster and 24 for Harwich. The East in general this year has been a much more interesting race as not only is the battle for the final playoff spot close the entire division top to bottom is only separate by 7 points, less than 4 games. Meaning, while it may be unlikely, it is entirely possible that the Anglers could lose four straight games and find themselves in the battle for the final few playoff spots. One of the glories of the Cape League is that it is a long short season, and a win here or a loss there can add up in the end and deeply affect your playoff chances. As I type this the Anglers are already on a two game losing streak, and the YD Red Sox behind them by just two points in second are also on a multi game losing streak. If those streaks continue to five or six the playoff map in the East may get rewritten, and instead of the East Division crowing going through Chatham or YD, as has been the case in the last few years, the East Division Champion may find themselves going through Orleans or Brewster. This week will prove to an interesting and critical one for many teams throughout the league with great impact on the playoff chase, and I look forward to watching the action ensue.
Codball Players of the Week
This weeks Codball Batter of the week comes from the struggling Hyannis Harbor Hawks, as their new arrival, shortstop Jordan Westburg (Mississippi State) came on the scene and quickly became the best hitter on the team. Starting with a two home run game in his first appearance with the Hawks, and followed up with another home run the next day and going 5-6 in a double header against Bourne, Westburg has taken the league by storm, and would be a big part of any turn around by the Harbor Hawks.
The Codball Pitcher of the Week Honors belong to Harwich's Jacob Palisch (Stanford) who accomplished one of the more illusive feats in Cape League baseball, a complete game. Pitching against the Wareham Gatemen Palisch struck out 10 and walked none while pitching a complete game in the first game of a double header, and putting up one of the best pitchers performances on the Cape this season in the process.
For the next week ahead I've got my eye on East Division games as the top two teams in the East, Chatham and Y-D, take each other on this Friday July 12th in Yarmouth in what could be a chance to stop both teams losing streaks. I've also got my eye on a double header between Falmouth and Wareham on July 19th. Falmouth, the hottest team on the Cape at the moment going 7-3 in their last 10 games, will take on the Gatemen in what could be a preview of the West Division playoffs. This week is also the last week before the Cape League All Star Game in Oreans on July 21st. All Star rosters should be announced soon and the next few days may be players last chances to make an impression and find their way onto the All Star roster.
That will do it for another week, as by the time you next hear from me we will likely have our All Star rosters to break down, and perhaps more drama in the East as we get closer and closer to playoff time here on Cape Cod. If you have any stories we missed or something you'd like to share with us send an email to Harrison@codball.com or tweet at us @codball.
Harrison Meyers
Codball Goes International
First off, apologies for the delay in posting this week's column, I have been out of the country celebrating my sisters college graduation from St. Andrews University in Scotland. Between my time traveling around the ancient town of St. Andrews (the university itself is more than 600 years old – compared to mine which just turned 50, go UMBC!) and helping to pack up my sister (after four years you gather a lot of stuff) my mind kept wondering back to the Cape League and what was going on in college baseball and I got my first taste in awhile of how most Cape League fans follow the league, online and from a distance. I decided to take the opportunity to try something new and see how difficult it would be to watch a game and follow the league from afar and that is the focus of this week's blog post.
There are a few main ways to follow the league, if your looking for a quick update on scores and standings the best place to go is the league website. Here you can see with a quick glance you can see who is playing, when, and where, as well as the league standings. This is the easiest way to follow along as you can see all the basic details about what's going on and keep up to date with the specifics of the league. If you looking to follow a specific team you can visit the teams website (accessible from the league website) or their social media page, over the last week I have been very impressed with the Brewster Whitecaps page with some of the featured stories they have been running and their Mobile Mondays series, which follows the Caps while they are away from home and talks about the fields and teams they are traveling to face.
But the holy grail of following the league from afar is being able to sit down and watch a game from wherever you are. This I have found is also pretty easy to do. Each of the 10 teams broadcast heir games online and its fairly easy to access, visit the website of your favorite team to find the details on how your team broadcasts. I checked with the Hyannis Harbor Hawks and found the team broadcasts through Youtube, making it very easy to get online and watch a game. Of corse the biggest issues I ran into being oversees was not watching the games, but rather accessing them. Being oversees I had limited access to reliable internet and no data to use on my phone, meaning I was reliant on Wifi which made watching away from home or a coffee shop with public access internet difficult. The other issue I ran into was time change. Scotland is five hours ahead of the Cape which meant just as the games were starting (6:00pm for the Harbor Hawk games) it was already 11:00pm and the end of a long day for me and more than once I fell asleep part way through the game leaving me with no idea what happened and an incomplete scorecard. Despite that the internet and the advent of social media has made it easier than ever to follow along from afar, making it a truly fantastic time to be a Cape League fan and keep your eyes on Codball during the next week or so for a detailed guide on how to follow each team.
Despite being out of the country using the tips and tricks listed above I was able to follow along with another great week of Cape League action. Since my last post the Hyannis Harbor Hawks have scored not just their first win but their first three, and with the return of their players from the College World Series (I so wanted Michigan to pull it off) they look poised to add more wins to their record and possibly make a run at the playoffs in a struggling West Division.
This week also saw the Orleans Firebirds take over as the number one team in the league with a record of 10-4-2 (22 points), and the defending champions Wareham Gatemen keep control of the West with a 9-7-1 record (19 points) just one point above a surging Cotuit Kettleers team. The rest of the league standings are available on the league website, and as the College World Series is now over, and most of the temporary players have either left their teams or been signed onto full season contracts, and the cream of the crop players have made their way to the Cape the standings are poised to get closer and closer as we hit the meat of the season in July.
This week also saw the annual Cape League workout at Fenway Park, the League has published a great featurette on this fantastic annual tradition. While I was unable to be present this year, I can tell you from my past experiences that this is a great event and there is nothing like watching future MLB stars play around under the watchful eyes of the Red Sox staff and scouts from just about every team in an all but empty Fenway.
This weeks Codball Batter of the Week is Cotuit's Nick Gonzalez (New Mexico St.). During the last seven days Gonzalez has a .524 batting average and 7 RBI's over five games, contributing to this league leading 15 RBI's.
The Codball Pitcher of the Week honors go to Orleans Firebirds pitcher Noah Skirrow, who went 5 innings in his only start this week with nine strikeouts as compared to three walks and the win.
Week four promises to bring more exciting Cape League action as we get to the heart of the season highlighted by the traditional rivalry matchups on July 4th. The Harbor Hawks travel to YD to take on the Red Sox at 5:00pm on the 4th, and the Anglers will face off against the Firebirds in Orleans in a midseason battle for the top of the east.
In conclusion things on the Cape are heating up, and the action only looks to get better from here now that the best college players in the country have reported for duty. A lot will be decided in the next few weeks and I hope you will keep coming back to our coverage here on Codball and follow along as the action picks up. If you have any stories we missed or something you'd like to share with us send an email to Harrison@codball.com or tweet at us @codball.
The College World Series and Cape League Baseball; an Intersting Relationship
There's an old saying in racing that you can't win a race on the first lap, but you sure can lose it. The same can be said for the early weeks of the Cape League season, you can't win the title, but you sure can make it harder or yourself. As the College World Series continues and almost if not all of the Cape's 10 teams have players still in action in Omaha it's far too early to sort out the contenders from the teams that, shall we say, could use some improvement.
The College World Series brings a million fantastic stories, from Florida State head coach Mike Martin coaching his last game in the garnet and gold, Mississippi State's walk off over Auburn, and Michigan's Cinderella ride to get just won win from the National Finals. The impact of these stories extends thousands of miles away from the games on the Cape, where with each inning in Omaha the fate and fortunes of the league's teams hang in balance. The most prominent example of this through the first week of the 2019 season is that of the Hyannis Harbor Hawks. As of my last count the team has more than 10 players still active in the NCAA tournament, and filling their spots on the roster are temp players from other programs not originally invited to play on the Cape. The impact of these players cannot be understated, a handful of temps on an a roster otherwise dominated by the cream of the crop of college players from across the country can be managed, but when that number reaches higher and higher as it has for the Hawks the results can prove disastrous. Through their first eight games of the season the Hawks have gone 0-7-1 with just a single point to their name, and featuring a league worst 7.81 team ERA, the product of a staff dominated by temporary players. While a bad result in the first week of the season can be overcome - see the 2018 Brewster Whitecaps who through the first 20 games of the year went 4-14-2 but still squeaked into the playoffs just one point ahead of Orleans 30 to 29, and then found themselves in the Eastern Championship after an upset of top seed Yarmouth-Dennis – the Hawks need to figure it out soon to have any shot. Whether that means hoping and praying that the College World Series teams that have a number of there players lose sooner rather than later or replace their temps with better ones (a hard prospect to fathom now that the summer ball world is as crowded as it is), the rest of the season remains uncertain for the Harbor Hawks. While they have not yet lost the race, they have made it a lot harder for themselves throughout the rest of the year.
Week 3 Games to Watch
Week three features the second and final doubleheader day of the Cape League season, while their may be more double headers down the road due to weather issues this is the last time it shows up on the leagues original schedule. Highlighting these matchups is the East Division leading Brewster Whitecaps vs the 2nd in the West Cotuit Ketteleers who are just two points behind Wareham for first, and an always fascinating matchup between two perennial contenders the Y-D Red Sox and the Falmouth Commodores. As is the running theme throughout this post, the early season wont make or break your season, but winning games and earning points in the early going can make the rest of the season a lot easier.
Week two's Codball Batter of the week is T.J. Collett (Kentucky) of the Brewster Whitecaps, who in nine games this year is batting .276, with a league leading nine RBI's and three homeruns, good enough for second in the league tied with Y-D's Austin Wells.
The Codball Pitcher of the Week goes to Logan Allen (Florida International) from the Harwich Mariners, who's performance so far leads the league in strikeouts with 17 in his two appearances so far, and only allowing 4 hits over 11 innings without letting a single batter cross home plate.
As always if you see something we missed this week let us know! You can reach me directly at Harrison@codball.com, I welcome all comments. Until next week when we will once again recap the best action on Cape thanks for reading and I will see you all around the ballpark.
A New Weekly Column from Codball
Another season of Cape Cod Baseball is upon us, and Codball has a few new things in store for this season. From a new column and a new contributor, its finally time to kick off the 2019 Cape Cod Baseball League season. My name is Harrison Meyers and I am the new contributor on staff here at Codball, and I will be putting together a weekly column about the league, and life on the Cape. There is so much to say about the Cape League that I wont get to it all every week but for this column we are going to break down all the best action, the implications for the teams, and name the Codball Players of the Week so even if you cant be on Cape to follow your favorite summer league you can follow Codball and not miss any of the action.
The 2019 Cape Cod Baseball League season marks my 14th season following the league full time. My family and I have been traveling to the Cape for our annual vacation for over two decades now and it was in 2006 as a precocious nine-year-old I caught the baseball bug. From that day on I was in love with the sport, and it would only be a few months later that I met my true first love, the Cape League. There is something special about a Cape League game, for anyone who has gone to one you know exactly what I am talking about. The feel of the wind as it whips off the water, the smell of salt in the air, and the lack of salesman hocking beer and peanuts in the stands are just a few things that make the Cape League different from your professional or even some college level games. With this in mind it makes it easy to understand why a nine-year-old kid who loves baseball would fall in love with the way baseball is played in the sleepy towns and villages of the Cape.
Following my introduction to the league I started following it full time, imagine the now 10-year-old me begging my mother to get onto our old desktop computer to check out scores and highlights from NCAA games to follow the guys who might make it to the cape. That was me. There is also a story of how I emailed Bill Bussiere – former Hyannis GM and current League bigwig - to find out if the Hyannis Mets (as they were known as the time) would take me if I went to a Division 2 school, but more on that later. That was my life, even though I am not from the Cape I feel as if I grew up on the ballfields of the Cape, following my beloved Hyannis team up and down the Cape, pointing out every field along the way, and causing my parents an unknown amount of frustration by insisting that we always be at the game before the national anthem (sometimes a challenge when your driving from Hyannis to Wareham for a game on Friday night. Now that I do this drive myself, I understand why we were late).
The Column
My new column with Codball will come out once a week on Thursdays and serve as a weekly recap and primer for the big games over the week ahead. I will highlight the games I am looking forward to in the new week, shout out the best players across the league and award them Codball Player of the Week honors, and do it all in about 600 words (ok, sometimes more). Being just one person I cannot possibly cover everything there is to know about the Cape League and every story that comes up, but I will do my best to cover all of the big story lines and bring you the action from the field so if you can't be on Cape you can still keep up to date with the help of your friends at Codball. And while I am a devoted Harbor Hawk fan and have worked with the team for many years, I love all Cape League baseball and will tell each story as such without bias while giving my personal opinions on the matter (this is a blog after all). The column currently remains nameless, so please reach out to me if you have an idea.
If you see or hear a story that you think should be covered, reach out to me at Harrison@codball.com, or tweet at me (@HyannisFaithful) or the blog itself (@Codball). I am excited to get back onto the field and can't wait for the first pitch of a new season, just hours from now as I am finishing this first post at slightly before noon on June 10th, the first day of the new season.
This is going to be a great season, and I look forward to sharing it with all of you, hearing your stories, and continuing the old Cape League pastime of looking at the current crop of Cape Leaguers and trying to guess who the next big-league superstar is going to be.
-Harrison Meyers
Cape League Corner Returns for 2019, Hall of Fame Class Announced
As I write this, it's the morning of Opening Day 2019, which is Christmas Day for Cape League fans. 🙂
The Cape Cod Times' Cape League Corner podcast is back again for their third season, and you can follow along in your favorite podcast app. The official Cape League Instagram account also looks to be a great way to follow along this year. And don't forget about @CodBall on Twitter.
In other news, on Sunday, June 9th, the 2019 CCBL Hall of Fame class was announced. In this year's class is former Commissioner Paul Galop, former MLB third baseman Conor Gillaspie (Falmouth '07), and Yarmouth-Dennis manager Scott Pickler (aka "Pick"). See the league press release for the full list.
Adley Rutschman (Falmouth '17) selected #1 in MLB Draft
The 1st overall pick of the 2019 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft was Adley Rutschman (Oregon State). Rutschman, selected by the Baltimore Orioles, played 21 games for the Falmouth Commodores in 2017 and is touted as a better overall catcher than Buster Posey.
Adley Rutschman press conference after he was selected #1 overall in the 2019 draft.
Is he that good? Well - he was intentionally walked by the Cincinnati Bearcats with the bases loaded on Friday night, May 31st.
Bases loaded intentional walk!?!?
Yes... Adley Rutschman is THAT good. #RoadToOmaha | @BeaverBaseball pic.twitter.com/WPbDfiByTc
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAACWS) June 1, 2019
It's the second year in-a-row where the 1st overall pick was a Cape leaguer.
The Cape had 14 alumni selected in the first round, compared to 16 last year (including Casey Mize). The league reported they had 60 alumni in the first four rounds. Andrew Vaughn (Wareham '18) was selected third overall by the Chicago White Sox, and J.J. Bleday (Orleans '18) was selected fourth overall by the Miami Marlins.
TAGS: falmouth commodores, mlb draft
Checking in on McKeon Park before the 2019 season
On Sunday, May 19, we drove by McKeon Park in Hyannis to check on the status of their renovations.
Good news - the field is looking great! The new home and away dugouts are still in progress since they only have a concrete foundation. There's no sign of the new Daktronics scoreboard, but maybe that's being installed closer to opening day.
Judy Walden Scarafile Field is brand new!
Old bench and painted sign by the field house
Home dugout foundation
Away dugout foundation
Funds for the updates to McKeon Park were from the Barnstable Town Council through the Community Preservation fund ($750,000), and the Yawkey Foundation ($100,000). The estimate for the entire project is $1.75 million. According to the Barnstable Patriot (Dec 18, 2018), future updates will include new bleachers and handicap-accessible levels.
Brad Pfeifer, president of the Harbor Hawks, says the goal is to bring McKeon Park up to the same quality as a small minor league facility.
TAGS: hyannis harbor hawks
Watch the CCBL Documentary, Summer Heat
There's a new-to-me Cape Cod Baseball League documentary called Summer Heat by D.J. Jamiel and Nick Johnson. The film centers around the 2014 Hyannis Harbor Hawks and initially sought funding via Indiegogo. I believe it is not available anywhere, except a single link on the Harbor Hawks home page.
I enjoyed watching Nick's Hawks Talk during the 2014 season, which was an ambitious 40-episode video blog.
You can watch the entire 52 minute documentary with this Vimeo link: https://player.vimeo.com/video/274793623
The Homeless CCBL Hall of Fame
This is a photo of me in the CCBL Hall of Fame and Museum from May 2015.
A year ago, we checked in on the construction site of the future home of the CCBL Hall of Fame, the Total Athletics of Cape Cod Training Center in Hyannis. Things weren't going well.
Unfortunately, things still aren't going well. The Cape Cod Times has reported that the project "has been mired in lawsuits and delays, and now may not even be built on land cleared to make way for the project." The project's completion date was supposed to be July 1, 2018.
The CCBL Hall of Fame and Museum was open from July 2008 to January 2017 in the basement of the John F. Kennedy Museum Hyannis. For the price of admission to the JFK Museum, you could take the elevator down to "The Dugout" and spend an hour or two browsing all of the artifacts and reading the HOF plaques. It was awesome. It was much better than the blown up photos of the Kennedy family on the main level.
For two years now, the Hall has been without a home. I hope all the artifacts are in safe locations.
With the latest news about Total Athletics, I would hope that the league is considering other locations. I think the perfect spot would be a standalone museum and gift shop on Main Street in Hyannis. But, given the investment, I'm sure the league prefers a public place with an existing staff that could operate the museum with limited additional cost. One rumored location is the Cape Cod Community College. I'm not sure if the Wilkens Library has any space at all, but all Cape residents and visitors are welcome there. One thing is for sure: that'd be better than what we have now (nothing).
Brady Singer surprises parents with Christmas gift
Brady Singer (Falmouth '16) is making headlines this holiday season. Not only is he the Kansas City Royals top prospect, but he surprised his parents with an incredible Christmas gift: he paid off all their debt. Watch the video from Twitter to see the reaction.
Today is very special to my heart. To give back to the two people who have given up everything to support my brother and I. I can't thank them enough. Love you Mom and Dad pic.twitter.com/AFHi2Xma0c
— Brady Singer (@Bsinger51) December 25, 2018
Singer pitched 28 innings for the Commodores in 2016. In 2017, Singer helped his Florida Gators to a national title and earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team. This year, he won the NCAA's Dick Howser Trophy for national college baseball player of the year, and was selected 18th overall in the Major League Baseball draft.
Watch the mini-documentary "Cape Cod: Journey to the Bigs"
Without any fanfare, Fox Sports released "Cape Cod: Journey to the Bigs" on their Vimeo account. If you haven't seen the 22-minute mini-documentary, it centers around the 2017 season and features interviews with volunteers, players, managers, alumni, scouts, and host families including Barbara Ellsworth (known as Mrs. E). Mrs. E. passed away on October 31, 2018, and was inducted posthumously to the Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Fame on December 1, 2018.
Watch on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/279099046
It's December, and it's time for an updated holiday gift guide!
Here are some gift ideas for Cape League fans:
Shop online at the league or a team store (not every team has an online store)
Cape Cod Baseball League Online Store
Great place to pick up an official ball or adjustable hat.
Brewster Whitecaps store
The Whitecaps Wave T-shirt is pretty cool.
Chatham Anglers store
Chatham usually has the best merch, but there doesn't seem to be much this year. The heather royal tri-blend T-Shirt looks good.
Cotuit Kettleers store
Still the only franchise that sells a bobblehead player.
Falmouth Commodores store
Wow! Falmouth's store has a lot of stuff. You can also still participate in the Buy a Brick Program.
Harwich Mariners store
Not too much here There are hats, a sweatshirt, a car magnet, and 2018 program.
Wareham Gatemen store.
Lots of gear available from the 2018 champs and this seems to be the only store where you can get a CCBL winter hat!
Donate to the CCBL or the team of your choice in the name of a loved one.
A custom bat from the Barnstable Bat Company (just like the players use!). I recommend the stickball bat, which is an excellent replacement for the standard yellow wiffle ball bat. Place all Christmas orders by December 10th!
The 1998 Cape Cod Prospects baseball card set
This is my favorite baseball card set that I own. You can find the sets on eBay.
Browse capesports on eBay
The former Hyannis Sportscards in Hyannis continues to sell goods on eBay. There's always a few Cape League artifacts listed for sale.
Books or DVDs about the Cape League
The young adult novel Widball came out this year (read our interview with the author). Note: Slider (2004) is a novel loosely based on the league. Summer Catch (2001) is a cheesy movie starring Freddie Prinze Jr. that is a highly inaccurate portrayal of the league (but I love it anyway).
14 Cape League Alumni in the World Series
There are 14 former Cape League players in the 2018 World Series; six on the Boston Red Sox and eight on the Los Angeles Dodgers. That's 35.7% of all players!
RHP Matt Barnes (Wareham 2009-2010)
RHP Joe Kelly (Yarmouth-Dennis 2008)
LHP Chris Sale (Yarmouth-Dennis 2009)
1B Mitch Moreland (Bourne 2006-2007)
1B/OF Steve Pearce (Cotuit 2004)
OF Jackie Bradley Jr. (Hyannis 2009)
LHP Scott Alexander (Brewster 2009)
RHP Walker Buehler (Yarmouth-Dennis 2014)
RHP Dylan Floro (Hyannis 2011)
LHP Rich Hill (Chatham 2000-2001)
C Yasmani Grandal (Brewster 2008)
3B Justin Turner (Yarmouth-Dennis 2005)
IF Max Muncy (Wareham 2010-2011)
UTIL Chris Taylor (Yarmouth-Dennis 2011)
Research notes:
CapeCod.com reported on Tuesday 10/23 that each team has seven players each on their World Series rosters. However, that is inaccurate because they missed the latest team roster moves. Drew Pomeranz replaced Brandon Workman (Wareham 2008-2009) on the Red Sox roster. Scott Alexander (Brewster 2009) was added to the Dodgers roster, replacing Caleb Furguson.
CapeCod.com and the Cape Cod Times ("Standouts from Cape League to World Series") incorrectly listed Steve Pearce as playing for Cotuit in 2007. He played for the Kettleers in 2004. Pearce played in the Pirates minor league system from 2005-2007, before being promoted to the bigs on September 1. 2007.
Top summer league pitcher: Kevin Kelly (Orleans)
Screencap from Kevin Kelly's post-game interview on July 14, 2018
D1Baseball has completed their analysis of summer 2018 pitching performances from the Cape League and the Northwoods League. Their analysis seems pretty thorough; they even adjust for park effects.
Their top five list includes two stars from this past summer on the Cape:
The #1 overall pitcher is Orleans' Kevin Kelly (JMU). Kelly was a 2018 All-Star and finished with the best overall ERA on Cape.
#3 is Chatham's Alek Manoah (WVU). Manoah is ranked #5 on D1Baseball's top college pitching prospects for the 2019 MLB draft.
Both Kelly and Manoah were named to the 2018 CCBL Year-End All League Team.
Summer Ball vs. MiLB Attendance
Map of summer league franchises (via Google Maps)
Fangraphs observed that the Madison Mallards of the Northwoods League cracked the top 25 this year for average attendance among non-MLB franchises (see A Collegiate Summer Team Outdrew Most of the Minors). The Mallards' average attendance per game was higher than many Minor League Baseball AAA franchises from the International League and Pacific Coast League.
Ballpark Digest has the complete stats: 2018 MiLB/SC/Indy Attendance by Average (search for CCL to see the Cape teams). Chatham and Hyannis finished in the top 200.
CodBall recently observed that attendance overall at summer league games increased slightly on the Cape this past year. Also, we noted that the Northwoods League, in particular, seems to have a recipe for success.
It's exciting that collegiate summer ball franchises have the potential to attract more fans than professional minor league franchises. The statistics seem to indicate that many markets may have been deemed unsuitable for MiLB or independent leagues, yet still have a lot of fans that want to see high-quality baseball - at least in the summer months!
For the Cape League, attendance probably isn't likely to shift too much. Cape Cod is a popular tourist destination and also a bucket list trip for hardcore baseball fans, but it is not a significant market. What's compelling is if the product that the Cape League has could work in an online streaming format or via cable sports networks. In our last post, we mentioned that the former skipper for the Wareham Gatemen, Don Sneddon, thought television coverage of the playoffs could be a revenue stream for the league.
Sneddon: League must make schedule changes
Don Sneddon at Fenway Park in July. Photo by Caroline O'Connor via Gatemen.org.
Don Sneddon, Field Manager for the Wareham Gatemen from 2017-2018, was quoted in a Wicked Local Marion article saying that the season is too long and the league must make changes.
"It's up to the administration of this league to make sure they are making some changes or this league will see hard times, in my opinion."
One fascinating point that Sneddon makes is that the league can do more to make money to make up for the lost revenue from a shortened season. He notes that the Championship had no television coverage. This certainly seems like something the league should explore since not everyone can make it to the Cape…
Wareham's Isaac Collins on SportsCenter Top 10 Plays
Isaac Collins (Creighton) not only earned a championship ring with Wareham this season, but he also snagged the #1 spot (!) on SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays this week. Check out the video proof in the tweets below:
When the team you cover wins the #CCBL title and has a #1 play on SportsCenter #casual pic.twitter.com/lrvkjBFQm3
— Ian Vescera (@Ian_Vescera) August 14, 2018
.@IsaacCollins10 wasn't the only one to make @SportsCenter because of this catch.
Watch below to hear @henriquedamour on the call for the robbery!
(Via: SportsCenter Snapchat) pic.twitter.com/zeC5lxwZcV
— Wareham Gatemen (@WarehamGatemen) August 14, 2018
Summer 2018 Attendance Figures
2018 Champion Wareham Gatemen. Photo by Ian Vescera via Gatemen.org
It's hard to believe, but the summer 2018 Cape League season has wrapped up. The Wareham Gatemen, led by MVP Austin Shenton (FIU), swept the Chatham Anglers in the Championship Series.
While Wareham was busy capturing their first title since 2012, Ballpark Digest posted their annual attendance figures across all summer leagues (that reported figures):
Attendance by League
Attendance by Average
Attendance by Total
Overall, this was a great season for summer ball! Cape League attendance numbers increased slightly over 2017. Per usual, Chatham had the highest reported figures with an average of 1840 fans per game. Compared to other summer leagues, the Cape's numbers trail far behind many Northwoods League franchises, including the Madison Mallards, who pulled an impressive 6249 fans per game this season. As I mentioned in a previous post, the Northwoods League is for-profit and operates in larger markets.
Interestingly, Wareham finished atop the Cape League this year but finished dead last in reported attendance.
How Summer Catch was written
Editor's note: It's playoff time! Stay tuned to @CodBall for our coverage
I'm not sure how I missed this one!
Matt Paré (aka the "Homeless Minor Leaguer") and Ty Kelly (MiLB, Las Vegas 51s) star in this hilarious skit that imagines how the 2001 romantic comedy Summer Catch (2001) came to be.
For the uninitiated (and you may want to stay that way), the CCBL is the setting for Summer Catch, which stars Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jessica Biel.
Matt Paré announced his departure from baseball earlier this year after spending a few years in the Giants organization. In 2012, he was a temp player for the Y-D Red Sox before spending the majority of that summer with NECBL's Newport Gulls. Subscribe to HomelessMinorLeaguer on Youtube and his other channel Hey! Matt Paré.
Ty Kelly is a utilityman for the New York Mets organization, currently in AAA with the Las Vegas 51s. In 2008, he was a CCBL All-Star on the Brewster Whitecaps.
Lower Cape TV interviews Brewster coaches
Don't miss this new clip from Lower Cape TV with Brewster coaches Tommy Weber and Neil Barbella. Download the LCTV App to watch all Brewster Whitecaps home games this season.
"The players right away band together, eat together, live together, laugh together. It's really not that difficult for them. That's one of the things that really impresses me about this level of player - how easily they adapt to new surroundings, their host families. There's not a lot of instances of guys wanting to go home. They know what the stakes are and how lucky they are to be here, and they really embrace it."
— Tommy Weber, 6/14/18 on Lower Cape TV


Crossroads to Brain Injury Recovery announced this week that Christy Kiser of Waynesboro has joined the organization as the newest member of the Board of Trustees.
Kiser is a former caregiver and is serving on the board in honor of her late husband, B. Frank Kiser. Currently she is employed at Barren Ridge Physical Therapy and is the owner/operator of Touch from the Heart Massage Therapy in Waynesboro. She has had crisis training, fundraising and public speaking experiences. She hopes to make a difference in the lives of those affected by brain injury in the area.
Crossroads to Brain Injury Recovery is a not-for-profit that serves 5 counties in Virginia improving the quality of life for those affected by brain injury by helping individuals lead more independent and productive lives. Services include case management, community support services, positive behavior support facilitation, information and referral, and professional and case consultation.
For more information about Crossroads, visit its website at www.c2bir.org or call 540-568-8923.


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Residence Hall Handbook
Miscellaneous Polices
US Department of Education Drug-Free Schools and Community Act Regulations
Animal Control Policy
Bicycle Parking Policy
Blood Borne Pathogens Exposure
Copy Policies
Logo and Seal Policy
Network and Internet Access Policy
Vehicle and Parking Policy
Under Part 86 of the Education Department General Administrative Regulation (EDGAR) and the Drug-Free Schools and Community Act, institutions of higher education (IHEs) receiving federal financial assistance must perform:
The annual distribution in writing to each employee, and to each student who is taking one or more classes for any type of academic credit except for continuing education units, regardless of the length of the student's program of study, of—
Standards of conduct that clearly prohibit, at a minimum, the unlawful possession, use, or distribution of illicit drugs and alcohol by students and employees on its property or as part of any of its activities
A description of the applicable legal sanctions under local, State, or Federal law for the unlawful possession or distribution of illicit drugs and alcohol
A description of the health risks associated with the use of illicit drugs and the abuse of alcohol
A description of any drug or alcohol counseling, treatment, or rehabilitation or re-entry programs that are available to employees or students
A clear statement that the IHE will impose disciplinary sanctions on students and employees (consistent with local, State, and Federal law), and a description of those sanctions, up to and including expulsion or termination of employment and referral for prosecution, for violations of the standards of conduct.
A biennial review by the IHE of its program to—
Determine its effectiveness and implement changes to the program if they are needed
Ensure that the disciplinary sanctions described in paragraph (a)(5) of this section are consistently enforced
In accordance with these laws, this report (pdf) is distributed annually to Pacific University faculty, staff and students in compliance with the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 and the Drug-Free Schools and Community Act of 1989.
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Pacific University campus animal policies shall be in conformity with state, county, and city ordinances and regulations.
In conformity with Oregon Health Regulations relative to food services, no animals are allowed in the University Center. (Exceptions are made for animals who accompany people with certain physical disabilities). Dogs shall be allowed on campus only when on a leash and accompanied by the owner. No dogs, cats, or similar pets are allowed in the residence halls. The President, or his/her designee, shall duly assign administrative responsibility to implement these policies. Violations of this animal policy may result in calling the appropriate authority requesting the removal of the animal.
Students who choose to ride their bicycles to campus are strongly encouraged to lock them. Bicycles should be parked only in designated places. This does not include any railings, posts, trees or other objects not meant for bicycle parking.
For the convenience of the students and staff at Pacific, bike racks are located outside most buildings on campus.
"Blood borne pathogens" refers to disease-causing microorganisms present in blood or other potentially infectious body fluids.
Any "high-risk" exposure, defined as an accidental puncture injury, mucous membrane, or non-intact skin exposure to human blood/body fluid, should be considered infectious regardless of the source, and the following steps should immediately be taken.
Immediately and thoroughly wash the exposed site with soap and water, or the eye/mucous membrane with water or saline.
Report the incident to your supervisor or program preceptor.
Immediately (within 2 hours) be evaluated at Providence St. Vincent's Emergency Room, located at US Hwy 26 and Hwy 217, or at the nearest medical facility if outside of the Portland area, for the risk of exposure to HBV/HIV and preventative therapy initiated as indicated.
If you are unsure whether step 3 pertains to your situation, call the Providence St. Vincent's Emergency Room at 503-216-2361. Students may also call the Student Health Center at x2269 (503-352-2269 from off-campus).
Contact with the following bodily fluids or materials is not covered by this section: feces, nasal secretions, saliva, sputum/spit, sweat, tears, urine, and vomit. If any of the preceding bodily fluids contain visible blood, follow the high-risk procedures listed above.
Do not attempt to clean up any spills of human blood or other potentially infectious body materials unless you have received the Hepatitis B immunization series and have been trained in Pacific University's "Blood borne Pathogens: Exposure Control Plan" or "Students Infectious Disease Policy: Exposure Control Plan".
Campus Public Safety, (CPS) and Custodial Staff have been immunized and trained for spill cleanups. For assistance dealing with spills of bodily fluids containing visible blood, contact Custodial at 503-352-2213 during business hours, Campus Public Safety 503-352-2230 during off-hours, or the Resident Director if the spill is in an on-campus housing area.
Students as well as faculty and staff are subject to federal laws and University policies governing copyrighted materials. Students may freely copy materials for their own personal use. However, if students intend to share copied materials with others (in a class, for instance), they are subject to the "fair use" restrictions of copyright law.
In general, copyright law applies to published written material, sound and video recordings, artistic and musical works, and computer software. If a student is uncertain about what s/he can or cannot copy, a faculty member or a librarian should be consulted. Complete copies of the law and University policies are available in the library.
Because of recent changes in the law, the University must strictly enforce copyright law. Lack of compliance on the part of students will be considered a violation of our standards of academic integrity, and will be responded to accordingly.
In an any on-campus emergency situation, Campus Public Safety should be notified. If there is a clear need for immediate outside police, fire, or medical assistance, students should call '911'. If 911 must be contacted, Campus Public Safety should be called directly afterward to inform them that emergency personnel have been called and are enroute.
Though the likelihood of a large earthquake occurring in the Forest Grove area is not high, the possibility does exist, and it is therefore important to know and understand the safety measures that should be taken.
If you are indoors:
Take cover under a heavy piece of furniture or against an inside wall, and hold on
Avoid areas where shattered glass may be present (near windows, mirrors, pictures etc) or where heavy objects may fall on you
Stay inside
If you are outdoors:
Move into the open— away from buildings, street lights, and utility wires
Once in the open, stay there until the shaking stops
Expect aftershocks. Although aftershocks can be smaller than the initial quake, they can cause additional damage and bring down weakened structures. Aftershocks can occur in the first hours, days, weeks or even months after the initial quake.
Be sure you know the location of fire extinguishers, exits and pull stations. If a building fire alarm sounds (or if told to do so by Campus Public Safety or other emergency personnel) evacuate the building immediately. Do not bet your life on the alarm being a false one.
If you discover a fire and/or smoke:
Isolate the fire by closing all doors on your way out— do not lock the doors
Do not attempt to fight a fire alone— only attempt extinguishing a fire if it is minor one that can quickly and easily be put out with a portable fire extinguisher
Report the fire and/or smoke by activating the nearest fire alarm
Evacuate to a safe place area away from the building
Do not take elevators when evacuating—use the stairs
Do not stop for personal belongings or records
Do not stand in smoke (it is the greatest danger during a fire): instead, drop to your knees and crawl to the nearest exit. Cover your mouth with a cloth, if possible, to avoid inhaling smoke.
Assist disabled persons
If you become trapped:
If a window is available, open it and place an article of clothing (shirt, coat, etc.) outside the window as a marker for emergency personnel
Stay near the floor where there is the least smoke
Cover your mouth with clothing to avoid inhaling smoke
Do not open a door if smoke is pouring in around the bottom or if it feels hot
Shout to alert emergency personnel of your location
Students interested in fundraising outside the campus must confer with the staff in University Advancement before doing so. Additionally, student organizations will be asked to complete the Student Fundraising Form before proceeding with their fundraising efforts.
University Advancement is readily available to assist any individual or group and to provide guidelines on a successful fundraising operation. After some discussion of the goals of the fundraising they can provide information on sources of funds, the best time of year to do fundraising, whether a license might be needed, and other information beneficial to the student fundraiser.
For more information, please see the Student Organization Fundraising Policy.
Students must work with authorized University personnel if they are interested in using the University's graphic identities in any print or media, whether electronic or not. The University's policies regarding the use of the logo are maintained by the Office of Marketing & Communications. The seal is used only by the Office of the President.
Enrollment at the University entitles all students to access services either in the residence halls or off-campus.
Access to the campus communications environment is limited to members of the University community (students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of the University). Because the resources available affect access, students whose academic program or coursework requires access and students with a demonstrated academic need will receive first priority.
It is critical that all users help to maintain the integrity of the system by being responsible in their own use and considerate of the needs of others. Common sense, common courtesy, and seeking appropriate assistance when necessary should guide your use of information resources. More specific guidelines are set out in the University's Network Access and Acceptable Use Policy. Copies are available online and from the Technology Information Center in Marsh Hall, lower level.
Because most software is protected by copyright law and by licensing agreements, making or using unauthorized copies or tampering with software is illegal and the University considers it to be theft, and thus a violation of the Student Code of Conduct, as well as a violation of copyright law. This applies to both the software available in computing labs and classrooms and software available for purchase. Back-up copies of purchased software may be made, but the original disk and documentation must be kept. The University has the right to audit computers periodically that are used in connection with University activities to ensure that unauthorized copies of software are not being created or accessed.
The Student Code of Conduct applies to the use of computers, and violations will be responded to through appropriate judicial processes.
If the purpose of the electronic communication is educational, the same standards of academic freedom and freedom of expression apply. However, any communication that is abusive, harassing, or threatening is a violation of the Student Code of Conduct.
The University will take all reasonable steps to ensure privacy but cannot guarantee it. Any member of the University community who violates another's right to privacy (for example, by reading, copying, or modifying private communication) will be subject to sanction.
The internet and email may not be used for illegal purposes, for purposes that violate University policy, to conduct business or to advertise/solicit or to send nuisance, junk or chain letters. If a student becomes aware of illegal or unauthorized use, it should be reported immediately (in confidence).
Students may not give their passwords to another person, nor use another person's user ID and/or password. Students who do so will be denied further access. If a student needs someone else to have access to an individual¹s files, UIS will make the arrangements. This is necessary to maintain the integrity of the system and to protect each individual's privacy.
The above are some examples of acceptable and unacceptable use of Pacific's Computing and Information Services and are not intended to be exhaustive.
Students who have questions regarding acceptable use policies or procedures should contact the TIC at 503-352-1500 or email help@pacificu.edu. An appointment will be made to meet with the Director of University Information Services.
The purpose of the Vehicle and Parking Policy is to provide the University community with guidance on established parking areas, permits, fines, appeals, and policies which affect the use of vehicles on and around the campus.
Pacific University establishes rules and regulations governing the use of transportation on the campus and its properties. These regulations do not conflict with nor supersede the Traffic Regulations of the State of Oregon and the City of Forest Grove. The Campus Public Safety Department (CPS) is responsible for parking and traffic enforcement. The Parking Appeals and Policy Advisory Committee is responsible for establishing procedures, violations, fees and fines, reviewing appeals, and making recommendations on policy and future parking recommendations to the Master Planning Committee and the President.
All vehicles will display one of these permits: validated student (red or purple), staff/faculty (green), visitor, patient, or overnight.
The speed limit on campus property is five miles per hour for all vehicles.
Vehicles are prohibited from sidewalks, lawns, lanes, and other areas not designated for driving or parking. Exceptions are maintenance, contractors, and emergency response vehicles.
All posted signs and traffic control devices must be obeyed.
All vehicular traffic will yield to pedestrians; they have the right of way.
No person shall operate a vehicle on campus in a careless or reckless manner nor while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
All vehicles parked on Pacific University property must display a Pacific University parking permit.
All vehicles shall be parked within the boundaries of a marked stall.
All students must have a validated permit. Validation occurs during permit issuance every September.
Patient, visitor, and Staff parking spaces are reserved from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, (except for holidays).
No overnight parking midnight to 6 a.m. in lots A, B, C, E (staff), G, H, I (except western row), and O. (See campus map (pdf) for lot locations).
No overnight parking 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. in lots D and F. (See campus map (pdf) for lot locations).
Responsibility for locating an appropriate designated parking area rests with the vehicle operator.
The lack of a readily available designated parking space is not an excuse for a violation of any parking regulation.
Any vehicle found to be in violation will be issued a parking citation (or warning).
Once the citation is placed on the windshield of the vehicle, Pacific University does not assume any responsibility if the owner/operator of the vehicle does not receive the citation.
Pacific University does not assume any responsibility for any vehicle or its contents while parked on University property.
Vehicles that are not moved from a parking stall for 14 days are considered abandoned.
Inoperable vehicles need to be restored to running condition in a timely manner.
Major vehicle repairs are not allowed on University property.
Habitual Parking Violator
A habitual parking violator is an owner/operator of a vehicle that receives five or more unpaid/non-appealed tickets. Habitual parking violators will receive a letter from the Dean of Students Office with the number of violations they have and the total amount of fines they have. If there are more than six tickets total to the same violator, notification will be forwarded to the Dean of Students. The goal of parking enforcement is to have the limited number of spaces on campus used properly.
Immobilizing motor vehicles:
CPS will immobilize vehicles for the following reasons:
Permitted vehicle with six or more unpaid or unappealed citations per semester.
Non- permitted vehicle parked in one of the Campus lots over 24 hours or with two or more citations pending.
Vehicles will remained immobilized until the Dean of Students authorizes removal of the device. In an emergency, the CPS Supervisor may grant authorization for removal.
University parking permits may be obtained from the Pacific Information Center for a Fee of $50 . All vehicles used by faculty, staff, and students will be registered annually with the PIC.
Information required for registration includes the owner's name, vehicle make, model, year, and a current vehicle license plate number including all letters and numbers. All vehicles must be registered before a parking permit can be issued. Returning students must validate their parking permits each year by (December 31) of that school year.
Permits are to be displayed on the vehicle rear view mirror, right front (passenger side) window, or left rear (drivers side) window. All permits must be clearly visible and readable with the number of the permit facing out. Permits for vehicles other than cars and trucks must be appropriately displayed on the frame or rear bumper.
Special Parking Needs
Drivers using parking designated for disabled persons must display a valid state issued placard, license plate, or other form of identification recognized by state or national authority.
Patient parking is for patients of designated clinics (not students, staff, or faculty unless they are a patient with a patient permit displayed). Permits may be obtained from the clinic, PIC, or a CPS Officer.
Visitor parking is for visitors (not students, staff, or faculty) who come to the campus for a short duration during daytime hours (1 day). Long-term visitor parking needs (overnight or consecutive days on campus) should be coordinated with the PIC or a CPS Officer.
Long term and overnight visitor parking permits may be obtained from the PIC or a CPS Officer. Departments may make arrangements with the PIC or CPS to have these permits available in their office for distribution to their visitors when they arrive.
Special needs for building access, events, dignitaries, groups, buses, or other activities should be coordinated with the CPS Office prior to the activity.
Motorist Assistance
Campus Public Safety Officers are available 24 hours per day at 503-352-2230 (extension 2230 from on-campus phones). A waiver of liability must be signed before CPS can assist the driver. CPS can only help if the vehicle is on campus or on the street adjacent to the campus.
A secondary battery system or jumper cables are available for assisting motorists with dead batteries. From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. please call 503-352-2213 (Facilities) to have the vehicle jumped. If there is no answer or it is after hours please call CPS at 503-352-2230. Pacific University does not have the ability to provide for vehicle maintenance needs.
CPS can attempt to open vehicles with keys locked inside upon request. Be prepared to show your driver's license and vehicle registration to the CPS Officer upon their request. This is to ensure that the vehicle the officer is opening belongs to the requester. CPS does not have the ability to open vehicles that have power locks or power windows. CPS does not make recommendations for outside vendors but can provide access to a telephone and directory.
Vehicle accidents occurring on campus should be reported to CPS immediately. CPS will provide information and assistance to the motorists involved.
Vehicle accidents occurring on the surrounding streets should be reported to the Forest Grove Police Department at 503-359-3260.
All persons operating a Pacific University vehicle must complete the Drivers Training Course in accordance with University policy.
Any accident involving Pacific University vehicles must be immediately reported in accordance with instructions issued at the time the vehicle is accepted.
Non-Motorized Transportation
Non-motorized transportation includes bicycles, skateboards, roller blades/skates, etc. If motors are attached (i.e. motorcycles, scooters, powered bicycles, etc.) then they are considered vehicles and subject to the vehicular rules stated above.
Non-motorized transportation may be used on campus as a point-to-point means of conveyance. The use of these items to engage in extreme activities, stunts, and other related activities is prohibited. Non-motorized transportation is prohibited from use inside buildings. Bicycles are to be locked on a bicycle rack, not on handrails or inside academic buildings. On sidewalks and other areas of pedestrian traffic, pedestrians have the right of way.
Pacific University Parking Lots
A-Lot (Carnegie/Brown lot)  Faculty/Staff permit parking only, no parking midnight to 6 a.m.
B-Lot (Warner Hall lot)  Faculty/Staff permit parking only, no parking midnight to 6 a.m.
C-Lot (Taylor-Meade/Jefferson Hall lot)  Open permit parking (except for designated Faculty/Staff, visitor, and patient parking), no parking midnight to 6 a.m.
D-Lot (Strain Science Center/Physical Therapy)  Open permit parking (except fordesignated reserved, visitor, and patient parking), no parking 2 a.m. to 6 a.m.
E-Lot (Tom Reynolds Soccer Field)  Open permit and overnight parking in center and east sections, faculty/Staff permit parking only in west section (no parking midnight to 6am)
F-Lot (Clark Hall/McCormick Hall lot)  Open permit parking (except for designated Reserved parking), no parking 2 a.m. to 6 a.m.
G-Lot (McCormick Hall/Walter Hall lot)  Visitor parking only (no student, staff or faculty), no parking midnight to 6 a.m.
H-Lot (Service Center lot)  Reserved/Faculty/Staff permit parking, no parking midnight to 6 a.m.
I-Lot (Knight Hall lot)  Open permit parking (except for designated FacultyStaff parking), no parking midnight to 6 a.m, overnight parking permitted in west row only.
J-Lot (Vandervelden Court southwest lot)  Open permit parking, overnight parking permitted
K-Lot (Vandervelden Court northwest lot)  Open permit parking, overnight parking permitted
L-Lot (Stoller Center southwest lot)  Open permit parking (except for designated Faculty/Staff parking), overnight parking permitted
M-Lot (Vandervelden Court east lot)  Open permit parking, overnight parking permitted
N-Lot (Stoller Center east lot)  Special event parking, open permit parking, no parking midnight to 6am
O-Lot (Stoller Center north lot)  Special event parking, open permit parking, no parking midnight to 6am Motor Pool (Cedar Street Facilities)  Faculty/Staff permit parking, parking while using motor pool vehicle only
Violations, Fines and Penalties
Group A (minor violations) $10
Permit improperly displayed or not displayed
Invalid Permit
Incorrect Permit for Lot or Area
Permit displayed is altered/stolen (Valid or invalid)
Overtime Parking (Loading, short term)
Improper Parking (out of stall)
Overnight Parking in wrong lot
Parking in an area not designated for parking
Group B (major violations) $20
Improper use of visitor or patient parking
Parking at a yellow curb or in a No Parking Area
Blocking a walkway
Blocking an entrance or exit
Parking on landscape or improved area
Group C (serious violations) $50
Parking in a fire lane or red curb
Parking in a DMV handicapped zone without displaying a DMV issued permit
Habitual Offender
Reckless or Careless Driving
Group D-Other Violations $10-$50
Generally $10 fine
Parking or driving in the center of Vandervelden Court is a $50 fine
Prohibited use of non-motorized vehicles
Forms for appealing parking citations may be obtained at the Pacific Information Center (PIC). All appeals must be returned to the Student Life Office or UC Box 666 within 14 calendar days of receipt of the citation to be appealed. One appeal form must accompany each citation. Failure to appeal within the prescribed time results in the waiver of the right to appeal. The postmark date will serve as the date submitted for those appeals sent via the federal mail. Students' parking appeals will be decided by the Peer Review Board. Faculty and staff members' appeals will be decided by The Parking Appeals and Policy Advisory Committee will review all appeals at the next scheduled committee meeting. Copies of their decisions will be forwarded to the individual concerned. Fines and fees levied against individuals are to be paid directly to the Business Office. Fees and fines not paid within 14 calendar days of the Committee¹s decision will be charged to individual accounts. Persons with unpaid accounts may not be able to receive transcripts or be allowed to register for the next semester until these bills have been satisfied. Appeals received May through August will be heard during the September meeting.
Members of the Parking Appeals and Policy Advisory Committee:
Chair -- Dean of Students or designee
Managers Council Representative
Staff Steering Committee Representative
PUCC Representative -- or student designee
PPC Representative -- or student designee
Advisory Member (on Appeals only) Manager Campus Public Safety
As an institution, Pacific University is committed not only to teaching and learning, but also to promoting a healthy environment for the entire community. Creating and maintaining a smoke-free environment is everyone's responsibility.
Smoking of any kind, including but not limited to tobacco products, e-cigarettes and other devices, is prohibited on all Pacific University campuses as well as university-owned or controlled property.

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New Delhi, Jan 31 (PTI) Celebrated Indian boxer MC Mary Kom Thursday said some coaches are to be blamed for the ever-prevalent doping menace in the country as they lead the athletes the "wrong way".
The 2012 Olympic bronze-medallist and six-time world champion advocated bringing coaches into the ambit of anti-doping awareness training imparted by the national watchdog, the NADA.
"We need to teach the coaches also. They will also have to be made aware, given training about the prohibited substances," the 36-year-old six-time world champion said at the closing ceremony of the National Conference on Anti-Doping.
"Unfortunately, some coaches take their wards the wrong way. They take them to a different way," she said in the presence of sports minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.
Coaches being hand-in-gloves with athletes in usage of banned substances to win medals and later financial rewards from the government are well known in Indian sports but few have aired their views in public.
"Some athletes want everything immediately. They do not want to toil to achieve success and so they use these banned drugs," she said.
"I am proud that I am a clean athlete throughout my career. This is because NADA people are after me all the time," she quipped.
The Manipuri, however, said that she remains alert all the time and takes even routine medicines after consultation with her doctor.
"I ask my doctor whenever I have to take medicine for normal illness also. For even cold and viral fever, I ask my doctor because there may be components in these medicines which may be in the list of banned substances and they will enter my system.
"My honour is most paramount and I have never ever thought of using drugs to perform better. That is why I have to be cautious and careful," said the mother-of-three who is also a Rajya Sabha MP.
She said the National Anti-Doping Agency should conduct surprise raids at the national camps frequently to clamp down on doping.
"There are a lot of supplements and injections these days. I think surprise raids and checks at national camps and to the rooms of the athletes can catch these dopers.
"When some Indian athletes are caught for doping in international events, it affects every athlete of the country. The whole country is embarrassed."
Rathore, on his part, said an athlete would not learn or achieve anything by winning a medal through doping.
"You can learn by losing and it is better to lose and learn something out of that instead of winning a medal through unfair means (doping). When you win a medal and know that you did by doping, you will not be able to stand in front of the mirror and see yourself," said the 2004 Olympics silver medallist shooter.
"I don't look at the Athens medal often after winning it because the medal is not everything in sport. How I reached there and how I have achieved it by learning things with the hunger to win is more important.
"A medal is not the ultimate thing, but winning it through honour is more important," he said.
Rathore also said he was always alert and remained on guard during his sporting career.
Dangal, MS Dhoni, Mary Kom: What explains Bollywood's new-found love for sports biopic?


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Q: MPICH output not printing Problem
I'm running an executable cp2k installed on HPC cluster using mpich-3.2. The output from the executable is printed in an out file. The problem is, that there is no output in the out file after some steps are printed, but when I see the status of my job on the cluster, it turns out that it is still running. Basically, the problem is that my job is still running, but the output is not getting printed.
Script
I'm using the following job script:
#!/bin/bash
#PBS -N test
#PBS -o test.log
#PBS -j oe
#PBS -l nodes=2:ppn=20
#PBS -q mini
#PBS -l walltime=2:00:00
cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR
echo Master process running on `hostname`
echo Directory is `pwd`
echo PBS has allocated the following nodes:
echo `cat $PBS_NBODEFILE`
NPROCS=`wc -l < $PBS_NODEFILE`
echo This job has allocated $NPROCS nodes
export I_MPI_FABRICS=shm:dapl
export I_MPI_PROVIDER=psm2
export I_MPI_FALLBACK=0
export KMP_AFFINITY=verbose,scatter
export OMP_NUM_THREADS=1
export I_MPI_IFACE=ib0
echo Starting executation at `date`
EXEC="/home/arshil/software/cp2k-5.1.0/exe/local/cp2k.popt"
cp  $EXEC ./cp2k
mpiexec -np $NPROCS --machinefile $PBS_NODEFILE ./cp2k -i test.inp >& out
rm cp2k
echo Finished at `date`

Error
The ouput in the out file:
SCF WAVEFUNCTION OPTIMIZATION

  ----------------------------------- OT ---------------------------------------
  Minimizer      : DIIS                : direct inversion
                                         in the iterative subspace
                                         using   7 DIIS vectors
                                         safer DIIS on
  Preconditioner : FULL_SINGLE_INVERSE : inversion of
                                         H + eS - 2*(Sc)(c^T*H*c+const)(Sc)^T
  Precond_solver : DEFAULT
  stepsize       :    0.08000000                  energy_gap     :    0.08000000
  eps_taylor     :   0.10000E-15                  max_taylor     :             4
  ----------------------------------- OT ---------------------------------------

  Step     Update method      Time    Convergence         Total energy    Change
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     1 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   21.3     0.00002878     -8797.2068024142 -8.80E+03
     2 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   10.9     0.00007114     -8797.2061897209  6.13E-04
     3 OT DIIS     0.80E-01   10.8     0.00001688     -8797.2073257531 -1.14E-03

As it can be seen, there is no printing after step 3 in the output file, but the job is still running in the background. Even after the walltime is over, the output file remains the same as above. Where is the output going?
The executable cp2k is used to perform quantum chemical calculations and was installed on the cluster along with mpich-3.2. All CP2K needs is an input file with extension .inp. For my case, test.inp is the input file.
&FORCE_EVAL
  METHOD Quickstep
  &DFT
      BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME  GTH_BASIS_SETS
      POTENTIAL_FILE_NAME  GTH_POTENTIALS
    &MGRID
      NGRIDS 4
      CUTOFF 380
      REL_CUTOFF 60
    &END MGRID
    &QS
      METHOD GPW
      MAP_CONSISTENT
      EXTRAPOLATION ASPC
      EXTRAPOLATION_ORDER 3
    &END QS

    &SCF
      MAX_SCF 1000
      EPS_SCF 1.0E-5
      SCF_GUESS ATOMIC
      &OT
        PRECONDITIONER FULL_SINGLE_INVERSE
        MINIMIZER DIIS
        N_DIIS 7
      &END OT
      &PRINT
        &RESTART OFF
        &END RESTART
      &END PRINT
     &END SCF

     &XC
        &XC_FUNCTIONAL PBE
        &END XC_FUNCTIONAL
        &vdW_POTENTIAL
           DISPERSION_FUNCTIONAL PAIR_POTENTIAL
           &PAIR_POTENTIAL
              PARAMETER_FILE_NAME dftd3.dat
              TYPE DFTD3
              REFERENCE_FUNCTIONAL PBE
              R_CUTOFF  [angstrom] 12.3
           &END PAIR_POTENTIAL
        &END vdW_POTENTIAL
     &END XC

  &END DFT
  &SUBSYS
    &CELL
      ABC 24.6904 24.6904 24.6904
      PERIODIC XYZ
    &END CELL

    &KIND C
      BASIS_SET TZV2P-GTH
      POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q4
    &END KIND
    &KIND P
      BASIS_SET TZV2P-GTH
      POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q5
    &END KIND
    &KIND H
      BASIS_SET TZV2P-GTH
      POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q1
    &END KIND
    &KIND O
      BASIS_SET TZV2P-GTH
      POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q6
    &END KIND
    &KIND N
      BASIS_SET TZV2P-GTH
      POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q5
    &END KIND
    &KIND Mg
      BASIS_SET TZV2P-GTH
      POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q10
    &END KIND

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       &COORDINATION
          ATOMS_FROM 41
          ATOMS_TO 38
          R_0 [bohr] 4.5
          NN  6
          ND  12
       &END COORDINATION
    &END COLVAR

    &COLVAR
       &COORDINATION
          ATOMS_FROM 41
          ATOMS_TO 42 44 47 50 53 56 59 62 65 68 71 74 77 80 83 86 89 92 95 98 101 104 107 110 113 116 119 122 125 128 131 134 137 140 143 146 149 152 155 158 161 164 167 170 173 176 179 182 185 188 191 194 197 200 203 206 209 212 215 218 221 224 227 230 233 236 239 242 245 248 251 254 257 260 263 266 269 272 275 278 281 284 287 290 293 296 299 302 305 308 311 314 317 320 323 326 329 332 335 338 341 344 347 350 353 356 359 362 365 368 371 374 377 380 383 386 389 392 395 398 401 404 407 410 413 416 419 422 425 428 431 434 437 440 443 446 449 452 455 458 461 464 467 470 473 476 479 482 485 488 491 494 497 500 503 506 509 512 515 518 521 524 527 530 533 536 539 542 545 548 551 554 557 560 563 566 569 572 575 578 581 584 587 590 593 596 599 602 605 608 611 614 617 620 623 626 629 632 635 638 641 644 647 650 653 656 659 662 665 668 671 674 677 680 683 686 689 692 695 698 701 704 707 710 713 716 719 722 725 728 731 734 737 740 743 746 749 752 755 758 761 764 767 770 773 776 779 782 785 788 791 794 797 800 803 806 809 812 815 818 821 824 827 830 833 836 839 842 845 848 851 854 857 860 863 866 869 872 875 878 881 884 887 890 893 896 899 902 905 908 911 914 917 920 923 926 929 932 935 938 941 944 947 950 953 956 959 962 965 968 971 974 977 980 983 986 989 992 995 998 1001 1004 1007 1010 1013 1016 1019 1022 1025 1028 1031 1034 1037 1040 1043 1046 1049 1052 1055 1058 1061 1064 1067 1070 1073 1076 1079 1082 1085 1088 1091 1094 1097 1100 1103 1106 1109 1112 1115 1118 1121 1124 1127 1130 1133 1136 1139 1142 1145 1148 1151 1154 1157 1160 1163 1166 1169 1172 1175 1178 1181 1184 1187 1190 1193 1196 1199 1202 1205 1208 1211 1214 1217 1220 1223 1226 1229 1232 1235 1238 1241 1244 1247 1250 1253 1256 1259 1262 1265 1268 1271 1274 1277 1280 1283 1286 1289 1292 1295 1298 1301 1304 1307 1310 1313 1316 1319 1322 1325 1328 1331 1334 1337 1340 1343 1346 1349 1352 1355 1358 1361 1364 1367 1370 1373 1376 1379 1382 1385 1388 1391 1394 1397 1400 1403 1406 1409 1412 1415 1418 1421 1424 1427 1430 1433 1436 1439 1442 1445 1448 1451 1454 1457
          ATOMS_TO 1460 1463 1466 1469 1472 1475 1478 1481 1484 1487 1490 1493 1496 1499 1502 1505
          R_0 [bohr]  4.5
          NN  6
          ND  12
       &END COORDINATION
    &END COLVAR
  &END SUBSYS
&END FORCE_EVAL

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  PROJECT test
  RUN_TYPE MD
  PRINT_LEVEL LOW
&END GLOBAL

&MOTION
  &MD
    ENSEMBLE NVT
    STEPS 100000
    TIMESTEP 0.5
    TEMPERATURE 310
    TEMP_TOL 100
    &THERMOSTAT
      &NOSE
        LENGTH 3
        YOSHIDA 3
        TIMECON 100.0
        MTS 2
      &END NOSE
    &END
    &PRINT
      &ENERGY
        &EACH
           MD 10
        &END
      &END
      &PROGRAM_RUN_INFO
        &EACH
           MD 100
        &END
      &END
      FORCE_LAST
    &END PRINT
  &END MD

  &FREE_ENERGY
    &METADYN
      DO_HILLS
      LAGRANGE .TRUE.
      NT_HILLS 40
      WW [kcalmol] 1
      TEMPERATURE 310
      TEMP_TOL 10

      &METAVAR
        SCALE 0.05
        COLVAR 1
        MASS 50
        LAMBDA 2
        &WALL
            POSITION 0.0
            TYPE QUARTIC
            &QUARTIC
               DIRECTION WALL_MINUS
               K  10.0
            &END
        &END
      &END METAVAR

      &METAVAR
        SCALE 0.05
        COLVAR 2
        MASS 50
        LAMBDA 2
        &WALL
            POSITION 0.0
            TYPE QUARTIC
            &QUARTIC
               DIRECTION WALL_MINUS
               K  10.0
            &END
        &END
      &END METAVAR

      &PRINT
        &COLVAR
           COMMON_ITERATION_LEVELS 3
           &EACH
             MD 1
           &END
        &END
        &HILLS
           COMMON_ITERATION_LEVELS 3
           &EACH
             MD 1
           &END
        &END
      &END
    &END METADYN
  &END

  &PRINT
    &TRAJECTORY
      &EACH
        MD 1
      &END
    &END
    &VELOCITIES OFF
    &END
    &RESTART
      &EACH
         MD 20
      &END
      ADD_LAST NUMERIC
    &END
    &RESTART_HISTORY
      &EACH
         MD 2000
      &END
    &END
  &END
&END MOTION

&EXT_RESTART
  RESTART_FILE_NAME NVT-1.restart
  RESTART_COUNTERS .FALSE.
&END

The problem in my opinion is not with the input file. It has got to do something with mpich-3.2. I would really appreciate some help.

A: This may be something similar going on / solutions that can be used here: Python "print" not working when embedded into MPI program It is not perfect as you are not using python however it may help.
At a basic level MPI launches many processes - but only the command that launches it has access to stdio etc.  The redirect at the end of the line starting with mpiexec sends the stdout of mpiexec to a file.  The output from your script is buffered by mpiexec until the processes end (either they complete or they are stopped).
Where the output is going is a good question and may require changes in test.np or some other way of shutting down (you mention you were out of wall time).  I'm looking to solve the same problem - and will update this (if) I find an answer.
Also the output from different processes started by mpi can arrive in random order.  I do not care about this but if you do you may need to pass the messages back to some common thread which sorts their order.

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Who said Steve didn't have a heart?
Jobs makes an empassioned phone call to the family of a child who was robbed …
Clint Ecker - Jul 6, 2005 4:32 pm UTC
Yesterday I stuck a link into my roundup about a young child in New York that was robbed and killed when a group of teenagers decided that they wanted his iPod. Steve Jobs apparently has called the teen's family and offered his deepest sympathies and any support he could offer:
"He told me that he understood my pain. He told me that if there is anything -- anything -- anything he can do, to not be afraid to call him. It really lightened me a bit," Rose told the newspaper.
CNN wins the awards for the most tasteless coverage of the story, for sticking a link to the Wooden iPod at the bottom of their story.


In 2014, there were two different Winston Churchill projects in development. Producer Douglas Urbanski, who was also Gary Oldman's manager, kept nagging the actor to play the prime minister, but he dismissed the idea, unable to picture himself as Churchill. At the same time, producer Eric Fellner had his hands on an interesting script by Anthony McCarten who had just written a movie about young Stephen Hawking called The Theory of Everything. Fellner ended up calling Urbanski and they agreed on working together on one movie instead of competing with two. Fellner had the right script, Urbanski had the right actor.
The story takes place over one month, in May 1940. When the Labour opposition demands the resignation of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (Ronald Pickup) as a condition for joining a wartime coalition government, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill (Oldman), turns out to be the only Conservative leader the opposition will accept. There is widespread distrust in Churchill in the party. The new prime minister is considered a wild card and warmonger; the bloody failure of Gallipoli during World War I is just one of several mistakes that have tarnished his reputation.
We're not exactly treading new ground here. Churchill is one of the most oft-filmed political icons; just six months prior to this one came Churchill with Brian Cox in the lead. But these movies are interesting to compare, because while Churchill gets most ingredients wrong Darkest Hour gets almost everything right. Both films portray a politician and man who is not easy to work with. Churchill goes too far and makes us genuinely tired of listening to his whining and outbursts. Darkest Hour finds the right balance, depicting a man far too stubborn to take in other opinions… but Oldman radiates a charisma that is irresistible and for once we see what his wife (very nicely played by Kristin Scott Thomas) sees in Winston. Few earlier films about Churchill have conveyed that part as well. Oldman is arresting as the veteran politician, a brilliant wordsmith who develops a fatherly relationship with his secretary (Lily James), but has his dark moments when the doubt becomes too much to bear. Thanks to the prosthetic makeup the lean star disappears into the part and owns it; the design created primarily by Kazuhiro Tsuji is flawless.
Churchill told a partly fictional story of how the Prime Minister initially opposed Operation Overlord, but Darkest Hour stays closer to the truth (except for a fictional encounter in the Underground that is both corny and endearing) and is consistently compelling thanks to Joe Wright's experience as a filmmaker. Together with cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel he finds beautiful and magnificent visuals to illustrate his portrait of wartime London and Churchill's environs.
One's mind easily wanders to Wright's greatest film, Atonement (2007), which had a now-legendary tracking shot from Dunkirk; this one has a similar achievement, depicting Londoners as Churchill's car passes by.
Darkest Hour is more than just Oldman, capturing both the core of Churchill and the dilemma of whether to seek war or a convenient peace solution, the latter of which didn't seem as absurd in 1940 as after the war.
Darkest Hour 2018-Britain. 125 min. Color. Produced by Tim Bevan, Lisa Bruce, Eric Fellner, Anthony McCarten, Douglas Urbanski. Directed by Joe Wright. Screenplay: Anthony McCarten. Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel. Music: Dario Marianelli. Makeup: Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick. Cast: Gary Oldman (Winston Churchill), Kristin Scott Thomas (Clementine Churchill), Lily James (Elizabeth Layton), Ben Mendelsohn, Ronald Pickup, Stephen Dillane.
Trivia: John Hurt was originally cast as Chamberlain, but became too sick to play the part.
Oscars: Best Actor (Oldman), Makeup and Hairstyling. Golden Globe: Best Actor (Oldman). BAFTA: Best Actor (Oldman), Make Up & Hair.


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MSNBC suspends Olbermann for political donations
NEW YORK — MSNBC has suspended prime-time host Keith Olbermann indefinitely without pay for contributing to the campaigns of three Democratic candidates this election season.
Olbermann acknowledged to NBC that he donated $2,400 apiece to the campaigns of Kentucky Senate candidate Jack Conway and Arizona Reps. Raul Grivalva and Gabrielle Giffords.
NBC News prohibits its employees from working on, or donating to, political campaigns unless a special exception is granted by the news division president — effectively a ban. Olbermann's bosses did not find out about the donations until after they were made. The website Politico first reported the donations.
"I became aware of Keith's political contributions late last night," Phil Griffin, MSNBC's chief executive, said Friday. "Mindful of NBC News policy and standards, I have suspended him indefinitely without pay."
Olbermann was not immediately available for comment.
His "Countdown" show, which airs at 8 p.m. ET, is MSNBC's most popular program. His on-the-air transformation from the host of a straight news program to a liberal commentator led the network itself to go in the same direction, filling its prime-time lineup with left-leaning hosts and doing better in the ratings than anytime since its 1996 launch.
The rise in opinionated cable news programming has called into question whether the traditional rules of news organizations to preserve the appearance of impartiality should apply to people who have their jobs in part because of a clear point of view.
Sean Hannity, a conservative radio talk show host with a popular hour on Fox News Channel each weeknight, donated $2,400 to the congressional campaign of New York Republican John Gomez in May. In August, he donated $5,000 to Michelepac, or Many Individual Conservatives Helping Elect Leaders Everywhere, according to the Federal Election Commission. The PAC is associated with Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann.
Fox's Bill Shine, senior vice president of programming, told the Twin Cities Pioneer Press after the Bachmann donation that "it's always good to remember that he's not a journalist; he's a conservative TV host. If he wants to donate to a candidate, he certainly can."
Fox's parent company, News Corp., gave $1 million this summer to the Republican Governor's Association, which helps elect GOP gubernatorial candidates nationally. Fox host Neil Cavuto paid $1,000 in 2002 for a ticket to a dinner benefiting the Republican senatorial and congressional campaign committees.
MSNBC's own Joe Scarborough, who hosts the "Morning Joe" program, is listed in campaign records as donating $4,200 in 2006 to Derrick Kitts, a failed Republican congressional candidate.
Grijalva was on Olbermann's show twice in the weeks leading up to the election, once on Oct. 22 because the congressman's office in Tucson had received a suspicious envelope containing powder in the mail, and on Oct. 28 to talk about the state's tough new immigration law, spokesman Adam Sarvana said. Grijalva did not ask for a donation and Olbermann did not say he was giving one.
"I assume that Olbermann decides on his own who to give his money to," said Sarvana, adding that the campaign was surprised when the check arrived.
A spokeswoman for Giffords also said Olbermann's donation was unsolicited. Her race against a Republican tea party candidate was still too close to call on Friday afternoon.
Olbermann was a co-anchor of MSNBC's election coverage this week. The network's performance drew some criticism, particularly with Chris Matthews' contentious interviews with Republican Bachmann and Marsha Blackburn.
Olbermann was seen laughing following Matthews' conversation with Bachmann. Matthews had criticized the congresswoman for failing to answer his questions.
"Are you hypnotized tonight?" Matthews said. "Has someone hypnotized you? Because no matter what I ask you, you give the same answer."
Comedy Central's Jon Stewart, interviewing Fox's Chris Wallace the day after election day, said MSNBC was like "double-A ball" in comparison to Fox.
"You can't defeat Fox by becoming what they say you are," Stewart said. "The only way you can defeat them is by an earned credibility, not an earned partisanship. They're making a mistake by becoming an equivalent to Fox rather than a brand new journalistic organization."
There has been discomfort in the past at NBC News over the roles of Matthews and Olbermann on newsy nights. For part of the 2008 campaign, the two men anchored MSNBC's prime-time political coverage, but when the general election campaign started, they were replaced by David Gregory and given the role of commentators.
Olbermann, 51, has a volatile work history, feuding with management at ESPN, where he came to prominence as a "Sportscenter" host. He had a different prime-time show for MSNBC in the late 1990s, but said he quit because he was angry that management compelled him to spent a lot of time on the scandal that led to President Clinton's impeachment.
Because Olbermann is a polarizing figure, his suspension set different sides of the political spectrum aflame. Brent Bozell of the conservative Media Research Center called Olbermann "the worse hypocrite in the world" for complaining about News Corp's political donations while making similar ones himself, while the liberal Progressive Change Campaign Committee started an online petition demanding that MSNBC put Olbermann back on the air.
"Is this simply a personality conflict within MSNBC or is one of America's major corporations cracking down on a viewpoint they may not like?" asked Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent. "Whatever the answer may be, Keith Olbermann should be reinstated immediately and allowed to present his point of view."
After initially saying Chris Hayes would fill in for Olbermann on Friday, MSNBC changed its mind but wouldn't immediately say who would do it.


I absolutely fell in love with the garden decorations I've seen on Pinterest.
See, our garden is NOT pretty. It'll never be pretty while we allow horses in it. At the moment we have to feed Dancer in the yard cause the boys eat her food. She also enjoys a nibble of the grass. And stomping on my pathetic excuse for a flower garden.
I guess I have to decide what's more important… spending quality time with the equines, or a pretty garden.
Anyway, I admired the baubles on Pinterest.
I decided I could make something similar.
I had a few odds and ends around the house. I found more at op shops. I got to work.
The first ones I made were made using two of my cheap poodle ornaments and some candlesticks.
I liked them. I put them in my pathetic little flower garden (before the frost took its toll on my plants) and they looked great for about 2 weeks. Then something (or someone) knocked one down and broke the poodle.
I glued the poodle together, but I discovered the glue I was using (supposedly will glue anything to anything. hmph) was useless. So I tried superglue.
Lesson: do not buy $2 dollar store superglue. You may as well use flour and water.
But I know that now. Not when I was making these things. Here is what my coffee table looked like for a week.
I don't do things by halves.
After they dried, I put them on a bookcase to wait till the weather improved enough to put them outside.
Naturally DJ knocked them over. Broke 2 of them and proved that the glues I used were not up to the challenge.
I fixed what I could, then took the survivors and put them in the garden. Or whats left of it.
Its really not easy photographing them all at the same time and not getting the muddy cement and the water tanks in the shot.
Maybe, come spring, the bushes will come back to life and flower. And the pretty decorative jewels will add to the beauty of my garden.
Till then, they ARE the beauty in my garden.
If they last till spring I'll take more photos.
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I like it! Do you have Gorilla Glue in your part of the world? WORKS!
I'm not sure. I hear about it so often on blogs that I'm no longer sure if I've seen it or am just so familiar with the name. I bought some araldite though. Dad used to use it for stuff when I was a kid.


After using your PC for a while you may notice that it seems to take longer and longer to start up. This can be extremely annoying, especially if all you want to do is turn on your PC for a quick peek at your bank account or quickly gather some information from a letter or email. So, something that may take a minute to do, will now take 10 minutes because your PC has to load up all of those programs at startup. Having a quick-start option just for these reasons would be fantastic. Come on Microsoft!!! As of now, I will show you how to minimize those start-up times to get them closer to being acceptable.
2. You will notice the System Configuration Utility pop-up.
5. Very carefully sort through the list. Some of it may not make sense. For example in XP: Apple's Quicktime program is actually called "qttask". To disable this program from starting up, uncheck the box beside "qttask" -> Click Apply -> Restart the computer. To see a better description of each file, expand the width of the "Command" column, up near the Startup tab. I recommend only unchecking one item at a time, to make sure that nothing goes wrong during the next restart. Please be extra careful with this, as some of these files are necessary for either Windows to work correctly or maybe even your corporate software.
If you have any questions, or are hesitant on doing this, please email me and I will gladly help you through the process.


West Ham United are delighted to announce the signing of striker Lucas Perez from Arsenal.
Born in A Coruna, Galicia, Lucas moved to Madrid to sign for Atletico Madrid's C-team as a teenager. The forward played two seasons in the Tercera Division before transferring to Rayo Vallecano in 2009.
In his first season with Rayo, Lucas helped the reserve team earn promotion, before making five appearances for the first team in the 2010/11 campaign, as they returned to La Liga after eight years in the second division.
A switch to Ukraine followed for Lucas in January 2011, who signed with FC Karpaty Lviv. The attacker scored 15 goals in 60 appearances for the club, including a hat-trick in a 4–0 home win over FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih in November 2012.
Eight finishes in 17 league matches in the 2012/13 season saw Dynamo Kiev loan Lucas for the remainder of that season, and then the striker was transferred to PAOK of the Greek Superleague that summer.
Twelve goals for the Thessaloniki-based club across 52 showings helped POAK reach the final of the Greek Football Cup in the 2013/14 season, and put him on the radar of Deportivo de La Coruna.
The striker was given a return to his native Spain, initially on loan, with his boyhood club, before they made the move permanent in 2015. Lucas rewarded the La Liga side's decision with his best-ever return in a season, netting 17 goals for the club.
A big-money move to the Premier League with Arsenal followed in 2016, where he assisted an equalising goal on his debut. The striker netted his first goal for the north London side against Nottingham Forest in the EFL Cup, and struck with a Champions League hat-trick in a 4-1 win away to Basel. Lucas was loaned back to Deportivo for the 2017/18 campaign, scoring seven times in all competitions.
With an average of a goal every two-and-a-half games across his career, Lucas brings experience and tenacity to the West Ham front line.
Everyone at West Ham United would like to welcome Lucas and his family to the Club and wish him every success in his career with the Hammers.


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25 March 2013 / Trip Reports
Yorkshire 2013
Continuing the theme from Low House of last-minute transport disasters, we were left one car down due to issues with vehicle rental. This meant that unfortunately we left the Munrow on Friday evening one stoat down, with everyone else crammed into the remaining four cars. Also after the closure of "the Dump" in Skipton, UBMC's usual residence of choice in North Yorkshire, this year we instead headed to Pateley Bridge. With some minor adventures en route, we arrived to discover a rather pleasant scout hut. Plans for Saturday were drawn up, and after the eventual arrival of Henry "Shanka J" Jeffreys, everyone headed to bed, keen for the climbing to come.
After waking up bright and early on Saturday morning, preparations were quickly made for the day ahead, with the two cars setting off for Almscliff and Ilkley. With fine weather all day, a productive day was had by all. Henry and Hazel explored the always pleasant Sand Chimney at Ilkley, while a top rope was later setup on an E2. Despite some minor trad faff the sun set, thankfully there were no major dramas. After arriving back at the hut, dinner was cooked, showers were had and preparations for the night ahead were made.
The evening brought the usual UBMC festivities - in lieu of the traditional visit to Strata, an epic pub crawl (of Pateley Bridge's two pubs) was undertaken. The highlight of this was undoubtedly the Three Pint / Wine Challenges. Particularly strong efforts from Murray, Alexandra (3WC in 24 seconds) and Ben Gibson - who managed to decorate the pub balcony in impressive style. No doubt this endeared us greatly to the locals. Later on, many Stoats explored the attractions of the local playground - just the rides, fortunately - though all managed to make it back to the hut in one piece.
Upon waking up somewhat later - and somewhat less eagerly - than the previous day, we were greeted by a light rain shower. Fortunately, this proved to be short-lived, and a good day of climbing was still achieved, with Almscliffe and Brimham Rocks the crags of choice for Sunday. Notable highlights included Joe leading his first HVS at Brimham, and Stringray, who took an impressive fall bouldering at Almscliff on the Matterhorn, shortly before sending the problem. Shortly after returning to the hut and giving it a rapid (but thorough) clean, the Stoats packed up and headed back to Birmingham, eager for the next climbing adventure.
Massive thanks to everyone who came along and made it such a great trip, I hope you all enjoyed it.
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It's the 1st of June 2013. The sun is shining like a joyous beacon in the crystal clear sky. After two months of what can only be described as 'academic bullshit stress
Low house 08/03/2013
On the Friday evening 15 keen stoats left for the lovely English Lake District for a quiet weekend of climbing antics. The journey was relatively uneventful, other than death racer Brian's car getting a bit lost.