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The MVP award, contrary to popular belief, does NOT always go to the best player in the league, or even the most valuable. That explains how Ted Williams was somehow robbed of the AL MVP in 1941 (when he batted .406) and in 1942 (when he won the Triple Crown). That's why the voting for the award is such a fascinating process: because it reveals what the voters THINK is most valuable.
In the National League, it seems a foregone conclusion that Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder (and onetime Rihanna beau) Matt Kemp will win the Most Valuable Player award. In fairness, Kemp led the majors in RBI (126), led the NL in home runs (39), and finished third in batting average with a .324 mark (11 points shy of a Triple Crown) while swiping 40 bases. He's been one of the bright spots for a Dodgers squad that finished third in the NL West amid tabloid headlines about their owners — Frank and Jamie McCourt — going through a nasty divorce and putting the team's future in doubt.
But his tremendous year has somewhat overshadowed a similarly dominant performance by Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers. Braun has had his best professional season in a year when the Brewers tossed all their chips into the center of the table. The Hebrew Hammer batted .332 (2nd in the NL), smashed 33 home runs and put up 111 RBI while stealing 33 bags of his own. There are a few things that make Braun's season stand out as well, particularly his improved plate discipline.
Since his rookie year in 2007, Braun has consistently cut down his strikeout rate while boosting his walk rate. While this has led to lower slugging percentages, he's never slugged less than .500, and it's made him a more complete hitter. In his rookie year, Braun struck out in 22.8% of his plate appearances. That number has tumbled all the way down to 14.8% this year. Over a full 162-game season, that translates to 60 (SIXTY!) fewer strikeouts.
Kemp, meanwhile, has never figured out the strike zone; his season low for a strikeout rate is 20.8%. This season, he whiffed in 23.1% of his plate appearances, and that's a serious problem with his MVP candidacy in my eyes. I have trouble thinking the most valuable player in the league strikes out in nearly one in four plate appearances.
Braun plays on a team with a lot of talent (Prince Fielder, Rickie Weeks, Zack Greinke, Yovani Gallardo and Shaun Marcum are all tremendous players), so it'd be fair to penalize him somewhat for "Yankee syndrome" (too much surrounding talent). However, Kemp plays on a team with former MVP candidate Andre Ethier and Cy Young frontrunner Clayton Kershaw, so it's not as though the Dodgers are entirely bereft of talent.
Kemp is a strong favorite for the award, and he'd be a fine winner. But it's a pity that Ryan Braun's phenomenal year would then go without an MVP award. Though the way the Brewers are playing, he may have his sights set on a World Series MVP trophy.


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Supervisor Kinsey Dodges Richmond Bridge Questions
by Richard Hall | Feb 28, 2015 | Marin, Marin County Bicycle Coalition, MCBC, Misinformation, Transit, Transparency |
Many may know that Marin County Supervisor Steve Kinsey is taking credit for fast tracking the restoration of the Richmond Bridge third car lane – a project that will address acute traffic back ups on the bridge that go back onto 101 during the northbound evening rush hour. Supervisor Kinsey has been insistent that millions are spent to progress his vision of completing the "Bay Trail" – a bike / ped trail that encircles the bay. Recently this exchange occurred. The issue at hand is that to restore the 3rd car lane requires relocating an unused bike path in Point Molate (the eastern side of the bridge) at a cost of $15m and likely further delaying the project's completion date. Supervisor Kinsey appears defiant in defending the expenditures, and evasive on the issue of the Point Molate bike lane relocation cost and project timeline impact. He appears unconcerned with expenditures of millions of dollars, or transportation projects with more acute needs. [From Steve Kinsey] I am not prepared to encourage BATA to ignore the State Highway Code, and they wouldn't be able to do so even if I did. As a State mandate, it would be up to State legislative members to consider whether a change is warranted. In reading the Code sections cited, I doubt State legislators would be interested in making a revision, because the intent of it is to insure that highway projects don't eliminate existing non-motorized facilities. The Code also commits the State to include parallel non-motorized facilities as part of highway projects when the alignment is part of an identified route, which is certainly...
Save Taxpayers Money – Offer Limousine Shuttles for Cyclists
by Richard Hall | Feb 3, 2015 | bike, cycling, Marin, Marin County Bicycle Coalition, MTC, TOD fantasy, Uncategorized |
MTC's response to Planning for Reality's Public Records Request for the costs of the Richmond Bridge bike path includes a remarkable expense. As most folks know the bike path will cost $68m – but will likely be used by fewer than 156 cyclists over a 3 hour commute if usage is consistent with Marin bike paths (source: Walk Bike Marin, see table on page 23), meanwhile restoring an already built third car lane will cost $15m: The remarkable item appears on page 9: Relocation Assistance (Shuttle for Bikes) $1,095,000 Escalated value 2015: $1,161,685.50 Further into the breakdown it clarifies: Relocation Assistance Assume 8 hours a day Shuttle operation, 365 days a week, at $75/hr for 5 years $1,095,000 This appears to be a temporary shuttle bus that for five years will drive cyclists back and forth across the bridge! The ~156 cyclists don't even have to wait for construction to complete, unlike the tens of thousands of motorists who will remain stuck in traffic until the work is completed. Limousines Cheaper than $1.2m Bike Shuttle It would be cheaper to taxpayers to rent limos for cyclists. You could rent a limousine for less than $75/hour, even before negotiating a discount for 5 years of service! Here is a list of multiple San Francisco limo services in SF that cost less than $75/hour (even before negotiation): http://www.sftodo.com/limousine_san_francisco.html Note: Planning for Reality anticipates receiving MTC's response to its second records request on Richmond Bridge bike path costs by Feb 10th 2015. This original MTC response provided Nov 6th 2014 clearly showed the bike path cost of $68m, yet MTC's spokesman Randy Rentschler stated...
The $68m Bridge Too Far
by Richard Hall | Nov 6, 2014 | bike, cycling, Marin, Marin County Bicycle Coalition, MCBC, Public Records Requests, Transit, Transparency |
Many Marinites and East Bay residents suffer at the hands of acute delays on both 580 and 101 in the evenings caused by the evening backup on the Richmond San Rafael Bridge. The fix is on the way drivers have been told thanks to a $70.3m project set to: add an additional third lane that operates during the evening peak towards Richmond construct a bike path the length of the bridge span Planning for Reality questioned just how this $70.3m was allocated between the additional lane – likely a striping and signage exercise – and the bike path. Today the Metropolitan Transportation Authority – the Bay Area's regional transit authority – responded. The $68m Bike Path (was $53m) The breakdown, shown right in MTC's response is as follows: Bike path: $53m Peak period third car lane: $15m Initial project development costs: $2.3m Not shown – cost to replace bike access path: $15m UPDATE: Note at the bottom of page 12: Please note that the peak period (3rd) lane use may result in the loss of existing bicycle access in Contra Costa County from Pont Molate to Richmond on I-580 shoulder. The estimate cost to replace this access is $15 million and was not included in the $70 million estimate Take a look at those numbers again, now consider the number of people who would benefit from the projects: Cars on 580 peak hour: 6,100 Cars on 101 peak hour: 14,000 Avg #car occupants: 1.13 #hours peak commute: 2 Total people affected: 45,426 According to the latest 2013 Walk Bike Marin bike counts the average Marin bike path has 53...
The Richmond Bridge Bike Path – A Bridge too Far?
by Richard Hall | Sep 22, 2014 | bike, cycling, Marin, Marin County Bicycle Coalition, MCBC, Misinformation |
While acknowledging that bicycle infrastructure is behind the curve and merits increased expenditure, we are seeing bike path projects where expenditures have been getting out of hand. Transportation funding is dwindling, the SMART train already diverted $11.4m of funding earmarked to solve congestion at the 101 Greenbrae interchange. Thanks to highly effective bicycle lobbyists and "transit oriented development" Marin's commuters face another diversion of transportation funding. The Cal Park tunnel project works out at a cost of $675,000 to remove one car from our roads. That's quite an extraordinary expense. And we now look set to follow this boondoggle with another bike path costing even more over the Richmond San Rafael Bridge. The Cal Park Tunnel – the $27m Bikers Boondoggle SF Streetsblog, a pro-cycling and TOD site, reports: After 17 years of planning, the Cal Park tunnel will open to Marin County cyclists today, providing a shorter, safer route between San Rafael and the Larkspur Ferry for an estimated 800,000 riders a year. The 1.1-mile project includes class 1 bike lanes to connect the 1,106-foot bore with Sir Francis Drake Boulevard on the south and Anderson Road in San Rafael So how much did the project cost? The initial estimate was $3m but by completion the cost had ballooned to $27m. Claim: 800,000 Annual Riders. Reality: 40 an Hour at Peak It's claimed that tunnel will be used by 800,000 riders a year – a seemingly enormous number. This translates to 2,191 riders today if the claim is to be believed. Consider for perspective that the population of Marin is only 258,365 according to the latest US Census figures....
Walk Bike Marin's $28m+ Failure Rewritten Into Success!
by Richard Hall | Jun 30, 2014 | bike, Marin County Bicycle Coalition, MCBC, Misinformation, Myths, Solutions, Transparency |
While I enjoy cycling and support extending bike paths and trails, residents such as myself have found themselves facing off against bicycle coalitions and bike groups that serve as the vanguard for pushing high density housing. Frequently these groups claim to represent thousands of cyclists and speak out against the wishes of their membership as covered in another Planning for Reality article. As someone who has been involved in many market research projects I am a big fan of statistics – when used correctly – but nothing could have horrified me more than the manipulation of Walk Bike Marin and the associated Congressional report deeming the $28m Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program a success. This was further heralded by coverage in an article in the June 30th Marin Independent Journal "Feds Hail $28m Bike Path Program". What Should We Be Trying to Achieve? We do need to fight climate change, reducing vehicle miles travelled. More importantly we should spend our dollars as cost effectively as we can to focus on the most critical resources – road and freeway usage during peak weekday commutes. It may help with emissions to reduce off-peak trips, but if we can switch people from cars to alternative commute methods that would be the real win – saving time for those who do need to commute by car, and maximizing economic benefit. The economic benefit of reducing peak hour congestion is measured in multiple ways: People can commute to jobs that would otherwise be out of range Children can be taken to activities Additional shopping trips may occur (these may be part of multi-leg trips incorporated...
Marin County High Density & Bicycle Coalition
by Richard Hall | Jun 12, 2014 | cycling, Larkspur, Marin, Marin County Bicycle Coalition, MCBC, PDA, Policies driving high density, Uncategorized |
Marin County Bicycle Coalition members are being surprised to find their organization volunteering their neighborhoods for high density housing. Are they being used as pawns in the high density housing wars? The Marin Cyclist's Dilemma While I've been outspoken regarding the need for bikers to follow traffic laws, I remain a big fan of bikes – cycling all around my home county of Somerset as a child on my Raleigh Arena racing bike. Now as I raise our 2 children to embrace bikes I face a dilemma: – we want to join an organization that teaches our kids bicycle road safety – we do not support high density housing However the one organization here in Marin claiming to perform the first item – the Marin County Bicycle Coalition – has become one of the most ardent supporters of urbanizing Marin with high density housing. Throwing Terra Linda Under the High Density Bus I live in Civic Center / Terra Linda. Residents of 10+ Terra Linda neighborhoods fought long and hard for over a year to rescind the Civic Center Priority Development Area (PDA) and turn back a wildly ambitious high density zoning plan called the "Civic Center Station Area Plan" to something reasonable with a modicum of new affordable housing units and retain the area's low rise, suburban character . The community eventually succeeded – but only despite groups such as Marin County Bicycle Coalition (MCBC) pushing for the PDA to be approved. Here is what the Marin County Bicycle Coalition had to say about the Civic Center Priority Development Area: The Marin County Bicycle Coalition (MCBC) would like...
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Q: No ResultSet from stored procedure with temporary table with JDBC I have a stored procedure which creates a temp table and populates the temp table. After populating it, it returns the rows inside the table with (SELECT).
When running it from MySQL workbench works tremendously but in JAVA with JDBC, the ResultSet is empty. I have gone through some posts which say that we should not use PreparedStatment but even Statement doesn't work.
For test, I divided the job in stored procedure. Now I call:
CallableStatement ps = connection.prepareCall("{CALL myProcedure(?)}");
ps.setString(1, "value");
ps.execute();

which creates the temp table and populates it. Thereafter with same connection I try to do
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Still ResultSet is empty. What can I do? Any help is appreciated.

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I found the error. The error was in code.
I send a parameter when calling procedure. For testing purposes I did
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Can't wait until Elder Scrolls VI to slay dragons with Shirley "Skyrim Grandma" Curry? Never fear, as a mod to introduce her likeness into Skyrim is on its way very soon. The NPC version of Skyrim Grandma will have her own quests, interactions, and voice acting by Shirley Curry herself.
One of the mod's developers, phantom_scribbler, released an update on the mod's progress, along with a short trailer. Shirley specialises in two-handed weapons for close-quarters combat, and a bow for ranged attacks. The mod is being created by a four-person team who are fans of Curry's channel and want to bring her into her favourite game. The lines for the new NPC are a mixture of archived lines from Curry's channel and new lines recorded for the mod by Skyrim Grandma herself.
Shirley Curry became an online phenomenon in 2015 when she started releasing Let's Plays of Skyrim on her Youtube channel. At 83 years old, she has created large community of fans who enjoy her wholesome content. Her fame attracted the attention of Bethesda, who announced an NPC based on her for the next Elder Scrolls game. Curry is enthusiastic about her upcoming appearance in Skyrim, and posted about it on her Twitter account.
I have a surprise this morning!! Here is the link to the short trailer and commentary about my modded character for Skyrim, which several modders have been working on!! We're very hopeful the mod will be available soon!https://t.co/OLt3HmL2TJ
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Considering Elder Scrolls VI's release date can be summed up as "SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE", it may be a while before we have an official Skyrim Grandma in an Elder Scrolls game. Until then, Skyrim players on PC need to watch out for this mod so they can have their own Skyrim Grandma with them on adventures.
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When the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike opened in 1794, it was the first major toll road in the United States. It also was the first thoroughfare to be constructed entirely with private money. That private model of financing toll roads held sway for more than a century. Not until 1937, with the construction of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, did government begin to take an active role in the financing and construction of toll roads. For generations of American drivers, a toll road was almost always a highway built not long after World War II and financed and run by a public authority or another arm of state government.
Now, that's changing again--and quickly. With states strapped for cash, and the nation's highways in desperate need of repair, government is once again turning to the private sector for help. But what's unfolding with toll roads is not necessarily a pendulum swinging back to an all-private model, either. Instead, states are experimenting with a wide array of business models, some of them imported from overseas. On a spectrum, some of the new facilities are closer to the late-1940s model in terms of public financing and control over how the road is managed. Others leave more control, risk and financial reward with the private sector. Many more of the new toll-road models lie somewhere in between. Although the credit crunch has slowed the momentum on new public-private partnerships, several projects already are underway and more are likely when the economy rebounds.
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The Intercounty Connector will be the first major east-west highway in the suburbs north of Washington, D.C. Maryland is using public money to cover the road's $2.6 billion cost, and is using a variable-pricing scheme that will charge motorists higher tolls during rush hour and other busy times. Maryland will retain full ownership of the highway, control the toll rates and receive 100 percent of the toll revenue. That also means Maryland is on the hook for the road's operating and maintenance costs, as well as any increase in construction expenses.
To pay for expansion of this Broward County highway, Florida is using an "availability payment" model, the first time this financing scheme that is popular in Europe will be used in the United States. A consortium of private investors led by ACS Infrastructure Development will pay to improve 10.5 miles of the existing road and add tolled express lanes. The consortium also will cover operation and maintenance of the highway once construction is completed. In exchange, Florida will pay the investors more than $1.8 billion over the next 35 years, essentially renting the highway back from the private entity. Florida will retain a fair amount of management control, however. Payments are contingent on the contractor meeting certain performance standards laid out in the contract. And the state will maintain power to set the toll rates and keep sole rights to the revenues.
Virginia is turning to private partners to expand I-495--the Washington Beltway--with express toll lanes. Virginia is responsible for less than one-fifth of the project's cost, or roughly $400 million, and is off the hook for any of the project's debt. Two companies, Fluor and Transurban, will finance the remaining costs, including future maintenance expenses, in exchange for a lengthy 75-year lease on toll revenues. The companies are allowed to charge whatever price the market will bear in order to maintain constant speeds of at least 45 m.p.h. Despite ceding wide control over toll rates to the private sector, Virginia will retain ownership of the highway and will receive up to 30 percent of toll revenues once the companies' return on investment exceeds 8 percent.
Texas built the first stretch of State Highway 130 as an alternative to the congested I-35 near Austin. Now, the state is partnering with Zachry American Infrastructure and Spain-based Cintra to finish constructing the remaining 40 miles of the 91-mile toll road. The companies will finance most of the $1.4 billion project, which they will operate and maintain. ZAI and Cintra also paid Texas $26 million upfront for a 50-year lease on the right to collect and keep toll revenues. Texas maintained some public control over tolls by capping hikes at the rate of growth of state domestic product. And Texas could share in the toll revenues if certain benchmarks are reached. But there are risks: If the private company defaults on its loans or is unable to complete the project, Texas is responsible for paying off the resulting debt and completing construction itself.
Facing a critical need for a new highway south of San Diego, California solicited private partners that could complete a toll-road project on an accelerated timeline. In exchange for a 35-year lease, the Australian-based Macquarie Infrastructure Group put up $635 million in private funding for the $840 million project. As part of the agreement, the company must pay for maintenance and operating costs, including highway patrol services. But the company has the power to set toll rates to whatever the market will bear, independent of state oversight. The only restriction is that Macquarie's return on investment is capped at a generous 18.5 percent. If the company makes more than that, a revenue-sharing agreement with the state kicks in.
Built in the early 1990s, the 14-mile Dulles Greenway west of Washington, D.C., isn't new. But among modern toll roads, it remains the purest form of a privately owned facility in the United States; in fact, Macquarie recently bought the highway from its previous owner for $615 million. The road receives no public funding, so all maintenance and operating costs are covered by Macquarie through monies collected from tolls. Like electric companies and other utilities, the private highway is regulated by the Virginia State Corporation Commission, which is responsible for setting the rate of return for investors. As per the original agreement offering the Greenway's builder the right-of-way, the toll road is expected to revert to state control in 2056.


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Another Core M-based device lets us see further evidence of its advantages – and cons. Toshiba is pitching the Portege Z20t as a business device, but also hopes to sell them into schools, so it's a sturdily built device with thoughtful features.
'Its a Pc..only smaller'. And it cost $399. Meet Encore.
Packed with powerful software and hardware, it is hard to believe that the Toshiba Encore tablet is so cheap.
Toshiba just announced a new 8-inch tablet running Microsoft's soon-to-be-released Windows 8.1 operating system and Intel's just-released Bay Trail Atom processor, and between the three of them, they seem to have come up with a pretty compelling alternative to the iPad mini, especially for those of us who use Windows on a daily basis.
WELCOME to an era of a cheap, sub $400 tablet offering a full blown Windows 8.1 experience on a high definition display. That's what Toshiba is promising.
Toshiba unleashed their new Satellite P Series of laptops, adding to the number of super computers on the market.
Electronic and electrical product vendor, Toshiba Australia, recently confirmed the details of its new tablet, the AT100, set to launch locally at the end of June.
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"The Toshiba Portege Z20t may be aimed at the business market, but its credentials are excellent for home usage as well."
"Toshiba Australia's Product Marketing Manager, Justin White, joins iTWire to show off Toshiba's newest 'ultimate 2-in-1' business tablet/notebook."
"Just like sushi, the Toshiba Encore Mini proves that good things often come in small packages. This week on CyberShack TV, Charlie checked out Toshiba's smallest tablet! "
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High predictability and low risk of complication with optimal esthetic outcome is the primary objective for implant therapy in the esthetic zone.1 To achieve this goal, an understanding of biology, clinical principles and technique is fundamental.
The esthetic indices have been developed mainly on the basis of clinical results, without involving the patient's opinions. Nevertheless, the concept of oral health care should integrate the patient's needs with the professional's point of view, and, therefore, it is important to consider both subjective and objective esthetic outcomes.
Fig. 1: Pink Esthetic Score (PES), modified PES and White Esthetic Score (WES) with their variables.
Fig. 2: Correct implant positioning in the mesio-distal, orofacial, and apico-coronal dimensions.
Fig. 3A: The same oral-facial position of implants placed in the healed site and extraction socket. The entry point of osteotomy of healed ridge and extraction socket.
Fig. 3B: The same oral-facial position of implants placed in the healed site and extraction socket. The axis and oral-facial position of osteotomy.
With the evolution of our understanding of socket healing biology, the indication of the four types of implant timing needs to be updated, especially for type 1. Indeed, the concept of immediate implant placement developed in 1978 has been a controversial topic for more than 30 years, especially in the esthetic zone.
The immediate implant placement involves two biological processes: (1) the healing/ remodeling of the extraction socket, and (2) the osseointegration of the implant. Clinical studies with large cohorts and long-term follow-up have demonstrated that the survival rate of immediate implants is comparable to implants placed in the healed ridge.5 A recent animal study revealed no differences in the establishment of bone-implant interface at the cellular level when comparing immediate and delayed implant placement.6 Therefore, we can conclude that the microenvironment of an extraction socket does not jeopardize the osseointegration of dental implants. Meanwhile, both animal and clinical studies have proved that placing a titanium implant into the socket does not alter the features and processes of socket remodeling.7,8 Therefore, the two biological processes are independent of one another, and they both influence the basic principle of immediate implant placement.
Implant position. The implant neck should not protrude through the future buccal bone plate after bone remodeling.
Fig. 4A: CBCT before surgery, intact but thin buccal bone of central incisor is observed.
Fig. 4B: The compromized tooth was extracted.
Fig. 4C: Implant was immediately placed into the extraction socket without raising a flap.
Fig. 4D: Implant was engaged with the palatal wall with correct axis and the buccal space was grafted with Geistlich Bio-Oss® and Geistlich Bio-Gide®.
Fig. 4E: SCGT in the coronal region.
Fig. 4F: CBCT immediately post-surgery, revealing the palatally placed implant position and the grafting material.
Fig. 4H: Six months after healing, well preservation tissue profile.
Fig. 4J: CBCT 2 years after surgery.
The indication for immediate implant placement is controversial. Previous studies suggest immediate implant placement in the esthetic zone only with a thick buccal bone wall phenotype (> 1 mm) and a thick gingival biotype.1 These conclusions were reached by studying CBCT results, which indicated that thin bone phenotypes, exhibiting a facial bone wall thickness of 1 mm or less, produced progressive bone resorption with a vertical loss of 7.5 mm; whereas thick bone phenotypes produced only minor bone resorption with a vertical loss of 1.1 mm.13 The results of these studies are in agreement with our work.14 However, the deduction that immediate implant placement may not be considered with thin phenotypes is not always appropriate. Indeed, even if arresting the resorption of thin buccal bone, which is mostly comprised of bundle bone, is not achievable, by using appropriate methods we can regenerate new bone between the buccal bone and the implant surface. Regeneration potential is the key to success for immediate implants.
Implant esthetics should be evaluated both objectively (professionally) and subjectively (through patient opinions).
Correct 3-dimensional implant positions (mesio-distal, apico-coronal and orofacial) are key to successful esthetics.
Hard tissue augmentation is often needed in the esthetic zone. Different clinical situations require different reconstruction methods. Soft tissue management is used to guarantee long-term results and enhance esthetics.
Timing of implant placement is a decision-making process relevant for esthetics. IIPP is an evidence-based technique that provides better esthetic results and patient satisfaction.
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Dark Tower (1989)
In a city that never sleeps... this building is a nightmare.
Director: Freddie Francis
Stars: Michael Moriarty, Jenny Agutter, Carol Lynley, Theodore Bikel, Kevin McCarthy, Anne Lockhart, Patch Mackenzie
When a window-washer falls to his death from the side of a Barcelona high-rise office building (also killing a unsuspecting pedestrian), security consultant Dennis Randall is called in to investigate. Although he first believes the deaths to be accidental, he soon comes to realize that some strange force is at work inside the building. What could be causing these accidents? More importantly, is there any way it can be stopped?
DARK TOWER 1989 - TRAILER
Curse of the Headless Horseman (1972)
The Silent Scream (1980)
Dracula: Reborn (2012)
The Mummies of Guanajuato (1972)
The Unseen (1980)
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
Deadly Obsession (1989)
Miami Golem (1985)
The Black Phone (2022)
Psycho Cop Returns (1993)
The Last Horror Film (1982)
The Brain (1988)
Body Count (1986)


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3rd ODI, South Africa tour of Sri Lanka at Hambantota, Jul 12 2014
257 (44.3/50 ov)
South Africa won by 82 runs
AB de VilliersSouth Africa
De Kock, De Villiers fashion historic win
The Report by Firdose Moonda
South Africa 339 for 5 (De Kock 128, De Villiers 108, Herath 2-48) beat Sri Lanka 257 (Mathews 58, McLaren 3-37) by 82 runs
Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla added 118 for the first wicket AFP
Grinding hundreds like Hashim Amla's in the first ODI and glorious ones like AB de Villiers' in Hambantota. Quickfire starts like Tillakaratne Dilshan's fifty off 40 balls in Pallekele and Sri Lanka's 99 off the first ten overs in the finale. Dramatic collapses - Sri Lanka recorded 5 for 13 in Colombo and 5 for 11 in the second ODI, South Africa contributed 5 for 26 in the same game - this series seemed to have it all. Except a run-out. So it was only fitting that when one came, it proved decisive in a contest which saw South Africa make history by winning a first-ever fifty-over rubber in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka had polished off almost a third of the target in the powerplay with Kusal Perera pouncing on anything too full, too short or too much on his pads. When he fell on his sword, Dilshan and a belligerent Kumar Sangakkara took over and continued to knock South Africa's plans out of shape. With the wind causing havoc and the runs coming easily, Sri Lanka didn't need to do anything too risky. But then South Africa introduced the man they hoped would be their trump card, Imran Tahir.
Dilshan hit his first legitimate ball to de Villiers at short midwicket and unthinkingly charged to the other side of the pitch. Sangakkara initially moved forward but then turned back. What could have been a tightly scampered single became a two-horse race to the non-strikers' end. De Villiers didn't need to pull off anything acrobatic, de Kock could afford to fumble and yet Dilshan lost his battle. His fury with Sangakkara would only have got worse over the minutes that followed.
At the end of the next over, Sangakkara was snaffled down the leg side in almost a carbon copy of the way he was dismissed by Morne Morkel on Wednesday. The past continued to hound Sri Lanka when Mahela Jayawardene fell to Tahir for the third time in the series, this time off a top-edged sweep.
Sri Lanka lost three wickets for six runs in the space of 14 balls and with it the chance to pull off the highest chase in the country.
The hosts' middle-order managed to keep the fight alive until the 45th over. Ashan Priyanjan withstood South Africa's seamers peppering him with short balls and put on 83 for the sixth-wicket with Angelo Mathews. The Sri Lankan captain's form continued but when he was dismissed - caught by Morkel at short fine leg to make Ryan McLaren the series' highest wicket-taker - Sri Lanka folded. McLaren was South Africa's most successful bowler but Tahir's control and crucial wicket was what turned a match South Africa would have thought they had by the scruff of the neck at the innings break.
Twin tons from Quinton de Kock and de Villiers took South Africa to their largest score against Sri Lanka. They smothered a spin threat that had grown with the inclusion of Rangana Herath. Although Herath was Sri Lanka's best bowler he had little back-up from anyone else, particularly Lasith Malinga who was off colour for the second time in the series.
De Kock displayed immense progress from South Africa's tour to Sri Lanka last year when he was strangled by the turning ball. His century was his fourth in six innings, fifth overall in an ODI career which is only18 months old and the highest by a South African in an ODI against Sri Lanka. It also maintained his 100% conversion rate of half-centuries into three figures. His only lapse was a mis-hit into the covers, when on 38, and Priyanjan dived to his left but could not hold on.
With Hashim Amla at his side for the opening exchanges and de Villiers to guide him at the end, de Kock also learned how to pace his innings. He featured in a solid opening stand of 118 and resolutely survived the Sri Lankan stranglehold. Mathews' men did not concede a boundary between the 21st and 31st overs, a period in which de Villiers made sure de Kock stayed focused as their union blossomed to 116.
On a flat pitch, De Villiers reprised his usual rapid pace and heralded the late-overs assault with a slog-sweep off Mendis. Malinga's wayward lines were dealt with as de Villiers took complete control of the innings when de Kock was dismissed. Duminy was a silent partner and the pair put on 80 runs in eight overs. Even though Mendis dismissed them both in successive balls, South Africa had scored 187 runs in the last 20 overs of their innings; 95 of which came in the last ten, and put themselves in a position of advantage early on.
Their sole concern will be the struggles of Jacques Kallis. He scored just four to take his series tally to five and keep the questions about his place in the XI swirling.
South Africa beat the Sri Lankan bogey
South Africa's maiden ODI series win in Sri Lanka showcased the lessons they had learned from a chastening 1-4 drubbing the last time they visited - An improved top-order and a better spin attack
A series win set up by the batsmen
In 16 previous ODIs against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka, there'd been only one century for South Africa; in three matches in this series, there were four
Mathews bemoans 'awful cricket'
Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews has slammed his team for playing "awful cricket" during their 82-run defeat to South Africa in the third ODI
'A statement of what we can achieve' - de Villiers
AB de Villiers said the series victory in Sri Lanka was "a statement of what we can achieve as a team"
South Africa, driven by twin centuries from Quinton de Kock and AB de Villiers, secured their first ODI series win in Sri Lanka
This is South Africa's first ODI series win in Sri Lanka
Captain's contribution
No. of fifties Angelo Mathews has hit in a chase. He has 20 overall
Ryan McLaren's bowling average this series. He's taken seven wickets with an economy of 4.85
When It Matters
Number of centuries scored by Dilshan in four innings in successful 300-plus chases
Productive Pursuits
Dilshan's batting average in successful chases
Century Stands
Number of partnerships worth 100 or more this series, all by South Africa
No Fifties
Quinton de Kock's next highest ODI score after his five hundreds
Consistent Conversion
Number of centuries Quinton de Kock has scored in his last six ODI innings
Tapering Off
Jacques Kallis' ODI batting average after the 2011 World Cup
Falling Early
Jacques Kallis' scores this series
Pace v Spin
Ratio of wickets taken by fast bowlers and spinners on this ground
Striking Big
Highest total on this ground, by Sri Lanka against Canada in 2011


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Vegetation and Natural Systems
Posted in Flora and vegetation.
The National Park vegetation is made up of distinct plant communities from the Central System. An important part of them are Guadarrama endemism. The most representative are the Scots pine or Valsaín pine (Pinus sylvestris var. Iberian), the high mountain thickets of broom and creeping juniper, and the xerophyte pastures living on the summits of the Sierra.
In the summits and slopes environment form complex mosaics where alternate wet grass, peat bogs, ponds and lakes, xerophyte pastures, cracks and rocks ledges vegetation communities, etc. This is the growing habitat for the greatest diversity of plant communities and the most unique flora of the territory grow.
In the National Park are represented eight natural systems referred to in the National Parks Law 30/2014.
In relation to the Spanish natural terrestrial systems the parks should represent, there are eight in the territory that encompasses the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park: high mountain brush, high mountain pastures, woody steppes of height and pebble grounds; natural system formations and unique mountain and high mountain natural systems reliefs; unique glacial and periglacial area; oak woods, beech and birch woods; Portuguese oak and Pyrenean oak forests; pine forests, groves and juniper woods; high mountain wetlands and lakes; water courses and riparian forests.
Within the biogeographic unit that forms the Central System, the Sierra de Guadarrama is a well-defined territory, characterized by a greater degree of continentality than the adjacent mountain ranges, both to the East and toward the West. Mainly due to this factor, the plant communities that inhabit the Sierra are characteristics of these central Spain mountains. These communities species change with the different slopes altitudes, under varying environmental conditions, mainly temperature and precipitation.
The main vegetation formations are the holm oak, the Pyrenean oak, the Scots pine, the thickets of broom and creeping juniper, and the xerophyte pastures.
The Holm oak (Quercus ilex subsp. Ballota) develop in the Sierra foothills area, so it can only be found in a timely manner in the National Park. One of the most representative species is the prickly juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus).
The Quercus pyrenaica woods occupy an important extension on the mountains, although, since its optimal environment does not exceed 1,600 m height, the greater part of the masses are outside the boundaries of the park. In some ravines and enclaves grow some specimens having considerable size, witnesses of some more mature forests that once covered these slopes. In permanently hydromorphic soils, and in the domain of the holm and the Pyrenean oak, develop the ash (Fraxinus angustifolia) and Pyrenean forests, which for the most part are full of pastures by now.
The Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris var. Iberian) are the Park most representative forests and covering he greater extension. The altitudinal limit of the forest, with some stands or scattered copies that rise above the 2,100 m. In the lower parts, the flower cortege accompanying is dominated by the common fern (Pteridium aquilinum) and the white broom (Genista florida). In these areas, mixed forests of pine and Pyrenean oak are frequent, the presence of holly (Ilex aquifolium) is common. In the upper area, it will appear with other bushes as the broom (Cytisus oromediterraneus) and the common juniper (Juniperus communis subsp. Hemisphaerica and J. communis subsp. Alpine).
Within the forest soil, it is necessary to emphasize the existence of numerous examples of groves and relict stands, formations that were present in the past and at the present time are relegated to certain valleys and ravines and in certain directions. Among them are the birch Betula celtiberica and yew (Taxus baccata).
Above the pine forests develop extensive high mountain thickets of high mountain, brooms (Cytisus oromediterraneus) and creeping juniper (Juniperus communis subsp. Alpine).
Xerophyte pastures grow in the areas close to the summits or in the juniper meadows, where the scrubland cannot keep continuity. It is a community dominated by herbaceous perennials and padding, such as the Festuca curvifolia grass. It is diverse and many of the species are Iberian endemism and optimal eurosiberian plants that reach in these mountains its southern limit of distribution (Hieracium vahlii subsp. Myriademum, Armoury caespitosa, Jasione crispa subsp. Centralis, Silene ciliata subsp. Elegans, etc.).
In addition, in these areas, and in some massifs, the glaciers has modeled the relief resulting in a landscape of steep peaks, rocky ledges and buckets. This morphology has helped to create new and unique habitats for vegetation, where develop communities of wet grasslands (matgrass, helophytic turf communities, ponds and lakes vegetation communities) and other rupicolous communities that colonize the National Park rocks and scree (Saxifraga pentadactylis subsp. Willkommiana communities, Senecio pyrenaicus and Digitalis purpurea subsp. Carpetana communities, etc.).
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The amphibian inventory of the National Park and its Peripheral Protection Zone is made up of 15 species, of which 5 are Iberian endemism. Several studies on the areas of interest for the conservation of amphibians in the Iberian peninsula, have pointed out the Sierra de Guadarrama importance, and particularly the Peñalara Massif, in a number of species preservation. This environment has a considerable diversity of species. Only in the Peñalara Massif wetlands, included in…
In the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park and in its Peripheral Protection Zone, there are 61 species of mammals. Six species are Iberian endemism (the Iberian hare, the Lusitanian pine vole, the Iberian shrew, the Iberian mole, the Pyrenean desman and the Cabrera's vole). The Mediterranean mountains as the Sierra de Guadarrama are critical areas for the preservation of diversity and wealth regarding fauna in general and mammals in particular. The cooling and the intensification…
La Pedriza: a particular granite batholith
La Pedriza is a particular mountain landscape, unique in the Iberian peninsula. Located in the Southern slope of the Sierra de Guadarrama, its topography is defined by a collection of amazingly shaped rocks and crags. It consists of a granite batholith, about 3.200 h wide, which formed in Paleozoic era, -in the carboniferous period- as result of the Hercynic orogeny (280 to 345 million years). La Pedriza can be considered as a sierra having its…
Fungi play an essential role in the ecological functioning of forests. Most of them are saprophytic species that act by breaking down the plant and animal organic matter and enriching the soil and incorporating nutrients into the food chain. Others are symbionts and are associated with the roots of certain plants form mycorrhizae, allowing these vegetables to live in certain media, such as poor or waterlogged. Therefore, the conservation of fungi is essential for the…
24 species of reptiles are inventoried in the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park and its Peripheral Protection Zone, giving an idea of the crucial role the Sierra de Guadarrama plays in this fauna group preservation. Various directories focussed on the Iberian herpetofauna conservation critical zones, show the significance the Peñalara Massif and the Upper Manzanares Basin have. To some extent, both enclaves are river headwaters zones and they have stayed long time under different regional…
The National Park vegetation is made up of distinct plant communities from the Central System. An important part of them are Guadarrama endemism. The most representative are the Scots pine or Valsaín pine (Pinus sylvestris var. Iberian), the high mountain thickets of broom and creeping juniper, and the xerophyte pastures living on the summits of the Sierra. In the summits and slopes environment form complex mosaics where alternate wet grass, peat bogs, ponds and lakes,…
Sistema de observación meteorológica
×There is no translation available.El parque nacional cuenta con una red de estaciones meteorológicas de alta montaña.
There are inventoried 18 fish species in the National Park of the Sierra de Guadarrama and in its Peripheral Zone of Protection. Overall, the Sierra de Guadarrama has some biogeographic peculiarities regarding its ichthyofauna. For some species, such as the "Bermejuela" (Achondrostoma arcasii) or the "Lamprehuela" (Cobitis calderoni), the Sierra de Guadarrama constitutes their southern limit of distribution. On the other hand, for several other species, such as the Iberian barbel (Barbus comizo), it marks…
The Sierra de Guadarrama National Park and its Peripheral Protection Zone host 135 avian species having a regular presence sometime in the year, whether they are summer, wintering or standing species. The preservation actions on this fauna group have been noticeable particularly from the approval of the 79/409/EEC Directive on the conservation of wild birds and their habitats. Without this directive, the wide diversity of species living in the National Park and its Peripheral Protection…
Geology and Lithology
The Sierra de Guadarrama has a wide geological diversity, according to its soil composition and its origin. The range goes from 500 million years old rocks, as gneissic ones, to more recent sedimentary accumulations, as for example the limes, sands, and gravels the water courses system provides, or the Quaternary glaciers formations, that modelled the landscape on circuses, moraines and high mountain lakes. In addition, the granite batholith from La Pedriza, is very relevant, since it…
×There is no translation available.Boletín meteorológico de las últimas 48 horas y predicción para hoy y mañana.
Exceptional trees
In the National Park and its Influence Zone, there are 43 trees catalogued as exceptional, according to the Castilla León and Madrid Autonomous Communities environmental regulations. Among them 10 are located inner the National Park. In presence of one of those giants, we certainly cannot remain indifferent. Impressive stemflows, thick trunks and enormous twisted branches will invite us to contemplate and respect those nature jewels.
The inside of the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park forests host abundant lichens, upholstering the bark of the trees and certain shady enclaves. But it is in the rocks that form the mountains summits where we can enjoy the exceptional lichens diversity, being the lichens the dominant living organisms in these rupicolous communities. Their yellowish, greenish, gray, orange, brown or blackish petals, give color to the rocks, depending of the snow annual duration or the…
Sierra de Guadarrama Rivers
The Sierra de Guadarrama halves the waters of two different large river basins: The Tajo River one at the south and the Duero River one at the north. It is also the administrative borderline of the Madrid and Castilla León Autonomous Communities. The main Sierra de Guadarrama Rivers have their origin at the National Park and are documented on the Natural Systems of the National Parks Law 30/2014 as "Water Courses and Riparian forests". There…
Peñalara Massif wetlands
At the Peñalara Massif there are several wetlands with a great interest and ecological value, which origin is linked to the glacial activity of the last glaciations period. Among all of them we should emphasize the Peñalara Lake (La Laguna Grande de Peñalara) due to its size and location at an extraordinary beautiful cirque. There are however other of less entity such as The Birds Lagoon (La Laguna de los Pájaros) and The Carnations Lagoon…
The Sierra de Guadarrama Climate
The Sierra de Guadarrama, along with the Gredos and Ayllón Sierras, makes up the Sistema Central (the Central System). This chain of mountains runs basically in West-East direction and splits the meseta in two subplateaux having different continental mediterranean climates. The orography of the Central System has a direct influence on the Iberian Peninsula climate; the Northern area has a temperate climate, with dry and warm summers (Csb according to Köppen climate classification) and the…
The invertebrates are the group having a species highest number in the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park. Its high diversity and adaptability to the environment climatic conditions -low temperatures, high snowfall and rainfall, strong winds and high solar radiation - shorten its biological cycle. These extreme variables have led to fundamentally different adaptive strategies in insects, from singular shapes and reduced sizes to the most diverse range of colors, such as the ornamentation of coleopteran…
The Sierra de Guadarrama presents a high floristic diversity favored by multiple factors, related mainly with their geographical location. This position has allowed the existence of transitional characteristics between the Mediterranean and the Euro-Siberian regions. In that sense, the Sierra de Guadarrama has acted as a refuge for colder environments which had a wider distribution in the past and have disappeared from the neighboring territories. In addition, the defendant altitudinal gradient of the Sierra de…
Peñalara: glaciology and glacial vestiges
The vestiges of Quaternary glacier and the current periglacial processes can be observed in Peñalara Massif. Much of the current geomorphology is explained by these processes, occurred thousands of years ago, but they have currently resulted in a great diversity of species and habitats and in a high landscape quality.


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Richard Lemon Owings (1812–1902), more commonly known as "Richard Owens" or "Dick Owens", was a pioneer of the American West who played an important role in John C. Fremont's third expedition to the Great Basin and California.  He is best known as a frequent companion and close friend of Kit Carson.  The Owens Valley, Owens River, and Owens Lake in eastern California were all named after him by Fremont, even though Owings apparently never visited any of them.

Biography
Owings was born in Owings Mills, Maryland, and grew up near Zanesville, Ohio before going west in 1834 with Caleb Wilkins. His adventures with Carson and Fremont took place in the years between then and 1850.  Around 1850 he returned to his family near Marion, Indiana, and in 1854 married Emily Miller.  He moved to Iowa during the Civil War and then to Circleville, Kansas in 1872, living there until he died in 1902. He and Emily had four sons, three of whom survived him.

In 1839 Owings spent three months trapping beaver with Carson in South Dakota. The two became close friends and were frequent companions over the following decade.  Carson and other "mountain men" invariably called Owings by the name "Dick Owens". Carson and Owings both spent most of the early 1840s living near Taos, New Mexico, and in March 1845 the two started a joint farming venture fifty miles away in Rayado.  When they learned, however, that Fremont was preparing a third expedition to the Great Basin and California, they sold everything at a loss and moved to join Fremont's company.  (Carson had served Fremont as a guide on his earlier expeditions and was highly trusted by him.)  The expedition traveled across the Utah desert to Oregon and spent some time there before moving south along the eastern flank of the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada.  In the vicinity of Truckee a small group broke off, including Fremont, Carson, and Owens, and crossed the Sierra Nevada range, arriving eventually in Sacramento.  Meanwhile, the majority of the group continued southward, traveling through the area that Fremont would later name Owens Valley, not crossing the mountains until they reached Walker Pass.  Thus Owings did not actually see the river, valley, and lake that Fremont would later name after him.

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1812 births
1902 deaths
Explorers of California
People from Owings Mills, Maryland

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