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The Hagerstown Suns are a Minor League Baseball team based in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States. The team, which plays in the South Atlantic League, is a Class A affiliate of the Washington Nationals.
They play in Municipal Stadium, which was opened in 1930 and seats 4,600 fans. The team mascot is "Woolie", a giant Woolly Bear Caterpillar.
Professional baseball has been played in Hagerstown since the late nineteenth century. The Hagerstown Lions played for one season in the independent Cumberland Valley League during 1896. The league began on June 19 and lasted until August 9, when it disbanded due to the disbandment of one of the teams, the Chambersburg Maroons, on August 7. The Lions finished the season in first place with a record of 26-12, three games ahead of Chambersburg. The Lions also dominated statistically, having the league leaders in runs (40 by Natty Nattress), hits (52 by William Graffius), wins by a pitcher (10 by Thomas Lipp), and winning percentage by a pitcher (.833 by Thomas Lipp, with a 10-2 record). Lipp and another Lion, John Gochnaur, were the first Hagerstown players to make it to the major leagues.
In 1915, the class D Blue Ridge League was formed with its headquarters in Hagerstown. Hagerstown fielded a team for the next 16 seasons. Throughout this time, they won five pennants and donned four different names: the Blues, the Terriers, the Champs and the Hubs. Before the beginning of the 1931 season, the Blue Ridge League disbanded. The club was then affiliated with the class C Middle Atlantic League, but on June 28, 1931, the club moved to Parkersburg, West Virginia. The Hagerstown players with the most major league experience during this era were Mike Mowrey (13 major league seasons), Frankie Pytlak (12 major league seasons), and Babe Phelps (11 major league seasons).
Professional baseball returned to Hagerstown in 1941 when Oren E. Sterling moved his Sunbury Indians franchise to town and became a Detroit Tigers affiliate. The newly named Hagerstown Owls (Oren, Win, Luck and Sterling) joined the Class B Interstate League. Gene Raney purchased the team from Sterling in 1950, and the renamed Hagerstown Braves became an affiliate of the Boston Braves.
The team moved to the Piedmont League in 1953 and once again had a name and affiliation change. The new Washington Senators affiliate, the Hagerstown Packets, competed until the league disbanded after the 1955 season.
Hagerstown was without a professional team until 1981 when Lou Eliopulos purchased the Rocky Mount Pines Class A Carolina League franchise and moved them north to Hagerstown.
The team was a co-op affiliate during 1981, with coaches supplied by the Baltimore Orioles and players supplied by several major league clubs to include the Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, and Pittsburgh Pirates. The newly named Hagerstown Suns proceeded to win the Carolina League championship in their inaugural season by defeating the Peninsula Pilots.
In 1982, the Suns began a long-term affiliation with the Baltimore Orioles. The 1982 Suns had a better record than the 1981 team, but did not reach the playoffs. For 1983, despite winning 84 games, the Suns finished 10.5 games behind the North Division champion Lynchburg Mets. The winner of the South Division was the Winston-Salem Red Sox, who won 10 games less than the Suns. Hagerstown also led the Carolina League in attendance during 1983 with 153,660 fans as compared to Durham's 142,370.
They experienced their first losing season in franchise history in 1984, finishing 30 games behind the first place Lynchburg Mets. One reason may have been the fact the team had three different managers (John Hart, Len Johnston and Grady Little) during the season. In 1985, the Suns played an exhibition game with the parent club Baltimore Orioles.
The Suns’ best overall record in franchise history and a return to the Carolina League Championship Series came in 1986. However, the Suns would lose the league championship to the Winston-Salem Spirits. The Suns would also make the playoffs in 1987, only to be eliminated in the first round by the eventual league champion Salem Buccaneers.
Despite having the best overall record in the Carolina League North Division in 1988, the Suns did not make the playoffs. This occurred because the Suns did not win either the first or second half. The team that won the North Division Championship was the Lynchburg Red Sox, whose overall record was 11 games worse than the Suns.
The Suns still hold several Carolina League one game individual and team records.
Jim Palmer, shown here in 2009, is the Suns' only Hall of Fame member.
In addition to the Carolina League records, the Suns also had many other individual distinctions during the Carolina League period. Matt Tyner and Ken Gerhart set the club record for season home runs with 31 in 1981 and 1983 respectively. 1983 was also the year Hall of Fame member Jim Palmer made a rehabilitation start for Hagerstown.
Craig Worthington and Pete Stanicek were the standouts in 1986. Worthington set a Suns record with 105 runs batted in (RBIs) and would hit 15 home runs. He did this while maintaining a .300 batting average. Meanwhile, Stanicek batted .317 and set a Suns' record (later tied by Don Buford in 1988) by stealing 77 bases, only getting caught 17 times. One other noteworthy player for Suns' fans in 1986 was Mick Billmeyer, a local product from nearby Funkstown. He would play the entire 1986 season as the primary back-up to Suns catcher Jeff Tackett.
The 1987 offense was led by Leo Gómez. He batted a league leading .326 with 19 home runs and 110 RBIs. Gomez also led the Carolina League in doubles with 38. The ace of the Suns' rotation in 1987 was Blaine Beatty. Beatty went 11-1 with a 2.52 earned run average (ERA) in 13 starts with the Suns before being promoted to AA Charlotte. He completed 4 of his starts and allowed just 81 hits in 100 innings. Beatty was also named the 1987 Carolina League Pitcher of the Year.
In 1989, Hagerstown moved up to the Double-A Eastern League, taking over the Williamsport Bills franchise and again affiliating with the Orioles. (The Carolina League franchise would relocate just down Interstate 70 as the Frederick Keys, maintaining the Orioles' Class A affiliation.) Suns' fans would see some familiar faces as past players such as Leo Gómez, Pete Stanicek, Dave Bettendorf, Ken Dixon, and Brian Dubois returned. On offense, David Segui batted .324 with 1 homerun and 27 RBI's in 44 games in his second stint with Hagerstown after being promoted from Frederick. Leo Gómez would hit 18 home runs, a team leading total. Suns fans also saw the return of Steve Finley, who came back to Hagerstown via a rehabilitation assignment. In 11 games, Finley would bat .417 with 7 RBI's and 4 stolen bases. On the pitching side, Mike Linskey was the ace of the starting staff with 10 wins and a 2.81 ERA in 18 starts. Despite his dominance with the Suns, Linskey would never pitch in the major leagues. The Suns finished their first season in Double A 5 games under .500, and would finish fifth in the then eight team Eastern League. They narrowly missed the playoffs by 3 games and were 24.5 games back of the 1st place, and eventual league champion, Albany-Colonie Yankees.
George H. W. Bush attended a Suns game as a sitting U.S. President in 1990.
The Suns failed to make the Eastern League playoffs in 1990. While they fell short of that quest, the Suns still had one of their more interesting years. Jack Voigt would contribute mightily to the offense as he batted .256 with a team leading 12 homeruns and 70 RBI's. Scott Meadows led the team with 75 RBI's. Luis Mercedes batted a league leading .334. He also stole a team leading 38 bases. Three prominent Baltimore Orioles, Sam Horn, Brady Anderson, and Mike Devereaux, would make rehabilitation appearances. Anderson stood out the most among the group as he hit .382 in 9 games. The pitching staff was led by Anthony Telford, who went 10-2 with a 1.97 ERA in 13 starts for the Suns, completing 4 games. Another milestone in 1990 was the visit of George H. W. Bush to Municipal Stadium to attend a Hagerstown Suns baseball game. This visit was the first time a sitting President of the United States attended a minor league baseball game.
After back to back losing seasons, the Suns returned to their winning ways in 1991, making their only Eastern League playoff appearance. They would finish in second place, only to lose to the eventual league champion Albany-Colonie Yankees in the first round. The offense got power from Paul Carey, who hit a team leading 12 home runs. The Sun's best all around hitter may have been first basemen Ken Shamberg, who hit .275 with 10 homeruns and a team best 82 RBI's in 114 games. Top prospect Arthur Rhodes led the pitching staff. Over the course of 19 starts, Rhodes would go 7-4 with a 2.70 ERA and strikeout 115 batters in 106.2 innings, while walking just 47. Rhodes also won the Eastern League Most Valuable Pitcher Award. He also made his Major League debut with the Orioles after being promoted directly from Hagerstown. Stacy Burdick was the leader in pitching wins 11, yet it was the last professional season that he pitched. Burdick went 29-17 combined between 3 stints with Hagerstown including time with the Carolina League franchise as well. Todd Stephen would lead the team in saves out of the bullpen with 17 and had a 2.12 ERA in 89 innings pitched. Much like the year before, Suns fans saw multiple rehabilitation assignments pass through as Kevin Hickey, Dave Johnson, Bob Milacki, Billy Ripken, and Glenn Davis each had stops in Hagerstown. All of this would add to what was by far the Suns best season in the AA Eastern League. The Suns also had their all-time highest attendance record, with 193,753 fans passing through the gate.
The team fell short of its quest for the Eastern League playoffs in 1992. Mel Wearing led the team with only 5 homeruns. Scott Meadows would hit .317 in 45 games with the Suns; this would prove to be his final year with the Orioles organization. Manny Alexander, the Suns' shortstop, hit .259 and stole a team-leading 43 bases. He did this at the age of 21, young for AA baseball. The 1992 season would also complete a unique trifecta for the Suns. In this season, Don Buford would manage his son Damon. His other son, Don Jr., had played for the Suns in 1988 and 1989. Don Jr. tied the Suns record for stolen bases by a Suns with 77 in 1988 and would come back in 1989 to steal 30 more. Damon meanwhile, stole 41 bases in 1992 with the Suns. Damon would be the only one of the two sons to follow in his father's footsteps by playing in the major leagues. Finally, 1992 may be remembered because of the uncertainty that hung over the season. The Suns' and Keys' owners failed to claim an Eastern League expansion franchise for Bowie in 1993 (coinciding with the Florida Marlins' and Colorado Rockies' addition to the majors), they instead chose to move their existing franchise there as the Bowie BaySox. It also ended Hagerstown's relationship with the Baltimore Orioles, which dated back to 1981. Unlike when the Carolina League team had left a few years earlier, there was no guarantee that another team would return to Hagerstown.
Hagerstown would not go without, though. Winston Blenckstone immediately relocated his Myrtle Beach Hurricanes franchise in the South Atlantic League to Hagerstown after the 1992 season and promptly renamed them the Suns.
All of the changes would bring a competitive team to Hagerstown for the 1993 season. The offense got steady power production from Mike Coolbaugh, who led the team with 16 home runs. The best all-around hitter on the team proved to be D.J. Boston. Boston would hit .315 with 13 home runs and 93 runs batted in (RBI's). Those numbers were good enough to earn him league Most Valuable Player (MVP) honors. Two outfielders, Rickey Cradle and Jose Herrera, put together solid seasons at the plate for the Suns. Herrera hit .317 in 95 games, while Cradle belted 13 home runs. Brad Cornett led the team in earned run average (ERA), with a 2.40 mark, and also innings pitched, with 172.1. Silva went 12-4 with a 2.52 ERA in 142.2 innings. In that time frame, Silva struck out 161 batters. Overall, the Suns had a winning season in 1993.
In 1994, the Suns reached the playoffs for the first time since 1991. On offense, the team was led by former first round draft choice Shannon Stewart. Stewart hit .324 with 4 home runs and 25 RBI's in an injury-shortened season. Tom Evans would return from the 1993 squad, hitting .273 with 13 home runs and 48 RBI's in 95 games. The power was supplied by Lorenzo Delacruz and Ryan Jones, who hit 19 and 18 home runs, respectively. Jones also had a team leading 72 RBI's. Edwin Hurtado went 11-2 with a 2.95 ERA in 33 games, 16 of which were starts. The bullpen was headlined by Steve Sinclair and Dave Sinnes. Sinclair appeared in 37 games out of the bullpen and picked up a total of 9 wins with 105 innings pitched. Sinclair only made one start for the Suns all year. Closer Sinnes tied for the South Atlantic League (SAL) lead with 37 saves. The Suns advanced to the league championship. However, the Savannah Cardinals beat the Suns to win their second straight championship.
In 1995, veteran Jeff Ladd led was the home run leader on the team. Ladd hit 19 home runs in 95 games before a promotion to AA level Knoxville. This would turn out to be Ladd's last professional season. Bobby Llanos hit 17 home runs and produced a team leading 63 RBI's. The Suns got stable production behind the plate from Julio Mosquera. Mosquera hit .291 in 108 games for the team. Brian Smith would pitch his way to a 9-1 record in 47 games out of the bullpen and pick up 21 saves along the way. He also had 101 strikeouts in 104 innings. Doug Meiners proved to be the Suns' best starter of the season, as he went 8-4 with a 2.99 ERA in 18 starts. Another highlight from the starting staff was Tom Davey, who went 4-1 with a 3.38 ERA in 8 starts.
1996 was the Suns first losing year in the SAL. First basemen Mike Whitlock led the team in home runs (20) and RBIs (91) with a .252 batting average while drawing a franchise record 108 walks. He did this in 131 games at the age of 19, yet never played a game in the major leagues. Another player who displayed power was Craig Wilson. Wilson hit 11 home runs with 70 RBIs while maintaining a .261 batting average. Craig Stone returned from the 1995 squad, batting .310 with 10 home runs and 35 RBIs in 56 games. Mike Johnson won a staff leading 11 games and also had a team-leading total of 162.2 innings pitched. He made his major league debut a season later with the Baltimore Orioles. Tom Davey won 10 games and had a 3.87 ERA in 26 starts.
In 1997 the offense was led by Luis Lopez, who put together one of the best individual years by a Sun ever. Lopez batted .358 with 11 home runs and 99 RBI's. These numbers would give him SAL MVP honors. The pitching staff was led by Clint Lawrence, who won a team-leading 13 games in 26 starts. One pitcher who had a bizarre season was starter Gary Glover. Glover posted a 3.73 ERA and threw a team leading 173.2 innings. He, along with John Bale, tied for the team lead in strikeouts with 155. Despite these advantages, his overall record was 6-17. Those 17 losses set a franchise record. The Suns finished in last place, 11 games behind first place Charleston (WV).
In 1998 the offense got power from catcher-first basemen Bobby Cripps. Cripps hit 29 home runs and also led the Suns with 88 RBIs and threw out 47 percent of would be base stealers in 56 games behind the plate. Mike Young batted .282 with 16 home runs and 86 RBI's at second base. Two other future Major League All Stars on the Suns that year were Vernon Wells and César Izturis. Wells batted .285 with 11 home runs and 65 RBI's. Izturis meanwhile had a .262 average with a team leading 20 stolen bases. John Sneed would have one of the best seasons ever by a Suns pitcher, as he won a franchise record 16 games, while losing just 2, with a 2.56 ERA in 27 starts. He also collected 200 strikeouts in 161.1 innings pitched. Clayton Andrews returned from the 1997 squad and nearly matched Sneed's dominance. He went 10-7 with a 2.28 ERA and had 193 strikeouts in 162 innings pitched. The Suns closer was Jaron Seabury, who had a dominating 1.65 ERA in 45 games with 17 saves. The Suns won the first half division title and finished with the best record in the Northern Division. They made the playoffs and won in the first round, but did not advance to the championship because the league now had a three round playoff format featuring 8 out of 14 teams. In the second round, the Suns would lose to the eventual league champion Capital City Bombers.
In 1999 Jay Gibbons was the best all-around hitter. In 71 games, Gibbons batted .305 with 16 home runs and 69 RBI's. Second basemen Jorge Nunez batted .268 with 14 home runs and 61 RBI's, while leading the team with 51 stolen bases. Outfielder Ryan Fleming hit an impressive .335 in 61 games. Tyler Thompson led the team with 17 homeruns and RBI's with 81. Pasqual Coco went 9-1 in 14 starts with a 2.21 ERA. Scott Cassidy would win a team leading 13 games in 27 starts in 170.2 innings. He struck out 178 batters, leading the team. The Suns bullpen got a strong season from closer Jarrod Kingrey. Kingrey had 27 saves and 69 strikeouts in 61 innings. The Suns made the playoffs by winning the first half division title and wound up with the best overall record in the SAL. They would be knocked out of the first round by their division rival, the Cape Fear Crocs. This was the last season that the SAL used a three division (North, Central, and South) format.
The Suns had a losing season and did not make the playoffs in 2000. Reed Johnson hit .290 with 8 home runs and 70 RBIs in 95 games. Kevin Cash led the team in home runs with 10, while also contributing 27 RBIs in 59 games. He displayed great defense by throwing out 55 percent of potential base stealers. Shortstop Brandon Jackson led the team with a .312 batting average, while outfielder Shannon Carter stole a team leading 33 bases. Marcos Sandoval led the Suns with 163.2 innings pitched, while Travis Hubbel posted a 3.89 ERA in 19 starts. Matt Ford, a 19-year-old left-hander, went 5-3 with a 3.87 ERA in 18 games, 14 of which were starts. He struck out 86 batters in 83 innings with the team. Rob Hamman picked up 8 wins while pitching in 34 games, but only one of them was a start. The most unusual aspect of the season was the bench clearing brawl that occurred in July against the Columbus Red Stixx at Municipal Stadium. The Suns were losing when Reed Johnson was hit by a pitch that caused outfielder Auntwan Riggins to charge the pitcher from the dugout. The brawl led to so many ejections that Columbus was unable to field a full team and had to forfeit the game to the Suns. Officially, Hagerstown was declared the game's winner by a 9-1 score.
2001 brought on a lot of changes for the Hagerstown Suns. After eight seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays, the team switched its parent club to the San Francisco Giants. The team was also sold to Andy Rayburn. On the field, the Suns returned to their winning ways. The offense got power from Dan Trumble, who led the team with 26 home runs. Outfielder Jason Ellison put together a good season, as he batted .291 with a team leading 19 stolen bases in 130 games. Adam Shabala would post a solid .313 batting average in a span of 70 games. The pitching staff was the best that the Suns had since joining the South Atlantic League, as two pitchers won over 10 games. Boof Bonser tied the Suns' record for wins in a season with 16, while losing just 4 games. He also struck out 178 batters in 134 innings, earning him the South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Year. Another player with 10 plus wins was Jeff Clark. Clark would go 14-9 while posting a solid 3.65 Earned Run Average (ERA) in 27 games. The most impressive season for the Suns may have come out of the bullpen, as closer Jackson Markert put together a memorable year. Markert broke the Suns' save record by picking up 39 saves and posting a strong 2.82 ERA. His success was a big reason why the Suns advanced to the playoffs. After winning the Northern Division second half title, the Suns entered the playoffs, but come up short as Lexington swept them in two games.
The Suns missed the playoffs in 2002, suffering a losing record. Tyler Von Schell led the Suns in home runs with 14. Julian Benavidez led the way in RBIs. Brandon Florence may have been the best all around hitter on the team with an batting average of .303, with 11 home runs and 63 RBIs in 109 games. On the pitching side, Anthony Pannone led the Suns with nine wins and led innings pitched with 168.2. Ryan Hannaman put together a nice season with a 2.80 ERA and 145 strikeouts in 131.2 innings. Suns' fans also saw a glimpse of what was to come with Francisco Liriano. Liriano would go 3-6, but had a 3.59 ERA and struck out 85 batters in 80 innings as an 18-year-old. The Suns finished 20.5 games back of the first place, and eventual league champions Hickory Crawdads. Mandalay Entertainment Group purchased the team from Andy Rayburn in 2002.
While the team did not make the playoffs in 2003, they still managed to scrape together a winning season. The Suns' best power hitter in 2003 was Carlos Sosa, who led the team in both homeruns and RBI's with 10 and 63. Derin McMains hit a solid .289 in 54 games before he was promoted to High A San Jose. Brian Buscher would come to the Suns in the 2nd half and hit .275 in 54 games. The strength of the Suns in 2003 lied in their pitching staff, in which several pitchers had great seasons. Merkin Valdez went 9-5 with a 2.25 ERA in 26 starts. He also led the Suns in innings pitched with 156, and strikeouts with 166. Josh Habel led the team with 11 wins in 36 games, 16 of which were starts. Habel also managed to accumulate 127 strikeouts in 122 innings. Brian Stirm was also solid, as he went 8-5 with a 2.86 ERA in 17 games. Other noteworthy starters for the Suns in 2003 were Clay Hensley and Matt Cain. Hensley went 4-3 with 3.18 ERA in 12 starts before he was promoted to High A San Jose, but one start in particular was noteworthy. On May 3, 2003, Hensley threw the Suns’ only perfect game. He did this by retiring 21 consecutive batters in the second game of a double header against the Kannapolis Intimidators. Meanwhile, Matt Cain went 4-4 in 14 starts with the Suns, while posting a strong 2.55 ERA. He managed to strikeout 90 batters in just 74 innings. In the bullpen, Matt Palmer would have a great season as he went 5-0 with a 1.20 ERA and 25 saves. The Suns pitching staff in 2003 stands out among the best in franchise history.
2004 turned out to be one of the worst seasons for the Suns ever as they finished in last place in the South Atlantic League North Division, 34.5 games behind the eventual league champion Hickory Crawdads. In his short stay with the team, Nate Schierholtz proved to be the best hitter. He would bat .289 with 15 homeruns and 54 RBI's in just 59 games. Another productive hitter on the team that year was Travis Ishikawa. Ishikawa had exactly the same home run and RBI total as Schierholtz, with a .257 average in 97 games. Both players would be promoted to High A San Jose before the season's end. Designated hitter Jason Columbus led the team in RBI's with 87. The Suns' leader in wins was Juan Serrato, who compiled 8 wins in 26 games, 21 of which were starts. The Suns' best all around pitcher in 2004 was reliever Joe Bateman. Bateman went 7-5 with a 2.14 ERA in 36 games. He picked up 81 strikeouts in just 70 innings of work before he was promoted to AA Norwich. One pitcher of note in the Suns bullpen was Brian Wilson. Wilson's numbers in Hagerstown were not impressive, 2-5 with a 5.34 ERA in 23 games and 3 starts. However, Wilson's later major league performances earned him a spot in the Hagerstown Suns Hall of Fame.
Hagerstown once again changed affiliates in 2005, a two-year stint with the New York Mets. Minor league baseball teams are known for their promotions, and the Suns had one consistent with the cold weather that Hagerstown has early in the baseball season. The Suns unveiled their "Eskimo Day" promotion including giving every fan a free ice cube and granting free admission to fans indigenous to Alaska, Canada or any place where Eskimos are part of the culture. There was also a special contest for fans at the ballpark: guessing how long it would take a bucket of ice to melt. On the field, the season began with seven game winning streak. On May 8, Hagerstown and Asheville combined for 35 runs in the Suns' 19–16 victory. Hagerstown broke a 16–16 tie with three runs in the 12th inning. The clubs set a South Atlantic League record with 20 extra-base hits, while the 41 hits–23 for Hagerstown—matched a league mark. Also in May, Hagerstown committed seven errors in a game against Delmarva. In June, the Suns qualified for the playoffs in dramatic fashion. Pitcher Gaby Hernandez's 115-pitch no-hitter in a 1–0 win over the West Virginia Power on June 19 set up a one-game playoff between the Suns and Lexington Legends on June 25 for the first-half crown. Both teams completed the first half regular schedule with 42–28 records. In the one game playoff, the Suns defeated the Legends, 9–4, with Hernandez again taking the mound and the win. The Suns slumped badly during the second half of the season, finishing last in the Northern Division. In September however, Hagerstown did manage to win the Northern Division by defeating the second half Northern Division champion Delmarva Shorebirds two games to one. The Suns were ultimately unsuccessful in their quest for the South Atlantic League championship, losing to the Kannapolis Intimidators three games to one.
Overall, the Suns had a losing season in 2006, with a 58–82 record. The Suns' prowess in promotions was recognized with the award of the "Veeckie" Award from ESPN The Magazine for their "They even gave away the Kitchen Sink" kitchen sink giveaway promotion. The award, named after famous baseball promoter Bill Veeck, is given annually by the magazine to recognize the industry's top promotions each season. The Suns have received a "Veeckie" in three of the past five years. Previous winning promotions included the Guinness World Record for the Youngest Broadcaster ever (2002) and the Free Funeral Giveaway (2003), which was also selected as the Promotion of the Year by ESPN the Magazine and was named as one of the top five baseball promotions of all time by Sports Illustrated. The most noteworthy event on the field was an 8–7 loss at Lakewood, a 22-inning marathon that took nearly a week and a half to complete. The game began on April 26, but was called in the 17th due to league rules that state an inning cannot be started after 12:30 a.m. It was finally completed on May 6, taking 7 hours and 47 minutes. The 22 innings bested the previous 21 inning South Atlantic League record.
In 2007 the Suns became a member of the Washington Nationals farm system. The Suns won few games as the talent-poor Nationals organization rapidly promoted Suns players with potential. Of four players selected for the South Atlantic League (SAL) All-Star Game (Leonard Davis, Cory VanAllen, Mike Daniel and Chris Marrero), none actually played because they had been promoted to the Advanced-A Potomac Nationals by the time the actual game occurred. In the promotions area, romance novelist Nora Roberts was honored with a Nora Roberts bobblehead on July 6. Roberts is a resident of Washington County, Maryland, where Hagerstown is located and has been honored by the Suns several times.
There were two significant milestones for the Suns organization in 2008. The first occurred on May 30, when the number 50 was retired in honor of in honor of SAL President Emeritus John Henry Moss. Along with the number-retiring ceremony, the Suns honored Moss with a bronze plaque placed in Municipal Stadium, highlighting his 50 years of service to the SAL. 50 is only the third number retired by the Suns, the other two being 42 for Jackie Robinson and 24 for Willie Mays, who played his first minor league game in Hagerstown. The second milestone occurred on November 13 when Hagerstown native and Suns Director of Business Operations Carol Gehr was selected as the Rawlings Woman Executive of the Year. The Rawlings Award honors an outstanding woman executive from either Major League or Minor League Baseball. Gehr was with the club in many capacities over a 25-year career spanning six different ownership groups.
A bright spot to an otherwise dismal season in 2009 was the performance of catcher Derek Norris. He led the SAL with a .413 on-base percentage and 90 walks while being named the SAL's Most Outstanding Major League Prospect. He also finished among the top five in the SAL in homers (23), extra-base hits (53), RBIs (84), runs (78) and slugging percentage (.513). He was selected as the designated hitter to the Class A Topps/MiLB All-Star Team, which includes both Advanced-A and A level leagues.
On July 15, 2010, Hagerstown players Steve Souza and J.R. Higley were suspended for using performance-enhancing drugs. Each received 50-game suspensions after testing positive for methylphenidate and ritalinic acid, performance-enhancing substances in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Souza was a 2010 SAL All-Star. On the field, Eury Perez's four stolen bases in seven innings against Delmarva on August 19 was nominated as one of the Class A games of the year for 2010. Finally, a new ownership group with local ties, Hagerstown Baseball, LLC, purchased the Suns in September 2010 for a reported 6.7 million dollars from Mandalay Sports Entertainment. Mandalay used proceeds of the sale to purchase the Oklahoma City Redhawks AAA franchise. The new ownership group is led by Florida businessman and general manager of Polo Trace Country Club Bruce Quinn; Tony Dahbura, corporate vice president of Hub Labels in Hagerstown; Dr. Mitesh Kothari of Hagerstown; and Quinn's sister, Sheri.
Bryce Harper playing for the South Atlantic League Suns in 2011.
Two number one draft picks dominated the news for the Hagerstown Suns in 2011. Bryce Harper, the overall first pick in the 2010 Major League Baseball Rule 4 first year player draft, started the season with the Suns. Before he moved to the Double A Harrisburg Senators in mid-season, he played well enough to be selected for the SAL All-Star Game. Later in the season, the 2009 overall first pick, Stephen Strasburg, pitched at Hagerstown on a rehabilitation assignment.
2012 had a tragic beginning when Mitchell Akers, an 18-year-old high school senior who was working with the team, died on April 11. Sources within the league said he fell off the back of a John Deere Gator at Municipal Stadium and later died from his injuries. On the field, 2012 proved to be a banner year for Suns third baseman Matt Skole. He led the SAL in home runs (27), bases on balls (94), on base percentage (.438) and slugging percentage (.574). In addition, Skole was also elected as the Nationals Minor League Player of the Year and the SAL Player of the Year. The Suns made the divisional playoffs; however, they were swept by the defending SAL champion Greensboro Grasshoppers two games to none.
In 2013, Hagerstown led the SAL in the offensive categories of runs scored (692), runs batted in (608) and on base percentage (.341). The Suns had several players named to the SAL Northern Division All-Star roster (Pedro Severino, Tony Renda, Brandon Miller, Dixon Anderson, Robert Benincasa, and Pedro Encarnacion), as well as coach Franklin Bravo and manager Tripp Keister. The Suns again qualified for the divisional playoffs as the SAL first half Northern Division champions. Improving over 2012, the Suns won the SAL Northern Division championship, defeating the West Virginia Power two games to one. However, in the league championship, the Suns fell to the Savannah Sand Gnats three games to one. Tony Renda was selected as the initial recipient of the Bob Boone award, granted to the Washington Nationals' minor league player "who best demonstrates the professionalism, leadership, loyalty, passion, selflessness, durability, determination and work ethic required to play the game the Washington Nationals way."
Hagerstown began the 2014 season with a record of 31 wins and 8 losses, which was the highest winning percentage in the minor leagues. However, the team then went 13–18, finishing with a first half season record of 44–26. The Greensboro Grasshoppers shared the 44–26 record. However, because Greensboro defeated Hagerstown in three out of four games during the first half season, Greensboro was awarded the SAL Northern Division first half title. The second half season proved to be a repeat of the first half season. Once again, Greensboro and Hagerstown finished in a tie for first, this time with identical 43-27 records. The tie breaker system worked in the Suns' favor this time, because Hagerstown won five of seven games against Greensboro in the second half. Shining brightest among the Suns' everyday players in 2014 was SAL Most Valuable Player Wilmer Difo. The middle infielder led the SAL with 176 hits, placed second in the SAL with 49 stolen bases and was fourth in the SAL with 90 runs batted in. In addition, Difo was the recipient of the 2014 Bob Boone Award. Fellow SAL End of Season All-Star Rafael Bautista led the league with 69 steals. The pitching was also a team strength, led by Lucas Giolito who was honored as the league's top pitcher and top major league prospect. The Suns improved their playoff performance in 2014 over 2013, but it was still not enough to claim the John Henry Moss Cup, symbolic of the SAL championship. The Suns swept the Northern Division championship series two games to none over the Greensboro Grasshoppers, but lost the SAL championship series three games to two to the Asheville Tourists.
The most unusual game of 2015 occurred on April 15 when the Suns won a 1-0 game against the West Virginia Power despite having no hits. The lone run in the game crossed the plate in the top of the first inning. The Suns loaded the bases after being issued two walks and one batter getting hit. With two outs, left fielder Jeff Gardner drew a walk to force home right fielder Narciso Mesa from third to score the only run of the game. This was the first Minor League no-hitter resulting in defeat in a full-season league since 2008. Overall, 2015 was a disappointing season for the Suns. They finished with an overall losing record, missing the playoffs for the first time since 2011. However, 2015 was good for first baseman Jose Marmolejos. He led the SAL in hits, doubles, runs batted in, and total bases in addition to being selected for the SAL End of Season All-Star Team.
2016 saw a return to postseason play for Hagerstown as the Suns won the first half Northern Division title by one half game over the Delmarva Shorebirds. In the Northern Division championship the Suns were swept 2-0 by the Lakewood Blueclaws. The Suns SAL End of Season All-Stars were Kevin Gutierrez (third base), Ian Sagdall (utility infielder) and Patrick Anderson (manager). In addition, Brandon Groomes was selected as the SAL Bat Person of the Year for the second year in a row.
Discussions concerning the relocation of the Hagerstown Suns to Virginia began circulating in 2012. That year a letter from the Washington Nationals was sent to Suns majority owner Bruce Quinn stating that Hagerstown's 80-year-old Municipal Stadium was no longer up to Major League Baseball standards. This prompted the owner to begin looking for other options. Initially, Quinn began discussions with the Winchester Economic Development Authority to relocate the team to Winchester, Virginia, to begin play in 2014. The negotiations failed in part because of the refusal of the community to provide public funding for a new stadium. Not coincidentally, Suns fan attendance at home games fell to its lowest point in Suns history to that point, despite the team qualifying for the playoffs for the first time in seven years.
In October 2013, the Suns formally applied to Minor League Baseball to relocate to Fredericksburg, Virginia for the 2015 season. The Suns and their partners, New Jersey-based Diamond Nation and a Fredericksburg-area automotive company, agreed to purchase a 38-acre stadium site inside the Fredericksburg city limits. The facility was initially planned to be ready for the start of the 2015 season at a cost of $29 million. However, in November 2014 Diamond Nation announced that it was terminating its option to purchase the Suns. A contributing factor in this decision was the increase in estimated cost to build the facility to $53 million.
In 2015, Quinn entered into negotiations with Spotsylvania County, Virginia officials to move the Suns. Quinn proposed a 5,000-seat, $30 million stadium, with $28 million borrowed by the county and $2 million paid by the Suns, who would pay a rent of $175,000 annually. Minor league baseball had given Quinn until July 31 to complete the deal. With the deadline passed, the Suns will be in Hagerstown for the foreseeable future.
 The Hagerstown Suns Municipal Stadium boasts the honor of being one of the three oldest Minor League baseball stadiums in the country.
From 1915–1929, Hagerstown's minor league teams played at Willow Lane Park, where Bester Elementary School is now located. When the city made the decision to build the school, the need for a new stadium was urgent. The Field and Athletic Association was created to find land and build a stadium. The organization struck a deal with the city, leasing a tract of land for 99 years at $1 per year. Municipal Stadium was quickly built on the land in a mere six weeks, just in time for the first home game on May 8, 1930. Since then, the stadium has undergone two major renovations.
The first took place in 1981, when Minor League baseball returned to Hagerstown after a 26-year absence from the city. About $546,000 was put into the stadium overhaul, which included the installation of a public address system, stadium lights, underground electricity, and new seats and bleachers.
In 1995, $500,000 worth of improvements to the stadium were made, such as the installation of new seats, and upgrading the VIP section to include cup holders. The Sunset Grille and bar area was also added at this time.
The playing surface was renovated following the 2010 season. In addition, seating improvements and the installation of a state-of-the-art video board enhanced fans' experiences in 2011. In April 2014, Hagerstown and the Suns agreed to a two-season lease extension on Municipal Stadium for 2015 and 2016 which can be voided by mutual agreement.
The Suns have an in-state rivalry with the Delmarva Shorebirds, an affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. This particular rivalry is also fueled by the regional rivalry between the two parent clubs.
Hagerstown Suns home games are broadcast online via streaming audio on the team's website. The voice of the Hagerstown Suns for home games in 2016 is Jordan Nicewarner. Away games are handled through the other team's media outlet.
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Adaptation to storm-surges in Denmark: Who pays?
Per Sørensen, technical director of the Danish Coastal Authority addresses the workshop. Photo: Jørgen Madsen, DBT.
One question is being repeated over and over in Denmark: Who is going to pay for protection against flooding from the sea in the intensified climate of the future? The existing legislation is outdated, and no one has yet produced an adequate funding plan ready. Workshops held by BASE partner the Danish Board of Technology (DBT) explored the perspectives of Danish stakeholders on this critical issue, and identified recommendations for improving Danish legislation.
The Winter 2013 storm in Denmark was an eye opener: storm-surges can affect a range of people, not just those living in low-lying areas. Many cities and landscapes are at risk. The intensified climate of the future means it is necessary to enhance the protection of Danish coasts and settlements against erosion and rising sea levels. But questions remain about who is responsible, and who should pay for the protection. Indeed, this question is a reoccurring theme for BASE partner, the Danish Board of Technology Foundation (DBT), in its work helping municipalities with citizen involvement concerning climate adaptation. Current legislation is not up to date, and so in order to aid with the creation of good and efficient legislation, DBT held a workshop as part of the BASE case study of Copenhagen on the financing of the adaptation to floods. The attendees at the event were stakeholders, experts and representatives from national authorities and coastal municipalities.
In the Netherlands, 65% of the population lives below sea level. As such, there is no argument: securing the coasts is a national responsibility for which the state pays most of the cost. In comparison, Denmark has approximately 7,300 km of coastline, with many low-lying areas. Most cities and many valuable buildings and structures are situated near the waterfront. The soft land erodes and low-lying areas are prone to flooding, especially during storms from the northwest. And yet, interests in the country are divided. The legislation states that responsibility of adaptation lies solely with land owners. An exception to this is the Danish Coastal Protection law, which has been designed for the state to help victims of storm-surges along the western coast of Jutland.
"Even though it is not wildly expensive to secure the coasts, money is always an issue," says Per Sørensen, technical director of the Danish Coastal Authority. The law requires that the landowners who benefit from coastal protection must pay for it. Local authorities may also force landowners indirectly benefiting from the protection to contribute financially. When it comes down to it, however, it is very difficult to determine exactly which property owners obtain a protective benefit. Per Sørensen points out that it is a matter of interpretation, and that there is no ready template the local councils of the municipalities can use to base their decisions on. If the landowners agree, they themselves can initiate coastal protection measures with the authorisation of the coastal authority. Otherwise, municipalities must take the initiative and coordinate and collect the money. "Municipalities point to the landowners; they must dig into their own pockets. Landowners point to the state; it must be a national matter. And so the wheel turns. In a lot of places they continue to build close to the shore and accept the risk" continues Per Sørensen. The incentive for adaptation is also influenced by the possibility of compensation for any losses. It is the members of the Danish Storm Council who decide if there has been a storm-surge (which, according to the law, is flooding with a 20 year return period) and if the people affected by it can claim compensation.
“If only people would build a little further away from the coast, the problems would be much less significant,” says Per Sørensen. “But everybody wants to be right by the coast and we have placed ourselves in the problem zone. Kalveboderne in Denmark is an example of a place that used to be only reeds and islets 100 years ago.” The municipalities can demand a build quota and other security measures, but the fact stands that there is a constant expounding of areas situated near the sea to settlements. The three municipalities located at what is known as the ‘Riviera of Denmark’, on the north coast of Zealand, initiated a joint project concerning the beaches at this part of the coast. The project was based on the premise that all the citizens who reside in biking distance from the coast will benefit from broader beaches and coastal protection. The municipalities then suggested that all the landowners within 1000m of the coast should contribute financially to the project. That would necessitate a payment of 1800 DKK (~240 EUR) a year to the establishment costs and 450 DKK (~60 EUR) yearly in subsequent maintenance costs. Another model only went 500 meters into the country, which made it a bit more expensive. Both models were put to a vote, and the landowners rejected both of them. “The landowners thought it was too expensive. But you do not solve the problem by saying no. Now they have to figure out how to go about solving the problem,” says Per Sørensen.
The municipalities wish for a changed distribution of responsibilities and tasks. They want the planning and financing of adaption to future conditions to be arranged with the state. “In connection with the Danish annual budgetary negotiations we imagine that the state and the municipalities can make a common vision,” says Niels Philip Jensen, climate change consultant from the Danish Municipalities organisation, Local Government Denmark. “And we hope that the deal can lead to new legislation, which allows the municipalities to decide for themselves inside an established framework.” The vision is supposed to lead to a definition of the concept ‘particularly vulnerable coasts’. However, questions remain about how to weigh the risk of erosion, the worth of buildings, cultural values, and recreational values? Local Government Denmark believes that once the particularly vulnerable places have been identified, the public should make use of tax money. Furthermore, Local Government Denmark suggests that municipalities with special interests in storm-surge adaptation create a working group that can contribute with coordination and promote adaption. “Since we know that there is a problem it is most natural that the municipalities take the risk of flood more into their planning, so you don’t do anything stupid when building on vulnerable areas,” says Niels Philip Jensen.
Line Markert, lawyer and a legal expert in coastal protection addresses the workshop. Photo: Jørgen Madsen, DBT.
Tourism is a main income in many of the eroding coastal areas at risk of being flooded by the sea. But what is the monetary value of recreation, and is there a reason to demand taxes from, for example, those who rent out their vacation homes? “The Danish Coastal Authorities are working on a quantification of the recreational value. Why will the Danish people pay millions of DKK to go to the west coast of Jutland where it is always windy? In association with Dutch, Belgian and Swedish colleagues we are working on improving our knowledge and quantifying the protection benefits and develop further guidelines that can be transferred to Denmark,” says Per Sørensen.
Who should pay for the protection of Copenhagen against storm-surge?
The current laws and regulations are insufficient concerning sea level rise adaptation in an urban area like Copenhagen, says the head of Copenhagen municipalities’ Climate Change Unit, Lykke Leonardsen. “We must find a financing model, that not only thinks about the people who own land by the sea, but also the parties who will benefit from the protection of the coast. It is not about small seawalls and dikes from plot to plot. Today it is not possible to impose on a landowner and make them contribute to the purpose. But a lot of businesses have rented offices near the waterfront. The protection also includes their values. And the landowners in the municipalities higher located areas also benefits from the protection of buildings, businesses, business life and cultural values in the inner city and other low lying areas of Copenhagen,” says Leonardsen. If the water level rises 30 cm more than what it did during the storm in 2013, it will affect the buildings and the infrastructure in Copenhagen. Based on the current risk assessment it will start to become a serious problem in the next 20-30 years.
As a public authority, a municipality is required to act professional and proportional. They cannot just order local businesses to pay, nor can theyfinancially support individuals or particular interests. The state administration has made an example by deciding that the municipalities may not spend money on adaptation that supports or secures particular property owners, even though this solution, as a whole, would be cheapest for the community. The current regulation prescribes that if one house is secured by municipal funding, then all the inhabitants in the municipality can demand help. The same goes for local businesses or even particularly threatened structures. On the other hand, the municipality is allowed to expropriate a property if this serves a greater interest to the society. The same goes for the funding of climate adaption and securing against flood with tax income, it is allowed as long as it is in the interest of the society in general.
There is a common interest in the Netherlands to protect the country against flooding and storm-surges. Joost Stronkhorst from Deltares gave a presentation about the Dutch experiences and principles. The overall theme of his presentation was that taking action not only benefits the safety of citizens, but there are also environmental gains.
The costs of the establishment of adaption solutions are great initially, but a major part of the money goes to Dutch companies through the outsourcing of projects and the long term economic benefits are greater than the expenses. The wealth that is protected behind the dikes is great: approximately 5.000 billion EUR is protected in the Netherlands by coastal protection. The climate adaption plan of the Netherlands was thoroughly checked after hurricane Katrina and the floods in New Orleans. The result is a hundred year plan concerned with maintaining the security standards and improvements of coastal protection in the entire country. An important part of the work is pumping more sand onto the beaches as counterweight to the natural erosion that accounts for approximately a meter per year on half of the coastline. Furthermore, authorities are counting on reinforcing the buffer zones and dunes. In the plan it is assumed that the sea level will rise 60 cm in the next 100 years. But the plan is flexible: The water level is monitored yearly and they are ready to add more sand to the coasts if the sea starts to rise faster than expected. There is no mentionable resistance against the coastal protection law or the financing of the work, says Joost Stronkhorst.

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marine table steering compass is a magnetic compass class A and it is designed and manufactured on the basis of the national standard GB/T 14108-93 ( General Technical Terms of Marine Magnetic Compass Class A ),its technical performance index are completely in accordance with the national standard. It is the essential navigation instrument for the middle and small vessels.
CPT-190 desksteering compass with the handsome appearance, fine workmanship and durability.
We have a strong package to protect our magnetic compass in transit.

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Dear Clifford Hart and Caroline Wilson, I am addressing this open letter to you in your respective capacities as US and British consuls general to Hong Kong.
The efforts of some Western countries to enforce their own anti-bribery laws in China are more likely to produce false accusations and hinder democratic reform than reduce corruption.
Recent headlines in the South China Morning Post are eloquent testimony that the Hong Kong government is failing in its role to provide a social safety net and protect the rights of its residents: "New town will leave 1,000 old people without homes"; "Indonesian maid 'left in diaper, tied to a chair';" "Ethnic minority pupils 'being set up to fail'."

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This franchise café serves an area with a population of 60,000 people. It has high visIbility and lots of parking. The store is well-laid out and kept very clean. The brand is well-respected and sought-after. Great opportunity for a hands-on operator to take over the established business and grow it! It’s priced at well-below replacement value so it WON’T LAST LONG!
THE VENDOR IS WILLING TO PAY THE TRANSFER FEE ON BEHALF OF A NEW PURCHASER!
This is one of the most attractive and desirable locations in the City! It has a beautiful south-facing patio. Cost to build is many times what the owner is asking for. Lots of potential to grow the business. The asking price is a fraction of buying a new franchise. Don’t miss this great opportunity.

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Sølvi Goard, freed antifascist protester, speaks outside Westminster Magistrates Court shortly after the case against her and four others collapses. Read more about the trial here.
rs21: I believe you fought the law. Could you tell us how that went exactly?
Sølvi: Satire won today. I was laughing in court. They had no case. They set us up all these months and the only reaction you could have to their pitiful prosecution was to laugh.
They didn’t want to actually go through with the case. Their chief inspector booked his leave on the precise five days that the trial was taking place. It’s quite a cynical move on their part to disrupt protest.
rs21: So is it cynical, is it incompetent, is it Machiavellian? What’s going on here?
Sølvi: Six of one and half a dozen of the other, innit. The police are institionally incapable of delivering any justice. And that transposes it itself into being institionally incapable of functioning as a police service.
They started off the operation with “good intentions”, knowing that they would try out mass arrests. However they didn’t really have the resources and the wherewithal to go through with it. When push came to shove, they couldn’t properly defend what they were doing.
rs21: Now they’ve strung this out till now, this is: June you got nicked, November you got charged, the prosecution wanted to string it out further until September, plus there were these bail condition [banning you from antifascist protests].
Sølvi: The courts are flooded, overworked. It’s very hard to get a five day trial. The CPS is a huge mess, as you can see. They lost the key document – “dog ate the casework”.
The bail conditions were challenged under human rights law. Our lawyers got them voided. You can’t tell people to not go on a protest!
Once we were actually charged the five of us had all our bail conditions dropped. If we were the five most likely to reoffend why on earth would you not give them bail conditions?
It was about stopping protest, stopping people from coming out against the BNP and the EDL at a time when they wanted to capitalise on the murder of Lee Rigby.
They were happy to let people go round the streets threatening Muslim people, beating up Muslim people, for that situation to escalate, as long as they could keep “public order”.
That’s very cynical and concerning. I’m glad we did it, because we got vindicated.
rs21: Okay, thank you Søren and enjoy your pint.

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It's not a secret that the US education system could use improving, but faith-based instruction is seldom singled out as part of the problem.
Earlier this year, Naftuli Moster, executive director of YAFFED (Young Advocates for Fair Education) drew attention to the plight of young Jewish boys attending yeshivas instead of public schools. According to Moster, nearly 50,000 yeshiva students in the New York City area "are not being taught science, history, and geography among other subjects," even though the NY State Department of Education "requires non-public schools to teach a variety of subjects, including English, math, science, history, geography, art and more." Misinformation and omission of subject matter are problems not just relegated to New York or to yeshivas.
As Dana Hunter wrote in Scientific American, millions of children are being taught in Christian private schools and through religious homeschooling that the earth is less than 10,000 years old and that Noah's flood is "the event that formed most of the geologic record." Many of these schools, as well as parents who homeschool their children for religious reasons, use non-accredited science books, such as Science of the Physical Creation in Christian Perspective, that inject religious ideology into "lessons" about science.
And according to Valerie Strauss and Emily Wax of the Washington Post, tens of thousands of American schoolchildren attending Islamic schools face a similar underexposure to important secular subject matter. As an example, Strauss and Wax point to the Islamic Saudi Academy in Virginia, which doesn't require students to take classes in US history or government. Moreover, their textbooks include religious instruction that fosters conflict. One, for example, states: "The Day of Judgment can't come until Jesus Christ returns to Earth, breaks the cross and converts everyone to Islam, and until Muslims start attacking Jews."
Though parents have the right to teach their children about religion and to send their kids to private religious schools, there can be far-reaching negative outcomes if they emphasize religious education over secular education.
Students who are undereducated in this way may miss out on fulfilling careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields, all of which require a solid foundation in secular subject matter. Furthermore, the ability of students to understand the world in which they live is artificially limited by their lack of a full education. Struggling to see the universe through the foggy lens of religious dogma further leads these young people away from identifying real-world problems and finding real-world solutions.
At an individual level, many will be at a disadvantage in their higher education options and job market prospects, but at a societal level, we may suffer much more serious consequences by increasing the population of undereducated people. When decisions are in the hands of the scientifically illiterate (be they students, elected officials, or even presidential candidates) we debilitate public policy debates and progress on global issues like reproductive health, we reduce funding for potentially life-enhancing scientific research, and we endanger efforts to protect the earth's fragile ecosystems.
As parents and as a society we have options. When we follow the lead of humanist educators like Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, Eugenie Scott, and Jared Diamond, who inspire millions to be informed citizens, we build a society with an expanded understanding of history and science--a society better equipped to deal with the challenges before us. But if we let the drive to seek faith-based education overcome our responsibility to truth and progress, we do a disservice to future generations and chain our potential to the leash of dogma.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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As for my cocktail, I thought back to a post that I’d written in September of 2016 about a drink called a Twisted Gimlet that a friend requested I make for her after she’d had it in a bar in Miami. It was one of the first drinks I’d ever tried to replicate and embellish on my own, and so I will aways have a certain fondness for it. Made with vodka, St Germain, lime, jalapeño, and cucumber, its flavors definitely scream summer, with one drawback: it’s a drink that’s served up in a cocktail glass, and an up drink in the summer has to be consumed very quickly or it becomes too warm to enjoy. Can we talk about that falling off the barstool thing again?? The SeaQuench Ale gave me the perfect opportunity to remedy this problem. What if I added the beer to the Twisted Gimlet ingredients and served in on the rocks in a Collins glass? I’ll answer that question for you. It was fabulous, of course! The beer added just the right amount of dryness, sour tang, and carbonation to turn the drink into a true Collins. It could be appropriately served over ice and consumed slowly without any fear of it warming up too quickly. The SeaQuench Ale’s flavor perfectly echoed that of the Twisted Gimlet, and together they formed a sublime summer cocktail! Cheers everyone. Happy Monday!
Muddle the cucumber slices together with the jalapeño simple in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Add the remaining ingredients along with ice and shake until cold. The beer will build pressure, so release the shaker a few times so it doesn’t pop. Pour into a Collins glass over fresh ice and garnish with cucumber, lime, and jalapeño slices. Enjoy!


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A soulful vocalist and innovative multi-instrumentalist, NYC singer/songwriter and producer Rachael Sage is one of the busiest touring artists in independent music, performing 100+ dates a year with her band The Sequins throughout the US, UK, & Europe. She has earned a loyal following for her dynamic piano playing, delicate guitar work, soulful vocals, and improvisational audience interaction.
Sage has shared stages with Sarah McLachlan, A Great Big World, Judy Collins, Shawn Colvin, Marc Cohn, Jamie Cullum, The Animals and Ani DiFranco. She has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and received numerous songwriting awards including The John Lennon Songwriting Contest (Grand Prize) and several Independent Music Awards. Her songs have appeared on MTV, HBO, the “Fame” soundtrack, and in the last 3 seasons of Lifetime’s controversial reality series,”Dance Moms”.
Sage will be celebrating the release of her latest album CHOREOGRAPHIC, which delivers a musically ambitious and emotionally accessible tribute to her very first love: Dance. A former dancer who studied at the School of American Ballet in her teens, Sage has been thrilled to see her music widely embraced by the lyrical dance community over the past several years (videos featuring dancers performing to her music have received over 9.5 million hits on YouTube). She “envisioned each song as a fully-choreographed multi-media experience”; the result is an inspired set of piano-based chamber-pop merging orchestral elements with her signature blend of folk, pop and rock. The album, which will be released on MPress Records May 20, was co-produced by Sage and Grammy® winning producer Andy Zulla (Idina Menzel, Rod Stewart).

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As the home of horseracing, Newmarket in Suffolk attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every year to hear the thunderous sound of hooves pummelling the turf at Newmarket Racecourses. It’s an experience that every visitor to Suffolk should have at least once, so what are the important things to remember so that your day at the races goes off without a hitch?
There are countless hotels in and around Newmarket, but for a truly authentic experience we recommend booking a stay in the Jockey Club Rooms, a luxurious private members’ club and the beating heart of the horseracing world for the last 250 years. Alternatively, you could sit back and relax at The Bedford Lodge Hotel, a former Georgian hunting lodge now providing 4-star luxury with a generous helping of charm, not to mention a multi-million pound spa – perfect for relaxing after a hard day’s cheering.
If you want to beat the bookies, you might need more than just good luck. Get to grips with the major players and minor details of horseracing with a trip to one of Newmarket’s 52 world-class stud farms. If you’re not sure where to start, why not let Discover Newmarket lead the way? This fantastic tour company offers full-day behind the scenes tours of horseracing’s most important places, at very reasonable prices. Another great way to get your head in the game is to immerse yourself in Newmarket’s 350-year horseracing history at the National Heritage Centre for Horseracing and British Sporting Art. While you may not leave furnished with a hot tip (though who knows), you’ll certainly leave feeling inspired.
Whether you pick a winner or are left with a handful of nothing, no day at the races is complete without a delicious meal to round off the day. Boasting several traditional pubs (often full of interesting characters from the horseracing world), and some good restaurants, Newmarket won’t leave you wanting. To celebrate in style, we recommend dining at the ultra-chic Paddocks House, where you can sip cocktails in The Brigadier Bar and even enjoy a private dinner in one of the hotel’s secret rooms. A little further afield in Tuddenham is Tuddenham Mill, a boutique hotel boasting the Best Restaurant in Suffolk, according to the 2016 Suffolk Food & Drink Awards.
If you’re feeling primed and prepped for your day at the races, get in touch and tell us about your plans via Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

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During Mental Health Awareness Week (8-14 May) Lloyds Banking Group colleagues volunteered at Rethink Mental Illlness service centres across the Midlands as part of their charity partnership with Mental Health UK.
Colleagues from across Lloyds Banking Group Northants and Warwickshire volunteered at Thistley Lodge, Leamington Spa and Rethink Service Centre in Corby, helping with gardening and painting the Centres. They wanted to help improve Service Centre facilities for people who rely on them and have conversations with workers at the centres to discuss the importance of mental health and wellbeing.
It was great to have the volunteers here during Mental Health Awareness Week helping to update and tidy up one of our gardens. Our service at Thistley Lodge is a CQC registered nursing home service and provides 24 hour support to people with very complex mental health support needs. The volunteers have made a real impact by improving the outside space available for residents and their families many of whom find this a therapeutic place to spend time.
Volunteering at Thistley Lodge in Leamington Spa and Rethink Service Centre in Corby during Mental Health Awareness Week was an eye-opening and rewarding experience. It was fantastic to have the opportunity to show support for our charity partner Mental Health UK and use our skills to make a difference in local communities.
Who is Mental Health UK?

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This was at the loose end of a chain-browsing session. I find it slightly hypnotic: a series of careful movements concealed by halo of mechanical mystery. The sound is worth listening to as well.
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text: Melissa Leslie has 25 years of pharmacy experience. Melissa graduated from Samford University in 1993, and started Gadsden City Pharmacy in 2004. She is certified in biometric screening, travel health services, immunizations, medication therapy management, compounding, and vet compounding. Melissa is a consultant pharmacist and a member of The Tabernacle Church. Melissa lives in Gadsden with her husband, Glenn, and their children Emily, Ryan, and Andrew.

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The subway system is both the best and worst thing about living in NYC. As convenient and practical as it is, it’s also prone to interminable delays, rerouting, annoying passengers/performers and general unpleasantness. Though I think we New Yorkers tend to take it for granted, there’s no question it could be better.
Google’s Area 120, the company’s “workshop for experimental products,” is trying to make the subway a bit more bearable with an app called Pigeon (currently limited to iOS). As noted by The Verge, it works a lot like Waze.
Not only does it provide directions on how to get somewhere, but users can also post comments to warn people about any incidents you might not see on your typical navigation app or the MTA’s website. There’s a prominent purple button on the bottom of the app teasing you to report what you see.
This may not seem like a huge deal, but I can’t tell you how many times I’ve blindly follows Google Maps only to find my trip won’t go quite as planned. Maybe there’s massive flooding in a station. Sometimes specific entrances are closed. Or perhaps you’re just not in the mood to hear an amateur saxophone solo on your early morning commute.
The app is still very much an experiment right now, and you need both an iOS device and an early access code to try it out, but it’s a clever idea I’d love to see flourish.

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MRS Brown’s Boys star Gary Hollywood has tied the knot with his real-life sweetheart in a surprise wedding.
The Glasgow-born actor, who plays Dino Doyle in the multi award-winning comedy show, caught everyone by surprise after inviting 300 guests to celebrate fiancee Cherylanne McCutcheon’s 30th birthday.
At the celebrations, at a top Renfrewshire hotel last weekend, Gary stunned guests, saying: “You thought you were all here for a surprise birthday party.
As the delighted crowed cheered, Cherylanne appeared in a beautiful bridal gown, and the couple exchanged vows.
Gary, 39, said: “Cherylanne found out I’d been arranging her surprise birthday party, so we decided why not get married because everyone we love and care about will be there.
“It’s been a nightmare keeping everything secret, even from our families.
“On the night, only our bridesmaids and my eldest son Zach knew because he was my best man.


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Maths and Science are the subjects which demands continuous practice from students. A good question bank acts as good source of practice to excel in these two subjects. Therefore, to help students of CBSE class 9 make an easy and quick revisions for the annual exam, we bring here a collection of most important questions from CBSE Class 9 Maths and Science subjects.
All the questions given here are prepared after carrying a thorough analysis of the past year exam trends and the latest examination pattern. Questions have been picked from all important topics of Class 9 Maths and Science. All these questions are thoroughly solved which again comes as a great advantage to learn more in less time.
Q. A batsman in his 11th innings makes a score of 68 runs and there by increases his average score by 2. What is his average score after the 11th innings?
Let the average score of 11 innings be x.
Hence, the average score after the 11th innings is 48.
Q. What is role of tissues present in multi-cellular organisms?
(i) Grouping of cells and performing a single function by the group shows division of labour.
(ii) Tissues combine to form organ, organ to organ system and organ systems to organisms.
(iii) Due to improved organisation and higher efficacy organisms have high survival rate.
Q. In which of the two, glycerine or kerosene, the loss in weight of a solid when fully immersed in them will be more and why ?
Density of glycerine is more than that of kerosene.
A liquid having higher density exerts more upthrust force on object than other liquid having low density. Thus, greater the density of a liquid, the more will be the the buoyant force exerted on the object immersed in it. Now, due to this greater upthrust (buyont force), the object experiences greater apparent weight loss.
Thus in case of glycerine, the loss in weight of a solid when fully immersed in it will be more than when immersed in kerosene.
Practicing all the important questions given here will help students make a quick and effective preparation for their CBSE Class 9 Exam 2019.


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The M727 Chime 12 Full 12" Memory Foam Mattress and Foundation by Sierra Sleep at Virginia Furniture Market in the Rocky Mount, Roanoke, Lynchburg, Christiansburg, Blacksburg, Virginia area. Product availability may vary. Contact us for the most current availability on this product.
The M727 Chime 12 collection is a great option if you are looking for Mattresses in the Rocky Mount, Roanoke, Lynchburg, Christiansburg, Blacksburg, Virginia area.
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My Coach Trina | Its YOUR life! Go Get it!
EXCITING NEWS! TRINA’S DEBUT AS AN AUTHOR!
As I was approaching my 50th birthday last year, I started thinking about all the lessons I’ve learned over the years. I started journaling, and before you know it a book project emerged! This is part autobiographical, part inspiration, and a whole lotta introspection – including journal prompts and space for journaling to make it your own. Please join me on this journey! More to come.
Welcome to MyCoachTrina.com. I am a career and life coach, author, radio talk show host and life strategist. My “sweet spot” is working with people to create lasting change, particularly career transitions.
I believe that we spend too much time working, traveling or prepping for work, or doing things related to our occupations not to enjoy what we are doing, feel fulfilled or that we are contributing in some way. Not everyone has the opportunity to do what they love, but it’s my personal mission to connect the dots for people so that they give themselves permission to really go for it and design the life that uses all their passion, skills and talents. We only get one life, and tomorrow isn’t promised. We owe it to ourselves to make the best of it!
You are ready to create something new in your life.
You are frustrated with what you’re getting in life and ready to take on new challenges – but maybe a BIT AFRAID. Fear can be a good motivator and I can help you harness it!
You focus on everyone and everything else in your life and constantly put your needs behind everyone else in your life.
If you are ready to start taking yourself and your future more seriously, we can work together to design an amazing future.
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Coaching is a partnership whereby the coach and client work together to further a client’s specific goals, dreams and aspirations. Sometimes this requires LETTING GO of the past and any limiting beliefs that may plague you. Sometimes this requires TAKING RISKS and BELIEVING IN YOURSELF. My job as coach is to inspire, motivate, and sometimes push – and to keep you in forward motion on going after creating the life you desire.
MY FIRST-EVER WOMAN’S RETREAT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS!
7 Extraordinary Women. A beautiful vacation home. Good food and great conversation.
Time away from our obligations and cares to focus on JUST US.
It was truly an amazing experience! I also got to debut my Workbook: Designing the Life You Deserve: Getting to What’s Next. The women loved it! It’s available now as a self-study resource. See the “SHOP” page to get yours!
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El Corte Ingles is a well-known shopping centre that has a handful of branches dotted around Barcelona. The most popular location, one most visited by tourists, is the El Corte Ingles located on Placa de Catalunya. From the outside, the building has a kind of old-school charm while the inside is home to an array of shiny modern stores.
Monday - Saturday: 9:30 - 9pm. Sunday: closed.
Spread out over nine floors the department store is home to everything you could ever possibly need including clothes, accessories, sportswear, household goods and electrical items. On the top floor of the centre you’ll find a food court with a whole host of cafes, restaurants and fast food joints and from this floor, you can enjoy impressive views out over the city.

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These are some of the most frequently asked questions I generally hear in my Marietta office.
Therapy lasts as long as the client chooses. Some individuals feel satisfied after a few sessions. More commonly clients remain in therapy for about 15 to 20 sessions. Sometimes clients require more therapy to reach their desired goals. The major factors that contribute to the length of time in therapy include the severity of the current problems; the client's personality, history and current coping strategies; and the client's willingness to learn new skills and sustain the desirable changes.
What usually stands in the way of individuals entering therapy?
Some individuals think that therapy is only for those who are severely disturbed, and therefore think that therapy might not be helpful to them. Others had difficulty admitting that they have problems. Some people think that no one will be able to help them solve their problems. Some people are concerned that they wouldn't be themselves if they made changes. And other individuals think that they can't afford therapy.
The most frequent request presented to therapists is wanting help to improve a relationship. Anxiety, frustration, irritation, and depression are also common complaints. Alcohol and drug problems are also frequently discussed.
What types of psychotherapy do therapists use?
Although there are many different types of therapy, the primary three theoretical approaches are psychodynamic, humanistic-existential, and cognitive-behavioral approaches.
Psychodynamic therapy draws on psychoanalytic (or Freudian) principles and techniques. This includes examining and resolving unconscious conflicts. The client's early history is seen as extremely important in the formation of the character structure of the person. There is an assumption that the client will be able to make desired changes only after the underlying causes are resolved.
Humanist-Existential psychotherapy considers the whole person (mind, body, and spirit) and focuses on helping the client to heal themselves and work toward a more authentic self. It aims at enabling a client to find constructive ways to better deal with the challenges of life, and focuses on the client's individual experience of distress and leads to exploring and clarifying beliefs and values. It examines core issues including death, freedom vs. responsibility, isolation, and meaninglessness. It respects the importance of past, present, and future.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy focuses on helping clients identify and examine faulty beliefs, distressing emotions, and ineffective behaviors. The client then learns to think more realistically, which will lead to feeling better, and then chooses more effective actions. In this system, the present and the future is more important than the past.
Since no one therapy approach works for all people and for all problems, I borrow from the different approaches to help clients.
What are the differences between a psychologist, a psychiatrist and a social worker?
A psychologist has received a Ph.D. or a PsyD from a university (after completing about 6 to 9 years of post-graduate training and an internship). A psychiatrist has received an M.D. from medical school (after completing about 8 to 10 years of post-graduate training and residency). A social worker, a licensed professional counselor, or a licensed marriage and family therapist have received a Master’s degree (MA, MS or MSW) from a graduate school (after completing about 3 to 5 years of post-graduate training and internship). Although they all do therapy, a psychologist is additionally trained in assessment and a psychiatrist can prescribe medication. I am a clinical psychologist.


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Oil prices remain extremely volatile, down another 5% today as the International Energy Agency (IEA) and Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) remained divided over the outlook for the commodity. According to a report from the IEA, global oil output in the first half of the year will climb faster thanks to contributions from Iran and Iraq to supply.
The IEA warned that supply may run in excess of 1.75 million barrels per day over demand against anearlier estimate of 1.5 million per day made last month. At the same time, the agency anticipates global demand to slow down further, which will also put pressure on oil prices.
The decline in output by non-OPEC members will be marginal at 0.6 million barrels per day in the current year, according to the agency.
Further, the IEA had put to rest speculations over a possible meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC members over containing oil production, stating that it is solely an individual choice of its members. According to IEA, any such cooperation is doubtful in the near future.
The ominous report appears to have taken affect today, as WTI and Brent crude are down 5% and 7% respectively on the day.
A report from Goldman Sachs, in contrast to the IEA, asserted that crude will recover at a pace higher than precious metals. The firm cited the supply-side adjustment factor as playing a key role in the fast recovery of oil over metals. The iPath S&P GSCI Crude Oil Total Return (NYSEARCA:OIL) is down 5% to $4.48 on the day.

industry_corpus2: Petrochemicals


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Excited to have our short, My Little Friends, screening on ConsciousGood.com a wonderfully curated collection of inspiring films and other media.
We’re thrilled to announce that our new film, Taller than the Trees, will premiere this month at AFIDocs and Nantucket Film Festivals.
A Tokyo man delicately balances his roles as advertising executive, father, husband and devoted son.
Lost Boys of Sudan, the award-winning PBS documentary by Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk, is streaming on PBS/POV with free DVD copies available for community screenings.
The film continues to be in wide use by educators and community organizations around the world and we are eager to do everything we can to help it mobilize further support for refugees. Free copies of the DVD are available through POV’s incredible lending library, but with Lost Boys of Sudan, we are donating the film so that community organizations will be able to keep the DVD for repeated use.
There are just a few quick steps to register your screening of Lost Boys of Sudan and receive the DVD.
Big congratulations to our friends at Avian Media for being named Agency of the Year and honored for their fabulous work on the India theatrical release of After My Garden Grows.
Read our report on the incredible reception AMGG received in India.
· Theatrical Release across India at PVR Cinemas.
· National Media Coverage, 200+ print, radio and TV stories in every major outlet.
· Strategic Screenings with India’s cultural, corporate and government influencers.
· Federal government adopts film for its national adolescent girls program and media vans.
We’re excited that National Geographic is featuring After My Garden Grows in their short films showcase. Check it out and help us spread the word!
The little film that could… for two weeks starting on Children’s Day, Nov. 14th, After My Garden Grows screened across India at PVR Cinemas as a free short before the feature film as well as at the Kolkata and Goa International Film Festivals. Additionally, a series of strategic screening and discussion events across four cities brought the issues of early marriage, girls empowerment and the power of storytelling to an exciting cross-section of influential Indians. Events included a launch with Maneka Gandhi Cabinet Minister of Women and Child Development who will distribute the film in media vans to 100 key districts; a Bollywood screening hosted by Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao; an evening event hosted by Verve Magazine with Anuradha Mahindra, a screening and reception at the MenEngage Summit hosted by the Canadian High Commission with free DVD distribution to advocates, and Corporate Social Responsibility screenings in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata with HSBC’s Naina Lal Kidwai, representatives of Mahindra and Mahindra, Business World, PriceWaterhouse, Siemens, Piramal Foundation, Axxis Bank, Bombay and Bengal Chambers of Commerce, USAID, and US Embassy. We received tremendous amounts of media coverage and best of all Monika Barman, her sister Kanika with baby Akash were there to share their experiences and insights.
Nice shout out for Smile Pinki in Think Like a Freak ,by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. (Morrow/HarperCollins.) How to solve problems creatively, from the authors of “Freakonomics.” 14 weeks and counting on the New York Times best-seller list.
Smile Pinki is being re-broadcast throughout India by national public broadcaster Doordarshan, check local listings.
After My Garden Grows , will be screening at Sundance, London on April 27 and 28.
Copyright © 2014 Principe Productions. All Rights Reserved.


text: Let’s be real--we all know what stress is. Life tends to have plenty of it, and working in a job like public safety telecommunications adds a special type of stress to the mix as well. We also know that too much stress can be bad for us and that there are a number of practical ways to deal with stress. So why take this course? Because knowing about stress and how to relieve it is one thing, and actually doing something to recognize and mitigate stress is another thing altogether.


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As it turns out, the picture and my expectations of Cinda Williams Chima did not lie. I like the book even more than her first series, and between the war between magic traditions, treachery in the royal household, ominous echoes to the mysterious “Breaking” which nearly destroyed the kingdom, and the main characters whoyou root for and understand, I am eagerly waiting for the next Seven Realms novel. Oh, and I forgot to mention the plot twists. You have GOT to love the plot twists.
These books are great. I am anxiously waiting on the hold list for the third at my library. I really like Chima’s writing. Her characters are always so likeable and relatable.

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text: Westheimer Plumbing and Hardware is proud to present this american walnut finished bathtub part, by Duravit. The ST878601313 is made from premium materials, this Bathtub Part offers great function and value for your home. This fixture is part of Duravit's decorative Starck Collection, so make sure to check out other styles of fixtures to accessorize your room.

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PRESCOTT-- Take an early-morning drive down almost any street in Prescott on trash pickup day, and you will encounter a sea of blue and green.
Standing at the curbs in front of more than 10,000 homes in the city will be two Dumpsters: a green one for normal household garbage, and a blue one for the recyclable materials.
On a weekly basis, residents all over the community carefully sort out their plastic containers, aluminum cans, paper products, and a host of other recyclables from the rest of their trash.
And according to Solid Waste Superintendent Chad McDowell, the effort is paying off. Today, he said, Prescott homes and businesses are generating about 220 tons of recyclables per month. That is up from about 150 tons per month just five years ago.
McDowell and other city officials are hoping that the rising participation in the program will result in a better deal for local recycling. The city is currently out for bid for the handling of its residential recyclables, and plans to open the bids on Nov. 6. With the higher amount of materials, officials say, the local program should be in line to get a better rate.
Up to this point, McDowell said, recycling "hasn't really made us much money." But he noted that the "more tons of recyclables you have," the better chance the system has of turning a profit.
Currently, Prescott offers curbside recycling to all of its 15,000 residential trash customers. Along with the green containers for garbage, the city also automatically distributes a blue recycling container.
Then, it's up to the individual households to choose whether to participate. McDowell estimates that about 80 percent of the 15,000 households do. Most of those fill up their 32- or 65-gallon recycling containers about every other week.
After city trucks pick up the recyclables, they transport the materials first to the city's transfer station on Sundog Ranch Road. Then, the city pays a hauler to take the materials to Flagstaff, where they end up in a "material recovery facility." The city currently has a contract with the City of Flagstaff to handle its recyclables.
Even as McDowell acknowledges that recycling is not a big moneymaker for the city, he also cautions that expenses and revenues do not tell the whole story.
By McDowell's estimate, the city spends about$1 million per year on its recycling program, which includes about $140,000 in hauling costs and tipping fees in Flagstaff. Meanwhile, Prescott earns about $30,000 per year in revenues for the recyclable commodities.
But at the same time, the city is saving a substantial amount by not having to dispose all of the recyclables in the landfill. While the city pays $34 per ton for handling of its recyclables, it pays $37 per ton for disposing of garbage in the Grey Wolf Landfill in Dewey.
And ultimately, McDowell said, recycling "is the right thing to do for the environment."
City equipment operator Dan Rogers expressed similar views, as he navigated a truck through the streets this past week, collecting the recyclables from the blue containers.
"Our department prides itself on customer service," Rogers said, noting that he tries to ensure that as much material as possible makes it into the recycling program. For instance, Rogers said, he will make an extra effort in special situations, such as picking up moving boxes for newly arrived residents.
For customers who might be using the system improperly -- city officials say they frequently encounter regular garbage in the recycle bins -- Rogers said he leaves a how-to reminder in the recycle containers.
The city recently began converting its small 32-gallon recycling bins to 65-gallon containers -- a move that McDowell said has contributed to the growth in materials. As an incentive for residents to use the program, he said, the city does not charge for the larger recycling containers, but does charge extra if residents request an additional Dumpster for their regular garbage.
Along with the city's residential recycling, it recently added commercial recycling, which also has contributed to the increase in materials.
McDowell said 76 businesses now participate in the commercial program, which started out just more than a year ago with 10 commercial Dumpsters. The city contracts with Mattera Enterprises for handling its commercial recyclables.

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