Philadelphia Phillies Exhaust Every Snarky Headline About Being Bad at Baseball

This is Steve Susdorf. He plays for the Philadelphia Phillies.

The good news is the Phillies won?t lose today. The bad news is the Phillies stink.

If you weren?t paying attention over the weekend ? and really, we hope you weren?t ? the Phillies continued their downward spiral into irrelevance by getting swept at the hands of the Detroit Tigers and as a bonus shin-kick they capped it off in pathetically ugly fashion.

Their losing streak stands at 8 games, the Phils sit 11 games out in the East and 9.5 out in the wild card. The trade deadline is two days away. It may not have officially sunk, but the ship has taken water and there?s not enough life boats on board for everyone.

Let?s see what the guys have to say about the latest laughable loss.

Jonathan Papelbon:

?I definitely didn?t come here for this,? the Phillies? closer told MLB.com?s Todd Zolecki.

Oh. And:

?No, I would like to stay here. But if I?m going to have to put up with this year after year, then no, I don?t want to be here. Why would you? Why would anybody??

He has a point for once.

Jimmy Rollins:

?If there?s a bottom, this has to be it,? said Jimmy Rollins. ?I can?t imagine things getting worse than they have this past week, culminating the way they did today.?

Don?t be so sure.

Charlie Manuel:

Embarrassing? Ugly? Frightful? Go ahead and pick an adjective. Manager Charlie Manuel has a few of his own.

?When we play that bad, yeah, I?m upset. In some ways it?s embarrassing to me,? Manuel said. ?We come to the ballpark every day to play and to play right and win the game. When we don?t play right and we play bad ? very bad ? it bothers me.?

Whatever.

I don?t really know what to add at this point. Zoo with Roy pretty much nailed it.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/The700levelcom-PhillySportsMinutiae/~3/hfJlbDu2I8w/

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New lake at North Pole? More of a pond, really

Is the buzz warranted over a new "lake" at the North Pole thanks to global warming? Mostly no. But the Arctic ice is melting.

By David Clark Scott,?Staff writer / July 27, 2013

A buoy anchored near a remote Arctic webcam shows a large meltwater pond on July 22.

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The online buzz over a new "lake" on the North Pole as the latest symbol of global warming is mostly hype.

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Yes, there is a new foot-deep body of water in the Arctic. But this isn't unusual. This is another Arctic pond caused by seasonal (summer) warming. And the camera lens distorts the size.

"I have seen much more extensive ponding," James Morison, the principal investigator for the North Pole Environmental Observatory told The Atlantic. "Because we use wide angle lenses the melt pond looks much bigger than it is."

Note the use of the word "pond" to describe this body of water.

The Atlantic goes on to note that last summer's Arctic ice melt was one of the worst, and this year's hasn't been as bad, so far. The now-famous pond was the result of an early July heat wave.

"While the rate of Arctic sea ice loss is normally fastest during July, the warmest month of the year, ice loss was even faster than usual over the first two weeks of July 2013," according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. "Compared to the 1981 to 2010 average, ice extent on July 15, 2013 was 1.06 million square kilometers (409,000 square miles) below average."

Still, global warming is taking a toll on the Arctic, say most scientists. As the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration 2012 Arctic Report Card states: "Large changes in multiple indicators are affecting climate and ecosystems, and, combined, these changes provide strong evidence of the momentum that has developed in the Arctic environmental system due to the impacts of a persistent warming trend that began over 30 years ago."

And as The Christian Science Monitor noted this week, it's not the creation of Arctic ponds that's worrying ? it's the release of methane gas. The release of Arctic methane gas due to warming trends is an "economic time bomb," which could cost the world $60 trillion. Yes, that's trillion ? the equivalent of the world's entire economic output in 2012.

"The Arctic ice stores roughly 50 billion tons of methane, a concentrated gas some 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. Over the past few years, scientists have observed the gas pluming from the region?s thawing ice. That raised the question: even as profits are hauled in from shipping and drilling in the Arctic, could that methane gas be waiting to undo all those gains? Could the toll of that released gas far outweigh the rewards of melting Arctic?s ice?"

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/csm/~3/a-gAxf5H-tw/New-lake-at-North-Pole-More-of-a-pond-really

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Nokia Promises All major iOS and Android Apps Are Coming, Only Question is When

Engadget had a chance to sit down with?Bryan Biniak, the general manager of app development at Nokia and asked the tough questions. Mainly when are we going to see the Android and iOS gap filled in WP? Bryan?s answer was interesting to say the least; where he mentioned that not a single major app developer they approached had said ?no? instead all that matters is the ?when? of the apps arrival to the platform.

We?re not having a single conversation with anybody, of any material application that?s out there, that isn?t going to be coming to the platform. It?s not a matter of if ? I had those conversations, the ?if? conversations, before ? all of our conversations now are ?when.?

Of course one of those major apps would have to be Instagram, which although the demand has been sated by the likes of instance metrogram and now even Oggl, it remains the most prominent app to hold out on the platform.

The other big name who is absent from WP would have to be Google, who for competitive reasons (under the pretence of there being no interest in WP) have barely released any apps at all (only Google search and the Youtube app with Microsoft), they?ve even abstained from creating a Google+ app (not that many people care ). When asked about Google?s stance towards developing for WP Bryan?s reply was:

They are doing themselves a disservice by not being on every screen.? He also used the big G as an example of a company that prefers web-based apps, whereas Nokia is pushing for native apps. ?That will get resolved over time, but as consumer demand builds, they?re not going to have an option,? Biniak said. For clarity, we asked whether Google is actively discussing WP8 apps, to which Biniak replied, ?yeah, absolutely.?

What I find most interesting about this, is the fact that once again it?s Nokia going the extra mile (or ten) to fill the WP app gap, while Microsoft does god knows what. (as far as I can think of, the new Halo is practically the only real big app Microsoft have created besides the social apps).

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Source: http://mynokiablog.com/2013/07/27/nokia-promises-all-major-ios-and-android-apps-are-coming-only-question-is-when/

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Golf: All eyes on Inbee Park at the Women's Open

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Witness: Spain train driver said he went fast

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (AP) ? The driver of a speeding train that derailed in Spain, killing 78 people, said minutes after the crash that he had been going fast and couldn't brake, a local resident who rushed to the scene of the accident said in an interview broadcast Sunday.

Evaristo Iglesias told Antena 3 television that he and another person accompanied the blood-soaked Francisco Jose Garzon Amo to a stretch of flat ground where other injured people were being laid out, waiting for emergency services to arrive.

"He told us that he wanted to die," Iglesias said.

"He said he had needed to brake but couldn't," Iglesias said. He added that Garzon said "he had been going fast."

The television channel showed a photograph of Iglesias in a pink shirt and cap helping carry the driver after the Wednesday accident in Santiago De Compostela.

It also aired television footage of Iglesias working beside the wrecked train to help other survivors.

Garzon has been released from the hospital and is in police custody on suspicion of negligent homicide. He is expected to give testimony to an investigating judge later Sunday, though he exercised his right to remain silent when police tried to interview him.

The judge will also have access to information contained in the train's "black box," which is similar to those found on aircraft.

The train carrying 218 passenger in eight cars blazed far over the speed limit into a high-risk curve, tumbling off the tracks and slamming into a concrete wall, with some of the cars catching fire.

Authorities have pointed to speed as the culprit, and officials have said that the brakes should have been applied four kilometers (2.5 miles) before the train hit the curve.

Investigators must determine if Garzon failed to apply the brakes or whether it was a technical failure.

Iglesias was among survivors and witnesses who began to give evidence to police on Sunday.

Meanwhile, authorities said forensic experts have identified the last three bodies among the dead. They did not reveal the names of the dead, but said Sunday that all of the families had been notified.

Mourning continued throughout Spain, with Sunday church services being held in remembrance of the dead.

A large funeral mass is planned for Monday afternoon, and the prime minister and royal family are expected to attend.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/witness-spain-train-driver-said-went-fast-125220655.html

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