Yankees slam Tigers

By NOAH TRISTER

AP Baseball Writer

Associated Press Sports

updated 11:03 p.m. ET June 1, 2012

DETROIT (AP) - Curtis Granderson took a while to return to his locker after New York's impressive win over Detroit on Friday night.

The slugging outfielder has been battling a cough recently - but he's been able to play anyway.

"I feel fine," Granderson said. "That's the crazy thing."

Granderson had reason to feel good. His grand slam against his former team in the second inning helped the Yankees to a 9-4 victory and snapped New York out of an extended funk with the bases loaded.

The Yankees were 8 for 54 with the bases full this season before Granderson's drive down the right-field line off Detroit rookie Casey Crosby.

"That inning just got away from me," Crosby said. "By that point, I was trying too hard to get something over the plate, and I left a fastball where Granderson could put a huge swing on it."

CC Sabathia made the lead hold up after a shaky start, and Alex Rodriguez added a two-run homer in the ninth for New York.

It was tied at 1 when Granderson cleared the bases with a drive just inside the pole in right field off Crosby, a left-hander making his major league debut.

Sabathia (7-2) allowed three runs and eight hits in seven innings. New York used five relievers. Rafael Soriano came on with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth. He got Miguel Cabrera to ground into a double play for his seventh save.

"You've got to go out and battle," Sabathia said. "I felt like that's what it was today. It was a battle."

Crosby allowed six runs and four hits in 3 1-3 innings. He walked four - all in the second - and struck out three.

Derek Jeter had two hits and scored a run for the Yankees.

Ramon Santiago hit a solo homer for Detroit, and Quintin Berry had three hits, finishing a homer shy of the cycle.

Crosby was recalled earlier in the day from Triple-A Toledo to start in place of the injured Doug Fister. He made it through the first inning OK, and the Tigers took the lead when Berry hit a leadoff triple and scored on Danny Worth's single.

But on a drizzly night at Comerica Park, the rain picked up a bit in the top of the second, and Crosby walked the bases loaded. The rain let up a bit, and play was never halted. With two outs, Crosby walked Jeter on a 3-2 pitch to force in a run.

"The big thing with this team is just - pass it to the next guy," Granderson said.

Granderson was the next guy, and he followed with his 17th homer of the year.

Granderson was traded from Detroit to New York after the 2009 season.

Detroit chipped away in the third with Santiago's homer and an RBI single by Prince Fielder, but Brennan Boesch struck out to leave the bases loaded.

Detroit came into the game with a .114 average with the bases loaded - even worse than New York's.

The Yankees came back with a run in the fourth on an RBI single by Chris Stewart.

Detroit had men on first and second in the sixth when Omir Santos hit a grounder up the middle. But second baseman Robinson Cano was playing near the bag and made a nice stop on the opposite side of it. He tagged the base and threw to first for a double play to end the inning.

Andruw Jones hit a run-scoring double in the eighth to make it 7-3.

Detroit had men on first and third with one out in the eighth after Delmon Young's third hit of the game. Pinch-hitter Jhonny Peralta hit a sacrifice fly, but that was it for the Tigers.

Rodriguez, who struck out three times, hit a towering drive to left-center in the ninth for his eighth homer.

NOTES: Detroit DH Gerald Laird left the game with right hamstring tightness after diving head first into first base for an infield single in the sixth. ... Yankees OF Brett Gardner (strained right elbow) took some batting practice in the cage Friday, and manager Joe Girardi says he thinks it's possible he could be back next weekend or the series after that. ... New York RHP David Robertson (strained oblique) is expected to throw a bullpen session this weekend. ... Detroit RHP Rick Porcello (3-4) takes on New York RHP Hiroki Kuroda (4-6) on Saturday night.

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Santana gives Mets their first no-no ?|? Video

Johan Santana pitched the first no-hitter in New York Mets' history, helped by an umpire's missed call and an outstanding catch in left field in an 8-0 victory over St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.

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The Transit of Venus: Viewing Tips from an Astronomer

My family is gearing up for a big weekend of science in New York City. First, there?s the annual?World Science Festival, which this year is bringing free activities like bug hunting, weather forecasting and marine ecology research to?Brooklyn Bridge Park among many other locations. (Check the full slate of activities here.) Then, on Tuesday comes the Transit of Venus.?I asked Summer Ash (@summer_ash), Director of Outreach for the Department of Astronomy at Columbia University to offer some context and viewing tips.

Invited guest post by Summer Ash

On Tuesday June 5^th, Venus will pass between the Earth and the Sun for the second time in eight years and the last time for another 105 years. The transit of Venus, as it is called, is a very rare event in our solar system due to the relative alignments of the orbits of Earth and Venus around the Sun. Venus? orbit is inclined at an angle just under 3.5? with respect to Earth?s. This may seem small, but on astronomical scales, this means that Venus will only pass between the Earth and the Sun directly along our line of sight twice every 120 years or so. This occurred in 2004, but unfortunately was not visible from much of the U.S. and the next pair of transits won?t take place until 2117.

The importance of this event is now mostly historical, but at one time it was essential to understanding the scale of our Solar System. While Kepler?s laws of planetary motion and Issac Newton?s law of universal gravitation allowed for the calculation of the relative distances of the planets from the Sun, but nothing was known in absolute terms. In 1716, Edmund Halley was the first to propose that measurements of the transit of Venus would allow for the Sun-Earth distance to be estimated. However, it wasn?t until the 1761 and 1769 transits that astronomers were able to obtain useful measurements that led to the first calculations of the true distance between the Earth and the Sun.

(The above graphic originally appeared in The New York Times).

This was accomplished through the principles of parallax. As illustrated in the figure above, two observers on different points of the Earth were needed to observe the transit independently. Each would record the time Venus first crossed into the disk of the Sun and the time it left it. Using the known separation distance of the observers on Earth, the distance to the Sun could then be calculated.

Once the Earth-Sun distance was calculated, the distances to all the other planets known at the time could be derived. As successive transits have occurred, more precise measurements were made and the Earth-Sun distance was refined. It was the last transit in 1882 that yielded our current estimate of approximately 93 million miles and defined our standard distance of the Solar System: the astronomical unit (AU), i.e. 1 AU = 93 million miles.

As you can imagine, coordinating observers around the planet is a lot easier now then it was in the 1700?s and 1800?s. One poor French astronomer was sent to the southeast coast of India to observe the 1761 transit, but his destination was deemed too dangerous en route due to the Seven Year?s war between France and Britain. He tried desperately to reach a safe landing point, but was still at sea when the transit occurred and was unable to take any useful data on the rocking deck of the ship. Reasoning that the next transit was only eight years away, he decide to wait it out in the Indian Ocean, passing the time mapping part of Madagascar. When 1769 arrived, he set sail for the Philippines but was once again derailed by international conflict, this time with the Spanish. Retreating to his original target in India, he arrived in plenty of time to view the transit only to be thwarted at the last minute by overcast skies. If that weren?t enough, when he finally gathered the strength of mind to return home, his tumultuous journey home culminated in the unpleasant discoveries that he had been declare legally dead, his wife remarried, and his family had divided up his estate.

There have now been six transits of Venus observed by humans since the invention of the telescope in 1609. Here are a few tips for how you can be part of the seventh without having to set sail for a foreign land:

• First, check to make sure you are located in a place where the transit will be visible.
• Decide which method of observing the transit works best for you.
• If you are located somewhere outside of the viewing area or if mother nature decides not to cooperate, never fear, NASA will be webcasting the transit from Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

My method of choice (absent a telescope with a solar filter) is a pinhole projector as it requires little more than some cardboard, some aluminum foil, and a direct sightline to the Sun. It also enables more than one person to watch the transit at a time. The only tradeoff is that the larger you make the projected image of the Sun (i.e., the larger the distance between the two pieces of cardboard), the fainter it gets. You can get around this by using a very long box to enclose the pinhole projector on three sides, which will preserve some of the brightness.

Regardless of your plans for the transit, please remember that you should never look directly at the Sun without proper protection. Viewing the Sun through clouds, sunglasses, unfiltered telescopes, binoculars or cameras can result in instant and permanent damage.

That being said, happy transiting!

Summer Ash is Director of Outreach for the Department of Astronomy at Columbia University and?an instructor for Frontiers of Science in the Core Curriculum. Her doctoral research was on the evolution of?radio galaxies and active galactic nuclei. She values the power of the scientific method, the history of science?and the necessity of skeptical inquiry. As a self-professed space cadet, Summer grew up dragging friends and?family out at all hours of the day or night to look up at the sky. In her previous life she was a rocket scientist,?but now enjoys getting paid to spread her love of space with anyone who will listen. She attempts to blog at?Newtonianism for the Ladies,?tweets as?@Summer_Ash, and is the in-house Astrophysicist for?The Rachel?Maddow Show.

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Greeks weigh mental health costs of crisis | Health and Fitness

By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent

LONDON |
Thu May 31, 2012 12:23pm EDT

LONDON (Reuters) ? Behind every suicide in crisis-stricken countries such as Greece there are up to 20 more people desperate enough to have tried to end their own lives.

And behind those attempted suicides, experts say there are thousands of hidden cases of mental illness, like depression, alcohol abuse and anxiety disorder, that never make the news, but have large and potentially long-lasting human costs.

The risk, according to some public health experts, is that if and when Greece?s economic woes are over, a legacy of mental illness could remain in a generation of young people damaged by too many years of life without hope.

?Austerity can turn a crisis into an epidemic,? said David Stuckler, a sociologist at Britain?s Cambridge University who has been studying the health impacts of biting budget cuts in Europe as the euro crisis lurches on.

?Job loss can lead to an accumulation of risks that can tip people into depression and severe mental illness which can be difficult to reverse ? especially if people are not getting appropriate care,? Stuckler said.

?Untreated mental illness, just like other forms of illness, can escalate and develop into a problem that is much more difficult to treat later on.?

ACCUMULATION OF RISKS

Youth unemployment in Greece is more than 50 percent and evidence of peoples? disaffection is becoming more visible.

The sight of groups of youths hanging around the streets getting high on illicit drugs is not uncommon in Athens, while a Greek pensioner who hanged himself in the capital on Wednesday was found with a note saying he had always worked hard but had got himself into debt.

Greece is in its fifth year of recession and the prospects for many are bleak. Economists reckon the austerity measures Greece is battling with ? cuts the health minister characterized as being made with a butcher?s knife rather than a scalpel ? offer it slim hope of recovery any time soon.

Those who have jobs are being hit with wage cuts or pay freezes, and live in constant fear of being the next employee to face the chop. Research has found this feeling of profound insecurity can do more psychological damage than anything else.

Peter Kinderman, a professor of clinical psychology at Britain?s University of Liverpool, says the mental health impact of all this turmoil will be rapid and dramatic.

?Instead of seeing a slow increase in the epidemiology of mental illness, what we?re seeing is what we predicted ? that these economic impacts have rapid significance for our way of thinking about the world,? he told Reuters.

And while economic crises may have mental health effects, mental illness in turn has increasingly significant economic effects ? raising the prospect of a vicious cycle.

According to a paper prepared for the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2011, the economic consequences of mental health problems ? mainly in the form of lost productivity ? are estimated to average between 3 and 4 percent of gross national product in European Union countries.

And because mental disorders often start in young adulthood, the loss of productivity can be long-lasting, experts say.

CRITICAL WINDOW

Stuckler says there is a ?critical window? for connecting people in need of psychiatric help to the services that could benefit them, and talks of a ?high risk phase? when vulnerable young people haven?t been able to realize what they hoped to do, and then feel like they?re being left behind in a recovery.

?You don?t want them to sink into being chronically unemployed,? he said. ?Because that ends up increasing the costs and pressure on the welfare system further down the line?.

In Greece, suicide rates are already rising rapidly, albeit from a low starting point. Suicides rose by 17 percent between 2007 and 2009, and by 40 percent in the first half of 2011 compared with the same period in 2010, according to a report in the Lancet medical journal last year.

And judging from the experience of financial crises elsewhere, unemployment, poverty and insecurity will also lead to upward trends in demand for mental health services just as they are being cut back.

?Some people can be very profoundly affected ? and end up unhappy and depressed for very long periods for time,? said Kinderman. ?And I suspect some of the casualties in an economic downturn may undergo such fundamental changes in the way they understand themselves and the world, that that way of thinking will last.?

Peter Lloyd Sherlock, professor of social policy at Britain?s University of East Anglia, suggests looking to history for lessons. He points out that in Argentina, which experienced a dire financial downturn from 1999 to 2002, there was a 40 percent increase in consultations in mental health facilities in 2002, according to government data, and there was also a sharp increase in prescriptions of antidepressants.

Previous research has found that people who fall into unemployment and poverty have a significantly greater risk of mental health problems ? and men are at especially increased risk of mental illness, suicide or alcohol abuse during hard times.

Evidence cited in the WHO report suggests the more debt people have, the more likely they are to have mental disorders.

?If the Greek economic woes were to continue for 10 years or more, probably the most important overall effect on mental and physical health will actually be a big increase in inequality,? Lloyd Sherlock said.

DO DEPRESSIONS ALWAYS BREED DEPRESSION?

But does economic depression always mean more psychological depression?

Not necessarily.

Public health experts point to some countries, such as Sweden and Finland, which in times of crisis managed to avoid increases in mental illness and suicide rates by investing in employment initiatives to help get people back on their feet.

In the early 1990s, Sweden underwent a severe bank crisis which sparked a rapid rise in unemployment, but suicide rates were broadly unaffected. In contrast, Spain, which had multiple banking crises in the 1970s and 1980s, saw suicide rates rise as unemployment rates did.

Some experts say a key differentiating factor was the extent to which resources were budgeted for social protection, such as family support, unemployment benefit and healthcare services.

Looking ahead to what he hopes may be less fragile financial times for Greece, Kinderman sounds an optimistic note. While there?s a risk of long-term psychological problems for some, he says, evidence also suggests the majority of people can bounce back if and when economic prospects brighten.

?If you have economic recovery, many people could spark back up into a more optimistic and more self-assured frame of mind relatively quickly,? he said. ?The message for politicians is get the bloody economy right and we?ll start functioning again.?

(Editing by David Holmes)

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Invasion of the Tiny, Linux-Powered PCs

Bigger may be better if you're from Texas, but it's becoming increasingly clear to the rest of us that it really is a small world after all. Case in point? None other than what one might reasonably call the invasion of tiny Linux PCs going on all around us. Where's it all going? That's what Linux bloggers have been pondering in recent days.

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How to Use an Xbox 360 Wireless Controller on PC - China ...

In order to make use of your Xbox 360 Wireless Controller on PC to experience Computer games, you'll be able to relax as this is a simple task. Microsoft themselves make it easy to easily configure the 2 bits of hardware together for that advantage of gamers...

Lovers of Computer games is going to be glad to understand that there's a method for these to connect their Xbox 360 console controller on PC and relish the advantages of having fun with the advanced controller. Computer games are usually used a pc mouse along with a key pad, there are lots of individuals who prefer these controls over every other method. But it's also an indisputable fact that the controller which is used to experience around the Xbox 360 console offers a lot more features, together with simplicity of use and convenience.

The largest benefit of the Xbox 360 Wireless Controller may be the capability to relocate any direction, giving the consumer 360 degrees control when using the recording gaming console. However, the laptop keyboard only provides the choice to relocate 4 directions. What's more, the buttons are put at convenient positions, which is better to execute multiple tasks simultaneously with the aid of the controller. The shoulder buttons which are placed at the very top end from the console are simple to press, which provides the gamer more flexibility. Pressing the buttons around the keyboard doesn't grant exactly the same quantity of features, nor will it supply the convenience.

You have to bear in mind that it's easier to make use of a wired controller on PC. The Xbox 360 Wireless Controller focuses on Bluetooth technology, and often they're not going to sync together with your machine. If you don't own a wired controller, then you definitely must go on and purchase one. You can buy this controller from the number of sources for anything between $30 - $50. People using wireless controllers can also get to buy a radio Gaming Receiver for Windows to add towards the pc or even the laptop.

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Wanderlei Silva calls Vitor Belfort disrespectful for breaking hand, pulling out of UFC 147 bout

If you have a fight scheduled with Wanderlei Silva, you need to give your bones very stern instructions not to break. If they do go against your wishes and snap in two, that's disrespect.

Vitor Belfort is currently coaching against Silva on the Brazilian version of "The Ultimate Fighter" and was slated to fight him at UFC 147. A broken hand forced Belfort out of their bout. UFC president Dana White said Belfort needs surgery. Though training injuries are part of the game in MMA, Silva called it "amateurism" via his Twitter account.

"(Fighting me) with one hand (laughs)? We are professionals. It's a great irresponsibility not to be careful on training, a great disrespect towards the fans. I'm really sad. I'm ready to knock you out, you have nowhere to run. This fight is happening. I guess you got scared of me. Nobody trains so hard that breaks his hand. We use the best equipments, gloves, bandages.

"If you were scared, you shouldn't have accepted it. If you really got it broken, it's amateurism and if you didn't, you're scared. In both scenarios, it was irresponsible of you towards the fans. Pardon the word, but I'm pissed with your amateurism. A main event on the biggest event of the world and the guy shows up like that".

Strong words from Silva, especially considering that he has pulled out of fights with injuries. In 2010, cracked ribs kept him from the co-main event of UFC 116 against Yoshihiro Akiyama.

Ease up, Wand. As you well know, injuries are part of a sport that asks its competitors to hit each other as hard as possible. Hands and ribs break. Ligaments tear. Life goes on. Belfort has been in 30 professional MMA bouts, so it's hard to believe he's scared, or that he broke his hand on purpose to get out of this fight. And if he could have, wouldn't he have done that to get out of getting kicked in the face by Anderson Silva?

Thanks to Tatame for translation help.

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coeNEWS: Students learn about language, culture in Costa Rica

Video: COE students talk about course?s impact

University of Georgia student Chandler Fortson, a senior from Jackson majoring in early childhood education, was looking for a study-abroad course to take last summer that would really benefit her in her future career.

?There are not many that are relevant to my major and as soon as I read the description of the Language and Culture Service Learning course, I knew it was just what I was looking for,? said Fortson, who is considering becoming an ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) teacher. ?I am taking three additional classes to get my ESOL endorsement to broaden my teaching scope and cultivate my interest and belief in providing an education that is compatible to each individual student.?

Now, in its seventh year, the month-long course runs from early July to August. It is open to both undergraduate and graduate students. During that month, the students explore through reflections, discussions and theoretical readings the nexus between language and culture and the issues involved in teaching ESL, according to Paula Mellom, co-director of the program and a research scientist in UGA?s Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education, based in the College of Education.

Fortson works with a Whitehead Road Elmentary School student on some mathematics problems. Photo by Michael Childs

As part of the service-learning component, the UGA students apply what they are learning in a week-long ?English Camp? for local elementary school children. The students develop interactive lessons that integrate the national science curriculum and apply strategies for teaching English to non-native speakers of English.

In addition to their classwork, students work with local farmers and a local women?s cooperative. They also live with a home-stay family for a week.

Most of the course is at the UGA Costa Rica campus and surrounding communities, but they also travel to Turrialba in the Atlantic zone and finish out the trip at Playa Samara, one of Costa Rica?s coastal jewels in the Guanacaste region, according to Mellom.

?The program provided me with the means to truly step out of my comfort zone whether it was zip-lining through the rainforest and white-water rafting in the Pacuare River or living with an unknown Spanish-speaking family for a week,? said Fortson, who decided to study early childhood education during her senior year in high school.

?My home stay with a local family in Monteverde for a week was what made me the most nervous about my time in Costa Rica initially. I had no idea what to expect and because of this, I worried and worried until I stepped out of the taxi onto the Leitons driveway and saw my home-stay father?s and brother?s smiling faces,? said Fortson.

The part of the trip that worried her the most, turned out to be the experience that had the greatest impact on her views. While it was difficult communicating at times because her Spanish was not great, Mellom had asked the family to speak to Fortson only in Spanish.

Fortson talks about her Costa Rican experience

?I would have never guessed that I?d wake up one night only to realize in confusion that I had been dreaming in Spanish and was now thinking in Spanish even after waking up from my dream,? said Fortson. ?I gained my own family in Costa Rica. I was able to truly experience the language and culture of Costa Rica and gain even more respect for the differences and similarities of cultures other than my own.?
Fortson, who completed two semesters of practicum in two different Clarke County elementary schools this past year, will complete her student teaching through the COST (Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching) program this fall, in Quito, Ecuador.

Fortson will graduate in December 2012, but beyond that she?s unsure of her career path. She is planning to attend graduate school in some aspect of education.

But one thing of which she is sure is that she will be well-prepared for the challenges she may face as an educator.

?The Early Childhood Education program at UGA has given me an awareness of the many everyday issues in our school systems,? she said. ?And the experiences of Costa Rica allow me to teach and observe with more of an ethnographic perspective ? truly being able to understand that each and every student comes from a different background and to be accepting of this.?

Space is still available in this year?s program, for more information, visit:
www.externalaffairs.uga.edu/costa_rica/

For specific course info, contact Paula Mellom at: pjmellom@uga.edu

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Michael Childs is Director of Public Information for the UGA College of Education.

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