 with the Los Angeles Dodgers over the last four seasons — was named the starting designated hitter for the National League in last night’s MLB All-Star Game, batting second in a line-up of baseball’s biggest stars. It was Muncy’s second All-Star game nod, and it comes on the strength of an incredible first half in which the former Baylor all-American has further solidified himself as one of baseball’s best all-around hitters, with 19 homers and 52 RBI, leading the defending World Series champions in numerous offensive categories.
But he wasn’t the only former Baylor star making news. This week’s MLB draft saw two Bears selected by big league organizations, meaning Baylor has now had at least one player selected in each of the last 31 drafts, dating back to 1991.
Fifth-year senior Andy Thomas, a standout catcher who capped a stellar career in green and gold with his best season yet in 2021, was selected in the fifth round by the Seattle Mariners. Thomas put together an all-American senior year, setting new career highs with a.337 batting average, 11 home runs and 60 RBI. He also earned a strong reputation behind the plate, throwing out nearly half of attempted base stealers and guiding a pitching staff that finished with the Big 12’s second best ERA.
He was followed by fellow fifth-year senior Luke Boyd, one of the nation’s top closers each of the last two seasons for the Bears, who went in the 17th round to the San Diego Padres. Boyd joined Thomas as an all-America honoree this spring, finishing his senior year with a sparkling 1.27 ERA, eight saves and 43 strikeouts in 28.1 innings.
This was the fourth time in the last five seasons under head coach Steve Rodriguez that multiple Bears have been drafted; in all, 14 players have been selected in Rodriguez’s six seasons at Baylor.
Sic ’em, Muncy, Thomas and Boyd!It was a chance to see Wisbech from a different view as well as discover more about the town's historic church.
St Peter & St Paul, in Love Lane, held its tower open day last Saturday (September 14) as part of Heritage Open Days.
Those that were brave enough to climb the 68 steps to the belfry were rewarded with sunny views across Wisbech.
Visitors were keen to discover more about the Norman church building and its 900 years of history.
The bellringers were also available to welcome residents and give children the chance at ringng the bells and discover more about the art of campanology.
Guided Tours of the church took place from 10am to 2pm.
Heritage Open Days is England's largest festival of history and culture, bringing together more than 2,000 organisations, 5,000 events and 40,000 volunteers.
Yes, of course. For example for me leather is just a byproduct but fur is just a waste as most of the animal is discarded, also the fur industry year their animals on shocking ways while the meat industry have strict standards to follow (apart from the poultry industry which really needs better regulation). 

You can definitely care that the animals you are eating have been brought up well, for example here in the UK all beef is free range and grass fed (this is why UK farming is at least 50% less carbon emitting than in other countries) so beef is perfectly fine to eat. British pork is also made to a high standard with many practices in other countries being illegal here.

You can also care for non food animals like wild birds by putting out a bird feeder with appropriate food on it.
 Avoid cruelty to animals by only having a pet you can care for rather than having one but not the time to care for one, make sure if you have pets they are properly fed and exercised and always aim for one that's from a rescue centre.

There's a lot people can do to make sure the animals we way experience the best life and the animals we don't eat are well cared for and treated fairly.


Edit: i should add that i walk or take public transport, i only have the heating on when necessary and i but a lot of my clothes from charity shops and they are almost all made of cotton or leather. I am pretty good for the environment and i still make cuts where i can.package com.bm.classify.sampling.filter.impl;

import com.bm.classify.sampling.filter.IFilter;

/**
 * Ein filter der alles akzeptiert.
 * @param <T> - der typ
 * @author <NAME>
 * @since 15.08.2006
 */
public class NoFilter<T> implements IFilter<T> {

    /**
     * Prufet ob ein flat file objekt valide ist.
     * 
     * @author <NAME>
     * @since 14.08.2006
     * @param object -
     *            des objekt was auf die validitaet geprueft werden soll.
     * @return - true wenn valid
     * @see com.bm.classify.sampling.Filter#isValid(java.lang.Object)
     */
    public boolean isValid(T object) {
        return true;
    }
    
    /**
     * Prueft ob ein flat file objekt valide ist.
     * 
     * @param akt -
     *            des objekt was auf die validitaet geprueft werden soll.
     * @return - true wenn valid
     * @param index -
     *            der aktuell gelesene index, 0 basierend
     * @author <NAME>
     * @since 18.08.2006
     * @see com.bm.classify.sampling.Filter#isValid(java.lang.Object)
     */
    public boolean isValid(T akt, int index) {
        return true;
    }
}This tube is very hard to find. It’s compact size and it’s connection socket, similar to the car brake light bulb makes it the stangest tube I’ve ever seen.
There is very few information about it and it’s usage… it’s from the M-series of professional tubes so I could guess it was used in some kind of portable precision survey equipment.
It’s base looks very similar if not equal (I must try) as a car light bulb.
I don’t know russian so I just know how to recognize the most important parameters to make working the tube. I’ll appreciate more info’s about this tube, feel free to contact me at “l.i.papadopol at gmail.com”
-Working voltage 720-780V
-Plateau lenght 200V
-Plateau slope 0.15%
-Load resistance 8-15MOhm
-Working temperature -40° +50°
-Lenght 100mm diameter 21.5mm/* Xholon Runtime Framework - executes event-driven & dynamic applications
 * Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 <NAME>
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307  USA
 */

package org.primordion.user.app.GameOfLife;

import org.primordion.xholon.app.Application;
//import org.primordion.xholon.base.IXholon;
//import org.primordion.xholon.base.XholonTime;
//import org.primordion.xholon.io.GridPanel;
import org.primordion.xholon.io.GridViewerDetails;

/**
 * Conway's classic Game of Life. This is a sample Xholon application.
 * <p>This is the classic Conway Game of Life implemented using Xholon.
 * It demonstrates how to implement a grid within a Xholon tree.</p>
 * @author <a href="mailto:<EMAIL>"><NAME></a>
 * @see <a href="http://www.primordion.com/Xholon">Xholon Project website</a>
 * @since 0.1 (Created on Jun 8, 2005)
 */
public class AppGameOfLife extends Application {
	
	/** Constructor. */
	public AppGameOfLife(){super();}
	
	/*
	 * @see org.primordion.xholon.app.Application#step()
	 */
	protected void step()
	{
		root.preAct();
		root.act();
		root.postAct();
		//XholonTime.sleep( getTimeStepInterval() );
		if (