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When the time is right to release another Mike & The Mechanics album, the three of us get together and we start writing new material out of an acoustic setting.

Today, my main focus wasn't as much on mechanics as much as just slowing myself down. I get a little anxious, especially with my slider, because I haven't been throwing it a lot. I tried to get into a better rhythm throughout, and when I got to my slider, I felt a little more locked in.

We worked on his mechanics a little bit and changed it up. But he's got a good eye for the ball, keeps his hands back and puts the ball in play. He's been swinging it well, and he stepped up and delivered. That's what a senior does.

We've been working on some of the things mechanically and, obviously, I'll pay attention to what the doctors say and try to build arm strength the best we can without getting him hurt. It's kind of a freak injury for a pitcher. You never know where it comes from. We've been trying to stress mechanics even back to when he started his throwing program before this came up. We'll keep stressing it.

We'll work with air carriers to ensure they maintain good surveillance of the mechanics who work for them.

The good news is that the physical mechanics of the '02 farm bill worked. However, the federal government in 2002 was experiencing surpluses, and that isn't the circumstance now. A different environment exists now for the 2007 farm bill to be created, and there is still uncertainty of what it will look like.

We kind of put everybody on a pitch limit today. I thought Andy did a fine job. He had good location and he had plenty of good pop. His curve wasn't quite there, but his mechanics were there. It's a bonus to get him back.

With him, it's all about getting his mechanics together. Every pitch he throws seems to be thrown at a different arm angle, and we're working to get that changed. Once that happens, watch out.

You have to have a skill -- cosmetology, technology, or auto mechanics -- that will count toward a certification.

Throwing mechanics, shoulder posture, my drop ? little things like that. Right now in camp it still feels like I'm confined and working on stuff. My feeling is, hey, these guys know what they're talking about. I'm buying in 100 percent to what they're saying. Don't ask questions. Come September, your mechanics will be better, you'll be a more accurate passer, and because of that your team will be better.

The prize money is a bonus. You split it between eight riders and mechanics and then you have enough to buy dinner.

Everything today went really well. My mechanics felt better than that one inning I threw against the Korean team. The breaking balls still aren't there yet, but my fastball and changeup felt real good.

First we did our primary workout. Then we worked mainly on the mechanics of the exchange because we pretty much have our steps down. All this year we have been balancing relay work with the work needed for the individual events, so we are prepared.

Fascinated by history during my secondary education, then by physics and mechanics at the Ecole Polytechnique, I finally entered the national administration of mines in 1936.

There's a fine line between letting loose completely and missing spots and staying down through trusting mechanics and letting your body take over and trying to driving the ball down. (Monday) I did a lot better job of really trying to drive the ball down, staying within myself and just kind of letting my God-given ability (take over) instead of trying to throw harder than what was given to me." ()

There simply aren't hundreds of derelict companies out there. It could happen on an isolated basis, but the mechanics don't exist for this to happen every 15 minutes.

they are also some of the best-paid mechanics in the world.

It was a little up and down. I definitely didn't have the velocity. I went out there and tried to pitch, tried to locate. ... My mechanics are a little bit off right now.

These days, you've got day traders working from home, auto mechanics and grad students, who think they have it figured out. In the past, these (types of trends) have ended badly.

Thanks to luck and thanks to the mechanics who did a perfect stop again.

Sooner or later if the replacement mechanics can't keep on top of it, it's going to start causing cancellations.

Ruben has a complete understanding of our development approach and proven ability to communicate and nurture this process. His extensive knowledge of delivery mechanics and effective teaching techniques has made an impact on a number of pitchers at all levels of the organization.

Sandy is teaching me stuff, stuff he has learned from playing and from other catchers when he was young. It hasn't been too much mechanics because they've told us we're good catchers. It's more the approach to the game, how to get ready.

Putting is so much feel, so it's hard to tell if a belly putter will work for someone. But if you're having trouble with short putts, it's going to help you regain your mechanics so that you release the blade through the putt. If nothing else, in that way it's a good training device.

Our customers are mostly well-educated, newly retired couples. They tend to have technical backgrounds, such as engineering, or they were educators. Some just like the mechanics of how our roof lift system works.

The motivation is even higher than ever this year because we have the number one and two in the team and all the mechanics and engineers are working with much more interest than last year.

The most important single thing about string theory is that it's a highly mathematical theory, and the mathematics holds together in a very tight and consistent way. It contains in its basic structure both quantum mechanics and the theory of gravity. That's big news.

Now he's playing within himself. His footwork has been excellent. It's all mechanics when it comes to throwing. If your feet are up under you and you are throwing on time, you are usually going to be pretty accurate.

Anybody on this team can hit a home run. It's just all about keeping clean mechanics and keeping your head down.

A win is always satisfying, and my mechanics were better in L.A., but I made pitches when I had to -- and I just wish I had one pitch back. What are you going to do?

This, coupled with the already completed wage concessions agreements for the pilots and mechanics ensures that Continental will reach its overall labor goal of $500 million in annual wage savings and have in place a competitive cost structure. In addition, the risk of labor discord is now off the table.

This case began as what we like to term a historical conspiracy involving mechanics down in Columbia as well as mechanics up here in Miami.

They focused the store too sharply on fashion, let go on the basics, and their fashion didn't work. By selling low-rise jeans and mechanics jeans to hip 24-year-olds, you're alienating me and worse yet, you weren't able to catch that hip 24-year-old.

There wasn't anything physically wrong. I hit a professional wall. My swing got sideways. I was off with my mechanics the whole year. By the end of last year I was walking around in a fog.

It seems like the PEB said everyone should participate in concessions, but that United should give mechanics the raise, then you can talk about concessions, ... But now I think it'll be difficult to win those concessions.

It's all about athletes, especially with girls. If you can get an athlete out there that can just transfer ability, be coordinated and understand and do the mechanics and the techniques, you'll be OK. And they learn it really quick. This year I had 20 freshmen girls and I could have kept 20, that's how into the game they are.

It's one thing for United Airlines to reduce wages of its pilots or mechanics through a bankruptcy filing. That doesn't help you out very much in the sport world, ... You need the star athlete paid the big bucks to be happy and part of the team. And particularly in a situation where there is a collective bargaining agreement, you can't cherry pick. If you do something (voiding player contracts), you'd have to do it across the board.

It's almost kind of the worst scenario for the union. I would think that sometime in the next couple of weeks you might see some striking mechanics crossing the picket line to go back to work.

It's like some sort of ordinary filing system for the mechanics of government, as opposed to a symbolic celebration and insight into what the state is all about. We have more appropriate buildings for our baseball and football teams than we do for out seat of governance.

It's hard to tell off one session, but he looks a lot better. It usually takes him a couple mound sessions to get his mechanics straight.

It's been a long year, a frustrating year. But if that's been the problem, I'll continue to work hard on it. To pitch the way I did today, that's the reason why, I believe. Having inconsistent mechanics resulted in inconsistent velocity and inconsistent arm angles. The bottom line is, I've been inconsistent on the mound.

It's pretty much just a muscle strain but we didn't want to take a risk of having him change his mechanics because of it so we'll hold him out.

Dan threw really well. In the fall and earlier this year, control was a little bit of an issue for him, but his mechanics have really improved and his confidence has really improved.

Conditioning-wise, this group is leaps and bounds ahead of the other group. They won't be as sore or as tired by the end of practice. Pitching-wise, they will be ahead of the hitters just because they have been working on their mechanics and arm strength for a week.

Considering it's just our third game and fourth or fifth time outside, we played better than expected. Rory went a little longer than expected, but we never got that one inning where we could open up any kind of gap. He has good mechanics and could go forever if you let him.

The next step will be the permanent replacement of mechanics and cleaners. That is what Northwest will announce sooner rather than later.

The observations are spectacular and the conclusions are stunning. It shows that galaxies are nothing but quantum mechanics writ large across the sky.

The numbers (of mechanics working forced overtime) were small but the concerns were large it could increase. This was a major issue for members and these talks aren't held in a vacuum.

That's probably more than I wanted to throw in four innings. But the velocity on my fastball increased, and that's a good sign. My mechanics were a little better, too.

The big thing was the mechanics of a quarterback. Learning a five-step drop, how to read a defense and knowing what to do every play are the biggest differences.

It's an amazing job this kid did over the last year and a half, ... This kid came in with a lot of problems, mechanics and keeping his pitches down. I always say Contreras got the best arm on my staff. There's not a doubt about it. It was a matter of time when he got more confidence and he was throwing more strikes.

It leaves questions open about the mechanics of choosing a long-term successor,

They call this the fulcrum effect. If I move the handle up, the tip moves down inside the body. If I move it down, it moves up, left and right are reversed. But a robot can understand all the mechanics and compensate for them, eliminating the fulcrum effect.

It was just a natural thing for me. I don't know that I really worked on it. At some point every pitcher is in the same position in his mechanics ? how you get to that point will always be different.

The new building is about 10,000 square feet, ... We will run a two-hour block for auto mechanics class in the building.

It's not a step back, it's a step forward. When you don't do good, that's when you go in and make adjustments. You've got to learn from it, and you've got to know where your mechanics are and what you need to do to make that adjustment.

I just can't see that they're going to walk away. The mechanics tried that and they don't have a job any more.

In my evaluation of the guy, I think he has really good mechanics and good velocity on the ball, which is a big thing when you play in a stadium that has a lot of wind like (the Jets) do. I think it was a good pick. I'd be really surprised if he doesn't end up being a pretty good player for them.

I knew he was tired but I asked him to go the extra mile. I didn't notice any flaws in his mechanics and the extra time in between innings did not hurt us.

I hadn't pitched in a game in a couple of weeks, and I didn't know where it was going. My mechanics were bad; I was rusty as could be. I just didn't have a good feel for the game. I could understand a little rust, but it wasn't what I was looking for.

In a sense, it is the possibility that the algorithm could run which prevents the algorithm from running. That is at the heart of quantum interrogation schemes, and to my mind, quantum mechanics doesn't get any more mysterious than this.

I'm teaching them a lot of college stuff right now. The mechanics of how you pass rush; the mechanics of body weight of the offensive lineman; how they shift; how your footwork needs to be -- because a millimeter of a second is big in football.

I'm certain that (the mechanics union negotiating committee) will reject it if we haven't (already) because it falls well short of what we need. They have failed to even start addressing some of our needs.

I'm comfortable with all my pitches. I'm throwing strikes and that's the bottom line. My mechanics are the biggest thing and I feel like I'm able to hit my spots now.

I'm at the point now where I'm pitching in sequences; I'm pitching in sequences of two and sequences of three. It is not about my mechanics and it is not about my stuff. It is about competing.

I really love the mechanics of it -- the tubing, the modifying the system to work more efficiently or faster. I also enjoy being out in the woods. I enjoy the nature part of it, too.

In the pocket he's been pretty sound. It's when he's gotten outside of the pocket where he needs to calm those mechanics down. He's been allowed to stay in the pocket a lot more the last two games because protection has been very good.

I had bad mechanics (against) the first two guys. I thought I could get in on him with my best pitch, get a ground ball and try to get a double play. I didn't get in there far enough.

I didn't have my best stuff; I struggled with my mechanics early. It feels good to go out and have a good performance. My last couple were poor. It doesn't feel good to go out in a pennant race and not pitch well.

He's worked hard, and nobody gave him anything. He's in there working at getting stronger, working on his mechanics and trying to improve. He's didn't rest on the fact that he had a good season last year, he went out and tried to get better and, in the end, I think he did.

If I start paying attention to the mechanics of a film while watching it, then it's generally a bad film.

I don't think he ever had a real good feel for his mechanics and release point. Whether it was related to the ball hitting him in the knee or not, I don't know. He always battles you, whether he has his best stuff or not. He has an ability to focus even when he's in pain. It was just a day when the Cardinals were better than us.

I believe it does take tall pitchers longer to put it together. Look at Johnson. It took him a few extra years. The parts that go into the mechanics of a delivery are longer. It just seems to take a tall pitcher longer to get to that point where they can repeat their delivery.

I feel comfortable right now. I just need to go out and pitch accordingly, get my innings in, get my arm strength, remain comfortable with my mechanics and then hopefully take it right into opening day.

I can't deny the fact that I was thinking about it, ... It was not mechanics at all. It was the fact that I hung fastballs and threw pitches right over the middle of the plate. I credit them for not missing my pitches.

I do not know any player, who could strike a golf ball like he (Norman) can, as far as hitting it solid, knowing where it's going, knowing the mechanics of the game and knowing what he wanted to do with the golf ball.

You can see he has his father's bloodlines. He understands the game well, his mechanics are there and he's a quick learner. But he's only a freshman and we've told him that we're not asking him to put every game on his shoulders. It's not all on one guy.

The injury, obviously, is not something you plan for and it's not something he'd plan for. It was a speed bump in his fast track. Toward the end, he was starting to clean up his mechanics a little bit, starting to get back to what we saw.

The couple of innings I didn't fell too good. I thought my fastball was up and I wasn't feeling real crisp. I tried to pitch today instead of overpowering guys. I just didn't think my mechanics were right.

The mechanics had more to do with timing and footwork and balance; it's all lower body getting his feet underneath him planting and throwing the football. He's going to fix that up pretty fast.

The mechanics are universal. The game really doesn't change much. There's more information, you're able to watch things more closely, but those are tools to help you.

Quantum mechanics is very impressive. But an inner voice tells me that it is not yet the real thing. The theory yields a lot, but it hardly brings us any closer to the secret of the Old One. In any case I am convinced that He doesn't play dice