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Pete Mackanin sat in his office Friday afternoon before his team's 6 3 win over Milwaukee and said he feels as if he has been fielding the same question every day for the last two months.

His team has the second lowest run total in baseball. The Phillies had scored two or fewer runs in six of their previous seven games.iphone 5c replacement screen The manager was running out of answers to a tired question. And finally on Friday, he did not have to hear it posed again.

The Phillies scored at least five for just the third time in their last 20 games. The win snapped a seven game losing streak.

The three run innings they pieced together in the third and fourth could be categorized as offensive onslaughts for the 2016 Phillies. They homered twice at Citizens Bank Park for the first time this season. The Phillies have yet to score four runs in an inning this year. That is a question to be answered another day.

"Any time we score six runs it's a big deal around here," Mackanin said. "I'm hoping that this is going to get us going a little bit. Loosen us up a bit. We'll go from there."

Cameron Rupp led off the third with a homer to right. Maikel Franco, who homered on Thursday, drove in a run with a two out bloop single to left. Franco has 12 hits in his last 40 at bats. He is batting .320 this season with runners in scoring position.

Tommy Joseph kept the inning alive with a single. He finished 2 for 4 to record his second consecutive multi hit game. He has 10 hits in his last 33 at bats as he continues to make his case for the starting role at first base. Jimmy Paredes followed with a single to tack on another run. Andres Blanco slugged a three run homer to right with two outs in the fourth inning.

"We had a lot of energy," Rupp said. "At some point it was going to turn. We haven't been able to sustain a rally very well this year.iphone 5c replacement screen  It's no secret. But we did it."

The offensive outburst surely helped Vince Velasquez, who labored through 41/3 innings. He allowed only two runs, but he has not been able to pitch deep into games. The pitcher exhausted himself with a 30 pitch second inning. Velasquez has been hindered this season by high pitch counts. Friday proved no different. The righthander threw 94 pitches and was pulled after loading the bases with one out in the fifth inning.

Velasquez has not pitched more than five innings in his last four starts. He has not pitched more than six innings since tossing a 16 strikeout shutout on April 14.

Mackanin said Velasquez thought he had everything figured out after that incredible afternoon. The manager could not blame him for thinking that way. Velasquez will continue to improve with time, Mackanin said.

"It's one of those stages where you're dealing with adversity," Velasquez said. "You have to enjoy the failure. You have to fight through it. It's getting the best of me. My only job is to work on it tomorrow, go back to film and see what I have to do."

The Phillies did not score again after Blanco's three run blast. But it was enough thanks to the bullpen. Andrew Bailey escaped Velasquez's jam, allowing just one of the three inherited runners to score. He pitched a scoreless seventh and has not allowed an earned run in his last seven outings.

David Hernandez, Hector Neris, and Jeanmar Gomez took care of the rest. The Phillies had their first win in nine days. And the manager had some fresh questions to ponder.

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FAIRFAX, Va. Three students at George Mason University have been arrested after alleged bomb making materials were found in a dorm room, according to the daily incident report on the University website.

Two students under the age of 21, have been arrested on drug and alcohol related charges. A third person was also charged with drug and alcohol related offenses and possession of bomb making materials. Police have not identified the suspects at this time.

When police arrived, they found sufficient cause to request a search warrant for possible drug paraphernalia.iphone 5 refurbished On Thursday, March 17, police obtained a search warrant and found drug paraphernalia as well as items consistent with the production of a dangerous device.

Three students were arrested: two on drug and alcohol related charges and one charged with possession of bomb making materials.

There is no threat to the campus community, and the investigation is ongoing."

Search warrants said police discovered a leafy green substance, match books, shaved match heads, a mortar and pestle, lighter fluid, hand sanitizer, candles and a PVC pipe inside the dorm.




When I walk into the International Language Institute, the small, dingy lobby is empty except for a guy sitting next to the elevator. Is this actually the right way to the new Dupont "speakeasy" from Good Stuff Eatery's Spike Mendelsohn and lobbyist/Kabin owner Vinoda Basnayake? It doesn't look like the entrance to a bar with studded red velvet walls, $18 cocktails, and copies of Playboy in the restroom.

"Is this The Sheppard?" I ask the man, who I suddenly realize is wearing an earpiece. It is. OK, I think, they're really taking this whole Prohibition era thing seriously. Maybe too seriously: Before the "elevator host" takes us upstairs, he lays out two rules:

But it's not just self conscious throwbacks like The Sheppard that are adopting such strict anti technology rules.iphone 5 refurbished Komi forbids photos, and sister restaurant Little Serowrestricts flash photography and video. Fellow faux speakeasy Harold Black doesn't allow cell phones at the bar or flash either. Even Cork Wine Bar requests no photos of its food. Cooper tried to ban photos upon the opening of Rogue 24, but he's since relaxed the policy, realizing that people are going to do it anyway.

Indeed, you need only visit any one of those restaurants' image filled Yelp pages to realize fighting photos is a losing battle. These policies just go to show the tension among restaurateurs and diners when it comes to your mobile vs. your meal. Many restaurateurs see phones as a distraction from the experience they are trying to offer; the ubiquity of devices in bars and dining rooms is either a sign of the decline of civilization or a normal fact of modern day life, depending on what camp you're in.iphone 5 refurbished Sure, there's the larger matter of whether our addiction to phones is hurting real life experiences and social interactions. But do restaurants need to step in to "save" people from their photo and texting crazed selves? Should restaurants be like movie theatres, with a reminder to silence your cell phone before the show starts?

"We really want you to enjoy your cocktail, enjoy your time. Don't be on your phone," says Mendelsohn. "You have the rest of your life to be on your phone." He also says the measure is meant to assure guests of privacy. Plus, "that selfie's really not going to turn out anyway, because it's too dark."

Other chefs fret that dishes will get cold in those precious minutes that diners spend arranging their plates and choosing Instagram filters. Some don't appreciate amateurs' photo skills: Pictures may be fuzzy or dark, or worst of all feature a half eaten dish, not representing the food at its best. Cork Wine Bar added a no photo policy six months after opening for that very reason. "We saw some pictures of our food online, and they didn't look so hot," says owner Diane Gross. "So we were a little bit concerned about things popping up on the web that weren't professionally done." Gross says she has no problem with people taking pictures of themselves, just not the food. And even though the policy is written on the menu, it's not heavily policed.iphone 5 refurbished If someone is taking photos, the staff will politely point out the rule.

"A lot of people will judge you based on those pictures," says Water Wall and Maple Ave Restaurant owner Tim Ma. He recently dreamed up another possible solution: "Maybe if we see somebody starting to take pictures of the food, we could have pictures ready and be like, 'Don't worry about taking a picture. We're going to send you a picture of this dish.'" But he knows it would never work.

"If they want to take a picture of the food, maybe that's something that will help them remember this period of time in their life, or it's their birthday," Ma says. "I can understand that. I have my opinion about it, but it's not like I'm going to do anything about it."

Others see it as free marketing. "If people are Instagramming and tweeting and they're putting your hashtag in there, that gets people interested in you again," says restaurateur and bartender Todd Thrasher. "They're doing social media for us, and we're not paying them. They're actually paying me."

Thrasher says he has no problem with people taking photos at PX, or even Restaurant Eve. He'll only ask someone to step outside if they're making a phone call. Thrasher says there's a group that eats at Restaurant Eve every month or two that self regulates their phone use: Every time they come in, they all put their phones in the center of the table as soon as they sit down. The first person who picks up his or her phone pays for the whole bill. "I've probably seen them come into the restaurant 16 to 20 times, and I've seen phones picked up probably half the time," he says.

Then there's the question of whether all that picture taking and phone fidgeting adds up to slower table turns. A couple weeks ago, a poster on Craigslist claimed to be from a New York restaurant that compared surveillance video from a decade ago to footage from today and found that meals take nearly an hour longer now because customers are playing with their phones, taking photos, and sending dishes back because they got cold while they were photographing. The story was never confirmed as real, but it went viral anyway.

Most restaurant owners I spoke to don't believe that phones are doubling service time, but some do think mobile use is drawing out meals at least a little. Ma sees guests spend a little extra time "checking in" before they look at the menu, Googling items on the menu, and taking photos. "It's like around 10 minutes, but that's 10 minutes of rentable [table] time," he says.

Thrasher agrees that phones make service longer, particularly at fine dining establishments. "If someone gets up to take a phone call, we can't really serve the food to you," he says. "We have to hold the food back or replate the food, because if you're spending that much money for dinner, that food better be hot." And if someone is texting or Facebooking at a table, a server may wait so as not to interrupt.

But even if people stay a little longer, restaurateur Jeff Black says it's not to a point where it negatively affects his operations. The one exception: A 20 something couple once came for dinner at Pearl Dive Oyster Palace, and after they finished their meal and drinks, they cuddled up along the banquette, put on headphones, and began watching Wolf of Wall Street a three hour movie on an iPad. A manager stepped in right away and told them he'd buy them a drink at Black Jack upstairs, but they couldn't stay and watch the movie there.

Phones also impose themselves on restaurants with demands for electricity. (Not to mention the potential liability issues if the phone is damaged or stolen.) A Seattle chef even posed the possibility of a phone charging fee. Others embrace, or at least accept, the fact that customers are going to want to charge up. And many new restaurants surround their bars and dining rooms with outlets to make it as easy as possible for patrons to be constantly plugged in.

Agua 301 has free Wi Fi, plus 16 outlets along its 20 seat bar and more on columns in the bar area and dining room. "When we had the opportunity to build this place out, that was one of our number one things with our architect," says owner Stephen Briggs. "We felt it was an added step of service and hospitality to offer that to the guest." He and his wife, his business partner, are constantly bombarded with requests to charge phones.

Teddy The Bully Bar and Lincoln Restaurant owner Alan Popovsky estimates one out of every 10 customers ask about charging their phones. (Yes, really.) iPhone users who need power sign in, find nearby locations that have "pucks" (wireless chargers shaped like the phone), then rent them for $3 an hour. Popovsky gets 50 cents per use, which, so far, has added up to about $40 per month. He also has an array of "house" chargers for customers with dying batteries to use for free. "It makes people feel like they can stay longer," says Popovsky. "If you don't have your phone charged, a lot of people get antsy." He figures if they're still charging, maybe they'll order an extra drink or dessert.

Overall, what restaurateurs say over and over again when it comes to phones in their restaurants is "we're in the hospitality business." They may not always like the omnipresence of devices in their dining rooms, but most know they can't really control them. "I think you're putting your thumb in the hole of the dike and you're hoping that the water doesn't crash on your head," says Jeff Black. "It's a tidal wave, and it's a part of how a lot of people live nowadays."

Admittedly, I'm one of those people guilty of taking photos of nearly every meal. (At least I have a professional excuse.) So when I enter The Sheppard, the no photo warning doesn't deter me; it makes me want to snap away more. I shoot the cocktail menu and the Iberico ham with caviar and sherry foam. And I take a picture of the chandeliers hanging above frames of scantily clad women on the walls, which soon after goes up on Twitter with no regrets.