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Our long, national nightmare appears to be at an end.
OT - Brandon Inge released today.
I'm very happy about this
Where on earth is Eldred going to play? Is he the new DH? I know he's killed the ball in Toledo at a ridiculous rate but calling up a 32 year old 1B who isn't even considered a prospect is a bit alarming.
Adios Binge, I'll always remember the shitty slogan they had when you walked up to the dish, "Inge-nious."
More than likely DH yes, dude has a hot bat (something the team sorely needs right now) hittin 13 HR already in AAA.
I know he's been killing the ball he's got 35 rbi through 19 games I believe, correct me if I'm wrong on that? I just think that the move itself shows some red flags, we are already stretching for a spark.
Ride him while he's hot if you can. They're not really losing anything by trying.
I hear you, but considering that our options for DH right now are Raburn, Dirks, and Kelly, I'll take it.
Delmon should be the DH everyday, I know ole smokes won't do it because he likes to keep his players happy but Delmon at DH and platoon Raburn/Dirks in left.
So what's the difference if Delmon Young is at Left and Raburn is DH or vice versa? Either way, Ryan Raburn is in the line-up. Getting someone who can hit at DH keeps that from happening.
I know everyone is down on Inge, but Raburn is like a younger, worse Brandon Inge, just without the salary.
Delmon has a turtle like stride when trying to field a ball out in LF, if he's DH'ing we now longer have to seem him waddle to flyballs.
I totally agree that Raburn is the pseudo Inge, but I still think playing Dirks against RHP and Raburn against LHP's is the better way to go.
This team still has plenty of holes, 2B, another lefty out of the pen, and most notably another starter. Who would of thought that Drew Smyly would be our 2nd best pitcher to this point. In no way am I calling for changes this early, but I would be very surprised if we ever saw Jacob Turner in a Tigers uniform again IMO.
Wait, what? Where did the comment about Turner come from? Are you saying you think they'll trade him?
Yeah, Delmon's not the best fielding LF in baseball, but hitting is way more important than fielding and Raburn can't hit a baseball. I can certainly deal with Delmon in left field full time if it means our DH can actually do what he's designated to do.
the stat WAR does a pretty good job estimating the combined worth of a players defense and offense together (with actually weighting the defense for what it's worth compared to offense). Despite what people think, Raburn is actually an above average defensive LF. Also, his current K rate of 18.4 percent is lower than his career K rate. His biggest problem is simply the balls he hits going right at defenders. Seriously, a .114 BABIP...even Inge wouldn't stay that low. Delmon is a horrific defensive LF. Delmon is worth 1.4 WAR...for his CAREER. Even Raburn has managed a 4.3. (To put those in persepctive, Verlander is over 33 WAR)
I really enjoy thinking that all of your comments are coming from the 80's stockbroker from Futurama. It takes them to another level. Great choice of avatar.
I don't why Tigers fan hated him. Guy was a winner. Give it ten years and the guy will be regared as a borderline Hall of Famer.
Are we talking about the same person? The same Brandon Inge who hasn't hit above .250 since 2006? The Brandon Inge who is a career .234 hitter? Is that the guy who you think is borderline Hall of Fame?
Sarcasm meter broken?
He edited his post and added that "Ha" after I had clicked reply. Before he added that, there was no way to tell he was joking. There are plenty of people out there who support Inge, and I thought he was one of them.
I think the fact that Inge and HOF were in the same sentence were a dead giveaway for sarcasm. Even the Inge yuppies aren't that crazy.
You are absolutely right. Tossing in the "ha" well after the post was originally up made it a LOT easier to tell it was a "joke" than the original unedited comment.
Kinda reminded me of my first wife. Whenever she would say something really stupid or emarrasing (which was unfortunately often) she would see the horrified reactions around her and then say "i was just JOKING....sheesh"
I didn't edit my post. I tried to edit it to fix a spelling error but got an 'access denied' page when I tried to save it.
Miniscule hiccup though. Let's move one with our day and think positive thoughts about the Tigers' hitting lineup.
You can't edit a post and add something AFTER someone has replied. The system won't allow it. Try it sometime . . . trust me on this. You just missed (as did I, on first reading,) the "HA!" below.
We're talking about the same guy. With those stats you mentioned, he found a way to earn an 11.5 million dollar extension. The man is highly regarded. Only hall of famers get those kinds of breaks.
Lifetime batting average of 234. Averaged 16 home runs and 68 RBI's throughout his 12 years in the bigs. Hit 287 once - only had one season higher than 261 in his 10 other years.
I know the steriod era has made the Hall change their admission standards somewhat but I kinda doubt he's a "borderline HOF" player.
The guy was average at best. He only stayed on the team because we couldn't find a third basemen. He's also the least clutch player ever,I've never seen a guy strikeout when he just needed tout the ball in play than Inge
Not a single dinger. I've maybe never been more embarrassed to be a Tiger fan. Nope, not even when Buddy Groom was a starting pitcher.
I respect Inge as a person and all he's done but everyone has their time and Inge had to go.
Best of luck to Inge, he had a good time for the most part and made a nice living.
the Madden Curse. Oh wait....
Good lord, the soul patch!
Looks more like a skid mark.
Its about time. I was getting sick of this guy wasting at bats. Best of luck to him but good riddance at the same time.
Inge had to go. It was getting ugly out there.
Edit: Before anyone jumps down my throat with, "It's getting ugly? It's been ugly out there maaaaaaan." I meant in terms of fans booing him mercilessly, Leyland having to answer way too many questions about it, media personalities raging about it, and Inge beginning to resent Detroit/the Tigers/fans/teammates. At some point the circus was going to start negatively impacting team chemistry and the play on the field. The Tigers made the right call releasing him now, rather than letting this drag on.
The Detroit fans were way too tough on Inge, but why would anyone expect better from the fanbase that wanted Sparky gone his last year or two?
I wish Inge luck in the rest of his career. He was the last Tiger player that I can't remember not being on the team, sad in that way but best for the team.
With him gone though, what will the 97.1 jocks have to talk about now?!?!
Classy quote from Inge after learning of his release.
Wow Kate I did the same dance when I heard this great news. We should hang out.
Its sad tigers fans resent him so much, he gave them a lot good years, some of them on very bad teams. Sure he was never a great offensive player, but before his knee problems he was pretty unique on defense. For a while he was capable of playing virtually every position on the field.
Not saying the tigers shoud've kept him now, just saying that fans shouldn't hate Inge, its not his fault the organization held on to him too long.
You mean like when he bitched and whined when the organization wanted him to catch again or be a utility player but he thought he had earned his spot at third?
I don't recall hearing about that, but I think that if that is the worst thing that can be said about him, then my point still stands.
This is pretty bad too - on the topic of strikeouts, Inge says:
"It's such an overrated stat. It's such a stupid stat. Once guys start worrying about striking out then they're going to strike out. They're not going to try and hit the ball with any authority." Although, to be fair, he is an expert on the subject.
This is why I hate Brandon Inge
"I can't explain it," said Inge, batting .242 with 12 home runs and 56 RBIs. "I'm getting pitched like I'm Babe Ruth. Everything is on the corner. I haven't seen a ball in the middle of the plate for a week."
I don't hate him, I just thought he was a waste of a roster spot and money the last few years. I can't believe it finally happened.
From a purely production standpoint, dude had to go. Personally, he was a great guy for the city, the team, and the fans. I caught him on his Mud Hen "rehab" stint last season. In what should have been a really embarrassing situation for a long-time big leaguer, he was very nice, signed a ball for my kid, and hit two dingers. Always carried himself well, seemed genuinely humble and happy to be playing baseball. There's no way he deserved the kind of treatment (boos, laughs, etc) that our "fans" have given him this season. Amazing how quickly folks have gotten spoiled after enjoying their first division title since 1987.
NOOOOOOOO! I loved him on the team. It made it realistic to think I could train for a year, learn to hit 200 and make over 10 mil...damn him for ruining my dream.
This is bittersweet for me. He was the lone remaining player from the doldrums of the late 90s-early 2000s and was on the 119-game losers of 2003. He stuck through it thick and thin, and was highly-regarded as defensive player and a teammate.
On the other hand, he was borderline awful at the plate for most of his years.
Good luck to him whereever he goes. Atleast he got paid!
Santiago is now the Highlander
Through the good and the bad, one thing you can say about Ingey, was that he always gave his all.
I know every player wants to play every day, but after the Tigers got Prince, Inge was "not a happy camper" when he lost his starting job to Cabrera. That doesn't sound like the team player everyone makes him out to be. I'm guessing Boesch and Jackson and every other Tiger was jumping for joy when they got an All-Star slugger.
So now it's horrible to be disatisfied when you aren't doing at work what you think you have earned or are best at? Pretty sure we would all fit that model at some point. Any player has the right to keep fighting to have a great job. May have been his time to go - but the vitriol towards Inge is poor.
I applaud the Tigers for staying loyal to him as long as they feasibly could (well, perhaps a little beyond that point), for few other teams would have afforded Brandon Inge this luxury given the underwhelming production coming from him over several years. It seemed like his presence and his status were becoming a distraction, however, and for the Tigers to move on, I think this became a "must do right now" thing.
It's true what people have said here, of course - he was, at one time, pretty good on defense despite the extended slumps at the plate, and at a position where, for a long time, it was Inge and air (3B), keeping him was a fairly rational thing to do. Brandon Inge was, at his height, if you can call it that, a good defensive third baseman.
He did do everything he could to get playing time and stay in Detroit (I applaud that level of tenactiy - many people would have demanded a trade long ago) - even move to 2B for this season - but between the declining defense and the 2-for-20 bat this season, it just seems better to move on now.
All that being said, he did some great things for the area (his work with the University Hospital is noted, of course), and it was actually kind of cool that he bucked the trend in baseball and decided to move here and raise his family here (he lives near Dexter, I think). I wish him the best in the next chapter, whether it is baseball or not.
For the team, though, this definitely is:
But in all seriousness, at the end of the day Inge was a staple of not just the Tigers, but of Detroit. He stuck around for awhile during some really tough seasons. Emotionally, I'll miss the guy. Statistically, goooooood riddance and don't let the door hitya where the good lord splitya..
Rot in hell /s
Inge may have been a good guy, and no one who doesn't know him personally can really know, but it's baffling that he was re-signed in the first place let alone allowed to drag the team down with God awful performances. Having said that, the Tigers need a new hitting coach IMO. They just seem to hack away at everything, whereas you see other teams take a more patient approach. Maybe it's just me, but there doesn't seem to be much strategy at the plate quite often.
Yes! Yes! Yes! I have been asking for this day since 2006! I am so excited right now!
I never thought I would be so happy following a Tigers loss!
May have been better if opposing pitchers didn't "pitch me like I am babe Ruth"
Just got a little better! It's been a long time coming!
Lot of Inge hatred here. With fans like these, he definitely had worn out his welcome.
He only had 1 good year his entire career! F
watched him. Not sure what the brass is thinking. He has been hitting. Best case scenario .... trade bait in a package deal for a real 2B-man.
He was only hitting .100. 2/20. Not much trade value there, especially because it seems his defense has taken a step back as well.
Who would trade for him. We tried trading with the Phillies and they basically laughed when we mentioned Inge.
He was a favorite tiger of mine at one point. But at the end of the day Baseball is a business and the guy wasn't performing.
He still hit about 0.234 better than I would have in the big leagues.
Did you break both of your arms permanently. Hold your bat out and you would hit .100
To quote Bob Frost:
"...so Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay."
G'bye mate. Whether you loved or hated him, he was the last remaining bridge to the Higginson/Easley/Clark era and an everlasting part of Tigers lore.
Even though I do think it was past time that the Tigers made this move, Inge has been a classy guy, always doing what was asked of him. Thanks for the memories, Brandon.
But I thought he worked hard in the off season.
Full time Michigan resident (outside of Ann Arbor I think)
Big Umich fan
Great defensive plays
Yes, couldn't hit but he was scrappy and I respected the effort.
Best of luck in future endeavors.
You are a moron.
Good luck to him getting a front office position. There is no way he should be playing professional baseball anymore. Hitting 0.100 isn't going to cut it for Whitecaps let alone the Hens.
gtfo my team
Valenti...he called this just yesterday i think.
He got to talk one-on-one with Leyland and said he got the feeling something big would happen with Inge and soon.
He was right on.
He makes a stupid prediction daily and gets one right. Yeaaaaaah! So you're telling me there's a chance.
Sure is a good thing we let Polanco go, we didn't need his fielding excellence or his 320 batting average.....HA. One of the worst moves in recent Tiger history, despite the odd shape of his cranium.
The Temples of Doom.
I knew he had overstayed his welcome. He had to go, and I thank him for what he brought to the Tigers over the years, especially defensively. The worst part of this is that they put Clete Thomas on waivers to keep a roster spot for Inge, then release him 11 days later.


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Identify ways animals (past and present) enhance daily life through a close look at an ancient figurine and art making.
Virgil's epic poem, The Aeneid, has inspired generations of artists and writers. Create your own artwork inspired by the text and consider how artists draw upon and reinterpret stories from the past.
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OXFORD -- Different season, same result.
There is something about this time of year that brings out the best in the Wildcats.
One year after knocking off the No. 2 seed as a 15-seed, the Gardner boys' basketball team turned in another first-round upset. This time, the 13th-seeded Wildcats ousted No. 4 Oxford, 72-60, Tuesday night in the Central Mass. Division 2 tournament. Next up for Gardner is 12th-seeded Blackstone-Millville Regional, who pulled off an upset of its own, in knocking off 12th-seeded Auburn. The Wildcats travel to Blackstone Thursday night at 7 p.m.
"We feel like we're as good as anybody," Gardner coach Tim Caouette said. "We don't feel like we're the last seed in. We feel like we can play with anybody in Central Mass., and that's the attitude we have. We don't care who's out on the floor, we just want to get out here and show it. We feel like we belong and we feel like we've proven it two years in a row now."
The going was tough early on for the Wildcats, as the hosts had a hot hand from beyond the arc, building an 11-2 lead in the opening minutes. The lead ballooned to 19-8 midway through the quarter before Gardner finally gained its composure. The Wildcats righted the ship somewhat to make it 21-15 before Tyler Barrie drained a 3-pointer at the end of the quarter for the Pirates to make it 24-15.
A 10-0 run to start the quarter was just what Gardner needed. Devin Williams (13 points) and Andrew Gallant led the attack, with Jamison Kelley getting a bucket to give Gardner a 25-24 lead.
A pair of free throws by Shaun McCarthy gave Oxford the lead back, 26-25, before Malcolm Woodliff (18 points), Kalil Beauregard (12 points) and Gallant took over for the Wildcats. A pair of buckets from Dan Romero put Gardner on top 39-31. The Pirates closed the gap before the end of the half, as Gardner went into the locker room with a 41-38 advantage.
"We knew that unless they were going to set a national record, they were going to have to cool off," Caouette said. "We just kept playing defense and staying positive. They've got some great players and really solid shooters. We really worked in the week leading up to this on getting out on the shooter. We did a much better job after the first quarter, but we did improve on it and slowed them down a little bit."
The third quarter was not quite as fast-paced and action-packed as the second, but the Wildcats maintained their lead. It continued to be a team effort, with Williams, Kelley and Woodliff doing the scoring and Beauregard running the offense to near perfection from his point guard position. By the end of the quarter, Gardner saw its lead grow to seven points, 58-51, and the smell of an upset was in the air.
Beauregard took over in the fourth quarter, playing relentless defense, dishing out the ball and taking the ball to the hoop when the opportunity presented itself. His basket with 1:42 to play gave Gardner a comfortable 66-53 lead, as the Wildcats would go on to victory.
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May 9th has been a target on my calendar for some time now. Inside of IBM, we have been waiting for this day to come so we could talk about the new things being released in the storage platform. It almost feels like Christmas morning with a bunch of new presents under the tree. Each gift has inside something that is either really cool or something very useful. The only difference is your Aunt Matilda and her little dog is not coming over for brunch.
Under the IBM tree today is a slew of presents for almost the entire storage platform. I will concentrate on just the IBM NAS ones but if you are interested in knowing what is going on elsewhere, you can find more information at the main website.
SONAS must have been a good boy because there are plenty of gifts for him under the tree this morning. Not only did he find presents under the tree but there were a few little things in his stocking. Here is what Santa brought:
- A hardware update on the X3650 nodes. Just like before, the SONAS system uses the impressive workhorse but now it uses the more powerful M3 class with a six core Xeon Intel 2.66GHz processor. It has 24GB of DDR3 RAM with the option to increase to a total of 144 GB of DDR3 RAM per interface node. Also new with the X3650 is the option to include a second processor to double the amount of cores to 12 total per interface node.
- Next under the tree is new support for not only XiV but now SONAS supports the SVC and V7000 as disk subsystems. This is a huge gift because now SONAS can support tons of other storage under the awesome virtualization of the SVC code. V7000 support is also interesting as that platform has the virtualization code from SVC but also support its own drive architecture including solid state drives.
- In the same category of sweaters, SONAS gets a little smaller rack extender. In the past IBM has used a 16 inch extender in order to accommodate the large 60 drive disk enclosure. That has now been trimmed down to only 8 inches and 0 for the gateway model and RXC rack that houses only interface nodes.
- SONAS gets a new file system upgrade to GPFS 3.4 PTF4. This will provide a significant performance improvement over the R1.1.1x release. The updated file system handles small file and random I/O a lot more efficiently. With this update we now use the role of manager nodes instead of interface nodes to gain more flexibility in how we track data in cache.
- Other gifts SONAS received were new support for NDMP, Anti-virus support, use of both 10GbE ports on the same CNA and some power updates for the EU countries. And along with all of that, there is a new performance monitoring package called Perfcol that collects more information for analysis.
This SONAS release is labeled R1.2 and can be obtained by contacting the technical advisor assigned to you.
Santa was also at the N series house and dropped off a few gifts. A new N6270 to replace the N6070. This new system is in line with the N6200 series with larger amounts of RAM and processors. Just like the smaller N6240, there is an expansion controller where customers can add more PCI control cards like HBAs, 10GbE or even FCoE. A new disk shelf was also released which uses the smaller 2.5 inch drives with improved back end performance.
And over at the Real Time Compression house they got new support for EMC Celerra.
Over all a very busy time of year for IBM (and Santa) as these were just a fraction of the Storage announcements today. Also today is the IBM Storage Executive Summit in New York City. My friend and fellow blogger Tony Pearson is covering this great event and will be updating his blog and twitter feed. If you were not able to make it to NYC for the event, feel free to tweet him your questions @az990tony You can also send questions to our IBM Storage feed at @ibmstorage


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Brilliant brilliance. The moment you open your MacBook Pro you're greeted by glorious, full screen brightness. But that's only one gleaming quality of the glossy LED-backlit widescreen display. The picture is brilliant and sharp from corner to corner. And anything you view — including the ultrathin display itself — is a spectacular experience. The seamless glass enclosure makes this display stronger and more durable. It's more power efficient and mercury- and arsenic-free, so it's greener than ever.
Graphics in full force. The new MacBook Pro reaches a new level of high-speed, high-end game-playing power. Not to mention pure performance for graphics-intensive applications like Aperture and Motion. Use the new NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics processor for great everyday performance with up to five hours of battery life.1 Or switch to the discrete NVIDIA 9600M GT graphics processor for the fastest, smoothest, clearest graphics yet.
Even the keyboard is advanced. The rigid aluminum keyboard webbing has been cut precisely to hold the keys. And the keys are curved to perfectly fit fingers. The result? Pure typing bliss. The keyboard is also illuminated, so when you're in low-light settings, such as airplanes or conference rooms, you can always see what you're typing.
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And that is why it is the QB that makes the team, not the coach. John Fox, sitting on the ball and taking 3 TOs into the half, would be nowhere without a guy like Peyton. Pathetic move
we would take a knee with a 1 minute and 5 seconds left lol
Nice game so far. I think Denver wins but it will be a close one.
Terrible job by Denver not making the adjustment and giving Bailey some help. That is 3 times he has been beat cleanly.
Flacco isn't Brady. You can roll coverage without having to worry about getting slaughtered elsewhere.
I'm enjoying watching Flacco step up like a big boy in a big game.
Wow that is embarrassing! LOL!!!
Wow what a player!


text: On the first Monday in September, Labor Day honors the social and economic contributions that the American workers made to the growth and prosperity of our country. In the late 1880s, people commonly worked 12-hour days. The first Labor Day rally was in support of an eight-hour workday. Here's a sampling of American occupations and a bounty of fascinating facts!


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This year's Black Friday shoppers were split into two distinct groups: those who wanted to fall into a turkey-induced slumber and those who wanted to shop instead.
Stores typically open in the wee hours of the morning on the day after Thanksgiving that's named Black Friday because it's traditionally when they turn a profit for the year. But this year, stores such as Target and Toys R Us opened as early as Thanksgiving evening. That led holiday shoppers to ask themselves a tough question: Deal with the crowds now or later?
About 11,000 shoppers were in lines wrapped around Macy's flagship store in New York City's Herald Square when it opened at midnight on Black Friday. Joan Riedewald, a private aide for the elderly, and her four children ages six to 18, where among them. By the time they showed up at the department store, Riedewalde had already spent about $100 at Toys R Us, which opened at 8 p.m., and planned to spend another $500 at Macy's before heading to Old Navy.
''I only shop for sales,'' she said.
A few hours later at about 3:30 a.m. at a nearby Toys R Us in New York's Times Square, the scene was a bit calmer. Elizabeth Garcia, 17, a sales rep from the city's Bronx borough, was shopping for toys for her three children ages three, five and seven. She said she specifically decided on the later shopping start to avoid the crowds on Thanksgiving. She believes that was the best decision: Last year, she almost got into a fight over a Tinker Bell couch. But this year was much calmer.
''This year I wasn't about to kill people,'' Garcia said.
Retailers are hoping that the earlier openings will help to boost sales during the first big weekend of the holiday shopping season. It is unclear how many shoppers took advantage of the earlier openings. But about 17 percent of shoppers said earlier this month that they planned to shop at stores that opened on Thanksgiving, according to an International Council of Shopping Centers-Goldman Sachs survey of 1,000 consumers. Overall, it's estimated that sales on Black Friday will be up 3.8 percent to $11.4 billion this year.
The earlier hours are an effort by stores to make shopping as convenient as possible for Americans, who they fear won't spend freely during the two-month holiday season in November and December because of economic uncertainty. Many shoppers are worried about high unemployment and a package of tax increases and spending cuts known as the ''fiscal cliff'' that will take effect in January unless Congress passes a budget deal by then. At the same time, Americans have grown more comfortable shopping on websites that offer cheap prices and the convenience of being able to buy something from smartphones, laptops and tablet computers from just about anywhere.
That's put added pressure on brick-and-mortar stores, which can make up to 40 percent of their annual revenue during the holiday shopping season, to give consumers a compelling reason to leave their homes. That's becoming more difficult: the National Retail Federation, an industry trade group, estimates that overall sales in November and December will rise 4.1 percent this year to $586.1 billion, or about flat with last year's growth. But the online part of that is expected to rise 15 percent to $68.4 billion, according to Forrester Research.
As a result, brick-and-mortar retailers have been trying everything they can to lure consumers into stores. Some stores tested the earlier hours last year, but this year more retailers opened their doors late on Thanksgiving or earlier on Black Friday. In addition to expanding their hours, many also are offering free layaways and shipping, matching the cheaper prices of online rivals and updating their mobile shopping apps with more information.
''Every retailer wants to beat everyone else,'' said C. Britt Beemer, chairman of America's Research Group, a research firm based in Charleston, S.C. ''Shoppers love it.''
Indeed, some holiday shoppers seemed to find stores' earlier hours appealing. ''I ate my turkey dinner and came right here,'' said Rasheed Ali, a 23-year-old student in New York City who bought a 50-inch Westinghouse TV for $349 and a Singer sewing machine for $50 at a Target in New York City's East Harlem neighborhood that opened at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving. ''Then I'm going home and eating more.''
Carey Maguire, 33, and her sister Caitlyn Maguire, 21, showed up at the same Target about two hours before it opened. Their goal was to buy several Nook tablet computers, which were on sale for $49. But while waiting in line they were also using their iPhone to do some online buying at rival stores.
''If you're going to spend, I want to make it worth it,'' said Caitlyn Maguire, a college student.
By the afternoon on Thanksgiving, there were 11 shoppers in a four-tent encampment outside a Best Buy store near Ann Arbor, Mich., that opened at midnight. The purpose of their wait? A $179 40-inch Toshiba LCD television is worth missing Thanksgiving dinner at home.
Jackie Berg, 26, of Ann Arbor, arrived first with her stepson and a friend Wednesday afternoon, seeking three of the televisions. The deal makes the TVs $240 less than their normal price, so Berg says that she'll save more than $700.
''We'll miss the actual being there with family, but we'll have the rest of the weekend for that,'' she said.
While some hoppers appreciated the early start to the holiday shopping season, some workers were expected to protest the expanded hours. Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has been one of the biggest targets of protests against holiday hours. Many of Wal-Mart's stores are open 24 hours, but the company offered early bird specials that once were reserved for Black Friday at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving instead.
The issue is part of a broader campaign against the company's treatment of workers that's being waged by a union-backed group called OUR Walmart, which includes former and current workers. The group is staging demonstrations and walkouts at hundreds of stores on Black Friday.
Mary Pat Tifft, a Wal-Mart employee in Kenosha, Wis., who is a member of OUR Walmart, started an online petition on signon.org that has about 34,000 signatures. ''This Thanksgiving, while millions of families plan to spend quality time with their loved ones, Wal-Mart associates have been told we will be stocking shelves and preparing sales starting at 8 p.m.,'' she wrote on the site.
OUR Walmart said workers walked off their jobs in stores in Dallas, Miami and Kenosha, Wis., on Thursday. But a spokeswoman for the group did not immediately give numbers on how many workers participated.
For their part, retailers say they are giving shoppers what they want. Dave Tovar, a Wal-Mart spokesman, said that the discounter learned from shoppers that they want to start shopping right after Thanksgiving dinner. Then, they want to have time to go to bed before they wake up to head back out to the stores.
Still, Tovar said that Wal-Mart works to accommodate its workers' requests for different working hours. ''We spent a lot of time talking to them, trying to figure out when would be the best time for our events,'' he said.
Mae Anderson in New York contributed to this report. D'Innocenzio reported from New York City. Krisher reported from Ann Arbor, Mich., and Toledo, Ohio.


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Once again, Chuck Colson nails it right on the head with a commentary on the History Channel's recent penchant for all things eschatological.
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No Payments, No Interest, No Future? The Age of Nostradamus
December 29, 2009
If you are the credulous type, there has never been a better time to treat yourself to some luxuries, at least if the terms of the deal are right. If the merchant or manufacturer says "no payments or interest through 2012," go for it. At least that's what you conclude watching the History Channel.
For many years, the network was nicknamed the "Hitler Channel" because of all the shows it ran on World War II and the Nazis. Today, a better nickname would be the "Nostradamus Channel." Hardly a day goes by without at least one show touting some doomsday scenario and how it was foretold.
At the center of this programming strategy lies Nostradamus, the 16th-century French apothecary whose devotees claim foresaw everything from the rise of Napoleon to 9/11. Everyone who has ever written a book on Nostradamus gets extended face time on the History Channel, where their claims are treated with the utmost seriousness.
It isn't only Nostradamus. Name a doomsday prediction made by some long-dead person or group and chances are the Nostradamus Channel has given it a respectful airing, no matter how unhinged the claims might be. The latest and greatest example is the new series The Nostradamus Effect.
That's the name the producers have given to the "convergence" of "doomsday prophecy" and "current events." We are told that for "5,000 years, prophets around the world" -- including, of course, Nostradamus -- "have predicted the end of days." Operating "independently," they have concluded that 2012 will be a "time of extraordinary shift."
One so-called expert told viewers that "we're on the verge of the biggest riot of all time." Another said that "we are reaching a confluence of tipping points." These tipping points include climate change, financial upheaval, political unrest, crop failures, terrorism, and nuclear war, to name but a few.
That sounds ominous. Of course, nobody can cite anything that sounds like an actual prediction, such as, "In 2012, the world blows up." It's speaking nonsense, rank speculation. It's not much to go on, but then again, this isn't about facts or reason -- it's about fear.
It's about understandable anxiety made worse because in rejecting Christianity, the West has rejected the basis of its hope. A world in which God's purposes are being fulfilled for our good has been replaced by one that leaves man in charge, mostly for ill. The world has become literally senseless to us.
We live in, as theologian Robert Jensen once put, a meaningless world wishing we could believe in something. The more events seem to spin out of control, the more we succumb to superstition and irrationality. And of course there's always a media conglomerate ready to sell the credulous what they crave.
There's no better example than the subject of tomorrow's commentary, which will give you the date of December 21, 2012. Please tune in. And in the meantime, please pay your bills on time. This commentary originally aired November 2, 2009.
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Seed culture question
Hi all -- Started my very first seed culture following the Reinhart method outlined in BBA. I initialize the process last Saturday, June 10th at 2:30 pm. Rye flour and water, as per Reinhart.
The next morning at about 10:30 am (Sunday the 11th - Day 2), the mix had risen about 25%, which I thought was nice. I added a cup of bread flour and the required water, and after checking back on the culture in only 30 minutes, I could see some nice bubbling and rising.
Monday (yesterday), I came home from work at about 5:30 pm and noticed that the culture had doubled, but had fallen onto itself. I could see track marks up the side of my Lock and Lock container as evidence. The culture had fallen down to its initial level. I halved the culture and added a cup more of white flour and some more water, as per Reinhart's instructions.
The thing is, I checked on it this morning, and no rising. A few bubbles, but not the vigorous bubbling it showed on Day 1 and Day 2. I think that perhaps I left it without being fed for too long (if you look at the times, it was 22 hours between Day 1 and Day 2, but 30 hours between Day 2 and Day 3) and exhausted the culture? I had also left the stove light on underneath the container (on the oven hood) for about 20 minutes, and perhaps warmed it up?
Sourdough novices and experts, any ideas?


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ELSAH, Ill. – Women's Tennis (3-7, 2-2 SLIAC) traveled to Elsah, Ill on Tuesday to take on the Lady Panthers of Principia in an inter-conference contest. Greenville was swept in all flights by the SLIAC's current top team and was served the 9-0 loss.
The Lady Panthers failed to claim a win in singles or doubles play, and were defeated in straight sets in all nine matches.
Women's tennis will look to rebound, as they will next take the court Friday, April 8, in St. Louis, Mo. in another SLIAC match against Webster University.


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The process of drying the shiitake mushroom improves its overall nutritional value. Just one example is vitamin D, which increases from 4 IU in one serving of raw mushrooms to 26 IU when dried. Some sources state that shiitakes provide 19 percent of the daily value (DV) of iron and 10 percent of the DV of vitamin C, protein and fiber. Although those values are accurate, they're based on 226 grams of mushrooms. A very generous serving size of four shiitake mushrooms only weighs 15 grams. Because this article includes nutrition information for one serving size, the values will be much smaller.
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A film featuring Derbyshire police officers and staff showing how crimes are investigated from start to finish has been launched on a Government website.
The film, which shows how a burglary is processed through the criminal justice system, was launched on the Home Office police.uk site on Wednesday.
Viewers hear from a police constable, a crime scene investigator and a detective inspector from the burglary unit all describing their role in the investigation.
Those roles were filled by Derbyshire Constabulary's PC Gavin Hooton, CSI Graham Stewart and DI Darren De'Ath.
Call handlers, forensic analysts and dog handlers were also involved in the film which shows how a crime is dealt with from the first call through to a suspect being charged.
It was filmed over two days in January at force HQ and other locations across the county.
The interactive film shows members of the public the lengths police go to when investigating a reported crime.
It also highlights the importance of witnesses to a case and lets the public know what they can expect under the Victims' Code.
Policing Minister Damian Green said: "This film provides an easy-to-access way for the public to see how crimes affecting local communities are dealt with.
"Police.uk is an integral part of this government's reforms to make the police more accountable to the communities they serve.
"The popularity of the site, which has almost half a million visits a month, underlines that 3 years on it remains a great place for enabling the public to find out crime levels in their area and to see what action the police are taking doing to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour."
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We now know the approximate date when Federal Reserve Board chair Janet Yellen will feel comfortable ending the Fed's near-zero interest rate policy: never. Those who were led to believe by her first press conference that she has shed her dove's feathers for those of an inflation hawk, circling over the markets, poised to raise interest rates, got it wrong. She has her heart set on keeping rates low enough to eliminate "slack," borrowing a term often used by Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England. And "slack" is a many-dimensioned concept when applied to labor markets.
As Yellen made clear early last week when she told an audience in Chicago, "While there has been steady progress, there is also no doubt that the economy and the job market are not back to normal health." It is doubtful whether Friday's job report, which revealed that the private sector had created 192,000 jobs in March, restoring private-sector employment to its pre-recession level, will provide the Fed chair with sufficient cheer to encourage her to allow interest rates to rise. The unemployment rate remains stuck at 6.7 percent, and 12.7 million workers are jobless, involuntarily working short hours, or too discouraged to continue the job hunt. Some experts are guessing that job creation will have to hit some 300,000-400,000 per month to persuade Yellen to tighten monetary policy.
Like all central bankers, Yellen professes to be data-driven, but with an important difference. Unlike many central bankers, she looks beyond the statistics to the human dimension of the labor market's woes. In Chicago she tried to humanize statistics by citing by name three "ordinary Americans" who had lost their high-paying full-time jobs, at least one of whom has had to settle for part-time, minimum-wage employment. "They are a reminder that there are real people behind the statistics." This is apparently part of a new effort to build a constituency in favor of Fed policy-beyond that which it gathers by keeping share prices high.
Set aside for the moment that two of Ms. Yellen's three "courageous and determined working people" have criminal records, one related to a recent conviction for possession of heroin, and therefore are hardly representative of the great mass of the unemployed. (Yellen spokespersons say the chair was aware of the records of her humanizing examples.) More important is what the Fed chair revealed to be her list of the labor-market problems that stimulative central bank policy must solve before tightening is to be considered. It includes, of course, the unemployment rate, but not only the headline measure, now standing at 6.7 percent, a number Yellen wants to see driven down to between 5 and 5.5 percent. Another is stagnant wages: her job will not be complete until average wages resume the rise that seems to have come to a halt many years ago. The Brookings Institution's William Galston points out that during the recession 60 percent of the job losses were in the middle-wage group, but only 20 percent of the jobs added since the recession ended pay that much.
Another Yellen goal is to reduce long-term unemployment. Before the recession the average duration of unemployment was about 16 weeks; it is now 37 weeks. "Long-term unemployment is devastating to workers and their families. The toll is simply terrible on the mental and physical health of workers," Yellen said long before assuming Ben Bernanke's seat at the Fed.
In addition to reducing the unemployment rate and the number of long-term unemployed workers, and raising middle-class wages, Yellen wants to lure millions of workers back into the labor force, reversing the decline in the labor force participation rate. Finally, she is concerned about the decline in quit rates. That drop, she reasons quite correctly, reflects workers' uncertainty that the next jobs await their applications, discouraging them from moving on to the growing industries of the future, industries that are experiencing job shortages.
So here is her agenda, one that she believes will require keeping rates low for a long, long while:
- Get the unemployment down to around 5 percent,
- Return the work force participation rate to its pre-recession level,
- Provide part-time workers with fuller work weeks,
- Drive up average wages,
- Increase worker confidence so as to drive up quit rates, a measure of labor mobility.
It is not certain that all of these goals are within Yellen's reach. Some of the long-term unemployed no longer have the educational level or the skills to enable them to return to high-paying jobs. Some of the jobs that existed when the recession hit have simply vanished, moved to lower-wage countries, been eliminated by new technologies or by cuts in government employment. Loss of Obamacare subsidies might deter workers from re-entering the labor market, and the tax increases embedded in that legislation might discourage hiring, resulting in the loss of millions of jobs according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.
Underlying Yellen's intent to see so many aspects of the labor market set right are two assumptions. The first is that monetary policy can stimulate growth. The second is that faster growth will create more full-time, better-paying jobs to attract millions of workers back into the labor force.
She is smart enough to know that monetary policy alone can't accomplish all her goals. Which is why she wants the federal government to reverse its fiscal tightening and loosen the purse strings, a position that sets many Republicans' teeth on edge but persuades President Obama that he has made a wise choice for the job of Fed chair. Her main problem is that recent economic growth has far outstripped job creation, perhaps because employers worry that growth won't be sustained, perhaps because new technologies allow production to expand far more rapidly than the number of jobs, perhaps because of uncertainty concerning the effect of the Obamacare regulations (now stacked seven-feet high and growing) on labor costs. So growth alone is not the complete answer to job-market weakness.
Still, Yellen is determined to face down critics who argue that her policies are storing up trouble for the economy, in three ways. First, they are setting the stage for future inflation. Second, low returns on safe government bonds are forcing investors to search for higher yields by taking on increasingly risky investments. Finally, low interest rates are contributing to rising inequality by inflating house and share prices, making the rich even richer-see the spurt in sales of vacation homes while average workers' wages stagnate.
Only two things can force Yellen off course: a revolt by her Fed colleagues, or a decision by inflation-shy investors to drive interest rates up by selling bonds.


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Halloween is such a great time of the year, especially for the kids to go out and learn about the different things involved with the holiday.
Whether it be learning about ghosts and goblins, or carving pumpkins and trick-or-treating, kids learn about the fun and "spookiness" that goes along with Halloween. I always enjoyed this time of the year with my children (who are now grown) and the time we spent together, especially when we went "trick-or-treating.
The one thing I stressed to them was to know the rules about trick-or-treating and to show proper respect when visiting a house. They learned the rule that if a front light is off, don't knock because no one is home (or participating), and if they accidentally ring a bell of someone who is not participating, to be polite and offer an apology.
For the few years I went with them, I made sure they were polite and respectful and made sure to show by example so they knew what they should do. (Yes, kids being kids, I'm sure mine had their moments when they went alone and were mischievous, they were kids.)
So saying that, why is it so difficult for some parents/adults to remember something as simple as following the rules and being polite these days. I feel sorry for the father of the child I spoke with after he decided to insult my wife and I for not participating in trick-or-treat this year.
The choice and reason was ours to make, and we provided a note at the door and turned out the lights to ensure the kids would know we weren't participating. But yet, they allowed their kids to approach the house, ring the door bell and to even open the screen door and repeatedly knock on the door until we approached.
After informing them we were not participating, it was a surprise to be insulted by the father for not having any candy, and for him, when approached one-on-one to be offered a polite explanation and asked for one in return, for him to continue the verbal insults and cursing at us in front of their kids and the kids of other people who were around.
I truly hope that this father takes a step back and realizes the importance of trick-or-treat, and realizes that it is a privilege and not a right for people to participate.
I am sure he will be telling his friends about how we were rude about not having candy, and that we were rude to confront him, but yet he won't include the facts about his behavior and the inability to "follow the rules" of trick-or-treating when it comes to homes that don't participate.
My intent is to share this story with future trick-or-treaters and to help remind parents to know and understand the rules that go with this tradition. Please help everyone to make this enjoyable and teach kids to be good trick-or-treaters and not to set poor examples.
And by the way, we didn't participate due to having a sick child at home and others coming off the illness and not wanting to expose anyone else to it. Guilty of being considerate.. lol.
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Theresa Andersson to Play Christmas New Orleans Style Premiere
Theresa Andersson, John Fohl and David Doucet will perform at the premiere of the Christmas New Orleans Style Concert Series at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans on December 2. The event will coincide with the lighting of Jackson Square, which is located directly in front of the cathedral. The lighting of Jackson Square will ring in the 28th Christmas New Orleans Style, a monthlong celebration designed to bring people to the city during an otherwise slow time for tourism. All Christmas New Orleans Style Concert Series shows at St. Louis Cathedral will begin at 6pm and are free and open to the public. The series will feature performances by Ellis Marsalis, Philip Manuel and Shades of Praise, John Boutte and more. A full list of performers can be found here.
Andersson is known for using looping pedals to build layers of percussion and stringed instruments that create a backdrop for her to sing over. To see what Andersson is up to these days, check out her performance of "Injuns" in the Relix office above. A review of her latest album, Street Parade, can also be found here.


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JUNEAU — Proposed new state regulations would further define what constitutes a "medically necessary" abortion for purposes of receiving Medicaid funding.
The proposed change comes months after new regulations took effect for abortion payment conditions. Alaska's health department last year backed off language that critics said would have restricted the definition of a "medically necessary" abortion for purpose of payment under the Medicaid program.
The proposed new certificate to request Medicaid funds features two boxes. A provider would have to certify the pregnancy was the result of rape or incest or the abortion was performed to save the life of the woman. The so-called Hyde Amendment, which is attached to congressional spending bills, allows for federal funds to be used for this option.
Under the other option, a provider would have to indicate that an abortion was medically necessary to avoid a threat of serious risk to the physical health of a woman from continuation of her pregnancy due to "impairment of a major bodily function," such as renal disease that requires dialysis, epilepsy, congestive heart failure, a pregnancy not implanted in the uterine cavity and a coma.
Comments are being taken on the new proposal until Sept. 27.
State health commissioner William Streur told The Associated Press on Monday he decided to take another look at the regulations when the department did not see any change. He said the state received about 260 certificates requesting state funds for abortions as of the end of May, a "considerably faster pace" compared with the same time frame a year earlier when officials had instead hoped to see reductions, he said.
None of the certificates had the box indicating rape, incest or risk of death checked, he said, though he had told the Anchorage Daily News some abortions surely were due to those factors.
"I need to start getting some explanation," he told the AP. With the Legislature moving in this direction and his department facing "severe" budget cuts, "I have to take a look at everything that's out there, and this is one that bothered me," he said. "I thought we made excessive considerations last time to accommodate some of the special interest groups and want to take another run at it."
He said the proposal would not deny an abortion but would deny payment for those that do not fit the criteria.
Treasure Mackley, political and organizing director for Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest, said her group was still analyzing the proposal, but "we continue to object to unconstitutional restrictions on low-income women's access to abortion in Alaska." She said pregnancy decisions should be left to a woman and her doctor and not to politicians or people making regulations.
Sen. Hollis French, D-Anchorage, who last year called on the department to withdraw proposed regulations seen as seeking to further define "medically necessary," said the department should rethink this latest effort, too. He sent a letter spelling out his concerns to Streur on Monday.
"It's a slightly different twist on the same exact efforts of theirs to shut down publicly funded abortions in the state of Alaska," he said in an interview. "It is not constitutional."
The Alaska Supreme Court has held that the state must fund medically necessary abortions if it funds medically necessary services for others with financial needs. French said as soon as the state starts defining qualifying conditions, it begins creating different eligibility standards.
The new proposal contains language similar to a bill proposed during the last legislative session, which sought to define "medically necessary," though the proposed regulation includes in its definition of medically necessary a "psychiatric disorder that places the woman in imminent danger of medical impairment of a major bodily function" if an abortion isn't performed. The issue of whether to include mental illnesses came up during discussion of the bill in the state Senate but wasn't included in the version that passed the Senate.
The bill was held over for further consideration in the House.
The bill's sponsor, Sen. John Coghill, has said the high court left legislators to decide what "medically necessary" means and that his bill was an effort to provide clarity to that. Bill supporters argued that public money should not be used to pay for so-called "elective" abortions but critics called the measure unconstitutional.
Public notice of proposed new regulations for abortion funding: http://bit.ly/1eXOXvY


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St. Andrew's Catholic Church (17 1st Street NW) of Fairfax is holding its annual Fun Fest on Sunday, August 19th. The fun begins with a Polka Mass at 9:30 AM with music by Harry Wojahn and the St. Andrew's Polka Singers. Following the service until 1:00 PM will be a dinner of deep fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, salads, and more. The cost for the meal is $9.00 for adults, $5.00 for children ages 6-12, and $2 for children under age 6. There will also be a lunch stand open from 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM serving authentic Mexican tacos, hot dogs, hamburgers, pies, and more. Throughout the afternoon there will be music by Jeff Franta and activities including a country store and bingo.


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New Delhi: The hanging of parliament attack convict Afzal Guru is not a time for politics but calm and sobriety, Minister of State for Home RPN Singh said Saturday.
"Afzal Guru was hanged this (Saturday) morning. This is not a time for politics but calm, restraint and sobriety," RPN Singh said on the microblogging site Twitter.
Afzal Guru was convicted for his role in the attack on Parliament in 2001. He was hanged Saturday morning in Tihar jail.


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"Nim's Island" Movie Stills
Here are a slew of new Nim's Island movie stills (and movie poster!) featuring Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler and Abigai Breslin.
Synopsis via Wiki: Nim (Breslin) is a young girl who imagines an island to be magical, basing its mystic nature on the experiences of her favorite fictional character, Alex Rover (Butler). When Nim's father (also played by Butler) goes missing on the island, Nim teams up with Alexandra (Foster), the author of the Alex Rover books and Rover himself.
Nim's Island rolls out in theaters on Friday, April 4th.
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Charles Shrem, who ran a New York–based Bitcoin exchange, was arrested on Monday and charged with engaging in a money-laundering scheme with a user of Silk Road, the notorious Deep Web black market.
In the federal criminal complaint, the Southern District of New York charges Shrem, the 24-year-old CEO of BitInstant, with three counts, including one count of operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business, one count of money-laundering conspiracy and one count of willful failure to file a suspicious-activity report. Robert Faiella, a Silk Road user who operated under the name BTCKing, was charged with one count of operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business and one count of money-laundering conspiracy.
The complaint alleges that Faiella took orders from Silk Road users hoping to purchase bitcoins, the anonymous peer-to-peer cryptocurrency. Shrem then filled the orders by transferring funds into an account controlled by Faiella and hosted on a third-party, Japan-based Bitcoin exchange. Together the two allegedly sold over $1 million in bitcoins to Silk Road users, who then used those bitcoins to attempt to anonymously purchase drugs and other illegal goods from the Deep Web black market.
According to Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara:
As alleged, Robert Faiella and Charlie Shrem schemed to sell over $1 million in bitcoins to criminals bent on trafficking narcotics on the Dark Web drug site, Silk Road. Truly innovative business models don't need to resort to old-fashioned lawbreaking, and when bitcoins, like any traditional currency, are laundered and used to fuel criminal activity, law enforcement has no choice but to act. We will aggressively pursue those who would co-opt new forms of currency for illicit purposes.
Shrem is a well-known advocate for Bitcoin and is a part owner of EVR, the only New York City bar that accepts bitcoins. He was such an evangelist for the currency that he earned mythic status among proponents of the virtual currency. "Charlie wears the [passwords] to his Bitcoin account imprinted on a ring around his finger," one Bitcoin insider told the New York Observer last April. "I heard his co-workers call him 'four-finger Charlie' because they joke people will want to cut his finger off to get the key. If the price keeps going up, he could have a million dollars in that ring!"
Shrem's company BitInstant is backed by well-known Silicon Valley investors, including Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. The exchange has been off-line for many months. A class-action suit was filed against Shrem's company BitInstant in August, alleging misrepresentation of the speed of its services.
The Winklevoss brothers, co-founders of Winklevoss Capital, a firm that is an investor in BitInstant, provided TIME with the following statement:
When we invested in BitInstant in the fall of 2012, its management made a commitment to us that they would abide by all applicable laws — including money-laundering laws — and we expected nothing less. Although BitInstant is not named in today's indictment of Charlie Shrem, we are obviously deeply concerned about his arrest. We were passive investors in BitInstant and will do everything we can to help law-enforcement officials. We fully support any and all governmental efforts to ensure that money-laundering requirements are enforced, and look forward to clearer regulation being implemented on the purchase and sale of bitcoins.
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Derby fundraiser held for library building
A Kentucky Derby Party was at Cooper's Oak Winery on the evening of Saturday, May 4. The party was held to help raise funds and awareness for the building of a new library in Boonville.
While the event was centered around the Kentucky Derby, it also brought live music by jazz guitarist Joseph Armetta along with saxophone player Justin Conklin.
Events of the night included two drawings, which included a 50-50 split between the winner and money raised for the building fund that evening. This process worked by purchasing tickets for $1 or six tickets for $5, participants then bet on the horse of their choice. All participants who bet on the winning horse, would be in the drawing for the 50-50 split.
Jo Kolks and Tony Suarez shared their half of the $32 raised that evening.
Ladies who wore hats befitting a day at the Derby were entered in a drawing for a bottle of wine and a gift basket of goodies.


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Presley, acquired in the Justin Morneau trade, and Josmil Pinto, a Triple-A call-up, have impressive debuts for Minnesota.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Alex Presley and Josmil Pinto quickly fit in with Minnesota.
Both players enjoyed a memorable debut for the Twins during their series-clinching 4-2 victory over the AL West-leading Texas Rangers on Sunday.
"I couldn't envision a better start for myself, to get a win and be able to contribute," said Presley, who had three hits and an RBI a day after being traded from Pittsburgh for longtime Twins favorite Justin Morneau.
"I didn't know what it would be like to come into a new clubhouse," he added. "A lot of these guys I haven't played with or against. We bonded quickly in the dugout. I'll remember just how welcoming everybody's been."
Pinto had two hits in his major league debut, including an RBI double before scoring the tiebreaking run in the fifth. He also caught Kevin Correia's latest victory over the Rangers.
"We talked before the game," said Pinto, called up Saturday from Triple-A Rochester to fill Morneau's roster spot. "He told me, 'I like to pitch my game.' After a few innings, I understand how he likes to pitch."
After throwing eight scoreless innings in a home victory over the Rangers in April, Correia (9-10) scattered five hits over seven innings on a steamy day in Texas. He got 14 outs on the ground, including a pair of double plays.
Correia has won all three of his career starts against the Rangers, with an ERA of 1.61.
"He mixed it up well," said Mitch Moreland, whose 21st homer leading off the third was the only run off Correia. "Used both sides of the plate, kept us off balance, and we didn't really create a whole lot of opportunities."
The Twins didn't let Correia go back out for the eighth because he was cramping in his ribs on a day when the temperature was 99 degrees at first pitch and rose to triple digits.
"I could have gone back out, but the coaches wouldn't let me," Correia said. "You can't say anything if you want to go back out there."
Manager Ron Gardenhire and the Twins were being cautious.
"He mentioned that he had an oblique injury way back and when he gets dehydrated it bothers him," Gardenhire said. "He threw the ball real well. He moved it in and out."
In a brief stay at home, the Rangers lost two of three to the Twins while scoring exactly two runs in all three games. Texas plays its next six games on the West Coast, starting Monday with the opener of an important three-game series in Oakland.
Even though the Rangers finished August with an AL-best 20-7 record, they lost their September opener and have only a one-game division lead over the A's. Oakland wrapped up a three-game sweep against Tampa Bay with a 5-1 victory Sunday.
"We're not looking for help from anybody. We played these three games against the Minnesota Twins with the intention on winning," Rangers manager Ron Washington said.
A.J. Pierzynski also homered for the Rangers, with a pinch-hit shot in the eighth.
Texas starter Travis Blackley (2-2) was gone after giving up three consecutive run-scoring hits with one out in the fifth.
Pinto had an RBI double before Doug Bernier's ground-rule double, a ball that bounced just fair down the right-field line and then went into the seats. Presley followed with an RBI single that made it 3-1.
Glen Perkins, the second Twins reliever, pitched a perfect ninth with two strikeouts for his 32nd save in 35 chances. He saved both Minnesota wins in the series.
Darin Mastroianni was thrown out trying to score in the first inning after a deke by second baseman Ian Kinsler when Brian Dozier doubled.
Running toward second, Mastroianni slid into the bag when Kinsler acted as he was turning a double play. But the ball was in left-center field. Mastroianni got up and started running again, but couldn't beat Kinsler's relay throw from center fielder Leonys Martin to catcher Geovany Soto, who blocked the plate from the sliding runner.


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Bethesda yesterday announced The Evil Within — the upcoming survival-horror game from legendary developer Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil, Resident Evil 4) and Japanese studio, Tango Gameworks. The company has been sending out cryptic videos and messages all week to get the fan base interested.
Their marketing strategy really had the community guessing, and now we finally know what it is thanks to the debut video below. The Evil Within is in development for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation3 computer entertainment system, PC and next generation consoles and is slated for release in 2014.
Shinji Mikami, the father of survival horror, is back to direct The Evil Within – a game embodying the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story weave together to create an immersive world that will bring players to the height of tension.
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Norwich soup kitchen's relocation on hold; neighbors ready to object
Norwich - The St. Vincent de Paul Place soup kitchen "will not be able" to return to the former city train station behind Main Street and plans to remain at the former St. Joseph School until a decision is made on a permanent new home - possibly at the former school.
The Most Rev. Michael R. Cote, bishop of Norwich, wrote a letter to St. Joseph parishioners on Friday explaining that the soup kitchen and the food pantry will look to remain at the school until a permanent home is found.
"Your continued cooperation and support are vital to the continuation of the ministry," Cote wrote.
Neighbors are aware of the letter and plan to object to any plans to keep the soup kitchen at St. Joseph, resident Brian Kobylarz said.
Kobylarz said there has been a "true decline in the quality of the neighborhood."
The soup kitchen's planned temporary move to the former school cafeteria this summer proved controversial. City building inspectors denied a permit until state building officials agreed to waive certain code requirements for six months. Neighbors objected, citing safety and other concerns.
Diocese spokesman Michael Strammiello said Tuesday that the "on-the-ground" experience thus far at St. Joseph has been positive, making the school a possible favorable permanent location for the soup kitchen, food pantry and related ministry.
"The ministry has found a home," Strammiello said. "They've been welcomed by the parish and the pastor. We know there are some diligent neighbors, and that's good. … The positive experience to date, including the vigilance and caring in the neighborhood, I think puts this location in a favorable position."
Kobylarz disputed that claim. He said formal complaints might be few, but many issues are too small to report, such as more people hanging out at the nearby Cliff Street cemetery, garbage in yards and fear by some residents that soup kitchen patrons might recognize them as having complained about the facility and see where they live. "This is destroying this neighborhood," Kobylarz said.
Strammiello said the Lord family, which owns the train station, revealed that the owners wanted St. Vincent de Paul Place to take over the entire building, which would be too large and cost-prohibitive for the ministry.
Jeff Lord, property manager for the train station, said he has not been informed officially that the diocese will not return to the station. St. Vincent's lease will be up in March or April, he said. The building is undergoing extensive exterior renovations.
James Troeger, director of inspections for the city, said the soup kitchen's six-month occupancy permit expires Jan. 12, and the former school would need renovations to allow the soup kitchen to remain there permanently.
Kobylarz said city officials had told residents there would be public hearings if the soup kitchen plans to move permanently to the school. He said a majority of City Council members and city officials have not wresponded to neighbors' complaints and requests for meetings.
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Georgia transportation officials have approved a contract for the final section of a highway between Columbus and Augusta.
The Georgia Department of Transportation on Wednesday announced a $58.3 million contract for the last stretch of the Fall Line Freeway.
The final nine miles of the 215-mile freeway are set to be built in Baldwin and Wilkinson counties. The project includes construction of a new four-lane road with a total of eight bridges over the Oconee River and two creeks. It should be finished at the end of 2015.
The Fall Line Freeway is part of the Governor's Road Improvement Program. The corridor includes new roadway sections as well as the widening and improvement of existing highways to result in a four-lane freeway stretching from Columbus to Macon to Augusta.


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What is a curator's knowledge and passion if not shared? How important is it that we reach out to communities and make the future generation aware and proud of their heritage? Liverpool's Cypriot and Greek community has long had a presence and history in the city.
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Fresh Mozzarella Sandwich
Sandwiches rule as a lunchtime choice. They're portable, versatile and offer good value. But the bar has been raised on what makes a sought-after sandwich. This simple recipe delivers. It starts with a crusty artisan roll and is filled with fresh, flavorful, top-quality ingredients, including fresh mozzarella and basil.
1 rustique roll or other crusty roll
¼ cup fresh basil pesto
1 tbsp. fresh basil leaves
3 tbsp. sun-dried tomatoes
4 oz. fresh mozzarella, sliced ¼-in. thick
- Cut roll lengthwise in half. Spread pesto on the inside of each half.
Place basil leaves on bottom half of roll; layer sun-dried tomatoes on top. Arrange sliced cheese on top of tomatoes. Cover sandwich with top of roll, pressing down slightly and ensuring that no ingredients are hanging over the edge.


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FAYETTEVILLE, AR (RNN) – In a back-and-forth game punctuated with "woo pig, sooie," the Arkansas Razorbacks defeated the No. 13-ranked Kentucky Wildcats 87-85 in overtime Tuesday night.
The win ended a two-game losing streak for the Razorbacks (12-4, 1-2 SEC), who were not getting off to a good start beginning SEC conference play. It also marked the third straight home win for Arkansas over Kentucky.
Kentucky (12-4, 2-1 SEC) could never pull away from the tough Arkansas team, and spent most of the game trailing. The Wildcats left halftime down by two points, followed by playing more catch-up with Arkansas in the second half.
Andrew Harrison's 3-point shot sent the contest into overtime. Andrew Harrison, with his twin brother Aaron Harrison, kept Kentucky competitive before Arkansas took over - again - sealing it with a Michael Qualls dunk with two seconds remaining in overtime.
The Wildcats had four players score in double digits, with freshman guard James Young making 23 points and freshman forward Julius Randle scoring 20 points and gathering 14 rebounds. Kentucky shot 65 percent from the free throw line while only making 48 percent of their field goals and 45.5 percent of their 3-pointers.
Arkansas also had four players score in double digits, with Qualls and Madden both making 18 points. The Razorbacks shot 70.7 percent from the free throw line but only shot 28.6 percent from downtown and 37.7 percent in the paint.
Kentucky will host the Tennessee Volunteers at noon ET on Saturday. Arkansas will travel to Athens to face the Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. ET.
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The Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management has a new website.
Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics
It includes a fully searchable database containing one million names. Every name is linked to its original record from the following options:
Births 1864-1877
Marriages 1864-1930
Deaths 1864-1877 and 1908-1955
I spent a few hours on the website looking for my daughter-in-law's family. There were problems which I'm sure will be fixed as the weeks progress. But I did find quite a few incorrect images linked to the index record. There is no way to scroll forward or backward through the images displayed, which I consider a major drawback. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy these are online! But it's very frustrating to not be able to get to the correct image once you've found your ancestor.
The website was excrutiatingly slow (yes, I'm on dialup but even for dialup it was bad) and intermittently would glitch when I clicked to go back or to do a new search - dumping me back to the start page or displaying previously searched for names. So, patience is required! But I did find some terrific records for my daughter-in-law.
I wrote to the Support Desk to report all the glitches I found. They promise a response within 10 days so I'll post here to let everyone know what happens.