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Antonio, Vincenzo "Jack" and Sylvio Faella
Antonio is my husband's dad. He was in the Navy, serving in the pacific aboard the submarine the USS Spearfish. He served from about May 1942 through December 1945.
The middle son is Jack, my husband's uncle. He was the youngest of the three and as of this picture was not yet old enough to serve. He served with the Navy on the destroyer the USS Tillman. He was born April 9, 1926 and died March 3, 2003 and is buried at the Rhode Island Veteran's Cemetery.
Sylvio was the oldest Faella brother. He served as a Chief Commissary Steward aboard the USS Wasp. He was killed in action on March 19, 1945, when at about 7:10 am, the aircraft carrier was hit by a bomb. He was buried at sea. He was awarded the Purple Heart for his service. He is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. (His service records all have his last name as Faela)
On this memorial day, I want to thank not only the Faella men who served but also all who have defended our country through the years. Special thanks go to those currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
God Bless them one and all!


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Computer fashions face social test
SAN FRANCISCO — Brittany Morton used to cringe when her boyfriend would whip out his smartphone over dinner. Imagine what she'll think when it's attached to his face as computerized glasses or strapped to his wrist, demanding his attention at every glance.
It's a familiar scene today: romance at restaurants with a gaze across the table to another transfixed — by a smartphone. That person texting or tweeting is sending the message that, well, you're less important than their fleeting thoughts. One night, Morton got so upset with her phone-obsessed man during a dinner date that she stormed off to catch a cab.
Just as men barking into headsets on downtown streets becomes the new normal, the world is about to get even weirder —and perhaps more annoying — with a generation of wearable technologies. Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft are among companies vying for this next wave in computing. Think Internet-surfing glasses and watches capable of delighting or irritating partners, friends or strangers.
That technological shift in computing is just around the corner. Google's Glass computerized glasses, coming closer to reality, are a buzzing topic of chatter in the tech industry.
"I think it (Glass) would be a good conversation starter, but after you have it for a while, it could be a problem," says the 27-year-old Morton, who works in Los Angeles and now has a pact with her beau to keep phones out of dinner.
Wearable computing promises to marry the worlds of fashion and technology, ushering in accessories capable of meeting this world's 24/7 digital needs. While Google is testing its computing glasses that stick smartphone functions on a tiny screen in front of one eye, Apple is filing patents suggesting it is at work on a computerized watch to bring iPhone functions to the wrist.
Companies that want to play in wearable computing are focusing on the technology and its social implications. That's created an industry retrenching product development around social and privacy concerns. Because Google's computerized glasses are capable of taking photos and video, some are uneasy their privacy may come under attack with images posted online.
Despite concerns, the sci-fi aspects of computer-aided vision promise applications for both big industries and consumers.
Computerized goggles may help ID crime suspects by overlaying police database information in officers' vision that's linked from facial-recognition data or licence plates captured by a front-facing camera. Retail employees might use a pair of computerized glasses to look about a store for a particular item of clothing and find the exact item in view on a map that identifies the item by a tracking chip. And consumers could soon see their own augmented digital world from Google's Glass glasses, such as maps or Internet information placed in front of the eyes.
Long prognosticated, wearable computing is now poised for a computing boom. "This is the next big category," says Tim Chang, managing director of venture capital firm Mayfield Fund.
A confluence of the tech industry's biggest leaps forward makes the timing right: ubiquitous Internet, display improvements, better batteries, advanced chips and sensors that track more than ever. And most people already pack a pocket computer companion to wearable devices, the smartphone. That is expected to be the main computer that helps shuttle wireless cellphone data via Bluetooth to devices such as Google Glass or an iWatch from Apple.
A world of data and technology brought closer to our bodies, for better or worse, offers faster forms of consumption. People could call up their calendar or e-mail without pulling out a phone or laptop, grabbing quicker bites of information while walking. Someone wearing Glass at an outdoor concert might use facial-recognition software or location-tracking apps to find friends in view on a map.
"There are clearly a lot of implications that are interesting to consumers," says Ben Horowitz of venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
The biggest names in tech are investing to get there first. In the first half of 2012, venture-capital firms invested more than $700 million in private companies developing devices that use sensors, according to Forrester.
A wave of consumer products that span health monitoring, entertainment, fitness and Internet consumption are on the horizon.
Apple, Google and Microsoft — whose meteoric growths have each slowed — could use another category of computing to fuel new business. "Apple and Google are in a league of their own because of their relations with developers and consumers," says Forrester analyst Sarah Rotman Epps.
Researcher Gartner forecasts the wearable devices market will hit $10 billion by 2015.
Google isn't the only one developing computing glasses. Motorola Solutions is aiming squarely at industrial applications with a big headset device that could help warehouse workers locate items, mechanics see instructions in the field and firefighters see building schematics in emergencies. "It's all about getting the right information at the right place at the right time," says Paul Steinberg, chief technology officer for Motorola Solutions, of the goal to deliver industrial efficiencies.
And Vuzix is developing its M100 headset that brings smartphone functions to the eye and works with Android phones. "It's information access but not an overload of information that will be a total distraction," says Mike Hallett, Vuzix's director of sales.
The M100 is being tested by developers now. Vuzix expects to sell it to the public this year for less than $500, aimed at those who would gab into an earpiece. Still unknown is whether mainstream consumers will take the leap.
"The biggest impediment to widespread adoption of wearables will be the social aspect," says James Ellis, a former research assistant at Google X who worked on Project Glass and is a graduate student at Northwestern University.
Google is expected to reveal more details on Glass at its I/O developer conference scheduled for May 15. The company began testing among employees late last year.
Google's Glass computers are surprisingly light frames with a small screen above one eye. Those wearing Glass can surf the Internet, take photos and videos or send images or blast them online. The Glass units respond to voice, head gestures and a touch-pad on the side. They connect to the Internet via Wi-Fi or piggyback onto a smartphone's cell connection from Bluetooth.
"We really believe that there's much more convenient ways of having a computer augment your life than to take a phone out of your pocket," says Thad Starner, technical lead and manager on Google's Project Glass.
Starner is an extreme evangelist for wearable computing. He has been wearing a computer on his face for more than a decade. His homemade prototypes have been bulky and have had big battery packs before Google Glass came along.
He clearly doesn't find any of this socially awkward. The fact that he's worn what looks like a full-size mobile phone covering a lens of his glasses and had wires coming out of it might seem odd to many. "You get really good at using 30-second chunks of time" for computing tasks, he says, pointing out that he could check his appointments while walking within an office.
Not everyone is thrilled with the prospect of information in your face at all times. "There's a vaguely autistic note to what they are talking about with Google Glass," says Adam Greenfield, author of Everyware, a book about ubiquitous computing. "When you look at somebody eye-to-eye, there is literally a technological infrastructure that comes between."
Google has studied body gestures as ways of interacting with Glass. The alternative, say, speaking commands such as "forward" or "backward" on a busy train, might be awkward. "You may start noticing businessmen acting like mimes, scrolling through documents only they can see," says Ellis, describing what future computing interfaces might look like.
Google Glass devices were offered to software developers for $1,500 a unit in recent months. Early testers of Google Glass were spotted about the technology festival SXSW this month in Austin. Attendees referred to those wearing them as "Glassholes" because of their pretentious appearance and intrusive interaction of the front-facing camera. Many believe it could be years, even a decade, before social and technical hurdles are met.
A lot will have to be worked out over privacy issues, such as potentially rolling video of everything in sight with Glass, says Gartner analyst Michael Gartenberg. "Health issues and eye strain will become questions," he says.
Not to mention, Google may not be able to squeeze enough battery power into the small device. That could be a buzz kill for a device meant to be worn all day but that runs low on juice every hour. "The technical realities of what we can achieve right now will probably hold it back — in terms of a business decision they should have kept it (Glass) behind the scenes," says Mark Rolston, chief creative officer at Frog Design.
Apple may have an easier time commercializing a computerized watch. A patent application revealed last month at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office suggests Apple is indeed developing an iWatch after persistent rumors.
"Everyone who has a smartphone presence is going to need to be in this space," Starner says. "Who would have said that Apple or Google would have a smartphone presence in 1998? They have all been playing with this stuff in their research labs."
Experts say a watch from Apple could disrupt that industry and ignite a new one, much as the company did with smartphones and tablets. Worldwide watch sales are expected to exceed $60 billion in 2013, according to Citigroup.
"Apple will probably launch a watch, and you'll see a lot of watches and pendant pieces with smart tech, and we'll see a rapid flow of wearable devices that can tell you any number of things," says Chang.
Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris declined to comment on the company's plans.
Former Apple CEO John Sculley has jumped on the wearable computing bandwagon. He's co-founded a company called Misfit Wearables, maker of the Shine waterproof distance tracker that looks like a quarter-size aluminum pendant. It's meant to be tapped to the surface of an Android or iOS phone to deliver its data and can be worn with optional wristbands and necklaces. Misfit is expected to deliver soon.
"Wearables aren't really that wearable right now," Misfit Wearables CEO Sonny Vu says. "You're not wearing plastic and rubber, but every product is made of plastic and rubber. Ours is a solid piece of metal — it's beautiful."
"You've been seeing the wearable computing industry all over the place. Now we're seeing it where consumer actually want it," says Starner.
Start-ups are already cranking out smartwatch devices. Kickstarter-funded Pebble is producing its watch that works with Apple's iOS and Google's Android to deliver notifications on phone calls, e-mails, texts, Facebook and Twitter. It connects to smartphones via Bluetooth. The Pebble watch is available for pre-order for $150.
Others are focusing on advancing health tech on the wrist. Upstart Basis makes a watch that captures heart rate, motion, perspiration and skin temperature to monitor sleep and exercise. "The idea is to try to get at physiological data that give you more information about your health," Basis CEO Jef Holove says.
Some health-tracking wristbands are focusing on steps and calories without a watch. Jawbone's UP bracelet works with an iPhone app to track sleep, food and activity. Nike's FuelBand, a bracelet worn by fitness enthusiast Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, tracks steps and calories.
The proliferation of such wristband devices suggests there's a larger market for wearable computing. Advances in sensors, battery life and computing have all made this possible, says Jawbone CEO Hosain Rahman. What matters is "whether you'll actually wear it," he says.
With consumers already biting on health-related smart devices it remains to be seen whether a next level of wearable technologies will become fashion du jour or faux pas. Like with Morton and her boyfriend, it may boil down to society figuring out what is socially acceptable.
It will come down to "people with good etiquette," says Morton.

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Colorado State University: still rocking 144 years later
Colorado State University's concert choir serenaded lawmakers today and school mascots mugged for the cameras as the college celebrated Founders Day.
On Feb. 11, 1870, Colorado Territorial Gov. Edward McCook signed the Colorado Morrill Act establishing the state agricultural college in Fort Collins, which today is called CSU.
Every year on this day, Larimer County lawmakers and CSU grads take to the microphone to praise the school.


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John's account of the giving of the Holy Spirit on Easter differs from the account of the Pentecost event in the Acts of the Apostles.
Still, his short account with its double salutation of 'Peace be with you" gives that common greeting new significance for the early followers of Jesus and for us today.
Coupled with the commission of being sent forth as Jesus had been sent by the Father, it sets the stage for their reception of the Holy Spirit with its power and responsibility of forgiveness.
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Once upon a time a new family moved into a neighborhood. It was a nice neighborhood and it was very close to where the Daddy worked, so close he could walk to work. There was only one thing wrong with the neighborhood. Most people weren't Irish! Yes, that's true there are such neighborhoods!
They were Mexican and Thai, Jewish and Korean, Japanese and Indian, Polish and Columbian, Lebanese and Chinese and just about every other nationality that you could imagine. The children in the neighborhood swarmed around the new kids. Are you really Irish?
We don't have any Irish living in our neighborhood. What's it like to be Irish? Can you teach us Irish songs and dances and tell us Irish stories? Our new family was not dumb at all. They realized that there was some pay-off in being different. They had to look up Irish songs and stories and learn some Irish dances. They became very popular. They also learned a lot about all the strange people (i.e. those that were not Irish in their neighborhood and decided that while they were not Irish it wasn't their fault and they were pretty cool kids anyway. They loved the cooking even if some of it was a little too spicy.
Do you want to move back to the old neighborhood, their parents asked them anxiously. No way, said the kids,
God made us all different and we enjoy it! All Irish neighborhoods are BORING!
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The Gluten Free Vegetarian: Apple, Onion, and Feta Chickpea Socca Recipe
When I read that the gluten free menu swap ingredient of the week was apple, I started considering possibilities. Apples are one of our favorite snacks, whether they be crisp organic fuji apples eaten fresh with a slice of havarti, or slow baked apples seasoned with cinnamon and sugar in pie, or baked in Chebe turnovers. But somehow, I was in the mood for a savory apple treat. And, what is more savory than the delicious French socca chickpea crepe? I first discovered socca in Japan, and then furthered my acquaintance with them in the short-lived Berkeley Socca Oven. When Socca Oven closed their doors, those of us at CeliacBayArea Yahoo group were determined to keep socca on the menu in our own homes. But, it was ByTheBay's post of an especially delicious socca recipe that ensured the socca's regular place in my house. In addition to my old standby topping of hummus, olives and fresh veggies, I developed a socca with a south american spicy bean topping. Now, here's a fresh new take on the socca, this time garnished with tangy, delightful goats cheese, sweet apples, and crunchy pecans. How do you like your socca?
Onion, Feta, and Apple Pizza Recipe
1 tbsp butter
1 onion, thinly sliced
1 socca recipe, see below
3 oz. goat cheese
1 small green apple, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
2 oz. feta
2 tbsp. pecans
2 tbsp. oil-cured sundried tomatoes, diced
fresh thyme or oregano
Spray baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray and bake apple slices in a single layer until they are no longer crisp. Remove from pan, and reserve.
Melt butter in a cast iron pan on medium heat and then add your thinly sliced onions, letting them slowly caramelize. This may take as long as 20 minutes. When they are golden brown, remove them from the heat and reserve.
Make the below socca recipe with diced onions, fresh rosemary or dried rosemary (a generous amount), and extra diced sundried tomatoes mixed into the crust if desired. Sometimes the first socca is fragile, so you can use it for snacking. When the first sturdy socca has spent 9 minutes in the oven, take the socca out. The edges should be brown and lifting from the edges of the pan. Top with a thin layer of goat cheese, onion, apple, feta, sun dried tomatoes, and pecans (listed in order) . Put back in the oven for three minutes. Be careful not to let it burn. Remove from oven, let cool, eat, and make a second socca. If there is more socca batter, enjoy then plain once you have run out of toppings. Yummy!
Celiacbayarea Group Soccas
1 cup garbanzo bean flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup warm water
2 tbsp. olive oil
1/2 diced onion
freshly ground pepper
Additional olive oil
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For Mediterranean flavor:
Heat cast iron pan in oven set to 450 degrees.
Mix bean flour with salt, whisk in warm water and olive oil. Let the
Dribble a small amount of olive oil in hot cast iron pan and spread
Cut into triangles with a pizza cutter and enjoy. If toppings make it
Example of toppings:
Or, you could do a traditional "pizza" with veggies, meat, and even
On a GF board I'm on (http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/celiacbayarea/) people have been experimenting with making soccas, a French "pizza" made from chickpea flour. This recipe would probably be great for diabetics or anyone doing low carb diets- and is egg, soy, and dairy free as well.
I was heavily influenced by GlutenFreeBytheBay's post. Her blog entry about the socca experience can be found here:
I love her hummus topping! The woman's a culinary genius, I tell ya.
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http://java.sun.com/javase/6/ People that want to run Java on Vista may be interested in this release. It fixes the bug where Vista Glass is disabled when Java Applet is running. http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6345743
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I set the comment limit to 90 days. As a result, the original post for questions and suggestions has expired. This one is just to re-enable that. Please post any questions or suggestions in this blog. I have left fusion team. I can still answer questions about fusion and SxS. For feature/change suggestions, you can…
Debugging LoadLibrary Failures
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Installing SxS assemblies in Vista
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A biophysical profile (BPP) test measures the health of your baby
(fetus) during pregnancy.
A BPP test includes a nonstress test with electronic
fetal heart monitoring and a fetal ultrasound. The BPP measures your baby's
heart rate, muscle tone, movement, breathing, and the amount of amniotic fluid
around your baby.
A biophysical profile may be recommended if the results of a
nonstress test are nonreactive. A nonreactive nonstress
test means that the baby's heart rate did not change as expected when the baby
moved. A biophysical profile may also be recommended for women who have
high-risk pregnancies. The tests allow the doctor to find any possible problems
as early as possible.
The results of the biophysical profile, ranging from 0 to 10, can
help the doctor decide if the baby is healthy. The doctor may use the results
of the BPP test to help decide when to deliver the baby or if a cesarean
section is a safer way to deliver.
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Moscow Grand Slam | 11 - 15 June 2014
Moscow, Russia, April 15, 2014 – A
press conference was held on Monday at the premises of 'Forward' the official
technical sponsor of the 2014 FIVB Grand Slam in Moscow.
The World Tour will stop in Moscow for the seventh consecutive year, with the tournament set to once again take place at the Dinamo sports centre at the Vodniy stadium from June 10 through 15.
The press conference was attended by the Tournament Director as well as FIVB and CEV Beach Volleyball Commission member Ilya Volodarskiy. The panel also included national federation delegate Marina Shcherbakova as well as Evgenia Ukolova, one of Russia's leading beach volleyball players and 2012 Olympian.
"On behalf of the FIVB and the Organising Committee of the Moscow Grand Slam I would like to thank all the sponsors and partners who have decided to support our tournament this year," said Ilya Volodarskiy.
time the prize money has been increased to US$ 800,000 thereby setting an
all-time record for the Moscow Grand Slam. The world's best beach volleyball
players are likely to come to Moscow in mid-June. We expect a large crowd
especially since our competition will be held in the period people are used to.
"This year the tournament will take place during the four days off for public holidays here in Russia and therefore we expect that all the right conditions are set for a memorable event. We have prepared a lot of surprises for our fans, so I invite as many as possible to come to Vodniy stadium and be with us - they will not regret this. As for the tournament, there will be 10 Russian teams participating in the Grand Slam this year, five per gender."
Noting that Russia will host two major international events this year, Marina Shcherbakova said, "As it was already the case last year, our Volley Grad complex in Anapa will host an FIVB Open from May 27 to June 1. We expect a good entry list for this event as well. On top of this, one stop of the Russian Championship will also take place in Anapa, before the tour stops in Moscow, while the end-of-year Russian Open Cup will take place in the Olympic city of Sochi."
Russia's beach volleyball star Evgenia Ukolova informed the media about the state of her preparations for the coming season and about the teams that will represent Russia in this year's World Tour.
"This year our preparations followed a very unusual schedule. We started with the CEV indoor Satellite in Anapa before we travelled to Italy where we had the opportunity to play against some good Czech and German teams.
"At the same time the members of our men's national team practiced in Tenerife and Qatar. In general our training camps went quite well. I hope that we will be able to achieve good results so as to please our fans in the near future. We all want to get a full house at the events that will take place in Russia this year because it is a great feeling to play in such conditions with your friends and relatives also in attendance."
The FIVB World Tour will start on April 22 with the Fuzhou Open in China before the first Grand Slam of the year follows in Shanghai from April 29 through May 3. This year's FIVB World Tour includes nine Grand Slam tournaments taking place in Shanghai, Moscow, Berlin, Stavanger, Gstaad, The Hague, Long Beach, Klagenfurt and Stare Jablonki.
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|Scars of Dracula
|Tuesday, 07 August 2001
Some copies also include a second DVD, featuring the documentary 'The Many Faces of Christopher Lee' and two music videos with Lee.
What with many of Hammer's best films in the hands of distributors who show little inclination to release them on DVD, it falls to Anchor Bay to give us almost all the others, in their 'Hammer Collection.' However, with the likes of 'Scars of Dracula,' they're beginning to reach the bottom of the deep Hammer barrel.
Nonetheless, this fifth Hammer horror featuring Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, looks much better on this DVD than it ever did in U.S. theaters. It was released by a minor distributor, which apparently decided to use the cheapest color processing available; prints were ugly and grainy. Here, Moray Grant's photography has the lush, creamy colors that were intended. Scott MacGregor's production design ranges from splendid -- the interiors -- to woefully inadequate, such as the forecourt to Dracula's castle, with an embarrassingly obvious backdrop. The movie may not be very good, but it is reasonably important in horror movie history, so this presentation is welcome.
The movie can drive a horror fan nuts. The script by "John Elder" (Hammer exec Anthony Hinds) is awkward and routine, annoyingly different from the previous Hammer Draculas, but very like lots of other horror movies. Unlike the previous entries in the series, there's very little continuity between 'Scars' and its predecessor. Here, Dracula is revived when the dust of his body mixes with blood drooled by a hovering bat. No, I am not making that up.
Once revived, he doesn't seem to do very much, although local villagers, led by a landlord (Hammer mainstay Michael Ripper), are very upset. They storm the castle, beat up Dracula's human servant Klove (Patrick Troughton, who was Dr. Who for three years), and burn the castle. (Which, afterward, seems none the worse for the blaze.)
Later, or meanwhile, it's hard to tell which, we meet randy Paul (Christopher Matthews), his brother Simon (Dennis Waterman), and his kind of girlfriend Sarah (Jenny Hanley). The script grinds through a complex series of coincidences which end up with Paul a guest in Dracula's castle, and one (Anouska Hempel, now a famous dress designer) of Dracula's ladies in bed with him. The furious Dracula catches them together, unaccountably stabs her, then flees at the morning light. The last we see of Paul, alive anyway, is when he visits Dracula's tomb rather too late in the day.
Eventually, Simon and Sarah come to this country -- we'd seen Paul smash through a border gate -- and they, too, encounter the grumpy landlord, a frightened priest (Michael Gwynn) and, finally, Dracula himself.
The movie is frustrating because so much of it is so routine, and some of it looks so cheap -- while more attention is paid to the character, the personality, of Dracula than in ANY of the previous Hammer outings. Lee talks a great deal more (in 'Dracula, Prince of Darkness,' he had no dialog at all), does more stuff straight out of Stoker (eyes glowing through closed lids, crawling up a wall), and in general is more of a presence. But despite this, and the generally high level of acting one expects from Hammer, the movie cannot evade a second-string, hangdog aura. It was the last Hammer Dracula with Lee set in the 19th century, the last that could even sort of be linked to the series that began with the classic 'Horror of Dracula' in 1958.
But it has been given first-rate treatment by Anchor Bay in this attractive DVD release. In addition to the nearly perfect print, there's a very good commentary track by Christopher Lee and director Roy Ward Baker, hosted by Hammer expert Marcus Hearn. Some attention is paid to Baker's unusual career; he began as an assistant to such as Alfred Hitchcock, turned director in the late 1940s, then came to the U.S. where he made a few ordinary and one exceptional movie ('Inferno'). Back in Britain, he did the classic 'A Night to Remember,' the best movie ever made about the Titanic, then drifted into television. He worked frequently for Hammer, usually on their more prestigious movies, such as 'Quatermass and the Pit' and 'The Anniversary' (which starred Bette Davis).
Lee continues to be a very busy actor even today; he's in the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy, as well as the next 'Star Wars' film. He has an incredible memory, casually demonstrated here as he recites filmographies and even family connections for many of the cast members. His unquenchable ego surfaces from time to time ("...not to be immodest, but...") as well as his shy warmth and compassion.
On the other hand, he and Baker spend too much time castigating modern-day movies; it becomes particularly ironic when Lee complains about the extreme gore of current movies (which was true 20 years ago, but not now) over some of the goriest footage Hammer ever filmed, a mass bat-attack. (The movie overuses the bat props, which aren't good, but no worse than those in other films.) 'Scars of Dracula' is, in fact, one of the most brutal Hammer movies; apparently just to justify the title, there's a hard-to-watch scene of Lee applying a red-hot sword to Troughton's back. Plus lots of bat attacks.
Some editions of the DVD include an extra disc; the main attraction is a well-illustrated talk by Lee about his long and surprisingly varied career. He talks directly to the camera, showing off props from some of his films, occasionally even demonstrating them, as with a sword from 'The Three/Four Musketeers.' There are also two music videos; Lee has a very good operatic voice, but his delivery is also operatic, not appropriate to these songs. Still, for those fond of the actor, these are delightful additions to a video collection.
And so, despite its faults as a movie, is 'Scars of Dracula.' The Hammer Horrors are now part of movie history, a very vivid part, and having one more DVD of a Hammer movie is very welcome.


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OTTAWA -- An ardent hockey fan who died this week used his obituary to denounce the NHL lockout.
Archie Bennitz, 84, instructed his son to criticize NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and union leader Bob Goodenow in his death notice.
Bennitz called Bettman and Goodenow "skunks for denying him the pleasure of watching the NHL on TV this year," the obituary in the Ottawa Citizen read. Bennitz also urged Bettman to step aside in favor of Wayne Gretzky.
David Bennitz said his father had become increasingly angry during his last month in the hospital as the lockout dragged on. Hockey was the only thing he watched on TV.
Bennitz, who was born in Nova Scotia and grew up just north of Toronto, was a dedicated Maple Leafs fan. He developed a soft spot for the Senators, however, after he moved to Ottawa about three years ago to be closer to his family.


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Gran Teatre del Liceu – Teatre Nacional de Catalunya
Hostal Mare Nostrum owes an apology to Gran Teatre del Liceu of Barcelona for being so late (more than 80 posts) to dedicate a post to them: This old opera theater it's among the best of the world, and it's in front of us, in Las Ramblas. The history of this emblematic building begins in 1837, when a battalion of National Militia headed by Manuel Gibert i Sans created the Liceo Filodramático de Montesión in the convent of Montsió, where today is el Portal de l'Àngel (next to Catalunya sq.) to promote the teaching of music and play the escenic representations and operas from the students. The next year they changed the name and called it Liceo Filarmónico Dramático de S.M la Reina Isabel II, and remained there until 1844 when had to leave the convent because of the lack of space and the nuns, that recovered the rights of the building property and claimed for it. That was when the council awarded the purchase of the building of the Trinitarians Convent, located in Las Ramblas (to be more especific at La Rambla dels Caputxins). And that's how the Liceu got the place where today is built. The project was in charge of Miquel Garriga i Roca and it's distinguished from the other big european theaters because the building was economically supported exclusively by individual shareholders; the Queen Isabel II did not participate, and that's why is the only european theater without a royal box. That's the reason why the Liceu was a catalan bourgeoisie symbol; those who funded the theater were granted with a seat or a box for life, and the name changed again to Liceo Filarmónico Dramático. The play that inaugurated the operistic activities was Anna Bolena, of Gaetano Donizetti in April of 1847. In April 1861, the Liceu burned for first time because of an unextiguished light oil. All made of wood, only remained the stone estructure. During the revolution a crowd broke into the theater and stole the bust of Queen Isabel II situated at the main stairs. It was really representative: they dragged it along Las Ramblas and dropped it to the sea. The bust was replaced by an allegorical sculpture, erasing all royal vestige in the theatre. As a bourgeoisie symbol, the anarchist movement saw the Liceu as the representation of the ruling oligarchy. This identification induced the events of the 7th of November in 1893, when during the season inauguration night, the anarchist Santiago Salvador threw two Orsini bombs to the audience, just exploded one, but taking twenty lifes away. This event shaked the city and, for years, the seats occupied by the victims ceased to be used (nowadays a film is being realized about this history). The Liceu closed and did not open until the 18th of January of 1894. During the 20's, textil business prospered in Catalunya. Liceu renewed it's decoration and became one of the theaters that played the highest quality shows in the world. And the same for the audience, wich requirements and level knowledge were on a par. Was during the Civil War when the Liceu was nationalized and changed the name to Teatre del Liceu – Teatre Nacional de Catalunya (Liceu Theatre – Catalonia's National Theatre). During the economic crisis of the seventies Liceu was deeply affected: the owners could not cope with the increasing costs of quality performances and showed an overall decrease in. When the last promoter deceased in 1980, revealed the needing of a government intervention if they wanted to be a major opera house again. Was in 1981 when Generalitat de Catalunya, collaborating with the City Hall and Gran Teatre del Liceu Society, founded the Gran Teatre del Liceu Consortium. During the following decades, the theater became popular and profitable, recovering some of the quality of the works represented. The revitalization process was interrupted on January 31 1994 when el Liceu burned again. This time caused by a spark from a blowtorch that burned down the curtains. The fire spread quickly to the roof so in few minutes got uncontrollable, destroying almost the entire theater. Thanks to the Foundation for Gran Teatre del Liceu it was rebuilt just like it was, introducing the required improvements. Then became completely publicly owned, because the Gran Teatre del Liceu Society ceded its part of the administration. To obtain the money required, half the budget was raised from private funds. Reopened after five years with « Turandot » by Puccini, which was the work that had to be played at the time of the accident, resuming the economic recovery started in the eighties. Increasing the number of performances of each work, popular sessions with young singers, reduced season tickets, live view works in movies, plays on You Tube and other alternatives that Hostal Mare Nostrum guests can take advantage on their visit to the city, furthermore than visiting the spectacular building. Don't miss it! Gran Teatre del Liceu


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A spanking in banking: Slide presentation
Published July 1, 2009 | July 2009 issue
How have Ninth District banks performed of late, and how do we know? One useful perspective is a historical comparison of common performance measures for banks going back to the 1980s, when the district and nation were also in the grips of a banking crisis. What follows are historical snapshots of those measures.


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About Jeff Masters
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 3:05 PM GMT on September 05, 2012
Tropical Storm Leslie is growing more organized and is approaching hurricane strength on its slow voyage northwards at 2 mph towards the island of Bermuda. Moderately high wind shear of 15 - 20 knots due to strong upper-level winds out of the northwest continues to keep most of Leslie's heavy thunderstorms pushed to the east side of the storm, but satellite loops show that Leslie now has an impressive blow-up of heavy thunderstorms with cold cloud tops near its center. Leslie's slow forward speed means that the storm is staying over the cold water stirred up by the storm's winds, inhibiting intensification, but the waters underneath Leslie are warm to great depth, making this less of a factor than usual. According to the latest SHIPS model forecast, the shear is expected to fall steadily today, reaching the low category, 5 - 10 knots, by Thursday afternoon. Leslie is over warm ocean waters of 29 - 30°C, and the reduction in shear and warm waters should aid intensification, and potentially allow Leslie to be at Category 2 strength at its closest pass by Bermuda Saturday night and early Sunday morning, as indicated by the official NHC forecast. The latest 11 am EDT NHC wind probability forecast calls for a 48% chance that Leslie will be a Category 2 or stronger hurricane Sunday morning at 8 am EDT. Leslie is a huge storm, and tropical storm-force winds are expected to extend outward from its center 250 miles by Friday. Bermuda is likely to see a 42-hour period of tropical storm-force winds beginning Saturday morning near 2 am AST, and lasting until 8 pm AST Sunday night. The official NHC forecast shows Leslie nearly making a direct hit on Bermuda, and Leslie will be capable of bringing an extended period of hurricane-force winds lasting six or more hours to Bermuda Saturday night through Sunday morning, should a direct hit materialize. NHC is predicting that hurricane-force winds will extend outwards from the center of Leslie by 35 miles on Thursday night, and I expect this will increase to at least 60 miles by early Sunday morning, when Leslie will be making its closest pass by Bermuda.
Figure 1. Morning satellite image of Tropical Storm Leslie. Heavy thunderstorms have built near the center of the storm, and Leslie is near hurricane strength.
Leslie's impact on Canada
Leslie will stay stuck in a weak steering current environment until a strong trough of low pressure approaches the U.S. East Coast on Saturday. The timing of this trough is such that Leslie will be pulled northwards and then north-northeastwards over the weekend. There are still significant differences among the models in the timing and speed of Leslie's track over the weekend, but we can now dismiss the threat of Leslie making a direct hit on New England. The storm is likely to make landfall in Nova Scotia or Newfoundland, though there are significant differences in the models' predictions of the timing of Leslie's arrival in Canada. The GFS model predicts an early Tuesday landfall in Newfoundland, but the ECMWF model is much faster and farther west, predicting a Monday afternoon landfall in Nova Scotia. Large swells from Leslie are pounding the entire Eastern Seaboard, and these waves will increase in size as Leslie grows in strength this week. The Hurricane Hunters are scheduled to make their first flight into Leslie on Thursday afternoon.
Figure 2. Morning radar image of Invest 90L off the coast of the Florida Panhandle.
Son of Isaac: Invest 90L emerges in the Gulf of Mexico
During Tropical Depression Isaac's trek across the center of the U.S. during the Labor Day weekend, the storm was ripped in half. One portion of the storm moved over the Northeast U.S., bringing heavy rains there, and another portion sank southwards over Alabama. You can see this split by studying an animation of the vorticity at 850 mb (the amount of spin at low levels of the atmosphere, near 5,000 feet above sea level) from the University of Wisconsin. This remnant of Isaac, which still maintained some of Isaac's spin, brought heavy rains of 5 - 10 inches that caused flooding problems over portions of Alabama on Tuesday. The storm has now emerged over the Gulf of Mexico near the Florida Panhandle, and was designated Invest 90L this morning by NHC. In their 8 am Tropical Weather Outlook, NHC gave 90L a 20% chance of developing into a tropical depression by Friday morning. According to NHC naming rules, "if the remnant of a tropical cyclone redevelops into a tropical cyclone, it is assigned its original number or name". Since "the remnant" refers to the primary remnant, and 90L does not fit the definition of a "primary remnant", the storm will be given a new name should it develop into a tropical storm, according to information posted on the NHC Facebook page. Esau or Jacob--the names of the sons of the biblical Isaac--would be fitting names for 90L, but the next storm on the list of Atlantic storms is Nadine.
Long-range radar out of Mobile, Alabama shows a large area of heavy rainfall along the coast due to 90L. The echoes do show some spiral banding behavior, but there is only a slight evidence of rotation to the storm. Infrared satellite loops show that the thunderstorms associated with 90L are not that vigorous and do not have particularly cold cloud tops, and the area covered by the thunderstorms is relatively small. Wind shear is a high 20 - 30 knots over the northern Gulf of Mexico, but is predicted to fall to the moderate range, 10 - 20 knots, by Thursday afternoon. Ocean temperatures in the Gulf have been cooled down considerably by the passage of Hurricane Isaac last week, and are 28 - 28.5°C. This is still plenty warm enough to support formation of a tropical storm, and I expect 90L will increase in organization on Thursday and Friday as it moves slowly south or south-southwest. 90L could become a tropical depression as early as Thursday, though Friday is more likely. A hurricane hunter aircraft is scheduled to investigate 90L on Thursday afternoon. A trough of low pressure and an associated surface cold front will move southeastwards over the northern Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, and this trough should be capable of pulling 90L to the northeast to a landfall along the Florida Panhandle or west coast of Florida on Sunday.
Figure 3. Morning satellite image of Tropical Storm Michael.
Tropical Storm Michael in the Central Atlantic
Tropical Storm Michael has strengthened to 50 mph winds, and appears to have a favorable enough environment to become a hurricane later this week. Satellite loops show that this is a small tropical cyclone, far out over the open Atlantic, and none of the models show that Michael will threaten any land areas.
Elsewhere in the Atlantic
The GFS and ECMWF models are predicting that a new tropical wave due to move off the coast of Africa on Friday will develop into a tropical depression by the middle of next week. It's too early to tell if this system might threaten the Lesser Antilles Islands.
Jeff Masters
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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The words that follow are Rebekah's descriptions of the photos:
I'm told that the Kavanaugh family photo was taken around 1915, and I think that's about right because the children in front were born in 1909 & 1910. They look like they are 4 & 5ish. From the left, there is Felix Kavanaugh, Rufino Kavanaugh (with hands in pocket), Nicolas Kavanaugh. Then there are the mystery ladies. I'm told that these ladies are Lucia & Julia Kavanaugh (Juan F. Kavanaugh's daughters), Henrietta Delgado Kavanaugh (Nicolas Kavanaugh's wife), & Rupertita Kavanaugh(Juan D. Kavanaugh's daughter). However, depending on who I talk to any of the four ladies in the picture could be any of the 4 named. Still in the back is Juan F. Kavanaugh, another of his sons Juan D. Kavanaugh, and Abraham Kavanaugh. Then the second row, the two on the left are two of the mystery ladies, then Melecia C. de Baca Kavanaugh & Margarita Salazar Kavanaugh. In front are the children of Juan D. Kavanaugh & Margarita Salazar: Ignacio Enrique Kavanaugh (b. 1910) & Mary Kavanaugh (b. 1909). Does anyone know for sure which lady is which? Lucia was born in 1893 and Julia in 1895. Henrietta Delgado Kavanaugh born ca. 1894 and Rupertita Kavanaugh in 1904.
Personally, I think that the lady directly to the right of Rufino looks like a little girl, and would be Rupertita. At the reunion, Julia and Lucia's descendants claim it's Julia or Lucia, and that she looks like an adult.
Then there is the very old Kavanaugh picture. At the bottom it is labeled 'Kavanaugh family.' My cousin Tita K. Lopez has his picture, and does not recoginize anyone in the photo (neither do I). This photo appears to be taken at the same house as the 1915 photo. Maybe the guy in the photo to the left of the doorway is Juan F. Kavanaugh? Some of the little kids may be his (Felix, Rufino, Lucia, Julia, Juan D. & Abraham), but who are the others? He had a brother and a sister in Las Vegas, Luis Gold (m. Juanita Garcia), and Carlota Gold de Sedillos (m. Luis Sedillos). Juan F. Kavanaugh had a sister Maria Kavanaugh Bustamante (m. Andres Bustamante) who lived in Santa Fe in 1880, and was in Gallup by 1900. Is it the Kavanaugh and Gold, Sedillo, or Bustamante family? Maybe it's his family and his step-dad's family the Coriz? His mom Refugio Aguilar married Filomeno Coriz, and he had several children from his first marriage.
Rebekah says: "If your gang of bloggers could help me identify the folks in the pictures, that would be wonderful."


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The Storyline
Fresh off a dominant road win against Marquette, Harvard returns home and resume Ivy League play against rival Yale Saturday, March 23. Open draw is set for 1 p.m.
Follow From Home
Live Video (with subscription) and live statistics are available for Saturday's game against Yale.
Last Time Out
With five goals and an assist, Micaela Cyr outscored host Marquette and led Harvard to its first win of the season, 18-4, Tuesday afternoon in cold, windy Milwaukee.
The Crimson scored the game's first five goals before the Golden Eagles got on the board. Harvard answered with nine goals in a row, pausing with a 12-1 halftime lead along the way. Danielle Tetreault added four goals and an assist for the Crimson, while Alexis Nicolia and Catherine Brown each scored twice.
Anne Meyjes logged three saves to record her first collegiate win. Tetreault grabbed four draw controls, while Mariel Jenkins recorded four ground balls and two caused turnovers.
Scouting the Bulldogs
Yale had reeled off three wins in a row before suffering a 12-8 loss last weekend at Penn. The Bulldogs got six goals from rookie Nicole Daniggelis but could not climb back after the Quakers established a 3-0 lead in the opening 10 minutes.
Devon Rhodes leads the Bulldogs with 19 goals and 28 points. She was held without a goal by the Quakers but set up a pair of scores. Jen DeVito has 11 goals to go with a team-high 10 assists. Daniggelis has found the net 13 times and paces the team with 21 draw controls. Christina Doherty has secured 16 draws and 15 ground balls. Erin McMullan has played every minute in the cage, stopping 37.8 percent of the shots she has faced.
All-Time Series
Saturday marks the 42nd installment of the all-time series between the Crimson and Bull Dogs with the series knotted at 20-20-1. Harvard was victorious in the past two meetings.
Saturday's game marks MBGYLL Day, when the women's lacrosse team hosts the Massachusetts Bay Girls Youth Lacrosse League. Eight youth lacrosse teams from various parts of the state will compete against each other at Harvard Stadium and Soldiers Field Lacrosse Stadium prior to first draw. At the conclusion of the youth games, the Positive Coaching Alliance will host two lacrosse clinics prior to the Harvard-Yale Game.
Around the Ivy League
Dartmouth and Columbia also meet Saturday afternoon as the only other matchup within the Ivy League. Princeton, meanwhile, hosts a non-league game against John Hopkins. Penn and Cornell will clash Sunday in Philadelphia.
Ivy League Honors
Micaela Cyr earned her second Ivy League honor roll spot on March 18 for a netting two goals, grabbing two ground balls and winning two draw controls at Northwestern March 16.
Alexis Nicolia and Annie Meyjes were each named to the Ivy League honor roll Feb. 25 while Aubrey Todd earned a spot on the Ancient Eight honor roll on March 11.
Leading the Crimson
Captain Micaela Cyr leads Harvard by example, having posted team highs of 14 goals, five assists, 19 points, 12 ground balls and 15 draw controls. She has netted at least two goals in each game and is averaging an assist per contest.
Aubrey Todd (9-3-12) ranks second on the team in scoring, while Alexis Nicolia (10-1-11) has joined Cyr as a double-digit goal scorer. Danielle Tereault (7-2-9) and Kyleigh Keating (4-4-8) have also been key offensive contributors.
On the defensive side, Mariel Jenkins has caused a team-high six turnovers. Tetreault has excelled statistically across the board, controlling 13 draws and picking up 11 ground balls to go with her nine points. Annie Meyjes has stopped 35.7 percent of opponents' shots in her four stars.
All-Around Excellence
Harvard held advantages of 35-9 in shots, 17-10 in ground balls and 16-7 in draw controls against the Golden Eagles, allowing just four shots in the first half and five in the second. The Crimson won 11 of 14 first-half draw controls and was successful on all 11 of its clear attempts during the game.
The four goals allowed marked Harvard's lowest total surrendered since a 10-3 win at Columbia late last season. The Crimson limited 12 of its 16 opponents in 2011-12 to single-digit goal totals.
High Five
Senior Micaela Cyr tied her career-high with five goals on March 19 at Marquette, marking the most goals scored by a Crimson student-athlete since junior Jennifer VanderMeulen netted six on April 7, 2012. Cyr has scored five goals twice in her career, including once as a freshman in 2010.
Climbing the Charts
Senior Danielle Tetreault has scored 97 goals in her career. She is eight goals shy of tying Kelly McBridge '87 for 10th in program history with 105 career tallies.
Great Start
Rookies Alexis Nicolia and Aubrey Todd have made an impact through their first five collegiate games. Todd (9-3-12) ranks second on the team in scoring with 12 points on nine goals and three handouts. Nicolia notched double-digits in goals (10) and passed out an assist to sit third on the squad in points (11).
Take Your Hats Off
Harvard has notched seven hat tricks this season with Micaela Cyr, Alexis Nicolia and Aubrey Todd leading the way with two apiece. Danielle Tetreault leads all active Crimson with 12 hat tricks in her career.
Name 2013 Hat Tricks Career Hat Tricks
Micaela Cyr 2 9
Alexis Nicolia 2 2
Danielle Tetreault 1 12
Aubrey Todd 2 2
Jennifer VanderMeulen -- 25
Catch the Crimson in 2013
All three of Harvard's home games this season (March 9 vs., Penn, March 23 vs. Yale and April 20 vs. Columbia) will be streamed on GoCrimson.com. Each game is $9.95 per game.
To Be the Best, You Have to Beat the Best
Harvard has knocked off at least one top 20 opponent in each of the last four seasons, and will have plenty of opportunities to do so in 2013. Five of the Crimson's opponents this season are currently ranked in either the IWLCA Coaches Poll or the deBeer Media Poll, including Cornell (14/arv), Penn (20/19), Northwestern (5/4), Boston College (-/20) and Dartmouth (13/13).
Captaining the Ship
Senior Micaela Cyr was voted by her teammates as captain for the 2013 season. This marks the first time since 1987 that the Crimson has been led by one captain.
Historical Perspective
Harvard captured the program's first national championship in 1990 when it defeated Maryland, 8-7. The Crimson won four games that season by a single goal en route to a 15-0 record, with Jenny Walser '90 scoring the game winner in three of those four games, including the national title game. Four-year letterwinners Carroll Clark '90, Karen Everling '90, Julie French '90, and Walser graduated with a career record of 50-8-1, including a perfect 23-0 mark in the Ivy League.
The Crimson has made a total of nine NCAA Tournament appearances and has reached the national championship game three times. Harvard has also won 11 Ivy League Championships, tied with Dartmouth for the most in conference history.
Up Next
Harvard takes another two-week break from Ivy League pay and begins a stretch of six straight road games with a short trip to face Boston University Friday, March 29.


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ANAHEIM, Calif. — The last time slugger Albert Pujols faced the Orioles in a regular-season matchup, Friday's starter Brian Matusz was in high school, Buck Showalter was in his first year managing the Texas Rangers and outfielder Nick Markakis had been drafted earlier that week by the Orioles in the first round.
It was June 6-8, 2003, and Pujols, then 23, went 7-for-13 with three doubles and six RBIs as his St. Louis Cardinals beat the Orioles in two out of three games at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. In that interleague series, Pujols faced the following Orioles' starters: Rick Helling, Sidney Ponson and Jason Johnson.
In a strange scheduling twist, the Orioles did not play the Cardinals again until last year, when they came to Camden Yards for the first time in their team's history. Pujols, however, was injured and did not play in St. Louis' three-game sweep.
They'll get him this year, though. On Friday night, Pujols and his new team, the Los Angeles Angels, played the Orioles in the first of nine games between the two clubs this season.
When Pujols' 10-year, $240-million deal with the Angels was announced during the winter meetings, Showalter immediately made a point that the Orioles had the unlucky lot of playing in Anaheim twice in 2012 — something the club had done in just one other season in the past five years.
"He is one of the big forces in the game offensively and just his presence," Showalter said Friday. "He is one of those guys you always know where they are lurking in the lineup. I don't think anybody doubts where he is going to be at the end of the year. He brings great defensive skills, he seems to be a great teammate. He brings a lot more than the statistical return."
Pujols' start has been the talk of Southern California because he has not been his usual explosive self yet — in his first 54 at-bats as an Angel heading into Friday night he had failed to homer. That's the longest homerless drought to start a season for Pujols in his illustrious 12-season career. He also has never homered against the Orioles.
"His home runs are going to come, there is no question about that," said Orioles starter Jake Arrieta who is scheduled to face Pujols for the first time Saturday. "But if we can limit him to the singles and doubles and not really allow him to drive in two, three, four runs a game, chances are we are going to have some success. The biggest thing is get the guys out in front of him so when he comes to the plate, the bases are empty and if he does damage it is minimal damage."
The Orioles' roster has changed significantly since Pujols' last crack at them in the 2003 regular season (the two clubs played plenty of exhibition contests over the years when the Orioles were in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.). Second baseman Brian Roberts, who is on the club's disabled list, is the only player still with the team nine years later. In fact, only Roberts, Jerry Hairston Jr. (Los Angeles Dodgers) and Rodrigo Lopez (Chicago Cubs) played on that 2003 Orioles team and remain in the majors.
But the Orioles do have some players who have competed against Pujols more recently. Four current Orioles pitchers — Matt Lindstrom, Kevin Gregg, Jason Hammel and Luis Ayala — have faced Pujols in their careers. None of those four has given up a homer to Pujols.
Lindstrom, who pitched for the Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies, has faced Pujols the most and has the best numbers. In 10 plate appearances against Lindstrom, Pujols is 1-for-9 with a walk, a double, an RBI and two strikeouts.
"As a pitcher facing arguably one of the best hitters of all time you try to make your pitches and go with your strengths and you kind of just roll the dice with a guy like him because he does hit mistakes well and he'll hit good pitches," Lindstrom said. "Fortunately I have had some success against him, but that doesn't mean it will continue."
Hammel is the only Orioles starter who has pitched against Pujols (2-for-4, double, RBI and walk). He pitched Thursday and therefore will not start in this series.
"He is just another guy, but at the same time he is Albert Pujols, one of the greats in this game, not just of our generation but of all time," Arrieta said. "So any time you face a guy like that it kind of adds to the experience. It's going to be exciting."
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The last time slugger Albert Pujols faced the Orioles in a regular-season matchup, Friday's starter Brian Matusz was in high school, Buck Showalter was in his first year managing the Texas Rangers and outfielder Nick Markakis had been drafted earlier that week by the Orioles in the first round.


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McCain heated about popcorn
Nebraska grew more popcorn than any other state last year, and Omaha is home to ConAgra Foods, the corporate giant whose brands run from the classic Orville Redenbacher's to Fiddle Faddle, Poppycock, Crunch 'n Munch and Screaming Yellow Zonkers!
But don't expect straight answers from Nebraska's two U.S. Senate offices about 31 words tucked into a more than 1,000-page farm bill to give popcorn — well — a little more pop.
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A spokesman for Republican Sen. Mike Johanns quickly got defensive: "I don't think this is a Nebraska-specific issue," he said. When POLITICO next asked Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson's office to at least suggest contacts in the industry who might explain, this email came back: "My apologies. Can't help with contacts. Anything else?"
Really? No contacts? That's news to the Popcorn Institute, a Chicago-based industry trade group that has been working with the senators. And didn't Johanns and Nelson start the ball rolling in April from their seats on the Agriculture Committee?
Indeed, it all began as an almost advisory opinion: the secretary of Agriculture "may" do such and such on popcorn's behalf. But with little public notice, a "technical correction" to the bill in May changed "may" to "shall" in what's become a full-fledged campaign to qualify popcorn growers for what could be millions in revenue insurance subsidies.
( Also on POLITICO: Farm bill wins careful W.H. support)
Enter Sen. John McCain, who knows a headline — and comedy — when he sees it.
The Arizona Republican wasted no time last week before filing an amendment to strike the popcorn language. And this sets up one of those classic farmyard brawls: an obscure provision (made more obscure by its sponsors) that invites ridicule but is also serious stuff for real producers caught up in the shifting maze of subsidies that passes as policy in Washington.
For McCain, who is also going after catfish and mohair provisions in the farm bill, the popcorn amendment is just that, political popcorn to nourish him for the floor battle he's itching to join.
For Bruce Anderson, a 59-year old grower in Antelope County, Neb., it's part of his way of life: "It's one of those small industries but one we need to hold onto."
And for the taxpayer? It's a primer on the Golden Rule of commodity politics: One good subsidy deserves another.


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Climate change still a no-show
Scientists warn the planet is facing a global climate crisis that could result in unprecedented sea-level rise, drought and food shortages. But you wouldn't know it from listening to the presidential debates.
Neither President Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney mentioned the words climate change or global warming during three presidential debates that spanned more than four hours. And their running mates ignored the issue too.
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Of course, none of the debate moderators asked the candidates about climate change either. But the moderators' questions certainly didn't stop the candidates from diverting the conversation to their talking points of choice.
The absence of climate change talk has made waves in the environmental community, which launched an aggressive campaign to bring the issue to the forefront of the debates.
"Given that climate change may be the greatest challenge we face in the decades ahead, to be silent on the issue over the course of four debates does a real disservice to the country," Penn State climate researcher Michael Mann said in an email.
Friends of the Earth Action and Forecast the Facts have launched a new website, climatesilence.org, which urges the candidates to take on the issue of climate change.
"Although Barack Obama and Mitt Romney sprinkle their speeches with mentions of energy and climate, they have remained stubbornly silent on the immediate and profound task of phasing out a carbon-based economy," the website says. "Their failure to connect the dots and do the math imperils our nation and prevents the development of a national and global plan to respond to the most urgent challenge of our era."
Brad Johnson, the campaign manager of climatesilence.org, said this year's debates ignored the climate for the first time in nearly three decades. The issue first came up during the 1988 debate between vice presidential candidates Lloyd Bentsen and Dan Quayle, he said.


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