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In his State of the Union address last night, President Barack Obama began with what is widely perceived to be his strong suit: foreign policy. The nation is safer under his watch, he reassured his audience, now that Osama bin Laden is gone, al-Qaeda is broken, and U.S. troops are out of Iraq. It's too bad that the president couldn't lead with diplomatic accomplishments to prove that the United States has reestablished a new relationship with the international community and gained a new level of global respect. Instead, President Obama felt the need to emphasize U.S. military power.
Imagine how breathtaking it would have been if the president had begun his speech differently by touting diplomatic breakthroughs with Iran and North Korea. Instead, the United States has edged closer to conflict with the former and has largely ignored the latter. Imagine if the president could point to the closure of the detention facility in Guantanamo, a campaign promise and a pledge from his first day in office, as a signal to the world that the United States had turned its back on the lawless behavior of the previous administration. Imagine if the president could take credit for a responsible drawdown of Pentagon spending and the application of a true peace dividend to job creation at home. Alas, the cuts in military spending the president has proposed have been extraordinarily modest and don't address either Pentagon waste or pressing human needs at home and abroad.
After his ode to American military strength, the president turned to his central issue: the economy. He gestured in the direction of foreign policy – to praise free-trade agreements, to bash the Chinese for unfair trade practices – but all the messages were subordinate to fixing the U.S. economy. As a practical need and a political necessity, the president was certainly wise to focus on pocketbook issues. But his us-versus-them rhetoric is ultimately unhelpful. The United States has to work with other economic powers not only to get the global economy up and running again but to restructure it so that it no longer disproportionately benefits the wealthiest 1 percent of countries, corporations, and individuals.
Obama returned to his perceived strong suit in the end to discuss how the United States must operate from a position of strength. Unfortunately, he was talking about the strength of the U.S. military. The United States should indeed set an example: of wise diplomacy, global economic equity, and sensible budget priorities at home. Perhaps the next State of the Union can begin on a note of international cooperation instead of unilateral triumphalism.
Foreign Policy In Focus blog, January 25, 2012


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Hiroki Kuroda (3-2. 3.21) vs. Tim Stauffer (0-1, 3.21).
Kuroda against the Boys from Pipco — I mean Petco — seems like a good combination to me. What's even better is when players other than Kemp and Ethier show up at the plate. Hey, even the bridesmaids of the batting order have to contribute. And while Broxton may be the butt of Dodger fans' ire right now, expect to see him in a save situation. Those are the key players for the Dodgers; let's hope they don't get upstaged by the Padres tonight.

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I'm 33 today. And I've been thinking of doing this little giveaway for a while now. I'm totally copying dandee and doing a favorite things giveaway today. Yep, I'll be picking 33 of my current favorite things and sending them off in a nice little package to one lovely reader.
I'm thinking it'll be a fun little collection of things I like and use. Probably some sewing related things (how could I not?), some chocolate, maybe some washi tape. Good stuff, I promise.
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Vengeance is Mine
You know that there are wicked men
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Their wickedness and all they slew.
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Teach Me To Number My Days
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Whether I Live or Die
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BERLIN – Germany has launched a war crimes investigation against an 87-year-old Philadelphia man it accuses of serving as an SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp, The Associated Press has learned, following years of failed U.S. Justice Department efforts to have the man stripped of his American citizenship and deported.
Johann "Hans" Breyer, a retired toolmaker, admits he was a guard at Auschwitz during World War II, but told the AP he was stationed outside the facility and had nothing to do with the wholesale slaughter of some 1.5 million Jews and others behind the gates.
The special German office that investigates Nazi war crimes has recommended that prosecutors charge him with accessory to murder and extradite him to Germany for trial on suspicion of involvement in the killing of at least 344,000 Jews at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in occupied Poland.
The AP also has obtained documents that raise doubts about Breyer's testimony about the timing of his departure from Auschwitz.
The case is being pursued on the same legal theory used to prosecute late Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk, who died in March while appealing his conviction in Germany on charges he served as a guard at the notorious Sobibor death camp, also in occupied Poland.
The conviction was not considered legally binding because Demjanjuk died before his appeals were exhausted. But prosecutors maintain they can still use the same legal argument to pursue Breyer. Under that line of thinking -- even without proof of participation in any specific crime -- a person who served as a death camp guard can be charged with accessory to murder because the camp's sole function was to kill people.
Experts estimate that at least 80 former camp guards or others who would fall into the same category are likely still alive today, almost 70 years after the end of the war.
Authorities in the Bavarian town of Weiden, who have jurisdiction, are currently trying to determine if the evidence is sufficient for prosecution. A German official working on the case confirmed that Breyer was the target of the probe; he spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information.
Breyer acknowledged in an interview in his modest row house in northeastern Philadelphia that he was in the Waffen SS at Auschwitz but that he never served at the part of the camp responsible for the extermination of Jews.
"I didn't kill anybody, I didn't rape anybody -- and I don't even have a traffic ticket here," he told the AP. "I didn't do anything wrong."
He said he was aware of what was going on inside the death camp, but did not witness it himself. "We could only see the outside, the gates," he said.
Breyer said he had recently suffered three "mini-strokes." But he was cogent and clear as he talked about his past for more than an hour, sitting in his living room.
For more than a decade, the Justice Department waged court battles to try to have Breyer deported. They largely revolved around whether Breyer had lied about his Nazi past in applying for immigration or whether he could have citizenship through his American-born mother. That legal saga ended in 2003, with a ruling that allowed him to stay in the United States, mainly on the grounds that he had joined the SS as a minor and could therefore not be held legally responsible for participation in it.
Breyer testified in U.S. court that he served as a perimeter guard at Auschwitz I, which was largely for prisoners used as slave laborers, though it also had a makeshift gas chamber used early in the war; it was also the camp where SS doctor Josef Mengele carried out sadistic experiments on inmates.
But he denied ever serving in Auschwitz II, better known as Auschwitz-Birkenau, the death camp area where the bulk of the people were killed. He also said he deserted in August, 1944 and never returned to the camp, though eventually rejoined his unit fighting outside Berlin in the final weeks of the war.
A U.S. Army intelligence file on Breyer, obtained by the AP, calls that statement into question.
In 1951, American military authorities in Germany carried out a background check on Breyer when he first applied for a visa to the U.S. The file from that investigation lists him as being with a SS Totenkopf, or "Death's Head," battalion in Auschwitz as late as Dec. 29, 1944 -- four months after he said he deserted. The Army Investigative Records Repository file was obtained by the AP from the National Archives through a Freedom of Information Act request.
The document is significant because judges in 2003 said Breyer's testimony on desertion was part of what convinced them that his service with the Waffen SS after turning 18 might not have been voluntary, further mitigating his wartime responsibility.
Also weighing in Breyer's favor with the judges was his testimony that he refused to have the SS tattoo; he does not have such a mark today or evidence that one was removed.
Kurt Schrimm, the head of the specials prosecutors' office in Ludwigsburg, which carried out the Breyer probe before it was turned over to Weiden prosecutors, said he felt there was sufficient evidence to bring charges against Breyer, although he declined to discuss details.
"All of these guards were stationed at times on the ramps (where train transports of prisoners were unloaded), at times at the gas chambers and at times in the towers," he said.
Weiden prosecutors, who were chosen because the office is nearest where Breyer last lived in Germany, say it could take several months before deciding whether to file charges.
A former prosecutor in Schrimm's office, Thomas Walther, said he had known of the file on Breyer from his time there. He is now already representing, pro bono, a woman who lost her two siblings in Auschwitz at the time that Breyer is alleged to have been there. The woman will join any prosecution as a co-plaintiff as allowed under German law. Walther said he has established the email address auschwitz.coplaintiff(at)gmail.com for other victims' families.
"Time is swiftly running out to bring Nazi criminals to justice," Walther said. "I hope that prosecutors in Weiden will act soon on this case."
The Breyer case was handled in the U.S. by the Justice Department's Office of Special Investigations. Eli Rosenbaum, who previously headed the office, would not comment on any details of evidence that had been collected against him, nor say whether American agencies were involved in helping with the German probe. Rosenbaum is now with the Justice Department's Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section, into which the OSI was merged.
Breyer was born in 1925 in what was then Czechoslovakia to an ethnic German father and an American mother, Katharina, who was born in Philadelphia. Slovakia became a separate state in 1939 under the influence of Nazi Germany. In 1942, the Waffen SS embarked on a drive to recruit ethnic Germans there and Breyer joined at age 17. The fact he was a minor at the time was critical in the 2003 decision to allow him to stay in the United States.
Called up to duty in 1943, Breyer said he was shipped off the same day to Buchenwald -- in Germany -- where he was assigned to the Totenkopf.
By treaty, the U.S. can extradite its citizens to Germany. But Breyer said he would fight any attempts to take him away from the U.S. and his wife and family.
"I'm an American citizen, just as if I had been born here," he said in his Philadelphia home. "They can't deport me."


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Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver Guide
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Release Date | March 14, 2010 (US) March 25, 2010 (AU) March 26, 2010 (UK) September 12, 2009 (JP) |
Developer | Game Freak |
Publisher | Nintendo |
Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
Welcome to the Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver Wiki Guide.
Back in 2000, some of the most-loved and best-received Pokemon games in history came out for the Game Boy Color. Pokemon Gold and Silver were direct follow-ups to the fabled and outrageously-popular Pokemon Blue and Red, which came out Stateside in 1998, not only revitalizing the stumbling Game Boy in one fell swoop, but forever engraining the importance of the Pokemon franchise to Nintendo and ardent handheld gamers alike.
Fast-forward ten years, and now, we have the much-anticipated remakes of Pokemon Gold and Silver. Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver, exclusively for the Nintendo DS, are finally here. Now, gamers who missed Gold and Silver the first time around can play them in all of their enhanced glory. Not only are Heart Gold and Soul Silver remade from Gold and Silver, but pieces of Pokemon Crystal were also added in. Those of us who have fond memories of the Game Boy Color classic can relive it all over again.
Our guide covers it all, with a robust basics section, a complete walkthrough that holds your hand through the entire game, and much, much more. The guide is rounded-out by a complete Pokedex, information on Side Quests, tips, and even a TM and HM compendium.
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I often like to change things up a bit, like by having breakfast for dinner or a dessert for breakfast. When I cake across the concept of carrot cake pancakes on Joy the Baker I knew that I would be having a dessert for breakfast once again. Carrot cake is one of my favorite desserts and I like the idea of having them in pancake form for breakfast. I also really liked the idea of topping the pancakes with a cream cheese spread like the one used on a carrot cake instead of using syrup. I started with my basic pancake recipe and added some carrots and spices. I could not really have pancakes without maple syrup and since I was going to be spreading cream cheese on the pancakes I thought that mixing the maple syrup into the cream cheese spread would be a nice way to do it. The carrot cake pancakes were easy to make and tasted great! I stacked them on top of each other and spread cream cheese on top of each so they almost looked like a carrot cake in the end. The carrot cake pancakes with maple cream cheese spread tasted almost like carrot cake and I really enjoyed them. It is always nice to have dessert for breakfast!
Carrot Cake Pancakes
- 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 cup milk (or buttermilk)
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup carrot (grated)
- 4 ounces cream cheese (room temperature)
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- powdered sugar to taste
- Mix the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger and in a large bowl.
- Mix the milk, egg, sugar and carrot in another bowl.
- Mix the wet and dry ingredients making sure to not over mix.
- Heat a pan and melt a touch of butter in it.
- Pour 1/4 cup of the mixture into the pan and heat until the surface starts to bubble and the bottom is golden brown, about 2-3 minutes.
- Flip the pancake and cook the other side until the bottom is golden brown, about 1-2 minutes.
- Mix the cream cheese and maple syrup and add some powdered sugar to get it as sweet as you like.
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Rapper 'Kenny Clutch' Killed In Las Vegas Strip Shooting
Three people were killed in what police call a 'rolling gun battle' on the Vegas Strip.
Beneath the neon lights, police say, the Maserati ran the red light at one of the Strip's busiest intersections and smashed into a taxi that exploded into flames early Thursday, killing the two people inside.
Three more cars and a utility truck collided at the crossroads home to Bellagio, Caesars Palace and Bally's, leaving at least six more people injured as the Range Rover sped off in the predawn darkness.
The Maserati driver was pronounced dead at a hospital. News outlets in Las Vegas have identified the driver of the Maserati as Ken Cherry, a local rapper who uses the stage name "Kenny Clutch".
The dramatic scene that more than one tourist compared to something out of a violent action movie set off a frantic search for the occupants of the Range Rover and marked the latest violent episode on the Strip since the beginning of the year.
Two people were critically wounded in a shooting at a parking garage on Feb. 6, and a tourist was stabbed last Saturday in an elevator at The Hotel at Mandalay Bay.
Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie told reporters several hours after Thursday's attack that it was sparked by an argument in the valet area of the nearby Aria hotel-casino, and that the violence at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road did not reflect the values of Las Vegas residents or visitors.
"What happened will not be tolerated," Gillespie said. He promised the shooters would be "found and prosecuted to the full extent of the law."
On the Strip, the fiery rampage shocked tourists.
"This doesn't happen where we come from, not on this scale," said Mark Thompson, who was visiting from Manchester, England, with his wife. "We get stabbings, and gang violence, but this is like something out of a movie. Like 'Die Hard' or something."
Police said they were contacting authorities in three neighboring states about the Range Rover Sport with dark tinted windows, distinctive black custom rims and paper dealer ads in place of license plates that fled the scene about 4:20 a.m.
In Southern California, the California Highway Patrol alerted officers in at least three counties to be on the lookout for the SUV.
Las Vegas Police Sgt. John Sheahan said the Range Rover was last seen near the Venetian resort as it headed north from the shooting scene on Las Vegas Boulevard.
Witnesses also told police the SUV and Maserati had come from the nearby CityCenter area, the home of Aria just south of the site of the attack.
"We have numerous witnesses to this," Sheahan said. "But what is the genesis of this? We don't know yet."
Predawn jogger Eric Lackey was on his way back to the New York-New York hotel when he snapped a cellphone photo of the blazing scene moments after the crash. Black smoke billowed from the flaming taxi, amid popping sounds from the fire.
Lackey, of Forest Hill, Md., said a security officer in a yellow shirt performed CPR on a person on the sidewalk while police officers canvassed a small crowd of perhaps 15 onlookers gathering at the scene.
"Police were asking if anyone was still in the vehicles and if they heard gunfire," Lackey told The Associated Press. "That's when I realized it wasn't just a regular accident."
Sheahan said police have video from traffic cameras at the intersection and were checking hotel surveillance systems. The video will not be made public, he said.
Police said the driver and passenger in the taxi were killed. The male driver of the Maserati also died, and his passenger was shot. Police did not release their names, citing the ongoing investigation.
The crumpled, gray sports car, which had no license plates, came to rest several feet away from the incinerated taxi.
"The people I feel sorry for are the people in the taxi," said Elvina Joyce, a tourist from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. "Seconds made all the difference in the world for them. Wrong place, wrong time."
The area near the scene has been the site of high-profile violence in the past.
Rapper Tupac Shakur was killed in a drive-by in 1996 about a block away under similar circumstances, as assailants opened fire on his luxury sedan from a vehicle on Flamingo Road. The killing has never been solved.


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Samsung was founded in 1938 as a trading company, and didn't get into electronics until the late 60s. Oh-Hyun Kwon is the CEO of Samsung Electronics. Samsung's first Android smartphone was the Galaxy, released in 2009, and their first Android tablet was the Galaxy Tab was announced in 2010.
Traditionally, Samsung's Android user interface has been something called TouchWiz, which included a wide array of Samsung-made apps and customizations. For example, there are fitness tools, note-taking apps, news readers, multi-window viewing, and lots more.
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Jason Johnson (0-0, 2.57) vs. Matt Cain (6-8, 3.82).
Play for now or for later?
Ned's knee jerk may hurt.
Random rantings and ravings about the Los Angeles Dodgers, written by a small consortium of rabid Dodger fans. With occasional comments on baseball, entertainment, pop culture, and life in general.
Jason Johnson (0-0, 2.57) vs. Matt Cain (6-8, 3.82).
play for next year. Unless you can trade Jeff Kent and Juan Pierre for Brian Roberts...
Suiting haiku for this time of year.
Pierre, LF
Kemp, CF
Ethier, RF
Kent, 2B
Loney, 1B
Blake, 3B
Berroa, SS
Ardoin, C
Johnson, P
Not liking the bottom third of that order, but Martin's gotta rest sometime.
Tonight's lineup haiku:
Pierre Kemp Andre
Kent James Blake and Berroa
Ardoin then Johnson
John Lackey has no-hit the Red Sox over 8.
Anyone in LA getting this in HD tonight?
Opps - there goes the no hitter.
Pedroia singles off Lackey in the ninth.
No HD for me.
unravels in a big way too - Youk with a 2 run homerun off of Lackey.
Are you LA area guys all right and safe?
Hi Karina - I'm not an LA area guy anymore but my parents live there and they are fine. My mom didn't even feel it. My dad did, but it wasn't too strong where they live. Thanks for asking -
Yes Karina, thanks! No damage here, just a swaying house.
Kemp was safe...not matter what the San Francisco announcers say (stuck with them, second night in a row)
Glad, you all guys are OK. Thanks the Lord.
Hi, honey, I'm home! Did I miss anything?
Ardoin with a rettible throw to second, but Wynn isn't that fast to reclaim third.
Godawful play by Wynn. He basically gave that one away.
I'm getting this in HD. Just checked.
Weird that for some reason Vinny is half as loud in HD. I have to turn the volume on the TV up all the way.
You're a very lucky guy...
Are you watching on MLB.tv, karina?
0-0 after four. Didn't expect that.
Gotta love the 3-6-3 (?) DP!
Five scoreless!
On MLB Extra Innings.
Loving this game, i hope Coper works his magic.
Orel, could you take your pup to the doctor?
"The Giants and Dodgers, baseball's answer to push against shove." —Vin
Yes Karina, it's not arthritis or an injury but for some reason he has pain in both rear legs. Prescribed anti-inflammatory medication and will take him back next week.
Pup is super-groggy because of the sedatives they had to give him to take the X-rays.
I love Vin, i'd wish i could get to listen to him.
Poor Pup! well, at least it doesn't seem something chronical, my get well thoughts for him...
Wait a minute. Jason Johnson has held a major league team scoreless through five?
Am I dreaming?
Old Man Kent still has some gas in the tank! Nice play!
Thanks, Karina.
Make that 5 1/3, Rob.
Orel, does your pup have hip dysplasia?
Six scoreless!
And now six. Yowza.
It's such a waste Cain and Lincecum have to play with that team. You've got to keep an eye on your nephew, Orel.
I'm pretty sure that was one of the conditions the vet ruled out, Rob.
3-0 D'backs lead the Padres.
Kemp gets a leadoff single up the middle! Suweet!
Kemp starting the inning with a single, maybe trying to convince Torre he should hit leadoff 'till the end of the season or Furcal gets back, whatever happens first.
It's hard not to like Lincecum, although it always looks like he's going to throw his arm clean off.
Ah, okay. A lot of breeds have problems with hip dysplasia, especially nordic dogs. Not that I have any idea what kind of dog your pup is.
I thought Kemp had stolen second...sorry for my lack of attention, i'm multitasking as usual...
Kemp heard me, he stole second!
Kemp heard you, Karina!
Rob, I got him from the shelter so I'm not sure. But I've been told he's a pit-chow mix.
Damn you, Rich Aurilia!
You can do it, King James, teach him!
"Oh boy is Matt Cain mad at himself. He hung that pitch like it was an apple on a tree." —Vin
King James heard me! a two out, RBI single!
Dodgers leading for one!
Oh, bless your heart, Orel. Not many people would take home a pit mix.
The shelter labeled him as a German Shepherd mix, probably for this very reason, Rob. But I would have taken him anyway. He's got a very sweet disposition.
Wow, a Dodger fan did the right thing!
TOTAL break on that call. I would have called Loney out and the inning over.
If anything, isn't it a ground-rule double? Men on 2nd & 3rd?
Dogs are the most loyal, caring and loving creatures and if you give them love, they'll give back that love multiply by infinite.
A lot of "pits" are relabeled American Stafforshire Terrior mixes for that reason, too.
It's all about the owner.
American Staffordshire Terrier.
Can't. Spell.
Umpires with the middle ground decision, King james is out at the plate, but Blake gets the third base.
Announcers say son Martin is up.
I don't think the fan was even aware that he did the right thing -- once his hand touched the ball it was dead, but he was looking the other way. IMO it was still live when the Giants' LF fielded it.
Looks like we got a break there. 2-0 Dodgers.
I subscribe to the Cesar Millan school of dog training: exercise, discipline, then affection.
It was Berroa. K's to end the inning.
Martin was next to Berroa...at least that's what they said.
We have never given Coper much discipline but he turned out to be polite. My parents paid for a trainer but neither of us liked him to give Coper much discipline.
Lewis bobbled the ball out of the field of play. Hence the ruling.
Brian Giles breaks up Doug Davis' perfect game. Whoopee.
Coper looks like a good boy.
Th-th-th-th-th-that's all folks.
Sorry got here late, saw "the play" was that ruled fan interference or was the ball out of play. If it was fan interference, then was the fan kicked out? If it was not interference, was the fan kicked out anyways (and pissed about it?)
When is someone going to tell the Miller Lite ad folks that the Los Angeles Dodgers have five pennants, not six?
The fan should not be kicked out. He correctly backed away from the ball and didn't touch it.
Yeah, but did the ushers kick him out wrongfully anyways? That would have been funny (and sad).
No mention of the fan's status, AC.
Wow, our back up catcher sort of sucks. Wonder how Carlos Santana is doing in Cleveland.
Supposedly the Boston fans were booing Manny today. Would you rather have Manny or PIerre?
The fan clearly wasn't even paying attention to the play on the field until the ball actually hit his hand, at which point he pulled away. I just don't see how management can kick him out.
Essentially a gift run for the Dodgers.
Hey Pierre got a hit!
and stole a base!
I was watching the entire game, and I never once heard a boo for Manny.
No reason for the Red Sox fans to boo Manny specifically; the whole team got shut down today.
Oh, and I'd take two months of Manny in exchange for getting rid of Pierre. Who just missed a play that Manny wouldn't have come near to.
Angels manhandling the Red Sox gotta warm the cockles of your heart, Rob.
Nice play by Berroa with a rare clank by James.
Brox in for the four-out save!
Loney should have handled that ball from Berrora. Nice pick by Angel too. I don't think Nomar could have gotten that one, good knee or not.
C'mon big boy! 4 outs.
I was watching the entire game, and I never once heard a boo for Manny.
Dodgers.com says they might be looking at Mark Loretta or Mark Gruzalanik (no, I don't know how to spell his last name).
D'backs getting the breaks today too. They lead 3-0 going into the 9th.
Well, that was different.
Hey, it's Lasorda!
Rob: Oh, I didn't watch the game, but the espn baseball tonight guys were saying there were boos.
Thanks Rob. I thought it was spelled W-A-S-H-E-D-U-P, but he is hitting a hell of a lot better than most of the veteran dodger players.
Guess the DBacks win, so therefore the Dodgers WILL win as per seemingly the last 2 weeks.
Grudzielanek and Hollandsworth are 12-letter guys.
God forbid we should ever have sole possession of first.
Cha ching!
Dodgers win!
Brox gets it done! I like him building up save experience.
woohoo! Is Broxton the closer of the future? Dodgers win 2-0 Great game guys, Lets take the series tomorrow. Go Blue!
"Hollandsworth" is 13 characters long.
Dammit, Rob, now I'm going to have to remove him from my All-12-Letter Team.
There are only three players with 14-character last names: William van Lindingham, John Van Benschoten, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia.
Oops, William Van Landingham.
It sounds like you've been hanging out with Bob Timmermann.
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Superman Returns...As O.J. Simpson
Now before you get into a tizzy, I'm not implying that O.J, Simpson killed his wife. I don't believe he did. But he did do something that Superman does in Superman Returns, and so they have at least one action in common.
To determine what that is, read on.
I came into the theater wanting to like Superman Returns before I saw it. In other words, I came with a bias. I'm one of those who remembers watching the black-and-white "Superman" TV show as a kid. I was never really into the Superman comics, preferring Wonder Woman (!), but I did watch "The Super Friends" and "The Justice League of America" cartoons.
Then there was Richard Donnar's "Superman" -- a masterpiece of a film that launched the career of soap opera actor Christospher Reeve, who we think of as anything but now.
What made Superman an incredible film was that it was faithful to the character I and others of my generation remember as kids: the defender of truth, justice, and the American way.
And that doesn't go for invading Iraq.
In other words, Superman was part of my childhood. I never watched one episiode of the popular TV series "Lois and Clark" or "Smallville" for that matter. (Well, I did see one "Smallville" story, which was pretty good.) They don't present the Superman I remember.
In other words, I don't associate Superman with sex, child support, birth control, jealously, stalking, homelessness, or alcoholism. Yet Brian Singer's deals with all of these issues either directly or indirectly in Superman Returns.
A Work Not Marvelous, But I Do Wonder...
Superman Returns is the result of a 13-year collective quest to make a new Superman movie, an effort that seemed as if it was going to be stuck in development hell until it was saved by Director Brian Singer and Producer Chris Lee. Two years and $250 million later, Superman Returns was released on June 30, 2006.
Superman plays Brandon Routh, who like Reeve before him was a soap opera actor, and who basically looks like a cross between Reeve and Dean Cain from "Lois and Clark" -- he's more Reeve than Cain, to be sure. 23-year old Kate Bostworth takes on Lois Lane, a character set in Zeitgeist stone by Margo Kidder and Terry Hatcher.
The cast is rounded by the appearance of Frank Langella as Perry White, the editor of The Daily Planet. (As a momentary aside, Langella's getting a lot of work of late, and he's sinks his teeth into every role.)
Finally (at least for the purpose of this review) one of my favorite actors, Kevin Spacey, plays Superman's enemy, Lex Luthor.
The question is how does each actor do compared to the ones who've come before them. My answer: not bad at all. It's not the actors that are the problem, it's the material they're given.
It's terrible.
The story goes like this: Superman crash land on Earth -- and right onto his adopted mother's farm -- after a five year absence. Apparently astronomers discovered the remains of Krypton so Superman went back to investigate the find for himself. After all it's his home planet.
The trouble is he left without telling anyone where he was going -- except his Mom. So after enjoying some sleep in a comfortable bed at home and a game of "fetch" so unfair to the dog the canine gives up, Clark Kent returns to Manhattan -- opps, Metropolis -- and to his old job at the newspaper The Daily Planet, courtesy of Editor-In-Chief Perry White.
Jimmy Olsen's there (played by Sam Huntington) as is Lois Lane, at least her chair's there; she's part of a press group on the maiden voyage of a Boeing 777 carrying a new Space Shuttle into the sky.
He's reacquainted with her after a spectacular scene segment -- hampered by one major flaw -- where Clark Kent / Superman saves the 777 from crashing into a baseball stadium after a midair malfunction directly related to the doings of Lex Luthor.
Clark Kent / Superman is obviously anxious to see Ms. Lane, but discovers that she's moved on. She's got a husband-to-be -- Richard, played by James Mardsen -- and a five year old kid with an asthma problem and a weird ability to throw pianos when excited. Right, five years old. When Clark Kent / Superman sees the photo of Lois new family and Olsen fills him in on the new beau, Kent cracks the picture frame in an anger he struggles to hide. This guys jealous, big time. But he's Superman, which means that he could do some damage if he gets pissed. Better a planet than a family, right?
When Clark Kent / Superman leans of the home address of Ms. Lane, he flies off as Superman to -- well, go there. He arrives and while floating in air, uses his X-ray vision to observe the activity of the Lane household. We and he see the action one room at a time, and I feel creepy. At this point, I started to put this segment together with the picture frame cracking accident and think of Clark Kent / Superman as...
O.J. Simpson.
Finally Clark Kent / Superman sees Lois and Richard in the kitchen and with his super hearing listens to her say she's not in love with Superman anymore. At this point, he hangs in the air for a moment just long enough to make you believe he may do something rash, like blow the house down. Just think if he caught them making love, which the segment seems to communicate the possibility of happening. What then? Pound his fist in anger hard enough to make them think there's an earthquake and stop?
Why the OJ comparison? Well, one thing he did was go to the home of the guy his wife was seeing and peer into his window while she was "doing it" with him. What did he do?
Well, both he and Clark Kent / Superman did get angry. In Clark Kent / Superman's case, he flew off to Earth orbit, crying.
He Can't Find A Home...
Clark Kent / Superman can't seem to find a place to live. On three occasions he says he's still looking for one. Never finds one. He just hangs in space listening to just about everyone on Earth, picking and choosing where he goes at any moment in time. That's fine, but it seems to take away from the responsible Clark Kent, who knows he needs a home and one would think a place to entertain other than the Fortress of Solitude. Instead we get the homeless Clark Kent.
On top of all that Clark Kent / Superman reacts with an annoying indifference to the kid he sires and this is where the material show it's problem of lack of passion. In real life, Clark Kent / Superman would have asked Lois why she wasn't on birth control or something. To be fair, he does sneak back to Lois home to see his kid, but then that's what bugs me yet again.
Why couldn't he have just asked Lois to see him?
Moreover, why didn't Lois invite him? I actually liked Kate Bostworth as Lois. She played the role of Lois as Mom real well.
I also liked Kevin Spacey's Lex Luthor, that is until he and his men beat up Superman / Clark Kent in a scene way too violent for the Superman movies.
$250 Million For This?
Finally, I come to the matter of the special effects that give shape to this movie. The airplane save scenes were really great. But the whole effect just plain fell apart for me when the 777 was in the baseball stadium. The face that it's not really there is obvious by the bleed lines between the aircraft and the real life stadium. It just takes away from the impact of the scene.
It left me wondering where the $250 million went. For that money, they should have been able to realize resolution so detailed the bleedlines were eliminated, but no. Yes, there's two scenes in King Kong that have the same problem, but they're minor and small in time, and way outnumbered by some jaw dropping effects, like Kong himself.
But in Superman Returns these bleedlines are everywhere, even on Superman himself as he flies. It was disappointing.
Do I Or Don't I Want A Sequel?
As I write this, Superman Returns is being clobbered at the box office. It has two problems: Pirates of The Carribean II and it's $250 million price tag. "Pirates" arrghed up $132 million in just a weekend. That would pay for 50 percent of the cost of Superman Returns, which has made $142 million in two weeks, and it's revenue gain is declining; it only took in $21 million last weekend, and with more flicks coming out, the number of screens it's on will shrink, making the breakeven target of $250 million harder and harder to reach. Ouch.
I believe Superman deserves a better movie life than this. Given what Singer brought to the screen this time, I'm not excited to see the sequel. But given the box office, getting one made may be hard to do.
The lesson here is clear. Don't mess with a kid's view of a comic book legend by making him less of a hero. Adults know heroes are flawed, but we don't want our childhood ones to be.
The Superman in Superman Returns is not the Man of Steel I remember as a kid; he's not the one I want to see today. Apparently, many agree.
Heck, I'll bet O.J would too.
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When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order's unholy secret. Risking not only their lives but their faith and their very souls, they confront a malevolent force in the form of the same demonic nun that first terrorized audiences in "The Conjuring 2" as the abbey becomes …
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11 Cool DIY Mirror Ideas
Any room looks good with the addition of a mirror. Mirrors reflect light, and can stand in for art if properly framed. Mirrors work in any kind of decor, modern or rustic. There are applications for small mirrors, and for large mirrors. Of course, mirrors can be pricey. I recently shopped for a full length mirror, and ended up upcycling one that I found in my folks' basement, as brand new full length mirrors were expensive!
One of the great things about DIY mirror projects is that you can often find super inexpensive mirrors at your local thrift shop or swap shed. It doesn't matter much what the frame looks like, as long as the mirror itself is intact and free of scratches. Crafting a new frame is where the creative fun is. These eleven DIY mirror ideas should spark your imagination. They were all posted on Hometalk.com by DIY bloggers who love to share their great ideas. Have fun!
Transform a boring cheval mirror: This adorable rosette-embellished mirror is a little girl's dream.
Revamp a large bathroom mirror: How to add a wood frame and trim to a plain unframed large mirror. You might need the help of a carpenter for this project, but it's worth it.
Rustic mirror tutorial: How to frame a mirror with found wood.
Turn a plate charger into a mirror: You know chargers, those plates beneath the plate? Yeah, I don't get them either. If you've been gifted a charger or two, dig them out of the bottom of the closet and make cute mirror frames with them.
DIY full length mirror: What do you get when you combine an old door and a big unframed mirror? This really cool DIY mirror idea.
Sunburst mirror from sticks: There are a million and a half tutorials out there on how to make a sunburst mirror. I like this one because it is rustic looking.
Chrysanthemum mirror made with plastic spoons: This DIY mirror idea takes the cake. Kristi from Addicted 2 Decor made an unbelievable flower-esque frame for her mirror out of plastic spoons. Now you can do it, too.
DIY knock off Z Gallerie Chateaux Wall Plaque: Amanda from The Ivy Cottage, a DIY handywoman from Wylie, TX, made this awesome mirrored wall hanging inspired by one that she saw at the store.
DIY mirrored ceiling medallion: Bring some sass and class to your ceiling with a DIY mirrored ceiling medallion.
PVC pipe mirror: So cool, and a great way to upcycle PVC pipe.
DIY distressed mirror: If you have a shabby chic house, this is the DIY mirror idea for you.
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I can't possibly do justice to analyzing yesterday's NFL action. I leave that to places like PFT, KSK, Deadspin or Fanhouse. But I CAN offer some shallow observations.
As usual, the first Sunday of the 2007 NFL season left more questions than answers. Ten of them, in fact:
(1) Will most of the games be this ugly or is it a Week 1 thing?
(2) Are the Pats already as unstoppable as they seem to be?
(3) What the hell happened to Steven Jackson and Larry Johnson?
(4) Will it always look that easy the Steelers offense?
(5) Should they just give Adrian Peterson his Rookie of the Year trophy now?
(6) Can the Packers really bootstrap their way to the playoffs?
(7) Will everyone please lay off Matt Schaub now?
(8) Will the rest of the Broncos catch up to Jay Cutler?
(9) Is the Lions offense really that good?
NFL Week 1 Stud, Player: Randy Moss, whose 9-catch, 183-yard, 1-TD game put him back on the map among the NFL's top superstars. (Runner-up: Chris Brown -- wow, where did THAT come from?)
NFL Week 1 Stud, Team: Minnesota. All of a sudden, my pick of the Vikings as an NFC Wild Card suddenly doesn't look so crack-smoking, does it? (Yes, it was against the Falcons, but still...)
NFL Week 1 Dud: Rex Grossman. I know the Chargers D is really good, but this game's result can't possibly help his cause. (Runner-up: Charlie Frye. Brady Quinn might not be ready, but he can't possibly earn a 10.0 QB game-rating.)
Oh, and one more Stud: The Kickers – Jason Elam, Mason Crosby and Scott Suisham, all of whom nailed game-winning field goals in their games' final seconds.
Here's wishing for a full recovery for Bills reserve tight end Kevin Everett, who suffered a spinal injury on a kickoff yesterday.
Monday Night Football doubleheader:
Ravens-Bengals: Which playoff contender gets the fast start?
49ers-Cards: Who is this year's breakout team?
CFB: LSU is the No. 1 team in the country, and I can't believe any voters would leave USC there after the Trojans spent the weekend battling that incredibly tough opponent, "Idle." (And, yet, 2/3 of them did.)
Here's my BlogPoll ballot for the week, and here's a link to the rest of my shallow commentary from Saturday's action.
Lloyd Carr Firing Watch: Michigan AD Bill Martin supports Carr. It's not that I think Martin should fire Carr; it's that I think Carr should resign on his own. Meanwhile, Martin can go with him; it's like the GM getting fired when the Coach quits. Aren't the two intertwined?
US Open: Federer wins... again. It's his 12th Grand Slam title. I think I said this nearly half-a-dozen Slam titles ago: We're watching the greatest tennis player of all time.
MLB Stud: A-Rod (What? Again?!), who had a HR for the 5th straight game. He has 52 HR, 140 RBI and the Yankees have a 4-game lead for the AL Wild Card, the clinching of which would all but assure A-Rod his AL MVP trophy, if he hasn't secured it already.
MLB PED Scandal: Jay Gibbons is the latest name to come out. If this outing is going to happen in dribs and drabs, it's going to be an ugly offseason for baseball. They really ought to consider leaking the entire list and diffusing the impact with volume.
Golf: Tiger shoots a 63 to win the BMW Championship. (Amazingly, even with that score, he only one by two shots over Aaron Baddeley, who shot a final-round 66.)
Soccer: Women's World Cup starting. I think this is an underrated event that will generate a little bit of buzz once the
World's Fastest Man: Asafa Powell sets a new world record in the 100m at 9.74.


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Release: Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas)
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Civilian Labor Force includes all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older classified as either employed or unemployed.
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Bob Mould Schedules Performances Leading up to the Release of his Latest Solo Effort 'Life and Times
20 Years After His First Lauded Solo Album Workbook, 30 Years Since the Formation of Husker Du, Life and Times Harkens Back to Both
Bob Mould is arguably one of the most influential musicians of the alternative rock era, first for his early work with post-punk rabble-rousers Husker Du, followed by the college-rock-defining pop of Sugar and finally for his solo albums, notably his first, Workbook, which quieted Mould's previous ire to reveal his fine songwriting in a new light and allowed an introspective glimpse into the inner workings of an evolving artist.
2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Workbook, and also the release of Bob Mould's latest solo work, Life and Times, set for an April 7th street date. Produced and mixed by Mould in his current hometown of Washington D.C, the album is filled with Mould's experiences in relation to friends, lovers, the world at large and himself. It is honest and personal, his voice breaking on "Bad Blood Better," the electronic twitches of earlier work reappearing under signature blazing guitars on "MM17." Mould appraises the perils of easy self-distraction on "Wasted World" and is not afraid to get explicit on "Argos." The emotional and musical centerpiece of the record, "I'm Sorry Baby, But You Can't Stand In My Light Anymore," is an unflinching look at the sorrow and regret that comes at the end of love.
Mould will play a series of shows leading up to and in support of the release of Life and Times, including a performance at Carnegie Hall in tribute to the music of R.E.M to benefit music programs for underprivileged children. Other performers include Patti Smith, Calexico, Jolie Holland, Apples In Stereo and many more. Past tributes from the series include the music of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen and 100% of the event's net proceeds go directly to fund music programs.
Bob Mould On Tour: 02/28 - San Francisco, CA @ Swedish American Hall (Noisepop Festival) 03/02 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Cafe 03/11 - New York, CA @ Carnegie Hall (R.E.M Tribute Show) 03/29 - Chicago, IL @ Old Town School of Folk 03/30 - Minneapolis, IL @ Varsity Theatre 04/05 - Charlottesville, VA @ Gravity Lounge 04/07 - Alexandria, VA @ Birchmere 04/08 - New York, NY @ Joe's Pub 04/09 - New York, NY @ Joe's Pub
Life and Times Track Listing: 1. Life and Times 2. The Breach 3. City Lights (Days Go By) 4. MM 17 5. Argos 6. Bad Blood Better 7. Wasted World 8. Spiraling Down 9. I'm Sorry, Baby, But You Can't Stand In My Light Any More 10. Lifetime


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On Saturday night, Jon Jones and Ryan Bader will take their careers to the next level by facing each other. The winner will take another giant step toward title contention.
Managing the career of a burgeoning mixed martial artist is tough. Molding a future champion is even tougher.
It is imperative to bring the athlete along at the proper pace. Matchmaking is critically important. Young fighters must be continually challenged without getting them in over their head, so they can learn the necessary lessons and continue up the developmental curve.
He must learn the fundamentals of the sport, and how to seamlessly transition among the various disciplines during the ever-changing circumstances of an actual MMA contest. He must learn how to keep his emotions under control to avoid unnecessary adrenaline dumps, which crush even the best-conditioned athlete's cardio. He must learn how to deal with adversity—what happens if he gets cut; what if he is behind on the cards with a round to go; etc. And, most importantly, he must develop unshakable belief (not merely outward hubris) in himself, believing to the depths of his soul that he is the best fighter in the world.
Match a young fighter against an experienced and talented veteran too soon and the resulting beating can crush his psyche, stripping away his sense of invulnerability. A fighter devoid of a strong mind may fight great from time to time, but he will never be a great fighter.
There comes a time, though, when the kid gloves must come off. Jon Jones and Ryan Bader, the two brightest young contenders in the light heavyweight division, reached that point in their respective careers in 2010. It happened for Jones when he faced Brandon Vera on March 21. Bader jumped into the deep end against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira on September 25. Both passed their respective tests with flying colors, transitioning from prospects to legitimate top 10 contenders.
On Saturday night, the pair will take their careers to the next level by facing each other. The winner will take another giant step toward title contention. The other man will face the first true setback of his fighting career.
The two fighters are very similar in terms of skills and style. Both are extremely strong wrestlers who will use those skills if the situation calls for it, although they prefer to stand and strike. Jones and Bader have worked hard on their respective standup games, and love to thrill the crowd with an all-action effort. I expect them to stand and bang it out early, with the man coming up on the short end of the stick looking for the takedown.
Jones will enjoy height and reach advantages when he steps into the Octagon with Bader, to the tune of a couple of inches in height and an absurd 10.5 inches in reach. He is also the more fluid of the two, in terms of striking while using lateral movement, and has a deep arsenal of unorthodox strikes long distance that are very difficult to prepare for because it is nearly impossible to replicate them in the training gym.
Bader, by contrast, is very good at very basic boxing moves. He needs to come forward to be effective. His lateral movement and ability to slip punches by moving like a pendulum are average. And, of course, his fistic arsenal remains very rudimentary and predictable: range-finding jabs, one-twos, lead right hands followed by left hooks, but very few clean up left hooks, lead uppercuts or a really focused, snapping jab.
What does that tell us? Jones will be well served to leverage those advantages by fighting behind an active jab and maintaining enough distance to where he can land good shots but Bader has to lunge to land something of consequence. If he does that, his length and fluidity advantages should allow him to pepper his foe from a distance, landing almost at will on his shorter, stockier foe and forcing Bader into desperation shots from far too far away.
I like Jones to win a straight kickboxing contest, assuming he remains committed to keeping the fight on the outside. Of course, that is easier said than done against an athlete like Bader.
If Bader is able to get past Jones' jab or the New Yorker becomes overly aggressive with power shots and lets his opponent on the inside, the advantage on the feet shifts dramatically. Bader is the more explosive of the two, in terms of raw horsepower on his punches, and he fires with at least as much speed, though he tends to wind up a bit.
Fighting in a phone booth forces Bader to throw short, compact shots, which is when he will actually generate the most power. Jones' length, by contrast, will work against him in that scenario because his punches will be smothered. He will fire crazy elbows that can quickly end the fight. Jones should also be the more effective of the two fighting from the Thai plumb. Nonetheless, I like Bader's chances if the action devolves into an ugly inside slugfest.
The reality, though, is that the fight won't likely unfold exclusively in either of those areas. Each man will have his chances where he has the advantage.
All that is great. If I'm coaching either fighter, I would be more concerned with my man using his striking in order to take the fight where I believe it will ultimately be decided—on the ground.
Jones and Bader are both well rounded fighters. Yet, both would readily admit that their offensive guard is the weakest part of their game. I don't think either man has the skills to submit the other from his back, which means the safest route to victory is to take the fight to the ground.
Bader is the more accomplished wrestler of the two on paper, winning division championships and racking up more than 100 career wins at Arizona State. Jones won a national championship at the JUCO level. Ask former heavyweight kingpin Brock Lesnar about the difference.
Still, Jones hasn't taken a backseat to anyone in the wrestling department in his MMA career. Maybe he would fall prey to Bader on the wrestling mat, but his functional MMA takedowns are probably at least as good because of his ability to mix judo throws with traditional takedowns.
Bader's key to getting the fight to the ground is to force Jones' hands up to defend strikes and then shoot for a double leg underneath his guard. The other option is to slip and strike his way onto the inside and force the action to the cage en route to a high crotch, trip or just pulling him down. He must be careful to avoid a clinch, or if a clinch materializes to quickly force Jones' back to the fence, otherwise he might go for a ride himself.
Either way, I think Bader greatly increases his odds of winning by taking the fight to the ground because he will be able to use his excellent hips, balance and wrestling base to keep Jones down where he can score points for control while he grinds away with ground and pound strikes. He certainly has the power to knock out Jones or any other light heavyweight with a couple of clean punches, but he risks suffering the same fate if he opts to challenge Jones on the feet for very long. He would be better served looking for the knockout on the ground.
I don't see Jones having as much success shooting for takedowns from the outside. His height works against him in that scenario. Bader should be able to see double-leg attempts coming and successfully sprawl, assuming he is not covering up from punches. Jones would be better off striking until Bader takes a risk to move to the inside, and at that point, he should also come forward, quickly secure the clinch and take Bader for a ride with a judo throw.
Bader is a great freestyle wrestler, not a great Greco guy. Jones is able throw even high level Greco guys, so he should be just fine in the clinch against Bader.
On the ground, Jones should not follow as conservative of a game plan as his foe. Grinding it out on the ground isn't something that he likes to do, as evidenced by only allowing two of 12 opponents to last the distance. He instead likes to use his length to his advantage. Those long arms enable him to fire very hard elbows, even when his hips are controlled from the guard. Mixing those with punches should allow him to pass Bader's guard. If this guy gets to the mount, it's good night in a matter of moments.
Just like with Bader, Jones can knock out just about anyone on the feet from an unseen strike or an accumulation of shots. I also think he is the more likely man to score a judges' decision if the action unfolds exclusively on the feet and lasts the full 15 minutes.
Yet, he is more adept at ending the action from savage ground and pound. At the end of the day, that is the smarter, safer route to victory against an explosive athlete like Bader.
Jon Jones
• 23 years old
• 6'4, 205 lbs
• 84.5-inch reach
• 11-1 overall (5-1 UFC)
• Lone UFC loss was a DQ for illegal elbow strikes to Matt Hamill in a fight Jones was dominating
• 3 of last 4 fights have ended inside the distance
• Last 3 ended inside the first round
• Current layoff of 188 days is the longest of his UFC career (TKO1 over Vladimir Matyushenko on August 1, 2010)
• Knockout of the Night (TKO1 over Brandon Vera on March 21, 2010)
Ryan Bader
• 27 years old
• 6'2, 205 lbs
• 74-inch reach
• 13-0 overall (5-0 UFC)
• 3 of last 4 fights went the distance; all 4 went to the final round
• Current layoff is 133 days (UD3 over Antonio Rogerio Nogueira on September 25, 2010)
• Longest layoff of UFC career is 216 days (KO3 over Keith Jardine on February 21, 2010, to UD3 over Antonio Rogerio Nogueira on September 25, 2010)
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Keep in mind with the 1004 snapshot that everything is embedded. You do not need to run Diskless_CreateTBZ.sh anymore. Just get your core install finished, and plug MDs in. If you run into any issues, please let me know. I am usually available in irc as well for troubleshooting.
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