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Starved Rock Adventures Harbor Villas and Suites
Waterfront family villas and suites. 1-2 bedroom housekeeping units. Deluxe and unique. Open April through October. $$
Harrah's Joliet Casino & Hotel
Featuring 1,100+ slot machines, most Video Poker in town, 25 table games, and WSOP Poker room. Experience exceptional dining at the Reserve steakhouse and luxurious comfort in our hotel.
100 Room Hotel and a 80-spot RV park offering complimentary hot breakfast and WiFi. Complimentary shuttle service between hotel and Hollywood Casino-Joliet.
Choose from 4 unique camping options at Chicagoland Speedway! Benefits include: free newspaper delivery, payment plan options, free tram services around the facility, and non-stop entertainment.
Yogi Bear Jellystone Park Camp Resort
Your host, Yogi Bear™, invite you to "Discover the Experience" at Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park™, "Where you always camp with friends™". We now offer one or two room rustic cabins, sleeping four to eight people respectfully, three deluxe cabins sleeping up to eight and park model trailers sleeping up to eight. We have two heated pools, a kiddie pool, and a hot tub. Of course we still have all the amenities you expect as well as planned activities, and theme weekends.
Prairie Lakes Country Club & Inn
Prairie Lakes offers a 9 hole golf course and a full service restaurant and hotel. Hotel and Golf packages available and banquet facilities. Golf opens daily at 7:00am and the restaurant is open 11:00am - 10:00pm daily. Call for seasonal hours.
Troll Hollow is the "summer home" to campers who come back year after year after year to make new memories with family and friends. In fact, the campers at Troll Hollow have become such good friends that they feel like family. Nestled in the beautiful Illinois Valley area, Troll Hollow is just minutes away from fun for every member of your family, whether they prefer biking, hiking or kayaking in the great outdoors, or strolling the charming streets of nearby Utica searching for the perfect antique.
Resort with 212 campsites, in-ground pool, 24 acre stocked fishing lake, 2 acre beach, on-site convenience store, activities throughout the year and much more.
Fox River Bed and Breakfast is a historic Victorian farm house located 90 miles West of Chicago, and eight miles North of Ottawa, Illinois in the country on 17 lovely acres. We are surrounded by more things to do than you could ever imagine. The area is rich in history and the food is hot and delicious!
Heritage Harbor Resort & Marina
Heritage Harbor Ottawa is the premier Marina Resort Community. Located in the heart of Starved Rock Country, Heritage Harbor Ottawa is home port for your next great adventure!
The only casino in northern Illinois to offer an on-site RV Resort. Open seasonally, our RV park has all the conveniences of home, including water and electric hookups, as well as beautiful landscaping, laundry facilities, showers and restrooms.
Seasonal, monthly camping and full hook-up. Full hook-up sites to primitive tenting. Beach, fishing, fossil hunting, playground, showers. Near raceways. Shade. Open all year. Call for reservations and hours of operations.
Small campground located in a country setting near Chicagoland Speedway, Historic Route 66 and a 25 mile hiking/bike trail. Business hours are 8:00am - 1:00pm.
Stain Glass Inn Bed & Breakfast
Country cape cod style with large porches surrounded by woods and flowers. Stain glass on site.
Continental breakfast, Rialto Theatre, casinos ½ mi. away, queen beds, cable, and in-room coffee makers.
A great locationin Joliet with Indoor pool and whirlpool.
Country Cape Cod style home offering charm and hospitality overlooking six acres of horse pasture.
Holiday Inn Joliet Banquet & Conference Center
This AAA Diamond hotel is only minutes to nearby shopping Chicagoland Speedway and Route 66 Raceway. Tweeter center, 40 minutes from Midway and 45 minutes O'hare International.
Hide-A-Way Lakes Camping & Recreational Park
Open all year. Nestled on 150 acres are wooded and secluded campsites with Morgan Creek meandering throughout, surrounded by several lakes. There are more than 5,000 feet of frontage on the beautiful Fox River with primitive camping, trailer rentals, yearly sites and full hook-ups for rigs of all sizes.
Timber Creek Inn and Suites - Worldhotels
In beautiful wooded surroundings, Timber Creek Inn & Suites' friendly, lodge-like ambiance adds to the adjoining state-of-the-art convention center. AAA diamond rated this full-service hotel provides big city amenities and is an ideal choice for business, wedding or leisure travelers. Choose from 100 relaxing, spacious guestrooms and suites. Enjoy a full range of lavish comforts, including plush beds, luxury bedding and 24-hour room service. Each well-appointed guest room or suite comes complete with a microwave, mini-refrigerator, cable satellite television and high-speed internet access. After a restful night enjoy a full decadent hot breakfast buffet, swim in the indoor heated swimming pool or work out in the 24-hour exercise facility. Relax again in the sumptuous spa or enjoy live entertainment on the outdoor deck. Step into the great outdoors and you'll find sand volleyball courts, fire pits, and a plethora of hiking trails crisscrossing the woodland grounds. On-site restaurant bar & grill available for your dining convenience. Selected suites add the extra indulgence of whirlpool alcoves. Conveniently located off State Route 34 just minutes from top-rated antique shopping, Silver Springs State Park, Raging Waves Water Park and Farnsworth House. 100% non-smoking, energy-efficient and eco-friendly. (Luxurious on-site spa coming soon.)
Relax in one of Hampton's 77 guest rooms. Stay in a single-room or whirlpool suite. Located near Raging Waves Waterpark, Marge Cline Whitewater Course, Silver Springs State Park, Whitetail Ridge Golf Course. Rooms feature a 37" flat screen TV, microwave and refrigerator and Clean and Fresh Bedding™. Other features include indoor pool and whirlpool, fitness room, business center, On the House™ hot breakfast, meeting space and free wired and wireless Internet.
Marriott Townplace Suites Joliet
All suite hotel featuring our "Morning Break" breakfast, "In a Pinch" market, and complimentary high speed wireless internet. Our Suites are 30% larger than a standard hotel room and feature fully equipped kitchens.
Built for business or leisure traveler. Indoor pool/hot tub, complimentary breakfast.
Newly renovated rooms, contemporary furniture, new bathrooms with granite counter tops, a comfortable easy chair, in-room safes, and more. Free WiFi. Free coffeehouse-style coffee and tea. Pets stay free. Located near I-80 and Larkin Avenue & close to shopping & restaurants.
Prairie River's Bed and Breakfast
Hearty breakfasts, beautiful view of Illinois River. Spacious rooms, private baths, comfortable, friendly and private.
Indoor pool and whirlpool, free breakfast buffet bar. in room movies. Whirlpool room available.
Historic Queen Anne in downtown Ottawa within walking distance of dining, shopping & entertainment. Full Kitchen, washer/dryer, HDTV, Wi-Fi, jetted whirlpool tub. Special requests welcome. No pets/smoking.
28 rooms
Interstate I 80 and 90. Indoor pool and whirlpool. Free hot breakfast. free local phone, in room movies and abusiness center.
Three separate self-sustaining buildings, The Round House, The Cottage and The Pine Room. All units feature air conditioning, a wood burning stove, kitchenette, private bath and dish television
200 RV parking spaces, 110, 50 and 30 amp hook-ups, water and dump station. RV camping $15 per night April 1-Aug. 14 & Sept. 16-Oct. 30 and $30 per night Aug. 15-Sept. 15. Tent camping is allowed. Grills allowed but no open fires.
Complimentary coffee 6-10 AM. Guest laundry facilities, free HBO and ESPN. We will leave the light on.
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Morris
Grundy County's only full service hotel. Indoor swimming pool. free coffee in the AM, Free Cookies in the PM.
Bed and breakfast with a beautiful, quiet country setting on a heavily wooded three acre lot. Breakfasts include international recipes. Charger ports for electric cars.
All suite hotel featuring our "Morning Break" breakfast, "In a Pinch" market, and complimentary high speed wireless internet. Our Suites are 30% larger than a standard hotel room and feature fully equipped kitchens.
Close to Hollywood & Harrah's Casino's, Rialto Theatre, First Midwest Bank Amphitheater and Route 66 Raceway. Ask about special rates.
Oswego 's newest lodging facility is the AmericInn Lodge & Suites featuring the unexpected charming lodge feel thought-out. Conveniently located in Mason Square on Douglas Road . Whether on business or pleasure the high quality beds and pillows to the INN-hanced Continental Breakfast Buffets big Belgian Waffles to the "Bears" will capture your attention. Other amenities include the large vaulted ceiling pool area, FREE high speed internet throughout with wireless option, fully supplied Business Center and Fitness Center, conference ability all enhanced with natural Hickory woodwork and Amish handcrafted accent furniture in all public areas and sleeping rooms. The (14) different room styles such as Business King, Deluxe Double Queens some with spa's, fireplaces, extended stay, two rooms or oversized rooms will meet any and all needs
Weekly rates, easy access to I-55, outside entrances for all rooms, quiet atmosphere.
Newly remodeled hotel features expanded lobby, fitness center with Precor equipment, pool, and whirlpool. Enjoy our complimentary hot "on the house" breakfast & complimentary wireless internet.
16 guest rooms conveniently located at the corner of Route 71 & 47.
Feel at home at Hampton Inn – Joliet I-80. Conveniently located off of I-80 and Houbolt Rd, you'll find a warm welcome and award winning customer service. This Joliet hotel is within ten minutes of downtown Joliet IL and near two riverboat casinos.
Fairfield Inn & Suites Joliet North/Plainfield
Fairfield Inn & Suites Joliet North/Plainfield is located just off I-55. This Marriott hotel is conveniently located off I-55 & Rt. 30. We offer exceptional friendly and quality customer service! Group and extended stay rates available.
Free High speed wireless internet. Free HBO and Showtime. Jacuzzi rooms available. Spacious rooms and guest laundry.
Built for the business or leisure travelers. Indoor pool and whirlpool, "on the house" hot breakfast, and FREE high speed internet access. All of this is backed by 100% satisfaction guarantee!
24 Rooms, clean, courteous and quiet by the lake. Parking outside the rooms. High Speed Internet available. Microwave and refrigerator in each room.
Situated on beautifully landscaped grounds featuring a labyrinth and hedge maze this 1854 Italianate country cottage is reminiscent of rural Tuscan villas and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Guests can choose from five bedrooms, with each room/bath combination offering a different level of amenities. The Homestead is ideal for small executive, group and personal retreats, a weekend getaway, an intimate wedding, commitment ceremony, renewal of marriage vows or other special events, bridal and baby showers, romantic getaways, girls weekend escapes, honeymoons, reunions with friends and family, and for business travelers. Our unique property provides the ideal setting to inspire creative minds and rejuvenate tired bodies. Group tours and catered lunches & dinners can be arranged.
The Super 8 has 42 rooms, some with whirlpool tubs. Complimentary continental breakfast, free local calls, cable TV. Major credit cards accepted.
Free local calls, free coffee, and free Wi-Fi access. Microwave/mini-fridges available. Kids stay free. Pets stay free. HBO and ESPN. Conveniently located just off of I-80.
Best Western Joliet Inn & Suites
Green Eco-friendly practices, complimentary hot breakfast, new indoor heated swimming pool area, spa, large atrium with a sundeck, retractable roof, a meeting room for up to 40 people, spacious rooms with microwaves, refrigerators and free high speed wireless internet access.
24 Rooms, clean, courteous and quiet by the lake. Parking outside the rooms. AARP. High Speed Internet available.
Business or Pleasure you will be treated to all the standard Days Inn extras that make your stay more enjoyable, like our FREE Daybreak Breakfast, refreshing SolTerre shower experience, free WI-FI in every room. Plus, if you are a Wyndham Rewards member, you will continue to receive Wyndham Rewards points for all eligible stays.
Indoor pool, Jacuzzi suites, free high-speed internet, complimentary breakfast, guest laundry.
Indoor pool and hot tub. Fax, copier, business classroom, 24 hour coffee.
Joliet Hotel
2 story motel, 30 rooms, some truck parking. Pet friendly.
Newly renovated, only moments away from: Empress and Harrah's Casinos, Route 66 and shopping. Free Wall Street Journal and 24-hour coffee and tea in the lobby. Be sure to relax in the indoor heated pool and spa. Enjoy our free hot breakfast featuring eggs, meat, yogurt and fresh fruit, cereal and more, including your choice of hot waffle flavors! Business travelers will appreciate conveniences like free wireless Internet access, and copy and fax services.
Comfort Inn offers our guests an atmosphere that is friendly, dourteous and above all fun. Indoor pool/hot tub, coffee makes, iron/ board, hairdryers in all rooms. Free Continental Breakfast. Pet Allowed.
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites - Oswego
Features 64 rooms, including 6 jacuzzi rooms. Complimentary deluxe breakfast, exercise room, indoor pool/spa and meeting room.
Put some adventure into your getaway with our CPX package! This package includes two tickets to Challenge Park Extreme Sports, which has a paintball city, skate park, and mountain bike park! Also included is overnight accommodations at our hotel, complimentary hot buffet breakfast, and unlimited use of our heated indoor pool and whirlpool. You must be 10 years of age to participate in any activities at CPX Sports.
Award winning, Pride of Super 8. 100% Non-Smoking, no pets allowed, super start breakfast, 2-room and apartment whirlpool suites, microwave/fridge in all rooms.
Enjoy free HBO, CNN, ESPN, hot continental breakfast, free WiFi, fax and copy services and guest laundry. Located just off the I-55 and Rt. 30.
Banquet hall and event center specializing in corporate meetings, weddings, family reunions and fundraisers. In-house catering. Handicap accessible.
Welcome to The River House Bed and Breakfast. An historic Queen Anne built in 1890. The River House sits over the spot where the Illinois and Fox Rivers cross paths with beautiful views of both rivers and the town of Ottawa. The location is walking distance to the bars and restaurants in the beautiful town of Ottawa Illinois and a quick drive to Starved Rock State Park, wine tasting in Utica, golf courses, sky diving, canoe rentals, boat and water ski rentals, and many other fun activities.
Conveniently located near I-55 and I-80, Wingate by Wyndham welcomes business, groups, sports and leisure travelers. Serving hot complimentary breakfast daily, business center, free parking, Wi-Fi, indoor pool and fitness center.
Hampton Inn & Suites Minooka is just 15 miles west of Joliet and the Chicago Speedway, and only 60 miles from Chicago. We are conveniently located near Grainger, Electrolux and BMW. Enjoy easy access to nearby restaurants and attractions including the I&M Canal Heritage Corridor, Starved Rock State Park and Dollinger's Family Farm. Discover modern conveniences suited to business travelers at this Minooka, IL hotel. The free 24-hour business center, with faxing, copying, printing and email services allows you to stay connected during your stay. The meeting room and board room are ideal for small business events for up to 40 people.
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Audrey Brooke Honor Bootie
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Snakeskin winds its way into this seasons hottest trends and the Audrey Brooke Honor represents in a subtle and sophisticated way. This bootie is made bold with python trimming.
- Faux suede upper
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Artist: Schulim KRIMPER
Birth/Death: 1893–1971
Title: Writing desk
Credit Line: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
European refugees and immigrants with design and crafts skills found a small but dedicated clientele among those seeking to reflect in their homes a sense of the prosperity of the period and a connection to contemporary European design. Schulim Krimper used his formidable craftsmanship and an enthusiasm for exotic and Australian native timbers to make luxurious modern furniture, such as this writing desk. With its organic and clearly expressed structure, his furniture shared the same qualities as the more innovative domestic architecture of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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A US Airways jet was taking off from Philadelphia on Thursday when its landing gear collapsed, stopping the plane in its tracks. Some minor injuries were reported. (March 14) Video provided by AP Newslook
No injuries reported as all 149 passengers bound for Fort Lauderdale are evacuated safely. Plane was briefly airborne.
Passengers on a US Airways jet that aborted its takeoff Thursday in Philadelphia after the nose gear failed were booked on other flights that night, the airline said.
Flight 1702 had been headed to Fort Lauderdale when the incident occurred around 6:30 p.m.
"We started skidding down the runway. People were screaming and crying. It was quite harrowing," Dennis Fee told WTVJ-TV.
Another passenger said the emergency was over quickly.
"All of a sudden, we slammed back into the runway and bounced, and we go up a little more, and we slam again. It happened very quickly, so we didn't know exactly what was going on," Larry Grant said.
One photo posted on Twitter showed passengers being evacuated on the jet's emergency slides.
All 149 passengers and five crewmembers were evacuated safely from the Airbus A320, and no major injuries were reported.
"Our crew safely evacuated all passengers, and two customers requested medical assistance," said Todd Lehmacher, spokesman for the airline that has become part of American Airlines. "The customers were transported to a local hospital, evaluated and released."
He said the airline is cooperating in the investigation with the airport, local and federal authorities to determine what happened. He declined further comment because of the investigation.
The nose gear collapsed on the runway at 6:25 p.m., according to the airline. The flight had been scheduled to leave at 6:05 p.m.
"We believe the tire blew, causing the nose gear to collapse, while it was moving down the runway," said Victoria Lupica, spokeswoman for Philadelphia International Airport.
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Venture out and hit the trails in these newly updated men's Air Alvord 10 Trail running shoes by Nike®. An adventure awaits you!
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By COREY BLUEMELStaff writer
On Aug. 8, Metal Arts Foundry in Lehi, began pouring the pieces to the jigsaw puzzle that will become the Crandall Canyon Miners memorial monument to be located in Huntington. On a portion of property near the cemetery on the road leading up to Huntington Canyon, the memorial will be installed and then dedicated on Sept. 14.
Artist Karen Templeton and her staff have been working on the monument since the families of the lost men during the disastrous cave-in decided to go with her design. The process, called lost wax casting, began with sculpting the monument in its entirety.
The completed sculpture was then taken to the foundry where it was cut into castable sized pieces. A shell type mold was made from each piece from a silica and sand mixture by immersing the piece in the mixture and forming many layers. Following this process, the wax was melted out of the molds.
An insulated form holding three or four pieces is then inserted into an oven to be preheated. During this time, the bronze ingots are placed into the crucible to begin the heating process. The bronze must be heated to 2,240 degrees to be pourable and takes several hours. As the shells are heating, any residual moisture is released from them.
When the bronze reaches the desired temperature, the shells are removed from the oven and the molten bronze is poured from the crucible into the molds. These pieces take another several hours to cool down. As the bronze cools, it shrinks from the shells just enough to allow the shells to be broken away from the piece.
Following the cooling process, the shells are removed by chipping away the shell and using a wire brush to reach into the small crevices. Brian Ivie, from Metal Arts, said the pouring process will take about a week to complete the pouring of the more than 30 pieces of the monument.
After the pieces are all poured and meet the artist's specifications, the pieces will be welded back together with the joining areas being ground off to the specified finish of the monument. Another of the artist's specifications is the finish for the monument. Ivie said a chemical patina will be applied to the reassembled monument as per the Templeton's instructions.
"It's just like a giant jigsaw puzzle," said Ivie. "This is a big project." The monument will be transported and installed at the prepared site in Huntington in one piece. Dedication and unveiling of the monument will be held on Sept. 14.


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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
San Jose Sharks' Focus Should Be On Antti Niemi and the Third, Fourth Lines
For the Sharks, they needed to address two problems they encountered last season: Speed and defense.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
San Francisco Giants' Baseball Is Torture, But Not the Good Kind
You know how I know?
The defending World Series champions, and a team in the middle of a competitive playoff race, are in danger of being swept by the worst team in baseball.
Do you cringe when you watch Giants baseball these days? How about turn away from the television once the opposing team scores over three runs?
You're not alone.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
September 1 Marks the Start of the San Francisco Giants' Playoff Push
The Giants are a mess. It think we will all agree to that. A few late-inning throw-aways, slew of injuries and the surging Diamondbacks prove that.
Still, San Francisco remains just 2.5 games back after all that with a whole lot of baseball yet to be played.
Monday, August 15, 2011
San Jose Sharks: Moves They Still Need To Make Before the Season Starts
To recap: The Sharks traded Devin Setoguchi and Dany Heatley to the Minnesota Wild for Brent Burns and Martin Havlat in two separate deals. Also, San Jose acquired Jim Vandermeer and Colin White to help bolster the defense, and they acquired Andrew Murray, James Sheppard and Michal Handzus to fill the open spaces in the third and fourth lines.
However, what the Sharks currently lack is depth.
San Jose Sharks: 5 Players We Can't Wait To See On the Ice Next Season
While many teams would be content with making it to the third round of the NHL playoffs two years in a row, GM Doug Wilson evidently was not. He made that clear when he traded sniper Dany Heatley and young talent Devin Setoguchi to the Wild this past offseason.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
San Francisco 49ers: Jim Harbaugh Is A Head Coach, Not A Miracle Worker
It is true that fans must immediately put the preseason out of their minds once the regular season begins. Last year, the 49ers went 4-0 during the preseason, then proceeded to lose their first five games of the regular season.
The preseason simply does not matter -- success or failure.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Tiger Woods: This Type of Monumental Collapse Has Not Been Seen Before In Sports
Despite the list of mistresses, critics and Steve Williams' remarks, Woods was back to reclaim is rightful place on the throne of golf.
However, we forgot one thing, he is playing the sport of golf and nothing is guaranteed -- not even for Tiger Woods.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Golden State Warriors: Predicting the Stats for the Team's Starting 5 Next Season
Predictions and speculation.
With the lockout intact, the Warriors' proactive front office cannot extend their "act-first" wings that we got a glimpse of before David Stern laid down his gavel on the NBA season.
Just when things were getting good, too.
Monday, August 8, 2011
San Jose Sharks: Updating the Projected Starting Lines For the 2011-12 Season
To recap, the Sharks traded Devin Setoguchi and Dany Heatley for Martin Havlat and Brent Burns in two separate deals with the Minnesota Wild this offseason.
San Francisco Giants: 5 Reasons Barry Zito Will Not Make the Postseason Roster Again
However, Barry Zito is just that man, and San Francisco knows all too well why the lefty will be hard-pressed to make the 25-man playoff roster.
It has just never clicked for Zito. Signing the richest contract in MLB history for a pitcher at that time is something that player must live up to. The 33-year-old has never even sniffed living up to that contract.
Five years into that lucrative contract, Zito's record is 43-61 and he's has had trouble staying in the Giants starting rotation.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
2011 NFL Schedule: Game-By-Game Break Down of the San Francisco 49ers' Season
However, it seems like the franchise continues to get hit harder every year, causing the team to push farther and farther back in competitiveness on the field.
Last season, it was Mike Singletary's time to shine with a talented roster and a surprisingly impressive preseason ( whatever that meant). The 49ers followed that up by
Monday, August 1, 2011
San Jose Sharks: 3 Simple Reasons Why They Are Better A Better Team This Season
The Sharks started off by trading young winger Devin Setoguchi, prospect Charlie Coyle and their first round pick to the Minnesota Wild for All-Star defenseman Brent Burns.
2011 MLB Grades: Evaluating the Top Teams of the MLB Trade Deadline
Several talented, high-profile players, like Hunter Pence and Carlos Beltran, were dealt, with some teams being overwhelming sellers and other teams buying their way into contention for the World Series.
San Jose Sharks Extend Brent Burns; Worst Fears Subsided
Burns is set to receive $5.76 million per year.
The 26-year-old was acquired by the Sharks back in late-June in a deal that sent Devin Setoguchi, prospect Charlie Coyle and their 2011 first round pick to the Minnesota Wild.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
San Francisco Giants: Carlos Beltran Acquisition Means Aubrey Huff On Hot Seat
He adds sexiness to a lackluster lineup. Beltran, Sandoval, Huff and Schierholtz is a good way to go 3-6 in the lineup. It is clear to a Giants fan, at least, who is sick of the dull roster that lacked a power hitter.
As I sat in front of the television on Thursday night, I could not help but treat Beltran's at-bats like I had treated Barry Bonds' at-bats back in the day.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Bay Area Rundown: San Francisco Giants, Carlos Beltran, Alex Smith, Frank Gore Making Headlines
It all started late Tuesday night with the announcement that the San Francisco 49ers had re-signed QB Alex Smith in a one-year deal for $5 million.
For those waking up to eggs and bacon the next morning, how about eggs and Carlos Beltran?
The Beltran rumors were electric Wednesday morning and continued into the afternoon.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
San Francisco 49ers Eye Matt Hasselbeck; Will Not Bid For Him
Pure speculation, though, which is what Young should have said.
The 49ers have talked to Hasselbeck about joining their team, according to ESPN, but it all but stops there.


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Friday, January 12, 2007
Star-Ledger Staff
Jets running back Kevan Barlow is hoping to get a second chance to make a first impression next season.
Barlow, a former 1,000-yard rusher with the 49ers, was obtained three weeks before this season started and never really gained his footing. He rushed for a career-low 370 yards on 131 carries (2.8-yard average) but had six touchdowns. He was inactive four of the last five games.
Late in the season, he revealed that after undergoing knee surgery last May he felt like he was playing on "one leg" all season.
"Last year was a learning experience," Barlow told The Star-Ledger this week. "I got traded just before the season and that was tough. I was playing under my fifth offensive coordinator in five years.
"I know I can play in this league. I really want to come back and play for a coach like Eric Mangini. He's going to be a great coach in this league and I want to be a part of it. He treated me great. I not only loved playing for him but I also liked him as a person. He's very sincere, very genuine. He's a man of his word."
As the Jets try to shore up their running back situation, they might have the answer in Barlow as the complement to Leon Washington, who ran for 650 yards and four TDs as a rookie. It appears the Jets will keep either Barlow or Cedric Houston (374 yards, five TDs), but not both.
The unrestricted free-agent running back class is said to be thin this year. And the Chargers are expected to put a first-round tender on restricted free-agent running back Michael Turner -- meaning any team that signs him to an offer sheet must give up a first-round pick if San Diego doesn't match.
As a result, it's unlikely the Jets would part with a first-rounder for Turner, but they could try to work out a trade. Also, they may select a running back in the draft, having a first-round (No. 26) and two second-round selections.
"Kevan did some very positive things for us," Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum said. "Certainly, the second New England game of the regular season (75 yards, one TD on 17 carries in a 17-14 victory) was productive. He had six rushing touchdowns.
"He did give us a good level of production for the season and now we're going to see what we can do in the future with him."
Barlow, a sixth-year pro, is scheduled to make a base salary of $3.25 million in 2007 and $4 million in 2008. He'll almost certainly have to restructure his contract.
"I'll leave that up to my agent and the organization, but I'm sure something can be worked out," he said.
Hey guys I'm not so sure what to make of this. We have been so critial of Barlow. The guy flat out didn't play well this year I think he realizes that but here the catch. I really don't want to trade him off or realease him if he was playing on a bum knee this year and watch him tear it up with another team next year because he got healthy during the offseason.
Here's the thing I don't understand. When we acquired him didn't Mangini evaluate him before signing? I don't get why he wasn't fully recouped from the surgery and how he slipped in here if he wasn't.
It would be really nice though to see Keavan get healthy and stay here. I might be all by myself here but I believe the guy when he says "I was running on one leg". Barlow can be a good back. He got 1,300 yards in a RBBC scheme in San Fran. Look at what that would do for us. We would be able to focus on the right side of the Oline and get more defensive players.
I'm really torn here because he's proven he can bang-out a near 1,500 yrd season in a RBBC scheme. He's done it. Do we really want to let him go? He's committed to get healthy and quote "come back a beast next year".
Call me crazy but here's what I want to do.
Release Houston- The reason behind this line of thinking is "if" Barlow is speaking the truth about his knee and how he's going to come back a beast next season then I think we have to keep him. Barlow has proven he can run in a RBBC scheme and chew off yards. Cedric hasn't. And you can't argue that Barlow has a better skill set then Cedric. Ceddy is a hole thumper. He's got NO change of direction or shiftyness he's straight north and south. Barlow possesses some feat's that he can be shifty and a hole thumper but we haven't see it due to a reaggravated knee. Not to mention Barlow had slightly more yards then Cedric did playing on that bum knee. Think about it guys!
Draft a back anyways Draft a back like Marshawn Lynch and make them compete in traning camp or even a Michael Bush just in case Barlow is going to stink it up again.
I just don't want to give the guy away to watch him tear shit up with another team. I hope Tangini plays this smart.
Posted 12 January 2007 - 10:08 AM
Posted 12 January 2007 - 10:57 AM
Posted 12 January 2007 - 11:15 AM
You're kidding yourself. Teams like Philly,Minn and list goes on would get and run Barlow. He's still reasonably young and has good years infront of him. You're talking silly talk.
Posted 12 January 2007 - 11:49 AM
Posted 12 January 2007 - 11:52 AM
I dunno man... if you just sucked for a season, I think you'd be singing the same tune as him. I think this is a clear case of him pleading for his life. Besides, what else is he gonna say...
"I suck. I should be cut. No way I come back as a beast next year!"
Posted 12 January 2007 - 11:56 AM
Posted 12 January 2007 - 12:03 PM
Posted 12 January 2007 - 12:07 PM
If Barlow can restructure his deal I wouldn't mind having him around as he had a nose for the endzone down near the goalline despite his lack of production on his other carries plus he can carry the pile, something Leon can't do.
At the moment it seems Houston is most expendable considering he is going into his 3rd year and Tannenbaum did invest a 2007 draft pick in Barlow and so Tangini may want to get some value from the Barlow deal.
If anything though RB is a need and one should be targeted in the first two rounds IMO.
Posted 12 January 2007 - 03:39 PM
Posted 12 January 2007 - 05:56 PM
We can't cut Barlow or Houston without anyone to replace them with. If we did cut them, it's a waste to draft a RB that won't be the answer.
Posted 12 January 2007 - 07:43 PM
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Let Us Walk by the Spirit
This is the second in a series of messages on the Holy Spirit. Last week we dealt with the cause of the new birth. I argued from John 3:5–8 that human nature, with which all of us are born, will not enter into the kingdom of God unless it is changed. This change is called being born again. And what this means is that the Spirit of God creates something new; he takes out of us the heart of stone that rebels against God, and he puts into us a new heart which trusts God and follows his ways. Or to put it another way, the Holy Spirit establishes himself as the new ruling principle of our life. "That which is born of the Spirit is spirit."
In other words, that which is begotten by the Spirit has the nature of the Spirit, is permeated by the character of the Spirit, is animated by the Spirit. This change is owing wholly to the Spirit's work of free grace, prior to any saving faith on our part. The new birth is not caused by our faith; on the contrary, our faith is caused by the new birth. "No one can come to the Son unless it is granted to him by the Father" (John 6:65). Therefore, the life we have in Christ is owing wholly to the work of God's Spirit, and we have no ground for boasting at all. We live by the Spirit.
Now what? Galatians 5:25 states concisely what our next step should be. "If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit." Paul is in full agreement with Jesus that it is by the work of the Holy Spirit that we have been given new life. "Even when we were dead through trespasses God made us alive together with Christ . . . We are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus" (Ephesians 2:5, 10; Colossians 2:13). Just as God once said, "Let there be light," and there was light, so he "has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ" (2 Corinthians 4:6).
Now Paul, in Galatians 5:25, draws an inference from how our new life in Christ began: if it began by the Spirit, then all our subsequent life ought to be carried out by the Spirit (see Galatians 3:1–5). If it was by the free and sovereign power of the Spirit that our new spiritual life came into being, then the way that new life should be lived is by that same free and sovereign power. "Walk by the Spirit" means do what you do each day by the Spirit; live your life in all its details from waking up in the morning until going to sleep at night by the enabling power of the Spirit. But what does that mean, practically speaking? How do we "walk by the Spirit"?
Let's observe a few things in the immediate context of Galatians 5 and then bring in some other Scriptures in order to get as full an answer to this question as we can. I'll conclude by describing five things involved in walking by the Spirit.
How Do We Walk by the Spirit?
The phrase "walk by the Spirit" occurs not only in verse 25 but also in verse 16, "But I say, walk by the Spirit and do not gratify the desires of the flesh." So here we see what the opposite of walking by the Spirit is, namely, giving in to the desires of the flesh. Remember, "flesh" is the old, ordinary human nature that does not relish the things of God and prefers to get satisfaction from independence, power, prestige, and worldly pleasures. When we "walk by the Spirit," we are not controlled by those drives. This is what verse 17 means: the flesh produces one kind of desires, and the Spirit produces another kind, and they are opposed to each other. Walking by the Spirit is what we do when the desires produced by the Spirit are stronger than the desires produced by the flesh. This means that "walking by the Spirit" is not something we do in order to get the Spirit's help, but rather, just as the phrase implies, it is something we do by the enablement of the Spirit.
Ultimately, all the good inclinations or preferences or desires that we have are given by the Holy Spirit. Apart from the Spirit we are mere flesh. And Paul said in Romans 7:18, "I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing." Apart from the gracious influences of the Holy Spirit, none of our inclinations or desires is holy or good, "for the mind of the flesh is hostile to God's law and does not submit to it because it cannot" (Romans 8:7). The new birth is the coming into our life of the Holy Spirit to create a whole new array of desires and loves and yearnings and longings. And when these desires are stronger than the opposing desires of the flesh, then we are "walking by the Spirit." For we always act according to our strongest desires.
Therefore, "walking by the Spirit" is something the Holy Spirit enables us to do by producing in us strong desires that accord with God's will. This is what God said he would do in Ezekiel 36:26, 27:
A new heart I will give you and a new spirit I will put within you . . . I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes.
Thus when we "walk by the Spirit," we experience the fulfillment of this prophecy. The Holy Spirit produces in us desires for God's way that are stronger than our fleshly desires, and thus he causes us to walk in God's statutes.
Led by the Spirit and Not Under Law
This, then, explains the two parts of the next verse in Galatians 5, verse 18, "But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law." It is easy to understand, in view of what we have seen, how Paul could shift from the phrase "walking by the Spirit" in verse 16, to "being led by the Spirit" in verse 18. The phrase, "being led by the Spirit," simply makes more explicit the initiative of the Spirit in the life of a Christian. We don't lead him; he leads us. We are being led by him through the stronger desires he awakens within us. "Walking by the Spirit" and "being led by the Spirit" refer to the same thing. "Being led by the Spirit" stresses the Spirit's initiative and enablement. "Walking by the Spirit" stresses our resulting behavior. The Spirit leads us by creating desires to obey God, and we walk by fulfilling those desires in action.
This explains, then, why we are not "under the law," as verse 18 says. "If you are led by the Spirit (i.e., led by him to obey the law), then you are not under law." You are not "under law" in two senses. First, you are not under the law's condemnation because you are fulfilling the just requirement of the law. That's what Paul meant in Romans 8:4 where he said that Christ died "in order that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who walk according to the Spirit." When you walk by the Spirit, you fulfill the basic requirement of the law and so you are not under its condemnation.
The second sense in which we are not under law when we "walk by the Spirit" or are "led by the Spirit" is that then we don't feel the pinch or burden of the law demanding of us what we have no desire to do. When the Spirit is leading us by producing godly desires, then the commands of God are not a burden but a joy. So in that sense too, walking by the Spirit frees us from being under the law. "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom" (2 Corinthians 3:17).
Works of the Flesh and Fruit of the Spirit
Now, if we look at verses 19–24 which follow, we will find one more expression about the Spirit which confirms and expands what we have seen so far about "walking by the Spirit." In these verses Paul contrasts the "works of the flesh" (19–21) with the "fruit of the Spirit" (22–23). The opposite of doing the "works of the flesh" is "bearing the fruit of the Spirit." This is exactly the same contrast we saw in verse 16: "Walk by the Spirit and do not gratify the desires of the flesh." The "works of the flesh" are what you do when you "gratify the desires of the flesh." The "fruit of the Spirit" is what appears in your life when you "walk by the Spirit." Therefore what we have in these verses are three images of the Spirit's work in our life: "walking by the Spirit" in verse 16, "being led by the Spirit" in verse 18, and bearing "the fruit of the Spirit" in verse 22.
Why does Paul refer to the "fruit of the Spirit" instead of the "works of the Spirit" to match "works of the flesh"? In view of what we have seen so far, I think the reason is that Paul wants to avoid giving any impression that what the Spirit produces is our work. It is not our work; it is his fruit. What we do when we walk by the Spirit is simply fulfill the desires produced by the Spirit. And what better way is there to describe the ease of following our strongest desires than to say it is like having the Spirit's fruit pop out in our attitudes and actions? Therefore, just like the phrase "led by the Spirit," so also the phrase "fruit of the Spirit" stresses the Spirit's initiative and enablement to fulfill God's law.
Love Your Neighbor
The last thing we want to notice in these verses about "walking by the Spirit" is that it refers basically to one kind of behavior: loving behavior. The first thing mentioned in the fruit of the Spirit is love in verse 22. This is emphasized even more in verses 13 and 14:
You were called to freedom, brethren, only do not use your freedom as an occasion for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Just as the works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit are contrasted in verses 19–23, so here giving in to the flesh and serving each other through love are contrasted in verses 13 and 14. This shows that love is the all-encompassing lifestyle of one who bears the fruit of the Spirit, is led by the Spirit, and walks by the Spirit. This is confirmed by the reference to the law in verse 14 and verse 18. In verse 18, "If you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law." In verse 14, "If you love your neighbor, you fulfill the whole law." Therefore, loving your neighbor and being led by the Spirit (or walking by the Spirit) are almost synonymous.
Almost. But there is a crucial difference which should make us very grateful that Paul taught what he did about the Holy Spirit. If all we were ever told was, "Love your neighbor," we probably would have set about trying to do it by ourselves and would have turned love into a work of the flesh. We know this happens because of 1 Corinthians 13:3 where Paul says:
If I give away all that I have and if I deliver my body to be burned but have not love, I gain nothing.
Nothing! Listen carefully now. This is utterly important for your life. Yet it is understood by so few. It is possible to undertake the most sacrificial acts imaginable for other people and still not please God. Give away all your goods and your own life, too, and come to nothing in God's eyes. It is possible to be eulogized by the world as the greatest philanthropist or the most devoted martyr and still not please God. Why? Because what pleases God is walking by the Spirit and being led by the Spirit and bearing the fruit of the Spirit!
The great problem in contemporary Christian living is not learning the right things to do but how to do the right things. The problem is not to discover what love looks like but how to love by the Spirit. For Paul it is absolutely crucial that, if we came to life by the free and sovereign work of the Spirit, we learn to walk by the free and sovereign work of the Spirit. In view of the sovereignty of the Spirit who leads us where he wills by the stronger desires he creates within us, what should we do? What, very practically, is involved in obeying the command, "Walk by the Spirit"?
Five Steps Toward Walking by the Spirit
Let me conclude by mentioning five things that I think we must do so that it can be truly said that we are walking by the Spirit.
1. Acknowledge
First, we must acknowledge from our hearts that we are helpless to do good apart from the enablement of the Holy Spirit. As Paul says in Romans 7:18, "I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing." What did Jesus mean when he said in John 15:5, "Without me you can do nothing"? Of course we can do something without Jesus: we can sin! But that's all we can do. So, the first step of walking by the Spirit is: admit this fact and let it have its devastating effect on our pride. We cannot do anything pleasing to God without the constant enablement of the Spirit.
2. Pray
Second, since it is promised in Ezekiel 36:27 that God will put his Spirit within us and cause us to walk in his statutes, pray that he do it to you by his almighty power. Many of you know the glorious, liberating experience of having an irresistible desire for sin overcome by a new and stronger desire for God and his way. And as you look back, to whom do you attribute that new desire? Where did it come from? It came from the merciful Holy Spirit. Therefore, let us pray like Paul did in 1 Thessalonians 3:12 for that chief fruit of the Spirit: "Now may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all men." And let's pray like the writer to the Hebrews did in Hebrews 13:21,
And now may the God of peace . . . equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in you that which is pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ.
If it is God alone who works in us what is pleasing in His sight, then above all, we must pray. "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me" (Psalm 51:10).
3. Trust
The third step involved in walking by the Spirit is faith. We must believe that since we have come under the gracious sway of God's Spirit, "sin will no longer have dominion over us" (Romans 6:14). This confidence is what Paul meant by "reckoning ourselves dead to sin and alive to God" (Romans 6:11). We simply count on it that the Spirit who made us alive when we were dead in sin wills our holiness and has the power to achieve what he wills. You may remember in one of my sermons on prayer I said that one of the things we believers can pray for with undoubting faith that God will do it is our sanctification, which is the same as being led by the Spirit.
The reason we can is that we know that God will cause his children to be led by the Spirit. And the way we know this is because of Romans 8:14, where Paul says you can't even be a child of God unless you are led by the Spirit. "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God." If you are a child of God, you have a solid and unshakable promise that God will give you victory over those powerful desires of the flesh. One word of caution: do not prejudge the timing of the Holy Spirit's work. Why he liberates one person overnight but brings another to freedom through months of struggle is a mystery concealed for now from our eyes.
4. Act
The fourth step in walking by the Spirit after you have acknowledged your helplessness without him, prayed for his enablement, and trusted in his deliverance is to act the way you know is right. Notice: this is not step number one. If this were step number one, all our actions would be works of the flesh, not fruit of the Spirit. Only after we have appealed for the Spirit's enablement and thrown ourselves confidently on his promise and power to work in us, do we now work with all our might. Only when we act with that spiritual preparation, will we be able to say with Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:10,
By the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God which is with me.
Or in Galatians 2:20, "I have been crucified with Christ, it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me" (see also Romans 15:18, 19). A person who has acknowledged his helplessness, prayed for God's enablement to do right, and yielded himself confidently to the sovereignty of the Holy Spirit has this astonishing incentive to do righteousness, namely, the confidence that, whatever righteous act he does, it is God almighty who is at work in him giving him the will and the power to do it. It is a sign of hasty prejudice when a person says, "Well, if the Spirit is sovereign and I can't do any good without his enablement, then I may as well just sit here and do nothing."
There are two things wrong with that statement: it is self-contradictory, and it is unbiblical. It is a contradiction to say, "I'll just sit here and do nothing." If you choose to sit in your chair while the house burns down, you have chosen to do something, just as much as the person who chooses to get up and save himself and others. Why should you think the one choice any more inconsistent with the sovereignty of God than the other? And such a statement is also unbiblical because Philippians 2:12 and 13 says,
Beloved, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling (get out of the chair, the house is on fire!) because (not "in spite of" but "because") God is at work in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
It is a great incentive, not discouragement, that all our effort to do what is right is the work of almighty God within us. At least for myself, I am greatly encouraged when the going gets rough that any effort I make to do right is a sign of God's grace at work in me. "Let him who serves serve in the strength which God supplies, that in everything God may get the glory" (1 Peter 4:11). To God be the glory!
5. Thank
The final step in walking by the Spirit is to thank God for any virtue attained or any good deed performed. If without the Spirit we can do no right, then we must not only ask his enablement for it but also thank him whenever we do it. Just one example from 2 Corinthians 8:16. Paul says, "Thanks be to God who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus." Titus loved the Corinthians. Where did that come from? God put it in his heart. It was a fruit of the Spirit. So what does Paul do? He thanks God. And Titus should, too. Thanks be to God who puts love in our hearts!
"If we live by the Spirit, then let us also walk by the Spirit." Let us acknowledge from our heart that we are unable to please God without the Spirit's constant enablement. Let us pray for that enablement. Let us trust confidently in the Spirit's power and promise to give that enablement. Then let us do what we know is right. And having done it, let us turn and say with all the saints, "Not I, but the Spirit of Christ within me." Thanks be to God! To him be glory for ever and ever! Amen.


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Eddy Brimson Is Free...(But There Might Be A Whip-Round)
Show type: Edinburgh Fringe 2007
Established comedian and best-selling author Eddy Brimson, presents his first pure stand-up show at the Free Festival. In this hour-long show Eddy examines how we are all free to make choices in life, one of the biggest being whether or not to have kids, a hot topic due to Scotland's dwindling population. Is it to be the Early Learning Centre or the Flight Centre? … Oh the joys of being child free…
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Buggie - 18/08/2007
Fantastic show - well put together and Eddy's delivery is spot on. The hour whizzed by as he kept everything flowing well - now look out in bushes for men in gimp masks! Can't believe haven't seen any reviews for him - they're missing out big time.


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2002 Volkswagen Passat
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Worst 2002 Passat drivetrain Problems
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- NHTSA: Power Train: Driveline: Constant Velocity Joint5
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- NHTSA: Power Train: Axle Assembly: Axle Shaft: Seal2
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After finding out that a Chinese student is the third victim in the Boston Marathon bombings, Chinese citizens are expressing their feelings on popular microblog Weibo. The victim was studying at Boston University. VPC
BEIJING — Many Chinese went online Wednesday to mourn Lü Lingzi, 23, the Boston University graduate student who died in Monday's Boston Marathon explosions. More than 20,000 people posted messages of condolence on her micro-blog, where her final entry featured her last breakfast. Many more people noted their sorrow on other social media platforms.
She called herself Dorothy Lu in English, but to her parents and the Chinese nation sharing their grief, she will forever be Lü Lingzi, whose given name Lingzi means "Excellent Child" in Chinese. She had been living up to that exacting name.
Born in the northeast province of Liaoning, an industrial heavyweight under China's planned economy that declined into rust belt in more recent, capitalist times, Lü attended the Northeast Yucai School in the provincial capital Shenyang. Yang Yongkun, a former teacher, called Lü "especially smart, sincere and honest," according to the Shenyang Evening News, her hometown newspaper.
STORY: 3rd Boston fatality is Lu Lingzi of China
In 2008, she moved to the Chinese capital to study international economics and trade at the Beijing Institute of Technology. From 2010 to 2012, Lü held internships at companies including the Bank of China and Deloitte Consulting, according to her LinkedIn page, then secured a place at Boston last autumn to pursue a master's degree in mathematics and statistics.
Friend and classmate Wes Viles, 29, a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate from Brookline, Mass., said Lü, a first-year graduate student, was engaging and interested in meeting people from all walks of life.
"I met her on the first day, and I just remember seeing how sweet and innocent and kind she was," Viles told USA TODAY.
Wednesday was a difficult day for the department, and many students wanted to process the tragedy quietly, said Viles and others in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, where Lü studied.
Monday's bombing also claimed the lives of Boston-area residents Martin Richard, 8, and Krystle Campbell, 29.
A post on a Boston University website, BU Today, said Lü was one of three friends who went to watch the marathon. One was not injured; the other was identified as Danling Zhou, who remained in stable condition at Boston Medical Center Wednesday afternoon, according to the report.
BU Chaplain Robert Hill said he had visited the injured woman twice, and "she has her friends around her, and she will soon have family around her."
Despite regular tensions in the U.S.-Chinese relationship, Chinese students flock to U.S. universities in such numbers that they are the leading source of international students in the USA, known as the "Beautiful Country" in Chinese.
Like most young, urban Chinese, Lü enjoyed documenting and sharing her life and likes online. Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are banned by China's communist authorities because of their capacity to inform and organize protest and opposition, but their domestic, censored versions are hugely popular.
Once she reached the USA, Lü kept posting on Sina Weibo, China's Twitter equivalent, and could more easily access her Facebook page, where she wrote "New Hampshire is such a great place!" last October.
On Weibo, Lü listed her interests as food, music, reading and finance. She enjoyed posting pictures of cooking experiments, including her first "successful" kimchi pancake March 30. She noted unhappier moments, such as the time a professor's criticism "wrecked" her good mood March 8.
The U.S. Embassy in China released a condolence statement Wednesday. U.S. government officials "stand ready to provide any assistance to the family members to ensure they are able to personally deal with this tragedy as quickly and easily as possible," it said.
Given Lü's age, she is probably an only child, as China's strict family planning policies began in the early 1980s. Liu Chun, CEO of top Internet firm Sohu, forwarded a post on his micro-blog about the extreme grief of Lü's relatives because "a single child is the root of life for a whole family." Many other Chinese chimed in with criticism of the one-child policy.
Some state-owned Chinese media used the bombings as a chance Wednesday to criticize what they see as the West's "double standards" on terrorists, meaning the failure to meet Beijing's request to crack down on exile groups advocating independence for Xinjiang, China's Muslim province in the far northwest.
Some Chinese found positive signals in China's response to the Boston tragedy. "When 9.11 happened, many Chinese cheered that the U.S. imperialists had been blown up," wrote Anhui province writer Cao Junshu on Weibo. "But after the Boston bombing, few cheers were seen online, most expressed mourning and concern." Cao credits the development of China's Internet with changing people's minds. Official "brainwashing" through the media and textbooks is losing influence, he said. "China's people already know that America is not a totally evil country."
Contributing: Melanie Eversley, Chuck Raasch and Sunny Yang


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GC Shoes Fair Flat
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Item # 284965
Stay in style when you slip into the Fair. This printed flat from GC Shoes is casual and trendy for everyday wear.
- Please note: For this style, we recommend ordering a ½" larger
- Houndstooth fabric and faux patent leather upper
- T-strap with an adjustable buckle
- Pointed toe
- Synthetic sole
- Imported
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By: Tigger29
Location: Tampa
April 19, 2014
Cute and Comffy
"Yes you do need them a half size bigger but worth the price. They are super comfortable and pattern is cute."
By: Dontcallmeshoelover
Location: CA
December 26, 2013
"Runs very small. Should have noticed the word "faux" in the description because it's not real patent leather and my first thought when I got them was that it felt very cheap. I wouldn't recommend them because at any price because they do not seem like a shoe that could take much wear and tear and the faux patent leather is flimsy and doesn't give much support to the back of the shoe. However, if you do decide to order them just remember to order a size larger. I am returning my pair but have to admit they are cute."
By: DiscoDoll
Location: Wappingers Falls, NY
October 23, 2013
Cute shoe
"I bought this shoe to wear w/skirts and tights...really cute. Ran too short for me (size 9) and it was tight on the width by the toes and my foot tends to run wide. But unusually tight for a size 9. Order up one."
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