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When the cast of "Memphis: The Musical" opens its run at The Orpheum Theatre later this month, they will include an extra performance the afternoon of April 26.
Cast members will sing several selections at the formal opening of the redevelopment of the old Chisca hotel, the real-life setting for the story of a Memphis disc jockey that is the basis for the fictional story line.
The April 26 groundbreaking at 3 p.m. at the South Main Street hotel comes days before renovation work begins in early May for the conversion of the 1913 hotel and its 1961 annex into a multifamily property.
Terry Lynch, one of the partners in Main Street Partners, the group that bought the eight-story hotel in October, said its impact on the area will be "transformational."
Speaking Tuesday, April 9, to 100 members of the South Main Association at the Arcade Restaurant, Lynch added that by the end of the year 200 to 300 new units of housing, including apartments other than those planned for the Chisca, could be built in the South Main area.
The renovation and conversion of the Chisca is expected to take 14 months with a leasing office opening about a year from now.
"This is really the crossroads of the Central Business District, the entertainment district and the gateway to South Main," Lynch said. "In Downtown Memphis, the demand for apartments is strong."
But the type of apartments in demand are usually smaller in their square footage. The larger apartments and condominiums were overbuilt in the area, he added.
The Chisca project will include a renovation of the 1961 annex or motor court to the 1913 hotel building. What was a modern-looking addition to the structure in 1961 is now an eyesore that Lynch said the partners originally planned on tearing down.
"But if you look at the building real closely, it's got three levels of parking," he said, talking of 80 parking spaces that would cost about $3.5 million to replace versus $600,000 to demolish the whole thing. "It's actually less expensive redoing that building than it is the main building on a per-unit basis. It made sense to keep that building."
The apartment units in the annex will feature balconies with views of the South Main street life.
Lynch said the goal of the renovation is to be a further catalyst for the enduring vitality of the area with a community of people who live in the area as well as people who are drawn to visit. That was also one of the goals of FedExForum when the $250 million arena was built 10 years ago.
"It is embarrassing that after 10 years there hasn't been one stick built around FedExForum, so, we've got a problem," Lynch said as he talked of city government's decision not to use its condemnation powers for a better public use of the surrounding property.
"The city, they've got a habit of not going in and condemning people's property," Lynch added. "That's just the way they are and you have to deal with it."
The hotel and all of the real estate was donated in 1972 by the owners, Robert G. Snowden and his sister, May Snowden Todd, to the Church of God In Christ.

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Despite releasing few details about its upcoming hotter John Cooper Works GP, Mini has released a slew of new videos of the car, including one showing the hatchback running a lap of the famed Nürburgring.
What we know is this: the British automaker has swapped in an adjustable suspension, race-spec brakes, race tires, unique four-spoke wheels, tossed out the back seats, and added a new aerodynamic kit to transform the regular JCW MINI Cooper into the GP. Expect to see a more powerful version of the turbocharged 1.6-liter I-4 found in the current JCW tuned to something north of the 214 hp the last-generation Mini GP model produced. And, according to this new clip, the upcoming hot hatch will run the Nürburgring in just eight minutes and 23 seconds.
Mini has also released a bunch of quick videos detailing the 2013 JCW GP, despite showing only models covered in light camouflage. We get a full run-down on how the brand's engineers designed, created, and tested all of the addition aerodynamic parts for the new GP, as well as an explanation on how the new bits work within the wind tunnel. Mini also treats us to a behind-the-scenes look at the GP's official photo shoot, giving us a peek at how they make those glamour shots so flattering.
Check out all four of the videos below, and stay tuned for more info on the 2013 Mini John Cooper Works GP as it gets closer to the car's on-sale date.
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Pesticide analytical methodsThe Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency—
(1) develop a detailed long-range plan and timetable for research that is necessary for the development of and validation of—
new and improved analytical methods capable of detecting at one time the presence of multiple pesticide residues in food, and
conduct a review to determine whether the use of rapid pesticide analytical methods by the Secretary would enable the Secretary to improve the cost-effectiveness of monitoring and enforcement activities under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.], including increasing the number of pesticide residues which can be detected and the number of tests for pesticide residues which can be conducted in a cost-effective manner.
The Secretary shall report the plan developed under paragraph (1), the resources necessary to carry out the research described in such paragraph, recommendations for the implementation of such research, and the result of the review conducted under paragraph (2) not later than the expiration of 240 days after August 23, 1988, to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
(Pub. L. 100–418, title IV, § 4704, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1414.)
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Committee on Labor and Human Resources of Senate changed to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of Senate by Senate Resolution No. 20, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 19, 1999.
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Monday, August 13, 2012
Joe Allen will breathe fire into Liverpool midfield
By Emdad Rahman
Original article - After watching Liverpool at Anfield on Thursday night, midfield maestro Joe Allen fulfilled Brendan Rodgers' pledge to complete a big money signing within 24 hours.
The exciting new recruit becomes the 10th piece of business conducted between the two clubs. In a turn of events, Allen becomes the first Swansea player to join Liverpool. The previous nine had headed to the Swans, with Great Dane Jan Molby being the last, leaving on a free transfer to the Vetch Field in 1996.
Despite the obvious attraction of playing under themanager who had nurtured him on the big stage it was a nudge from a fellow Welsh dragon that convinced Allen that his future was served at Anfield.
One of Craig Bellamy's final acts before calling time on his second stint at Anfield was to spend time "hounding" Allen to join Liverpool. Reds favourite Bellamy, who is taking a pay cut to make an emotional return to Cardiff City, has been impressed with Brendan Rodgers' vision and the capture of Allen, but returned to Wales for family reasons.
Thanks to the nudge from Team GB's player of the Olympic football tournament, the 22-year-old prodigy who grew up on the coast in Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, and who is described by Rodgers as a "frightening talent" will be bossing the play at Anfield next season.
Allen's confidence and belief in his old boss was another major factor that made it easy to follow Fabio Borini to Anfield. During his first interview with Liverpoolfc.tv, Allen said: "I'm looking forward to being part of some great years ahead for Liverpool Football Club.
"Look at the players and staff, and obviously the supporters, and everything is there for us to be successful.
"I have a lot of faith that Brendan Rodgers can bring success, that's one of the reasons I'm here. I wanted to be part of this project, his project, and I've really got a good feeling - as I'm sure all the players here have - that this football club is going to go from strength to strength in the next couple of seasons.
"Brendan is so passionate about his football. He works day in, day out to improve the team and everyone individually. Everyone wants to work alongside someone who has that way about them.
"One of his best things is his man management, it's second to none. He commands the respect of everyone and it's no different for me."
Joe Allen facts
- Carmarthen born Joe Allen is the 29th Welshman to sign for Liverpool.
- Earmarked as a future star, Allen joined Swansea at the age of 13.
- Kenny Jackett gave 16-year-old Allen his debut in the FAW Premier Cup against Port Talbot Town.
- Roberto Martinez was the first manager to award him a professional contract.
- Creating a chance every 63 minutes and with 91 percent for completed passes, Allen's Premier League statistics from last season were superior to World Cup and double European champion Andres Iniesta.
- Allen chose the South Wales derby to score his first goal for Swansea, netting against Cardiff after coming on as a sub in April 2009.
- Despite being diminutive he can tackle too. 110 tackles last season saw the Welshman come third in the Premier League.
- An error in the official 2012 Team GB Olympic programme described Allen as English.
- He may be a giant on the pitch but is the same height as Jay Spearing. Towering above Aaron Lennon, Nathan Dyer and Shaun Wright-Phillips makes Allen the joint fourth smallest player in the Premier League.
- Born in the Welsh town of Carmarthen, Allen is amongst a very rare 10 percent of Welsh citizens who speak the native language, known as Cymraeg.
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I cannot stop staring at those accused of breaking into my space and stealing $5,000 worth of my property.
I cannot stop staring at those accused of breaking into my space and stealing $5,000 worth of my property. Upon their arrest, I stared at their mug shots with outrage and triumph. Police contend these are the two who knocked me into a powerful depression and nearly ended a venture I've spent years shaping.
But on Wednesday night, I read the news story about the suspects' arrests and how, detectives say, they embarked on a burglary spree to support drug habits.
My rage softened a little. Drug addiction is powerful. It hurts. It makes you desperate.
I went from loathing this couple to wanting to ask them questions.
Where did my property go? How do you sell stolen merchandise with serial numbers these days? Was I the target, or had you been casing the other people in my building who also were hit? What drug is so powerful that it would propel you through a glass window to steal everything from computers to toilet paper?
Mainly, though, I want to tell them of the emotional impact this crime has had on so many people. I and the other business owners were not the only victims. Since the burglary, I have faced four people in tears because my burglary robbed them of their once-in-a-lifetime family photos.
Some explanation:
About five years ago, I went back to college and earned a photography degree. Soon thereafter, I opened a small photo studio in the basement of an old building that houses three other businesses. With help from family and friends, I run the studio in my off hours from the Star-Banner.
It is more passion than business, frankly.
The building was burglarized about a month ago. I lost a computer, camera and other equipment, but I also lost several external computer drives and their backups, which means I lost years worth of photos. Among those were undelivered photos of a recent wedding, a 50th anniversary and an infant. All gone.
This means a bride would not have photos of her wedding. A family would not have photos of their celebration. New parents would not have photos of their baby in the hospital. A kick in the gut on so many levels. Also missing were years worth of family photos of our own, and the tears that cut me the most were those of my wife.
I never thought about how one burglary could affect so many people, how one non-violent crime could have such emotional ripples beyond the immediate victims.
But I was lucky. The Ocala Police Department is sharp and spotted a car this week suspected in other burglaries. A traffic stop led police to a heap of stolen goods — including my photos. My big-ticket items remain missing, but they are insured. They are replaceable machines and doo-dads. They are not treasured memories.
As mad as I've been, I continue to think about the suspects. I do not feel sorry for them, yet I understand the power of personal demons. Thus, I will pray for them just as I prayed for myself and the families who thought their precious memories were lost forever.
This experience has been a rocky ride with hard lessons. I was lucky, as it had a happy ending. For the most part.
As of this writing, the toilet paper is still at large.
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What do you think about making HIV testing manditory and about HIV education??
Jan 13, 2006
Hey Dr. Bob,
Im a college student who had a recent scare. After this scare, ive been thinking alot about HIV education. Growing up, i never remember learning about any of the signs of HIV, yet only learned "not to have sex without a condom." I was thinking that HIV education should be manditory for highschool and college students. Many people go years without realizing they may have HIV, and dont understand the signs behind the infection. I figure with knowledge about the symptoms, people will be more aware of the nessacity to get tested after unprotected sex. I was wondering what you think about hiv education, and if you believe it should be taught in school? I understand it may cause more people to get WW, but isnt that better than having HIV spread? I also would have loved to known about PCR (I believe thats the name) after my incident, and i would have prefered that to going through hell for months. Also, i was wondering what you think about making HIV testing manditory, for everyone. I know its a touchy subject, but i bet if people knew they had HIV, they would be safe about their sexual experiences, and it could reduce the spread of the virus. I understand its a persons right to keep their medical history to themshelves, but doesnt a person in risk of exposure have the right to a healthy life? In my previous exposure, i chose to wear a condom, and the girl promised she didnt have any STD's, and removed the condom from my penis. She told me "live a little".... well, i contracted 2 std's... and all i can think of now is animosity towards her, and how she could have ruined my life.... mabye thats why i feel like testing should be manditory. Anyways, i was wondering what your opinion was, and if theres any laws preventing manditory testing. Sorry if this question was already asked. Thanks, and take care
Response from Dr. Frascino
At least growing up you were taught "don't have sex without a condom." Most kids today are merely being told, "Don't have sex," and what's left off is the all-important phrase "without a condom!"
You bring up many issues. Discussing all of them in depth is beyond the scope of this forum and would lead to a very lengthy response. Consequently I'll just hit the high points:
1. Yes, I believe sex education, including STD prevention, should be widely available in schools. This would include HIV education.
2. The symptoms of HIV can be quite variable. In fact, symptoms are notoriously unreliable in predicting HIV seropositivity. (Just breeze through the archives for a gazillion examples.) What we need to teach is HIV risk. The reason someone should be HIV tested is that they placed themselves at risk, not that they have symptoms.
3. Sex education, including HIV education, does not lead to more WWs. In fact, just the opposite is true!
4. PCR testing is not recommended for routing HIV screening, due to the rate of potential false-positive test results and cost.
5. Mandatory HIV testing for everyone is unfortunately not the answer. It is not a cost-effective use of health care dollars. There are many other issues as well. For instance, a single negative "mandatory" test doesn't necessarily mean the tested person will remain negative between the time of the test and when you decide to go commando for a mattress mambo.
6. It's worth noting that if you had contracted HIV form the episode you described, your partner would not have been the only person responsible for ruining your life. You were taught "not to have sex without a condom," remember? We all must take responsibility for protecting our health. It takes two to tango including the unsafe horizontal tango!
As for HIV/AIDS awareness and education, it remains one of the primary missions of my foundation The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation. In fact, Steve (Dr. Steve, the expert in The Body's Tratamientos Forum) and I will be at Oberlin College in a few weeks to give a presentation entitled "Life. Love. Sex. AIDS. And other unscheduled events. A Personal View of HIV/AIDS from both sides of the examination table." Concurrently, my foundation is sponsoring a viewing of the AIDS Memorial Quilt on campus and presenting an AIDS awareness concert at Oberlin's Conservatory of Music.
On the off chance you're an Oberlin student, you are welcome to attend. If not, why not arrange for some HIV education on your campus?
Get involved. Get informed. Stay safe.
Dr. Bob
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Bought a pair of GA tickets and my second one is going unusued. Have a listing for it to sell, but thought there might be someone out there who would want to do a straight-across trade for a single VIP ticket for the same weekend.
One of the wristbands has been registered, but so long as you don't care that you can't update your Facebook with what bloody stage you were at, it's all good.


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Kindle Fire HD 7-inch review: Are services more important than software?
Getting to review the second generation Kindle Fire 7-inch is a great reminder of how fast a company has grown in what was supposed to be an unknown territory. Amazon, who's arguably responsible for brick and mortar's closing around the globe has made its own compelling case to why consumers should pick its ecosystem of services over the rest. By entering the hardware business, and successfully launching its Kindle Fire line of devices, the e-commerce giant has made an impact in the mobile tablet space.
It was clear that the online retailer was here to stay when it came to competing against the likes of Apple and Google. But, unlike other companies, Amazon has chosen a different approach to better equip itself against its competitors. Rather than rely on making money off the front end with hardware, the company set a trend that focused more on price, ecosystem, and product design. This three prong attack would lead consumers to where the company really wants them: retail. The Kindle Fire HD represents that strategy in a better and much improved package.
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Hi there,
First of all congrats on the software
A cool feature would be the possibility of using a remote DB, that way, a portal can access the data straight away without any import or export.
Also the possibility of working on several computer at the same time.
That rise a problem of sync I guess, tho with Hibernate or else, this is easily dealt with.


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Gotti's Igniting the minds, Finaflex Ignite 2 Log
Gotti's Igniting the minds, Finaflex Ignite 2 Log
First and foremost I need to thank Finaflex along with Dream Weaver for the opportunity to log Ignite 2 Watermelon flavor
This is my first log in awhile, so to anyone who doesn't know, I'm Young Gotti, I'll pretty much update my log at least 5 days a week but probably more than that. Based on the ingredients I'll be looking for energy, pump, vascularity, focus, endurance, strength, and of course libido.
My routine: I workout after work around 5:45 pm Mon thru Thurs and then on Saturday morning
Mon: Chest/Tris/Cardio (20 minutes of running)
Tues: Back/Bis/Cardio (20 minutes of running)
Wed: Cardio/Abs (30 minutes of running)
Thurs: Legs/Abs
Fri: Off
Sat: Shoulders/Cardio (15minutes of running)
Sun: Football
I'm coming off of a summer of trying to cut down however now I'm sort of in the middle of things. I'm slowly starting to add carbs and extra calories back into the mix. However I've just taught myself how to jog haha. Always hated running but my buddy got me into it so I switched most of my cardio to jogging and even though it's not optimal for adding size imo, I'm going to see how it works for me during this log.
I no longer keep a log book with me for each exercise so I won't be posting exactly my weights or reps for each set. I found it wasn't for me after awhile. I kept looking back in the book to see my previous weights I was putting up and getting discouraged if I didn't up the weights or reps. So even though I would kill a workout I'd leave discouraged sometimes, made going to the gym a job. It's not my job, it's my hobby and I started in the gym to have fun and get away from the stress of life, not to add to it. So I'll comment on my workouts, post anything I'm excited about or any major failures along the way.
Dreamweaver's advice around here has never been anything but good. So if he says this product is awesome I have high expectations on this. So lets get the ball rolling.....log will start 09/17/2012AM10 for 10% off at Mrsupps.com
Final Review:
We'll start off by going over the initial review. Taste and Mixability
Taste: At first the taste wasn't too bad. As I started taking more than a scoop I noticed a difference. With ice cold water the stuff is really good. If I was stuck with less than cold water I started getting a chemically taste sometimes. All in all it still didn't taste too bad but it wasn't the best either. 6.5/10
Mixability: Mixability was really good. The whole time I never had clumps or random powder not mixing. Once in awhile it looked like their was some flakes that didn't mix but I didn't notice any chunks or flakes when I was drinking Ignite. 9/10
Now to the fun stuff:
Energy: So this was probably the most disapointing aspect to Ignite. I may have gotten a slight kick here or there but for the most part I didn't feel any extra energy. However from the other logs I'm seeing it looks like I'm in the minority on this one. I probably just didn't react well to the stimulant complex in this. 3.5/10
Endurance: This was the best part of the product by far. As you can see I train in a bodybuilding style which Ignite really helped with. But any kind of performance training could really benefit from this. Crossfit, mma, wrestling, and swimmers come to mind of who could really benefit from Ignite. During my training sessions I'm used to starting with free weights until I feel worn out then finishing off the muscle with machines. Ignite allowed me to still go aggressive even when it's usually time to wrap up a muscle. Training on Ignite is like a feeling of being fresh and ready to go the whole time. 9/10
Pump: Ignite has a nice pump complex including agmatine which seems to have soo many more advantages than just the pumps. The pumps on Ignite hold their own and imo are almost perfect. As I mentioned through the log I'm not a fan of pumps that are too strong and shorten the workout. Ignite gives you much better pumps than without any product but not soo intense that I had to end my workout. I also enjoyed the fact that I was able to run right after taking a dose and my calves wouldn't pump up while I was running. Also liked the fact that I didn't get such a crazy pump in my upper legs that I'd be walking like penguin. Ignite knew when I wanted a pump and when I didn't. Ignite compares favorably to other products that are designed for pump that will not be mentioned. 8/10 for me.....because if they were more intense it would probably get a lower score
Strength: I don't usually think of strength increases per sey when thinking about pre workouts. But this is about as good as it gets when it comes to the strength department. My strength increased just a small amount in my main lifts but what I really noticed was the increase towards the ends of the workouts when the weight was increased. Could have something to do with the endurance but having more strength throughout the whole workout is a big plus in my eyes. 7/10
Libido: With the aminosterone added to the Ignite I was expecting some libido increases. I did get small increase in libido at certain points but nothing overwhelming. I have to add I don't get huge increase in libido from DAA by itself, it's usually when I add in other test boosters is when my libido goes nuts. 5/10
Body comp: So I started adding in carbs as this log went on. I feel like I'm fuller in just a short period of time. I'm thinking the crea trona, aminosterone, and extra bcaas preworkout helped as well. Of course the change wasn't huge but a slight difference.
Would I recommend this product: Yes, this is a quality pre workout. It holds its own in most categories.
Would I buy this product again: Yes, this may be the new go to preworkout for pct or even for a natty test booster stack.
Notes: This is just my personal suggestion: I'd like to see Ignite offered in a stim free version. Everything else about this product is spot on and good but because I didn't see the energy I wanted to from this I'd like to be able to combine it with my favorite other stimulant products. I think it would go favorable as a stim free version against most of the other stim free preworkouts on the market.AM10 for 10% off at Mrsupps.com
I picked up some ignite myself, but I haven't tried it yet.
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and hour and a half will be my first dose....can't wait to start this
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Early Impressions:
Smell: So I opened my jug of Ignite, no crazy atomic bomb powder flying around, scooped my powder. Smelled my scoop and it smelled like the mini sugar watermelon slices which was nice. I love those things and I do have a sweet tooth so I was excited to see if this was a liquid version of the watermelon slices.
Taste: The taste was good but not too sweet. To me it tasted like watermelon without a doubt but also for me had a bit of lemonade flavor. I'll have to keep an eye on this going forward. But Ignite is really tasty and by no means disgusting to drink or even slam down. Not over powering in flavoring and for ppl that don't like sweetness will really like this.
Mixability: Mixed flawlessly, thats really all I can say, I don't use a shaker but I have a bottle with a top. Poured the powder in the water and swirled it around. Mixed without problem and drinking it didn't get any dust in my throat that some products will give you.
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I wish i could try watermelon so bad,it sounds so good!Originally Posted by Young Gotti
I like berry best but they both taste fine and light on the stomach, you can make it taste pretty sweet by using less water, it mixes so easy you could use 3 oz of wanter if you want.
Unremarkable is no way to go through life... Doug
Monday: Chest/Tris
Chest: Flat BB Press 4 sets
Incline BB Press 4 sets
Chest press machine 4 sets
Cable cross overs high setting 3 sets (high reps just for squeeze)
Cable cross overs low setting 3 sets (high reps just for squeeze)
Tris: Ez Skullcrusher into close grip press 3 sets
Dip machine sitting backwards 4 sets
V bar pushdown 3 sets
Rope extensions 1 set (20 reps to failure)
Energy: Energy was ok but nothing special. I used basically a full scoop and maybe had a slight pick me up but nothing like I was expecting. I didn't have that rush of energy to just go crazy at the gym. Side note but the scoops alittle different, it's wide and shallow not the scoop I'm used to.
Endurance: Even though I didn't get a huge energy burst my endurance was pretty good. Even though the weight still felt heavy I always felt like I was able to get out an extra rep or two. I also never felt totally drained from the workout. The cardio aspect of the workout was kind of difficult. I was struggling to get through that session but afterwards felt good very quickly, like I could have kept going.
Pump: Pump was better than without a product but it wasn't crazy. Agmatine at 1g is hit or miss with good pumps sometimes and other days isn't anything special. Yesterday my chest and tris did get a good pump but again nothing crazy. However I don't mind not getting a huge pump because sometimes I feel it prevents me from finishing my workout because it feels like I can't move that muscle. Did notice a pump in my calves during jogging.
Strength: Nothing here, the weights felt the same however the extra rep or so was a good sign. As the DAA builds in the system I'm thinking strength should go up though. I'll keep you posted.
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I am surprised you didn't get more of a kick out of it.. but you may be tollerant to one of the ingredients ... happens...
Unremarkable is no way to go through life... Doug
i forgot to mention but carnosyn is a god send for me, i hate beta alanine tingles as it makes me feel very uncomfortable while training....the carnosyn there is none of that but the endurance benefits are still there....i love it
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Yah I get good endurance and good stim but I love the crea-trona body buzz... that takes time so set in though...
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Tuesday: Back/Bis
Back: Underhand BB row 4 sets
T-Bar Row 4 sets
Wide Grip Lat Pulldown 4 sets
Close Grip Pulldown 3 sets
Deadlift 4 sets
Bis: Alt. DB Curl 4 sets
Incline DB Hammer Curl 3 sets
Straight bar flat preacher curl 4 sets (last set was heavy and just for the squeeze)
Energy: As I was walking in the gym I felt a slight kick in energy, I got excited thinking I was going to go full blast at anytime. But it didn't seem to any farther than the initial small kick of energy. So far Ignite isn't the the most extreme energy preworkout ever.
Endurance: So far this is the best thing I've noticed from this product. I've gone through two workouts now and even though I'm sweating and pushing myself I don't feel drained. Did you ever do a heavy set and afterwards you have to take some deep breaths and regroup? Well I haven't had to do this so far on Ignite. Even after deadlifts I was alittle fatigued but once I started biceps I felt fresh again. I also like the fact that so far I'm usually able to get an extra rep or atleast half rep out of most of the sets. Weight still feels heavy but it doesn't feel like the muscles are failing as quickly.
Pumps: Pumps were solid again, not the absolute best but not hampering either. After the t-bar row I felt my middle back felt like my back had exploded. Deadlifts were ok though I didn't experience any discomfort other than the usual. My biceps had kind of a delayed pump going on. I didn't feel them doing the DB curls and that excercise usually creates the biggest pump for me. But it was the last two sets on the flat preacher curls when my biceps popped. They looked engorged with blood in the mirror as well. But they didn't feel that pumped until I started running. As I was swinging my arms I was really able to feel the pump at that point. Must also say I was looking pretty vascular, anytime I touched a weight even unracking them I had veins popping out in my arms, forearms, and shoulders. My buddy even commented that I was real lean and pointed to different veins popping out that I usually dont' have.
Strength: Didn't see any increase in strength. But like I mentioned I was able to push some extra reps on a lot of excercises. So in only two days I'm fine with that alone.
Note: This is not a normal back workout for me. I don't ever do BB rows and then T bar rows but the gym just got the holder for the BB for t bar rows so we don't have to stick the BB in the corner anymore. I wanted to see what it was like to actually be able to do the exercise correctly.
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I get a bigger stim but you may be experiencing more endurance, so different people are sensitive to different aspects of a product.... I did like this more the more i used it though... Pump is not very important to me, I am going to get one anyway and I can induce it any time I like... don't need it greatly enhanced....
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Wednesday: Cardio/Abs
Endurance: Since there's really no lifting going on. I will comment that the endurance during cardio was awesome. I didn't run the distances any faster than usual. But the time flew by and I felt good the whole time. Barely any deep breathing which could be me getting better cardio or because the product really helped. After I was done I felt like I really could go a lot longer. I felt the same during the ab training, usually after cardio I'm breathing heavy and just trying to get through it. Today I felt it was a breeze so I did some extra sets. Left the gym and still felt fresh, went home to do laundry....usually after cardio just carrying my dirty clothes down three flights of stairs is a pain, today was not a big deal at all.
Pumps: I experienced no pumps in my calves while running which was a plus in my eyes.
Note: The Aminosterone doesn't give me any stomach discomfort like regular DAA could do to some people.
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Thursday: Legs
Squats: 9 sets (5 regular, 4 with chains)
Donkey Calve raises: 4 sets
Laying leg curls: 5 sets
Leg extensions: 6 sets
Workout looks alittle short for legs but all those squatting sets took up a lot of time. I have a love/hate relationship with squats....sometimes I hate doing them and the last few weeks I've enjoyed them so I just kept going.
Energy: Nothing new to add
Endurance: After the regular squats I had sweat pouring down my face and taking deeper breaths but didn't feel tired. I still felt like I could have squatted the whole workout without a problem. Left the gym and still felt semi-fresh.
Pumps: Pumps weren't too crazy on legs. I'm fine with that because it prevents walking like a duck out of the gym. Calves had a slight pump during the sets but the pump didn't seem to last after each set. The last set of leg curls I had a spotter just make sure to push my legs a bit at the end to get extra squeeze and when I stood up my ham's felt like I was flexing biceps, that didn't last too long either. Overall no big deal on lack of pump during workout.
Strength: Starting see a bit of strength here. Leg curls I was able to go heavy and get a good 7 reps before I needed help which I was really happy with. Squatting with the chains I was able to go up 20lbs from last week. Last week was my first week using the chains on the BB while squatting so it could have been me getting alittle used to them but it felt good to go up the weight. Especially since my upper back was still sore and my abs were sore from previous workouts throughout the week. Didn't think my strength would be anywhere close to where it was.
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Friday: Off day
yes this is the second update of the day, Gotti don't play
Anyway I took my Ignite today on an empty stomach after work. Got a decent energy boost today, it hit quickly too. Wasn't as smooth as the minor energy it's been giving me as I felt a bit more hyper and jumpy but the kick was there today. However, I also felt some uncomfortable beta alanine feeling in my face which I'm not a fan of. I thought carosyn didn't have the tingles and they weren't all out tingles but it was a tiny bit of pins and needles. I also got a slight thermo effect today. It's only about 73 degrees here in PA but I felt warmer than normal, didn't sweat but felt like if I got warmer I would have been sweating a bit.
This could all be because of not having food in me when I took the product as I will keep an eye on that going forward. It's been a few hours now since I took it and I'm not buzzing on energy anymore but I'm not drained either which is a good sign and I haven't mentioned yet. Ignite has not affected my sleep pattern at all.
Overall good off day, I felt like I killed it at the gym this week and I was more sore than I like and that I'm used to, so a day of recovery feels nice to relax and just do my thing. Last day of overtime tomorrow but I'll hit shoulders bright and early.
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Saturday: Shoulders/Cardio
Shoulder: Wide grip High row: 4 sets, last set drop set
BB overhead press: 4 sets
Incline DB read delt fly: 4 sets
Side shoulder raise: 3 sets
Cable side shoulder raise: 3 sets
No trap work right now, haven't been doing it. I've been dealing with painful neck pains for the last two years. I was seeing a chiropractor and he fixed it but it came back. So I tried stopping trap work and haven't had the intense pain in awhile (knock on wood)
Energy: This mornings energy was right in the middle from this weeks experience and yesterdays experience. It woke me up but nothing crazy. Felt good this morning once I wiped the sand out of my eyes.
Endurance: It was pretty good, muscles felt pretty fresh the whole time. The cable raises sort of wore me out towards the end and running was tough at first but once I hit the half mile mark I felt like I was good to go.
Pump: Pump was great today, it was almost immediate too. I usually do high rows just to warm up my muscles so my press is better as I feel I wake up as my workout goes along on a Saturday morning. But I felt like my shoulders exploded very quickly. As I went along the workout especially during side raises I felt like my shoulders looked wider and wider and felt tighter with each set. I wish I could look like that all the time.
Strength: Strength was good high rows I might have either matched or hit a PR and shoulder press was very close to a PR at the weight i was pushing and getting extra reps.
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Yah this shyte works where in counts ... in the fuggin body and it gets better over time which is a big plus for a pre-workout....
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Do you keep your Z10 protected with a case or cover or no? I'm too paranoid to keep it naked when I'm out of the house, so I have an iSkin case for my Z. Whenever I'm home though, I like to be able to use it without anything.
So I wonder, do you guys use cases or covers on your Z10s or no? Has anyone not used a case and broken their screen because of it?


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So I tried making a simple program that has a button on screen and when the user hovers there mouse over the button it will change color... I put the button location in a SDL_Rect and the blitted it to the screen. Now I try to use an if statement to test whether the mouse is within the button barriers... I ran the program and the button was on screen but when I hovered my mouse over it the button didn't change color. I moved my mouse over to a part of the screen to the left of the button and the button changed colors!
I did a test, putting the cords of my mouse in a string and blitting it as a message and when I put my cursor to the part of the screen that changes the color. The location is at where I wanted the button to go; however, the button is about 100 pixels down and 100 to the right of that location. Why is it that SDL is putting the surface not where i want it?
Here is the code:
#include "stdafx.h" //screen dimensions const int screen_width = 800; const int screen_height = 600; const int screen_bpp = 32; //button location SDL_Rect buttonLocation; //surfaces SDL_Surface* background = NULL; SDL_Surface* paddle = NULL; SDL_Surface* button = NULL; SDL_Surface* button2 = NULL; SDL_Surface* ball = NULL; SDL_Surface* message = NULL; SDL_Event event; TTF_Font* font = NULL; SDL_Color textColor = {255,255,255}; int main(int argc, char *args[]) { //quit for the event loop and running for the timer bool quit = false; bool running = false; bool mouseMoving = false; //ints to hold the x and y cords of mouse int xCord= 0, yCord= 0; buttonLocation.x = 200; buttonLocation.y = 200; // initialize sdl and ttf if (sdl_initWithScreenDimensions(screen_width, screen_height, screen_bpp) == false) { return 1; } //load the font font = TTF_OpenFont("newfont.ttf", 22); //load the surfaces background = load_image("background.png"); button = load_image("button.png"); button2 = load_image("button2.png"); //apply the initial surfaces apply_surface(0, 0, background, screen); apply_surface(buttonLocation.x, buttonLocation.y, button, screen); //get the Timer Timer myTimer; //start the clock myTimer.start(); while(quit == false) { while (SDL_PollEvent(&event)) { if (event.type == SDL_QUIT) { quit = true; } if (event.type == SDL_MOUSEBUTTONDOWN) { mouseMoving = true; } if (event.type == SDL_MOUSEMOTION) { int x, y; mouseMoving == true; x = event.motion.x; y = event.motion.y; //if x cord of mouse is within x cords of button and y cords if ((x >= 200 && (x <= 200+(button->w)))&& (y >=200 && (y <= 200+(button->h)))) { //do this apply_surface(0, 0, background, screen); apply_surface((screen_width - button->w)/2, (screen_height - button->h)/2, button2, screen); } else { //do this apply_surface(0, 0, background, screen); apply_surface((screen_width - button->w)/2, (screen_height - button->h)/2, button, screen); } } } if (mouseMoving== true) { std::stringstream mouseCords; xCord = event.motion.x; yCord = event.motion.y; mouseCords<< "Mouse Location: ("<< xCord << ","<< yCord << ")"; message = TTF_RenderText_Solid(font, mouseCords.str().c_str(), textColor); apply_surface(10, 10, message, screen); SDL_FreeSurface(message); } if (SDL_Flip(screen) == -1) { return 1; } } return 0; }
just a note:
There is an attachment of the photo at top of screen.
apply_surface() takes the x coords and then the source surface and the destination surface...


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John Xypolotis killed his 17-year-old stepson and buried him in his own mother's backyard, a court heard today.
Gary Adams died after being hit on the head with a hammer, prosecutor Andrew Tinney, SC, told Melbourne Magistrates Court.
Xypolotis, 55, has been charged with murdering Gary on December 5, 2003, at Cranbourne.
He was not arrested until April last year.
On the day he was charged and appeared in court, police were excavating a large area of a backyard in Dallas Avenue, Hughesdale, where Xypolotis's mother lived.
Defence lawyer Tony Trood told the court today that Gary had attacked Xypolotis with a screwdriver.
Gary's mother, Jo-Ann, had earlier claimed that when she had been in a relationship with Xypolotis, her son resented him telling him what to do because he was not his father.
Ms Adams said Xypolotis was "a strong character who wanted things his way".
Xypolotis would order Gary to do the dishes when watching television or complain about Gary's room not being tidy.
He refused to let Gary have any friends come to the house.
Cross-examined by Mr Trood, Ms Adams said she never saw Xypolotis push or shove each other.
She did remember one incident on June 8, 2003 - the day after Gary's 17th birthday - when a glass dish was broken.
Gary told his mother Xypolotis had thrown the dish at her when her back was turned.
Xypolotis denied this and grabbed Gary and the two tussled before she told them to stop.
Ms Adams agreed with Mr Trood that she had filed a claim with Xypolotis' help with the Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal over Gary's disappearance and had received a compensation payout of $50,000.
Another witness, Andrew Sonnreich, told the court he was Gary's father but had little to do with him when he was growing up.
He re-established contact a couple of years before Gary disappeared and had been seeing him about once a week.
Questioned by Mr Trood, Mr Sonnreich denied he had been supplying Gary with speed at the time of his disappearance.
Ms Adams had earlier asked if she could make a change to the first statement she gave to police where she claimed Andrew Sonnreich had been Gary's natural father.
Ms Adams said they had had a casual relationship and she was not certain Mr Sonnreich was Gary's father.
The disappearance of Gary was listed as a cold case until it was reopened by Detective Senior Sergeant Ron Iddles, of the homicide squad, in late 2010 after he was approached by Ms Adams.
The committal hearing for Xypolotis continues.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The neighbor of a Union County couple accused of handcuffing an 11-year-old boy to a porch with a dead chicken around his neck says the children in the home "looked pitiful."
Wanda Sue Larson and Dorian Lee Harper were arrested Friday after a deputy found the boy. The couple adopted four kids and were foster parents to the 11-year-old. They appeared in court Monday, with bond set at just under $1 million.
Joyce Bigham says the couple live across the street, but the house is set back and isn't visible. Bigham says she and her husband see the children only when they run in the street to retrieve their dogs. She describes them as dressed like orphans.
Bigham says had she known of problems at the home, she would have reported them.
The Union County sheriff's office says it appears the 11-year-old boy found handcuffed to the porch was routinely handcuffed in the home.
Sheriff's Capt. Cody Luke also told The Charlotte Observer on Sunday (http://bit.ly/1gXS78) that human waste was found on the home's floor.
Larson is a supervisor with Union County Department of Social Services.
The couple is charged with intentional child abuse inflicting injury, false imprisonment and cruelty to animals.
The children, ranging in age from 8 to 14, have been removed from the home and have been placed with a social services agency outside Union County since Larson worked with the local department of social services..
Sheriff Eddie Cathey said he's trying to determine how long the abuse had been occurring at the home.


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I might be able to prove it's in the final tally. You, too, might be able to prove it's in the final tally. 99% of the voting population, however, have not studied cryptography and would have to rely on an expert to check their vote (and, of course, such a system would have to be designed to make it impossible for the voter to prove to someone else which way they voted).
An election is only democratic if the electorate is able to trust it. If I have a magic wand I wave and then pronounce the results, it doesn't matter if I am 100% accurate, because no one will trust it. And they shouldn't trust it, because there is nothing stopping me from simply making up the result.
In a paper election, anyone who doesn't trust the system can observe the entire procedure. They can watch the ballot box, from the point they enter their vote, watch the counting, and watch the reporting. Verification is not limited to the technorati, it is available to every single voter. This is why paper voting remains superior.
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That's textbook FUD for ya. Make a claim, let the news sink in, then follow up later with easily debunked reasoning far after everyone's stopped paying attention.As to why paper trails are bad, they don't say
It is not hard to make a voter-verifiable paper-trail voting system. Publish a database of election results that includes a unique ID generated by the voting machine for each vote. Also print that ID on a paper receipt that the voter can take home after voting. Then the voter can verify via the internet if the vote was tallied with the right party/candidate. And it will also be possible to verify the totals by downloading the full database and doing the sums yourself.
On the same paper receipt, the candida
Votes can't be verifiable after you leave the venue, or you don't have a secret ballot.
Think again. That's where the unique ID per vote helps. Instead of attaching the identity of the voter to the vote, each voter gets a unique anonymous ID number. An easy way to get a unique ID is to use a true random number generator and spit out sufficient bits to make the chance of collisions negligible.
Or you can use something a little more advanced that is still anonymous, but removes any chance of collisions betw
That's an excellent proposal.
Since just one verifiable reciept that doesn't match the database (or that isn't in the database) or where the human readable portion shows a different vote than the encrypted hex would be enough to reveal fraud or failure.
The voting machines should also print a journal roll just like a cash register and those should be retained for a number of years. In at least one election so far, verification was impossible after suspected irregularities because the memory cards were al
The only drawback can be handled by law. There is a (perhaps legitimate) fear that some employers might try to dictate employee votes and check reciepts. Simply make it a felony to demand someone's vote reciept or to offer any sort of coercion or incentive to show a vote reciept . Being under orders/instruction to do so with coercion is a mitigating circumstance but should not excuse the crime. It should likewise be a felony to instruct another to do so. Publicise that law well through PSAs before the elect
No, no, NO!It is not hard to make a voter-verifiable paper-trail voting system. Publish a database of election results that includes a unique ID generated by the voting machine for each vote. Also print that ID on a paper receipt that the voter can take home after voting. Then the voter can verify via the internet if the vote was tallied with the right party/candidate. And it will also be possible to verify the totals by downloading the full database and doing the sums yourself.
On the same paper receipt, the candidate/party that was voted on can be printed. But it is better to hash that information together with the unique ID and encrypt it using a private election key and then print the result on the receipt (e.g. as a hex string). This generates a voting receipt that, when decoded with the public key, is verifyably a receipt of a vote that should have been counted for that election.
The likeliness that computers are capable of correctly counting 100,000 perfectly submitted votes more accurately than humans in an ideal world isn't exactly a surprise, but this isn't really the point because the world isn't ideal and it's not realistic.
Even if paper trails are slightly less accurate in the counting (something I'd dispute once factoring in less measurable quantities like corruption of officials and potential hacking), one of the most important advantages of paper trails is that they can be easily understood by virtually everyone who votes. A voter verifies their correct vote is recorded on a slip of paper, places it in a ballot box, and then the votes recorded on the papers in the ballot boxes are counted, with the process being vetted by people who have reasons to make sure it's being done properly. The entire process is completely visible and clear from start to finish.
This is quite different to voting through computer interfaces, where the ability for nearly everyone to understand ends at them pressing a touch-screen. The abstract concepts of what goes on inside the system are very difficult for most people to grasp, unless they have a relatively high education. Furthermore, very few people can verify and confirm that it's working correctly.
Trust of as much of the population as possible is of huge importance in elections, and systems with paper trails are the ones that are easiest for the majority of people to trust.
High - When I buy anything with a credit card - (requires ID, receive receipt)
No, no id is required, unless you are confused and think that a credit card is some form of identification. Surely some cocksure dumbass will come along with an anecdote about how they were required to provide ID when they used a credit card, and if I really cared I would go cite the MC and Visa merchant rules that say a merchant can ask for but can not require id except when they have strong reason to believe there is fraud.
Worthless - When I vote - (no ID, no receipt, no confidence)
Let me guess, you have never voted? It's pretty common for voters in the USA to
Let me guess, you have never voted? It's pretty common for voters in the USA to show id when they vote so that the poll staff can verify that you are registered to vote and registered to vote at that polling location.
Nope, worse than never voting, I live in California. If you pull out an ID, poll workers will tell you to put it away, refusing to look at it. Also, this last election I recieved my voter information in Spanish first, and had to wait two weeks for an English version to arrive, but that's anot
That's something I have a hard time understanding. What's the harm in requiring ID to vote? What's the point in registering to vote if ID isn't checked at the polling place? Of course, your identity doesn't get tied to your vote, it just gets you in the door; check your ID, put a check mark next to your name in the voter registration list, and you are in the door, ready to vote.If you pull out an ID, poll workers will tell you to put it away, refusing to look at it.
A proper voter-verified paper ballot system is as good as it gets when it comes to a combination of accuracy, verifiability, and accountability.
It's real simple: the voter makes his selection using, say, a voting machine. Voting machine spits out paper ballot and shows it to voter. Voter examines ballot to make sure ballot is good. If ballot is good, voter tells machine to accept the ballot and machine drops ballot into sealed box. If not, voter tells machine to reject the ballot and machine allows
Put another way, if there are two children in a room (Tim and Mary) and I hear a lamp break, when I investigate if I decide to ignore whatever Tim says (unless it agrees with what Mary says), why ask Tim what happened?
Organisation says "Paper trails aren't enough to ensure accurate vote counts" (on their own, anyway?) - Next week we'll tell you why!
No news here. Not until next week, anyway.
TFA is merely a means to divert the discussion away from the real problem here: without a paper trail, it is too easy to tamper with the voting machines and not be caught.
Are there any facts associated with this article? It appears that this is just one group's claim, backed up by nothing other than their opinion.
The facts of the matter are:
with all this, a well mandated, accessible, audited electronic voting system is more secure than previous voting methods. There is no excuse for these companies to have created and sold the craptastic voting machines they did. There is no reason for Diebold, an ATM maker, to have only made voting machines that had no paper trail capabilities. If they tried to sell something like that toa bank, their contract would have been dropped in a heartbeat, but election boards across the country didn't blink an eye. It is time that there be a nationwide standard that works within a degree of certainty. Electronic voting machines with paper audit trails are accessible, human readable, and as secure as anything we currently use. You don't have questions of "Did this voter actually mark a circle?" or "Which of these half erased circles did the voter mean?" or "That chad isn't punched all the way through, so I will just do it for them because I know what they meant." It is very hard for an auditor to see "President: Al Gore" printed on a receipt in human readable form and say that the voter chose George Bush.
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In a loss to the Brewers last night, Mets RHP Fernando Nieve allowed three runs in three innings, while allowing 11 hits, including a home run, and striking out just one.
"His stuff was not as quality as it has been, and they put some good swings on it," Jerry Manuel told reporters following last night's loss. "Hopefully the next time around he can get it together. He definitely deserves another shot at it."
…nieve just didn't have the same zip on and command of his fastball, and so he was pitching soft, looked to be overthrowing, he was behind in the count a lot and got hit pretty hard and often… frankly, he could have easily let up more runs, but Daniel Murphy made a nice pick up on a hot ground ball to first, which he quickly turned for an inning-ending double play…
…by the way, last night i asked: "Why does everyone at SNY keep calling him, 'a journeyman pitcher,' when he was with the Astros organization for his entire career before coming to the Mets?"
WTF 2103 sent an e-mail pointing out:
"Journeyman does not literally mean: a man who goes on journeys. A journeyman is an athlete (or worker, but especially athlete) who is reliable but not outstanding. Hence, Nieve is a journeyman."
…fascinating… i had no idea… i did think it meant to jump from team to team… like he's on a journey… thanks for the e-mail…
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Thursday, August 5, 2010
Oh yeah, Nolan Ryan bought the Rangers
So, according to Richard Justice:
Nolan Ryan told Drayton McLane wks ago the Rangers would be moving their AAA team to Round Rock if he got the team. Hello, Ok City?
While attending one of the Round Rock/Nashville games last weekend, I heard a rumor that, since the Brewers' contract expires with the Sounds at the end of this season, the Astros could move their Triple-A team to Nashville. This would be unbelievable on a number of levels, but it really does make sense. Southwest runs direct flights from Nashville to Hobby four times a day, and it's only a two-hour flight.
Still, it's not looking good for the Astros' affiliation with Round Rock.
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- Cockroach said...
Interesting... I'm in Little Rock, and I heard a rumor a few weeks ago that the Arkansas Travelers may be switching affiliations from the Angels to the Brewers next season. Though the Travs are in the AA Texas League, so I assume they would replace Milwaukee's current AA affiliate in Huntsville, rather than stepping up to AAA and replacing Nashville. I don't know when Milwaukee's agreement with Huntsville expires, but it's certainly possible they're switching both.
It's a shame, though, because I always liked Houston's Round Rock affiliation. Oh well.
- August 5, 2010 at 4:28 PM
That would work out perfect for you and me, wouldn't it?
- August 5, 2010 at 7:10 PM
Sure, Round Rock will end up the Rangers AAA affiliate, that is a given. What is really interesting is what might happen to the Corpus Christi Hooks... they are owned by the Ryan group as well... but currently the Rangers' AA affiliate is in Frisco, Texas - in the DFW metroplex. You think the Rangers would take over the Hooks, and run the risk of the Astros taking over the Frisco RoughRiders? Well I guess its possible, but having an Astros affiliate in DFW would not be good for the Rangers.
- August 6, 2010 at 8:56 AM


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By CHRIS WHITAKER
Americus Times-Recorder
AMERICUS - Georgia Southwestern softball coach Eddie Ward said his team hasn't worked a lot with the bunt steal this season. Senior Jessi Croft doesn't even remember hearing it called in practice. But Ward called it on Saturday in the Lady Hurricanes' second game against Lander, and it worked to perfection as Cherelle Pullen scored from second base on Tiffany Milstid's bunt for a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the fifth. After Lander tied the game in the sixth, it went into extra innings and Kassi Reneau drove in the winning run in the eighth to lift GSW to a doubleheader sweep. The Lady Hurricanes won both games by 2-1 scores.
"I'm happy that the seniors stepped up today, especially Jessi in ensuring we don't go 0-18 in conference play," said Ward. "I asked them to please cover me for guaranteeing we wouldn't finish last, but we have to win more games. Lander's got 10 more, and we've got four. But we've got that monkey off our back."
GSW (15-17, 2-12) earned their first conference wins of the season and ended a 26-game losing streak within conference play.
Ward said that was the first time he's been aggressive on the bases in a very long time, all the way back to when he was the coach for a traveling softball team from Pierce County.
"I actually only remember being that aggressive back in a slow-pitch game in Lubbock, Texas in the World Series," he said. "Our girl tagged up on a deep fly ball and she never stopped." This wasn't a deep fly ball, but an infield hit. "It was set up perfect," he said. "We had somebody at the plate who's a really good bunter, and we had killer speed at second. Cherelle is a basketball player by trade, and her speed is just awesome. I couldn't have called that play with anybody else on my team."
The Lady Hurricanes had a couple of different opportunities to preserve the win in Game 2 or end it earlier, but a couple of mistakes kept Lander in the game.
After GSW took the 1-0 lead in the fifth, Lander responded in the sixth with a little help from the Lady Hurricanes' defense.
Lander's Lindsey Sammons laid down a bunt and with the GSW defense napping, she stole second base. Sara Senn followed and drove her in with a single to tie the game at 1. "That popped my balloon completely," said Ward. "It was a total lost of focus by everybody."
In the eighth, Milstid gets on with a hit and is moved over on a sacrifice bunt, but is caught off base too far and was tagged for the second out of the inning. But after that was when the Lady Hurricanes put together the winning sequence.
Croft, the hero of Game 1 with a two-run double in the sixth, singled, and Amanda Howett followed reaching base on an error. So with Croft on third and Howett at first, Reneau drilled a shot up the middle for the winning run.
"This is huge for us," said Croft. "We haven't liked not putting wins together. We've had a lot of good games, but we can't pull them out. It's a great feeling. This really helped us realize we are a good team and can pull through with some wins."
Ward said Reneau's hit was clutch, but nothing unusual because she's done that for the Lady Hurricanes for four years. After pitching 11 innings and allowing one run in a loss at Augusta State on Wednesday, Brittany Milstid (8-8) went the full eight innings, allowing one run on four hits in receiving the win.
"I can't say enough about her," said Ward. "She kept us in the ball games, and we were finally able to score."
In Game 1, GSW stranded nine, including the bases loaded twice. Senn led the Lady Bearcats with two hits, and Ashley Durden led GSW with two. Lander (8-25, 1-9) took a 1-0 lead in the fifth with a Lindsey Whitfield RBI-single, but Croft came back and doubled in the winning runs.
GSW will return to action on Tuesday when Valdosta State comes to Americus.
Lady Canes Sweep Lander
By CHRIS WHITAKER


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It's a relatively quiet morning in the dispatch center located north of Reno at the Emergency Response Center on Spectrum Drive.
Those on duty are handling calls for a number of local agencies. Some work for Reno. Some for the county. When something major happens they all work together.
It's most often quiet like this, but that, of course can change at any moment. They spend a lot of time preparing for that moment.
"They get extensive training," says Kelley Odom, Reno's Assistant Communications Manager. "We pull in patrol to do scenarios with them. We do scenarios as we're sitting their every day with them. So they get a lot of scenario based training and it just kicks in for them."
Nearby, sitting at a terminal, headphones on is Jody Yturbide, an 18 year veteran of this work. Her shift has been quiet and routine so far. That could change anytime.
"Not that we look forward to those moments, but I think we all work better in those moments," she says.
It's what she trained for.
Monday as news of the attack in Massachusetts spread, thoughts of these people inevitably turned to their counterparts in Boston. They understood the chaos there and the need to find order more than most and they know what it takes.
"I mean it gets very emotional," says Yturbide, "but I think when we're in that moment the emotion goes down and you deal with what you need to do."
Coincidentally this is National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, set aside recognize and thank these unsung heroes of first response.
At their end of the room Washoe County dispatchers were displaying newly received commendations from the U-S Senate, Congress and the Red Cross among others.
It's well deserved recognition, but rare. That doesn't appear to matter. They're concentrating on the next call and that could once again put all that training to the test.
Anyone that has done this work here for any amount of time has experienced it first hand. Major fires, the crash at the Air Races and police calls.
"I've had an officer involved shooting, probably the worst call of my whole career and training definitely takes over. When it's all said and done, that's when its hard on a dispatcher."
"It's taxing and it exhausts us," says Odom, "but it's something we love to do and our adrenalin gets going and we handle it and move on to the next call.
"You've got to be calm and you've got to be able to think clearly and quickly. It takes a unique person to do the job."


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BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) -- The mother of a baby boy shot dead in his stroller says police have their man.
Sherry West took one look at a teenage suspect's jailhouse mugshot today and said he was definitely the killer. Yet an aunt of the teen said he was eating breakfast with her when the slaying took place.
Despite the conflicting stories, police in Brunswick, Ga., have charged 17-year-old De'Marquise Elkins with murder, along with a 14-year-old suspect whose name has been withheld because he's a juvenile.
Brunswick police spokesman Todd Rhodes says even though Elkins' aunt provided an alibi, authorities have good reason to bring the charges. Rhodes says "the evidence we're looking at says something else."
Also, police have released 911 recordings from neighbors who sobbed and pleaded for help right after 13-month-old Antonio Santiago was shot in the head a few blocks from his mother's apartment.
Two teddy bears, a vase of flowers and a decorative cross has been left against a wooden fence near the shooting scene.
---Neighbors of a Georgia woman whose baby was fatally shot in his stroller made frantic calls to 911. Brunswick police released recordings of three callers on Saturday. One woman wept, while another solemnly told an operator the baby wasn't breathing. Two teenagers have been charged in the case.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A plan to send extra water down creeks and streams in southwest Georgia is creating conflict in the General Assembly. The bill would allow water to be stored in aquifers so it could then be pumped into streams during droughts. But environmentalists worry the proposal would undercut water rights because it would trade that pumped water for greater water use in metro Atlanta.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Atlanta police say a woman and two children have been found safe after being carjacked near Turner Field. Police spokesman Carlos Campos says the woman and her two children were found safe at a shopping mall. He says they were not hurt.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Airport officials looking into why a flight information panel fell on a family and killed a 10-year-old boy have taken down an identical sign.
Officials at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport removed the panel Saturday. It displayed arrival and departure times for travelers.
The other sign fell Friday, killing Luke Bresette, of Overland Park, Kan. His mother was severely injured and two of his siblings were also hospitalized.
The children were being treated at Children's of Alabama. Their mother, Heather Bresette, was taken to University Hospital, where spokeswoman Nicole Wyatt said she is in critical condition.
Firefighters estimated the panel that fell weighed 300 to 400 pounds. It was located in a recently renovated terminal that includes two concourses. The terminal opened about a week ago.
Toddler dead, woman injured in Ala. shooting
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Police in Birmingham say a 2-year-old boy has died after being shot by his uncle during a domestic dispute.
Authorities say they responded to a home and found an unidentified woman and her 2-year-old son both suffering from gunshot wounds early Saturday morning. Police say the boy died at Children's of Alabama Saturday afternoon and his mother was in serious condition at UAB Hospital. Authorities say the gunman is the woman's brother.
The man accused in the shooting was taken into custody in Prattville, and authorities Saturday afternoon were preparing arrest warrants for him.
Details on the circumstances that led to the shooting were not immediately available
SEFFNER, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say a sinkhole has opened between two homes in Seffner and the houses have been evacuated as a precaution.
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue spokeswoman Jessica Damico said the hole was estimated at 8 feet across and 10 feet deep. It opened about 7 p.m. Saturday.
Seffner was also the site of a massive sinkhole that swallowed a man in his bedroom, killing him about a month ago.
Skydive instructor, student killed in Florida jump
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say a skydive instructor and a student who jumped separately have died in Florida.
The skydivers, both men, were part of a jump Saturday in Zephyrhills, about 30 miles northeast of Tampa. Authorities say the plane took off about 10:30 a.m. and 22 people jumped. When only 20 returned, authorities started searching for the missing men.
The bodies were located about 7:30 p.m. in a wooded area south of the Zephyrhills Municipal Airport. They were found near each other.
Pasco County sheriff's spokeswoman Melanie Snow would not comment on whether their parachute's had opened, saying that was part of the investigation.
The skydivers were part of a jump through Skydive City in Zephyrhills.
Snow says authorities will release the names after next of kin are notified.
Daytona Beach spring break crowds worry businesses
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Some local businesses in Daytona Beach are worried they are losing much needed revenue as spring break crowds dwindle.
Daytona Beach was a spring break haven for hundreds of thousands of college students for years, peaking in the 1980s and injecting an estimated $120 million into the local economy.
Jeffrey Hentz, president and chief executive officer of the Daytona Beach Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, said the spring break market has "high risk and limited reward".
But the owner of Maui Nix Surf Shop, George Karamitos, says the city has turned its back on a high economic generator and hasn't replaced it with anything.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that tourism officials estimate 250,000 spring breakers will head to Panama City while only 15,000 will visit Daytona.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- A new plan to provide tax money for restoring the Everglades is quickly advancing through the Legislature. The bill calls for spending $32 million a year for the next 10 years and keeps a tax on farmers intact through the year 2036.


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I just received the above power supply from the Maplins and upon testing On a POWER SUPPLY TESTER, a -5V light is not switching on! I had 2 like this before and showed the same results like this and returned them.This is a third one! The -5V light on a tester does not switch on.Could this be faulty too? I am not sure!
I have not installed this and one of the last on the computer because I do not want any hassle of removing them.
Please let me know if I am doing anything wrong. 3 power supplies can not be wrong.
The tester is not faulty because a generic power supply shows all lights!
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By Tiernan Ray
Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jen-Hsun Huang was kind enough to speak with me this evening following the company's conference call with analysts to discuss fiscal Q4 results that featured better-than-expected earnings per share, though the revenue view for this current quarter was a bit lighter than the Street had been modeling.
The company this quarter started a new reporting format, separating into two segments what it views as its principal product lines: graphics processing units (GPU) such as its "Tesla" line, and its "Tegra" application processor for smartphones and tablets. The details of the new reporting structure can be seen in Q4′s commentary by interim CFO Karen Burns.
GPU revenue of $832.5 million in Q4 was up 7%, year over year, while Tegra revenue of $208 million was up 90%, year over year.
On the call, Huang told analysts the company was holding off on giving any forecast for the year for Tegra revenue, something analysts who listened expressed an interest in. Huang said the company was reviewing various factors for the year, and anyway he wasn't sure if it was worth forecasting Tegra:
I think we haven't decided yet whether to guide the full year or not. At the moment we decided to guide a quarter out and to tell you the truth I am not sure how helpful it was to all of you that we guided the whole year, and so I think that at the moment we are still thinking through it but some of the comments that you heard related in Rob's comments were that specific to Tegra, at this point we have more design wins than we had at this point with Tegra 3.
I asked Huang during our conversation whether he thinks the company's forthcoming "Icera" baseband chip, which handles the wireless functions of a phone, will help sell more Tegra units.
I pointed out that for the most expensive smartphones, phone makers have tended to want to choose and purchase the baseband chip separately from the application processor.
"Absolutely," said Huang, regarding whether Icera will help sell units of Tegra. "I think the market is already in the process of changing":
There's a segment of the marketplace where connectivity is not needed. But going forward, the largest TAM [total addressable market] is going to be in the LTE-connected device market. The baseband has changed from being a separate part. Nearly all our opportunities have been where LTE not required. When we are in situations where LTE is required, it's harder for us to compete for that business because competition has had the edge in that."
He was referring, of course, to the dominant position in baseband sales of Qualcomm (QCOM).
Huang had said on the call that in large part, the outlook for this quarter's revenue reflected the ongoing weakness in the PC business:
Our GPU business will be down very much in line with the PC industry and as you know, Intel (INTC), AMD (AMD), and other companies have already disclosed.
During our conversation, then, I asked Huang why he sees his GPU sales being affected by the PC market's broader weakness, given that his sales tend to come from the higher end of the PC market, where gamers sustain demand for performance products of the kind Nvidia provides.
"Well," said Huang, "there's guidance, which is one thing, and then there's what one delivers, and as you know, they're not exactly the same thing."
"We should guide to a number that we have a fairly high certainty of reaching."
Then he added, "But the dynamics are right for us, the rise of massively multiplayer, and free to play are growing, and we have these new growth opportunities" such as the Icera baseband business.
"Whatever happy results end up coming our way, we'll be happy to have them."
Nvidia shares are down 17 cents, or 1.4%, at $12.20.


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In comparison with his counterparts, John Hufnagel pretty much hibernated on Day 1 of free agency in the Canadian Football League.
True to his philosophy. True to his distaste for potential overpayment.
True to his word.
On the busiest shopping day of the year, the Calgary Stampeders head coach/general manager simply took care of his own business by officially signing Stanley Bryant one hour before the import right tackle was eligible to test the market.
Mission accomplished.
"I'm pleased that Stanley decided to remain with the Stampeders rather than test free agency," Hufnagel said in a news release. "The offensive line is a key to the success of any football club and Stanley is an important part of that unit for our club."
Just ask Drew Tate. The Calgary quarterback was so excited Thursday, he let it slip in a chat with reporters that Bryant had agreed to terms with the Stamps.
The quality of both offensive tackles is directly proportional to the standard of protection for the man under centre.
"Drew Tate is a clown, but I love him," Bryant said Friday from Houston, Texas. "I couldn't help but laugh. Drew is going to say whatever comes to his mind. I'm not mad at him."
Quite the opposite, actually.
"I'm happy to be protecting Drew," said the six-foot-five, 282-pound Bryant. "Man, I love playing with him. He's a good guy.
"A great leader. A great quarterback."
Every quarterback counts on his offensive line, and continuity is paramount to the success of any team.
Bryant suited up for 13 regular-season games last year up front, along with the West Division Semifinal, the West Division Final and the Grey Cup. As a unit, the offensive line helped the Stamps offence lead the CFL in rushing touchdowns, and total touchdowns, while ranking second in points, rushing yards, first downs and pass-completion percentage.
The hogs on the offensive line rarely hit the highlight reels, but their impact can't be overstated.
"Last year, we did a lot of great things," said Bryant, 27. "We proved a lot of people wrong. I know a lot of people didn't believe in us, and we had a lot of injuries and other things. And we made a run to the Grey Cup, even though things didn't pan out the way we wanted them to."
Indeed. The Stamps fell 35-22 in the championship game to the Toronto Argonauts.
"Next year, hopefully we'll make it back," Bryant said. "And win the Grey Cup."
With the free agent market awfully thin compared to years past, Bryant clearly would have attracted plenty of interest if he let the clock run past 10 a.m. and declared himself open for offers through agent Ron Del Duca Jr.
But Bryant wanted to stick around in Calgary and build on the chemistry already developed with fellow hogs Edwin Harrison, Dimitri Tsoumpas, Jon Gott, J. Micheal Deane and Na'Shan Goddard.
"I didn't want to leave those guys, and I'm pretty sure those guys didn't want me to leave," said the Stampeders' nominee for outstanding offensive lineman in 2011. "I love the organization, the fans, the coaches. Everyone. I didn't want to be anywhere else.
"It's great to be back."
The day was not without losses for the Stamps in terms of Canadian content. Offensive lineman Mark Dewit signed in Winnipeg and defensive lineman Brian Bulcke inked a deal with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.


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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO)-- Austin Berk's next football game may not be for the Colorado State Rams.
Berk was invited to the inaugural BMW West Coast Bowl, which will take place on January 27th in Carson, California.
"It's great a feeling knowing that I'm getting the national recognition," Berk said.
The 6'5" defensive end is among the top recruits of the western region that will participate in the game, but then again, the soon-to-be GJHS grad may be restricted from the game.
The CSU-commit will be heading up to Fort Collins in January to get an early start to college. So that means, "it will be up to the NCAA," said Berk in an interview with KKCO 11 Sports on Wednesday.
Berk plans to leave for CSU in mid-January.


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I relied on these books for a long time. I used to study by myself at home after work and sometimes on weekends. They've been a great help!
These were the books I started learning with. What I did was, I outlined all these textbooks in separate notebooks, that way I practiced writing the sentences, too. Then I looked up the vocabulary in the English Translation Book, then outlined those, too. Then, I answered all the questions in my notebook. I compared my answers to the examples in the textbook to double-check. If I was in the mood, I'd read the sentences aloud.
みんなの日本語シリーズ - Minna no Nihongo Series
This set of books was basically written by for Engineering Trainees. The book is based on the Japanese adventures of a group of trainees. Students learn basic grammar patterns beginning with self-introductions and moving on to simple day-to-day conversations, then to letter writing, and so on. I found the lessons to be extremely helpful, especially when I just got to Japan. The entire textbook is written in Japanese. You can purchase an accompanying workbook, a Kanji book, listening CDs and cassettes, and most importantly a translation book in English, all separately. There are translation books in other languages, as well. I've seen German, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Korean and even Bahasa Indonesian.
新日本語基礎シリーズ - Shin no Nihongo Kiso Series
Similar to the Minna no Nihongo Series, the lessons are almost all in the same order. I really liked this series, which talked about Rao(ラオさん), an Indian Engineering trainee in Japan. He had friends from many other countries, and he went to a Language Center somewhere in the Tokyo Area. Actually, I did Book I of this series and Book II of Minna no Nihongo. I didn't have any problems jumping from one textbook to the other. Both textbook sets have additional study materials so I didn't have to look for any other textbooks.
新日本語の中級 - Shin no Nihongo Chukyu Series
This series is a continuation of the Shin no Nihongo Kiso Series. This time the focus is on Lee (リーさん), a Chinese trainee in Japan. A lot of new patterns are introduced, and many of the basic patterns from Books I and II are reviewed. This textbook also comes with an English translation book and a grammatical notes book. A lot of the basic conversation situations in this book were great. If you master them, you'll wow all your Japanese friends and colleagues.
I haven't finished this series, yet. I'm half-way done though. I've been studying the same way I did with the Beginner I and II books. To most people I've recommended these methods to, I've only heard one excuse: "I'm too lazy to try." Well, I don't have anything to say to that…
To the rest of you, Good Luck studying!
For Kanji (漢字, Chinese characters used in Japanese), I used additional textbooks. I will talk about that in another post.


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The Trademark Tavern recently opened up in west-suburban Lombard, advertising a welcoming atmosphere with reasonably priced food and a great selection of beer, wine and spirits. The restaurant is all that and more. The kitchen is turning out high quality, hands-down delicious food; the staff, from the front of the house to the back of the house, is friendly and accommodating; and the décor manages to be both upscale and fun.
Trademark Tavern, you may be my new favorite restaurant in DuPage County!
Husband and wife Matthew and Mandy Lewandowski, who own the restaurant with partner, George Cibula, describe the venue as an upscale neighborhood tavern with a whimsical atmosphere. The whimsy of place is evident in its eclectic menu, from the Green Eggs and Ham flatbread (which we didn't try) to the Lamb Lollipops (which we did).
We started out our meal with a cocktail, a sweet Skinny Cucumber Mojito that was filled with lots of real cucumber, lime and mint flavor. And, of course, we had to order beer. There are a vast amount of draft, cans, and bottle beers on the menu, from old favorites to small craft beers and local and seasonal brews. There is also a very nice selection of wines available by the glass and a great selection of whiskies, including their own Trademark Bourbon, made exclusively for the restaurant by Evan Williams.
Our waitress, Megan, recommended the Wisconsin Cheese Curds as an appetizer, a dish that honestly sounded incredibly unappetizing. But Megan swore they were terrific so, with great trepidation, we ordered them, along with the Lamb Lollipops and the Jamaican Jerk wings. The cheese curds arrived first and we were blown away by how good they were. Crispy beer batter outside, gooey cheesy goodness inside and served with a fantastic Cajun aoli - these were addictive! (Thanks Megan!)
The Jamaican Jerk wings were also a hit. The wings were tender and juicy and spiced exceptionally well.
But the star of the appetizer round - and the entire dinner - was the Lamb Lollipops. I love lamb and I think these chops may be the best lamb I have tasted in a long time. Hgh quality meat, nicely spiced and flawlessly (and I mean Flawlessly) cooked. I wasn't a huge fan of the dipping sauce that came with the appetizer chops but who cares? Those beauties didn't need it! I will be coming back for that lamb - and next time I'm getting the full entrée portion!
While we didn't try the flatbreads or the sushi rolls on this visit, Megan said they were very popular, especially late at night when people tend to drop in for beer, cocktails and appetizers.
We did sample two of the salads. The Beet Salad was a delicate mix of fresh red and gold beets on greens, with sweet candied walnuts, orange slices, and blue cheese crumbles. My companion practically swooned over the Cobb Salad, painstakingly tossed in a wonderful dressing, each bite bringing a perfect blend of greenery and dressing, with a generous amount of bacon, eggs, and tomatoes mixed throughout and a huge portion of avocado on top.
There was nice variety of sandwiches to try, including a grilled pork Bahn Mi and Asian Fish Tacos, but we decided to try one of the best seller's on the menu: The Trademark Burger. Made from a mix of ground chuck and ground short rib, the burger was juicy and delicious and all the toppings were fresh and of high quality. And though a few entrees like Buttermilk Fried Chicken and Lake Superior Whitefish tempted us, we stuck with beef for the entrée course as well, enjoying a perfectly cooked New York Strip Steak.
Throughout the meal, we were continually impressed by the high quality of ingredients Chef Geoff Silverwood used in every dish. From the meat to the salads and slaws to the French fries and vegetables - everything was top-notch, fresh, and beautifully cooked.
The only dish that disappointed was the homemade Garden Ravioli. The ravioli arrived slightly overcooked, and the buttery tomato sauce was in desperate need of some kind of kick. A generous dose of salt and pepper at the table convinced me that an increase in seasoning and a decrease in cooking time could easily transform this bland dish into a light, delicious meal.
The sweets we ordered for dessert, Bananas Foster and homemade Doughnuts, were tasty though, in all honesty, not quite as wonderful as the savory portion of the menu. Our favorite was the generous portion of doughnuts, reminiscent of churros, which arrived warm and fragrant, covered in cinnamon and sugar, and accompanied by a lovely raspberry dipping sauce and whipped cream.
The restaurant itself is very large and airy but has been divided into several smaller, more intimate seating areas and three private dining rooms. The décor is simple and clean, reminiscent of an upscale rustic lodge. There is certainly less of a "sports bar" vibe than one usually feels surrounded by so many flat screen TVs, though this would definitely be a great place to watch a Bears game.
One of the most novel places to sit inside are at the four booths that have their own built-in beer tap (two beers per booth). Each of the four booths has a different pair of beers, and guests can pour their own beer from any of these eight taps and be charged by the pint.
There are also two really lovely patio areas. It was too hot to sit outside when we arrived but by the time we left there were people filling the tables and the outdoor couches.
Kudos to our server, Megan, who was terrific in guiding us through the menu and making sure we felt well cared for. When I mentioned that I had a food allergy, she really went the extra mile to check with the kitchen about ingredients.
Who: Trademark Tavern
What: An imaginative menu of high-quality, reasonably priced food and drink in an inviting, upscale atmosphere.
Where: Trademark Tavern
777 E. Butterfield Road
Lombard, IL 60148
When: Monday - Thursday: 11am to 1am
Friday - Saturday: 11am to 2am
Sunday: 1am to midnight
Don't Miss: The Lamb Lollipops, the Wisconsin Cheese Curds, the Cobb Salad, Trademark Burger. Excellent beer and whisky selection, terrific cocktails.
To make reservations or for more information about the Trademark Tavern, visit www.trademarktavern.com or call (630) 472-0777.
Photos courtesy of Jim Frost and Cindy Kurman.


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DETROIT— Two members of a Michigan-based militia acquitted last year of plotting to overthrow the U.S. government have filed a federal lawsuit against three FBI agents and a state police trooper.
Michael Meeks of Manchester and Thomas Piatek of Whiting, Ind., say their constitutional rights were violated during raids on their homes in 2010.
The two Hutaree members as well as three members of Meeks' family filed the lawsuit late last month in U.S. District Court in Detroit.
The Detroit Free Press reports the plaintiffs are seeking at least $25,000 in damages for each of the suit's 16 counts.
Both FBI spokesman Simon Shaykhet and Michigan State Police spokeswoman Tiffany Brown said Tuesday they had no comment.


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The Chef: Aurelia
The Menu: It may not be summer quite yet, but in honor of the ever-so-slightly warmer weather Ms. Aurelia whipped up a perky picnic spread for us today. We started off with a big, leafy salad with sliced mushrooms, cucumber, and tomato, then some perfectly toasted pugliese, and Dr. Praeger's Tex Mex burgers—one of the company's few vegan offerings. The star of the meal was the super-garlicky potato salad. Yukon gold potatoes that had been steamed for just the right amount of time met with a ton of fresh garlic and seasonings. It was garlicky. It was delicious. It was, in a word, garlicious.
The Goods: If the longing for picnic-style fare is getting the best of you, be sure to check out a laundry list of animal-free, transportable edibles in the I Can't Believe It's Vegan! Picnic Pursuits feature in our just-released March+April issue. Until you get your hands on our fab new edition, find some garlic and some potatoes and go to town.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Multi-Course Monday
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1 comment:
- jess (of Get Sconed!) said...
You had me at garlicky but then won me over at garlicious. That's amazing gar-usage.
- February 25, 2008 at 4:06 PM
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