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To all my fantastic friends on this blog: I want to thank you all for the encouragement you have given me over the years. This will be my last toon for a while, as I devote more attention to things that have been on my back burner for the last four years. I still plan to post sporadically, but look forward to a break from the "wonderful" world of politics.
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
To all my fantastic friends on this blog: I want to thank you all for the encouragement you have given me over the years. This will be my last toon for a while, as I devote more attention to things that have been on my back burner for the last four years. I still plan to post sporadically, but look forward to a break from the "wonderful" world of politics.
29 comments:
I am going to miss your cartoons. They are spot-on every time. God bless and stand firm.
- November 8, 2012 at 11:07 AM
The Goons will miss your delusions.
- November 8, 2012 at 2:43 PM
DALE! Ignore the troll above, he is a symptom of the "leader" currently in the white house.
To say I am devastated is an understatement. Wave after wave of what it all means keeps hitting me. It won't start hitting people like my friend above for a few more years, if at all. THAT clueless.
This game is not over. To quote "Wild Bill", it's just gone into overtime. I know consider my home and the homes of friends and family that feel the same way to be the TRUE America. I'm not going to fly my flag at half mast or upside down, I'm going to fly it proudly knowing that while it's going to be hard to hang on for the next four years, especially when you thought the nightmare was nearly over, we WILL be back.
THANK YOU so much for helping me. It's good to know that there are some truly talented artistic types who aren't liberal hacks.
God Bless You,
Ruth in Iowa.
- November 8, 2012 at 4:22 PM
- Dale said...
Hi Ruth,
I really hope your optimism will be rewarded. Thanks for coming around, and sadly for our troll friend, (I'll call him Trotsky), I don't intend to go away entirely. Hope to post a delusion on a monthly basis.
Thank You All, even you, Trotsky.
- November 8, 2012 at 6:53 PM
I will miss your biting artistic satire. It's always right on the mark. For me every Thursday was a day when I could get relief by viewing your latest cartoon. We all know we are not alone. But having your voice out there on a regular basis brought some measure of solace to a country beleaguered by blind, deaf, and certainly dumb Obama media sycophants. I'll watch for your monthly cartoons.
Thank you.
Edward in New York
- November 8, 2012 at 10:27 PM
Thank you Dale, I'll check back constantly. Those of us who are aware need to stick together.
Much love,
Ruth in Iowa
- November 9, 2012 at 12:38 AM
Edward and Ruth, I agree with you both. We are, so to speak, brothers in arms, as I mentioned in a previous post on Dale's earlier work. We are out there and we are not going to be going away.
Immediately after the election, I went to the library and once again created my own artwork for the back of my car window from the library's computer on Google and printed it out. One 8x10 shows Obama appearing as the malicious Joker, with the blacked-out eyes, the slasher-red mouth, the white make-up and silly grin. Underneath the photo, bold lettering of "OCCUPY USA." The other 8x10 I created shows the White House with the words "FOR RENT" above it. No, we real Americans will not go away. I'm going to claim four more years to finish my work, too.
- November 9, 2012 at 2:14 AM
DC - That's a GREAT idea. Even though the most recent election is over, I'm not going to cower until the next one. I'm not shy about my feelings when it comes to the current Loser in the white house. I think some vivid car art is in order.
Perhaps things just hadn't gotten bad enough for a REAL lesson to be learned. I think the fools that voted for him are going to find out what bad really is.
There's so much wrong with Obama, Axelrod, Jarrett, ALL of them, that they can't hide it forever, even WITH the equally evil media in their pocket.
In the meantime, we patriots DO need to stick together and be not afraid. Things happen for a reason.
Time will fly - er, well, it will PASS at least. It's not to late for this country to save itself.
In the meantime, Fellow Patriot!
Ruth in Iowa
- November 9, 2012 at 11:36 AM
- Red said...
That's a damn shame for me because I just discovered your blog. You are a fantastic artist and your satire is spot on. I really hope to see more of your work.
- November 9, 2012 at 6:45 PM
- Woodsterman (Odie) said...
I'll miss your weekly creations. I would have been here sooner, but my cold is knocking the crap out of me.
It's hard to win dog catcher when 3,000,000 million of your base stay home. We'll see how well they live with themselves for the next 4 years.
- November 10, 2012 at 8:20 AM
- Heywood J. Buzzoff said...
Sites like this, and talk radio hosts like Mark Levin, mean a lot to me as I wonder if I'm some kind of political nightmare or some third-world country. To all who feel sad and anxious about the outcome of the last election, may God bless and comfort you. I felt certain that there were enough decent, patriotic, Constitution-loving Americans left to make Obama an unhappy memory. It's crucial for our sanity that frauds like Obama and his accomplices be continuously exposed and ridiculed. Many thanks Dale for all of your creations. Some made me laugh. Some went over my head. No kidding -- a friend just stopped in and I told her (she liked "Let Them Eat Kale")that I was adding a comment. She said we need you now more than ever and "when the going get's tough the tough keep going." I'll put a cork in it. May God bless you. All the best. Lew in dumbed-down Democrat Delaware.
- November 10, 2012 at 2:25 PM
- Dale said...
Odie, sorry you're under the weather. My guess is your immune system was depleted by the election results. The drones are digging their own graves, of course, with publicly provided shovels.
- November 12, 2012 at 4:45 AM
Keep fucking that chicken, ya nutjobs...
- November 12, 2012 at 12:19 PM
It is sad when a voice such as yours goes quiet. Truly - not enough delusional humor in the world.
- November 12, 2012 at 12:34 PM
Bye bye weirdo!
- November 12, 2012 at 1:02 PM
I have concluded that God is an Atheist!
- November 12, 2012 at 2:00 PM
- Dale said...
I have concluded that God is an Atheist!
That's so profound, A-non-y-mous, you've changed my life. Question: Why do you allow so much suffering in the world?
- November 12, 2012 at 2:53 PM
Those "anonymous"s are just a symptom of the joker in the white house.
Sometimes I almost envy them, so happily delusional are they in thinking that obama's "re-election" is a good thing.
But then I realize that things won't always be this way, and when they actually DO change for the better, I'd much rather be lucid.
Checking back, Dale! Just as I said I would! And I'll continue to do so. We patriots must stick together.
Ruth in Iowa
- November 12, 2012 at 4:27 PM
Hi Dale! I just wanted to tell you that I find your artwork incredible. You have a great eye for detail and sense of style!
I hope during your time off you find a more loving way to share your talent with the world.
- November 12, 2012 at 5:32 PM
Have you heard anyone say a word in anticipation of Obama's inauguration in January? The nation lacks joy. I will save my rotten tomatoes for the TV, should I happen to come across the spectacle while channel-surfing. Mainstream media = Tokyo Rose.
- November 18, 2012 at 6:16 AM
Hillary trying to backdoor it at the UN and get our small handguns taken from us. Somebody's reading up on Hitler's old playbook and the light bulb flickered a bit for a great new idea. She will be Obama's whipping boy for another round before the cameras should any real American and that pesky Constitution act up. Obama: "I had no idea Hillary went to the UN to remove the Amerikans' handguns."
Reelection: Game 2 for Antichrist.
- November 18, 2012 at 6:26 AM
Memo to Obama: This faithful Christian and real American is claiming four more years to finish my work, too. A quote from one of my personal heroes, General George Patton:
"I am a soldier. I fight where I am told and I win where I fight."
- November 18, 2012 at 6:30 AM
Dale and Ruth: Think of the Anonymous troll as a member of the new USSA. Team Left is never happy and must see to it that their misery loves company. USSA demands its right to an attention fix. It's why seceding from the Union is not a good idea, IMHO. We will become a house divided for good, but it will not keep Team Left from climbing our new borders, seeing happiness and contentment on the other side of the fence. I understand the rage behind the states' petitions to secede, but we Patriots must ensure that our nation remains the USA, Land of the Brave and Home of the Free.
- November 18, 2012 at 7:13 AM
Pardon me, Friends, if you will. That should have been "Land of the Free and Home of the Brave" on my prior post. I have trouble with dyslexia sometimes. Thank you all for allowing me to vent again this morning with a handful of posts about the atrocities I am seeing in our nation today with this entity they call president.
- November 18, 2012 at 9:44 AM
DC - If you hadn't've posted that follow up about the dyslexia - I read it as "Land of the Free and Home of the Brave" the first time!
This is indeed hard. By describing our nation our nation as "joyless", you hit the nail on the head. I swear, I almost feel like I should start donning a Babuska and OWNING it. Four years seems like an awfully long time but perhaps it won't be long at all when you consider all that needs to be done in the meantime, such as fixing VOTER FRAUD.
That, and trying to keep the bills paid whilst stocking up on supplies in case things get worse, something I would have scoffed at before, but nothing seems too farfetched. It's a world gone mad!
We need to unite, because I sincerely think that despite what Hollywood and the MSM says, we are NOT the minority.
Blessings all,
Ruth in Iowa
- November 19, 2012 at 12:15 PM
Ruth, I couldn't agree more with you. You know I detest Obama, feel he is Daffy Duck at the helm, at best. He is weak and has no clue how to be an American president, because he is not a legitimate American, for starters. I think a lot of people have helped this character along. They are dazzled by him, as some were with Hitler back when. Evil holds sway over the gullible and ignorant. He has done very little on his own. And have you read the news online about how some Nativity sets are including a statue of him? He is also being presented in town Nativities in Italy wearing a crown, as if he were part of the Holy Family. This is entirely evil. Hard to imagine the Good Lord will stand much more for this. And now Israel/Hamas. Potential Armaggedon and he sends Hillary. The Muslim terrorists are emboldened because they know we have a weak man in office who sympathizes with them. Remember the Lord states: "If you bless Israel, I will bless you. If you curse Israel, I will curse you." Let us hope Obama doesn't get us all killed. I too, for the first time ever, have attempted to stock up on food, matches, water, etc., although I live in a very small home and we are always on a tight budget, mostly due to this bitter Obama economy. You are 200% right that voter fraud was involved in reelecting this dangerous African man into office. Even taking out how much disrespect I have for him, there is very clear evidence that, once again, the Obamatrons helped him along in voter fraud. There are many ways it was done. We ARE the majority. We will have to support each other like a family for these next four years while we live in the Twilight Zone. We will survive. Meanwhile, USSA: "United States of Socialist America. BO, President."
- November 21, 2012 at 6:33 AM
Seriously, DC!
It's amazing, the downward spiral that has occurred over the past four years and is now spiraling ever faster.
I agree that Obama has no clue how to be president, but I don't think he even wants to. He PURPOSELY wants to destroy the America we know - 'cept he calls it fundamental change.
I too am going to stock up, but I'm in the same boat with you. I don't even know how I'm going to afford Christmas this year (not for me, for my son) let alone buying extra food. But by golly, I'm going to try!
I'm grateful to live in the boonies where we're not as affected - except for my heart. That is affected every time I look at the internet. The Athiests are now attacking a Charlie Brown Christmas, the unions are shutting down LAX on Thanksgiving eve, jobless claims are over 400K (NOW THAT THE ELECTION IS OVER) for the second week in a row...It's hard to keep one's chin up.
So yes, we THE MAJORITY need to stick together and yes we WILL survive and commiserate and hopefully come out stronger on the other end.
I was hoping for a picture of obama's head on a turkey body, complete with gobbler - then again, I actually LIKE turkeys...
Will check back! Day by Day!
Ruth in Iowa
- November 21, 2012 at 10:44 AM
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Strange Clouds steadily keeps B.o.B's name in the higher musical ranks and provides enough assurance that the artist won't freefall anytime soon.
Previously on The Adventures of B.o.B aka Bobby Ray, Atlanta rapper/singer B.o.B was busy claiming the many plaudits for what was a superb year for him back in 2010.Emerging from under the tutorship of DJ Drama and southern kingpin T.I., Bobby Ray broke away from the limited expectations many had of his career and became a household name thanks to a charming persona plus a clutch of monumental Hip Hop records that tugged at the hearts of daytime radio's core audience.
Now a name which the masses instantly gravitate to, B.o.B's next adventure finds him tackling the much dreaded second album, which has claimed many careers due to the difficulty of matching the lofty heights of one's previous efforts. How will his sophomore effort Strange Clouds fare in the challenge?
The first signs that show B.o.B is now in the A-List of musical celebrities are found on the opener "Bombs Away," where the ominous tones of acclaimed actor Morgan Freeman can be found narrating the closing stages of the track. B.o.B's impassioned verses possess the same hunger and venom of previous material, which should assure fans of his loyalty to rhyming. The platinum selling rapper's verses are part reflective, part self lauding – both delivered with the same free spirited enthusiasm.
"Ray Bands" boasts of the admiration females have of his A-List status, with its Jamieson Jones-produced instrumental further adding to his performance. B.o.B again provides further evidence of being able to master the art of crafting the ideal radio friendly song with "So Good," a playful, skip along to single has the ideal hook to draw the mass audience into his new album.
As proven on his 2010 Adventures of Bobby Ray album, Atlanta's free spirited musician isn't afraid to aim his appeal at the masses, with huge former hits "Magic" and "Airplanes" having brought on board musical guests who are miles away from his rap habitat. Country pop sweetheart Taylor Swift duets with B.o.B on "Both Of Us" and hit songwriter Ryan Tedder handles the chorus on "Never Let You Go.
When rhyming on this album B.o.B sounds hungrier, almost eager to be let off the leash – and does so on "Play For Keeps." With no distinctive chorus, Ray's lyrical tirade over a chaotic orchestra is heavy on the machismo and leaves behind the sensitive side of the artist. The same can be said when Ms Nicki Minaj drops by on the distorted, mind bending "Out Of My Mind" as B.o.B and Barbie deliver tongue twisting, left brain verses – and for all its alien warbles and ear splitting drones, the collab passes off as a success.
A teaming up which is pulled off with a lot more sanity is "Arena" featuring T.I. and Chris Brown; a piano orchestrated power anthem, Brown's overcoming-against-all-odds chorus sits well between Bobby Ray's emotive tales of the testing come up and Tip's out-the-block bars.
With standout work from his previous effort still fresh in the mind of many, B.o.B seemingly opts to steer away from attempting to create spectacular hit records with Strange Clouds and instead focuses on crafting solid album tracks. The rapping/singing balance is evened out and, whilst his more blatant attempts at mainstream appeal will lead the album charge, ultimately it's the downplayed Hip Hop nuggets where satisfaction will be found. A tidy follow up to his empirical first studio album, Strange Clouds steadily keeps B.o.B's name in the higher musical ranks and provides enough assurance that the artist won't freefall anytime soon.
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Skip to comments.Top Climate Official: Don't be Confused by Flat-lining Temperatures, Warming is Worse
Posted on 01/17/2013 12:07:52 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
James Hansen puts an interesting spin on reports of the ninth warmest year on record
2012 was a kind of glass-half full, glass half-empty year in terms of global temperature.
I. Climate Chief: Don't Worry, We're Still Doomed
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) in-depth analysis of satellite and other forms of climate data ruled the year was the ninth warmest on record. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) independent analysis of ground and sea-based climate stations reported that the year was the tenth warmest on record.
The NASA report states that the average global temperature was 58.3 degrees Fahrenheit (14.6 Celsius), which is 1.0 F (0.6 C) warmer than the mid-20th century baseline, or 1.4 F (0.6 C) warmer than the earliest comprehensive observations from the 1880s.
Still, the year marks the fifth year of a relative flatline in global temperatures after a decade in which the record was regularly broken.
Global warming proponents like James Hansen, director of NASAs Goddard Institute for Space Studies, blame this deviation from their "doomsday" calculations on a specialized cooling phenomenon called "La Nina", which lowers temperatures in the Eastern Pacific.
Despite flat-lining surface temperatures over the last five years, some climate researchers insist we're headed to doomsday warming and should keep our fingers on the panic button.
[Image Source: GISS]
The climate official claims that aerosols, which reflect solar radiation, also had a cooling affect on temperatures.
Mr. Hansen argues that the public shouldn't just look at the numbers, but look at more nebulous and abstract observations, which he sees as supporting his beliefs of runaway warming. He writes, "The observant person who is willing to look at the past over several seasons and several years, should notice that the frequency of unusual warm anomalies has increased and the extreme anomalies."
He and other global warming advocates have pointed to the summer's drought in central North America and high temperatures in the Rocky Mountains as such "extreme anomalies".
II. A Hot Year for the U.S., Arctic, but a Cool One Elsewhere
2012, according to a separate NOAA report, was the hottest year on record for the U.S. The year did mark a new low for summer Arctic sea ice, according to NASA. However, that could bring some benefits for mankind, such as opening up oil resources.
Parts of the globe cooled, others warmed in 2012. [Image Source: NOAA]
And temperatures for the year were actually cooler than average in several regions -- Alaska, far western Canada, central Asia, parts of the eastern and equatorial Pacific and parts of the Southern Ocean.
California meteorologist Anthony Watts, a known critic of doomsday predictions from folks like James Hansen, casts the U.S.'s record year in a different light, commenting, "If anything, U.S. temperatures are warming at a slower rate in recent decades compared to the early warming period, even with all of that lovely warm weather last year."
He points out that the recent increase (1980-2012) in U.S. surface temperatures was dwarfed by a sharp rise between 1919-1934, which was followed by a period of cooling.
In a follow-up piece, he argues the overall flatline may indicate that natural forces (including in a cooling direction) have a greater impact on global temperatures than human ones, based on his independent analysis over the last half decade.
Sources: NASA, NOAA, Jame Hansen [note]
Just a NASA attempt to get more funding to do whatever they do...help muslims be proud of their science from 1000 years ago or just fart around to see how man made methane affects the climate!
Sorry. "It's warming because I say it is" doesn't feed the bulldog with me.
Quote of the week Hansen concedes the age of flatness
Quote of the week Hansen concedes the age of flatness
Dr. James Hansen and Reto Ruedy of NASA GISS have written a paper (non peer reviewed) with a remarkable admission in it. It is titled Global Temperature Update Through 2012.
Here is the money quote, which pretty much ends the caterwauling from naysayers about global temperature being stalled for the last decade.
The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade, which we interpret as a combination of natural variability and a slow down in the growth rate of net climate forcing.
Gosh, I thought Hansen had claimed that climate forcings had overwhelmed natural variability?
In 2003 Hansen wrote a widely distributed (but not peer reviewed) paper called Can We Defuse the Global Warming Time Bomb? in which he argues that human-caused forcings on the climate are now greater than the natural ones, and that this, over a long time period, can cause large climate changes.
As we shall see, the small forces that drove millennial climate changes are now overwhelmed by human forcings.
According to Hansens latest essay, apparently not. So much for da bomb.
Here are some other interesting excerpts from his recent essay, Bob Tisdale take note:
An update through 2012 of our global analysis reveals 2012 as having practically the same temperature as 2011, significantly lower than the maximum reached in 2010. These short-term global fluctuations are associated principally with natural oscillations of tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures summarized in the Nino index in the lower part of the figure. 2012 is nominally the 9th warmest year, but it is indistinguishable in rank with several other years, as shown by the error estimate for comparing nearby years. Note that the 10 warmest years in the record all occurred since 1998.
The current stand-still of the 5-year running mean global temperature may be largely a consequence of the facr [sic] that the first half of the past 10 years had predominantly El Nino conditions, and the second half had predominantly La Nina conditions.
The approximate stand-still of global temperature during 1940-1975 is generally attributed to an approximate balance of aerosol cooling and greenhouse gas warming during a period of rapid growth of fossil fuel use with little control on particulate air pollution, but quantitative interpretation has been impossible because of the absence of adequate aerosol measurements.
That last part about 1940-1975 is telling, given that we now have a cleaner atmosphere, and less aerosols to reflect sunlight, it goes without saying that more sunlight now reaches the surface. Since GISS is all about the surface temperature, that suggests (to rational thinkers at least) that some portion of the surface temperature rise post 1975 is due to pollution controls being enacted.
But, hes still arguing for an imbalance, even though flatness abounds. Seems like equilibrium to me
Climate change expectations.
The continuing planetary imbalance and the rapid increase of CO2 emissions from fossil fuel assure that global warming will continue on decadal time scales. Moreover, our interpretation of the larger role of unforced variability in temperature change of the past decade suggests that global temperature will rise significantly in the next few years as the tropics moves inevitably to the next El Nino phase.
Except when natural forcings overwhelm the human component of course.
E. Pluribus Unum ~: "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain."
Too True !
Nobody in Gobbernment would tamper with the evidence !
That is why Lubchenco is leaving NOAA - "agenda 21" impostion in fisheries, not submitting travel expense documents, etc...
That is why Goofey is leaving EPA ~ " agenda 21" , killing coal fuels , illegal email correspondence
It seems that a lot of people , like Panetta and others suddenly feel "the need to spend more time with their families."
I call it B.S. !!
Yeah , I trust what Goobberment sources tell me ... not !
Humanity has suffered and starved when it's cold, when it's warm we get grapes in England, Greenland has a lot of Green, growing seasons everywhere expand.
Humanity flourishes in the warm times.
So 2012 was unusually warm for North America. Will 2013 be Australia's turn?
Who knows?
We can't control it and if we could, shouldn't. That would be the all time high for.....
And the happiest part of global warming, is when the sunflowers come out. A sunflower of course being a smoking hot Russian woman who has been through another long bitter gray sky winter,,and can't wait to get out and rock her miniskirt and heels.
And their warm season is much too short. Short as their summer skirts.
Warming can be uncomfortable. Cold just plain hurts.
The blatant BS of these global warming nuts is mind-boggling. No matter what the weather does -warm, cold, in-between, it is interpreted by them as proof that they are right. A scientific theory that is supported by the data, no matter what happens, is no theory at all. Just a political philosophy being peddled as "science". I read a quote from one of the environut leaders about a year ago admitting that even is fossil fuels weren't causing the climate to change, they would still want the same curbs and prohibitions on the use of fossil fuels. The global climate change propaganda just gives them something to rally around to achieve their goals.
"the earliest comprehensive observations from the 1880s."
So,,,, on the vast beach, that comprises The Sands Of Time, we're judging this BS by looking at 132 grains of sand?
So... the fact that the temperature is not rising is proof that it is.
OK....got it.
Don't be confused, I've got a family to support and a mortrgage to pay!
This is the same James Hansen who, exactly four years ago (Jan. 17, 2009, in "The Observor") said that Barack Obama had exactly four years to save the planet.
Four years later, no significant climate rescue from Obama (thankfully—his "rescue" would only have made things worse), but Hansen still sings the same sorry tune.
Hansen's predictions are as believable as the death of Manti Te'o's girlfriend.
Who are you going to believe? This guy or your lying eyes?
Verily, again and again I shall asked thee. Why is Hansen not sitting in some dingy dark cell in prison.
What is the optimum temperature? Who gets to decide and by what metrics?
see, for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_Station
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They are heroes in a half shell... and all the letters of the alphabet. Now up for voting to become an officially licensed shirt at Threadless.
I decide to take another swing at the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles alphabet, adjusting some of the designs that I wasn't too pleased with the first time around. All of the characters here have at least minor tweaks, mostly by giving them more detail and/or shading. I was also pretty happy to find Quarry as a new Q since I really didn't like my original choice. Still a bit disappointed that I had to choose between Shredder and Splinter though.
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Red Sox must ride Sizemore wave while they can
Those were Indians team president Mark Shapiro's words splashed below Grady Sizemore's photo on the front of Sports Illustrated some seven years ago:
"He's without a doubt one of the greatest players of our generation."
Those were Indians team president Mark Shapiro's words splashed below Grady Sizemore's photo on the front of Sports Illustrated some seven years ago:
"He's without a doubt one of the greatest players of our generation."
The tone regarding Sizemore has obviously changed considerably in the time since. And Shapiro probably summed up best what everybody in the baseball industry who once celebrated Sizemore's dynamic feats now feels as we keep tabs on his comeback with the Red Sox.
"You're just holding your breath," Shapiro said, "and pulling for the guy."
You have to hold your breath, because there's simply no way of knowing how long or how well Sizemore -- in the wake of microfracture surgery on both knees and more than two full seasons outside the sport -- will hold up.
That's why the Red Sox have to ride this incredible comeback wave for however long it lasts. A week? A month? A full season? Take absolutely anything and everything you can get from a guy whose innate ability is unquestioned and whose expiration date is a mystery, and apply it to the Major League squad.
Not to downplay the difficulty of this situation, of course. Because it is, indeed, complicated.
As of this writing, Boston has not yet announced its plans for center field, though one would imagine the decision that is expected to be revealed Friday morning has likely already been made internally (John Farrell already told reporters Thursday that Sizemore will bat fifth or sixth if he makes the team). It will be either Sizemore or Jackie Bradley Jr. on the Opening Day roster, not both, because the Red Sox don't want to give up a valuable bench piece like Mike Carp, nor do they want to put Bradley in a spot where he's not playing every day.
Bradley has tremendous long-term importance to an organization that doesn't let its payroll power overwhelm its understanding of the value of homegrown talent. In fact, the Red Sox love the way Bradley handled his struggles last April, when reality put an abrupt end to his Spring Training showcase that was, in many ways, comparable to what Sizemore is doing now. Bradley didn't mope or bemoan the move to Pawtucket. He just went back to work and had a really solid season, batting .275 with a .374 on-base percentage in 80 games in Triple-A while providing steady defense in center.
"A lot of players go back and struggle for a while, because it's kind of a jolt to the system," general manager Ben Cherington said. "He went down, made those adjustments and still performed, knowing he was not a finished player."
We should be careful not to read too much into spring results, good or bad, but Bradley's alarming strikeout totals on the Grapefruit League stage this time around would seem to be a sign that he's still not a finished player. And truth be told, that's perfectly understandable for a 23-year-old kid who has less than 500 plate appearances above the Double-A level.
That said, you don't have to slight Bradley to make a case for Sizemore. You simply have to point out the obvious: Sizemore is, at present, the most accomplished option the defending champs have for their center-field slot.
And inconceivably, given that Sizemore has appeared in just 210 games since the start of '09, he might be the most polished option, too.
Certainly, carrying Sizemore on the initial roster has its unique set of risks.
No matter what we've seen this spring, any belief that he can handle the everyday grind without more than the usual amount of rest is overly optimistic, from a medical perspective. It's not just the medically repaired knees that present a problem for Sizemore; it's the impact those knee problems had on the rest of his body. The initial left knee issue caused a chain reaction of physical quirks and discomforts -- his groin, his hips, his shoulder, his back, his elbow -- of varying degrees of seriousness. When the body begins to break down, it can often be unrelenting. And Sizemore's relative rust, even after these spring exhibitions, puts him at potential risk of getting thrust back to square one at a moment's notice.
One can understand, then, the various questions that must have been running through the minds of Boston's decision-makers this month:
Are the complications that come with keeping Sizemore -- namely, having to shift either Daniel Nava or possibly Shane Victorino to center on the days he doesn't start -- worth the impact his bat and body can provide if he remains healthy?
What if Sizemore suffers a nagging injury not quite worthy of a disabled list stint, but significant enough that Nava must make multiple starts in succession in center?
Is there any value to preserving Sizemore's body from the big league grind now -- by putting him in extended spring camp or carefully calculating his playing time in the Minors -- in order to increase the odds of him being physically capable of impacting the big league club at season's end, when the American League East is likely on the line?
All are good, worthwhile questions.
What Spring Training has taught us, though, is that Sizemore is at a physical point where he can suit up and take a Major League field at something resembling a regular rate. Right now.
And all indications from Grapefruit League play are that Sizemore can, on some level, replicate the raw skills -- the athletic feats in the field and the dynamic approach at the plate -- that once compelled his former GM to call him one of the greatest players of his generation. Right now.
There's no telling whether Sizemore can help the Red Sox later, but he can help them now.
You've got to ride that notion for all it's worth.
Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his columns and follow him on Twitter at @Castrovince.


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Kristen Stewart in Balenciaga as Nicolas Ghesquiere announces departure
Kristen Stewart wore Balenciaga the other night at the AFI premiere of On The Road. It's certainly not a twinkly strapless Oscar De La Renta dress for the MiniVan Majority. Which is why I dig it. That the makeup isn't safe. The look is certainly not safe. That at 22, aligned with a luxury brand known for pushing the standard on shapes and structure, she is experimenting with fashion and seems to be enjoying the process. No, I don't love the brassiere texture of the top and I agree that the heavy dark eyeshadow and lips doesn't present her at her "prettiest", but then again, "pretty" wasn't the objective here. For example, would it be different, how you feel about this look, if you were seeing it on Gwen Stefani instead? The assertion here then is that style-wise, Kristen Stewart can go there. Agree or disagree?
In other Balenciaga news, and it's big news, the label announced today that after 15 years Nicolas Ghesquiere is leaving. The New York Times is calling it "a surprise move". There was clearly no hint of it when Ghesquiere presented what's now his final collection at Paris Fashion Week at the end of September. Perhaps they didn't want to have his departure overshadow the runway. Or... given that his final day is supposed to be November 30, perhaps there's more to it. Now they have to bring in a new creative director. And very, very soon too. Because that person will have to get on it fast to start working on Fall/Winter 2013.
Is it time now to start fashion-hoarding Ghesquiere's designs? As I've mentioned several times already, Ghesquiere's Balenciaga is one of my favourite brands. And, curiously, I did a lot more Balenciaga sale-hunting and buying this year than I ever have before. Bought these wedges at Barneys and wore the sh-t out of them all summer but WHY didn't I get them topy-ed sooner? Do celebrities bother with topy-ing their shoes?
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BATON ROUGE, La. — Tyler Johnson has given all his spectacular right arm can take to get his little baseball program from Long Island to within one victory of its first College World Series.
Johnson threw a three-hitter and allowed an unearned run, and Stony Brook defeated LSU 3-1 on Saturday to even the best-of-three Baton Rouge super regional at one game each.
Too bad for the Seawolves (51-13) that after throwing 356 pitches in three games over the past nine days, Johnson won't likely be able to throw at all in Sunday's deciding game against the Tigers (47-17).
"I was thinking about it today, after I finished," said Johnson (12-1), who did not allow a hit until the fifth inning and threw 127 pitches. "But I think you might have to bury me in (LSU's) Alex Box field. As much as I'd like to, I don't know if that's going to happen (Sunday). I'd do anything for this team, but I might fall apart."
LSU could not muster the late-inning magic of the series opener, when the Tigers hit three game-tying homers before winning a rain-postponed game in the 12th inning Saturday morning. There was, however, a brief moment when a comeback seemed to be in the air after third baseman William Carmona overthrew first base on a routine grounder with two outs in the ninth, bringing Tyler Moore to the plate as the tying run.
"I saw it come out of (Carmona's) hand and kind of put my head down and was like 'Oh man,'" Johnson said. "Two seconds later I went right back to, 'You've got to get the next guy out. You've been doing this for 8 2/3 innings. It's your game. Go out and get this guy.'"
Moore then popped up and Johnson put his hand on his hat in what called a "please-God-catch-this-moment" as Carmona settled under the ball for the final out.
Stony Brook, which started Division I baseball in 2000, usually plays home games before a few hundred fans. Now in its first super regional, Stony Brook became the first team to win an NCAA tournament game in LSU's 10,000-plus-seat baseball cathedral since it opened in 2009, dropping the six-time national champs to 9-1 in tournament games in the current Alex Box, built just down the road from the old one.
Perhaps if the Seawolves can win again Sunday against an LSU program seeking its 16th trip to Omaha, they'll return to the New York metro area as the toast of the town.
"I've been hearing from my friends and family back home and they've been saying we're the buzz in Long Island right now," said Stony Brook first baseman Kevin Courtney, who was 3 for 3 with a home run. "This is a great story. It's the best thing you could ask for."
Stony Brook coach Matt Senk said he had not decided who his Game 3 starter would be. LSU coach Paul Mainieri said Ryan Eades (5-2) will start for the Tigers.
"This is why you come to LSU, to pitch in games like this; if you're afraid, you came to the wrong school," Mainieri said. "It's not going to be easy for the other team to stop us at the end. We feel confident in ourselves, and Ryan's got to lead the way."
Kevin Gausman (12-2), who won Game 1 by pitching the last inning, also started Game 2 and lasted seven innings, giving up three runs on six hits and striking out six.
He was dominant in the first two innings, but lost his command as intermittent showers passed over as Stony Brook, playing Game 2 as the "home" team, batted in the bottom of the third.
Courtney doubled and advanced to third on a wild pitch, then scored on Sal Intagliata's one-out single up the middle with the infield drawn in. Intagliata scored soon after on Carmona's single to make it 2-0.
"I was having trouble getting that feel for my pitches," said Gausman, who generally avoids using rosin but did so after the rain started. "It's definitely not an excuse. I just couldn't find it and I felt like I didn't have that pinpoint accuracy."
Courtney made it 3-0 with his fourth homer of the season, a towering shot to right in the bottom of the fifth.
LSU cut it to 3-1 in the top of the sixth when Raph Rhymes singled home JaCoby Jones, who'd collided with Courtney on an infield single and advanced to second when the throw got away.
Saturday's action started at 10:05 local time, when Friday's thrilling first game of the series was resumed in the top of the 12th.
Mainieri's decision to put Gausman on the mound for the resumption of Game 1 played out ideally for the Tigers when he retired the side in order and LSU's Mason Katz singled home Moore in the bottom of the inning to cap a 5-4 victory.
The fact that Katz and Moore, who led off with a single, both had key hits in the winning rally was fitting. They each had crucial home runs Friday as LSU prolonged their wild super regional opener with the Seawolves with game-tying homers in the bottom of the ninth, 10th and 11th innings.
Frankie Vanderka (2-3) took the loss for Stony Brook, getting only one out on Austin Nola's sacrifice bunt that moved Moore into scoring position.
Vanderka then intentionally walked Jones, who had hit the Tigers' dramatic tying homer in the ninth, setting up Katz's winning liner to left-center.
By the time Game 2 had ended, though, Katz and the Tigers knew they'd been outplayed for the better part of both games.
"We need to be better in every aspect of our offense," Katz said. "The last few days has not been good. … We had those clutch innings late (in Game 1), but you're not going to pop one out three innings in a row often to save yourself. We very easily could have lost that (first) game."


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Early voting totals are down in this year's municipal contest, according to local election officials, with just two days left to cast early ballots next week.Early voting polls netted just 778 ballots — 678 in-person and 100 mail-in ballots — during the first five days of early voting, according to Howard County Elections Administrator Saundra Bloom, less than what she had expected in the contest."Considering the volatility of the 4B tax project on the ballot, I had really expected to see higher totals by this point," Bloom said.Voters are being asked to weigh in on a proposed multi-million dollar 4B project to overhaul the municipality's water and wastewater facilities using economic development funding, a proposal that has drawn a great deal of fire within the community.With just Monday and Tuesday left for Big Spring voters to cast their ballots early, Bloom said she hopes to see a last minute rush, otherwise, the election could fall victim to area residents' busy May schedule."May is a tough month for many people to get to the polls on a weekend election day," Bloom said. "May 12 is Mother's Day weekend, plus you have so many state playoff games going on that weekend. A lot of parents are also rushing around dealing with everything graduation presents during that time."There's no doubt about it, May is a busy month for Texans, and for many of them, if they don't vote early, they aren't likely to vote in the municipal election at all. So we're really hoping these last two days of early voting will be busy ones."Early voting polls — located in the Elections Office on the third floor of the county courthouse — are open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.Big Spring voters will only have one city council contest to weigh-in on this year, as the race for the District 4 seat begins to heat up.Bobby McDonald — businessman and husband of incumbent District 4 Councilwoman Gloria McDonald, who decided not to run for re-election — faces off against Loretta Farquhar for the seat.Big Spring voters will also be asked to decide the fate of a proposed overhaul of the municipality's water and wastewater facilities using up to $13 million in economic development funding through a 4B project.Members of the Big Spring City Council voted unanimously to have the proposed project placed on the May ballot during their Feb. 14 meeting, a move that drew both praise and criticism from various voices in the community.As part of the agreement between the council and the Big Spring Economic Development board of directors, if voters approve the project the EDC will provide $750,000 a year for the first two years, and then 40 percent of its sales tax revenue — with a floor of $500,000 and a ceiling of $750,000 for the following 18 years — with the city of Big Spring picking up the remainder of the tab.Big Spring ISD has one contested election — District 2. Incumbent Maria Padilla is running against Ed Ware and Pat Deanda.Forsan ISD has two at-large positions, held by Lewis Boeker and Misty Rhoton. Other names appearing on the ballot will be Chris Olson and Beckie Wash. Wash was appointed to the board last month to fill a spot left vacant by Derrick Looney. The position will be for an unexpired two-year term, while the other positions are for three year terms. Early voting will take place at the Howard County Courthouse. Sands ISD will have three at-large positions on the ballot. Incumbents Tommy Staggs and Bill Barnes are running for re-election. Michael Wigington, Wes Higgins, Blayne Archuleta and Matt Snell are also seeking election. Early voting will take place at the school business office. Coahoma Independent School District has three positions — all at large— up for election Brian Moore, board president, Jody Reid and Alan Wright are all incumbents running for re-election. Challengers are Leslie Tindol, Gerald King and Paul Lewis. Early voting will also take place at the Howard County Courthouse.For more information on the upcoming elections, contact the Howard County Elections Administration at 432-264-2273.


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Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was not alone among the Iranian leadership in believing and promoting the notion that the Nazi Holocaust against the Jews was all a fabrication.
"The Holocaust is an event whose reality is uncertain and, if it happened, it's uncertain how it happened," Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini said last week at an event marking the Persian new year.
Khameini criticized Western countries for prosecuting those of their own citizens who question the veracity of the Holocaust, while at the same time begruding Iranians the right to hold fast to their beliefs.
Shortly after his election last year, new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was widely reported to have differentiated himself from his predecessor by telling foreign media that the Nazi crimes against the Jews were real and condemnable.
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Factor 360 is a Sioux Falls, SD based web development, software development and marketing firm.
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Our three major products are the 360 Web Content Management System (http://www.360webcms.com/), 360 Photo Contest (http://www.360photocontest.com/) and 360 Teacher Placement (http://www.factor360.com/content.aspx?id=24).
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- We are primarily looking for a homepage design, but if you would also like to include a subpage design as well, we would definitely appreciate that.
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- Include the logos for our 3 main projects (see attached illustrator file) on the homepage design. These will be links to the product pages.
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The Transport Secretary gave a Peak District business centre the thumbs up on a recent visit.
Derbyshire Dales MP Patrick McLoughlin, visited Hathersage Hall Business Centre last week to find out first-hand how the seeds of growth are taking root in the Derbyshire economy.
The business centre opened four years ago and has attracting a range of knowledge–based companies to the area – bringing forty new jobs to Hathersage.
Mr McLoughlin was impressed by the good communications and energy efficiency of these converted listed buildings.
He commented: "The Government is taking steps to improve the delivery of faster broadband in order to further encourage footloose companies to set up in the countryside with the attendant benefits they bring to the rural economy."
One of the principle aims of the business centre has been to bring better paid jobs to the North Peak.
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The MP heard how planning delays extending over several years, the inflexible conditions of EU grant schemes and the conservation requirements of Natural England have all been met to establish an attractive location for companies.
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"The Government's measures to reform the planning system and improve broadband delivery will assist these important sources of new jobs and their contribution to the success of the rural economy."


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We are a husband-and-wife chiropractic looking to start a niche within our practice for nonsurgical treatment for low back and neck pain. We will be using state-of-the-art equipment to help treat these conditions. Our treatment will specifically target the disc of the human spine and strengthening the supporting muscles and ligaments.
We aim to convey a strong and lasting(diamond) image for the specialty care we are offering. The niche that we are targeting are possible neck and back surgery candidates or those who have had failed neck and back surgeries. Our equipment and decor will be unique and will convey high-quality and professionalism........we want to give these prospective patients a sense of hope for their chronic pain.
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RosehipsWe offer premium quality, bulk Rosehips - both wildcrafted and organic - in whole, cut, and powdered form. We also offer Rosehip Tea Bags, as well as Organic Rosehip Seed Oil.
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i always research the ingredients, sometimes they are hidden under different names.
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Quality product
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Great Product!
They are a little sticky, which we love, because it means freshness. And freshness is an important standard in our company.
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for future use i will prefer to buy the seedless kind.
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by Amy on July 25, 2014
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I prefer the organic rose hips; steeping them in a tea pot overnight, and using the liquid as part of my nightly tea routine. I eat the softened rose hips, seeds and all, and give them to my husband when he has a mild fever, cough, and runny or stuffed nose. We don't use anything else but organic rose hips.
by smoocher on April 14, 2014
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I would like also to know if this item comes from a standardized batch and is compliant with the american or european pharmacopeia. It would be a good thing to see the analysis certificate.
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Heat a medium saute pan over medium-high heat and add the oil.
Cut a crosshatch pattern into the skin of the duck breasts. Be careful to not cut through to the flesh.
Season the skin side with the curry and the flesh side with salt. Place in the pan, skin side down. Cook on the skin side to render of some of the fat and crisp up the skin, 5 to 7 minutes. Once the skin is crisp, flip the breasts, reduce the heat to medium, and cook on the flesh side for about 4 minutes for medium-rare. Once cooked, remove from the pan and allow the meat to rest for 5 minutes.
Make the sauce in the same pan used for the duck. (Wipe out the pan if you have burned bits on the bottom, and add some butter.) Place the pan over medium-high heat and add 1 tablespoon butter. Deglaze the pan with the pomegranate juice. Allow the juice to simmer and reduce by half. Turn off the heat and stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Taste and season with a pinch of sugar if the sauce tastes too tart.
When plating, slice the duck breast thinly and spoon the warm sauce over the duck. Serve with Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Goat Cheese and Sauteed Julienned Vegetables.
Peel and slice the sweet potatoes into 1/2-inch pieces. Place the potatoes in a large saucepan, fill with water to cover the potatoes, and add some salt. Bring the water to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook the potatoes until fork tender, about 13 minutes. Stick a fork in a potato piece and if it goes in easily, it's done.
Drain the potatoes well. Transfer them to a food processor and blend until smooth. Add the goat cheese, honey, ginger, cinnamon, butter, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Blend again until everything is well combined. Transfer to a bowl and let cool for 1 minute.
Spoon the potatoes into a zip-top plastic bag or a pastry bag with a tip for piping, or spoon directly onto plates. If piping, cut a hole in the tip and pipe onto the plate.
Heat a saute pan over medium heat and add some oil. Saute the julienned vegetables and season with salt and pepper. Cook until the vegetables are just softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Taste a bite and cook for another minute if the vegetables are still hard.


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With X-Files on break it's time for a very special bonus episode 1994's "Color of Night" in which Bruce Willis steals, fellow psychologist bro, Scott Backula's life and then has sex with a girl half his age that he cannot recognize with clothes on. We also check-in with old friends Lance Henriksen and Brad Dourif. […]


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The cupcakes looked lovely straight from the oven:
Dipping the finished cupcake in chocolate vermicelli is such a simple technique but gives a rather sophisticated and intricate looking finish. It's also lovely to bite into and get the crisp chocolate contrasting with the soft sponge and buttercream.
This is chocolate vermicelli:
I'm a big fan of chocolate vermicelli particularly when made from Belgian chocolate, as this variety is. I found mine in my local supermarket so I assume it is widely available. It's worth buying more than you think they need as large quantities seem to disappear during the preparation of the cupcakes; it's definitely a paranormal phenomenon and not at all that I'm eating it.
I found I achieved a nicer finish if I domed the buttercream on the cupcake....
....as it flattens slightly on being dipped in the chocolate....
...giving this beautiful finish:
All boxed up and ready to go:
For the cupcakes:
125g unsalted butter, at room temperature
125g caster sugar
2 eggs
100g self raising flour
2 tablespoons milk
3 level tablespoons cocoa powder
For the vanilla buttercream:
175g unsalted butter, at room temperature
350g icing sugar
3 tablespoons boiling water
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
To decorate: chocolate vermicelli
How to make:
- Preheat the oven to 190°C/fan oven 170°C/375°F/Gas mark 5.
- Line a muffin pan with 12 paper cases.
- Start by making the cupcakes. Beat together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.
- Add the eggs, flour, milk and cocoa powder.
- Spoon the mixture evenly into the 12 paper cases.
- Bake for approximately 12-15 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Mine took 15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and eave to cool on a wire rack.
- Now make the buttercream (make it on the day you're serving it). Beat the butter in a bowl to soften.
- Beat in the icing sugar, boiling water and vanilla until you have a smooth and pale buttercream.
- Spread over the cupcakes and try and shape into an even dome.
- Pour the chocolate vermicelli into a bowl and dip the cupcakes so that the whole surface area is covered with the vermicelli and you can barely see the buttercream
- Bask in glory at the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.


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The Cannondale Slice Hi-Mod is one of the newer time trial shapes in the ProTour, having first seen action in competition less than two years ago at the 2007 Giro d'Italia. Though late to the all-carbon TT bike game (the previous Six13 Slice used a mix of aluminium and carbon tubes), Cannondale at least enjoyed the benefit of already knowing what would work and what wouldn't.
Proven aero technology on Basso's Slice Hi-Mod includes the deep 'Speed Shadow' rear wheel cutout, a more compact rear triangle for reduced frontal area, a slender horizontal top tube, and an aero fork whose crown integrates relatively tightly with the slightly dropped down tube. Of course, aero-profile tubing is used wherever applicable and the included deep-section carbon seatpost sports two offset positions to accommodate both time trial and triathlon events.
For the 2009 season, Cannondale upped the ante further with a new Hi-Mod version that uses a stiffer blend of carbon fibres. According to Cannondale marketing manager Bill Rudell, the new version is stiffer than before and also lighter. Frame weights now hover at just over 1100g - awfully respectable for a carbon road frame and exceptionally light for an aero time trial machine.
But the complete bike of returning Italian star Ivan Basso (Liquigas) isn't quite so svelte - total weight was a portly 8.92kg (19.67lb) when we caught up with it prior to this year's Tour of California. That said, Cannondale's own Slice Hi-Mod Ultimate production version reportedly weighs as little as 6.44kg (14.2lb) without pedals.
Why the huge discrepancy?
Like an increasing number of pro riders, Basso chooses to both race and train with a power meter and though SRM offer a model based on Cannondale's own ultralight Hollowgram crankset design, its 175mm maximum arm length falls short of Basso's preferred 177.5mm dimension for time trials.
As such, he has to resort to SRM's solid aluminium version plus its accompanying Shimano Ultegra Octalink bottom bracket and threaded BB30 frame adapter and pays a 500g (1.1lb) weight penalty in the process - or roughly 700g heavier than the standard Hollowgram SL unit.
Basso's SRM setup is valuable for collecting data, but he pays a weight penalty
Other major weight additions include a Vision Trimax semi-integrated aluminium aero bar with an additional brake lever (about 980g with brake levers as compared to the stock 699g USE Tula), the Mavic Io five-spoke carbon front wheel (750g vs. 568g for the stock Zipp ZEDTech 4) and the matching Mavic Comete rear disc (1150g vs. 780g for the stock Zipp ZEDTech 8).
Factor in a pair of stainless steel-axled Speedplay Zero pedals (206g per pair), last year's Campagnolo Record 10-speed componentry (the stock bike uses SRAM Red), and the large 58cm frame size and the 8.92kg suddenly begins to make a little more sense.
Basso's Slice is at least meant to be comfortable, though, thanks to Cannondale's Slice Aero Vibration Elimination (SAVE) stay shaping. According to Cannondale, slightly flattened sections on the chain stays and carefully designed bends on the slender seat stays yield a modest leaf spring effect as Basso rolls down the road.
Basso's perch is a modified fi'zi:k Arione CX
Basso has not always been known for his prowess in time trials but the returning Italian rider is hoping to shed that reputation in 2009. Prior to his doping suspension in the summer of 2007, Basso's performances against the clock had begun to improve thanks in part to wind tunnel work with then-team CSC. He had also been scheduled for another session after the Tour of California before a knee injury sidelined the appointment.
With stated targets to include the upcoming Giro d'Italia, it seems that Basso may still have some more work to do though. Basso posted a mid-pack 66th in the opening Tour of California prologue and more recently, a reasonable 19th place finish during stage 5 of Tirreno-Adriatico - 1'14 down on stage winner Andreas Klöden (Astana).
But the surprisingly long and hilly time trial on stage 12 of the Giro may prove to be interesting with its long 61.5km route and two climbs: the Passo del Bracco (600m of climbing) and the Passo del Termine (500m). Basso has yet to decide whether he will use a time trial bike or a standard road machine for what is likely to be a decisive stage, but rumours suggest Cannondale may uncork something special for Basso just for that day.
An even lighter Slice perhaps or maybe even an aero-tubed road frame? Check back with us in May.
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The North Tonawanda History Museum and the Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum will offer free admission on Saturday, Sept. 29, along with more than 1,400 other participating venues in the nation for the eighth annual "Museum Day Live!" sponsored by the Smithsonian Magazine.
Additional area venues that are participating are the Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village in the Town of Amherst; the Erie Canal Discovery Center-The History Center-The Penney Gallery-The Colonel William Bond-Jesse Hawley House in the City of Lockport; and the Genesee Country Village & Museum in Mumford.
The participating sites will emulate the free admission policy of the Smithsonian Institution's Washington, D.C.-based facilities. The "Museum Day Live!" project seeks to encourage learning and the spread of knowledge nationwide.
Inclusive by design, "Museum Day Live!" fulfills Smithsonian Media's mission to make cultural education accessible to everyone. Free admission is granted at participating museums to visitors who download a "Museum Day Live!" ticket at www.Smithsonian.com/museumday. The 2011 Smithsonian "Museum Day Live!" event drew more than 350,000 museumgoers nationwide. This year's Museum Day Live! is expected to attract close to 400,000 participants.
The "Museum Day Live!" ticket will enable visitors to gain free entrance for two people at participating venues for one day only. One ticket is allowed per household or per email address.
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The Western New York museums do not have the luxury of the revenue streams possessed by the Smithsonian.
The board of trustees, members and supporters of the North Tonawanda History Museum encourage readers to pass this information on to friends, relatives, and colleagues who may never have visited Western New York-area museums. It is the organizer's hope that those who may "sample" museums on Museum Day will come to realize the important work done in preserving, presenting and protecting local heritage, and in promoting the communities in which we operate.
The North Tonawanda History Museum, located in The Lumber City History Center at 54 Webster St., in North Tonawanda's historic downtown shopping district near the Erie Canal and Niagara River, is also pleased to provide the services of its Gateway Cities Welcome Center component to North Tonawanda visitors and residents alike in order to provide directions, area tourism information, and information on dining and shopping venues as well as other cultural venues.
Free parking for visitors to the North Tonawanda History Museum and its Gateway Cities Welcome Center is available in the municipal parking lot on Manhattan Street behind the History Museum, with Webster Street readily accessible from the parking lot by Project Pride Way and Tremont Street. Manhattan Street runs parallel to Webster Street and River Road - in between them - and can be reached by either Tremont Street or Goundry Street.


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Key 'Reformists' Left Out of China Leadership
Xi Jinping was named head of the Communist Party and Li Keqiang is expected to become the premier. As the WSJ's Li Yuan and Brian Spegele discuss, it is who was left off the list that says the most about China's next government.
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I would mention it ... um he didn't say anything that hasn't been said before but nonetheless it is significant that he said that during his basically first address to his first address as party chief ... of during a Airdrie remarks that are being ... in a live broadcast across the country it's very clear he's trying to ... continue the message that that wouldn't call of began last week that you know what we know we have a problem and we're going to our best to take it on ... whether he he he is willing to to begin to fight the vested interest in it to fight the very top of it battles ... I like to get something that we all ... walked ... to the one we were watching and waiting for the standing committee members to actually come out on stage there was a bit of a delay ... it occurred to me I they decide to have until the very last minute do you think that they were shuffling people around me when are these ad meter to me know when these people were decided on when one of the place ... and all ... that ... house ... that had seen ... a few idiots ... of the people you thought that a few days have you know that ... the new bond between BTU and I actually have faith ... about these things straight week ago ... but you ... we ... know you never know for sure because the court to ... change things that we make and outer west last night a balmy night ... about something it's a health problem and there was an MP a ... soul ... that it's ... that was a lot of suspense since I was ... talking about that with the county to ... it was up of the most watched the Bekaa peak it than ... what most of what's been copied the costly be weighed when she got to that happy five month high ... I can certainly feel I and cake thanks very much at ... what we should mention too that ... I'm these are a bit in China's next leaders and members of the standing committee ... I ... she Jinping expected to become president weaker side expected to become premier ... um ... by next March ... thanks very much legal I'm joining me here and honk on and Brian Spegele reporter in Ft seeing ... so will have more on this story on WS J dot com ... thanks very much for watching I'm Deborah con