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Does Perfectionism Run in the Family?
New studies on perfectionism show it may have a genetic link. Other studies suggest that parenting plays a role. But there are upsides and downsides to the findings. Melinda Beck has details on Lunch Break.
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After making team, Lucas to DL; Furcal to join him
JUPITER, Fla. -- The Marlins' roster picture is coming into focus, but there are still a couple of issues to be resolved before Opening Day on Monday against the Rockies.
On Thursday morning, the club announced seven roster moves, leaving 27 in camp, while clearing up a number of positions.View Full Game Coverage
JUPITER, Fla. -- The Marlins' roster picture is coming into focus, but there are still a couple of issues to be resolved before Opening Day on Monday against the Rockies.
On Thursday morning, the club announced seven roster moves, leaving 27 in camp, while clearing up a number of positions.View Full Game Coverage
Informed they wouldn't be breaking camp with the big league club were infielder Donovan Solano and outfielder Jake Marisnick, who both were optioned to Minor League camp. Additionally, infielders Austin Nola and Juan Diaz, outfielder Matt Angle and relievers Henry Rodriguez and Chris Hatcher were reassigned to Minor League camp.
Showing how quickly things can change, the team announced after Thursday's 6-4 win over the Cardinals that infielder Ed Lucas suffered a non-displaced fracture to the back of his left hand. Lucas, who beat out Solano for a roster spot as Miami's utility infielder, will now open on the disabled list. His injury occurred after he was struck by a Scott McGregor fastball.
Lucas' injury now means the Marlins will be recalling Solano.
Rodriguez, the hard-throwing right-hander, has an out clause in his contract, so he may choose another opportunity elsewhere. The Marlins are hopeful he will remain in the organization at Triple-A New Orleans.
Manager Mike Redmond also said Rafael Furcal likely will open the season on the disabled list, leaving second base open for Derek Dietrich to start against right-handed pitchers, and Jeff Baker as an option against lefties.
Furcal strained his left hamstring on March 15, and in recent days, he's been playing in Minor League games.
"We want to establish health with him and not feel like he has to rush," Redmond said.
Furcal, who will get a couple of days off, will join the team at Marlins Park on Monday, even if he is not available to play.
Furcal is expected to be placed on the DL retroactive to March 21, and his earliest return day would be April 5. Best-case scenario, he could miss a minimum of five games. That still could be optimistic.
"Really, it's based on him and how he feels," Redmond said. "That's really the key. It could be a short thing. I know he still feels that hamstring a little bit. The most important thing is we get him healthy and get him feeling good without feeling like he's got to rush. That's probably the most important thing."
One of the toughest battles was Lucas/Solano.
Solano was Miami's regular second baseman for most of last season. In 102 big league games, his slash line was .249/.305/.316. He certainly did his part in camp to make the club, batting .313 (15-for-48) with a .346 on-base percentage.
Although he was used mostly at second last year, Solano's role is more in a utility capacity.
By sending down Marisnick, the club will go with Marcell Ozuna in center field. The 23-year-old has had a rough spring in terms of numbers, entering Thursday with a .164 (9-for-55) average. But the organization feels Ozuna is a run producer. The young outfielder went 2-for-4 and drove in a run in Thursday's win.
A year ago, Ozuna showed flashes in the big leagues, but his season was cut short in late July by a left thumb injury.
"This is that one you get caught up looking at Spring Training numbers," Redmond said. "We loved what Ozuna brought to our team last year, his energy and the power. We're looking for run producers. We're looking for guys to drive in runs. We feel like he's put a lot of pressure on himself this spring. Hopefully now he will be able to relax a little bit and go out there and play. We know he has a lot of power. We'll let him go out there and see what he can do.
"If it was an older guy, it would be an easy decision, because they have a track record. With young guys, there is always that question mark."
If Furcal is placed on the DL, then one move would be left to finalize the 25-man roster by the 3 p.m. ET Sunday deadline. Brian Bogusevic is still in camp, but he is expected to either be cut or traded in the upcoming days.
The left-handed-hitting outfielder is out of options, and barring anything unforeseen, he will not have a spot. Reed Johnson already has been informed that he will be making the team.
The Marlins will have to create 40-man roster space for Johnson.
Bogusevic was obtained in a trade with the Cubs in December for Justin Ruggiano. The veteran was being looked at as a left-handed-hitting backup option who can play all three outfield positions. But Bogusevic struggled this spring, going 8-for-46 (.174) with a double. With the Cubs last year, he hit .273 with six home runs and 16 RBIs in 47 games.
Position players left in camp are: Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jeff Mathis, Garrett Jones, Furcal, Dietrich, Adeiny Hechavarria, Baker, Casey McGehee, Lucas, Christian Yelich, Giancarlo Stanton, Johnson, Ozuna, Greg Dobbs and Bogusevic.
The 12 pitchers and rotation are now set. Jose Fernandez, Nathan Eovaldi, Henderson Alvarez, Jacob Turner and Tom Koehler will start, while the bullpen will be comprised of closer Steve Cishek, Mike Dunn, Carlos Marmol, A.J. Ramos, Brad Hand, Kevin Slowey and Dan Jennings.
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro.


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Throughout this decade Dr. Williamson, as well as Dr. Susan Spencer and others on the team, reported the semiology of multiple partial seizure types based on site of origin and in particular helped define complex partial seizures of frontal, temporal, parietal and occipital origin. Drs. Susan and Dennis Spencer and colleagues also assembled experience with corpus callosotomy and defined both the benefits and risks.
During the same period of the early 1980's Dr. Dennis Spencer introduced a new approach to temporal lobectomy that maximized removal of epileptic tissue in the hippocampus and spared important functional lateral cortex. The resected tissue was carefully studied by Drs. Nihal DeLanerolle, Jung Kim and Anne Williamson, among others to gain understanding of the pathology and pathophysiology of epilepsy, especially mesial temporal sclerosis.
During that period Dr. John Ebersole returned to Yale from the NIH and joined the team. With a primary interest in neurophysiology he was a pioneer in use of 24-hour ambulatory monitoring. He then turned his expertise to both conventional EEG and magnetoencephalography and utilized dipole source localization to refine the likely site of interictal and ictal discharges.
Although maintaining an interest in intensive monitoring and pre-surgical evaluation, Dr. Mattson, with Joyce Cramer, had increasingly directed their research efforts to pharmacokinetics and pharmacology of antiepileptic drugs. By the mid 1970's they had designed, developed and led the two large VA Multi-center COOP Studies comparing the standard antiepileptic drugs from the mid 1970's to the early 1990's with support from Dr. Williamson and later Dr. Ebersole.
By the mid 1980's, in view of the surgical emphasis of the epilepsy monitoring unit, Dr. Mattson appointed Dr. Peter Williamson to replace him as Director. Throughout most of that decade, 24-hour EEG recording was recorded on paper and required hours of exhaustive review for interictal and ictal events. The 24-hour attendance by expert nurses provided preliminary identification of important data which facilitated the review. By the end of the 1980's technical advances allowed the EEG to be digitized and recorded on a portion of the videotape thus locking the clinical and EEG events. This previously had been done on a split-screen but the number of channels and the resolution were limited.
Despite new equipment, increased efficiency of operation and the addition of two beds, the VA monitoring unit had a waiting time for admission of almost a year. It became clear for many reasons the VA would not expand the unit further because the hospital had begun a process of reducing, not increasing, bed size and plans were started to develop another epilepsy unit at Yale-New Haven Hospital.
In addition to the limited bed situation, many studies required patients to be transported to Yale-New Haven Hospital and back for diagnostic tests such as MRI and surgery because by that time the majority of patients were Yale "sharing" not VA patients. Further, although all epilepsy physicians worked and had appointments and responsibilities at both Yale and the VA, Drs. Susan and especially Dennis Spencer had primary appointments and responsibilities on the Yale rather than the VA campus making daily travel difficult.
For all these reasons initiatives were set in motion to develop an epilepsy monitoring unit with a surgical emphasis at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Initially, a small surgical unit was established in the Neuro-intensive Care Unit for intracranial recording and surgery. Extensive planning simultaneously was undertaken to build a unit comparable to but larger than that at the VA in Yale-New Haven Hospital. Opening in 1990, under the direction of Drs. Dennis and Susan Spencer, the unit coexisted with the unit at the VA under the Directorship of Dr. Peter Williamson.
Also in the mid 1980's, Dr. Williamson began a formal epilepsy fellowship with the training of Dr. Paul Boon followed by Dr. Jacqueline French, both of whom have become internationally recognized epileptologists.


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Everyone needs to invest, but where do you invest during bear markets?
The massive stock declines over the past year have eroded savings, but this doesn't mean you should stuff your money under a mattress. It needs to be put to work getting some return so that it will grow.
Smart investors will turn to high dividend paying stocks to get a stable and growing stream of income. Dividend investing-that provides an income beyond any gain in the share price-may be the investor's best weapon. Dividends are safe, largely reliable, and maybe at the their cheapest levels in many years. While the best paying dividend stocks of recent years, such as financials, took a huge beating in 2008, opportunities will abound in 2010 and beyond-if you know where to look.
In The Little Book of Big Dividends, dividend stock expert Chuck Carlson presents an action plan for dividend-hungry investors. You'll learn about the pitfalls, how to find the opportunities, and will learn how to construct a portfolio that generates big, safe dividends easily through the BSD (Big, Safe Dividends) formula. If you're a bit adventurous, Carlson has you covered, and will teach you how to find big, safe dividends in foreign stocks, preferred stocks, ETFs, real estate investment trusts, and more.
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Chapter One The Check Is in the Mail 1
Chapter Two Super Size Me, without the Heartburn 21
Chapter Three If Einstein Was a Dividend Investor 33
Chapter Four The World Is Your Oyster 45
Chapter Five It Pays to Be Direct 61
Chapter Six Postcards from the Hedge 79
Chapter Seven Lifeguard on Duty 93
Chapter Eight Juice Your Portfolio without Striking Out 105
Chapter Nine When DRIPs Become Floods 127
Chapter Ten If You Build It, Dividends Will Come 147
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Appendix B The Ultimate Big, Safe Dividend Portfolio 169
Acknowledgments 173
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Abu Mohamed hovers near the entrance of a gaping cavern and fumbles with a small set of speakers. He carefully traces his fingers along a black wire until they reach a tiny metal nub soldered onto the end. Putting the ad-hoc microphone to his lips, he shouts, "Ready? Okay. Pull, Wajdi!"
At the end of the tunnel, nearly a kilometer away, Abu Mohamed's command booms through another set of speakers in a haze of distorted feedback. Wajdi, hunkered underground in near-total darkness, reaches over a mound of freshly dug soil and flicks a rusty switch from "0" to "1". A nearby crank whirrs at full speed, and a sprawl of cable slowly spins towards him.
Back at the surface, Abu Mohamed watches as an empty rubber sled, hooked to one end of the cable, slowly slithers down a steady gradient and into the tunnel to Wajdi, who fills it with soil and sends it back. Turning to me, Abu Mohamed smiles, throws his arms open, and almost bows. "This is how you build a tunnel, my friend."
For the beleaguered residents of the Gaza Strip, underground smuggling tunnels to Egypt are a lifeline. When the Islamist group Hamas took control of Gaza in June 2007, Israel responded with a trade blockade, and the subterranean black market became the main thoroughfare for everyday necessities. "We're talking everything here: household furniture, flour, sugar, cement, tobacco, electronics, gas. It was a huge business," says Omar Shaban, an economist and director of the local think tank Palthink.
Hundreds of tunnels that connected to Egypt's Sinai region once accounted for 99 percent of trade in Gaza, he adds. The market was so lucrative that in 2008, Hamas started incorporating tunnel revenues into its fiscal budget. "At its height, the tunnels were the main source of tax to the Hamas government. There were some estimations that the taxes arrived to half a billion dollars a year."
That has all changed since the summer of 2013, after Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood president Mohamed Morsi was overthrown in a military coup and a spate of terrorist attacks hit Egypt's poorly policed Sinai. The Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas (an original offshoot of the Brotherhood) were quickly blamed for the attacks, and the smuggling tunnels were labeled a conduit to terrorism.
The Egyptian military destroyed over 1,000 tunnels. Abu Mohamed sighs as he remembers the operation that followed Morsi's coup. He adamantly denies that weapons or militants flowed underground. "We use it as a lifeline, not for terrorists."
Abu Mohamed is one of a handful of remaining diggers trying to resuscitate the tunnel networks and ameliorate an economic slump that economist Omar describes as "the worst ever in Gaza's recent history". Abu Mohamed's tent in the southern Rafah region of Gaza is a rare sign of life in a sea of abandoned white marquees that shelter the entrances to defunct tunnels.
Abu Mohamed is five months and one kilometer into the project; he will need to double this to finish. "The tunnels need to be longer now to avoid the Egyptian military," he says.
The typical strategy for building a tunnel is to simply dig at an angle perpendicular to the border with Egypt. Ahmed, another digger here, peers over the edge of a tunnel well and explains, "You have two basic types of tunnel: one like this"—he kicks a rock down the shaft and waits to hear it crack against the bottom—"which is built straight down around 15 meters, before going straight across the border, then straight up again." The other type slowly curves down in a gentle "U" shape before popping back up in Egypt.
"I have heard of some people digging with their hands," Abu Mohamed explains as another sled full of soil emerges from the hole. "But we have spades and pickaxes. Gaza is good for that. It has a lot of construction equipment lying around and no materials to build with."
The Gazan diggers almost mock the Egyptian border guards with how close they build to the border. None of the tunnel entrances are more than 200 meters away from Egyptian outposts. "They already know we start here. What's really important is that they don't find the exit," Ahmed says, pointing over into Egypt.
"We don't know exactly where the other tunnels are underground, but it isn't that congested down there," Abu Mohamed says. "As long as we dig straight from here we won't have any problems. The only problems are when we reach Egypt."
The entrance to his tunnel, which measures 1.5 meters high, is framed with large piles of sandbags in a cursory attempt to stop the earth from collapsing in around it. Wooden supports prop up the passageway for the first 20 meters, but after that, the tunnel continues on its own, unsupported and with tons of earth above it.
Towards the middle, the claustrophobia-inducing tunnel reaches several lows of less than one meter, requiring visitors to assume a prostrate crawl to sneak through. The atmosphere hangs heavy with a stale humidity, the earth sweats and heaves under the immense weight above it. In these tunnels, workplace safety and standard engineering codes are merely an afterthought.
"It's very dangerous. I know a lot of people who have died," Ahmed says. "My cousin was injured in a tunnel collapse just six months ago." Peering into the darkness, he recalls his first venture into one of the tunnels. "It felt like I was walking into my own grave."
Wajdi suddenly comes in over the speakers from deep inside the tunnel. "[The sled is] all full, Abu Mohamed. Can you send some water and cigarettes down the next time?" Abu Mohamed reaches into his packet of cigarettes, pulls out three sticks, and lays them down next to the microphone. "No problem, Wajdi."


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A North Carolina distributor is expanding distribution and eyeing additional growth.
Raleigh, N.C.-based Collazo Produce Inc. is retrofitting a 17,000-square-foot warehouse it"s leasing in Greensboro, N.C.
Though Greensboro is 67 miles from Calazzo"s headquarters in the Raleigh/Cary/Durham, N.C. "Triangle" metropolitan statistical area, the new location saves a 90-minute truck run to the Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem, N,C. metro area, said Oscar Collazo, owner.
Collazo plans to open the warehouse, which used to house Colfax, N.C.-based Foster-Caviness Co. Inc., by October.
It"s investing $250,000 in the warehouse, including four coolers that can refrigerate produce at different temperatures, Collazo said.
Collazo distributes a full line of fruits and vegetables as well as Hispanic produce to retailers, restaurants and other wholesalers in the growing market and is considering expanding into Charlotte, N.C. to serve other cities, he said.
When the lease on its 5,000-square-foot Raleigh warehouse ends in early 2014, the company plans to relocate to a facility measuring up to 20,000 square feet, Collazo said.
"There is a lot of potential here (in North Carolina) for new business," Collazo said. "This is a big market and it"s getting bigger all the time. More people are eating in Hispanic restaurants and are buying Hispanic produce like cilantro, avocados, mangoes and papaya."
Growing up in a Puebla, Mexico, family-run growing operation, Collazo emigrated to the U.S. and for a decade worked in sales for Raleigh-based Riley Produce before starting Collazo in 2009.
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AS THE YEAR-END "fiscal cliff" nears, Republicans and Democrats continue wrangling over taxes and spending. But not all of the conflict is between the parties. Republicans are engaged in a fierce internal battle over how much — or whether — to concede to President Obama on upper-income tax rates. And on the Democratic side, a brush fire has broken out over the estate tax.
Long execrated by Republicans as a "death tax," the posthumous federal levy on accumulated wealth has Democratic detractors as well, especially those who represent significant numbers of rural landowners. Sens. Mary Landrieu (La.) and Mark Pryor (Ark.) want a one-year extension of the current, relatively light estate tax and have written to the Senate leadership promising to round up 60 votes for their position. This is in contrast to Mr. Obama's proposed increase in the tax. Though not a signatory of their letter, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (Mont.), long a critic of the estate tax, has expressed sympathy for the position of Ms. Landrieu and Mr. Pryor.
This is but the latest iteration of an old, old Washington debate. For opponents, the estate tax amounts to confiscation of hard-earned savings, which themselves represent the after-tax proceeds of a productive life. In this view, the levy punishes thrift and imposes heavy costs on small businesses.
What critics of the estate tax overlook is that it helps the government recoup much revenue it loses to a loophole-riddled tax code and that the estate tax is a progressive method of revenue collection. The Tax Policy Center has estimated that 97 percent of estate taxes are paid by the top 5 percent of households on the income scale.
Given the $5 million exemption ($10 million for couples) under current law, and the proliferation of available deductions, few estates actually pay the tax, much less the top 35 percent rate. In 2012, only 300 of 3,600 taxable estates were small businesses or farms, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation. Still, enough wealth from other estates remained subject to the tax that it was a significant source of revenue: estate and gift taxes yielded $11.4 billion in 2011, according to Treasury Department figures.
The current estate tax represents the culmination of the substantial phaseout enacted under President George W. Bush. If Congress does not act, the rate will rise to 55 percent, levied on estates of $1 million ($2 million per couple). That would dramatically increase the number of estates subject to the tax — and, accordingly, raise $532 billion over 10 years. That's about 3½ times what the government could expect to get if the current rates remained in place for another decade.
Mr. Obama's plan, to which the Senate Democrats are objecting, would indeed increase estate taxes but not nearly as much as they would rise without congressional action. The president proposes a 45 percent rate applied to estates above $3.5 million. This would raise a projected $276 billion over 10 years. Yet only 700 farms or small businesses would pay, according to Joint Committee on Taxation projections. Given the massive federal debt, it certainly makes no sense to be more generous to wealthy heirs than Mr. Obama's compromise proposal would be.
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I train in a nice space these days, it cost too much but it is a good spot. I think that it really doesn't mater where you train as long as you train. The memories of the training will make your training space special to you.
Here's my first training space in Banff. Primitive it was, a poorly heated garage bay.Snow drifted under the door in blizzards. It's used by carpenters to store cement making materials. We had to sweep the floor before each workout to remove the lime, sand , rock, and nails.
One winter we shared the space with a Hudson Bay boat. Another winter we shared it with a leaky sucker truck. That's the year we started wearing shoes.
Had some good times in this place.


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8/14/2010 | Share this article: View CommentsA Bryan Texas church is facing a test of faith Wednesday night after their pastor is arrested.
Police say he was meeting men online and then forcing them to have sex with him.
Pastor George Randall Scott resigned from the Bethel Temple Church Tuesday following his arrest.
Pastor Randy Scott was arrested Saturday in Houston after returning from a trip to Sweden with his wife.
He's charged with burglary of a habitation with intent to commit an assault.
The alleged incident happened in November when a victim claims to have been lured into sex by Scott after meeting him online.
51-year-old Pastor Randy Scott is accused of forcing another man to have sex with him after police said he met the victim on Craig's list.
Police said Scott posed as a 17-year-old and hooked up with the victim after several e-mail conversations.
It's left the Bethel Temple Church congregation shocked but supportive.
"On behalf of Bethel Temple we express our love, prayers and support for the Scott family. The ministry and meeting of the church will continue as scheduled. The ongoing ministry and vision of Bethel Temple remains: the work of Jesus Christ," said Dr. Stuart Quartemont, chairman of the administrative board at the church.
Quartemont said the board is now searching for a new pastor.
Scott served at the church since 1990.
"Please keep the Scott family in your prayers," he added.
According to court documents the incident occurred on November 24, 2009 after the victim and Scott exchanged about 12 e-mails over 2 days.
Eventually the victim agreed to let Randy Scott come to his house but,
"When the person showed up, it was an older man. The man told him that he was the stepfather of the person the victim had been emailing. The subject said that he is protective of his stepson and has set up his stepson's email to forward him all of the emails that they have been exchanging. The victim said that the man told him that he is going to call the Police unless the victim pleasured him sexually," court documents stated.
Police said several of the e-mail exchanges came from a computer at the church.
"One of the things the Lord has been sharing with us the last couple of day is we shouldn't keep our eyes on circumstances but keep our eyes on Him and as we continue to focus on Him, He'll take care off all the circumstances we go through," Dr. Quartemont said.
In court documents Scott told police he had sexual contact with ten men with two of the encounters happening in Waco.
Randy Scott is out of the Harris County Jail after posting bond.
Statement from Bethel Temple Church regarding the resignation of Pastor Randy Scott...
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The administrative board, and elders of Bethel Temple are deeply saddened concerning the allegations against Randy Scott.
His resignation of August 10, 2010 has been accepted.
On behalf of Bethel Temple we express our love, prayers and support for the Scott family.
The ministry and meetings of the church will continue as scheduled.
The ongoing ministry and vision of Bethel Temple remains: the work of Jesus Christ.
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We at Bethel Temple ask for the prayers and support of the entire Brazos Valley Body of Christ.
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Groton - The town continues to pursue the upgrade of Crystal Lake Road and the improvement of traffic flow at two intersections that provide direct access to the Naval Submarine Base.
The $5.5 million project calls for the realignment of Military Highway with the base's main entrance. One phase of the project would create a multi-use pedestrian trail that would stretch along the south side of Crystal Lake Road to Route 12 and then down to Gungywamp Road.
Town Manager Mark Oefinger said Wednesday that construction is at least two years away, but plans and funding have cleared some recent hurdles that have kept the much-needed improvements on track.
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Eighty percent of the project's cost will be covered by federal funds. The state and town each will be responsible for 10 percent. A public information meeting will be held next week.
The first of the project's four phases calls for the widening and repaving of Crystal Lake Road, which also provides access to the Nautilus Submarine Museum.
The formerly two-lane road, which has not had any major improvements since the 1980s, is not designed to be four lanes, as it is now being used. It has no shoulders and is one of the town's most heavily traveled roads with 10,212 vehicles per day, a state Department of Transportation study shows.
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The second phase would realign Military Highway with Crystal Lake Road and install a new traffic signal at the intersection. The existing intersection has operational deficiencies due to the unusual multi-lane configuration of the base's main gate, the study shows.
The third phase calls for turn radius improvements at the intersection of Crystal Lake Road and Route 12 to help trucks making turns there. The fourth phase is the multi-use trail, which Oefinger said would help those who live in Navy housing in the vicinity of the base.
The project will require the town to buy some land along Crystal Lake Road. It has been awarded $455,000 by the State Bond Commission to purchase the site of the former Fusconi Cleaners, at the intersection of Crystal Lake Road and Military Highway. The building is now vacant.
Chris Zendan, a public affairs officer and spokesman for the submarine base, said Wednesday the land purchases and improvements would help with security around the base. Creating a buffer between the base facilities and neighboring properties is also part of the scoring matrix that the military uses when assessing bases and making closure decisions.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
The M.S. Conspiracy
A HoseMaster of Wine Pulp Fiction Classic
Chapter 11 Bullet From Nowhere
Lately I'd been in more cavities than Mike Tyson's dentist. I was holding the three slips of paper in my hand, Veronica gently weeping in the background, and thinking, Well, I always wanted to be a crack detective. Be careful what you wish for. We like to think that the Universe is benevolent but I've always found that it's a vicious practical joker. Turns out God is an old Jewish man named Allen Funt. Lorna had found that out. She'd come to Healdsburg to get a couple of letters behind her name, pursuing her dream of becoming an M.S., and that's what the ol' Practical Joker had given her. A Murder Suppository. Smile, You're on Candid Chimera.
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Avril Cadavril was replacing the morgue sheets over the dead girls. Veronica was still crying a bit, her nose running all over Jessica's uniform. Something seemed to be going on between Jessica and Veronica, a strange chemistry had developed that was making me uncomfortable. But grief can do that to people. I'd had my share of grief, sunk to the sort of depths that only slime and wine bloggers can survive, and it had made me do all kinds of foolish things. Slow dancing with Robert Lawrence Balzer at the Wine Spectator Experience. Proposing marriage to Kevin Zraly (he said Yes, you're my Window on the World!). A menage a trois with Paul Prudhomme. But this felt somehow different. While the three ladies were distracted, I once again slipped out.
My entire investigation seemed to be going around in circles. All Veronica had hired me to do was to get her an interview for an M.S., get her into the exams that were scheduled for a few days from now. I'd been distracted by a midget, Tiny, Allen Funt and a couple of dead girls. I hadn't even been able to contact the thugs that ran the M.S. program. I'd been coldcocked in Les Mars Hotel and busted in a public rest room. So, all in all, the same old routine.
When I opened the door to my office I found I had visitors. Fugly the midget was sitting on my couch. Wait, I don't have a couch. Fugly was sitting on Tiny's lap, his Jimmy Buffett shirt made Tiny look like he'd been upholstered in a Roman vomitorium. And standing next to them was an unfamiliar character, but he smelled like a sommelier. You know, cheap suit that had just come back from the dry cleaner. He probably should have taken it out of the plastic before he put it on. But that's an M.S. for you, more plastic than anything else. But I was more concerned about Fugly. He was pointing a gun at me. Just once I'd like to meet a midget who wasn't sitting on a fat guy and packing a piece.
"I hear you're looking for me," the Man from Glad said.
"I don't even know who you are. But I can guess. You're a Master Sommelier, one of the examiners. Yeah, I'm lookin' for you. I just finished conducting exams on two of your candidates. Turns out they both passed. They both passed notes. Who are you? What's your name? What the hell are you doing in my office with Fat Man and Little Boy? I've seen enough dead bombshells for one day."
"You're right, HoseMaster, I am a Master Sommelier. My name is Larry Anosmia. Our friend Tiny here said that you were looking for me, for the M.S. judges. And it seems you've been busy knocking off all of our leading candidates. Just what is it that you want?"
I lunged for the pompous prick, but I stopped when I heard Fugly cock his gun. "I didn't kill those two women, but I think you know who did. And call off your midget before I pour cocktail sauce on him and throw him in the Cyrus dumpster for Tiny. Tiny loves a shrimp cocktail."
Anosmia turned to the midget and said, "It's OK, Mr. Teebagger, you can put away the gun. We're not here to cause any trouble for the HoseMaster." Fugly, or Mr. Teebagger as it turns out, put his gun away. "Now, HoseMaster, what is it you want from us?"
I strolled past Tiny and Mr. Teebagger and sat down behind my desk. Anosmia hadn't moved, he was just casually standing there in the way that sommeliers do, smirking like I'd just ordered a bottle of Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon from a poor vintage. Any of them.
"I have a client. Her name is Veronica. She knows a lot about wine and she hired me to get her into your exams next week for M.S. That's all I wanted to do, get her an invite."
"Well, HoseMaster, you didn't have to kill a couple of candidates to make an opening for her. This Veronica, I'm sure she didn't hire you for that."
I just stared. "I don't know who murdered those girls, but it wasn't me. And what killed them was their idiotic desire to line your pockets with money so you'd give them two letters after their names, two letters they thought would help them be somebody in the wine business, two letters they thought might validate their passion for wine, make people admire them, come to them for wine advice. Two letters that proved they know about wine. Shit. It's all shit. All it got them was an early trip to the Jim Jones Tasting Room, a permanent position at Copia, a reviewer's job at Wine and Spirits Magazine...Death. But you and the rest of your M.S. poseurs, the fake Gucci bags of wine connoisseurs, the counterfeit Rolexes of the wine world--hell, an M.S. is just fake tits for wine lovers--you'll just keep on taking money for your meaningless letters, your bogus degree, your manufactured status. The whole thing is a scam, and an ugly one, and now it's cost two lovely women their lives and I'm going to find out what's going on and I'm going to take you and all your fucking M.S. midgets down..."
I think I heard the gun go off.
18 comments:
- Marcia Macomber said...
I can smell the gunpowder residue now..wafting through your office! (That'd be a nice, new descriptor for those MS candidates to identify...)
Who got it? Did the lights go out?
You're sure pilin' up the bodies, HoseMaster. What next?
- January 27, 2010 at 4:09 PM
- Puff Daddy said...
Another brilliant chapter. I can hardly wait for the movie.
- January 27, 2010 at 5:47 PM
- Samantha Dugan said...
You think you heard the gun go off?! WTF?! Dude, you're killing me with these things....and might I say I am awfully glad not to find you elbow deep in bung hole in this chapter....
- January 27, 2010 at 8:00 PM
- Puff Daddy said...
Elbow deep in the bung hole? That's a tricky one. Sam, I think you are trying to be polite.
- January 28, 2010 at 9:06 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
My Dearest Marcia,
I've missed you! I knew I had to kill somebody just to hear from you. Come to Healdsburg, I'll show you my office and we'll have lunch with the midget and Tiny!
My Gorgeous Samantha,
I already got hit over the head, I may as well get shot! Eventually I might even get laid. Let's see, Veronica, Jessica or the midget...Hey, he does have the gun.
Yup, I painted myself into a rather nasty corner with my hidden messages, but I seem to have escaped and can move on to more pleasant things. Like gunshot wounds.
I adore you!
Puff Daddy,
Every so often I get it right.
I'm casting the movie in my head now. Any suggestions for who should play the HoseMaster? I'm thinking Denzel.
- January 28, 2010 at 5:05 PM
- Puff Daddy said...
<< I'm casting the movie in my head now. Any suggestions for who should play the HoseMaster? I'm thinking Denzel. >>
I have given this matter a great deal of thought. I can see Denzel and you. After all, he is tall, black and handsome. It's a bit of a stretch, but at least you did not ask for Sean Penn, who is short, white and does not smile.
But, I am thinking about some kind of middle ground here. Somebody middle-aged, tough as nails, funny, understands irony, maybe a little shorter than Denzel, but likely to deliver a knockout phrase with aplomp.
My first nomination was Brando, but the guy went and checked out on us. So, how about DeNiro? OK, so he sometimes like to play it a little "run down at the heels", but at least he would never be mistaken for somebody who was an MS candidate.
- January 29, 2010 at 5:46 PM
- Marcia Macomber said...
Dear HMW and Puff Daddy - Funny, I thought Denzel, too, on gut reaction. Sean Penn - ohhhhhhhhh, definitely wrong. Brando? No. DeNiro, too rumpled at this point. (Not that HMW, PI, isn't well-rumpled, but that's another post....)
I would consider other casting choices: Given the bung hole episode (I mean...really...), I'd have to say Ben Stiller...so many...mishaps (and ellipses!) But, no.... That leads to William H. Macy as a compromise (caught with so many bodies in Fargo).
Then turning away from these under-something PI-types, there's always Jack ("the gun was under the chair"), but he's too short. Or perhaps the worn Russell Crowe from LA Confidential...nah, the accent is a problem. Or David Duchovny with the ever-present underdog/trenchcoat-ness. But I've seen no aliens yet crop up in Les Mars....
I suspect Mr. HoseMaster, sir, would prefer Clive Owen to play his alter-ego.... (Leaving Ms. Dugan to play the role originated by....)
- January 29, 2010 at 6:45 PM
- Marcia Macomber said...
Oh, yes, HMW, H-burg...soon. Too much bloody rain, Luv. Can't even get out for the Mayo's sale this w/end, and the water's too high now for a paddle down the Russian River (although given the number of vineyards siphoning off for frost protection....) When the sun comes out!
- January 29, 2010 at 6:48 PM
- Ron Washam said...
After much contemplation, I think the role of HoseMaster will be played by Linda Hunt, in an echo of her Oscar-winning portrayal of a man. And, in a dual role, she can also play Mr. Teebagger aka Fugly!
OOOOH, brilliant casting.
Marcia Love,
It just seems completely apropos that you arrive when the sunshine does. I look forward to it.
- January 30, 2010 at 7:37 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Hey! How did I get dragged into this Marcia?! I must admit, the thought of HoseMaster being played by Denzel...damn, made my skin all bumply.
- January 30, 2010 at 8:44 AM
- Marcia Macomber said...
Sam, I dunno, but it's kinda inevitable, don't cha think?
I was starting to think old school now...maybe Lana Turner. But she didn't have the 'tude. Then I thought Lauren Bacall. She's got the mouth and sass to play you.
On the other hand, maybe you'd prefer Kate Hepburn or Bette Davis, two women who never failed to say what they meant?
- January 30, 2010 at 8:55 AM
- Puff Daddy said...
I am kind of thinking of Rosalind Russell as Sam. Bold, brassy, wholly independent and lovable.
Streep could do it, except for that she has never struck me as the flirty, inviting type. Kathleen Turner maybe.
- January 31, 2010 at 10:29 AM
- Marcia Macomber said...
You are entirely spot on! Ms. Russell is the best match to play Ms. Dugan.
- January 31, 2010 at 11:49 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Puff Daddy and Marcia,
Play Ms. Dugan? As far as I can tell she's not a character in The MS Conspiracy, any more than you are, Charlie, or you, Marcia. If you mean Veronica, then I'm thinking Scarlet Johansen or Dame Edna. If you mean Jessica, well, I'm thinking Halle Berry or Chuck Berry.
Samantha could only be played by the inimitable Ms. Dugan, whom I deeply adore.
- January 31, 2010 at 6:07 PM
- Marcia Macomber said...
I'm not sure how Ms. Dugan got inserted into this M.S. story either! Not by me.
But if ANYONE should play Ms. Dugan in ANY storyline here, I concur with Mr. P.D. - Rosalind Russell.
(And definitely Ms. Berry over Mr. Berry for Jessica, should the occasion arise.)
- January 31, 2010 at 8:27 PM
- Samantha Dugan said...
I get back from Dallas, pop on my favorite blog and now I am totally confused, flattered as hell but confused. Wonder if just being in Texas killed some brain cells but...I'm glad I'm not a player in this little story, (wouldn't mind having the ass that dead girl in the tub had, but other than that) I was just grateful not to be the inspiration for Tiny!
- January 31, 2010 at 10:28 PM
Oh my. He's the Duckman of Vineland.
- February 5, 2010 at 2:55 PM
- Jesse Becker, MS said...
- February 10, 2010 at 12:57 PM


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My 2nd great-grand uncle Andrew Jackson Corley was born this day in 1829. He was married twice and fathered no less than 20 children. His parents were Jonathan Cheatham Corley and Delilah Basham. I found his picture in the book A Genealogy of Corleys, which states:
"He was the next to the youngest son, a farmer, with but limited education, but was regarded as a man of honor and uprightness. He lived and died on his farm, three miles north of Herrick, Illinois, and is there buried, in what is known as the Corley Cemetery, with his wife and several children. He was reasonably thrifty. He was a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and served in the Federal Army during the Civil War. He was twice married. His first wife was Harriet Jones, to whom he married August 5, 1847."
What a wealth of information! After looking up his Civil War records, I found the pension information for the applications filed by him and his second wife, so I need to try and find that the next time I'm at NARA. His second wife was Sarah Jane Wooters, whom he married shortly after Harriet's death around 1872. He died 5 September 1893.


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Pictures with Players
With all of the photos we take at games, its both fun and helpful to make entries grouping different types of pictures. We recently finished recategorizing all of our panoramic pictures. So now, its time to compile all of our pictures with MLB players (in chronological order). Here we go:
ADAM MOORE. Tim's first player picture was with Adam Moore…
…at the Mariners spring training in 2008. At the time, Adam was a prospect yet to make his regular season MLB debut. Turns out that in 2009, we were in attendance for Adam's MLB debut.
Matt Capps. The first MLB player with whom Tim got his picture at a MLB park was then-Pirates reliever Matt Capps…
…at PNC Park. This picture was taken during the inaugural Cook Grandfather-Father-Son Baseball Roadtrip.
T.J. Beam. Shortly after the Matt Capps picture, we met T.J. Beam…
…another Pirates pitcher. Beam, Sean Burnett, and Tyler Yates signed that baseball I am holding in this picture (given to us by Denny Bautista).
Ryan Perry. We got this picture with Ryan Perry at Camden Yards in May 2009:
Jack Zduriencik. Okay, he's not a player, but we have to include this picture with Mariners General Manager, Jack Zduriencik…
…taken on the sidewalk in Boston while walking back from Fenway to our hotel after an excellent Mariners win over the Red Sox.
"King" Felix Hernandez. We got a special treat on the Fourth of July in 2009, this picture with King Felix:
This was taken shortly after Felix finished playing catch with Erik Bedard. When Felix started signing autographs, Bedard tossed us their warm up baseball. Tim and I then met up with Felix for this photo and autograph. To cap it all off, the Mariners beat the Red Sox.
Jason Phillips. We met up with C&S Hall of Famer Jason Phillips…
…for this picture at Progressive Field in August 2009. Phillips has been extremely cool to us since we met him in '09. Thanks, Jason!
Ryan Rowland-Smith. At the Rogers Centre in September 2009, Tim and I met for the first time and got this picture with C&S Hall of Famer Ryan Rowland-Smith:
Scott Olsen. We set a goal of getting a picture with a player from each team we saw in 2010. We fell short of reaching the goal, but had a lot of fun trying. Scott Olsen was our first player picture of the season…
…at an April 2010 game between the Nationals and Brewers in Washington, D.C.
Jeff Suppan. At that same Brewers-Nationals game, we got this picture with the incredibly nice Jeff Suppan:
Frank Catalanotto. May 1, 2010 was a big day. Kids Run the Bases at Citizens Bank Park and getting an important autograph and this outstanding picture with Tim's "first batter" Frank Catalanotto:
Ryan Rowland-Smith. On May 11, 2010, we ran into RRS twice during pre-game festivities in Baltimore. During our second meeting, we got this picture:
Billy Wagner. On May 22, 2010, we met, got a baseball and two autographs from, and this picture with Billy Wagner at PNC Park:
Tommy Hanson. On May 23, 2010, we met and got this picture with up-and-coming Braves hurler Tommy Hanson:
Mike Cameron. One of our goals in 2010 (at least when we weren't seeing the Mariners play) was to get pictures with former Mariners. On June 5, 2010, we went to a Red Sox/Orioles game in Baltimore with the goal of getting a picture with Adrian Beltre. I had forgotten that beloved former Mariner Mike Cameron also played for the Red Sox. We were very excited to come home with this shot with Cammy:
Jered Weaver. June 10, 2010 was the second game of the Cook Grandfather-Father-Son Baseball Roadtrip of 2010. We started off the day by getting a baseball tossed to us by Jered Weaver…
…and shortly thereafter he autographed the baseball and posed for this picture with Tim.
Joel Piniero. At that same game on June 10, 2010, we managed to get a wonderful picture with former Mariners pitcher, Joel Piniero…
…giving Tim a fist-bump for the 2010 Photo Scavenger Hunt on MyGameBalls.com.
Ryan Rowland-Smith. We met up with Ryan Rowland-Smith…
…again in San Diego on June 12, 2010 while on the GFS Roadtrip. After signing that autograph (that I gave to my dad), he chatted with us for a while and posed for this group shot:
Chad Cordero. On June 13, 2010, we met, got an autograph from and picture with Mariners reliever, Chad Cordero:
"Cowboy" Joe West. Okay, so he's not a player. But, for good or for bad, he's a MLB legend and I have to include this picture of Tim with MLB umpire "Cowboy" Joe West…
…taken on June 13, 2010 after King Felix pitched 8.2 dominating innings in an exciting Mariners win over the Padres. The backstory is that home plate umpire Angel Hernandez gave Tim a baseball on the way off the field, which third base umpire Joe West then stole from Tim before walking into the tunnel. West then came back chuckling at his prank and gave the baseball back to Tim. I jumped on the light hearted opportunity to ask the Cowboy to pose for this picture with Tim. He didn't balk at my request.
Jamie Moyer. On June 26, 2010, the Blue Jays came to Philadelphia for a series of "home games" at Citizens Bank Park. The "visiting" Phillies took BP second so we had great access to the team. It all worked to our advantage because we were able to get this series of three pictures with Mariners legend (and my personal all-time favorite pitcher) Jamie Moyer:
Thanks, Jamie! Best of luck in your rehab and 2012 comeback mission.
Bert Blyleven. July 22, 2010 was our first game back in action after Kellan's birth. The date will likely go down as the first time we've ever met two Hall of Famers (or eventual Hall of Famers) in one day. The first was the extremely nice Dutchman, Bert Blyleven:
Jim Palmer. The second Hall of Famer of the day was former underwear model, Jim Palmer:
The second picture of Palmer earned us some more points in the myGameBalls.com photo scavenger hunt.
Omar Vizquel. Talking about Hall of Famers or eventual Hall of Famers, Omar Vizquel should be enshrined some day. The guy is a flat out amazing fielder. On August 8, 2010, he gave us his "John Hancock" and posed for this picture with Tim:
Jay Buente. On September 12, 2010 (Tim's Fourth MLB Anniversary), Tim and I got our 100th baseball from Marlins pitcher Jay Buente. Before hustling off, Mr. Buente posed for a picture with Tim:
Thanks, Jay! In an interesting note (and something that I just realized), with this picture with Jay Buente, Tim closed out his first MLB division — he got a picture with a member of each team in the N.L. East in 2010 (Scott Olson of the Nationals, Frank Catalanotto of the Mets, Billy Wagner and Tommy Hanson of the Braves, Jamie Moyer of the Phillies, and Jay Buente (and Brian Sanches) of the Marlins). Cool.
Brian Sanches. Shortly after crossing paths with Jay Buente, we ran into another Marlins pitcher, Brian Sanches. He was incredibly nice. He signed a baseball for us and posed for this picture with Tim:
Note: This is one of my wife's favorite pictures ever of Tim.
David Pauley, Ryan Rowland-Smith, Garrett Olson and Chris Seddon. At Kellan's MLB Debut on October 1, 2010, he was lucky enough to get his picture with four Mariners David Pauley (top left), Ryan Rowland-Smith (the first player to get his picture with both Tim and Kellan), Garrett Olson (who had the bright idea of having Kellan wear the ice cream helmet in the picture), and Chris Seddon (bottom right):
Jack Zduriencik. On October 3, 2010, we closed out the season at Safeco Field. We ran into Mariners General Manager Jack Zduriencik in the centerfield SRO area before the game and got this wonderful picture of Jack Z. kissing Kellan:
Cook & Son Trivia: Jack Zduriencik is the only baseball executive with whom Kellan, Tim or I have even gotten our picture. He is easily the most accessible G.M. the Mariners have ever had. My mom has gotten her picture with Jack about 4 times. He's all over the place.
Balls and Helmets
Tim and I have had all of our baseballs from 2009 laying around unorganized and our ice cream helmets in a similarly disheveled state. So, I decided to get organized.
The four most important baseballs of the season are in Tim's room on his dresser with his 30-MLB team milestone trophy, his Mariners Mr. Potatohead, and his miniature Ken Griffey, Jr. glove:
Those baseballs include:
- Willie Bloomquist/Royals ball (U.S. Cellular Field) – from Tim's 30th MLB team milestone game (8/17/09).
- Felix Hernandez/Erik Bedard (Fenway Park) warm up ball signed by Felix Hernandez (7/4/09).
- Jason Phillips autographed ball (Yankee Stadium) – trade for A-Rod photoball for M's pink backpack (7/2/09).
- Ryan Rowland-Smith's autographed warm-up ball (Rogers Centre) — Tim's first ball he caught himself (9/26/09).
NOTE: Honorable Mention Most Important Baseballs Awards go to the HHH Metrodome ball that we caught at the Metrodome (8/15/09) and the ball Jason Phillips threw to us on top of the Green Monster at Fenway (7/5/09).
The rest of our 2009 baseballs are now all in baseball cubes displayed on a bookshelf on which they fit perfectly:
As you can see, on the bottom shelf we have our ice cream helmet collection. Most piles are all the same team (e.g., the big Mariners and Phillies piles). But a couple teams are hidden beneath other teams (e.g., the Pirates and the other New York team). Eventually, I'll need to figure out a better way to display our helmets.
FYI, the balls on the helmet shelf are mostly from my youth. I lost track of how many balls I caught growing up in the Kingdome. Eventually, I ended up playing home run derby with most of them (something me and my friends played constantly during the summers) and lost them in the woods beyond the outfield fence at Madrona Elementary School (which is a great place to play home run derby). Anyway, the end balls in the back row are from last season, the other nine are my only remaining Kingdome balls. You can see on one of them I wrote "Julio Franco" in red in really poor, youthful handwriting. It was back when he played for the Rangers, probably from 1989 or 1990. The ball to the right of the Franco ball was from Kirby Puckett.
While I'm at it, I might as well share one more picture:
These are balls from 2006-08. On the top shelf:
1. Tim's first ball ever – from Davis Romero (Blue Jays) at his first game ever, and first game (obviously) at Safeco Field (9/12/06).
3. Tim's third ball ever – from Brandon Morrow at his third game ever, second Mariners game, and first game at Camden Yards (8/9/07)
4. Tim's fourth ball ever – from Glenallen Hill at Tim's 1st MLB Anniversary, our only ball ever at Citizens Bank Park (9/12/07)
FYI, we gave Tim's second baseball to my cousin's daughter who shared her first game ever with Tim (as we will see in a forthcoming entry – ETA next week).
The rest of the baseballs are spring training balls from 2008. The top left ball is autographed by Adam Moore and the top right ball is autographed by Jose Vidro – both during spring training 2008.
Interstingly, this post now shows every baseball Tim and I have ever caught together except one, which we got during our first baseball roadtrip in 2008 and got autographed by some Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers. What the heck, lets show it too:
This ball is autographed by T.J. Beam, Tyler Yates, and Sean Burnett of the 2008 Pirates.
So, there you go, our entire Major League baseball collection and Major League ice cream helmet collections in one blog entry.


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Update: Samsung just pinged us to say that Amazon put this page up in error, and that the Note 10.1 isn't yet available for preorder. And, sure enough, the page has been killed. (Samsung also points out the errors that many of you spotted in the specs as another clue that Amazon wasn't quite ready for this one to go live.) The good news is that Sammy's now well aware of how excited you all are for the Note 10.1, so there's that.
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Pop quiz: What's 10.1 inches in diagonal, looks like a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 but acts like a Galaxy Note? Oh, and it's available for preorder at Amazon U.S. If you answered the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, you'd be correct. And for bonus points, you'd know that it's up for preorder for $549.99.
Amazon says it'll ship in 3 to 5 weeks, but it wouldn't surprise us if that's just a ballpark and it shifts either way. In the meantime, be sure to check out our hands-on from Mobile World Congress back in February to see what you're getting yourself into.
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Poe's law
Poe's law is a humorous law formulated by Nathan Poe, which states that:
- "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody a fundamentalist in such a way that someone won't mistake for the genuine article."
It is a comment on the wide range of extreme and, many might say, insane opinions expressed by religious fundamentalists, especially on the Internet.
Parody often works by exaggerating the salient features of a person or situation beyond reasonable bounds. Poe's law says that there are no bounds to what fundamentalists will say, and therefore they are impossible to parody.
Although this law is typically applied to religious fundamentalists, it is also sometimes applied to conspiracy theorists and fringe political groups.
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External links
- The Landover Baptist Church, a satirical church website that is hardly different from a real fundamentalist church.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 112 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
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We are open to your ideas for a simple, clean, healthy, organic and memorable logo design, however, we value high standards and encourage everyone to reach their full potential by creating a unique design that invokes the image of professionalism, quality, value and loyalty. Keep in mind that we would like the logo to have a distinct style and not just look like a generic logo.
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Buenos Aires Booking Strategies
Watch out for the value-added tax (VAT) of 21 percent. Some hotels leave it off their price sheets, while others include it as part of the published rate.
High season runs November through March, when swimming pools are especially in demand. Book a few months ahead for a choice spot. But that's about as far ahead as you may be able to reserve at many places. Double-digit inflation has kept some hoteliers from setting rates more than a few months in advance. Naturally, you'll want to verify all prices before you book.
For a longer stay, consider renting an apartment by the week. Reputable agencies, such as B y T Argentina, list hundreds of digs by price range and neighborhood.
Be aware of bargain-looking city hotels—albergues transitorios (or telos in local slang)—these charge by the hour and block all windows so straying spouses can keep a low profile. Look elsewhere for a traditional hotel experience.
Light sleepers should ask for a room away from the street, especially on bus routes. Buenos Aires may be the noisiest city in South America. Public buses with screechy brakes run 24 hours a day.
Buenos Aires's independent boutique hotels hit a sweet spot. They tend to be run out of renovated mansions and town houses bought at bargain prices during or after the financial crisis of 2001. The best ones offer a level of luxury and personalized service that's usually out of reach for bargain-minded travelers. You might pay as little as $120 to stay in an impeccably renovated 18th-century house. And you'll typically receive service that large, corporate-owned hotels can't provide.
Below is our boutique hotel–heavy list of places to stay in Buenos Aires from about $85 to $175 a night—along with a classy hostel for good measure. Cheaper lodgings can be found, but these properties are among the city's best values.


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Who am I? Who will I become? These are tough questions for any teen to answer. In READ ME LIKE A BOOK, 17-year-old Ashleigh Walker's life has become a whirlwind; from coping with her parents' marital troubles, to navigating her first sort-of relationship, Ash's future is daunting and uncertain. The answers to these questions become even less clear when Miss Murray --- the cool English teacher --- takes over Ash's class...and her heart. Miss Murray becomes the one constant for Ash; forcing her to try a little harder, to care a little deeper, and to confront these difficult questions head on. In this interview with Teenreads.com's Terrell Orr, author Liz Kessler discusses the social and political climate surrounding the novel, her thoughts about social media, and what she has in store for readers next!
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In this technologically-ripe age, teens are finding tons of new ways to make friends, be it through online forums about shared interests or conversations with people you know IRL via text or email. Either way, it's clear that there are more ways than one to get to know a person. In GENA/FINN, authors Hannah Moskowitz and Kat Helgeson --- who met online, by the way --- team up to share the story of two girls who become fast friends through their shared love of a popular television show. In this interview with Teenreads.com's Katherine Szabo, Hannah and Kat discuss their love of fandoms and how they feel technology has allowed people from various backgrounds to connect.
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Inbox: Sabathia still an ace for Yanks?
In some ways, it seems difficult to believe that more than a month has passed since Curtis Granderson tracked down a fly ball from the Astros' Matt Dominguez on Sept. 29 in Houston, officially completing the Yankees' 2013 season with their 85th win of the year.
After the World Series concluded, the Yankees were prepared to hit the ground running. There figure to be many developments in the Bronx as the club retools this offseason, so we'll be regularly fielding questions like these from you, the readers, in the Yankees Inbox:
In some ways, it seems difficult to believe that more than a month has passed since Curtis Granderson tracked down a fly ball from the Astros' Matt Dominguez on Sept. 29 in Houston, officially completing the Yankees' 2013 season with their 85th win of the year.
After the World Series concluded, the Yankees were prepared to hit the ground running. There figure to be many developments in the Bronx as the club retools this offseason, so we'll be regularly fielding questions like these from you, the readers, in the Yankees Inbox:
What do you think about CC Sabathia's future as the Yankees' ace? And will he be better in 2014?
-- Joanna M., West New York, N.J.
There were times this season when Sabathia legitimately seemed to be searching for explanations, but by the end of the year, there was a sense that he had accepted the situation and mentally decided how to handle it. It very well may be that Sabathia's years of high-octane velocity are behind him. As general manager Brian Cashman said, "If that [velocity] didn't come back this year, I don't know why it would start to come back next year."
Sabathia has pointed out that he carries a lot of miles on his left arm, but a bigger concern is that the home-run ball was a huge problem -- one that Sabathia and pitching coach Larry Rothschild must find a way to correct. Sabathia's strikeouts per nine innings are right where they were in 2009 and '10, so that's a good sign.
Health is always a factor, but Sabathia has thus far delivered on his promise to provide the Yankees with many innings at the front of the rotation. As long as he continues to strike out batters and keep his walks down, the Yanks believe Sabathia will continue pitching toward the front end of their rotation for years to come. As far as Joe Girardi is concerned, Sabathia can be written in as the 2014 ace right now.
Why would the Yankees seriously consider Brian McCann when they're high on Gary Sanchez and he's just one season from the bigs?
-- Ian C., Atlanta
The old saying about how "prospects are suspects" until they prove themselves immediately jumps to mind. Sanchez has promise and his bat should help him advance up the ladder, but McCann is a finished product -- an All-Star with a left-handed power bat that would fit nicely in Yankee Stadium.
McCann is not a sure thing to come to the Bronx, as he'll have his share of suitors, but you can expect the Yankees to be in play. Even with all this talk about a $189 million payroll, New York will have some money to spread around, and a strong catcher should slot behind Robinson Cano and maybe Masahiro Tanaka on the shopping list.
The Yanks knew they were going defense-first with the Francisco Cervelli and Chris Stewart catching tandem this year. No one could have predicted Cervelli's eventful year, but in hindsight, it wouldn't have been so bad to keep Russell Martin around. Stewart and Cervelli are both arbitration-eligible, and probably at least one of them will be playing elsewhere in 2014, with Austin Romine and JR Murphy also in camp to work with the pitchers.
Where is Michael Pineda in his recovery? And where do the Yankees think he'll be next year?
-- Eric G., via Twitter
The good news is that Pineda finished the year healthy, according to Cashman, who said Rothschild and pitching coordinator Gil Patterson thought Pineda might benefit from some additional rest late in the season as he returns from right labrum surgery. The bad news is that two full seasons have passed since he was acquired from the Mariners and he still hasn't thrown a pitch in a big league game -- not that the Jesus Montero trade is working out swimmingly on Seattle's end.
The Yankees are quietly optimistic that Pineda will be a contributor at the big league level in 2014. They're trying to temper expectations, and Cashman even referenced the fact that Pineda has Minor League options remaining, a signal that he won't be guaranteed a rotation spot next spring. Pineda has battled with weight issues, so the Yanks will be watching closely to see what kind of shape he is in come February. But with only Sabathia and Ivan Nova locked into the rotation right now, it would clear up a lot of questions if Pineda's name can be penciled in.
The Yankees would like to be under $189 million but also have a number of players they would like to sign. Can they backload the contracts with most of the money coming after next season? For example, a three-year, $45 million contract with $10 million next year and $17.5 million the next two.
-- Jeff B., Las Vegas, Nev.
They could structure a contract that way, but it wouldn't help their goals as far as the luxury tax accounting goes. The tax assessment is calculated using the average annual value of the contract, plus any signing bonuses, not the actual yearly dollar amount. That means the hypothetical $45 million deal counts for $15 million toward the luxury tax threshold each year.
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat.


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I'm excited about the upcoming Georgia Family History Expo this November 9th and 10th. I received the following press release in conjunction with my role as an Official Blogger. As my parents can attest, I'm always trying to get them to record stories, so I'm excited about the oral history discussion presented by Paul Adjei and Bernie Gracy. Read more about it below:
Kumasi-Ghana Oral Historian Speaks At Georgia Family History Expo
DULUTH, Ga. -- Paul Adjei of Kumasi-Ghana, Africa will present at the 2012 Georgia Family History Expo Nov. 9-10 at the Gwinnett Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth, Ga. Following is a schedule of his presentations.
Friday at 6:30 p.m. Adjei will present, "Africa the Root of Our Ancestors." This class will help family historians understand Oral histories to be key resources on both sides of the ocean. "Oral genealogy is the systematic collection of living people's testimony about their own experiences. Oral history is not folklore, gossip, hearsay, or rumor. It is the passing of information from one generation to another for preserving the root," Adjei said.
- Saturday at 10 a.m. Adjei will teach class participants to discover the records available for African research. The class is titled, "Echoes from Africa."
- At 2:30 p.m. Saturday Adjei will team up with Gracy for a panel discussion to highlight the importance of DNA and oral history in genealogical and family history research.
An advanced reservation is recommended for this event. Register at www.familyhistoryexpos.com prior to the Expo for significant savings. Individual courses can be ordered for $20 each.