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"Ball Game" recap - Jon & Kate Plus 8
The old ball game might never be the same after Jon takes Cara and the boys to their first big league game in Philadelphia. Will the Phillies clinch their division? Will there be enough nachos to maintain healthy blood sugar levels? You'll find out on this episode of Jon & Kate + 8.
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I am an enormous baseball fan. I was born in a small town about 50 miles outside of St. Louis and was raised to believe that my blood ran red because I was a Cardinal fan. I was born in October of 1964, the same month that the Cardinals won the World Series. I went to many games with my Father and Grandfather. We could afford it because we sat in the bleachers, shared a Coke, and ate peanuts from the shell. I can still feel those peanut shells crunching under my feet. I believe that baseball is America's game and weep at all the poetry and romantic notions that go along with it. I've stood in that Iowa cornfield and dreamed that my father were with me so we could "have a catch."
Every child should get the opportunity to enjoy a big league game. Baseball is the great bridge between generations. When I was a petulant teen, I could still talk to my father about baseball. As an adult, I still make sure I know the scores because my 80-year-old father will always ask when he can't think of anything else to say. I will not entertain the ridiculous notion about whether or not the Gosselins are "real fans" or how much they "deserve" to be there. Baseball is there for everyone. From the sandlots to Astroturf fields, baseball covers the spectrum of humanity and that includes the Gosselins.
Jon and Kate decide to split up the team and take only the children who are interested in baseball to the game in Philadelphia. It quickly becomes apparent that Kate wasn't interested so she stays home. Kate mentions how much she looks forward to her day with Mady and the little girls and tells us that they baked, made popcorn, and watched a movie. Jon and Kate make it very clear that no one was FORCED to go to the game. I think that is great. Now, tell me, were the kids who willing went to the game FORCED to be filmed while there? Did they have the option of going to the game totally off camera? Ah, there's the rub.
Jon bought . .er, um. . assembled this play market stand so the little girls would have something exciting to do while the others were away. This way the girls could go to the stand and ask for FREE organic meats and produce just like Mommy and Daddy. There is a cute moment when Jon is on the floor with Leah and the boys eating FREE pretend organic ice cream from the scoop. Gender rolls are reinforced as Jon instructs the boys to allow Leah to serve them.
Jon and the kids arrive at Citizens Bank Park late and are greeted by Melissa Manuel the wife of Phillies Manager Charlie Manuel and fan of the show. The kids are given caps and rally towels just in case they have yet to perfect the art of towel snapping as means to attack each other.
Jon says the Manuels are southern and heartwarming. Kate declares that she is heartwarming (implying how well she'll fit in when they get to North Carolina) then Jon leads their viewers in a huge eye roll. I believe Jon said that this was his first big league game as well. It's odd to me that the man-of-a-thousand-experiences has never been to a Major League Baseball game.
Jon and gang watch the game from the Manuel's sky box. As an adult, I would love to enjoy that sort of luxury once in a while. I have to admit, however, that there's nothing quite like the feel of the crowd. A full stadium actually has a rhythm which is heightened by the nervous anticipation surrounding the pursuit of a pennant. Have you ever felt your heart swell with the roar of the crowd? I hope the kids get to feel that one day. I hope all kids get to feel that.
In an effort to dodge the trauma of receding blood sugar levels, Jon loads the kids up on junk food. He mentions that Kate would not approve, but he doesn't care and buys the kids a round of chicken fingers, cheese fries, hot dogs, Cracker Jack, and lemonade. I keep waiting for one of the kids to explode due to a serious lack of organic goodness, but all seems to be well in preservative land. It's a Philly Frank, so who cares!
A quick detour to the couch finds Kate singing way too many bars of Take Me Out To The Ballgame in a key so off that Harry Caray's ears are bleeding in his grave. I swear the only purpose of this couch break was so that we could hear Kate's voice more. I think Jen, the producer, needs to be locked in a room and forced to listen to the Toys-R-Us episode in an endless loop for a week then maybe she will understand that it is a contribution to world peace if less of Kate's voice is heard.
The Phillie Fanatic pays a visit to the sky box area and the boys just love him. The Fanatic plays with all the kids and Cara even cracks a brief smile. There are stuffed toys and hugs all around and the Fanatic poses for a picture with Jon and the children. At the last moment, the Fanatic puts his hand over Jon's face and Jon comments that it must be Kate in the costume.
Insert quick couch cut-away so that Kate can correct Jon's grammar. Apparently, Jon stamples all over the English language.
This is where the show gets weird. I guess the point is to so show just how many high-profile fans the Gosselins have, which could make them important by association -- I don't know. It just seems like a lot of video name dropping to me. First into the sky box is the Phillies Senior Vice President of Marketing David Buck, his wife, and children. I did a quick check to see if David Buck is the brother of Fox Sports announcer Joe Buck and the son of the late Baseball Hall of Fame announcer, Jack Buck. He's not, but his kids are the same age as the Gosselin children and there are lots of toys in his adjoining sky box so I guess he deserves some camera time.
Next come the big guns. Phillies President David Montgomery and his wife present the kids with First Game certificates, which is nice. I wonder if we'll see these framed and hung on the Gosselin's walls? Jon remembers that Mady wants a foam finger and the kids need jerseys for spirit week at school. Jon and the kids load up on good stuff at the souvenir stand. Cara reminds Jon that Kate doesn't want the little kids to have the foam fingers (I guess she prefers that they hit each other with something more substantial), but Jon says that he's getting them anyway. Atta boy, Jon. The amount of items they take is rather shocking considering that half their brood already got several free items from the Manuels and the mascot. Kate hates baseball, why bring her a cap? I agree that it would be refreshing if we could see them show some restraint when it comes to the freebies. At least they didn't show any lame attempt to pay for items that were probably gratis.
The Phillies won the game and their division and the kids head down to the field to meet Manager Charlie Manuel and run the bases. Charlie Manuel is tall and makes Jon feel short. Perhaps Jon should have stood on his big pile of money or perhaps the backs of his children. Jon, you'll always have Kate around to make sure you feel small so get used to it.
The kids take off on their trip around the bases, but Joel gets dirt in his shoe and doesn't quite make it to first. Where's that damn bike when you need it, eh, Joel? Cara took off like she was shot out of a cannon. I guess when you see the possibility of a few seconds of alone time you make a run for it.
Next they meet centerfielder Shane Victorino who, like Jon, has some Hawaiian heritage. We find out that Jon's mother was born in Hawaii, which explains a previous comment about the family tracing Jon's roots and why they chose Hawaii as the site for the vow renewal. It seems insane to me that they would renew their vows on the land of his Mother's birth and not have the family be part of the ceremony. I certainly hope that all reports to the contrary are wrong and that we see J&K's family at the vow renewal ceremony. I can't believe that these two would be so obtuse as to omit the family during something so meaningful. Unless, of course, the ceremony was completely meaningless and just done for entertainment purposes and to reinforce to the audience that the Gosselin marriage is solid.
The day was long and exhausting and Jon and the kids didn't get home until 1 a.m. (Hope it wasn't a school night.) Kate was sound asleep so I suppose Jon had to put the kids to bed by himself. What else is new. Kate seems irritated that the show wasn't all about her, hence the endless stream of stupid questions. Kate appeared extremely uncomfortable throughout this episode. I think the realization has finally sunk in that the masses view Jon as the parent who is easiest to watch. Jon just spent several hours with four tired children, yet there wasn't a single meltdown. The kids seem less stressed when Kate isn't around.
Jon talks about how thankful he is for the trip to the ballgame and I'd actually believe him if it weren't for the blatant use of his children for monetary gain. They wrap with another round of Take Me Out To The Ballgame because apparently, Harry Caray isn't dead enough.
ThreeFarmers you are just plain BRILLIANT and HILARIUS with your recaps. I wish that instead of showing Jon and Kate on their magic couch every episode, TLC would employ you to read your commentary throughout the show...now that would be good television!!
I also noticed that the kids were much more relaxed without their organic mother there to put on their bibs before they ate. Wow, who would have thought that these kids CAN go hours without melting down EVEN if they don't eat their moms "home made" organic garbage....oh....eh.... I meant meals.
Maybe Mady has moved out, maybe she went to live at a "low blood sugar boarding school" so that she can get away from those damn cameras that she doesn't like. Either way, I am glad that Mady is getting a break from getting filmed. I would like to think that Jon and Kate are finally listening to their precious intelligent daughter and giving her some privacy, but I know the truth is probably that they have just started editing her out, you know due to her constant "low blood sugar". Because God forbid her blood sugar gets low enough to where it causes her to blurt out the truth behind the show.
For the record, Mady is my favorite. =)
It wasn't a school night. The Phillies clinched the division on a Saturday night. It was the night of 9/27 which was was a Saturday.
Hey maybe we should not say Jon is the better parent coz Kate might axe him out of the picture like she did with Aunt Jodie and Beth. Jon's making Kate look bad. It's all about Kate, Kate, Kate!
- tripletsmom said...
The next show Jon and Kate will be on is "Divorce Court".
I think there is something to that remark. I'll bet Kate bristles when people say Jon is the better parent. Sure hope he doesn't bet bannished to the basement.
Also, I realize now that it wasn't a school night. I didn't know on what date they attended the game at the time I wrote this.
Watching the couch session was difficult -- but, hey, I managed to get through it!
Just because Kate annoys the heck out of me, I intend to keep watching until the very end - which would be a good thing. The end, that is.
Kate was pretty lost since she was most certainly "acting" through this session. She kept well to the left of the sofa, and she pulled her left ear lobe and ear ring most of the time. I do believe she was really TRYING to act stupid, and she did it very well. I don't watch ball games, but I knew the answers to her oh-so-dumb questions. Didn't she even ask what a bat was used for? I think she even asked if the game was outside or inside. I guess she needed to prove to us how very much she really hates sports and knows nothing about baseball.
She mostly did not interrupt Jon's diatribe with one of her own. She never did hit, slap, smack, or belittle Jon. We also saw more of the activity and less of the couch, which was surely a welcome change. Too much of the couch is getting old fast.
Absolutely lovely, 3Farmers. You caught the spirit of the game perfectly. Well Done.
Was the baseball game episode filmed "after" the Hawaii trip? Wasn't Hawaii fimed in August?
Are they using the Hawaii trip as the end of season episodes?
Hey, even the Brady Bunch tanked in season five. I believe this Gosselin gimmee train may be 'bout to hit the skids....unless Kate is hiding another meal ticket in her head poof and its name is cousin Oliver.
The excessive freebies are getting sickening. They totally loaded up at the gift shop just like when they went to see the Christian play. All that free stuff and special treatment and not one kid said "thank you".
Iam a 1st time poster and new to the site. I used to like Kate until I read through this site and enlightened myself. I then noticed all the freebies and product placement. Before I came here I actually bought Jucie Juice because Kate used it. I thought she was super mom! But now I realize those poor kids are in way to much. In the GHK magazine they said that the family films 4 days a week. HOLY MOLEY!
This baseball episode was horrific. All the freebies! Jon bought so much food you'd think the family were starving. But then again, all that organic crap kate calls food much get tiresome. Good that those kids got to experience a ballpark hotdog. Poooor Cara was soo over having her picture taken. When that baseball player wanted to take a picture with them since "they are the famous ones" cara groans and says, "I'll stand right here." Everyone laughed.....but we can see shes obviously tired of being placed for pictures. Thanks for this site!
PS: I swiched back to Tree Top Juice!
"Gender rolls are reinforced as Jon instructs the boys to allow Leah to serve them."
Ummm..if gender roles are inforced, how come they do not apply to KON? After all, Jon is the perfect mother and homemaker, while Kate, like Ozzie (from 'Ozzie and Harriet') stays in a closet (or room) all day and 'returns home' at dinner time.
Another example of KON not practising what they preach.
It wasn't a school night. The Phillies clinched the division on a Saturday night. It was the night of 9/27 which was was a Saturday.
As I recall, the game they clinched was not a night game. I believe it was an afternoon 4pm start time on FOX. I remember watching the postgame celebrations on Comcast Sportsnet replayed over and over until about 10pm at night LOL. Are we sure they were at the clinching game and not just one of the other games where they had the possibility of clinching? If it was indeed the clinching game then the kids running the bases on the field with Charlie after the game seems odd because that entire stadium was empty. People stuck around in the stands after that clinching game for quite a while. So either the kids were forced to wait hours to do that and Charlie cleaned up and took a shower (cause he certainly didn't look champagne soaked lol), or it was a different night game. Maybe the night before?
"Jon just spent several hours with four tired children, yet there wasn't a single meltdown. The kids seem less stressed when Kate isn't around."
I wonder how legitimate the "meltdowns" really are. Chldren are just that, children, and they aren't perfect. Even though some people might say a parent should do something you can't always guarantee that the child will follow through. Maybe the kids don't melt down around Jon because he doesn't give it any credibiliy or make excuses for them. I don't know this for sure, and I've never seen it (but I see this with my husband) - when one of my children start on the downward spiral he is able to distract and stop the meltdown, or he just ignores it...."if you're so tired you can't behave properly we should leave now/go home/whaever". Of course that wouldn't happen on a show day in the G household but you get the idea.
Meltdowns happen. You go with it. But they're not all as dramatic and significant as Kate would make the viewers think. Of course if 2 or 4 or 8 kids melted down at once it could be a challenge but don't J&K say they're the experts on raising 8 kids??? They should know how to handle this.
3Farmers, thanks for another great recap. You should contact Zondervan and try to get a book published. These recaps could be side by side the KONS BS book.
I loved watching the low ranked boy tups and Cara eating the ball park food without bibs. And as you said, there were no meltdowns with Jon in charge. He at least loves and enjoys the kids.
Kate managed to ruin the episode with the painful couch talk. She tried to insert herself into the outing with some story about baking with the stay at home girls, then popcorn and a movie. Somehow I did not believe her. I picture Jenny, the Nanny for hire, feeding them the catered dinner, then bathing and bedding the kids.
Kate was obnoxious and inappropriate in that cap and the singing should never ever happen again. Kate, keep your day job, oh I forgot you do not have one.
I thought Melissa Manuel was lovely and maybe she was an insightful viewer worried about the kids. The boy tups got more attention from her than they receive from their mother. And she actually seemed to like them. I do not get the feeling from kate that she likes her kids.
As I recall, the game they clinched was not a night game. I believe it was an afternoon 4pm start time on FOX. I remember watching the postgame celebrations on Comcast Sportsnet replayed over and over until about 10pm at night LOL. Are we sure they were at the clinching game and not just one of the other games where they had the possibility of clinching? If it was indeed the clinching game then the kids running the bases on the field with Charlie after the game seems odd because that entire stadium was empty. People stuck around in the stands after that clinching game for quite a while. So either the kids were forced to wait hours to do that and Charlie cleaned up and took a shower (cause he certainly didn't look champagne soaked lol), or it was a different night game. Maybe the night before?
I believe that you are correct. If I recall correctly, the Phils played the Marlins on Friday night, Saturday Afternoon on Fox and Sunday afternoon. The Mets lost early Saturday afternoon (1 pm start I believe), giving the Phils the division with the Saturday afternoon win, and Sunday all of the starters had the day off for the final game.
With all that said, I belive the family went to the Friday night game. With a 7 pm start, the games easily go to 10 and I'm sure Charlie and Victorino had to do the press stuff prior to meeting with Jon and the kids, which means their meeting could easily have been at 11:00.
I think Cara was pretty rude for saying that to Victorino. I know everyone laughed, but these kids just have no manners to me, to no fault of their own. I'm sure they were tired though.
I was only half paying attention to the beginning with the kitchen set, so I thought I might have missed the first half of the conversation when Jon told the boys to let Leah serve them. The show is much more enjoyable when Kate has less air time.
Okay, I'm confused- I know not all of you watch the show, but most do...so why are we given a recap?
Anonymous said...
Okay, I'm confused- I know not all of you watch the show, but most do...so why are we given a recap?<<<
A recap allows you to experience the show through another person's eyes. Something small that you might have missed, might have been picked up by someone else and magnified to make it more humorous. Snarky recaps are just plain fun. Laughing once in a while is good for human beings.
Just a few reasons why most people like having recaps on this site. I'm sure people can think of others.
- Moons in Leo said...
Anonymous said...
Okay, I'm confused- I know not all of you watch the show, but most do...so why are we given a recap?
I don't watch the show, and I enjoy Three Farmers' recaps much more than the actual program anyway.
Just too much jumping the shark this season, IMO. Please God let it be cancelled.
They were at Friday night's game, the game before the Phils clinched the division. Saturday was a 4 p.m. start, but Friday's was 7:05 p.m...the game they attended.
As a long-time Phillies fan I was actually MAD about this episode! A more appropriate venue for these kids would've been the Reading Phillies, the Phila. club's farm league team. The Reading stadium is kid friendly--even has a pool--and the prices are reasonable for a family affair. Oh, wait...since they don't have to pay for anything why not high-tail it to the skybox. To me, the kids seemed pretty disinterested in the game. My son (now 20) could hit a baseball at 18 mo. and had basic knowledge of the game by 4.5. (he now has an ice hockey scholarship in college, so sports came naturally to him). These kids seem baby-fied to me; immature for their age. If it were me, I'd have at least prepped the kids on the basics of the game, what to watch for, etc. But then again, I would've been sitting in the bleachers at Reading's FirstEnergy Stadium in mid-summer watching the Reading Phils. They cater to kids. If the show is to emulate a "normal" family's experiences then this episode sealed it for me--they are no longer the epitome of American Main Street--no matter how many kids they have.
I don't know where to post this so I guess I will try here.
I remember a posting by one of the blog administrators that discouraged the way Kate refers to low blood sugar in episodes. I would like to discourage the way posters here target OCD. I actually have OCD and am medicated for it- people make these generalizations about Kate and how she must have it. Based on what I have seen on the show I don't think she has it. Being anal and picky is not the same thing as OCD. Please stop- it's insensitive.
- avasmommy said...
One anonymous poster brought up the point that this game was in September...and the G's were in Hawaii in August. Why the delay on airing that episode? Surely they won't wait until the end of this season, because who knows when that is considering it is a 40 episode season(if I recall correctly). Just goes to show how much this show is completely puppeteered. Most "day in the life" shows go cronologically. Not J&K. No, They're SPECIAL!!! They get celebrity treatment. gag.
Anyways, loved the post 3Farmers...as per usual.
I loved seeing Aaden being cuddled by Melissa. I bet that doesn't happen at home.
Also, when Jon said that he got home around 1:00 AM I immediately thought that it is a good thing he doesn't have to get up and go to work in the morning.
To the poster who asked why the recap:
Many of us now refuse to watch the show, but 3 Farmers has made it fun again because of the recaps. I look forward to the very last recap where Kon is standing behind their iron gated home, looking out at the world and telling each other they're doing what's best for the children. Then fade to black. Good-bye, Kon, we knew too much about ye.
Re: "I think Cara was pretty rude for saying that to Victorino."
Yes, that was a little rude. However, I'm gonna give her a little slack because she just turned 8, it was very late at night, and she probably didn't realize what a huge deal it was to have her picture taken with a sports celebrity (the G kids must have a very skewed perception of "reality"). She has posed for so many pictures and filmed so many "memories" in her short life that she may be a little jaded--or just plain tired.
However, I was glad to see the boys having fun and playing with the manager's kids--although it shouldn't take a free trip to the ball game and filming a tv episode for them to have fun.
Great recap as usual, 3F!
I loved seeing Aaden being cuddled by Melissa. I bet that doesn't happen at home.
Also, when Jon said that he got home around 1:00 AM I immediately thought that it is a good thing he doesn't have to get up and go to work in the morning.
The game was a Friday night anyway.
Of course the kids are babied and immature for their age, they have a mother that makes them eat with bibs. I'm shocked that they don't have pacifiers.
- MrsRef said...
Anonymous 7:30: We used to drive 2 hours from NJ to take the kids to the Reading Phillies. It was affordable family entertainment and there was not a bad seat in the house. We have also been to the Lancaster Barnstormers which is close to the Gosselins house. I love minor league baseball. Some of our best memories are going to Vet's Stadium, sitting in the 700 level and eating homemade hoagies and drinking from juiceboxes. No souveniers - just memories. We used to wait outside the "ramp" to get autographs with the kids and watch the players come out. My daughter met Shane Victorino this summer - has a great pic of the two of them.
I loved how at the beginning of the episode Jon talked as though "they" (J&K) decided to up and take the kids to see a baseball game. You know, kinda like how our families work where we all get together and decide something fun to do together? And then of course you're hit in the head with his explanation that "they" (someone else offering something free) made the offer for them to come out to the game. Yeah, that's family fun. And of course, fun for Mommy at home too because we must bring out new toys to entertain the kids who are left at home. No sense in spending time with them! Oh wait, "baking", I forgot that part. We've all seen how she lets them help "bake". So much fun!
- Petunia said...
I'm sure they were put in a sky box because no baseball fan where I come from, on a -huge- game night, wants to be looking around a camera crew to see the game. I, too, wished the kids could have felt the energy of the game but really, how mnay 4 year olds can or want to sit through a whole game? Whatever. They seemed happy, enough. I have really begum to like John after seeing him in several episodes away from "she who shall not me named for fear of my computer blowing up". I'll bet he was happy to go without her and her bitching. I wonder if he ever has moments when he looks around and wonders what has happened to his life. It sure has blown up. I have been trying to think of who he sort of looks like for a long time. The other night it came to me! He looks abit like Tattoo from Fantasy Island! Sorry, John...but I think so. HA!
I remember a posting by one of the blog administrators that discouraged the way Kate refers to low blood sugar in episodes. I would like to discourage the way posters here target OCD. I actually have OCD and am medicated for it- people make these generalizations about Kate and how she must have it. Based on what I have seen on the show I don't think she has it. Being anal and picky is not the same thing as OCD. Please stop- it's insensitive.
I would agree with you except for the fact that Kate has declared herself as having OCD. On numerous occasions. Which is probably why it is repeated often here. Personally, I don't think she has it but I think she uses it as a convenient excuse for her bad behaviors.
I was livid after this episode ... absolutely livid ... for many reasons. For one, the kids were exhausted by the end of the night and yet they're still be dragged along for publicity photos. Another reason was that they're being raised like veal ... in a solitary, protected environment away from real world experiences.
BUT ... what was over the top, for me ... was Jon & Kate making fun of Joel getting dirt in his shoe. Good LORD, people. Joel is your SON ... and he IS WHO HE IS. You know, your parents are supposed to be the ONE group of people in the world who love you and try to understand you even when no one else will. So, how in the world is Joel going to thrive when his PARENTS are the first ones mocking him???
It broke my heart ... and quite frankly ... this may be the straw that broke the camels back. I think I'm done.
I am new to the site and am enjoying the diverse comments and hilarious recaps. But I have a question: What is KON? I suppose it's an acromyn for abbreviation for something, but I can't figure it out. Can someone please shed some light?
- Brooks Brown said...
I've gone from being entertained by this show, in its early seasons, to seeing the darker side and the "Ball Game" episode is the most nauseating to date.
Jon traipsing the boys and Cara to the Phillies game was nothing more than a grand mutual publicity move on the side of the Phillies franchise and the Gosselins.
Jon, who I used to think was a decent guy, now reeks of arrogance in this episode every time he mentions some high-ranking member of the Phillies organization watching the show. The kids aren't there for baseball. They are there on the clock working for the show and being "paid" by more freebies than they can comprehend.
I know it's been said before, but these children are being raised in a fishbowl. They will have no way to relate to other children when they are always forced to be together making public appearances and at expecting to get every material desire (of the moment) handed to them in return.
I think the true sign of the negative impact the show is generating for the Gosselin family can be seen in the twins. The latest episodes show Cara and Mady very obviously sad, angry and frustrated. They are now at the age where they realize the impact constant national exposure is having on their lives and obvious red flags seem to be conveniently passed off as their own personal problems (at the ripe old ages of 8).
As PDK remarked, Jon and Kate's disgusting attitude about Joel getting sand his shoe at the ball park, really demonstrate their complete arrogance, greed and lack of consideration for the egos and senses of self that each of these children desperately need above and beyond all the high-priced free handouts and outings.
Like the nightmare scenarios of the generations of child actors before them, I feel like this show is a slow-motion train wreck and the seeds are being sown for a family that will become unhappy and fully dysfunctional once the children fully realize the degree of their exploitation. There's no other word for it.
- laura linger said...
On behalf of me, my little sister, my Grandpa John, the cheap seats at Riverfront Stadium, and the Big Red Machine, I would like to thank you for your touching recap, especially the intro. Well done.
K is for Kate
ON is for Jon
The are referred to as KON because it describes them perfectly as a couple of CON artists.
- Moons in Leo said...
Jon traipsing the boys and Cara to the Phillies game was nothing more than a grand mutual publicity move on the side of the Phillies franchise and the Gosselins.
Wonder if Tampa Bay will make them the same offer? Ya know, being as they are such celebrities and all.
"Wonder if Tampa Bay will make them the same offer? Ya know, being as they are such celebrities and all."
Hey, who are they to say no?
In response to: "I, too, wished the kids could have felt the energy of the game but really, how mnay 4 year olds can or want to sit through a whole game? Whatever."
I have been to many many pro baseball games and have witnessed first hand numerous 4 year old boys and girls sitting on their father's or grandfather's lap, baseball mitt in hand, thoroughly enjoying the game until the end. I have sat behind many children the same age as the Gosselin children and heard them recite the players by name, position they play, and were able to follow the game inning by inning. IMO, the reason why the Gosselin children expressed little or no interest in the Phillies game, or the game baseball in general, is because they were not there for the love of the game or because they are diehard baseball fans, or spending a day with dad. Their presence at the game served nothing more than another in a long list of many 'who are we to say no' publicity generated episodes, exploiting the Gosselin children under the guise of 'making memories' and TLC's version of 'a day in the life of' reality tv. It is disturbing to say the least, that every single life experience that the Gosselin children are introduced to or participate in does not come without terms , conditions and obligations that are imposed on them by the hands of self serving agendas.Whether or not the Gosselin children are of the age to enjoy a pro baseball game does not excuse the balant exploitation of these children as witnessed in this episode and episodes past.
- Stephanie @ dirtandlace.com said...
My memories of attending baseball games as a kid involve eating ice cream out of a plastic baseball hat, big crowds, lots of cheering, the chance of catching a fly ball, mascots, cracker jacks, etc. Going to a baseball game and going to a room inside a baseball stadium and watching the game out of a window that you can barely see out of are two different things. I'm sure the kids had a good time, but they did NOT go to a baseball game.
To Rosemary Woodhouse:
I was born and raised in Cincinnati and remember so many wonderful afternoons with my Dad at Riverfront watching the Big Red Machine !! Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, George Foster, Ken Griffey Senior, Pete Rose, Dave Concepcion. I can remember those days like it was yesterday and that was over 30 years ago. Thanks for bringing back some great memories.
Do you like Skyline Chili ? ha ha
- laura linger said...
I'm making Skyline Chili for supper tonight!!!! LOL
Thanks for the kind words. I really am just glad to be able to contribute something to the blog.
I honestly hope that any baseball fan who comes anywhere near eastern Iowa stops in Dyersville and visits the Field of Dreams former movie location. It's nearly exactly as it was in the movie. It's a dreamy place to have a catch.
I watched the re-run of this episode tonight and, since I can only take the show in small doses, I was flipping channels during it. On a different channel, I happened to see a commercial for the NEW "Playskool Dream Town Cherry Blossom Market". It just happened to be the same "farmer's market" toy that Jon "got" for them.
Perhaps the hospitality was so wonderful that the Gosselins decided to stay in Pa! Yay for the residents of the Commonwealth .... I'm sure they're all excited.
- goldensglitter said...
I luv Skyline chili.....I am not from cinci, but one of hubby's buddies is and got us hooked. Just made it a couple weeks ago! Yummy! I order it online now.
- avasmommy said...
I actually just caught a little bit of the episode when the re-run was on last night. The part when they made fun of Joel for his shoe - first of all, Kate was disgusted! Like she was totally embarressed and sickened by this. Second of all, does she not realize that he picked this up from her? As much as she freaks out when they get anything on all their FREE clothes. On one of those other re-runs that has been running lately where they go to the NICU reunion, Kate lost it when all the kids got their "good" shoes dirty. Joel has obvioulsy picked up on Kate's spastic behavior, although he does it in a tolerable and even kind of adorable manner, which she could NEVER pull off.
Awe... the Cinci references are the best! Who can forget Johnny Bench and that team??? Listening to "Paul Baby" Dixon and the "Everybodys Batty- about Cincinnati song" -- now that was a childhood! Hotdogs eaten in a crowd of cheering fans just somehow taste better -- don't you think?? The thrill of finding your seat, settling in and waiting for the game to start just builds up to the thrill of watching the team come out of the dug out and " PLAY BALL" The wave- the chanting-- how do you get that in a glass box that is designed for press and "royalty".
I wish they would let the kids speak for themselves. Interview them and let them tell us they had a good time. How would KON know the kids had a good time at the game, when they aren't even aware if one of the 'tups is far sighted or near sighted.
This is beyond sad...
Phillies win 3-2! Wonder if Jon knows this yet :)
I love your recaps 3Farmers......they are right on point and make me laugh, many times right when I need it.
One of the 50 places to see when I did my list when I turned 50 was the "Field of Dreams" baseball diamond. Can you really have a catch on it? I would love to do that!
Yep, you can have a catch and buy souvenirs and stuff. There are two souvenir stands because the property is owned by a couple of brothers who had some big dispute after the movie was made. The house and part of the field is owned by one brother and wife and most of the diamond and outfield is owned by the other. It's crazy. When I was there you could have a quick game on the diamond if you wanted to and, if the corn is high, they'd even let you pick an ear of corn from the outfield.
You can email me if you have any other questions or anything.
- avasmommy said...
Oh another thing I just remembered....did Kate look freakishly tan? Or was that just me?
avasmommy said... "Oh another thing I just remembered....did Kate look freakishly tan? Or was that just me?"
Yes she did look off color. Too much blush too. But most of all, she looked bored because none of the subject matter had anything to do with her. You could tell she had no interest in anything Jon had to say about the game and about how the kids enjoyed it (except to correct Jon on his "communication skills").
Oh does anyone remember at the beginning, before Kate cast Aunt Jodi out of her life, when she said she didn't bake? She let Aunt Jodi bake with the kids because she was so good at it? And what did Kate do while the boys and Cara were off at the game? She said she "baked" with the girls.
- sandyjean said...
Also, when Jon said that he got home around 1:00 AM I immediately thought that it is a good thing he doesn't have to get up and go to work in the morning.
Shoot I've gotten home later than that and still woke up to go to work! 1am..please...when you have kids you learn to live off hardly any sleep...LOL! I only have 3 kids.
- avasmommy said...
anon- I had forgotten about Kate saying she let Jodi do all the baking. But I am sure they actually didn't bake anyways. When asked what she and the girls did while Jon and the other kids were away, she was puzzled and caught off guard. It took her forever to come up with baking, popcorn, and a movie. I wonder if the baked goods and the popcorn were organic? And if the movie was something educational? Am I imagining that J&K once said that watching a movie was something special because they rarely let them do it?
Educational movies are a "rare treat."
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My heart always breaks when I watch the photo shoot re-run, and I hear Mady say, "I don't know what that is because I wasn't there," when the old family photo is unveiled.
The hurt in her voice was obvious. It was so tactless of all involved to create a moment of such fanfare that explicitly omitted Mady and Cara.
Yes! You've got it. Another perfect example how Kate "loves the children equally" that picture moment was horrific.
It was so blatantly clear to Mady where she is in the family, non-existent.
I might add in here Kate's reaction to the picture was all about her, she didn't even acknowledge that Mady found it offensive. Mady was stung twice, the first being the choice of a "family" picture in front of their first home that excluded her and Cara, and the second time when Kate was so self-absorbed with "her" picture she didn't even ackowledge Mady's heartache.
I guess that's what you get from a narcissist.
Anon said: I remember a posting by one of the blog administrators that discouraged the way Kate refers to low blood sugar in episodes. I would like to discourage the way posters here target OCD. I actually have OCD and am medicated for it- people make these generalizations about Kate and how she must have it. Based on what I have seen on the show I don't think she has it. Being anal and picky is not the same thing as OCD. Please stop- it's insensitive.
I NEVER thought Kate had OCD. If I had thought so, I would have cut her some slack. OCD is a terrible problem and causes great suffering. It's a slap in the face to people who struggle with OCD when Kate uses the self-imposed "OCD" diagnosis to rationalize her atrocious behavior. In other words, it's her cover for what she really is - a Bitch!!
I hate the low blood sugar and the OCD claim. I have struggled since I was a child with OCD and was hospitalized at 26 because of it. After medication and therapy now at 43 I know that I must deal with this for the rest of my life. How dare she. I can't believe she so flippantly uses that expression when those three little initials almost took my life.
Yes, damage control, but there were flashes of improvement. I loved the fact that Cara seemed to be genuinely happy at some points w/ a big grin on her face. Okay, so Jon was greedy, but the kids had a good time. I also loved the way Mady had the choice to stay home.
I don't remember seeing Collin so happy since 1) the nanny-nanny-boo-boo jig he performed in his 'unnawears' the day Kate chewed them out for the loose drawer knob and 2) the day he went to see the trains.
I also loved the way Melissa (was that her name?) lovingly cradled Aiden, wrapped in a coat when he was tired. Aiden darling,that's the way it should be....
Bless her for doting on all the children that night.
"I don't remember seeing Collin so happy since 1) the nanny-nanny-boo-boo jig he performed in his 'unnawears' the day Kate chewed them out for the loose drawer knob"
OMG. I thought that was just the cutest thing I have ever seen on the show. That and when Aiden did his little jig when they were at the beach house.
I aactualy think it was a school night. It WAS NOT the "night" the Phillies clinched the divison -- they clinched on a Saturday afternoon. They were not at that game.


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Nona Willis Aronowitz has a good article in the latest issue of GOOD about young, frustrated restaurant employees trying to organize. In a generally shitty and abusive service sector, restaurants stand out as particularly exploitative; half of all workers making below minimum wage work at restaurants, with the burden falling especially hard on women. Yet despite that, Aronowitz writes, a lot of younger restaurant workers are reluctant to support unionization efforts:
Activists like Erik face a two-pronged problem: Middle-class kids don't want to bother with unions because they have one eye on the door. Workers from the permanent underclass like Levi don't join because they accept that these jobs are shitty, and if they're fired, they'll just have to go get another one. It happens all the time—Levi lost his job this fall, for reasons having nothing to do with the union. Turnover is what the industry depends on.
The problem with middle class kids strikes me as one of education: like students in unpaid internships, it seems like white-collar hopefuls seeking temporary restaurant labor have no recognition of themselves as part of a broader worker class, and don't see how the exploitation in the restaurant industry can distort the entire labor market. Efforts like the Wobblies' admittedly sort of quixotic Starbucks campaign (which Aronowitz shouts out in her article) are encouraging because they provide a vehicle for raising these issues.
Levi's problem is not one of education. As a member of the permanent underclass, he's better informed about the structural violence of the restaurant industry than those middle class kids. But he also recognizes that, if he openly supports the union, he'll be fired and pushed into (at best) an identical job at another restaurant. In part this is because what's left of the social safety net is structured, as I've written before, to force people into whatever work is available. In part it's because modern labor election law is firmly on the side of employers. Levi may have the formal right to organize within his workplace, but that doesn't mean his boss can't fire him for whatever other reason — and if he takes up what smells like a wrongful termination with the NLRB, there's virtually no chance they'll move fast enough for even a positive ruling to make a difference.
So the remedy, if it exists, is a holistic one: education and organizing, a restructured and reinvigorated welfare state, and strengthened worker protections in labor law. But in addition to that, I wonder if any attempt at restaurant organizing doesn't need to be an industry-wide effort, with UNITE HERE's modern hotel organizing work serving as a model.
I'm still a labor neophyte — one who's also still working out his own feelings on this stuff — so on that question I'll defer to any more experienced movement hands who want to weigh in. But for now, an industry-wide restaurant organizing push is almost surely a pipe dream — a lot is going to have to change before that becomes conceivable.

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- 6 Recipes for Thanksgiving LeftoversNow that Thanksgiving has come and gone, it's time to find something to do with all of those leftovers! Although the holiday is one of our favorites, it often ends in people throwing out a huge amount of food that contributes to the 34 million tons of American food waste each year. This holiday, keep your turkey and side dishes around for a couple more days - instead of just re-heating, try out these delicious recipes that reinvent your family feast down to the last cranberry. You'll not only help the environment, but you will also save a pretty penny to spend later on holiday gifts.1
- 6 Recipes for Thanksgiving Leftovers6 delicious recipes that transform leftover turkey, brussels sprouts, mashed potatoes and other ingredients from Thanksgiving into scrumptious new meals.2
- 6 Recipes for Thanksgiving Leftovers
Thanksgiving Breakfast Hash
 What better way to spend the morning after Thanksgiving than with more of your favorite ingredients? This hash made from brussel sprouts, potatoes, and turkey turns last night's yummy ingredients into this morning's breakfast. All you need is vegetable oil, an onion, hot sauce, eggs, and your leftovers. Throw them in a skillet and you're good to go! Check out the full recipe on SeriousEats.3
- 6 Recipes for Thanksgiving Leftovers
Stuffing Pancakes
 Who says pancakes always have to be sweet? This awesome recipe from Chowballa makes breakfast savory with stuffing pancakes topped with eggs and bacon. Jut add a beaten egg to 1 1/2 to 2 cups of stuffing, form a couple pancakes and let them sit for a few minutes to absorb the moisture. Melt butter in a pan and let the pancakes cook until golden brown on each side.4
- 6 Recipes for Thanksgiving Leftovers
Mashed Potato Doughnuts
 If you're in the mood for something sweet for breakfast, why not try these super fluffly mashed potato doughnuts. These delicious and easy to make doughnuts can be cooked in a dutch oven or a large cast iron skillet, and they're sure to be a family favorite. The detailed recipe is available at SeriousEats.5
- 6 Recipes for Thanksgiving Leftovers
Day After Dip
 This day after dip is a great way to feed the family or guests without having to cook. Simply puree a can of white beans in a food processor with 1 or 2 leftover sweet potatoes, 1/4 cup of olive oil, 1/2 cup grated parmesan, and salt and pepper. Serve with crackers and garnish with roasted almonds.6
- 6 Recipes for Thanksgiving Leftovers
Cranberry Relish
 This leftover cranberry relish is another great no-fuss dish. Just combine 1 can of cranberries with 1 can of drained crushed pineapple, 1/4 teaspoon of apple pie spice, 1 pinch of ground cloves, and 1/4 cup of chopped pecans. This new twist on a classic side dish will have everyone wanting more leftovers!7
- 6 Recipes for Thanksgiving Leftovers
Turkey Casserole
 A good way to make the best of your biggest Thanksgiving leftovers is to make a turkey and stuffing casserole. You will need 1 egg, 3/13 ounces of cream, 6 tablespoons of leftover gravy, and of course turkey and stuffing. This hearty casserole cooks in 35 minutes and it can feed a whole family all over again. The full recipe and a how-to video are available here.8


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God's Evaluation
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1 Corinthians 4 This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God...
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Paul refers to himself as a servant of Christ and a manager in 1 Corinthians 4:1-5. Then he goes on and tells the Corinthians that in those roles what matters to him is not how the Corinthians evaluate or judge his service and work, but how the Lord will judge him.
When you think about it, Paul's words make a lot of sense. We all like to receive the praise and approval of other people. And we can do a pretty good job of hiding our motives for doing things. I think that's why Paul says specifically that the Lord "will bring to light the things now hidden in the darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart" (vs. 5).
Does knowing the Lord will examine and evaluate your service in the future factor into or motivate your daily living? How can you use this passage to help you prepare for this future evaluation? Tami
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May 23, 2008
Ceylon Egg Parota
24 comments:
- Asha said...
Beautiful paratha girl. First I have to learn to make the dough THAT thin!:D
Looks wonderful, kids will love it. Enjoy the award and thank you for thinking of me too!:)
- May 23, 2008 at 9:29 AM
- Cham said...
Ha Kamala , i wish I should be ur neighb... I though u re going to make this ceylon parota too :) After seeing ur veechu paratha, Congrats For ur well deserved award, i think u should get one special award 4 parothas. Thank you so much to pass it, I really proud to get it from u :)
Happy long weekend!
- May 23, 2008 at 10:50 AM
- Finla said...
I love parathas.
I always think they are so difficult to make.
Yours look so delicious
- May 23, 2008 at 11:00 AM
- Kalai said...
Congrats on the award, dear! The parotta looks delicious!!! :)
- May 23, 2008 at 12:28 PM
- Suganya said...
Hi Kamala...
That was a YUMMY! Parota once again. U are a parota queen. U make such a lovely variety of parotas. Wanted to learn more form u. Enjoy!...
- May 23, 2008 at 1:41 PM
- Unknown said...
Hi Kamala I have a surprise for you!!
- May 23, 2008 at 1:48 PM
- Unknown said...
Hey and thanks a lot for the award too!!
- May 23, 2008 at 1:48 PM
- Unknown said...
Hi akka..
I love this ceylon parota..and drooling here seeing the picture..Am coming to your place at least to have all these versions of parotas
- May 23, 2008 at 2:25 PM
- Unknown said...
Hi akka..
I love this ceylon parota..and drooling here seeing the picture..Am coming to your place at least to have all these versions of parotas
- May 23, 2008 at 2:25 PM
- Uma said...
delicious parota, Kamala! It seems you changed your template! the header looks cool. I changed my template too.
- May 23, 2008 at 6:05 PM
- vandana rajesh said...
yummm....must be requiring a lot of practice to get it right(rolling out the paratha).Can't wait to eat it.
- May 23, 2008 at 11:18 PM
- notyet100 said...
wow...will sur mke this,..
- May 24, 2008 at 12:41 AM
- bha said...
My frist time here, the paratha looks yum....congrats for the award
- May 24, 2008 at 2:38 AM
Your paratha looks yummy and the step by step instructions are so helpful! How do you pull the dough so thin?? I am so clumsy it would be tearing in a thousand places :)
- May 24, 2008 at 2:59 AM
- sra said...
Oh, so this is how it's made? I always wondered how they got the egg to spread across the parota and stay there!
- May 24, 2008 at 4:25 AM
- Andhra Flavors said...
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- May 25, 2008 at 8:59 PM
- ranji said...
hey kamala..this recipe simply rocks..lovely step by step instructions:)..looks delcious..
congrats on ur well deserving award..
- May 26, 2008 at 10:05 PM
- Andhra Flavors said...
Visit My Blog for Your award.
- May 26, 2008 at 11:09 PM
- Sagari said...
beautiful paratha kamala
- May 27, 2008 at 6:11 AM
- Felcy said...
How do you roll the parotta so thin..? I tried it but I couldnt roll it thin... Should we have to leave the dough for 2 hrs...? Is that the secret of the thin layers..? naa roll pannum pothu holes varuthu...:(
- May 28, 2008 at 7:04 PM
- Laavanya said...
I've had this in singapore.. yummy.. and what a great entry! You've made it so well.
- May 29, 2008 at 9:28 AM
- Dori said...
Goodness, That looks great and a lot of work!!!
- June 8, 2008 at 12:46 PM
No offense meant. I dont know how this paratha got a name ceylon paratha. there is no paratha like this in ceylon. In Malaysia, there have such paratha (Roti-Telur Bawang: Telur = Egg Bawang = Onion).
Vechu Rotti & Kothu Rotti are popular rotti-s frm ceylon.
However, your blog is good. Wishing you all the best....
I would like to point something. No offense again. Many restaurants serve food items saying they are ceylon items but they are not. I am a pure ceylonisse who just came abroad 2 yrs back. lived my 19 yrs there.... travelled all over ceylon as its a very small place.
- June 27, 2008 at 11:13 PM
Enjoyed reading
the report - most informative thanks
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By Alexa Ura and Becca Aaronson
Whole Woman's Health announced late Wednesday that it is closing two abortion clinics — one in the already underserved Rio Grande Valley and another in Beaumont — as a result of strict abortion regulations passed by the Legislature last year.
"We are devastated to announce that we're closing our clinics in McAllen and Beaumont this week," a post on the abortion provider's Facebook account says. "After serving women in these communities for over 10 years, Texas politicians have forced us to shut our doors."
During a 2013 special legislative session, Republican lawmakers approved new regulations on abortion that require physicians who perform the procedure to have hospital-admitting privileges within 30 miles of the facility, and follow FDA standards, rather than common evidence-based protocols, for administering drug-induced abortions. The rules also ban abortions after 20 weeks of gestation. In September, additional rules take effect requiring abortion facilities to meet the regulatory standards of ambulatory surgical centers; only five of the 22 existing abortion facilities in Texas currently meet those standards.
By November, when the hospital-admitting privileges rule took effect, a dozen abortion providers — a third of those operating in Texas — had discontinued abortion services.
The Whole Woman's Health clinic in McAllen stopped providing abortions as a result of that rule, but continued providing other women's health services until this week's announcement. Whole Woman's Health is currently the only abortion provider in the Beaumont-Port Arthur area; the closest facility is in Houston, 90 miles away.
In an interview with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Wednesday night, Amy Hagstrom Miller, the founder of Whole Woman's Health, said she was struggling with the closures because of the state's need for abortion services.
"It may have taken me a little too long to accept it," she said. "I don't back down easily because the need is still here. That's what's so heartbreaking."
But Melissa Conway, spokeswoman for the anti-abortion group Texas Right to Life, said the closures did not come as a surprise. She said she expects to see more abortion clinic closures, calling them a "reflection of the will of the people."
"It is clear Texans are no longer willing to accept the predatory practices of abortion providers who fail to place the value of a woman's health and safety or the life of a pre-born Texan in greater importance than their own personal financial gain," Conway wrote in an email.
In 2011, more than 2,600 women in the predominantly Hispanic Rio Grande Valley had an abortion. Currently, women seeking an abortion there must travel to San Antonio or Corpus Christi to gain access to the procedure — and the Corpus Christi clinic does not meet additional new "ambulatory surgical center" standards that will take effect in September.
The closest ambulatory surgical center that performs abortion is in San Antonio, 235 miles from McAllen.
Whole Woman's Health and other abortion providers in Texas have challenged the constitutionality of the hospital-admitting privileges and FDA-protocol provisions in federal court. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which lifted a lower court's injunction on the state regulations, held a hearing on the case in January, and has yet to make a decision. The U.S. Supreme Court has also rejected a request by abortion providers to intervene in the case.
Abortion rights advocates argue that the reduced access to legal abortion procedures has endangered women's safety and imposed on their constitutional right to an abortion. Proponents of the new regulations say they improve safety standards to protect women's health at facilities that perform abortions.
A Texas Tribune review of state inspection records for 36 abortion clinics from the year preceding the lawmakers' passage of the new regulations turned up little evidence to suggest the facilities were putting patients in imminent danger. State auditors identified 19 regulatory violations they said presented a risk to patient safety at six abortion clinics that are not ambulatory surgical centers in Texas. None was severe enough to warrant financial penalties, according to the Department of State Health Services, which deemed the facilities' corrective action plans sufficient to protect patients.
Among the violations auditors found at the facilities, which get surprise inspections annually, were expired or unlabeled medicine and instances in which medical staff failed to follow proper infection control procedures.
The Whole Woman's Health clinic in Beaumont had the most violations of the records inspected by the Tribune. Auditors found that a sterilization machine was not working properly and that nurses were not trained to recognize the problem. Whole Woman's Health took immediate steps to remedy the problems and had its correction plans accepted by the state.
Between 2000 and 2010, five women died in Texas from abortion-related complications; the most recent death occurred in 2008. More than 865,300 abortions were performed during that time period, making Texas' abortion-related death rate, 0.57 deaths per 100,000 abortions, slightly lower than the national abortion death rate of 0.7 per 100,000.
Abortion rights advocates say that is 14 times lower than the risk associated with carrying a pregnancy to term; opponents argue that every abortion comes with a terrible cost, the death of a baby.
Dr. Joseph Potter, a researcher with the Texas Policy Evaluation Project, a three-year study at the University of Texas evaluating the impact of cuts to family planning financing in Texas, testified in federal court the demand for abortions in Texas would exceed providers' capacity by 25,000, as a result of the reduced access created by the new rules.
"The implication is that 25,039 women will not be able to access abortion care in the state," Potter testified in a court document, "even if they could travel the long distances necessary to access the nearest clinic with capacity to serve them."
Hagstrom Miller said the new abortion regulations could lead to a public health problem. "We didn't change the amount of women in the community who are still going to need the service," she said. "We just blocked their access to getting it safely."


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You're invited to celebrate the magic of the holidays as the Great House on Castle Hill is festively decorated by area florists and designers for the 'Greening of the Great House'. The Greening of the Great House is a weekend-long event where families will enjoy live music, a dance performance, a children's Eye Spy, refreshments, and more throughout the weekend.
On Saturday and Sunday, visit the Gift Gallery for distinctive holiday gifts. Please consider bringing an unwrapped gift for our Giving Sleigh to benefit families in need through Ipswich Caring.
Schedule for Saturday, December 7, 2013
- 12Noon–6PM Gift Gallery in the Drawing Room
- Demonstrations by Fiber Artist Rose Ann Hunter, Woodturner Michael Souter, and Jeweler and Craftswoman Leslie Wind in the Drawing Room
- Cookies and hot chocolate in the Butler's Pantry
- Vintage Games & Toys in the Butler's Suite
- Children's Treasure Hunt on the first and second floors
- 12:30PM Performance by Ipswich Middle School Select Girls Chorus in the Gallery and Second Floor Bay
- 1PM String Quartet Performance featuring Michael Hamill, Carlos Heymann, Alice Newell, and Ann Ward in the Gallery
- 2–4PM Harp Performance by Kate Chadbourne in the Second Floor Bay
- 3PM A Talk on Taking Tea in the Victorian/Edwardian Age by Lisa Steigerwalt in the Second Floor Bay
- 4PM Performance by Ipswich Moving Company Youth Dance Ensemble in the Library, Gallery, and Main Stairwell
Can't make it Saturday? Come on Sunday!
Saturday, December 7, 2013 Noon-6PM
Sunday, December 8, 2013 12-4PM
Members: Adult $10; Child $5
Nonmembers: Adult $15; Child $8
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I wrote last week of the destruction wrought by the West, to itself too, by its cynical support for terrorists when it sees them as helpful. But while I deplore what it did to Sri Lanka, we in Sri Lanka must also recognize that we contributed to the disasters that have overwhelmed us in the international sphere, beginning with the hunting down of this country in March 2012. It is simply the frosting on the Western cake that now our own Foreign Ministry is supporting this vendetta.
But while the Clintons and Millibands and sadly the Camerons of this world are guilty of double standards, reinforced by the hound dog mentality of Rice and Power and Donohue and Sisson and Chilcott and now Dauris, we must also recognize that much of the running is done by idealists with no capacity to sift evidence. The latest report emanating from Australia with regard to General Gallage is typical of how myths become entrenched in stone if not immediately exploded.
I can understand Dayan Jayatilleka's current admiration for Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, and I share his view that he is perhaps the most competent and least selfish of those who ran things under the last government. But there were weaknesses, which as Dayan noted both he and I drew attention to.
In this context I should note that, while I stand by what we wrote about Weliveriya, the aftermath raised my admiration and affection for Gotabhaya. Unlike others in government who undermined me behind my back, Gotabhaya was direct, and called me up and shouted at me. And what he stressed was not so much the content of what we had written – he agreed that there needed to be an inquiry into what had happened – but the fact that I had signed a petition along with enemies of the government. Read the rest of this entry »


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The Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) is a free open source version of the Unix operating system which evolved at the University of Berkeley starting from 1975, and it is based on AT&T's Unix Sixth Edition (V6). The name BSD is now used collectively for the modern descendants of these distributions. Most notable among these today is perhaps the major open source BSDs (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD) which have themselves spawned a number of children.
Read the full story at http://wiki.freebsd.org/BSDDay_


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WITAN PACIFIC INVESTMENT TRUST PLC (the "Company")
Buy-back of own shares
The Company announces that it has today bought back 1,500 Ordinary shares of 25p each in the capital of the Company (being 0.0023% of the Company's total issued share capital) at a price of 278.00 pence per Ordinary share, to be held in treasury.
Following the share buy-back the Company's issued ordinary share capital consists of 65,944,000 Ordinary Shares, 756,315 of which shares (being 1.1469% of the Company's total issued share capital) are held in treasury. Each share carries one vote. Accordingly, the number of shares with voting rights in issue is 65,187,685. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Capita Company Secretarial Services Limited - Corporate Secretary
Email: [email protected]


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How Can You Avoid Bad Raspberry Ketone Products
...And Choose One That Will Actually Work?
"Not All Raspberry Ketones Are Created Equal."
Before you buy a Raspberry Ketone product, it's important you know what you're buying. Many supplement makers are rushing to create their own product and "cash-in" on this huge diet craze.
Beware, many of the supplements out there claim to have the best product, but most of them either don't have enough raspberry ketones to be effective or use synthetically grown ketones. And more importantly, most supplements do not use the same source found effective in clinical studies.
Weight loss* results with raspberry ketones are mainly dependent on the quality of the raspberry ketone extract you buy. So before you buy, make sure the raspberry ketone extract you choose meets all the criteria.
Why Is Raspberry Ketone the Hottest Diet Supplement?
Raspberry Ketone became popular when the most famous doctor on TV called it "the #1 miracle in a bottle to burn your fat" on his popular TV talk show. It's now the biggest diet craze in the country, and for good reason.
In a recent study published in the journal Life Sciences, scientists used natural raspberry ketones (from real red raspberries) to study its weight loss effects.* What they found was that that the addition of raspberry ketones helped reverse weight gain induced by a high-fat diet by increasing the production of adiponectin. Adiponectin is a hormone that is involved in the breakdown of fat cells for energy.*
It's important to note that it was in fact real raspberry ketones and not synthetically grown in a lab. The human equivalent is close to 1000mg per day (or 500mg taken twice daily).
Don't Get Fooled When Buying Raspberry Ketone!
There are hundreds of supplement makers making cheap Raspberry Ketone Products that WILL NOT WORK. After the Doctor episode on Raspberry Ketone, supplement manufacturers from all over the world started creating their own raspberry ketone products. But they created cheaper and less effective products to cut down on their costs and cash in on the diet craze.
Raspberry Ketone Premium™ was developed to give you the highest quality raspberry ketone available on the market. We know it's hard to weed out the bad raspberry ketone products, so regardless of if you buy from us or not, here's what to watch out for when buying a Raspberry Ketone Extract:
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Nasdaq composite stock index closed at a 12-year high and the S&P 500 index at a five-year high, boosted by gains in technology shares and stronger overseas trade figures.
The S&P 500 also posted a sixth straight week of gains for the first time since August.
The technology sector led the day's gains, with the S&P 500 technology index <.splrct> up 1.0 percent. Gains in professional network platform LinkedIn Corp
Shares of LinkedIn jumped 21.3 percent to $150.48 after the social networking site announced strong quarterly profits and gave a bullish forecast for the year.
AOL Inc shares rose 7.4 percent to $33.72 after the online company reported higher quarterly profit, boosted by a 13 percent rise in advertising sales.
Data showed Chinese exports grew more than expected, a positive sign for the global economy. The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in December, suggesting the U.S. economy likely grew in the fourth quarter instead of contracting slightly as originally reported by the U.S. government.
"That may have sent a ray of optimism," said Fred Dickson, chief market strategist at D.A. Davidson & Co in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
Trading volume on Friday was below average for the week as a blizzard swept into the northeastern United States.
The U.S. stock market has posted strong gains since the start of the year, with the S&P 500 up 6.4 percent since December 31. The advance has slowed in recent days, with fourth-quarter earnings winding down and few incentives to continue the rally on the horizon.
"I think we're in the middle of a trading range and I'd put plus or minus 5.0 percent around it. Fundamental factors are best described as neutral," Dickson said.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.dji> ended up 48.92 points, or 0.35 percent, at 13,992.97. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.spx> was up 8.54 points, or 0.57 percent, at 1,517.93. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.ixic> was up 28.74 points, or 0.91 percent, at 3,193.87, its highest closing level since November 2000.
For the week, the Dow was down 0.1 percent, the S&P 500 was up 0.3 percent and the Nasdaq up 0.5 percent.
Shares of Dell
Dell's largest independent shareholder, Southeastern Asset Management, said it plans to oppose the buyout of the personal computer maker, setting up a battle for founder Michael Dell.
Signs of economic strength overseas buoyed sentiment on Wall Street. Chinese exports grew more than expected in January, while imports climbed 28.8 percent, highlighting robust domestic demand. German data showed a 2012 surplus that was the nation's second highest in more than 60 years, an indication of the underlying strength of Europe's biggest economy.
Separately, U.S. economic data showed the trade deficit shrank in December to $38.5 billion, its narrowest in nearly three years, indicating the economy did much better in the fourth quarter than initially estimated.
Earnings have mostly come in stronger than expected since the start of the reporting period. Fourth-quarter earnings for S&P 500 companies now are estimated up 5.2 percent versus a year ago, according to Thomson Reuters data. That contrasts with a 1.9 percent growth forecast at the start of the earnings season.
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The CBOE Volatility index <.vix>, Wall Street's so-called fear gauge, was down 3.6 percent at 13.02. The gauge, a key measure of market expectations of short-term volatility, generally moves inversely to the S&P 500.
"I'm watching the 14 level closely" on the CBOE Volatility index, said Bryan Sapp, senior trading analyst at Schaeffer's Investment Research. "The break below it at the beginning of the year signaled the sharp rally in January, and a rally back above it could be a sign to exercise some caution."
Volume was roughly 5.6 billion shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq and the NYSE MKT, compared with the 2012 average daily closing volume of about 6.45 billion.
Advancers outpaced decliners on the NYSE by nearly 2 to 1 and on the Nasdaq by almost 5 to 3.
(Additional reporting by Angela Moon; Editing by Bernadette Baum, Nick Zieminski, Kenneth Barry and Andrew Hay)
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Carol's Corner: Things Happen For A Reason
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Things Happen For A Reason …
In my last blog I mentioned how I personally came full circle through my association with Champion Spark Plug in Toledo and the events that led me here to Road Atlanta in time to celebrate both of our 40 year milestones (my 40th birthday high school reunion and Road Atlanta's 40 year anniversary)!
Now join me in reminiscing about the odd chain of events that put Road Atlanta on the map and gave us the opportunity to showcase our amazing world-class road course. The rest is history!
Construction of Road Atlanta began in the spring of 1970 with completion planned in November. Things got a little hectic when SCCA officials offered Road Atlanta a Can-Am date on September 12-13th because severe storm damage forced the race at Bridgehampton, NY to be cancelled. (At the time of the Can-Am negotiations not a square inch of asphalt had been laid)! That event introduced major league road racing to more than 25,000 excited fans.
Sebring (who would later become our sister track under the leadership of the Panoz Motorsports Group) was forced to cancel their opening event in IMSA's 1974 championship schedule due to the energy crises. This led to the first ever championship endurance racing event at Road Atlanta and set the stage for our signature event, Petit Le Mans, to make it's debut years later.
The Atlanta 6-Hour, B.F. Goodrich 3-Hour and VW Super Vee Gold Cup was held at Road Atlanta April 19-21st. It was a nostalgic dream-come-true for Road Atlanta President Arthur Montgomery and Vice-President/General Manager Dave Sloyer. "Things have a way of coming full circle," mused Montgomery, "because neither Dave nor I would ever have imagined that we'd be staging "Sebring" at our own race track one day!" In the mid 60s Montgomery (an Atlanta Ferrari aficionado) participated as owner/entrant of a works-prepared 330 Prototype driven in the 12-hour enduro by Umberto Maglioli and Giancarlo Baghetti of Italy. Sloyer's first visit to the Old Sebring airfield was at the wheel of a Fiat-Abarth race in 1966.
For those of you who aren't familiar with Arthur Montgomery, he served as President of the Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Company and played a central role in bringing professional sports of all types to the Atlanta area. He was instrumental in bringing the Atlanta Braves to the city from Milwaukee and sold NFL Commissioner, Pete Rozelle, on the idea of a pro football franchise for Atlanta.
So the next time the economy or "mother nature" forces you to change your plans, embrace it … you never know what might happen!


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Lately, I was given the chance to try a nail polish brand completely new to me; All That Jazz. They offer a professional lacquer range that boasts a quick drying time and an exceptional lasting period up to one week. Salon quality from the comfort of your home, sounds good right? They also provide tools and nail art foils.
Although I hadn't heard of them before, I was quite impressed when I received the polishes in the post. They have that heavy glass bottle feeling, quite reminiscent of the OPI polishes. The bottles have 'All That Jazz' printed in bold at the front, and the shades really pop against the packaging. Each polish contains 15ml of product, which is the same as OPI and more than China Glaze (and they have the most that I've seen).
I received the following three shades:
- Apples and Pears* - A pale mint green (here).
- Disco Devotion* - A really fine silver glitter (here).
- Don't Step On My Red Bottoms* - A bright, statement red with fine golden specks (here).
I was also given two nail art foils to try. Previously, I gave some Essie foils a go and it went badly to say the least! They were fiddly and most of them ended up falling off after 10 minutes.
The foils I tried were the Love - Gold* and Spiral - Silver*. The foils are quite inexpensive at £1.79 (here), however I'm not to keen on the patterns. They do however have some more designs on their website, you can also get them in more colours such as rose gold. I think these would look a lot better than the standard silver/black I see quite often. These metallic foils are stickers, so you're supposed to be able to peel them off and then stick them on top of your nail. However, I had recently cut my nails so these were a bit long for me. In this situation you would apply them as usual but then use nail scissors or a file to get rid of the ends. They can also be a bit flimsy, as I mentioned before, part of one sticker just came off when I was trying to apply it. The end results didn't look too bad though! However, I still don't think I'm a convert to nail foils.
P.S I'm sorry for my absence over the last month, I had a family emergency which has kept me quite busy. It's nothing to worry about though as things are finally starting to look up!


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Maybe you've had that moment on the highway where you pull up next to a fancy sportscar. You might think that the person driving it is probably some rich jerk, but still wonder how that Porsche or Lambo handles. Need For Speed: Most Wanted lets you take explore that fantasy in a different way. All the cars in the game will be available from the start. But like a harried commuter unexpectedly coming up on a sleek Aston Martin on the freeway, you'll have to find these cars first.
The biggest difference in Criterion's upcoming contribution to the Need for Speed franchise is that it mostly does away with the annoying grind/unlock system that plagues most racing games. You know the kind, where you drive one class of car into the ground and finally jump to another class that goes 10 MPH faster. It gets to feeling tedious, which is the last thing a racing game should feel like.
Most Wanted's designers are implementing an exploration-based car acquisition mechanic. If you drive by any of the 40 collectible cars out in the open-world city of Fairhaven, you can start driving it right away simply by pressing a button. Now, you'll still have to grind a bit to implement boost and other upgrades to the cars you get hold of in this way. Nevertheless, switching things up like this gives players another incentive to tear around Fairhaven's streets, aside from the usual racing action.
Once you've located a new car, you can jump to it immediately or set a waypoint on the in-game map that leads back to it. Each car will have specific races attached to it and you'll be able grab ten other Most Wanted cars by defeating them in races or other challenges. The Autolog social features that track your friends' progress in the game are also getting embedded into the Fairhaven environment. Every so often you'll blow by a Speed Camera; those devices not only tell you how fast you're going but also say how fast your friends were speeding when they passed it.
You'll also compete for bragging rights with the game's billboards, too. They'll be placed across the city, in positions that encourage you to jump through them. Whoever clears those gaps with the most distance will have their faces plastered on them. Crash through them further and your mug replaces that of a rival.
EA isn't talking much about NFSMW's online yet but executive producer Matt Webster told me that the competitive play will be organized into five-event collections called SpeedLists. Four event types will go into the mix of a SpeedList and standard, finish-first races will be one of those types. Team races will throw randomly selected groups against each other, letting you spot other players for your teammates, who can then take them out. And even if you finish first you can still come back and grief opponents to help better our team's outcome.
Challenge events will be familiar to anyone who played the Free Burn mode of Criterion's past Burnout games. Challenges will have players teaming up to collaborate to perform certain feats. Speed Tests are similar to those but have a 90-second time limit for you to do as many stunts as you can. You can still be taken out by other players while trying to perform as any drifts, for example, as you can. So, this event type is a mix of skill execution and avoidance.
The player who scores the most at the end of a SpeedList becomes the Most Wanted and in the next round, others earn more points for taking that person down. You'll earn ponts for everything you do in Most Wanted and Webster said that they're modeling progression on the kinds of structures you see in online shooters. Speed Points that you earn in single-player will carry over but car modifications that you earn will not.
Webster says that Criterion is aiming to make Most Wanted feel more player-driven than ever before. He says that the dev team's previous experience with Burnout Paradise showed them how distracted gameplay—the stuff you do on the way to a race, like smashing gates or finding gaps to jump—is just as fun as the main racing action. There's tons of that stuff in Most Wanted. With all cars unlocked at start and a new structure that encourages exploration, the developers hope that giving players freedom to script their own experiences will make Most Wanted a worthy follow-up to both Burnout Paradise and other games in the Need for Speed Franchise.


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Ex-Warriors coach Jackson back to ESPN's NBA team
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson has agreed to a multiyear deal to rejoin ESPN's lead NBA announcing team.
Jackson is scheduled to work the Eastern Conference finals and NBA Finals with Mike Breen and Jeff Van Gundy. They called the last of their five straight NBA Finals together in 2011. ESPN is making the announcement Saturday.
Jackson then went straight from TV to coaching and led the Warriors to the playoffs the last two seasons. But he was fired earlier this month after Golden State went 51-31 and lost to the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round. The Warriors have hired Steve Kerr, another analyst without coaching experience.
Jackson played 17 seasons in the NBA and is fourth on the career list with 10,334 assists.


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"Would we be able to just go over there and start our business? I'm sure that we would need some type of visa, but I'm not sure what and would like some ideas on how to start. Is the Irish government making it any easier for foreign entrepreneurs to start up over there given the economic climate?"
Your question is very broad – what kind of business do you want to start, and how much money are you planning to invest? These questions are important, especially as they relate to what type of Irish visa you might be eligible for.
The Irish government provides plenty of assistance for those wishing to establish companies in Ireland. You should visit the website of Enterprise Ireland, the government agency responsible for attracting new start-ups, at www.enterprise-ireland.com. There is information there about possible financial and tax incentives for those creating businesses in Ireland.
There are three types of business-related programs for foreign investors. There's the Start-Up Entrepreneur Program for those with an "innovative" business idea and funding of at least €75,000 (roughly $100,000).
Then there's the Immigrant Investor Program, which requires a minimum €500,000 investment (and up) in various areas, and finally, those with at least €300,000 can apply to receive what's known as Business Permission.
Each of these programs has particular requirements, and each offers the chance of temporary Irish legalization for at least one year for the business owner, spouse and any children under 18.
For more information on business-related issues and visas, visit www.citizensinformation.ie, and www.inis.gov.ie. Though the starting costs are in the tens of thousands and more, the Irish government certainly encourages the investment and will work with you to ensure success.
Your wife's great-grandparent link likely won't be of use to you, unless her eligible parent formally registered as an Irish citizen through this great-grandparent prior to your wife's birth. The parent would have had to contact an Irish consulate to lodge his or her birth in the Foreign Births Register, which is the first step needed for a grandchild to obtain Irish citizenship.
The certificate of Irish heritage that you reference came into being last year and is fully supported by the Irish government. Those with an ancestor born in Ireland are eligible to obtain a certificate (cost is roughly $52; visit www.heritagecertificate.ie), but the document itself does not confer any legal rights, nor does it allow the holder to legally reside in Ireland.
"The certificate provides recognition of the recipient's ancestry by the government of Ireland. It offers no legal benefits or rights, but it is a beautiful item which honors the recipient's ancestor(s) and symbolizes their connection to Ireland," the website says.


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Well I got the bus into town then on the back of the bus ticket was a McDonalds voucher so I went out of my way to use it (their marketing tactic worked ) and... I got a McDonalds.
"Maybe there is no moral. Maybe its just a bunch of stuff that happened."
- The Simpsons
Pringles at the Quick Stop across the street of my school.
Just because I'm stupider than them, they think they're smarter than me!
Simpsons Season 27 Ratings:
Every Man's Dream-4.8/10 Cue Detective-6/10 Puffless-7/10 Halloween of Horror-8.4/10 Treehouse of Horror XXVI-(4.5, 5, 3.5) 4.25/10 Friend With Benefit-5/10 Lisa With An 'S'-5.5/10 Paths of Glory--/10 Barthood--/10 The Girl Code--/10 Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles--/10 Much Apu About Something--/10 Gal of Constant Sorrow--/10 Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4--/10 Lisa the Veterinarian--/10 The Marge-ian Chronicles--/10 The Burns Cage--/10 How Lisa Got Her Marge Back--/10 Fland Canyon--/10 Simprovised--/10 To Courier With Love--/10 Orange is the New Yellow--/10
Futurama Season 7B Ratings:
2-D Blacktop-7.5/10 Fry and Leela's Big Fling-7.9/10 T.: The Terrestrial-8.2/10 Forty Percent Leadbelly-6.8/10 The Inhuman Torch-8.4/10 Saturday Morning Fun Pit-(9, 7, 8.5) 8.2/10 Calculon 2.0-8.7/10 Assie Come Home-8.5/10 Leela and the Genestalk-7.2/10 Game of Tones-9.2/10 Murder on The Planet Express-9/10 Stench and Stenchibility-8.5/10 Meanwhile-9.5/10
Jumping the Shark since 1998...
Alternate Ending Winner of NHC Survivor Season 1
E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy on steam. Or if we're talking actual tangible objects, a phone battery since my old one was ready to explode.
Two LEGO Movie LEGO sets; Bad Cop's Pursuit and The Ice Cream Machine.
a couple cherry coke's after my shift last night
Milk and a pack of sponges. Yes, I'm boring, but this house won't clean itself! If only it could.......it STILL wouldn't be clean enough!
Avatar drawn by Telso.
Yesterday: a small can of chunked pineapple...it was for an ingredient in sweet and sour pork.
Jak and Daxter HD Collection.
Simpsons Comics #208
A bag of Nuts in the vending machine in the subway.
A 42 inch Sharp television. Man it's so big.
This morning: a jar of grilled marinated artichokes at 'Fresh and Easy'
Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny CD
Dracula 75th Anniversary DVD - it was supposed to be the "Legacy Collection" set but they sent me the wrong one. So I messaged them and they refunded me and let me keep it
Flashdance DVD.
Jack in the Box number 5. Double bacon cheeseburger or something similarly gross.
seinfeld season 9. they were on sale and i never bothered to get them before. of course it's not the best season, but i have the rest already.
Might as well make my first post in this thread really count.
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