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For former Nicholls State cornerback Lardarius Webb, the opportunity to return to Thibodaux and see familiar faces is something he looks forward to every offseason.
For former Nicholls State cornerback Lardarius Webb, the opportunity to return to Thibodaux and see familiar faces is something he looks forward to every offseason.
After all, Nicholls is where Webb established himself in the collegiate ranks, shattering school records in return yards, before being drafted in the third-round (88th overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens.
But to return to the place he considers a home, as a Super Bowl champion, is something that even he could not imagine.
Webb spent Saturday back on the field where he made a name for himself — Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium — mentoring nearly 100 local kids as part of the Second Annual Lardarius Webb Youth Football Camp.
It was an opportunity Webb admitted he never had as a kid and wanted to give back as best as he can, which is why he does not charge for campers to attend the event.
"That's the reason why I wanted to do something like this, to give these kids an opportunity to learn from NFL players and pick our brain a little bit," Webb said. "It means a lot to the kids but it gives us a chance to be a mentor. I'm out here doing something I love and to be able to put a smile on their face is all you can ask for."
Both former and current Nicholls football players attended as camp counselors to help with the cause. Webb was also joined by his Baltimore Ravens teammate in running back Bobby Rainey, who worked the camp as a counselor.
One of those former Colonels, former Washington Redskins safety Kareem Moore, said the event acts as a reunion for the guys who don't get to see each other as often.
Moore officially retired from the NFL after knee issues, but now a high school defensive backs coach in Mississippi.
"It's always good to be able to see familiar faces, whether it was guys who played football or not," he said. "We are a tight-knit group and to be able to get together and give back to these kids is great."
There's no question Webb has had an impact on the Colonels, as current Nicholls head football coach Charlie Stubbs said he constantly uses Webb as an example to his team.
"We are very excited to be able to host this," Stubbs said. "We talk of Lardarius a lot because he is a great story with everything he has had to overcome to achieve the success he has. As a coach it gives me a chance to get some of my players to come out and help. We are all about community service, and that is exactly what Lardarius is doing."
For the second year, Webb considers the camp a success.
"It went wonderful," he said. "The kids are enjoying themselves. I thank my teammates for coming out and supporting me yearly here. Nicholls has always supported me here and they've helped in getting the kids out. A number of the team came out to help; it's been a great day."
The camp provided a bit of a getaway for Webb, who has spent his offseason trying to get ready to play football again.
For the second time in his short career, a knee injury left him unable to finish a season. Webb tore his ACL in a regular season game against the Dallas Cowboys last year, ending his season with 25 tackles (24 solo), one interception and one forced fumble. On October 16, 2012, he was officially placed on injured reserve and was forced to watch from the sidelines during the Ravens' Super Bowl run.
"I've been working my tail off to get myself back to my old form," Webb said. "It's always difficult not to be out there but the Super Bowl was bigger than me. To be able to see Joe Flacco get his first Super Bowl, Ed Reed finally win his ring and even witness Coach (John) Harbaugh get his first ring was an amazing experience to be a part of. Even though I couldn't be out there I still feel like a champion."
One of the advantages to being apart of a veteran-laden defense was the opportunity to learn from future Pro Bowlers.
It is a lesson that Webb hopes to carry into the 2013 season.
"Since I first arrived I feel like I've picked up on the game a lot better," he said. "The speed of the game is slowing down for me now and to be able to learn from guys like Ed Reed and Ray Lewis has made me a better player the minute I set foot on the field. That's been the biggest change I've experienced."
Now with the retirement of Lewis and the losses of Reed and Bernard Pollard in the secondary, Webb is ready to embrace whatever role the defending champs ask of him.
Even if that role is being the defensive leader for the Ravens defense.
"I hope to continue being myself," he said. "If that leadership role falls into my hands then I will accept it and run with it. In the meantime I just want to keep doing what I've been doing that got me here to begin with. I just want to be there when the team needs me to and do what I need to do."


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Suzanne M. "Suzy" Urban, 62, a surgical nurse, died of leiomyosarcoma cancer June 3 at her home in Chestnut Hill.
Mrs. Urban had worked as a surgical nurse at Chestnut Hill, Abington and Bryn Mawr hospitals for 35 years.
Born Suzanne Marano in Chestnut Hill, the eldest of seven children of Luke and Yolanda Marano, Mrs. Urban attended what is now Norwood-Fontbonne Academy and graduated from Ravenhill Academy in East Falls. She received her bachelor's degree in nursing, specializing in surgery, from Catholic University, where she met her husband of 42 years, William J. Urban.
An avid runner for many years, she participated in the Marine Corps Marathon and was an annual participant in the Philadelphia Distance and Broad Street runs. She could often be found on Kelly Drive or in Valley Green during her Sunday runs.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Urban is survived by sons Christopher and Luke; a daughter, Alexandra; sisters Lucy Sandifer, Lisa, Stephanie Stabert and Mia; brothers Luke Jr. and Mark, and seven grandchildren.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 9, at Our Mother of Consolation Church, 9 E. Chestnut Hill Ave., in Chestnut Hill. Relatives and friends may call at the church after 8:30 a.m. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center-Soft Tissue Sarcoma, P.O. Box 27106, New York, NY 10087. Donors should indicate that the donation is made in honor of Suzanne M. Urban and request notification of the donation to William J. Urban, 42 Hillcrest Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19118. – WF

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One of the great tools at the disposal of the cartoonist is the ability to imply much by showing little. A few marks under characters' feet suggest pavement; throw a jagged black shape in the background of a panel, and voilà — cityscape. The thing I like about suggesting something over showing it in detail is that it invites the reader to complete the picture. The same effect occurs across all media, really, with comics toward the cooler end of the McLuhan thermometer and movies toward the hotter end. All visual information demands a basic degree of interactivity, but some asks for more than others, and in the continuum that runs from a person's actual physical experience (where all senses are engaged in maximum detail by the real world) to the open invitation of a blank page (where nothing is provided), the imagination is stimulated more by suggestion and less by exacting description.
Generally speaking, as a work of art "heats up" and provides more sensory stimuli, at least two things begin to diminish: 1) the inventiveness of the medium's practitioners, who have fewer constraints to work within; and 2) the degree of imaginative interaction the work invites from its audience. For instance, as sound and color were introduced into film, certain previously necessary devices (broad physical acting, intertitles) became obsolete, and viewers no longer needed to imagine what Gloria Swanson's voice sounded like.
With every step "forward" in any area of human endeavor, something is gained, and with rare exception there is a concomitant loss. I feel this keenly in video game design, as the cutting edge of graphics slices into the future, opening up new and ever hotter arteries of experience for the player, but leaving imagination dead in its wake. Consider an informal visual chronology of computer game graphics:
Left to right, top to bottom: Colossal Cave Adventure (1976), Rogue (1980), Lords of Midnight (1984), Master of Magic (1993), Age of Wonders 2 (2002), Battle for Middle-Earth (2004).
The earliest text adventures used words alone to suggest the game world, allowing the player's imagination to fill in all of the details. Later, the ideogrammatic use of ASCII characters made possible things like the dungeon floorplans of Rogue to be clearly delineated, but that "*" that represented a pile of gold was still something to conjure with. With each step in the progression from limited-palette, low-resolution graphics to high-res 3D models and particle effects — with each step toward a more photorealistic rendering of the game environment — the player has to do that much less creative work, that much less imaginative interaction.
I'm not saying it's necessarily a bad progression. The trade-off is that we get games that are more immediately, actively immersive, as opposed to ones in which we have to work to immerse ourselves. Something is lost, but something else is certainly gained. Even as better and better graphics technology is erasing the need for an active imagination in playing video games, increasingly sophisticated game design has made possible a range of consequential (as opposed to imaginative) interactivity that is unparalleled in any other medium. Plus, I'd hazard that most people who play video games don't want to use their imaginations — they just want a fun ride¹. The more bells and whistles the better.
Each of us probably have our own sweet spot between abstraction and representation, a point where our imagination is fired up by the power of suggestion, but would be extinguished by too much more information. In video games, that sweet spot for me is best exemplified by Steve Barcia's classic Master of Magic, specifically on the tactical combat screen:
The average "figure" or unit graphic in MoM is 12 pixels high by 7 pixels wide, and the potential of that tiny canvas (+256 possible colors) is maximized to artfully evoke specific details of each of the 86 unit types available in the game². In the above screenshot, the lizardman shamans carry staves and wear some sort of broad golden collar, but the player can still read a lot into those combinations of a few colored squares. When I play MoM, my imagination fills in the details and I find myself picturing the collars as having a sort of Aztec design.
By comparison, the units in Battle for Middle Earth leave little to the mind's eye:
Nothing about these units is suggested — everything is described. Beyond rounding off the occasional sharp-edged polygon, the player's imagination just has to sit back and relax.
In comics, my sweet spot is probably best exemplified by the work of Hergé or Chester Brown:
The level of detail that both of these artists bring to their work is just right for me. They draw characters and environments with enough specificity to create a believable, grounded world, but leave enough open for a sense of mobility and life to be triggered by the reader's participation. Generally speaking, too little visual information in a comic makes me believe less in the world of that story. And too much (something I struggle against in my own work) can rob a comic of whatever vitality it might otherwise possess.
Bringing this questionable ramble back to film, last year it was announced that Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson will be turning the adventures of Tintin into at least three new motion pictures. In the cinematic equivalent of the graphic progression noted above, these films will be created using motion-capture and state-of-the-art CGI.
Jackson said WETA will stay true to Remi's original designs in bringing the cast of Tintin to life, but that the characters won't look cartoonish.
"Instead," Jackson said, "we're making them look photorealistic; the fibers of their clothing, the pores of their skin and each individual hair. They look exactly like real people — but real Herge people!"
I will of course reserve judgment until we see the final results, but I couldn't help but shudder when I read this bit of news. Although some Tintinologists might delight in the prospect, When I can count the threads in Captain Haddock's sweater, some small part of me will die.
¹ There are, of course, innumerable scattered subcultural pockets wherein "antiquated" forms of electronic gaming continue to thrive and grow, encompassing everything from interactive fiction to roguelikes to abandonware.
² Incidentally, the art director of Master of Magic, and several other Simtex games, was Jeff Dee, who will be familiar to any fan of tabletop RPGs from the late 70s and early 80s.


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More than one in six Boston doctors offices refused to schedule appointments for callers posing as disabled patients in wheelchairs, researchers at Baystate Medical Center reported Monday in a study of specialty practices in four cities.
Legal experts say the practice violates a federal law requiring that people with disabilities have access to appropriate medical care.
Gynecologists had the highest rate of inaccessible practices in the four cities, with 44 percent informing patients that they need to seek a specialist elsewhere because their offices lacked exam tables that can be raised and lowered, or a lift for transfer out of a wheelchair. The findings were published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
"Many doctors may not be aware that they need to see patients with disabilities,'' said study leader Dr. Tara Lagu, an academic hospitalist at Baystate in Springfield and an assistant professor at Tufts University School of Medicine. I'm shocked every time I hear from patients in wheelchairs that they can't get an appointment with a urologist or gynecologist or that the doctor wants them to come in an ambulance for transfer to an exam table by an emergency medical technician.''
Lagu and colleagues at Tufts University School of Medicine, the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and elsewhere called up 256 speciality practices posing as disabled, overweight patients with various medical problems — diabetes, unexplained uterine bleeding, depression — that related to particular specialties such as endocrinology, gynecology, or psychiatry. Overall, 56 practices, or 22 percent, told the callers that they could not be seen, either because the office was in a building without wheelchair access or more commonly becauase the staff would be unable to lift the patient out of the chair and onto an exam table.
Practices in Boston denied access to disabled patients about 17 percent of the time, compared with 30 percent in Houston, 27 percent in Dallas, and 14 percent in Portland, Ore.
"The medical community hasn't understood the importance of equal access,'' said Bill Henning, executive director of the Boston Center for Independent Living. His organization three years ago convinced Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's hospitals to spend millions on architectural improvements, medical equipment upgrades, and staff training to better serve those with disabilities.
"It's been very positive,'' he said, "but the challenge has been trying to change the culture; they're big institutions, and there's still a lot of work to be done.''
Massachusetts General has required its staff to participate in training to help them become more sensitive to the needs to disabled patients and has purchased adaptive equipment such as scales that can weigh patients in wheelchairs and mammogram machines that don't require patients to stand for the X-ray. "The shift in culture is difficult since it's such a big hospital,'' said Zary Amirhosseini, the disability services manager at Massachusetts General who was hired soon after the institution pledged to make changes. "It's an ongoing process.''
A Brigham spokesman said the hospital also has purchased specialized equipment and staff training on disability issues is in progress.
The 23-year-old Americans with Disabilities Act requires that medical facilities provide full and equal access to their patients and make "reasonable modifications'' when necessary, such as providing wider doorways for wheelchairs or equipment that can be manuvered around patients who cannot rise from their chairs. Health care providers are not allowed to tell patients that they cannot be seen because of their disability nor require them to bring a person along to help lift them onto the exam table.
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Baseball Bests UL-Lafayette, Wins 20th NCAA Regional
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Game 5: UL-Lafayette def. Sam Houston St., 7-5
Game 6: LSU vs. UL-Lafayette, 7 p.m. CT
BATON ROUGE - NCAA Regional Most Outstanding Player Alex Bregman went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI to lead the LSU baseball team past Louisiana-Lafayette, 5-1, on Sunday night at Alex Box Stadium.
LSU (55-9), which won its 20th regional title, will play host to Oklahoma (43-19), the No. 2 seed in the Blacksburg, Va., Region who knocked off top-seeded Virginia Tech to advance to the best-of-three NCAA Super Regional.
Regional Home | Super Regional Info
The Baton Rouge Super Regional will begin either Friday, June 7, or Saturday, June 8. Tickets are available for purchase by LSU baseball season ticket holders until Tuesday.
Dates and game times will be announced at the conclusion of NCAA Regional play late Monday or early Tuesday.
LSU starter Brent Bonvillain (3-0) tossed a career-high 5 1/3 innings, allowing one unearned run on three hits with three strikeouts and a walk. Nick Rumbelow and Chris Cotton finished the game with 3 2/3 innings of no-hit relief.
With two outs in the fifth inning, first baseman Mason Katz drew a base on balls. Outfielder Raph Rhymes then followed up with a single, while third baseman Christian Ibarra reached first on a walk of his own. Catcher Ty Ross then drew a bases-loaded walk, pulling LSU in front 1-0.
In the sixth, right fielder Mark Laird and second baseman JaCoby Jones connected for back-to-back singles. A third straight single came off the bat of Bregman, scoring Laird and doubling the Tigers lead to 2-0.
Later in the inning, Rhymes (3-for-5) scored Jones and Bregman with a looping two-RBI single to right field.
With one out in the sixth inning, Rumbelow replaced Bonvillain. With a runner on third, Rumbelow recorded two pivotal strikeouts to silence the Cajuns in the sixth. Rumbelow remained on the hill throughout the seventh and eighth, striking out four while retiring all eight Cajun hitters faced.
Bregman, who finished 3-for-4 on the night, provided LSU an insurance run in the eighth on a solo blast into the bleachers in left, extending the Tigers lead to 5-1.
Centerfielder Andrew Stevenson continued his exceptional play on defense throughout the night, including a run-saving, diving snag in the sixth.
All-Tournament Team
P - Aaron Nola, LSU
P - Brent Bonvillain, LSU
C - Ty Ross, LSU
1B - Mason Katz, LSU
2B - Ryan Farney, SHSU
SS - Alex Bregman, LSU
3B - Tyler Girouard, ULL
OF - Raph Rhymes, LSU
OF - Caleb Adams, ULL
OF - Chuck Tilery, JSU
DH - Anoko Knowles, JSU
Most Outstanding Player: Alex Bregman, LSU
NCAA Super Regional Pairings
(1) North Carolina/Florida Atlantic vs. South Carolina/Liberty
(8) Oregon/Rice vs. NC State
(5) Cal State Fullerton/Arizona St. vs. UCLA
(4) LSU vs. Oklahoma
(2) Vanderbilt/Georgia Tech vs. Louisville
(7) Florida St. vs. Indiana
(6) Virginia vs. Mississippi St./Central Arkansas
(3) Oregon St. vs. Kansas St.
LSU Head Coach Paul Maineri
Opening Statement
"First, I'd like to congratulate Tony Robichaux and his staff on a great season. Their players played their hearts off, and it was a long day for them. It was a much tougher game then I thought it would be, and we were very fortunate to win that game. If it weren't for Brent Bonvillain, we would have had a difficult time winning that ball game. Their starter (Cody Boutte) gave a courageous effort, and their kids played their hearts out. For our pitching staff to hold their offense to only three hits speaks volume for the job that Brent, Nick (Rumbelow) and Chris (Cotton) did. It's a great win for us, and we are obviously very happy to move on to the next step. We've won three championships this year, but there was no dog pile on the mound because we know that was 3/5 of the job that needs to be done to get to Omaha. We had three big wins, and the players know it takes five. We are going to have a great opponent come in next weekend, and it's going to be a great atmosphere with what's waiting at the end of the weekend. We won't celebrate a lot until we have accomplished that. It was a great tournament, and I'm looking forward to next weekend."
On getting the roster set ahead…
"It all started with (Mark) Laird rolling his ankle last Saturday. We didn't have Sean McMullen or Chris Sciambra because he was at home with a fever. We were very short-handed, and that's why I put Alex Edward into the lineup instead of (Jared) Foster. I think the whole thing is a testament to these kids. No matter what breaks go against us, we find a way. There is a new hero everyday, and it wasn't pretty this weekend. We didn't play consistently, but we played enough to win. You can win it without playing great baseball sometimes, and it's a compliment to our team."
On the weekend…
"The first day was a very hot and humid afternoon. Last night was a hard game to play. Instead of taking the traditional infield, we took ground balls. It helped the guys relax a bit. Last night was an aberration, and I wouldn't trade our infield defense for anyone in the country."
On coming back after a hard weekend…
"We strive for perfection every day even though we know it is unattainable. Our attitude is that if we strive to be the best that we can be then somewhere along the way we are going to grab excellence and win most of our games. We didn't hit in the clutch early in the game. In the first four innings, we left guys on-base every inning. Brent was key and was holding them down. Eventually, we got something down and were able to finish off a rally or two. It still wasn't a great offensive night for us, but I give a lot of credit to their pitching. I was so happy to see Brent go out there and have a big game."
On his outing tonight…
"It's definitely a fun game to pitch when you're playing in a championship game. It was a great experience in front of 10,000 fans. Definitely had my heart going a few times. It was all just surreal."
On where his performance tonight came from…
"I have no idea where it came from. I just went out there and tried to have fun. It was really exciting. It's hard to put into words winning a NCAA Regional with LSU, a team that I've always dreamt of playing with and always looked up to play because I lived in Louisiana. I don't know – it just happened I guess."
SS Alex Bregman
On his offensive performance tonight…
"It's all because of my teammates. Because of them, I got good pitches to hit today. Everybody one through nine was competing, and that's all you can ask out of an offense. I think everybody battled, and that just helped me because when I saw them battle, I knew I had to go battle. I was just happy to put some good swings on balls and happy they fell."
On if he had set a goal for 100 hits at the start of the season…
"Not really. It wasn't really a goal. It's an honor to have 100 hits in this great league. I didn't really shoot for that – I shot for higher. So I'm not really satisfied with it. We still have a long ways to go. It's not about how I hit or how I don't hit. To me, it's about how LSU does. We're going pretty dang good right now, and we have to keep that up."
LF Raph Rhymes
On his two-RBI single…
"That was a time in the game where I needed to step up. We had some guys on-base, and we were trying to make something happen – trying to get a good pitch to hit. I got a curveball and went the other way with it."
On coming through with a big hit after they had struggled to bring runners home…
"We had opportunities early in the game and just didn't get the job done. We kept battling – I thought we had good at-bats and kept getting runners on. We didn't do the job early, but we got done with it later on."
Louisiana-Lafayette Head Coach Tony Robichaux
On the game and the year…
"For one, I thought our team did a great job. I thought [Cody] Boutte did an exceptional job of being taken out of the first game and being put back in a tough environment. Boutte was in the environment he pitched for a national championship at the Junior College level so we just felt good going back out with him. We felt that if he could just locate and keep the ball down, and get his breaking ball going again he could hold on for us. I think if we had made that play it would have been the difference in the ball game. Boutte was starting to get to his limit; that was all we really wanted him to do, was to get us off to a great start. We felt Boutte was the one guy on our staff with enough experience to handle this crowd. Louisiana State University is a very tough place to play. You have to stay away from the three-run inning and we did not do that. Credit LSU in that one inning, and being able to get that three-run inning. Again, I really like our team. There are two seniors who came in tonight and both did good. These guys have a lot of experience and it pays off for them. You have to have experience to get to the next step, which I really believe we have next season with these guys."
On pitching depth this season…
"Well, I thought the guys did a great job. We hung a lot of zeros and stayed away from the three-run inning fairly well. Game one we lost, but we gave up two, two-run innings. I think Austin [Robichaux], the game he pitched, we had no three-run inning. Pitchers did a great job. We lost almost six arms with guys that signed professional, and one with Tommy Johns. After all the arms we lost, we knew we would hit. I thought we would only go as far as we could pitch. Again, I thought Boutte did a great job of getting us off to a great start in a tough place to play. You just make that play Boutte may get one or two more innings for us. You can tell why they're [LSU] are good, they have some experience, they have some good arms, and they play with confidence. I think we have gained so much through this weekend for our team. When we drive off tonight they are going to know what it is all about when we start next August."
Louisiana-Lafayette Player Quotes
P Cody Boutte
On his pitching performances …
My curve ball for the first game wasn't working for me. The catcher and I got together, we talked about throwing the slider a little bit more. The plan was to go with the curve ball. That wasn't working for me and got me in some trouble. Coach decided to take me out and save me for the next game. It worked out pretty well for us."
On his RBI in the sixth and facing LSU's pitching…
"I was just trying to get something going. We were flat all night. I wanted to come out and swing the bat well. I wanted to try to get that run in. I wanted to see if I could be a spark for the team. I wanted to get a fire going for us. Unfortunately, it didn't end the way we wanted it. As far as the pitching goes, they kept us off balance. They started a slow lefty first, then threw a hard righty and ended with another slow lefty. If you want to keep a team off balance, that is how you do it."
On his successful hitting performance and LSU's pitching…
"I just wanted to get out there and compete. I got two pitches that I could drive. I drove them to the middle. I got those two pitches, and I didn't miss my pitch. As far as the righty goes, I had a feeling he was going to come out and try to throw breaking balls and stuff. Again, I just wanted to bat as hard as I could. There is always an adjustment in baseball, and we just couldn't make the adjustment."
LSU's victory increases the school's overall NCAA Tournament record to 130-49; 83-19 in regionals; and, 73-14 in regionals played in Baton Rouge.
Alex Bregman, the regional's MOP, had three hits in the final game giving the freshman shortstop 102 for the season to tie him for the 8th spot in LSU's all-time single-season hits with Sean Barker (102 in 2002). LSU's freshman single-season hit record is 103 held by Mike Fontenot in the 2000 season. Bregman is the third freshman to have a 100-hit season. The first was Todd Walker (100 hits, 1992; Walker went on to collect 109 hits in 1993 and 101 hits in 1994)
LSU winning pitcher Brent Bonvillain, 3-0, pitched 5.1 innings, his longest outing of the season and his career. His previous long during the 2013 season was 4.2 inning against BYU on Feb. 23.
LSU All-Tournament first baseman (a unanimous selection) Mason Katz hit his 52nd career double in the first inning to move him to a tie for 9th place on the school's all-time career list with Clay Harris (2002-2005)
Attendance Paid Actual
Game 1 11,577 9,316
Game 2 10,886 3,851
Game 3 10,632 1,909
Game 4 12,085 10,752
Game 5 10,723 2,066
Game 6 11,838 10,191
Totals 67,741 38,085
The Game 4 "paid" is the largest for a NCAA post-season game at the Baton Rouge regional. The Game 4 "actual" is the largest single-game attendance in Alex Box Stadium history.
The total paid and total actual attendance figures are both record numbers.
The 2012 regional had 6-game totals of 64,343 paid and 34,239 actual.
LSU will face Oklahoma, the winner in the Blacksburg, Va. Regional at a date and time to be determined by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee and announced Monday.
Super Regional sites will be announced Monday at approximately 10 p.m. CDT, via press release and at www.ncaa.com/cws and LSUsports.net.
UL-Lafayette Postgame Notes
Cody Boutte made his second start of the day on the mound for the Ragin' Cajuns. The New Iberia native started and tossed 1 2/3 innings using 29 pitches in the elimination game earlier in the day against Sam Houston State.
The six walks issued by Cody Boutte marked the most surrendered by a Cajuns pitcher this season.
Cody Boutte tossed 104 pitches in the contest over 4 2/3 innings of work. For the day, Boutte threw 133 pitches over 6 1/3 combined innings (tossed 1 2/3 innings in elimination game with Sam Houston State).
Caleb Adams singled in his first two at bats leading to his second multiple-hit game of the day. In the day's earlier elimination game, Adams went 2-for-4 with two homers and four RBI against Sam Houston State.
Jace Conrad's RBI double in the sixth inning marked his sixth (6th) RBI of the Baton Rouge Regional, tops amongst all Cajuns hitters. Conrad has posted 20 RBI since May 1, second-most on the squad trailing only 23 RBI from Caleb Adams.
Dex Kjerstad's attempt to become only the second player in school history to reach 100 base hits was spoiled again as LSU pitching held him to a 0-for-4 showing. Earlier in the day, Kjerstad went 0-for-4 in the elimination game vs. Sam Houston State.
Dex Kjerstad ended the season with 99 base hits marking the second-most in school history. He trails only record holder Nathan Nelson who established the mark with 101 in 2000.
Caleb Adams finished the 2013 season with 16 home runs which ranks tied for fifth (5th) in a single season with Jefferies Tatford (2007).
Caleb Adams was the lone Cajun to hit a home run in the Baton Rouge Regional. Louisiana entered the Baton Rouge Regional with a nation's best 72 home runs, but was held to just two over four contests.
The Ragin' Cajuns final home run tally for 2013 was 74 which is tops in the NCAA Division I ranks. It's the most home runs for Louisiana since posting 76 in 2007. This season's tally of 74 marks the fourth-most home runs in a single season (83 in 2000; 78 in 2004; 76 in 2007; 74 in 2013; 73 in 1991).
The Cajuns bullpen surrendered four runs in 4 1/3 innings of work. Entering the championship round the bullpen had allowed just four runs over 12 1/3 innings in the team's previous three contests in the Baton Rouge Regional.
LSU pitcher's combined to hold the Cajuns to a season-low three base hits. The Cajuns were held to the previous season low four hits in the team's Baton Rouge Regional opener against Sam Houston State.
Louisiana made its first appearance in the NCAA Regional championship round for the first time since appearing in the College Station appearance in 2007. That season the Cajuns reached the championship round through the winner's bracket.
The Ragin' Cajuns advanced to the championship round out of the loser's bracket for the first time since the 1991 appearance in Baton Rouge. That year, then-USL met LSU and dropped an 8-5 decision.
Louisiana and LSU met in a NCAA Regional contest for the first time since the 2002 Regional at the old Alex Box Stadium. LSU increased its NCAA Regional round record vs. the Ragin' Cajuns to 6-1.
The Ragin' Cajuns finished with a Baton Rouge Regional record of 2-2. Louisiana concluded its 13th appearance in the NCAA Baseball Championship. The Cajuns all-time NCAA Championship record is now 22-27, which includes a 17-22 mark in the regional round.
Game 5: UL-Lafayette def. Sam Houston St., 7-5
BATON ROUGE – Left fielder Caleb Adams slugged a pair of two-run homeruns as second-seeded Louisiana-Lafayette survived a wild ninth inning to eliminate third-seeded Sam Houston State, 7-5, and advance to the championship round of the Baton Rouge Regional on Sunday afternoon in Alex Box Stadium.
The Ragin' Cajuns (43-19) will now face top seed LSU (54-9) at 7 p.m. The Tigers need only one win to advance to super regional play. Should UL-Lafayette defeat LSU on Sunday evening, a winner-take-all game will be played at 7 p.m. Monday. The Tigers will be the designated visiting team in the nightcap and occupy the third base dugout.
Sam Houston State, champions of the Southland Conference, concluded its season with a 38-22 record. The Bearkats broke a scoreless tie when they struck for three runs in the second inning highlighted by a Ryan Farney two-run homer off ULL starter Cody Boutte, who lasted just 1.2 innings.
The Cajuns immediately answered in the top of the third when they took advantage of two Bearkat errors. Adams crushed the first of his two homers, a two-out, two-run shot into the right field bleachers.
Sam Houston starter Andrew Godail (5-4) suffered the tough luck loss, allowing five runs – none of which were earned – while walking three and striking out seven.
UL-Lafayette reliever Matt Plitt (4-1) picked up the win in relief, working seven innings and allowing only two runs on four hits.
Adams finished 2-for-4 with four RBI and his homer in the ninth proved to be valuable. The Cajuns took a 7-3 advantage into the final frame, but Sam Houston State kept its hopes alive with a two-out rally.
Anthony Azar cranked a solo homer and the Bearkats loaded the bases on Shea Pierce's fielder's choice infield single. With the tying run at second, Cajun shortstop Blake Trahan made the play of the game and the final out when he held on to Jessie Plumlee's shallow pop up down the left field line. Trahan's grab prevented the tying runs and potential go-ahead run from scoring.
Sam Houston State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
NCAA Baton Rouge Regional
June 2, 2013
Louisiana-Lafayette Head Coach Tony Robichaux
On today's game…
"I thought (Sam Houston State) had an emotional loss last night. It was tough on them. I knew they would make a push early and they did. They got out to a good start on us. We went ahead and tried to change back the momentum of the game. We went to Matt (Plitt) immediately to try to get the momentum of the game turned around. He did an outstanding job of getting the momentum of the game back turned around. We knew they would make an early push. We couldn't hold them off early, but Matt came in and really changed the momentum of the game. He did an outstanding job and gave us a chance to win. Caleb (Adams) put a couple good swings on some pitches. He has done that all year for us. He can have one or two tough at-bats and then when its time to be good he is good when it matters. He was able to do that. We were finally able to hold their push off at the end of the game."
On the ninth inning…
"That was a tough play for (Blake Trahan). The previous play before that his momentum should have taken him to first base to finish the play. He tried to throw the ball back to Jace (Conrad). The umpire made a good call. Give (Sam Houston State) credit for that. It extended the inning and gave them a chance to tie the ballgame. Then on the pop up near the left field line, with a true freshman out there who almost overran it. You've seen with LSU, pop ups are tougher than you think. (Trahan) actually dropped it and caught it again on the way down. If that falls that is a hug momentum turn."
On Cody Boutte's availability for the Regional Final…
"We didn't ice (Boutte). I went down there when we pulled him and I told him 'don't hang your hat all game. If we could finish this game, we could possibly come back to you again.' So yes, we would use him again."
Louisiana-Lafayette Player Quotes
LF Caleb Adams
On his game…
"I've been seeing the ball well all weekend but it hasn't been falling for me. This morning I went to the cage and focused on getting the ball to the middle of the field and getting on top of the ball."
On getting back…
"I was trying to go more to left field instead of getting it to the big part of the field. It's the same approach we've had all season and it's worked. Hitters get off sometimes and you just have to go back to the cage. It was my goal today to get inside the ball and start driving it."
P Matt Plitt
On his outing…
"I tried to do what I was asked to do and put our team in the best position to win. My mindset wasn't any different than usual."
On keeping Sam Houston off balance…
"I tried to mix my pitches and throw a lot of strikes. I was just trying to let my pitchers do the rest of the work."
Sam Houston State Head Coach David Pierce
On the game and the year…
"Honestly, I thought the game was definitely lost on our defense. I thought Andrew [Godail] pitched wonderful; he competed really well. I thought Logan [Preston] was fine. Logan just made one mistake and let the change-up open up. But, these kids have battled for us all year and I am very proud for our university and for our team. It is always tough if you do not win the last one you are going to have this type of feeling. I just visited with Coach Mainieri and you are always thinking base hit, possibly ball in the gap, you win the ball game. But, you go to foul ball out in left field and the season is over. So, it is kind of tough to swallow, a lot of emotions at one time. I'm just so proud of what our players have done. The kids that we came here with two years ago have meshed with the kids we brought in and I just think it is wonderful for us to have an opportunity to play in this environment. What it does is hopefully make our kids a little more hungry to get better, stronger, faster and fully committed to getting back here. That is all I can really say about this season."
P Andrew Godail
On his outing…
"I just went out there trying to throw strikes and give my team a chance to win. We just came up short."
2B Ryan Farney
On hitting his first home run…
"It's always nice to get a homerun, and it's the first of my career. I was just trying to do whatever it takes to win and I just got lucky to get under it a little bit and it got out."
On his ninth inning at-bat…
"I was just looking for a pitch to drive and I was crowding the plate a little bit. I think he tried to jam me inside and he hit me."
On going ahead three runs early…
"It was nice to jump out to a lead like that. We feel like we can hit it big any inning and tonight we were just one big hit away from scoring a couple of runs and blowing it open."
On [Anthony] Azar's home run and coming up short in the ninth inning…
"[Anthony] Azar has just been a rock for us all year. He gets beat up day in and day out. For him to come up in the ninth inning and lead off the inning [with a home run] with a four run lead. It put some belief in our dugout. Again, we were one big hit away and it just didn't happen."
UL-Lafayette's 7-5 win moves the Cajuns' NCAA Regional record to 17-21, and its overall NCAA Tournament record to 22-6. Sam Houston State had reached the regional finals in its last two (2011, 2012) regional appearances.
When the Ragin Cajuns take the field against LSU in Sunday's final, it makes the third time the two schools will have squared off in a Baton Rouge Regional final.
Here's the record:
1990, LSU 8, ULL 0 (preliminary round)
1991, LSU 8, ULL 5 (final, LSU advanced to CWS)
1998, LSU 15, ULL 6 (preliminary round)
2002, ULL 5, LSU 0 (preliminary round), then on finals day, LSU 12-2, LSU 12-2 (LSU came from losers' bracket to advance to Super Regional)
Caleb Adams' two-run home run that tied the score at 3-3 in the third inning marked his first hit of the Baton Rouge Regional. It was also Louisiana-Lafayette's first home run of the Regional … Adams also homered in the top of the ninth inning to provide the Cajuns a 7-3 lead. That home run gave the Texarkana, Texas, native his fourth multi-home run game of the season … Adams' four RBI marked his team-leading 15 multiple-RBI contest of 2013. It is the eighth time he's finished a game with at least three RBI.
Sophomore Jace Conrad successfully executed two stolen bases increasing his team-leading total to 18 in 21 attempts. Conrad's 18 stolen bases are a personal single-season best. Today's stolen base tally pushed the Lafayette native over 20 stolen bases in his brief career.
Matt Plitt entered in relief in the bottom of the second inning after SHSU's Ryan Farney homered to give the Bearkats a 5-3 lead. Plitt would retire the first 15 batters that he faced until the Bearkats collected a two-out single by Ryan O'Hearn in the seventh inning … The 7.0 innings pitched marked the longest relief outing by Matt Plitt. His previous high for innings pitched in a relief effort was 2 2/3 innings against Central Michigan on Feb. 16 in the season-opening weekend … Today's pitching performance (7.0 innings in relief) was Matt Plitt's second-longest outing of the 2013 season falling just shy of the 8.0 innings pitched in a start against Southeastern Louisiana on April 24 at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field.
Matt Hicks recorded the final out of the contest to increase his single-season record for saves to 11. It was also the 15th save of Hicks' career, extending the school career record that he established earlier this year.
Louisiana picked up a come-from-behind victory for the second straight day in the Baton Rouge Regional (Cajuns trailed 1-0 to Jackson State after four innings). It is the Cajuns sixth come-from-behind victory since May 12. The Cajuns other come-from-behind wins since May 12 include: second game of South Alabama doubleheader on May 12 (trailed 6-0 in 1st inning); May 16 (trailed 4-2 after seven complete) and May 17 (trailed 4-1 after four complete) at ULM; May 22 vs. FIU (trailed 5-1 after 3 ½ innings) in Sun Belt Tournament.
Louisiana turned two double plays increasing its season total to 66 which ties the mark established by the 2009 squad.
The two home runs by Caleb Adams increased the Ragin' Cajuns team season total to 74 which is tops in the NCAA Division I ranks. It's the most home runs for Louisiana-Lafayette since posting 76 in 2007. This season's tally of 74 marks the fourth-most home runs in a single season (83 in 2000; 78 in 2004; 76 in 2007; 74 in 2013; 73 in 1991).
The Ragin' Cajuns advanced to their first NCAA Regional Championship contest since appearing in the championship game of the 2007 appearance at College Station.
It's the first time that Louisiana advanced to the championship game of an NCAA Regional out of the loser's bracket since the 1991 appearance in Baton Rouge.


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Regular readers will know I have not yet found my favourite mascara, but when I do I will yodel it from the trees, like a chimp on LSD. Until then….I'll continue to waste money on numerous near misses.
Luckily, I was sent this Max Factor Lash Extension mascara for free to test out. Max Factor mascaras always seen to get great reviews, even though it has been a long time since I have used one:
Please excuse the overly dark photographs – anyway the brush is a rubber type with lots of little fine bristles. The promise is volume and length.
Did it work?The brush is lovely for a really nice, separated effect. It keeps the lashes nicely clump free and I imagine is buildable.
I didn't get further than 2 coats because I experienced the dreaded lash flop with this mascara. Gah. It happens a lot to be honest with you, will 95% of mascara's so I will forgive Max.
Nevertheless this is a really clean effect mascara. I wouldn't say it was really a fake lash effect but just a really clean, defined look:
Worth trying with my Shiseido lash base? I think so. That stuff usually holds my curl.
Overall its a nice mascara for a natural, defined look. Not really much volume, and flopping for us short lashed girls but its a decent mascara.
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Uncharted Tiny Homes, the builders of this tiny home, called the Mansion, hail from Phoenix, Ariz., which means that they have to work extra hard to design home interiors that can compete with the stunning scenery they have available for exterior photographs.
OK, nobody can compete with mother nature when it comes to beauty, even with that attractive tan, "rustic taupe" exterior paint, but the Mansion still has terrific, standout features, including two sleeping lofts over the kitchen and bathroom, an 8-feet by 8-feet L-shaped kitchen and a full residential bathroom. Uncharted Tiny Homes not only is the only tiny house builder in Arizona, it also is a 100% in-house building company, so everything has been designed, built and staged by the owners, the Partannas.
Let's take a look at the Mansion, which has proven to be popular enough for the company to offer two versions: "The Mansion Jr which shrinks the living area and bathroom by 2 ft and the Mansion Elite which is the same floor plan as The Mansion but we extend it to a 30ft trailer to give you a 6x8 walk-in closet," builder Mike Partanna tells us.
This photo gives a feel for the layout of the Mansion. The couch on the right tells you the living room area is in the middle of the home. The loft shows one of the two bedrooms. You can also get a sense for the size of the kitchen, which has counters against only one wall, which means there is plenty of floor space for a bustling cook.
A table under a ladder looks cramped, but many tiny homes can only fit a very small table for dining. This one, pulled away from the wall, could serve as a table for four persons or more.
That said, take a second look at the ladder in this and the next photograph and in the previous shot. The slope is far gentler than most ladders. It is almost a set of stairs, rather than a ladder.
This shot also shows you the stove on the left is the real McCoy -- a four-burner with a large oven underneath.
In the distance are the bathroom and the second sleeping loft.
Here is the view from loft to loft.
The loft above the kitchen is simple, sweet, with large windows on each side.
The second bedroom loft is similar. The metal apparatus on the left is the rolling mechanism for the bathroom door.
The bathroom is well furnished, including a washer dryer and a handsome vanity.
The shower is simple -- tucked out of the way in the corner with a shower curtain that keeps water in and expenses down.
Not in a hurry? Go back and look at the wall behind the kitchen table. Now that's a minimalist approach to wall clocks.


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I was reading around the web about yarnbombing and I found an article in Encyclopedia Britannica about yarnbombing from 2011. There was this tiny picture of a very nice yarnbomb with a little tag on it. I kept looking and looking at the tag and yes ! That nice yarnbomb in Encyclopedia Britannica was my yarnbomb ! The Russian and I put them up in 2011 at The Berkeley Rep theater. It funny and pleasing to find out you are slightly famous and don't know it at all. Here is the story Here
In 2011 and 2012 I did lots and lots of knitted yarnbombing and the media was trending on it so we got lots of attention and articles about us. As time went on and I began to look for new things to try I started doing installations with museums. More time passed and I wanted something more and wasn't sure what it was. I began to apply to artist residencies and grants and spent a lot of time struggling with on line applications, portfolios and deadlines. And then I had to cope with rejections which I did not have to with my streetart. Then something very good happened to me.
I was accepted to be an artist in residency for yarnbombing at The de Young Museum for one month for Dec 2014. It was announced in The Fine Arts Magazine that comes from The de Young museum so it feels official. I found out 3 months ago.
I'm so happy about this and it's recognition of yarnbombing as part of the art and textile world. This residency is an open studio -Kimball Studio – at the museum.I will be there knitting and felting and setting up projects that will be available to the public to participate in a museum yarnbombing installation. I hope you will come by and yarnbomb with me.
Yarnbombs from a guerrilla knitting that The Russian and I did in 2010 at The de Young Museum in San Francisco. These images were used in my residency application.


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You aren't getting full photos of the socks. Those have been taken, but are to be emailed to Robynn later today, along with the pattern, you'll have to check out the storytellers site for that.
My next paper's on branding. Maybe I should knit a logo.
EDIT: My essay is pretty obscure. But if you're looking for books that use stories to explain modern physics, the best place to start is with this author.


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LONG BEACH – Before deciding to take a step toward limiting the tinny strains of ice cream truck music, Long Beach City council members made it clear they are fans of the nostalgia-provoking vendors.
"We all love the ice cream truck," said Councilwoman Suja Lowenthal. "We all have fond memories no matter where we grew up."
"I do like the ice cream, and I like ice cream trucks," Councilman Dee Andrews assured the public watching in the chamber and at home.
Sweet feelings aside, years of complaints from residents annoyed by the frequency and volume of ice cream truck music compelled the council to vote unanimously Tuesday night on a measure by Andrews that directs the City Attorney's Office to amend municipal code to require that ice cream trucks comply with the noise ordinance and play no amplified music while parked and dispensing their treats. The changes will come back for council consideration within 30 days.
Long Beach is following the lead of other cities across the nation that have acted to rein ice cream vendor music in recent decades.
In California, Santa Clara, Santa Ana, Fullerton and Anaheim have passed laws clamping down on the tunes, according to Deputy City Attorney Amy Webber. Costa Mesa banned amplified music by ice cream trucks entirely in the 1990s.
Though the council's action may seem to be the opposite of good humor, some residents attested to the nuisance posed by overzealous ice cream truck operators.
Sam Portillo, a 6th District resident, said at times multiple vendors and their trucks will ply their wares at the same time, or one after the other. Some trucks will pump out the jingles for as long as 30 minutes while parked.
"If you had to deal with it day in and day out, you'd realize how it affects the quality of life and you cannot have peace and quiet at home," said Portillo.
City staff said that constraints on ice cream truck music would be enforced through business licensing.
Eric Bradley can be reached at 562-499-1254.


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A pet crematory has been proposed for the former Angelo's Bakery building in Hawley, next door to the Hawley Silk Mill.
A pet crematory has been proposed for the former Angelo's Bakery building in Hawley, next door to the Hawley Silk Mill.
Mark M. James is planning to open a facility in Hawley for the disposal of pet animals. He was represented by his attorney, David Gregory, at the July 10th Hawley Council meeting. He said he was there to "alleviate any concerns" as well as request a conditional use hearing date.
James is also the owner of a crematory for human remains at Lake Ariel. In addition, James is a funeral associate working for Teeters' Funeral Chapel.
According to Gregory, veterinary clinics would be the majority of James' pet crematory clients. A vinyl fence would screen the property so that deliveries would not be visible from outside.
The attorney stated that the cremation process would be designed to prevent any smoke or odor from escaping. The three foot stack will have a sensor that would shut down the system if smoke is detected.
James has contracted to purchase the former bakery contingent on obtaining permits from the PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Borough.
Operating as Northeast Pennsylvania Pet Cremation Services, animals accepted will be limited up to 200 pounds, and no more than 1,000 cremations a year would be performed. No cremations will take place at night. Each cremation would take 30 minutes and require a temperature of 1,800 degrees.
He stated that James has operated the human crematory since 2006 and has performed over 2,100 cremations without any incident or negative comments.
An extensive approval process is required by the state, he said. This is made easier by the fact that the applicant is already licensed for human cremation services. Detailed plans for the equipment and property have been submitted to DEP.
Gregory assured that there would be no negative impact on public health, safety or welfare. Foot traffic would be minimal and the footprint of the facility along Route 6 would not expand.
Council scheduled a public conditional use hearing for 6 p.m., Wednesday, August 14, prior to the regular 7 p.m. Council meeting and a different hearing at 6:30 p.m.


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Keira Knightley has no qualms about taking her top off!
The 27-year-old actress appears nearly nude on the December cover of Allure, wearing only a Chanel jacket and Tom Ford tuxedo pants. The Anna Karenina star also poses topless in the accompanying article.
"I'm quite rigorous about what gets exposed," the British beauty says of appearing nude on film. "No bottom half! I don't mind exposing my t-ts because they're so small — people really aren't that interested."
As for deciding how much to show, Knightley says, "I think it's much easier as you get older. You can say, 'No.' 'Yes.' 'No.'"
Luckily, Knightley has a sense of humor about her smaller cup size — even when movie marketing executives try to enhance her bust. "They always pencil in my boobs. I was only angry when they were really droopy," she laughs. "For King Arthur, for a poster, they gave me these really strange droopy t-ts. I thought, 'Well, if you're going to make me fantasy breasts, at least make perky breasts.'"
Knightley acknowledges that her body has always been under heavy scrutiny. In 2007, reports claimed the Pirates of the Caribbean actress suffered from an eating disorder. "The anorexic stuff — all of that — it's always going to have an impact, so I think it did hit pretty hard. Because you go, 'Oh, maybe that's right!' I knew I wasn't anorexic, but maybe my body is somehow not right. Or my face is not right. Or the way I speak is not right," she says. "When you're going through a period where you're really getting a lot of criticism, you go, 'Maybe all this is right! You just kind of want to hide it all.'"
The Academy Award nominated actress — engaged to Klaxons keyboardist James Righton — found solace during a month-long sojourn through Europe. "I'd hit a wall and needed to step back in order to learn the things I needed to learn," she tells Allure. Despite her hardships, Knightley never lost sight of her dream. "There's clearly something in me that goes, 'No, actually, I know I've got something.'"
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16 miles from ClackmannanThis mad and messy assault course features everything from inflatable obstacles to a fancy dress relay race, and with eight bonkers obstacles to conquer your teamwork and determination will be pushed to the limit!
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This epic aerial assault course built amongst the tree tops of Kendal features classic obstacles including the Leap of Faith, Zip Wire and Climbing Wall so get ready to push your bravery to the limit! We offer one of the very best courses out there and you are guaranteed to have a memorable and exciting experience as you endeavour to traverse the air-based obstacles that you'll face! A top class venue and out of this world experience....don't miss out!
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too much daz stuff. Any automatic way to install it all on a mac?
would applescript work?
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I would imagine so -- I have a Windows script I use, I would think the same could be done with applescript.
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I recommend getting WinZip Mac, but there's no substitute (alas!) to individual installs of each file. Lots of things require individual location tweakings.
the new dson genesis downloads didn't require any tweaking. default want to instal them into my poser genesis folder.
Actually apple script doesn't work for this. It won't check the checkboxes in the installer.
I had to do it one by one. But I opened a lot of them at once and went on a clickfest.
It's still quite time consuming though.
So what is this winzip thing and why would I need it?
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I have some nifty Mac OS X utilities for installing your runtime stuff here: http://4eyes.code66.se/?page_id=7463
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Wow! That looks very interesting. especially DAZBitRockRun - so how do i know which daz installers I can use it on?
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esther said:Wow! That looks very interesting. especially DAZBitRockRun - so how do i know which daz installers I can use it on?
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I haven't had the time or inspiration to make it handle all the different BitRock installers.bitrockrun.jpg309 x 163 - 14K
these seem to be the current ones... does it do these?
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Yes it will ;-)
fantastic. i have a lot of stuff in my cart so when I get back from work I will give it a shot.


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Asylum seekers have been sexually abused and tortured inside Australia's processing centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island, a former security guard at the facility claims.
Former head of occupational health and safety at the centre, Rod St George, claims acts of self-harm and attempted suicide were occurring "almost daily" on Manus Island.
"I've never seen human beings so destitute, so helpless and so hopeless before," he told SBS's Dateline program on Tuesday.
"In Australia, the facility couldn't even serve as a dog kennel.
"The owners would be jailed."
Mr St George, who is a former prison guard, said up to half a dozen young men were assaulted and sexually abused.
After reporting the cases of abuse, the men were told to return to their tents.
"There was nothing that could be done for these young men who were considered vulnerable, which in many cases is just a euphemism for men who are being raped," he said.
"They had to stay where they were."
Detainees, described by Mr St George as "heavies", forced fellow asylum seekers on the facility to sow their lips together.
One man had his eardrum perforated when he had solvent poured into his ear, Mr St George said.
He was particularly critical of immigration department officials for their handling of cases of alleged abuse.
"I've worked with some of the worst criminals Australia has and even they have a clearer sense of decency than what I witnessed there," Mr St George said.
The immigration department says there have been no reported allegations of rape at the facility.
"The department is unaware of the claims made by the SBS report of unreported acts of self-harm, suicide attempts or incidents of rape at the centre," a department spokeswoman told AAP.
Immigration Minister Tony Burke says he asked SBS to be put in contact with Mr St George when he was interviewed about the story last week.
"To my shock, the journalist has still not made that person available to me," he told reporters in Sydney on Tuesday.
"What was put to me during that interview was deeply serious (and) I have wanted to act on it."
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Friday announced asylum seekers trying to enter Australia by boat will be sent to PNG and may be settled there if found to be genuine refugees.
Four boats with 299 passengers on board have arrived since Friday's announcement.
All of those people will eventually be sent to Manus Island for processing and possible resettlement.


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Following some great results on the French slalom circuit, and moments of excellence on the PWA Tour in 2009, Pierre Mortefon (Fanatic, North) has found some new sponsors to help him realise his dreams in 2010.
Mortefon commented:
"I'm really happy to be joining the FANATIC / NORTH / ION team this year. I've already tested my new equipment and I'm very happy with it. To summarise, it's extremely fast and easy to use! Moreover, the relationship with my team manager is excellent. They have put plenty of trust in me for this season, giving me the means to meet my ambitions. This year promises to be busy now with the PWA Tour and the FFA. I would like to thank both the JP and NeilPryde teams for the last 3 years. However, this change gives me a boost of motivation, and I'm going to invest 100% in myself and hope to not disappoint anyone!"
Fanatic Brand Manager Craig Gertenbach commented:
"We've been watching Pierre's progress the last few seasons and were very impressed with his fast progress, especially his 2009 season was very impressive! Pierre is the perfect addition to our slalom team and will re-enforce our continued support of slalom racing, in both the French Tour and the PWA World Tour. We look forward to Pierre's results this season on our Falcon slalom boards, and a bright future together!"
North Sails Product and Brand Manager Raoul Joa commented:
"We've been looking for a second young French Slalom rider besides Cyril Moussilmani (Fanatic, North) during last year as France is still the biggest Slalom market in the world plus most of the top riders come from France. In the end we have chosen Pierre as we feel he is the newcomer with the greatest potential. During the PWA events that he entered this year he already showed really great results. We are convinced that with his new Warp F2010 sails he will show his full potential. So we are really happy to welcome Pierre to our team!"


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34-year-old wife of Edwin Edwards, 85, gives birth to boy
BATON ROUGE, La. Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards' wife, Trina, has given birth to a baby boy.
Edwin is 85 years old; his wife is 34.
A post on Trina Scott Edwards' Facebook page says the boy was born Thursday at 12:52 a.m.
Also on her Facebook page, it says the boy's name will probably be Eli Wallace, after her husband's father.
This will be the third child for Trina and the fifth for Edwin, but it's the couple's first together. They've been married for two years.
Edwin Edwards served four terms, ending in 1996. He married Trina shortly after his release from federal prison for his role in a bribery and extortion scheme.
A reality show about their life, "The Governor's Wife," was supposed to premier on A&E network in June but was delayed.


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Spoiler: a personal ancedote.
The graveyard shift. I work it and sometimes it just wears and tears on you.
Last night is usually my "Monday" (workweek begins Sat), the start of another week.
The prospect of a 'Hawk game for the past 18 weeks has kept me going through grind of the night and by morning when the game was near, it meant work was finally over; time to go home, nap, kiss my wife, and turn on the game.
Tonight was a bit off. The fog outside never lifted and time seemed to stay still. And sure, I was sad another game wasn't awaiting me this morning. And I get to watch the Whiners today.... yay!? (blech). But I came to realize that spending time aching for 'Hawks games that are 7.5 months away would do me no good.
So while I will find another thing to look forward to after my Monday shift, I want to wish the same to my fellows 12's. Do something cool with your Sundays. Our spouses all have to-do lists and projects and fairs and beerfests and hikes and family outings to attend and well you get it.
All the while you can rest assured that the 'Hawks are improving and building and maturing and just plain meshing together. Russell Wilson said, "Let's have a championship offseason." That goes for us 12's too! Thanks for reading.
Go Hawks!


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Date: January 28, 2011
Byline: unsigned
Vintage Starbucks Gift Card Sells for Over $10k
Question: When does a gift card gain in value?
Answer: When its a vintage Starbucks Gift Card and only 6 cards were made.
A gift card collector paid $10,277.00 for a used Starbucks gift card in a 7 day eBay auction that ended yesterday. The gift card was a limited edition card from 2006. Apparently, only 6 of these cards (called the "Crossword" card) were issued. The original owner won the card in a national crossword contest sponsored by Starbucks (SBUX) in 2006. As the original owner put it "While I used my card's original loaded cash value of $500 to buy lots of lattes, I want to part with the card to buy more."
While most gift card users worry about expiration dates, fees, losing the card, and other ways their gift cards can lose or decrease in value, a community of gift card collectors sees cards in another way — as an opportunity to build collections that may actually increase in value.
According to one collector (who runs a site to be launched in the Spring of 2011 at www.cartodorology.com), most collectible gift cards are still either swapped between collectors, or trade for under $5.00 apiece.
The term for the gift card collecting hobby is "Cartodorology", from the Greek Carta Doro, literally "Card Gift" The hobby of collecting gift cards is just becoming popular. Most cards are quite rare in real collectibles terms, as they are usually issued by the stores for a short seasonal run, and quickly become unavailable. Many stores that issue gift cards, such as Target, Best Buy, Home Depot and Walmart, have produced long series of gift cards over the past decade which are a challenge and fun to collect.
The Starbucks "Crossword" gift card, apparently, is the highest reported sale price for a gift card. It is rumored that another one of the six copies of this gift card sold previously in mint condition by private sale to a collector for $15,000.00.
The next highest recorded sale of a gift card was also a Starbucks issued gift card (referred to as the "Prototype" card). The Prototype Starbucks card brought a little over $3,500.00 recently at an eBay auction.
According to John Buck,the operator of BucksCards.com, a site dedicated to information about gift card collecting, the sale of the Starbucks Crossword card has created quite a "buzz" in the card collecting world. BucksCards.com provides some history of the Crossword card, explaining the rules behind the original contest:
This Card was given away to the winners of the "Ultimate Coffeehouse Crossword Challenge". The first puzzle of The Ultimate Coffeehouse Crossword Challenge appeared Sunday, February 19, in Starbucks in-store copies of The New York Times, and continued for six consecutive Sundays through March 26. Here's how it worked.
"Will Shortz — editor of The New York Times crossword puzzle and host of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament — has created six weeks of crossword puzzles that will be available only in The New York Times newspapers sold at Starbucks locations nationwide."
That will be six special Sunday crosswords.
"Each crossword created for Starbucks is linked to coffeehouse experiences, featuring artists, musicians, painters, and others whose works were inspired at the coffeehouse of their time. The puzzles range from easy to moderate, with each week presenting a new thematic test of wit and wisdom, and a unique way to shake up your weekend crossword ritual with Starbucks."
"To win coffee for life, you must complete (and save) the puzzles each week. After the final puzzle, log onto www.starbucks.com/crossword to complete a virtual scavenger hunt, in which the answers are found in each week's puzzle. Once the clues are all answered online, a telephone number will appear, and the first correct respondent to the final question will win Starbucks coffee for life."
Check out the eBay listing for the sale of the Crosswords card here. And check out the Cartodorology site when it launches in the Spring of 2011.
And make sure to save those gift cards! (or at least the ones that are limited editions).


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One of the most important products of sail training is the development of a sense of judgment about what and whom you can rely on, and to what degree. This applies to the compass, the weather forecast, your shipmates, the depths on the chart, the strength of the anchor cable, the vigilance of the lookout on the other ship, and many other things. Sail training also builds a reasoned sense of self-reliance. All of this starts from the moment you begin to think about a voyage. Use the information in this Website to begin to evaluate and decide what will be the best sail training experience for you.
When you sign up for a sail training trip, you are dealing with the vessel owner or its representatives — Tall Ships America is not involved. You must evaluate whether the financial and business arrangements make sense for you. If there is connecting travel involved, for example, find out if you must make the arrangements, or if it is somehow tied into those you make with the vessel. What happens if you miss your ship because your plane is delayed, or vice versa? Do you need trip insurance? Have you confirmed with the vessel owner any possible customs or immigration issues? Will you need a passport, a visa, a pre-purchased return air ticket, or any special vaccinations? You must seek out the answers to these questions.
Make informed, responsible decisions about risk and safety, level of challenge, physical suitability and other important issues. One of the important reasons to embark on a sail training trip is to engage the world in a different, stimulating, and challenging way—if you want to stay warm and dry, you should stay at home by the fireplace. Much of the point is to come face-to-face with the ocean world as only a sailor can. At the very least, this probably means that you will find yourself wet, chilled, or tired at some point in a challenging voyage. Everyone's threshold for this is different, and you need to understand what you are likely to be experiencing in order to decide if it is well matched for you.
Since the beginning of time, going to sea has been recognized as carrying an element of inherent risk. These days, we more commonly think about risk in connection with highway travel or aviation, but the idea is the same: you get a pre-flight safety brief on an airliner, you get a lifeboat drill on a cruise ship, and you will receive safety training as part of your sail training experience. Part of the value of sail training is addressing these issues head on, and in facing challenges and overcoming them. You need to decide whether you are comfortable with the combination of risks and safety measures connected with your proposed sail training trip.
For example, will you be able to go aloft? Will trips in smaller craft be involved? Will you be expected to stand watch at night? Do the demands of the ship match your physical fitness and health circumstances? Are you on medication that will (or may) become necessary during the voyage, or do you have a condition (for example, hemophilia or epilepsy) that may require special access to medical attention; if so, is the vessel operator aware of this? Will you be able to get up and down the ladders, in and out of your berth, and be able to move safely along a rolling deck? If there is an emergency, will you be needed to handle safety equipment or to help operate the vessel?
Remember that sail training is often organized like an expedition into the ocean wilderness, not a laid back vacation. Some programs, on the other hand, offer leisurely voyages, where very little will be asked of you. You should arrive at a clear understanding of these issues prior to setting sail. The difference is vast, and you need to know what you are signing up for.
In short, you must satisfy yourself that the trip you are looking into is the right thing for you to do, considering safety, risk, suitability, challenge, comfort, convenience, educational value, cost, and any other factors you consider important.
Does Tall Ships America have a hand in any of this? In a word—no! Tall Ships America is your "bulletin board" to introduce you to opportunities. However, Tall Ships America does not operate any vessels, and has no ability or authority to inspect, approve, or even recommend vessels or programs because programs are constantly evolving and changing.
Tall Ships America is a nonprofit organization with a limited staff. It serves as a forum for the sail training community, but it has no authority over what programs are offered, or how vessels are operated. The vessel information in this Website is supplied by the vessel operators, and Tall Ships America can not possibly verify all the information, nor visit all the ships in order to evaluate programs. For these reasons, you must take the information in this Website as a starting point only, subject to change and correction, and proceed directly with the vessel operator. Tall Ships America is not an agent or business partner for the vessel operators, and is not a travel agent.
Tall Ships America believes in the value of sail training as a concept, but remember, from the moment you step beyond looking at this book, the decision and the resulting experiences rest with you.


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Sunday, October 07, 2007
Caramelized onion, spinach, and feta pizza
Friday, October 5, 2007
This is my fourth try at pizza using Peter Reinhart's recipe. I think I'm finally getting the hang of it. The recipe makes enough dough for six small, very thin-crust pizza; I made one and put five in the freezer. This time I was able to stretch the pizza dough paper thin without making big holes in it (lots of resting time seems to be the key here), and the crust was crispy all over, even in the middle (baking it directly on the pizza stone is the secret for this).
My last box from the Crop Share program brought a plenitude of onions and spinach, so I caramelized four onions, and then, when the onions were brown and very reduced, I added some garlic and spinach, cooking the spinach in olive oil until it too had reduced. I scattered that all over the dough, and topped with oil-cured black olives and diced feta. Then I sprinkled a little pecorino romano on top of that. Instead of the "bake stone" setting, I used "convection-bake." In just eight minutes (550 is very hot!), it was done. In fact, it was almost overdone, and moving quickly toward burnt. But, although it was a little too dark to be truly photogenic, it was the best so far. Jim and I had to fight each other over the last piece. Never mind who won.
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- pinknest said...
wow, it looks scrumptious! was it crispy? the idea of stretching the dough paper thin without holes FRIGHTENS me. no way would i be able to do that. and how spectacular for the convection bake oven!! i so wish i had something like that. everything looks delicious! maybe i'll try making my own dough soon.
ohh, I like the dark edges best! The topping sounds so good too. I haven't tried making Peter's or Rose's recipes yet. I must do that, now I have the baking stone, books, etc.
- jini said...
i would bet that you shared that last piece! :)
it does look scrumptuous!
- breadbasketcase said...
The first time I tried to stretch out the pizza dough, it was laughable. It got huge holes in it, and every time I tried to patch them, they got bigger. I've seen pictures of your beautiful pastry--you'd be a natural with this pizza dough! If I make about 100 more pizzas, I'll get good at it.
It was super-crispy and delicious!
You and PinkNest are both better with small muscle coordination than I am--your pizza dough would be great. I grew up with one kind of pizza--pepperoni. Sausage and mushroom if we were really feeling adventurous. Now that I've realized that any combination of good things will be even better on a pizza, it's been very liberating.
The sad truth is that I took the last piece. Even though it was practically Jim's birthday, and he's way older than I am. I still selfishly took it for myself.


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Sometimes You Just Have to Take a Chance
By ScotCharles
January 10, 2011
In a few days I'm off to Egypt for three weeks on a trip I've dreamt of all my life. The trip is disabled friendly I am told. My partner's doctors don't believe he's up to a long flight so I am going by myself. All of my doctors have told me that my neurological issues may flare up on the arduous trip I am undertaking. But, you just have to tuck your chin in sometimes and take a chance.
One of my neurological problems is that my body does not produce enough neurotransmitters to handle stress such as too much physical effort or too much sensory input. In the past I have had instances where my body shut down to the point that I didn't have sufficient strength to walk or talk. I also suffer from panic attacks brought about by too much sensory input such as you might experience in a large crowd.
I was worried that I would suffer panic attacks during my trip; however, I have been working with my psychiatrist on some strategies to avoid panic attacks. One of them is to limit my sensory input by concentrating on one thing until the panic attack subsides. I have learned also to be aware of a fast heart beat or a flushed feeling as the warning signs of an impending panic attack and to take counter measures, such as concentrating on one thing or removing myself from the situation. If all else fails, I carry 2.5 mg of Xanax, which is very fast acting. So far just the comforting thought that I have that Xanax available has been enough to stave off a panic attack.
The physical weakness is quite another thing. I have just so much neurotransmitters available and I can exhaust them with what other people would consider light effort. The physical weakness is made worse by emotional stress. Working with my psychiatrist, I have increased my neuropsych meds to control the emotional stress. It is up to me to be in touch with my body and know when I have to rest. In the past I have found the physical weakness to be very embarrassing as I walk with a slow shuffling gait and I cannot lift my arms. Now working with my psychiatrist and my neurologist I know to ask for help if I get weak. The stimulating effect of alcohol also depletes my neurotransmitters so I have sworn off my usual two glasses of wine with dinner for the duration of the trip. The tremor in my hands I can hide by keeping my hands in my pockets.
Another neurological problem I face is that I have a hard time making myself understood; sometimes what I think I am saying is not what other people hear. This problem is associated with my control of my tongue which feels as if it is too big for my mouth. I often bite the edges of my tongue and have been startled awake many times after I crunch down on it. I have learned to pay attention to what I say, to be polite if people don't understand me, and to repeat myself if necessary.
The old problem of the ghostly shapes in my peripheral vision has returned. I am often startled by those shapes, which can look quite threatening. I take medication to quell these hallucinations; nonetheless, I still see them. I try to control my reactions; but, I still react to them sometimes. My psychiatrist tells me these shapes at the periphery of my vision are a symptom of early dementia. Humorously, I used to think I was psychic because I saw these shapes.
I also continue to have auditory hallucinations during which I hear people say things they haven't said. I used to think I was hearing people's thoughts. I have learned to distinguish an auditory hallucination from actual speaking by not responding unless I am facing the person speaking and I see their lips move.
I have medivac insurance in case I have a major neurological episode and there is an acceptable American hospital in Cairo. My CD4 count is 375, my CD4/CD8 percentage is 17%, and I have a viral load of 6,000. I have had all my shots. Whether or not a trip to Egypt is a risky venture for me is to be seen. I think sometimes you have to take the plunge with a calculated risk. I may not be able to go on many more foreign adventures in the future so here I go. I'll tell you how this old boy holds up in late January.
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