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A reminder from weekends on All Things Considered guest host Jacki Lyden that Round 9 of Three-Minute Fiction is still open for submissions. Our judge, Brad Meltzer, is looking for an original short story that revolves around a U.S. president — fictional or real — in under 600 words. Listeners can submit their story online at www.npr.org/threeminutefiction. The deadline for submissions is Sunday, September 23, at 11:59 p.m. ET.
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The NYT has an article on scientists who think Al Gore is overdoing it on global warming:
Some of Mr. Gore's centrist detractors point to a report last month by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a United Nations body that studies global warming. The panel went further than ever before in saying that humans were the main cause of the globe's warming since 1950, part of Mr. Gore's message that few scientists dispute. But it also portrayed climate change as a slow-motion process.Read the whole thing.
It estimated that the world's seas in this century would rise a maximum of 23 inches — down from earlier estimates. Mr. Gore, citing no particular time frame, envisions rises of up to 20 feet and depicts parts of New York, Florida and other heavily populated areas as sinking beneath the waves, implying, at least visually, that inundation is imminent....
So too, a report last June by the National Academies seemed to contradict Mr. Gore's portrayal of recent temperatures as the highest in the past millennium. Instead, the report said, current highs appeared unrivaled since only 1600, the tail end of a temperature rise known as the medieval warm period....
In October, Dr. Easterbrook made similar points at the geological society meeting in Philadelphia. He hotly disputed Mr. Gore's claim that "our civilization has never experienced any environmental shift remotely similar to this" threatened change.
Nonsense, Dr. Easterbrook told the crowded session. He flashed a slide that showed temperature trends for the past 15,000 years. It highlighted 10 large swings, including the medieval warm period. These shifts, he said, were up to "20 times greater than the warming in the past century."
Getting personal, he mocked Mr. Gore's assertion that scientists agreed on global warming except those industry had corrupted. "I've never been paid a nickel by an oil company," Dr. Easterbrook told the group. "And I'm not a Republican."


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Revamped roster has Blue Jays sitting pretty
By Gregor Chisholm /12/31/12 10:00 AM ET
TORONTO -- Following an unprecedented flurry of offseason activity, there's a renewed appetite for baseball in the city of Toronto.
The Blue Jays made waves in recent months by drastically increasing their payroll and parting ways with some of their top prospects in an effort to develop a win-now mentality.
The blockbuster multiplayer deal with Miami in November appeared to be the defining moment of Alex Anthopoulos' tenure as general manager in Toronto, but in reality, it was just the beginning.
Anthopoulos followed up the acquisitions of Josh Johnson, Mark Buehrle, Jose Reyes and Emilio Bonifacio with a series of other moves that suddenly has Toronto as one of the favorites to not only reach the postseason, but win the World Series.
The icing on the cake didn't come until a week before the holidays, when Anthopoulos proved he still had one trick up his sleeve by pulling the trigger on a deal that netted his ballclub 2012 National League Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey.
Dickey, along with the free agent signings of Melky Cabrera and Maicer Izturis, give the Blue Jays more depth than at any point in recent memory. There's more certainty and fewer jobs up for grabs than in the past, but that doesn't mean every question has been answered.
Here are the main issues that will have to be successfully resolved if the Blue Jays hope to make their way back into the postseason for the first time since 1993.
Who will be the starting second baseman?
Anthopoulos recently stated that Izturis is the favorite to win the everyday job. The 32-year-old signed a three-year contract with the Blue Jays, and his ability to also play shortstop and third base should prove to be a valuable asset in 2013.
But the job won't just be handed to the former utilityman. Bonifacio deserves to be in the lineup on a regular basis because of his versatility and game-changing speed on the basepaths. He was generally considered by most to be an overlooked component of the recent trade with Miami and should push Izturis every step of the way for playing time.
Do the Blue Jays have enough pitching depth?
Until a couple of weeks ago, the answer to that question was no, but all of that changed following the recent acquisition of Dickey. The veteran knuckleballer allows the Blue Jays to either stash left-hander J.A. Happ in the Minor Leagues or utilize him out of the bullpen as a potential swingman.
In addition to Happ, the Blue Jays also have Chad Jenkins, Ramon Ortiz and Justin Germano as replacement options in case one of the starting five gets hurt. Combine those names with prospects such as Sean Nolin and Deck McGuire, plus the eventual returns of Drew Hutchison and Kyle Drabek from Tommy John surgery, and there should be enough to get by.
Who will be the Blue Jays' starting catcher?
If there were any doubts regarding this question, they were cleared up when top catching prospect Travis d'Arnaud and veteran backup John Buck were sent to New York as part of the deal for Dickey. J.P. Arencibia maintained all offseason that he was never in danger of being traded away, and to some degree, he was proven right.
Arencibia is now set to begin his third full season in the Major Leagues. He'll have the daunting task of getting to know an almost entirely new pitching staff, but the 26-year-old has the added benefit of pairing up with Josh Thole, who worked with Dickey in New York.
There's no longer a question of who the catcher of the future is in Toronto. The job solely belongs to Arencibia, and he's now a clear piece of what appears to be a bright future for this ballclub.
Will Sergio Santos be able to re-establish himself in the Blue Jays' bullpen?
Santos has been somewhat of a forgotten man despite being the club's big offseason acquisition just one year ago. Santos arrived with high expectations, but he was limited to just six games because of a right shoulder injury.
The 29-year-old has the ability to become an overpowering arm in late-inning relief, but he'll need to prove his health before any job can be guaranteed. If Santos arrives in camp ready to go, he'll likely push right-hander Casey Janssen for the closer's role, and Santos' success will be crucial to the team's ability to win tight ballgames.
Which version of Cabrera will show up? The All-Star from 2012 or the struggling left fielder he was prior to '11?
Cabrera's signing went somewhat under the radar this offseason, because it occurred during the same week as Toronto's massive trade with Miami. Despite the lack of attention, Cabrera appears to be the perfect fit behind Reyes at the top of the Blue Jays' lineup.
But the two-year contract doesn't come without at least an element of risk. Cabrera was suspended 50 games last season after testing positive for a banned substance, and he'll need to prove that steroids weren't the sole reason for the elevated performance. That being said, the Blue Jays would be more than happy if Cabrera returned to his 2011 form. That year, the Dominican native hit .305 with an .809 OPS in 155 games with the Royals.
Will Ricky Romero be able to bounce back from a disappointing 2012 campaign?
Romero arguably can be considered the biggest wild card of the Blue Jays' starting rotation. He entered last year as the club's ace, but the recent acquisitions of Dickey, Johnson and Buehrle likely will allow him to slide all the way down to the No. 5 spot.
That should take a lot of pressure off Romero and allow him to escape the leadership role that was forced upon him too early in his career. In many ways, 2012 was a mystifying season in which Romero maintained his velocity but battled control problems all year long.
Romero might never return to his 2011 form, which saw him go 15-11 with a 2.92 ERA during an All-Star campaign, but then again, the Blue Jays don't need him to. They would be more than content with his '10 season, which included a 3.73 ERA in 210 innings of work.
Is John Gibbons the answer as John Farrell's replacement in the dugout?
Anthopoulos caught everyone off guard in November when he rehired Gibbons to replace the departing Farrell. Gibbons spent parts of five seasons in Toronto under former general manager J.P. Ricciardi, but Gibbons recently had been off the Major League radar while managing the Padres' Double-A affiliate in San Antonio.
Gibbons is known for his ability to manage a bullpen and is generally considered to be a players' manager. His ability to handle the running game will be one of his biggest hurdles next season. Gibbons isn't known to be a major proponent of stealing bases, but he also has never managed a team with this much overall speed.
Will Darren Oliver return in 2013?
The Blue Jays aren't expecting to hear a final decision from Oliver until January. As of right now, it appears as though the veteran left-hander is leaning towards retirement, but the club is holding out hope that stance will change in the coming weeks.
It's also possible that Oliver will request a trade to be closer to his family in Texas, but it's not known whether Toronto would be willing to accommodate that type of move.
Will Jose Bautista be able to recover from a left wrist injury that prematurely ended his 2012 season?
Bautista's rehab is going well and he is on pace to be ready for the start of Spring Training. The Dominican native reportedly was feeling so good this offseason that he wanted to take part in winter ball, but the club denied the slugger's request to play.
Even though Bautista feels great, it still remains to be seen whether he can regain his previous form. Wrist and hand injuries are notoriously tough for power hitters to overcome, but Bautista has quickly dismissed any skepticism whenever presented with those type of questions.
If Bautista is able to remain healthy, then he should be in line for a big year. The presence of Reyes and Cabrera at the top of the lineup should create plenty of opportunities for Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion to drive in a lot of runs. Despite all of the offseason changes, this is still Bautista's team, and the Blue Jays will need him to have a big year in order to compete.


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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Mario Manningham Liked To Get Baked at U-M
Manningham sent a letter to NFL teams before the Pro Day workout at U-M last month to let them know about his relationship with Mary Jane during this days in A2.
This revelation comes on the heels of Manningham's crap-ass performance at the NFL combine earlier this year where he denied to NFL scouts ever testing positive for the stink weed.
Once an almost sure first round draft pick, Manningham's stock has tumbled and, according to the Detroit News article linked above, he's reportedly been removed for some team's draft boards due to character issues.
By sending the letter to NFL teams, apparently Manningham hoped to -- pardon the pun -- "clear the air" and let organizations know he's put his wake and bake past behind him and is serious about being a professional athlete and not Ricky Williams' future roommate.
As you may recall, Manningham was suspended for last year's Eastern Michigan game due to what was called at the time "a violation of team rules." But in his letter to NFL teams and Snoop Dogg, Manningham revealed the reason was actually "due to coach (Lloyd) Carr's determination that I was lacking in focus."
Yeah, the Gange will do that, M.
In the Detroit Free Press story about Manningham's admission, they note that "NCAA rules do not require the suspension of an athlete who tests positive for 'street drugs,' listed as heroin and marijuana in the NCAA drug-testing manual."
If Manningham tested positive only for the Whacky Tabacky, the discretion for suspension would not be with the NCAA, but instead with Michigan.
I'd love to know when the other time he tested positive. Judging from his performance, I'd almost guess it was about 10 minutes before last year's Ohio State game.
Hey, thanks, Mario. So sad to see you go.
83 comments:
- Kirbdaddy said...
I'm sure that Snoop is lobbying the Steelers to take Manningham.
- April 09, 2008 3:31 AM
- Dezzi said...
No wonder Ohio State decided to put so many "Buckeye" stickers on their helmets for the Michigan game.... as a distraction for him...
WV: hzcsjajx
I'm too high to think about the possibilities...
- April 09, 2008 6:27 AM
- Bigasshammm said...
Never did like him. He should have transferred with his buddy Mallet and saved himself some draft day embarrassment.
- April 09, 2008 7:17 AM
- Out of Conference said...
I was gonna torch tOSU, but then I got high
I was gonna go first round, but then I got high.
My draft stock's dropping fast and I know why (why dog?),
- cause I got high
- cause I got high
- cause I got high
- April 09, 2008 9:35 AM
- Jack Cardinal said...
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- April 09, 2008 9:40 AM
- surrounded in columbus said...
well, this would explain why eating pizza was such a big part of the conditioning program over the last couple of years.
- April 09, 2008 9:47 AM
- Dezzi said...
and in other news... No penalties
Looks as though that 4 piece article was worth it....
- April 09, 2008 10:15 AM
- WingRG said...
it might sound crazy that i'm defending a UM player, but i don't see a big deal in any person smoking weed, as long as they can still function normally and perform (in school/workplace/etc)
In Manningham's case, however, it's clear that his performance on the field was effected by him smoking (at least all of you seem to think so, i don't really have an opinion).
It's a shame that he tries to use this excuse for underachieving.
- April 09, 2008 10:33 AM
- carl tabb said...
Did I just hear a toilet flush? Maybe it was Carty's hopes and dreams.
- April 09, 2008 11:36 AM
- Nate said...
College kids smoke marijuana??? Amazing
- April 09, 2008 1:56 PM
- Feelin' Blue said...
I knew it was happening, so I'm cool! Seriously though, a friend of mine was close to a situation involving MM. Don't get me wrong: tons of people smoke pot, it's a pretty harmless drug, and it's not so much MM's toking itself that bothers me. He has shown a pattern of misbehavior and overall bummery. He was lazy this year and could have helped UM against OSU despite Mike Debord by catching some goddamn balls. We don't need him.
I have heard that MM couldn't stand Mallett, and they were seen arguing during the game against Wisco.
- April 09, 2008 3:01 PM
- Catie said...
"well, this would explain why eating pizza was such a big part of the conditioning program over the last couple of years."
- April 09, 2008 4:14 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
thnxu catie.
can you imagine the talk around the house:
"dude! you eating pizza 'cause like you got the munchies???
no dude. it's like part of my strength and conditioning workout. and like, get me a milkshake!"
- April 09, 2008 5:54 PM
- Maize said...
I've lost all respect for Super High Mario. He put his addiction, and yes that is what it was at the time, ahead of his team. Heck, it's been rumored that many guys were high prior to the ASU game.
I don't know what his character is like now, but he surely proved he had none while a Wolverine.
What a waste.
- April 09, 2008 6:06 PM
- beast in 'bama said...
Like, how could I tell that you are sooo like the father of a teenager?
- April 09, 2008 6:30 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
Is the hash bash still part of A2 lore?
- April 09, 2008 7:17 PM
- WingRG said...
it was in '99. The only time this Buckeye fan visited A2 in a "not-game-day" setting :-)
- April 09, 2008 8:47 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
yeah, i got 3 between 13 and 16. i find myself talking that way at work somedays. which is like, so really you know, like uncool.
- April 09, 2008 10:16 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
When I left home in '93, it seemed like there was an effort to start snuffing the HB out. I think A2 raised the fine for a personal amount of mary jane from five dollars around then too... jeeez... I'm getting fucking old.
24 hours til the puck drops... GO BLUE!!!
- April 09, 2008 10:40 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
Okay, boys. I need a little enlightening here. Is this the lack of family values stuff everyone is moaning about or is it something else? I can't keep up with this soap opera.
- April 09, 2008 11:55 PM
- Mikoyan said...
Gee, the NCAA isn't going to sanction Michigan for doing what every other major football program does? There's a shock.
Maybe Mario can go to the Lions and light up a few with Drew Stanton. Maybe Ricky Williams can come back and they can have a good old party.
- April 10, 2008 12:31 AM
- Bigasshammm said...
I have heard that MM couldn't stand Mallett, and they were seen arguing during the game against Wisco."
"He should have transferred with his buddy Mallet and saved himself some draft day embarrassment."--sarcasm!
"it might sound crazy that i'm defending a UM player, but i don't see a big deal in any person smoking weed, as long as they can still function normally and perform (in school/workplace/etc)"
Last I checked it was still illegal. I know 60% of college students smoke it I'm sure but that doesn't make it any less than what it is, a drug. It shows a side of our culture that I'm not particularly fond of and it seems to be coming out more and more as the newer generations get older.
- April 10, 2008 7:29 AM
- srudoff said...
How can you forget to mention that Manningham's from Ohio and has a mustache?
Luckily, this sort of behavior should stop under coach rodriguez - just ask Pacman Jones, Chris Henry and Pat Lazear!
- April 10, 2008 8:53 AM
- kristy said...
Mario seems like a Tool!! Hey, sorry to change the subject-Threadjack I guess it's called.
Tuosu and UM had a dual track and field meet yesterday and I think Tosu beat us in a bunch of the events but the 100M dash went to us and to top it off-our guy broke Jesse Owens' record, in their stadium, named for Jesse Owens, and as our 1st place finisher put it," It was a great race but even better is that they will have to look at our school name all the time now"
See, the rivalry crosses ALL the sports!! Oh, and the record was from 1935 or so. Good Job, Wolverines!!!
- April 10, 2008 9:58 AM
- WingRG said...
i never disputed legality of pot. It's immediate effects (2-4 hours after you smoke it) are less harmful then alcohol (which is legal) and it's long term effects are clearly less harmful then tobacco (also legal). Oh, yeah, and it's less addictive than caffeine, which happens to be THE drug of choice for corporate America.
Luckily, i have my own ability to figure out what's good for me and what's not so good, so the American government (and what they consider legal or illegal) better stay out of this. At this point i think that the fact that half of US is on legal anti-depressants is a bigger issue than the amount of people that smoke pot (which co-incidentally also has some anti-depressant value to it).
- April 10, 2008 10:02 AM
- Dezzi said...
Why do I have to live in Switzerland and have the hockey game on at 9 PM EST tonight?? On top of that... I have to work tomorrow....
I'm tempted to go to be early and wake up really early... then after the game, get a small snooze and go to work.
No alcohol will be involved... I'll save that for the finals...
- April 10, 2008 10:34 AM
- Vadatripp said...
"Luckily, this sort of behavior should stop under coach rodriguez - just ask Pacman Jones, Chris Henry and Pat Lazear!"
Probably should since the VAST majority of Pacman and Henry's problems came AFTER their careers at WVU.
Kinda like one of sweaterbitch's favorite felons. Of course, THAT felon decided to mix in a few problems while AT tUOS like filing false police reports and taking money.
That's right: #13 in your programs, Prisoner #4814972 in the Toledo Correctional Facility, but #1 in your hearts - Maurice Clarett!
- April 10, 2008 10:56 AM
- WingRG said...
Hey, vada,
that's a nice avatar you have. The only problem with that pic is that it's from 1998, after OSU lost to MSU. Gotta stoop pretty low to take credit for something you little brother did.
- April 10, 2008 11:02 AM
- Vadatripp said...
Thanks wingrg,
I enjoy it. Even if its MSU, I just take great pleasure in seeing pictures of Sucknuts crying.
And I wouldn't dream of taking credit for it. That was all MSU taking its turn destroying a tUOS season in the 1990s. Well done, little brother.
- April 10, 2008 11:25 AM
- Vadatripp said...
Anyways, if sru can have a photoshopped license plate as his avatar, then I can take liberties with mine.
In fact, I don't even know why I'm explaining it to a Suckeye. Just know that it's a pic of your fans crying and i don't care how it happened just as long as it happened. :)
- April 10, 2008 11:27 AM
- I'm blue, da ba dee said...
don't get mad at sru... just get even :-)
WV: xxlzy... "extra extra lazy"
- April 10, 2008 12:07 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
dezzi... I'll sing The Victors exta loud for you. Heading up to Denver now. There's ice coming down and I-25 is a parking lot in places. It will take a few hours but I will not be denied!
- April 10, 2008 12:16 PM
- srudoff said...
1. chris henry had TONS of problems at wvu and missed one game
2. my avatar is a real license plate in michigan
- April 10, 2008 12:59 PM
- srudoff said...
also, isn't the label "michigan players that like to smoke pot" redundant and too all-encompassing?
kinda like having a "michigan players with general studies majors" no?
- April 10, 2008 1:27 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
Tuos fans talking about the off field behavior of other teams' players would be funny if they weren't so tragically deluded about their record.
Everyone stand back & wait for the laundry list of excuses/rationalizations that their 20 + arrests/ncaa infraction evry 18 months isn't "that bad", doesn't exist", or "happens everywhere".
- April 10, 2008 1:35 PM
- WingRG said...
wasn't this post about a UM player smoking pot? Now who's using that "your players are worse than our players" excuse?
- April 10, 2008 1:46 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
Who is making excuses?
I don't read any M fan defending Manningham. Do you? No.
But you or sru or other tuos fans casting aspersions? That's funny!
Sort of like Tre$$el writing a book on NCAA compliance.
- April 10, 2008 2:04 PM
- Vadatripp said...
"1. chris henry had TONS of problems at wvu and missed one game"
Missed one game? No way! That sounds like tons of problems to me. Most of his arrest records appear to have come after he left WVU. And he was kicked off the team by Rodriguez after the 2004 season. Sounds like discipline to me.
"2. my avatar is a real license plate in michigan
Surrrrrre. Photoshop is a wonderful thing and I'm sure it fools most of you Suckeye fans.
- April 10, 2008 2:19 PM
- Vadatripp said...
"also, isn't the label "michigan players that like to smoke pot" redundant and too all-encompassing?"
But this is easily the apex of hypocrisy for the day, though.
Pot, meet kettle. Oh, and this kettle.
Hell, you can't even GET these idiots to tUOS before they get busted for pot.
- April 10, 2008 2:43 PM
- Mikoyan said...
Actually, I think the Morons plate is real. I remember seeing it in a blog or something. But I think it was a Sparty fan and not a Suckeye fan. something that clever runs above the average Ohioan level.
- April 10, 2008 2:48 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
You might be wrong about the plate. I could see a tuos fan moving to michigan and being so singleminded in his obsession over us that he would actually get his plates like this (which "oron" aside, would mean he'd have to drive around w/ a block M on his car).
The part I do think is photo shopped is that the car in the original pic was a boxster/similar high end sports car. A tuos fan driving one of those? Not unless he hit the lotto!
- April 10, 2008 2:51 PM
- Vadatripp said...
I'll believe it when I see it.
- April 10, 2008 3:03 PM
- WingRG said...
i am on the record saying i don't care if any UM player (or any OSU player, or any human being for that matter) smoking pot. Never in my comments on this thread did i pass a judgment on MM.
You're the one that brought up OSU fans being deluded about their record as far as player arrests. None of us jumped up and said "this would never happen at OSU". You're the one getting defensive.
- April 10, 2008 3:03 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
wg... SiC isn't getting defensive. He's simply pointing out 2 facts:
1. Not too many 'M' posts in here supporting #86.
2. tUOS trolls love to crash the site and point out Michiagn's shortcomings.
- April 10, 2008 3:19 PM
- Mikoyan said...
Re: The Morons Plate
I did not realize there was a Moronz plate too.
- April 10, 2008 3:25 PM
- WingRG said...
UM shortcomings have nothing to do with people smoking pot.
The way i see it if OSU fans defend their players on this site, their labeled trolls, no matter how valid of an argument they have. But when we laugh (along with everyone else here) at UM players doing somewhat stupid things, it always ends with "Tressel cheats" or "OSU players are thugs" or something very similar.
i know that this double standard is there b/c this is a UM blog, but as a fanbase you guys are just as judgmental and defensive as everyone else.
- April 10, 2008 3:32 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
I don't think my comments were defensive.just making a joke @ the expense of some tuos fans.
And you are correct, you didn't smack MM around for toking.
I'll try to be more precise w/ darts in the future.
- April 10, 2008 3:33 PM
- Mikoyan said...
One toke over the line...
- April 10, 2008 3:44 PM
- Mikoyan said...
I read part of that 4 piece series in the Ann Arbor Snooze and it was pretty interesting. Nothing really earth shattering though. I would imagine that U-M isn't alone in steering its athletes towards certain athletic careers. And it doesn't really surprise me that the NCAA turns a blind eye to the practice. But I think in the process all parties concerned are not doing themselves any favors.
- April 10, 2008 4:10 PM
- srudoff said...
henry was not kicked off the team - google it - leave it to a michigan fan to rely on wikipedia for sources
- April 10, 2008 4:26 PM
- TitleIX said...
feelin' blue: we must know the same people as I too know who MM chilled with....
vada: can I have royalties on the pot/kettle thing please? thx :-)
re sru: it's really a plate, i've seen it
for me: please send happy thoughts my way as I am in Easton, OH a mere donuts' (or 's?) throw from C-bus. I wore my Michigan Hockey 1998 Championship Sweatshirt down and that seemed like a brilliant plan til I stopped for gas in b-f ohio and was slightly scared that I would go missing from the gas station.
an observation--only in c-bus would they name a northeastern suburb WESTERville......SiC man, I don't know how you do it!
why do we care about MM smoking???
one word....
once is a mistake, twice is a blatant disregard of team rules. not sure why Lloyd didn't jettison him. I'm thinking that the publicity would have 'ruined' the kid for a little mj whereas keeping him in the fold would provide the opportunity for counseling? he sure as heck didn't perform on the field so well so that couldn't have been it...
mgoblue93: be safe!
- April 10, 2008 4:46 PM
- Vadatripp said...
"henry was not kicked off the team - google it - leave it to a michigan fan to rely on wikipedia for sources"
Thanks. I did.
Using Google, I found this, this and this in the first 30 seconds, all confirming the same thing.
But leave it to a Suckeye to revel in his douchebaggery.
- April 10, 2008 5:03 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
i got to call you on that one. don't know where your definitive source for henry's departure from wvu is, but a lot of sources on the net (yes, i googled it just like you said) suffer from the same understanding that he was cut loose after 2004 season (cited in stories by numerous sportswriters at the time).
Easton is a lovely Potemkin Village of the world's best in upscale shopping, dining, and spending money generally. it represents the best of columbus- neat, clean, new, and worst- nothing original, nothing which isn't a chain, nothing that is actually real.
try the cheesecake factory.
BTW- have you adjusted to the fact that tosu logo wear is considered appropriate for any occassion anytime or place?
- April 10, 2008 5:09 PM
- TitleIX said...
yeah--it's an urban planner's wet dream--retail, hotel, entertainment, office park all in one. and a cute little security force to boot. I guess this still means that I've never really been to C-bus, right!? :-) phew.
Have no fear, I've brought every shred of maize and blue professional wear that I own--to inoculate myself from all the tuos garb, and probably to goad the crowd. You know me, not too shy.
My boss ONLY owns maize and blue ties. seriously. he has no other colors than maize and blue.
- April 10, 2008 5:24 PM
- beast in 'bama said...
IX: Your boss...I'm betting he doesn't wear brown much. Right?
- April 10, 2008 6:11 PM
- srudoff said...
admittedly wrong :(
- April 10, 2008 6:27 PM
- TitleIX said...
ya know...i guess i've never seen him wear brown
- April 10, 2008 8:29 PM
- Catie said...
Ouch, 0-2 and the game just started!
- April 10, 2008 9:46 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
New tv listing: tonight on ESPN 2- "Billy Sauer & His Sieve Impersonation". Oh well, saves me staying up late to watch the rest of the game.
- April 10, 2008 10:12 PM
- TitleIX said...
- April 11, 2008 12:00 AM
- Bigasshammm said...
That was one of the worst bag of shit goaltending performances I have ever seen. 2 of the 3 first period goals were completely unscreened and it didn't even look like the goalie was even covering the net. You could see holes everywhere. This was an instance where one single player cost the entire team. Sure the defense could have been better and the offense more aggressive and taken better care of the puck but those looked like some of the easiest goals ever.
Oh well but damn do I hat ND. Not as much as TUO$ but still.
- April 11, 2008 7:24 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
"Oh well but damn do I hat ND. Not as much as TUO$ but still."
It's always exhilarating to be at the top of someone's list. Thanks for the rush. :o)
Cute kid, by the way.
- April 11, 2008 9:36 AM
- MGoBlue93 said...
BAH... most of Michigan didn't show up in the first period. Arrrgghhh!
Sauer had a great season but he definitely has some big game performance anxiety. In his last two trips to Denver -- 10 goals allowed on 37 shots. Arrrgghhh! I wonder what the Avholes are thinking when they see this kid play in Denver and they've drafted him.
And Bill Martin has got to go... tix through school were only available to Victor's Club members and students were only allowed 1 ticket. So while the Pepsi Center set a facility record for attendance, the designated Michigan section was half empty for the first game and during the second game, the designated Michigan section sat on their fucking hands.
Unfuckingbelievable... the folks that want to show some fucking school spirit are denied access by the school itself.
BTW, the band rocked. Easily the class of the night.
- April 11, 2008 10:54 AM
- Nate said...
I hate to get too far in the middle of your Chris Henry argument b/c he's a waste of conversation, but he had made it well known that he was leaving to go to the NFL so RR kicking him off was rather convenient. It's like saying "you can't fire me, I quit." And he was a disaster while at WVU, but Pac-Man was generally a model citizen at WVU (at least after his freshman bar fight).
- April 11, 2008 12:01 PM
- Feelin' Blue said...
That sucked ass. I am on the losing end of yet another big upset this year--App St, Super Bowl, #4 seed ND.
And pray that BC demolishes ND limb by limb, because otherwise we'll be hearing about the Notre Dame miracle on ice by the mainstreamiest of media.
How's that for making up words?
- April 11, 2008 12:07 PM
- Vadatripp said...
Wow. I guess I'm the only one who finds Boston fans even more annoying than ND fans. Maybe it's because I don't think bragging rights for hockey are any big deal in South Bend... or maybe because Pillsbury Weis has been exposed for the traveshamockery he is... or maybe it's even that Boston pro sports fans have become so utterly vile, contemptuous and arrogant that I'll look for any small solace I can get, but I wouldn't mind ND winning at all.
P.S. Nate - Agreed, but I'd like to think Mario would be persona non grata back here if the pot test had ruined his draft chances and he wanted to return to UM just as Henry would've been if the Bengals (Ohio team - imagine that) hadn't been so excited to add him to their collection of convicts. Please let this be the end of Chris Henry talk.
P.P.S. Title IX - My apologies for gimmick infringement. The check is in the mail.
- April 11, 2008 1:14 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
Proof that it does happen in other places:
A car thief caught in Tucson shown on TV tonight sporting a Michigan sweatshirt.
Oh, he was sporting a buckstache too.
Anyone not make the team meeting today?
Go Blue!
- April 11, 2008 9:08 PM
- WingRG said...
if he was wearing a UM sweatshirt it couldn't have been a buckstache (unless he's from ohio). The official term for that is a "wolvestache".
- April 13, 2008 10:45 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
Well, I thought maybe the dude had a Michigan hoodie on as his first choice, but was leaning toward jumping ship to attend the tOSU. You know, like the movie: The Boren Conspiracy. Hence, the buckstache.
- April 13, 2008 3:58 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
Deader than a doornail. Can't even provoke a good tête–à–tête.
That spring game must have been disappointing.
- April 14, 2008 10:10 AM
- Vadatripp said...
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- April 14, 2008 11:28 AM
- Vadatripp said...
"Deader than a doornail. Can't even provoke a good tête–à–tête."
OK, I'll bite. A guy arrested for auto theft in Tucson has a U-M sweatshirt on? He must've stolen the U-M sweatshirt, too, because only a Suckeye would do that? No? Too obvious?
How about: It was probably Justin Boren trying on the Buckstache before actually enrolling at tUOS. No?
How about: Was that on Cops? Isn't that how Suckeye fans send video e-mail to each other?
I dunno. I guess we're not too inspired today.
- April 14, 2008 11:29 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
"I dunno. I guess we're not too inspired today."
Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner.
Yesterday and today. Did everybody's dog die?
- April 14, 2008 5:14 PM
- WingRG said...
my dog is fine, thank you very much! Did you hear anything about UM's scrimmage on Saturday? Spielman (who admittedly is a Buckeye HOMER) doesn't think they'll be bowl eligible next year. I think they'll definitely surprise him, but i don't see them contending for B10 (as top heavy as it is) until his 2nd/3rd year.
- April 14, 2008 8:07 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
Nope. Only what I read on this blog.
Glad your dog's okay.
- April 15, 2008 1:13 AM
- surrounded in columbus said...
wtrk & wngrg,
sorry, but Yost has started posting in code. for example- a post entitled "ramifications of dollar deflation in EU markets and impact on alumni giving" is really code for "discussion of spring game".
it lets "us" talk amongst ourselves w/ out actually barring anyone access. so the discussion of the spring game has taken place elsewhere under an alias.
so, on the topic of 2008 & Speilman/et al's comments, as i said yesterday in one of the other threads:
it has become very chic' to predict a "6 win season, at best" for Michigan.
however, to have 6 losses this season, we'd have to lose to not only tough road opponents PSU & Tuos, but Wiscon & MooSU @ home, and then still find 2 more losses from @ ND, Minn, & Purdue, or home against Utah, Miami, Toledo, Illi, & NU.
not that it's actually quoteworthy, but i didn't feel like retyping it.
it's funny to me how these same pundits are predicting yet another ND return to glory for a team that went 3-9, but can't see a 9-4 michigan team winning more than 6?
maybe this could be a disaster year, but given our schedule, i'd say not likely. we only play 6 teams that went to a bowl last year (and THAT don't mean what it used to).
a lot will also depend upon how good some of the other teams actually are. wisconsin, moosu, psu, nd, & utah? who knows how competitive any of these teams will be this year.
competing for the conference seems ambitious, but 8-10 wins on that schedule doesn't seem far fetched.
- April 15, 2008 10:47 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
I read your comments on the other thread. Interesting. Good point about predicting success for the fallen angels while not giving UM the same love.
I'm expecting a shoot-out in the Big 10. I think teams are going to be playing above their potential for all sorts of reasons.
I'm not trying to start anything, but you guys need to watch MSU. Anything less than pure business on your end and you're going to end up on your end. I sense their whole season revolves around humiliating "Big Brother."
- April 15, 2008 4:42 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
i'm not ruling out the possibility of a bad season. after "les' debacle" last year, anything is possible.
i am, however, not conceding a bad year just because Beano Cook says so. we started a true frosh in '04 and stumbled into the rose bowl.
both moosu & psu have long losing streaks against us & are looking to this season as a big opportunity. how good either of them is going to be is still up in the air. and the later you play moosu? the better your odds!
- April 15, 2008 6:48 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
Every year Moo U's season revolves around Michigan. That's one of the many reasons why they hate us. Michigan has bigger rivalries with ND and tUoOS whereas Moo U puts all their eggs in one basket.
And sometimes they can actually hold a lead in the game. Until they do their Oakland Raiders impression and start making stupid mistakes and cost themselves the game.
Moo U and their Napoleonic head coach is the least of Michigan's worries.
- April 15, 2008 7:12 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
"Moo U and their Napoleonic head coach is the least of Michigan's worries."
*After the above voice-over the camera pans back to reveal the score of last year's Appy St. game*
That's my point. They do view you as their whole season. They are smarting after last year's loss and subsequent dissing and they believe they were/are the better team.
They could be 6-2 or possibly 7-1 when you two meet up. They will have just come off a loss administered by tOSU, but that will just piss them off more for your game.
Here's how I see it going down. UM takes off and is having a great season after all the bashing. They have one eye on the Big 10 crown and the other on tOSU.
Out of nowhere "little brother" reaches up and slaps big brother back into gut-wrenching reality: making their season and ruining yours. The ultimate two-fer.
- April 15, 2008 8:08 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
Not buying your reasoning Whet but there is one thing which is true, Michigan could lose to Moo U and the then beat tUoOS and the season will still be considered a success.
Yeah, it's an instate game, and the hitting is a little harder, but when it comes down to it, few in A2 gives a shit about Moo U in football. That's what Mike Hart was saying.
BB and hockey are different stories. Perhaps due to instate talent on both squads. But in football, half of Michigan's roster is from Ohio anyway.
- April 15, 2008 10:16 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
"Michigan could lose to Moo U and the then beat tUoOS and the season will still be considered a success."
Indeed. The mark of a true and great rivalry.
- April 16, 2008 12:44 AM
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These were a lucky score from the Ballard Outlet in Atlanta. They each are unique and have beautiful little ceramic cameos depicting what appear to be Greek figures (?). I could totally be wrong. Anyway, they were such a find because regularly they were a (completely unreasonable) $199 a piece. Unless Zeus made these himself, no thank you. Maybe not even then. But I scored them for $30 a piece at the outlet! I've had them for a few years now.
So that's that for this room (for now). Currently I'm tackling another bathroom project. I'm painting one of our upstairs bathrooms a gorgeous shade of satiny black. Cannot wait to share it with you!
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so now I'm an attacker of foreigners - LOL - yes - foreigner hatred - next to the mantle of obama hater and racist - this is too good
actually kind sir ....... I concurred with Mister Majestic who said it so well about u and ur fellow Canadian Bankside who time after time tell Americans what's wrong with their country - our country - and why Canada is soooooo superior
and trust me when i tell u that this POV is common in CE+P - u are regarded as an unsufferable boor
this particular thread - the "i called it" - it brought that sentiment out - so u thank yourself for the WTF outrage here - you created it so time perhaps to put a lid on it - your call however
again as i explained earlier u and u alone have the power to reverse the negativity u project here upon america and americans with YOUR posting - but frankly if u can't come to grips with it - can't recognize it for what it is - well fixing will be problematic
and i LOVE the "whetstone" reference
as well as "i have as many close american friends and associates" as Jack does - associates ????
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Thanks for posting the Keith Haring pictures. I love his art, but I had no idea he had produced pictures that hot!
Thanks for posting the Keith Haring pictures. I love his art, but I had no idea he had produced pictures that hot!
Here's a Keith Haring mural
From JUBber Shihtzutylenol:
(There are a couple of others I can't find now)
Let's not forget Attila Richard Lukacs:
More from the Haring mural:
"Male Buggery beyond all doubt" ... by Adriano
Those Massart paintings are excellent. I love this one, in particular:
i never thought of lucian freud, who claimed to have sired 40+ children, as homoerotic. his images are certainly arresting, and he is to be commended for his unappealing subject matter, but they've never done anything for me 'downtown'.
Ciinro, the thing I love about Freud is that his subjects are often in decrepit states. Recalling the great Lorenz Hart lyric, their figures are "less than Greek". But nonetheless they do have a strong sensuality to them, if not outright eroticism. Sagging breasts, etc, are, among other things, a great opportunities for studies in light and shading, and Freud is arguably the painter of light since Cezanne. He's a painter's painter: is brushwork is breathtaking.
there is some really incredible stuff here. i love the art that includes water -- lake/swimming pool; in the shower or rain; anything that shows a wet man.
drenched guys ... long-haired guys ... foodsex guys ...
This is such an inspirational thread. I'd like to be able to post some new work, but I'm busy writing at the moment.
Here's some from Richard Taddei who I only discovered last year. I'm not normally a fan of abstract work, but some of his work is only semi abstract and some is quite 'traditional'.
Apollo VII
Boy With Green Water
Portrait of Casey
Portrait of Jason
thanx, clinro, for the wet pics. love 'em!
drenched guys ... long-haired guys ... foodsex guys ...
This is such a great thread. A big thanks to the people who post!
WOW.....those Douglas Simonson ones are gorgeous!
does BEAU count?
hi, thanks...that is very kind....i find my work being left out of the picture, these days...i am that painter BEAU....don't paint anymore due to bad health...but i still photograph...i like your group of artists....some are really amazing...
hi BEAU, again.....
........please don't worry about seeming overeager...........my health has a disability, which has affected my painting/drawing hand, and my hand to eye coordination....it was a bad, bad car accident..........but i'm really happy to see you showcase, the painterly gay artists...here on this site...you choose excellent work....and i'd be thrilled to be included...
my books have sold well, and i've always been well received....but since i'm out of the picture...others, i feel ,have taken on my style, and it seems eclipsed me/ my ex-publisher agrees/..................
all of my best paintings are on the web....downloaded?....if you google BEAU erotic art, you can see them............my all time favorite is the painting of a open mouthed young man,big blue eyes, ready for a nice taste of cock...you have my permission to post any paintings you like...
thank you, again...BEAU
It's really funny - I think I'm fairly web-savvy. I post other art on several other sites, and have no problem, but here, I get all mixed up. Perhaps it's from viewing all the fabulous images as I try to post!!!
Anyway, here is my 3rd image. (I have only done 5 "Gay" images, so far. So you will probably get them all first
hi BEAU, again........................thank you , yes that painting is my favorite...it was sold by my wonderful art rep to the Leslie_Lohman galerie in NYC...they are a great help to gay artists...really great.......
and blushing is a fantastic, cute emotion......., for all the work you've shown, here....chosen....and keep on showing...
yours, BEAU
Here goes. Looks like I did it with that last instruction you gave me.
The Title of this one is "Smokin Hot"
So happy to see you got your computer problems 'sorted'!
Beau! That is AWESOME work!
Keep smilin'!!
WISDOM is the Knowledge you've gained ... After you could have used it! _Me
Beau is Fuckin' AWESOME!!!
THANK YOU!, Cinro, for having the Patience to merciless beat your, and JUB's, computer into submission!!
We have to remember that 'they', the machines, only do what we TELL them to do, butt not necessarily what we WANT them to do!
I'm VERY pleased with the results!
All the more reasons to ... no matter what ...
Keep smilin'!!
WISDOM is the Knowledge you've gained ... After you could have used it! _Me
...thank you so much for taking the time to sort out the computer problems....and display my work.............i'm honored, and very pleased.................you've made me smile...............all my best to you!...keep up with your wonderful postings.....i'm sure all the artists appreciate your kindness as much as i do....your, BEAU
Just a note of THANKS! for bringing all these works to our attention!
Keep smilin'!!
WISDOM is the Knowledge you've gained ... After you could have used it! _Me
Nice Marc De Bauch collection - compliments for your work..!
marc de bauch is a lovely person...and his art only gets better ,year after year...........thanks for showing him to us..........
have you hooked up with my pal, miguel angel reyes, yet?...he's the best....BEAU
I can't keep up to comment on every image I find to be excellent…just to say I do appreciate all the excellent art in this thread.
..thank you so much for finding and posting pictures by my pal, and fellow artisrt, miguel angel reyes........your kindness means alot to me..
....and,.... i hope all of your followers discover his talent, if they have not already.............your choices are special, in that they show the wide range of his styles and talent.............and he's a wonderful human being, too.........imagine that, a brilliant artist with his ego in check, and his head on straight...........
p.s. some of the other artists here are so brilliant, they make me green with envy!....BEAU
Great art work here. Keep up the good work!!
WHOA!, Quasar/Dave!
THANKS!, for letting Cinro share! Mad/Wicked TALENT there!!
Keep smilin'!!
WISDOM is the Knowledge you've gained ... After you could have used it! _Me
Wow. . . Great pieces, Quasar!
-Edmund Haakonson
Mr. Haakonson is a local artist based here in E-town.
This bronze work was exhibited at the 2010 Winter Olympics, at Pride House.
Great Thread, ciinro. . .
This looks like the type of gallery I'd visit frequently.....
I am still loving these pictures!
OMG do I ever love the male physique. I just want to cum all over .
Just wanted to say, once again, THANK YOU! for this AWESOME thread!
Keep smilin'!!
WISDOM is the Knowledge you've gained ... After you could have used it! _Me
Cinro, Buddy!
THANKS! for the "Heads Up"! It'll keep "Us" from Worrying about You!
Yes! Your trip is more important, and we're wishing You a Safe and HAPPY time!
Of course, we're also expecting pics (eventually) when you get back!
However long it might take to get back "UP!" and posting, we'll still be "Here" looking forward to Your return!
All the more reasons to ... no matter what ...
Keep smilin'!!
WISDOM is the Knowledge you've gained ... After you could have used it! _Me
I am really interested in copy of Roger Payne's Tarzan. Is there a source?
Oh cool. I actually just started a thread with a painting that I recently did. If I would have realized there was a thread like this in here I would have just posted it in here to begin with.
I just finished this last week. I've been working on realism. I'm gonna try to push my realistic skills a lot further in the next year or so and this is the start of that.
It's a portrait of Seth Fornea. I got kinda lazy and never finished the boots or the background. :/
My compliments to your thread Ciinro,
compared to the many reposters here your different approach in posting sketches and art really adds something to the variety of this forum..!


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After six years on the air, the show North Woods Law comes to an end tonight (Thursday.)
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OTRS is a platform independent Web-based help desk system that supports service organization of any kind (e.g. IT service, customer and technical product service, complaint management, public services, etc.) to increase their efficiency. It increases transparency as well as service quality and lowers your total cost of ownership. It has been certified ITIL V3 compatible by PinkVERIFY for incident, problem, change, service asset and configuration, request fulfillment, and knowledge management. Other ITIL processes like service catalog and service level management are supported as well.
The GNU Gatekeeper is a free H.323 gatekeeper based on the OpenH323 project. You can use it to manage a Voice-over-IP network and let endpoints (e.g., Netmeeting) communicate through symbolic names. It also has an external interface for billing and other applications. It runs on a number of Unix versions (including Linux and Solaris) and Windows.
Yate is a next-generation telephony engine. While currently focused on Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and PSTN, its power lies in its ability to be easily extended. It supports SIP, H.323, IAX, MGCP, Jingle, Jabber, E1, T1, analogic, robbed bit, ISDN PRI, BRI, and SS7. YateClient is an Instant Messenger and Voice application for Jabber/Jingle IM, SIP, H.323, and IAX VoIP protocols.
Asterisk is a hybrid TDM and packet voice PBX (Private Branch eXchange) and IVR platform with ACD functionality. It acts as middleware between the Internet (IAX, SIP, MGCP, Skinny, H.323), telephony channels (like Zaptel, T1, PRI, E1, FXO, FXS, VoIP, VoFR, ISDN, modems, Internet Phone Jack, etc.), and applications (like voice-mail, conferencing, directories, MP3 players, intercoms, etc.). It has many advanced features such as a codec translation API. The base distribution includes several channel backends, as well as applications. However, the beauty of Asterisk is its ability to be extended using its APIs, dynamic module loader, and AGI scripting interface. End users can even write their own applications that run on the system in C or any scripting language of their choice.
gnokii is a multisystem tool suite for mobile phones. It provides a library to communicate with a phone hiding the communication protocol. The library handles SMS, phonebook, calendar, phone calls, and other mobile phone capabilities. It supports Nokia-FBUS mobiles, AT-capable phones (most of the mobiles), as well as Symbian-based phones.
Gammu (formerly known as MyGnokii2) is a cellular manager for various mobile phones/modems. It supports a wide variety of Nokia, Symbian, and AT devices (Siemens, Alcatel, Falcom, WaveCom, IPAQ, Samsung, SE, and others) over cables, infrared, or BlueTooth. It contains libraries with functions for ringtones, phonebook, SMS, logos, WAP, date/time, alarm, calls, and more (used by external applications like Wammu). It also includes a command line utility that can make many things (including backups) and an SMS gateway with full MySQL and PostgreSQL support from the PHP interface.
Linphone is an audio and video Internet phone with GTK+ and console interfaces. It uses the SIP protocol, and is compatible with most SIP clients and gateways. It can use various audio and video codecs such as Speex, GSM, G711, G722, ilbc, amr, Theora, H263-1998, MPEG4, H264, VP8, and snow.
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Ekiga (formely known as GnomeMeeting) is a soft phone, video conferencing, and instant messenger application for use over the Internet. It supports HD sound quality and video up to DVD size and quality. It is interoperable with many other standards compliant software, hardware, and service providers as it uses both of the major telephony standards, SIP and H.323.
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After years of negotiations and multiple phases achieved through the commonwealth's historic agreement with CSX, Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray was joined by Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Secretary and CEO Richard Davey and officials from CSX Corporation, to officially accept the "keys" for ownership of the rail tracks and operations along the Framingham/Worcester line on behalf of the Patrick-Murray Administration and the commonwealth.
Now finalized, the agreement between CSX and the commonwealth provides the commonwealth ownership of the rail tracks and control of operations along the Framingham/Worcester line, allowing greater opportunities for MassDOT to improve service and increase service between Boston and Worcester, the state's first and second largest cities, respectively. The commonwealth will immediately increase commuter rail service on the Framingham/Worcester line between Boston and Worcester with the addition of three new inbound and three new outbound trains between the two cities for a total of 31 stops arriving or departing Worcester station. The lieutenant governor also announced that MassDOT will add one inbound special express and one outbound special express in the spring of 2013 and will reach the goal of 20 round trips by October 2013.
"Since the restoration of limited commuter rail service to Worcester in 1994, the importance of linking New England's two largest cities by passenger rail has been clear," said Lieutenant Governor Murray. "This finalized agreement with CSX marks a major milestone for transportation in Massachusetts as we deliver enhanced services for the growing demand of riders and support business and community development in the Worcester and Metrowest areas."
In addition to increased commuter rail service, through the finalized agreement with CSX, the commonwealth will take control of maintenance of the right-of-way and begin the dispatching transition so that all Worcester Line trains are dispatched from MBTA facilities.


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Major support for children's and young adult programming is provided by the Mr. and Mrs. Timothy R. Barakett Endowment for Children's and Young Adult Programs and Services. Major support for children's and young adult programming is provided by the Katerina and Andreas C. Dracopoulos Family Endowment for Young Audiences. Additional support is provided by Beth and Christopher Kojima; the Estate of Charles J. Mauro; the Estate of William C. Morris; the Estate of Esther Manes; Good Samaritan, Inc.; New York Life Foundation; MetLife Foundation; Sandra Priest Rose; Solon E. Summerfield Foundation, Inc.; Con Edison; Mr. and Mrs. John Klingenstein; Epstein Teicher Philanthropies; Mr. and Mrs. George T. Votis; The Walt Disney Company; U.S. Bancorp Foundation; The Edith Glick Shoolman Children's Foundation; and an anonymous donor.
Create your world! Learn how to build objects in 3D design software, and build them with the MakerBot Replicator. Explore Blender, Sculptris, & Unity as you creat and make. Use your imagination and math skills as 3D guru Mike F. guides you through design! For ages 12 to 18 years old.
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After years of waiting for the next-generation consoles to take center stage, the 2013 edition of E3 finally brought the sense of innovation and newness in games we expect to ride shotgun with such a sea change. Blockbuster games are leveraging the hardware in powerful new ways, indie games have found a nicer seat at the table, and even the handhelds had a banner year with several Vita and 3DS titles turning heads. Here are our 2013 E3 Best in Show Awards:
Batman: Arkham Asylum, relatively unknown developer Rocksteady kicked off the best comic-based game series of the modern generation. For the third entry, the highly successful studio has handed development
duties over to Warner Bros. Games Montreal, and the franchise doesn't look to be skipping a beat. Batman: Arkham Origins is a prequel
title that follows Batman in his rough and tumble years, pitting him against a
younger Joker and other villains like Deathstroke and Black Mask. The visceral, responsive combat still serves as the heart of the experience, along with new
detective gameplay that lets Batman rewind crime scenes to aid investigation.
Arkham Origins feels great and promises to maintain the Caped Crusader's good
Telltale's The Walking
Dead: 400 Days bridges the gap between seasons one and two, and it
looks to keep everything we love about The Walking Dead. Tense decisions,
difficult choices, and plenty of jaw-dropping moments all return in a new scenario that follows
five different character stories and takes you from day one of the zombie
apocalypse all the way to day 400. That means different scenarios will
reflect the time in the world. In one story, a diner can look untouched, but
later have boarded-up windows, acting as a safe haven. Telltale showed off
newcomer Vince's story at E3, and the the dialogue was spot-on, balancing humor and
moral dilemmas. By the end of the tale, one thing was clear: Telltale still
knows how to shock. Not only did an alliance have to be forged, but plenty of
blood was shed to get there. That's some impressive emotional torture for only
one portion of this adventure.
After almost two decades
of single-player adventures, players finally got the chance at this
year's E3 to explore the world of Tamriel with other players at their side.
Elder Scrolls Online draws from many of the successful mechanics seen in recent
MMOs, boasting extensive voice acting, an action-oriented combat system, and
story-based questing that moves past the standard grind. While the true breadth
of any MMO is hard to gauge in a short hands-on session, Zenimax Online went a
long way towards proving to show goers that its new MMO has the chops to carry
the legendary moniker. Moreover, the announcement that Elder Scrolls Online is
coming to both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in addition to the previously
announced PC version assures that the same mass audience who enjoyed
Oblivion and Skyrim on consoles can give this new experiment a shot.
Battlefield 4's multiplayer would have stolen the show during any other E3, but this year a titan fell to Earth. Half of Respawn's development team is made up of former
Infinity Ward members, so you know Titanfall is poised to deliver in terms of
gameplay and customization. The team is so confident in its competitive
experience that there is no true single-player campaign. Instead, Titanfall merges the blockbuster campaign feel into multiplayer, with dramatic epilogue
and prologue missions, along with NPC fodder to bring war zones to life. The cat and mouse gameplay between the mechanical Titans and their lithe pilots captured the imagination of E3 showgoers, and it was easily the most talked about multiplayer game at the show.
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The catastrophic March 11, 2011 earthquake in East Japan, the ensuing tsunami and the nuclear power plant accident left nearly 20,000 people dead or missing. More than a year later, many citizens remain evacuated from their homes and are still struggling to recover from the devastation. TOMORROW BEYOND 3/11, a new documentary series from NHK WORLD, focuses on Japan's long road to reconstruction following the disaster. World-renowned musicians, actors, designers, artists and scholars travel to the hardest-hit regions to visit and inspire victims who are still striving to rebuild their lives.
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More than 250 participants from 75 companies and organizations – mostly involved in the automotive industry – attended the Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) Workshop held at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, MI, on March 27.
The workshop provided a working knowledge of GD&T, which is used on engineering drawings and solid models for describing nominal geometry and its allowable tolerances in product design, manufacturing, assemblies and inspections.
The workshop was led by LTU Assistant Professor Ahad Ali, director of LTU's master's degree program in industrial engineering. Ali is also the director of the Smart Manufacturing and Lean Systems Research Group, which organized the workshop in cooperation with the LTU student chapters of ASME, SAE, SME and Theta Tau.
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The sound of the Monroe Brothers filled Fred Chaffee's dining room. The 84-year-old closed his eyes, nodded his head and softly whispered the words of the bluegrass music he's loved for nearly 50 years.
The sound of the Monroe Brothers filled Fred Chaffee's dining room. The 84-year-old closed his eyes, nodded his head and softly whispered the words of the bluegrass music he's loved for nearly 50 years.
"This music here," he said, "you won't hear anywhere else."
Chaffee has 460 records of the different artists and songs that he loves. He's donating 300 of those albums to the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, Ky. at the end of September.
His albums are tucked away behind different cabinets all through his Hendersonville home. Those records, he said, represent classic, traditional bluegrass.
Chaffee doesn't have the stomach for the contemporary bluegrass on the radio today. He's more interested in the classics like Bill Monroe, Lester Flat and Earl Scruggs, or his favorite, Ralph Stanley.
He beamed as he pulled out several Stanley Brother albums and flipped through them.
"Now you can't buy any of these records," he said. "Everything I own is obsolete."
Chaffee has spent much of his life either writing or working in sales. He worked for newspapers in New England and over the last three decades, he's been an avid letter writer to newspapers, magazines and radio stations.
He's written about eating healthy and music. He retired to Hendersonville in 1988 after a lifelong career in sales. He and his wife, Marie, moved to Hendersonville from Massachusetts.
He was surprised that he came across more people in Massachusetts that listened to bluegrass than in his new North Carolina home. The more disturbing trend for Chaffee, however, is the change in the bluegrass landscape. He's not into the new bluegrass sound.
"It makes me pretty sad," he said. "It's not the same at all. It's too commercial."
That's part of the reason why he's donating most of his collection to the museum. It's about passing down a part of history that he loves "on to another generation."
It's a generation that he doesn't totally get. Chaffee doesn't use computers, apps or iTunes. He hasn't even moved on from tape to CD. It's not that he can't. He won't.
"It's a different era," he said. "It's a different world. That's all I can say."
The collection, however, reaches far back into a world that Chaffee is comfortable with — a world before technology and modern music. The collection spans a long time, he said.
"This has been a hobby of mine for practically a lifetime," he said. "That's my thing."
When it's all said and done, the rest of his collection — including albums, autographs and cassette tapes — will eventually end up at the museum, he said.
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John John Florence Wins The 2012 Volcom Pipe Pro
Despite a ferocious start by Jamie O'Brien, 19-year old John John Florence rallies from behind in the dying minutes of the final to win his second Volcom Pipe Pro in row.
A stiff neck and stitches in the palm of his hand were not enough to slow down John John John Florence today at the Banzai Pipeline. The 19-year old prodigal son of Pipe overcame his good friend and the guy who showed him the ropes out there, Jamie O'Brien, to seal his second Volcom Pipe Pro win in a row and cement his status as one of the best ever at the world's deadliest wave.
Jamie O'Brien started the final out with two nine point rides right off the bat and the majority of the beach thought it was over after just a few minutes. But John John was not to be denied. He started his comeback with a perfect ten-point ride (which earned him $1000 from Electric Visual) on a long Pipeline barrel but still needed a high nine to overtake JOB. With less than a minute on the clock, a set appeared on the horizon and John John had a chance--albeit a longshot--to make his move. He stroked into what looked like a giant left but quickly realized he was too deep to make it and went right at the last second. "I was gonna go right," said the Champ after, "but at the last second I had to right." Adding to the drama of his comeback was John John congratulating Jamie O before the final was even over--he actually paddled over to JOB and gave him a congratulatory hug before seeing the heat winning wave rear its head on the horizon, "With 40 seconds to go I wasn't even thinking about it. I was like 'Yeah Jamie, congratulations, I won last year and I'm stoked for you.'"
After seeing every face of Pipeline the 2012 Volcom Pipe Pro can be summed up in one word: Epic. We saw windy, head high Backdoor and Pipe, massive 10-15+ foot third reef Pipeline, and today, flawless, double overhead Pipe and Backdoor. Major thanks, or as they say here in the islands, mahalos, go out to the entire hard-working crew at Volcom, Kimo and the boys running event security, ASP Hawaii, Electric Visual, Turtle Bay Resort, Tr3ees, Marty Thomas, Tai Van Dyke, FUEL TV, and everyone else involved with the event.
2012 Volcom Pipe Pro Results:
1) John John Florence $20,000
2) Jamie O'Brien $10,000
3) Kai Barger $6,500
4) Nate Yeomans $5,500
Todd Chesser Memorial Award Given To The Hardest-Charging Surfer
Carlos Muñoz (Cost Rica)
ELECTRIC Perfect 10 Awards $1000 cash money
Dylan Graves (Puerto Rico)
Balaram Stack (New York)
Dusty Payne (Maui) *donated his winnings to the "Live Like Sion" Foundation
John John Florence (Oahu)
Carlos Muñoz (Costa Rica)
ASP Press Release: Florence Victorious At Volcom Pipe Pro; Beats Jamie O'Brien In Final Seconds
HONOLULU (Feb. 1, 2012) — Hawaii's John John Florence created one of professional surfing's most dramatic moments today to claim his second consecutive Volcom Pipe Pro title, completely flipping the table on former Pipe Pro champion Jamie O'Brien (Hawaii) in the final seconds. O'Brien had held the lead for 34 minutes and 45 seconds of the 35-minute final… and then it evaporated before his eyes.
O'Brien had bolted away at the start of the heat with an apparently insurmountable lead and Florence wasn't even in the picture. O'Brien's top two scoring waves were near-perfect: 9.0 and 9.43 with all three of his challengers requiring a combination of high scores to beat him. Maui's Kai Barger had posed the biggest challenge with a 9.33, but a second wave eluded him. San Clemente's Nate Yeomans was a distant third with 7.57 points total. Florence's score line wasn't much better: 9.93 total.
Then at the five minute mark, two waves in the 8-10 foot range pushed through. Florence got the first: an unbelievable backside tube at Pipe that was deep, critical, and near-impossible. He blasted out with the spray and scored a perfect 10. Right behind him, O'Brien swung, pulled in deep and blew out in front of Florence's face for a 9.93 – further extending his lead.
One minute to go… Florence paddled over and congratulated O'Brien. Then a dark line on the horizon caught his eye. One last wave stacked up on the Pipeline reef. Fifteen seconds to go… Florence clawed his way past a frantic O'Brien who could see the writing on the wall of the wave. Florence clawed his way past Jamie, over the ledge, under the lip and into the heat-winning tube ride – a 9.93 – to claim the $20,000 first prize.
Less than eight weeks ago, Florence lost in similar fashion here to 11X world champion Kelly Slater during the Pipe Masters. Today's victory seemed to realign the trajectory of the 19-year-old, who appears at this moment in time to be destined for one of pro surfing's greatest careers of all-time.
"I wrote myself off half way through," said Florence. "Kai and Jamie both had nines. I can't believe it. Here at Pipe anything can happen.
"With 40 seconds to go I wasn't even thinking about it. I was like, yeah Jamie, congratulations, I won last year and I'm stoked for you. Then I turned around and there's a peak. I didn't even know if he was going. I was going to go left and backdoor the peak, then I ended up having to fade, go right, and barely got under it. It was a wild ride.
"Last year this gave me so much confidence going into the year. This is the first contest of the year and I've got confidence again. So much has gone down in the last year, qualifying for the tour, changing my whole way of surfing and trying to get into the contest thing. I'm so happy right now." Back on the beach, O'Brien and Florence shook hands and O'Brien shook his head.
"Man, I feel like you just threw me out of the car before we got home," said O'Brien. "I'm going to come and steal that trophy from you in the middle of the night," he laughed. Nine years John John's senior, O'Brien has long been the man to beat at Pipe, having won at Pipe Masters, Backdoor Shootout, and multiple Volcom Pipe Pros. But Florence is quickly leveling the scores.
"It hurts," said Jamie, holding onto the runner-up $10,000 check. "You think you're going to win and you don't. It's OK. I got some really good scores and I felt I put on a great performance. To me that means everything. I had a great time. I finally got in a good rhythm my last couple of heats. I enjoyed myself and it was a good day." O'Brien appeared to toy with Pipeline today, switching up Backdoor and Pipe with regular foot and goofy foot barrels. But while he might have made it look easier than it was for everyone else, he was quick to admit things aren't always as they may appear – hence the credo that Pipeline is for warriors.
"It might look easy, but some of the stuff that happens to you underwater while you're getting pounded is really intense and scary. Getting caught inside out there, drags you and drags you, you've got to climb up your leash – it's a lot of work out there." Third place in the final was Barger. Fourth was Yeomans.
Worthy mentions include top Australian finisher Mitch Coleborn, and former Pipe champion Bruce Irons, who showed a fantastic return to form this week and lost out in the semi's.
From today's results, the following surfers have won a spot in the first round of next December's Pipe Masters: O'Brien, Barger, Billy Kemper (Maui), Flynn Novak (Oahu), Fred Patacchia (Oahu), Kalani Chapman, and Bruce Irons. Florence is an automatic starter at the Pipe Masters as he is on the elite ASP World Tour.
Also awarded today was the Todd Chesser Hard Charger Sportsmanship Award – presented to Costa Rica's Carlos Munoz who posted a perfect 10 score in the early rounds and finished the event in equal ninth place.
Next up for Volcom is their Volcom Fiji Pro, June 3-15 – the fourth of 11 events that comprise the ASP World Tour.
A full two-hour highlight program of this week's Volcom Pipe Pro will air on Fuel TV this Saturday at 7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT. For more information, check your local listings or go to www.fuel.tv .
1st – John John Florence (HAW) 19.93pts, $20,000
2nd – Jamie O'Brien (HAW) 19.40pts, $10,000
3rd – Kai Barger (HAW) 18.20pts, $6,500
4th – Nathan Yeomans (CA, USA) 7.57pts, $5,500
H1: Jamie O'Brien (HAW) 17.77pts ; Kai Barger (HAW) 17.10pts ; Billy Kemper (HAW) 7.90pts ; Tanner Hendrickson (HAW) 5.10pts
H2: John John Florence (HAW) 13.56pts ; Nathan Yeomans (USA) 12.83pts ; Bruce Irons (HAW) 12.40pts ; Jonathan Gonzalez (CNY) 7.44pts
H1: Billy Kemper (HAW) 12.00pts ; Jamie O'Brien (HAW) 11.87pts ; Tim Reyes (USA) 9.10pts ; Gabe Kling (USA) 6.63pts
H2 : Kai Barger (HAW) 14.66pts ; Tanner Hendrickson (HAW) 14.50pts ; Flynn Novak (HAW) 10.83pts ; Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 3.63
H3 : Nathan Yeomans (USA) 13.27pts ; Jonathan Gonzalez (CNY) 12.50pts ; Carlos Munoz (CRI) 11.50pts ; Kalani Chapman (HAW) 4.77pts
H4: John John Florence (HAW) 16.34pts ; Bruce Irons (HAW) 13.00pts ; Alexander Grey (USA) 8.40pts ; Mitch Coleborn (AUS) 4.84pts


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Google won a key victory in a nearly decade-long lawsuit over fair use of the collections of works at the New York Public Library, the Library of Congress and various other university libraries. A U.S. circuit court judge in Manhattan found Google's project to digitally copy millions of books for online searches does not violate copyright law.
NPR's Laura Sydell reports.
LAURA SYDELL, BYLINE: Google began scanning books back in 2004, many of the works were by living authors.
The Authors Guild took legal action against Google demanding $750 for each book it scanned. Google estimated that it would have cost the company $3 billion. But U.S. Circuit Court Judge Denny Chin called Google's digitization of books transformative.
Google does not make the books fully accessible online. If someone searches for a topic, sections of the book appear that might be relevant. He noted that the process was likely to boost sales. Chin wrote that Google Books provides significant public benefits. Indeed, he said, all society benefits.
Google has been scanning the books at libraries such as Harvard, Oxford and Stanford. Judge Chin wrote that the scanning will give new life to out of print books that sit in the bowels of libraries.
Of course, Google welcomed the decision. In a statement, the company said that it was acting as a card catalogue for the digital age. But, this long-running battle may not be over. The Authors Guild plans to appeal. It has argued that since Google sells ads alongside of those snippets, it's profiting from copyright works.
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One of the natural stone materials that is best for homes, is marble. Marble is famous for standing out as an elegant decorative element and flooring solution, that cannot easily be matched aesthetically by others.
This natural stone has been sought after for centuries, by architects, builders, artists and artisans, is deeply rooted in the annals of architecture, art, and in the development of modern civilizations. Marble was used to create lasting and famous monumental landmarks,and Why Are Floor Tiles So Popular? Morristown AZ 85342 stands as a material with built-in reputations of artistry, durability and uniqueness, for use with any exterior or interior application.
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Seeing marble tiles on the bathroom floor is quite common these days,and is seen as a necessity if your goal is to create an elegant bath. These tiles are available either honed or polished.
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This stone material is also popular on shower walls and in steam showers, however again, traction is an aspect Why Are Floor Tiles So Popular? Morristown AZ 85342 that must be taken into full consideration. Marble mosaic tiles are often utilized in shower floors, and the grout lines are there to help provide the adequate footing to prevent slipping. Hand-carved marble trim pieces are available for use as frame bath mirrors, and a lot of marble accent designs will help to create your ultimate dream bathroom.
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Marble floor tiles are historically famous for their versatility. This type of natural stone Morristown AZ 85342 is ideal for structures, and sculptures, and it can be easily used as wall tiles. The sculptures made up of marble look extremely beautiful. When you plan to use marble flooring and wall tiles for your interiors, particularly for your bathrooms, you need to consider asking for professional advice. You also need to take some effort in maintaining the beauty and shine of this natural stone.
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