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Mini Holiday in Vegas
I went to Vegas with my twin and folks to see Jersey Boys yesterday and it was amazing.
I was an idiot and went to bed two hours before leaving (6AM) because I was finishing my Burberrish Cowl…when my alarm went off at 7AM I thought it was the end of the world.
We dropped Lily off at her BFF's house and grabbed breakfast at Porto's before heading to Vegas. A few hours in we stopped at an outlet mall where I almost elbowed a woman in the face (I was holding a bag and she grabbed it from me. I picked up another and she took that one too)!
We drove to the Palazzo and, since we were really early for the show, parked and walked to Haagen Dazs. We got back to the car and still had an hour left so I cast on the Skeleton Key Slouchie Tam.
I was only able to get a few rows in before it was time to line up but I was happy to put my knitting down, I'd been waiting months to see this show. It did NOT disappoint. We all looked like fools singing and dancing as we walked out of the Palazzo but didn't really care!
Today we just hung around the hotel and I was able to grab a coat from AllSaints. I might be a tad obsessed with this store.
Tomorrow I'm getting my left foot tattooed so the next few weeks while it's healing I should be getting some serious knitting done.


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Graduate Council Meeting
February 25, 2008
I. The meeting was called to order at 2:38 p.m.
Voting members and alternates present were: G. Alter, A. Chamberlain, D. Cipollini, R. Dodge, J. Dombrowski, M. Emmert, K. Engisch, D. Ketcha, N. Klingbeil, P. Martin, M. Miller, S. Narayanan, S. Nelson, J. Petrick, L. Ream, M. Rucker, J. Rudisill, T. Sudkamp, C. Sulentic, J. Thomas (Chair), L. VandeCreek, D. Voss, R. Wantz, D. Weber, A. Wendt, R. Williams, E. Wolf
Non-voting alternates and other attendees were: J. Bantle, K. Bullinger, M. Cronenwett, B. Gray, J. Kimble, G. Malicki, E. Reinsch-Friese, C. Ryan; invited Graduate Council Scholars: Robert Brownfield, Jennifer Lotz, Lindsey Smith
II. Approval of Minutes
It was moved and seconded that the minutes of the October 22, 2007 meeting be approved as written. Motion carried unanimously.
III. Report of the Dean (J. Thomas)
J. Thomas reported that enrollment for winter quarter 2008 was 3391up 0.5% over winter 2007. We have experienced nearly flat headcount enrollment over the past five years. Credit hours have, however, shown a sustained increase, up 33.3% over the past six years. Winter 2008 credit hours are up 3.3% over winter 2007 at 26,470, apparently the largest number of graduate credit hours in the history of Wright State University.
In fall quarter 2007, we had 527 total graduate assistants, 14 fewer than in fall quarter 2006. One feature worth noting is a decrease of 60 international graduate assistants with a nearly equal (46) increase in domestic graduate assistants.
The Doctor of Nursing Practice, a joint degree between Wright State and the University of Toledo, was approved by the Chancellor in December, 2007. This program is already underway, with the first class being held the week of February 18, 2008. The initial cohort has 13 students.
The M.S. in Leadership Development was approved by the Faculty Senate in January and the WSU Trustees in February, and the full proposal will now be sent to RACGS.
Wright State currently has three Program Development Plan's under review by RACGS. For two of these, the MSE in Renewable and Clean Energy and the Master of Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship, full proposals are being considered today. The third a Ph.D. proposed by the College of Education and Human Services is being reviewed by a Reading Committee.
A new Master of Clinical Psychology is proposed as part of the Psy.D. program. Since WSU has doctoral degree authority now, this seems closer to a degree designation change than a new degree. This master's degree would allow students the opportunity to be eligible for internships and other financial aid, which are not currently available to them. There are also three degree title changes in process.
In regard to graduate certificates, in November 2007 the Faculty Senate approved the certificate in Lean-Ergonomics for Manufacturing. A graduate certificate, Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, will be considered today.
The Graduate Council Scholars program was summarized. For 2008-09, the minimum stipend will be $13,000. This year we have eleven Graduate Council Scholars, eight of whom are first year and three in their second year. These scholarships are awarded to top students with this year's students' average GPA at 3.9. This year's scholars have been invited to this meeting to be recognized and join in a reception to follow the meeting. Please welcome them.
IV. Committee Reports
* Policies Committee (L. Ream)
The Policies Committee met three times since the last Graduate Council meeting and discussed and acted on six items.
A full proposal for an M.S. in Engineering in Renewable and Clean Energy was moved and seconded. This program is a collaboration between Wright State, the University of Dayton and AFIT. The current title is a change from Alternative Energy at the PDP stage. The motion was approved unanimously and the proposal will go forward to the Faculty Senate.
Biomedical Sciences (BMS) Ph.D. program has requested approval of formal program tracks. Since the program's inception, there have always been specific areas if research, training, and expertise that the BMS students have followed. This proposal is a request to formalize these tracks by designating them as areas of concentration and putting the appropriate track on the BMS student's academic transcript. The new tracks are: (1.) Integrated Systems Biology; (2.) Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology; (3.) Neuroscience and Physiology; and (4.) Structural and Quantitative Biology. The addition of these tracks to the academic record was approved by the Policies Committee. No further action is required.
A full proposal for a Master of Engineering, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship was moved and seconded. This program will be offered jointly by the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the Raj Soin College of Business. The motion was approved unanimously and the proposal will go forward to the Faculty Senate.
An abbreviated proposal for a Master of Clinical Psychology (Psy.M.) was moved and seconded. This degree will provide a "midstream" degree opportunity only for students matriculated in SoPP's Psy.D. program. Students enter the Psy.D. Program with either a bachelor's or master's degree. Agencies are increasingly requiring a master's degree for internships and other forms of financial aid, thus the need for the master's program. The motion was approved unanimously and the proposal will go forward to the Faculty Senate.
The Policies Committee reviewed curricular revisions in the CSE graduate programs regarding dissertation committee requirements, Ph.D. comprehensive exams, and the use and interpretation of GRE scores. Since these revisions were curricular changes to existing graduate programs only, the Policies Committee approved the changes, and no further approval action is necessary.
A proposal for a graduate certificate entitled Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner was moved and seconded. This is a post-masters certificate needed for certification. The motion was approved unanimously and the proposal will go forward to the Faculty Senate.
* Membership Committee (J. Petrick)
The Committee met and considered and recommended thirteen nominations for full graduate faculty status nominations and sixteen nominations for adjunct full graduate faculty status.
The full member nominees are:
Riad Ajami MGT/RSCoB
Yuqing Chen Math/CoSM
Kuan-Lun Chu EE/CECS
Jason Deibel Physics/CoSM
Joseph Eisenhauer Econ/RSCoB
Amirabbas Farajian MME/CECS
Chad Hammerschmidt EES/CoSM
Hong Huang MME/CECS
Juliusz Kozak Phys/BSoM/CoSM
Suzanne Lunsford Chem/CoSM
Marvin Miller BIE/CECS
James Munch MKT/RSCoB
Xiaodong Zhang EE/CECS
It was moved and seconded that the nominees be approved; the motion passed unanimously.
The adjunct nominees are:
Anthony Arment BioSci PhD/CoSM
Michael Blum ES PhD/CoSM
Brad Bryant EE/CECS
Hailiang Dong ES PhD/CoSM
Dean Eklund MME/CECS
Christopher Gillen ES PhD/CoSM
Christopher Hale BIE/CECS
J. Patrick Megonigal ES PhD/CoSM
Leonid Polyak ES PhD/CoSM
Uday Rao BIE/CECS
Gregory Reich MME/CECS
Timothy Ross EE/CECS
Michael Shelley ES PhD/CoSM
George Sugihara ES PhD/CoSM
Jaimie Tiley MME/CECS
Eric Tuegel MME/CECS
It was moved and seconded that these nominees be approved; the motion passed unanimously.
* Research Committee (E. Reinsch-Friese)
Awards for this year are $10M ahead of last year. 518 proposals have been submitted, which is 30 more than last year at this time.
Research Council will meet February 27, 2008 to review applications for the Research Incentive Program. Fifteen applications were received for Research Initiation Grants and 18 applications for Professional Development Grants with maximum awards of $10,000 and $3,000, respectively. Faculty who are selected will be notified next week. Research Travel Grants are currently suspended with hopes to bring travel back next fiscal year.
A Grants.gov Workshop will be presented Tuesday, March 25. Electronic reminders will be sent and details will be presented in Research News. Contact Jackie Frederick (ext. 2664) to RSVP.
A Funding Opportunities Workshop is offered every quarter, the next to be presented on Thursday, March 27, 2008.
RSP is also offering a Proposal Writing Workshop on May 6 and a Scholarly Writing Workshop on
May 7. The presenter is Bob Lucas, who has presented many popular sessions at WSU.
Wright State's current F&A Rate agreement expires 6/30/09. We are in the process of selecting a consultant to assist with the new rate calculation. The research rate may increase, in part due to new buildings.
V. Old Business
* Research Scholars Program (J. Bantle)
A basic need of the Research Scholars Program is to supply scholars with appropriate equipment, and form them into "research clusters." We need to bring in people with national reputations to build the program. This would require $150M: $75M in capital, $52M in endowments for scholars, and the rest in operating funds. The Chancellor has $25M additional that is expected to be made available.
43 letters of intent were originally submitted to the OBR Chancellor and, after review by Universities, 23 were finalized as to meeting requirements. These are to be reviewed by the National Academy of Science. Wright State is a partner in at least 9 of these (4 as lead institution and 5 as trailing institution), so we have a good chance of being a recipient. We will need $30M in order to match funds and remain competitive. We expect to hear by May 20 if we are funded or not.
VI. Student Affairs Committee (B. Gray)
B. Gray stated the Student Affairs Committee will meet this week to select Wright State's nominee for The Regents Graduate/Professional Fellowship for 2008.
The 2007-2008 Graduate Council Scholars were introduced to Council. B. Gray stated that these students were selected from a group of exceptional students, making this a difficult decision, but that it is good to have this caliber of students to select from.
VII. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 3:21 p.m., followed by a reception for the Graduate Council Scholars.

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Here are some recipes that I have tried out from other blogs -
Shilpa's Spicy Pineapple .
The only changes I made were:
I used canned pineapple instead of fresh and it still tasted very good.
I did not add any pepper although it is mentioned in the original version.
I added 1/2 tsp of methi/fenugreek seeds.
Nandita's Simply Delicious Potato Wedges
The only change I made here was to use a lot of garlic powder and some dried herbs too (a mixture of parsley, rosemary and basil)
Sia's Kichidi with Raita
The only major change I made was to use masoor dal instead of split moong dal.
My raita had onions & cucumber.
Nirmala's Tomato-Basil Pesto
I pretty much stuck to her recipe for the most part; just added some walnuts, pepper & a tsp of fresh lemon juice.
Thank you for sharing your ideas and recipes gals!
It's time for some bragging now. Over the weekend, Padma of Padma's Kitchen gave me this -
Isn't that great?... it has only been a little over a month ago that I started blogging and this is my 2nd award! Yay!
Thank you so much, Padma. It is really very nice of you.
Since most of you have already received these awards and passed them on, I will just hold on to this one.
Happy Cooking!


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|Fast guy. Not a donkey.
But I am not concerned with the general population. I am, of course, comparing myself to my peers. I do not expect to hang with the younger gazelles that won the race, but I was watching a guy at least my age just walk away (well, pedal away) from me like I was tied to the hitchin' post (donkey reference...again). Now he is a racer-type and I am not really, but #@**&% and @*^##!! that is frustrating.
So last night the wind was howling like it often does here in the Fall and it was cold-ish too. I am fighting a bit of an ear infection of some sort so I am off a bit there and the couch sure seemed cozy and inviting. In answer to that, I dressed for a ride and went out.
I dressed fast. No, not in a hurry, but I wore less layers. Just a very well worn pair of knickers from Boure' (are they still around?), wool Swiftwick socks, a Speshy base layer and jersey, and light gloves with a Buff headband in the helmet. No jacket, no winter gloves, no baggies.
I grabbed the hardtail; the Giant XTC-1 29er from last year's test. Hardtails have a way of making you feel like you are faster, even if you are not....zippy kinda'.
I pedaled fast and hard.
I felt faster. And, in some ways, I was faster. They say that 'attitude precedes the action'. My attitude was to go out and move quickly up and down the trail, not just to go for a ride. It made a difference. I know that some riders always ride this way...if they are not riding hard and with purpose, they are not riding. I do not relate, and frankly, I never will be that way. Too type 'A' for me and life is too short to not ride for fun and relax sometimes.
But, I do hope that I can sharpen my focus a bit and change my expectations of myself. I can do better, given the blessings of time and health to do so, and I sure would like to not be last into the finishing line the next time I set out on some race event.


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Last Saturday we had some friends over for dinner and I made us a wintery table setting in white and grey and brown…
As table runners I used leftovers from the wallpaper I used in our hallway, and I added some white stars and a deer to make it more wintery. Instead of having a big bouquet of flowers on the table where you can´t see your guest, I used three pharmacy bottles, that I just bought at the goodwill store, with one flower in each.
Our white china is called Suomi and are from Rosenthal – I really love its simplicity and nice design.
There are more pictures of this table setting under my profile on Stylizimo.com.
On Stylizimo I also tag all my photos with where it´s from/possible to buy in case you are wondering.
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It's the big question facing the health-care sector these days: Can we move from a fee-for-service payment model, doling out money based on quantity instead of quality, to a more sophisticated model that rewards providers for meeting quality targets and delivering better care? Everybody seems to agree it's the right move (good luck finding a policy analyst or lawmaker who would say otherwise), but exactly how it should be done is constantly debated.
The folks in Massachusetts, however, think they've figured out the answer -- at least partially. And they're focusing their efforts on a group that's routinely responsible for a disproportionate share of Medicare and Medicaid spending: dual eligibles. Dual eligibles (people who qualify for both government programs) account for only 15 percent of Medicaid enrollment, but 39 percent of its costs.
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At least 26 states have pledged to develop pilot programs to better coordinate care between Medicaid and Medicare, but Massachusetts was the first to gain approval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for its dual eligibles demonstration project, which will be partially modeled after two existing programs in the state that are aimed at moving away from a fee-for-service model. If they can work for dual eligibles, the thinking goes, they should be able to work for everyone. Perhaps as importantly, the coordinated care approach that both programs use should allow them to remain solvent even as the population ages.
Massachusetts' Programs for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) and Senior Care Options (SCO) differ in their specifics and funding sources, but both plans operate under a similar model. A team of health-care providers -- contracted by the state -- evaluate a dual eligible's needs, develop a comprehensive care plan, and oversee their primary care and medications. The group is paid, in part, based on the health of its patients. The team of providers is paid a flat fee (say, $3,500 a month from each Medicaid member), but if the care ultimately costs less than that, the providers share the savings. If it costs more, the group shares the additional costs.The idea is that, with the delivery of care being centralized to a singular entity that should be intimately familiar with a patient's history, the symptoms of poor health care that often drive up costs (duplications, unnecessary procedures, misdiagnosis, etc.) can be more easily eradicated.
One of the programs' goals is to keep patients out of nursing homes. As Governing reported in its October issue, more than 80 percent of Americans over 50 say they want to remain in their home as long as possible. Not only do people prefer to stay at home, but research indicates it could also be more cost-effective. A 2009 Health Affairs study concluded that home- and community-based care reduced Medicaid costs by 8 percent over a decade, while nursing home spending increased by 9 percent over the same period.
"We simply can't afford to do things the old-fashioned way," says Karen Longo, executive director of Summit ElderCare, one of the PACE programs in the state. "Yet most consumers believe their only choice is to move into a nursing home. With this tsunami of people who will need these services, we have to change that perception."
Early results suggest Massachusetts' PACE and SCO programs could be a model for how to do this affordably. SCO has reduced nursing home placement by 30 percent, according to an independent analysis. PACE, on the other hand, has saved the state an annual $52 million compared to the traditional fee-for-service Medicaid program, and 88 percent of its participants remain in their homes -- despite the fact that needing a nursing home level of care is a requirement for enrollment.
Despite those promising figures, the 26,000 PACE and SCO enrollees represent only 10 percent of Massachusetts' dual eligibles population. With its demonstration project, the state wants to coordinate care for more than 100,000 people. So now the focus for advocates is taking the lessons learned from these programs and translating them to new reform efforts.
Generally speaking, the state proposed moving the broader dual eligibles population into coordinated care organizations based in part on PACE and SCO.
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LONDON, England (July 28, 2012) – The U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team is the defending Olympic champion, but that has not made its path to the 2012 Olympic Games in London any easier.
The team lost several key ingredients from its 2008 gold medal winning squad: Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon, who is now the head coach of the U.S. Women's National Team; team captain Tom Hoff, who has retired from volleyball and setter Lloy Ball, who has played overseas but has not played with the U.S. Men's Team since the 2008 Olympic Games.
USA Volleyball hired Alan Knipe in 2009 to take over as U.S. Men's head coach. He is on a sabbatical from his role as head coach of the men's volleyball team at Long Beach State University.
He has helped the team to a 72-33 record heading into London. The U.S. Men has had the best season of Knipe's tenure thus far in 2012. It opened the season in May by qualifying for the Olympic Games by winning the NORCECA Men's Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament, going 5-0 and losing only one set in the process.
A week after finishing the qualification tournament, the team left for its first World League weekend. It went 9-3 in World League pool play against Italy, France and Korea. The U.S. advanced to the World League final round and finished with the silver medal. It was the first World League medal the team had earned since it won the tournament in 2008.
"This has been the goal of the team - to be playing our best volleyball going into the Olympics," Knipe said. "Obviously we feel there are some things we can improve on, but there are some very nice things we are doing now over the last couple tournaments."
Prior to 2012, the U.S. qualified for the FIVB World League Final Round two times (2009 and '11). It also qualified for the 2010 World Championship, where it finished sixth, and to the 2011 World Cup, where it also finished sixth, and did not earn an Olympic berth (the top three teams qualified for the Olympic Games).
The U.S. Men have won three Olympic gold medals in 1984, '88 and 2008. They won the bronze in 1992.
The Players
Though for most international tournaments, teams are allowed to bring 14 players, they are only allowed 12 for the Olympics, which meant difficult cuts had to be made.
Five players return from the 2008 gold medal team: libero Rich Lambourne (Tustin, Calif.), middle blocker David Lee (Alpine, Calif.), outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.), outside hitter Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) and opposite Clay Stanley (Honolulu, Hawaii),
Setter Donald Suxho (Korce, Albania) competed in the 2004 Olympic Games, where the U.S. Men finished fourth.
Six players on the team are Olympic newcomers: outside hitter Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.), middle blocker Russell Holmes, outside hitter Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.), opposite David McKienzie (Littleton, Colo.), middle blocker David Smith (Saugus, Calif.) and setter Brian Thornton (San Clemente, Calif.).
Anderson was the team's leading scorer in World League, finishing with 248 points on 205 kills, 32 blocks and 11 aces. He was fifth among all World League scorers at the end of pool play. Anderson was also named Best Spiker of the NORCECA Olympic Qualifier.
Stanley (Honolulu), the 2008 Olympic Games Most Valuable Player, was named the Best Server of the World League Final Round, finishing with nine aces, including three on Sunday, for an average of .64 per set. Stanley also finished second among all Final Round scorers with 62 points on 49 attacks, four blocks and nine aces. Stanley was named MVP of the 2012 NORCECA Olympic Qualifier.
Holmes competing in his first Olympic Games, was the team's third-leading World League scorer, finishing with 122 points on 71 attacks, a team-leading 44 blocks and seven aces.
Priddy, a two time Olympian in 2004 and 2008 was the team's fourth-leading scorer in World League, finishing with 94 points on 74 kills, 16 blocks and four aces.
Lee, a 2008 gold medalist, was named Best Blocker of the NORCECA Qualification Tournament. He was also among the best blockers of the 2008 Olympic Games. He was the team's fifth-leading World League scorer with 89 points on 61 attacks, 22 blocks and four aces.
Lambourne is a 2008 gold medalist in his second Olympic Games. He has been the team's primary starting libero since 2005. Rich played in all 60 World League sets. He finished with a total of 75 digs (1.25 digs per set). He finished pool play fourth among all liberos. He was fourth in digs during pool play with an average of 2.02 per set
Rooney, a 2008 gold medalist, returned to the team for the 2012 World League after struggling with injuries. He made an impact as the team's fourth-leading World League scorer (112 points on 88 attacks, 17 blocks and seven aces).
Suxho competed on the 2004 Olympic team that finished fourth in Athens. He finished second among all setters in the World League Final Round with 74 assists and an average of 5.29 per set.
Lotman got significant playing time with the team in 2009-11. In 2012, he has played mostly as a substitute. He finished World League with 12 points on 10 attacks and two aces.
McKienzie just missed making the 2004 and '08 Olympic teams and stepped away from the U.S. team to play overseas and also play beach volleyball. In 2011, he trained with the team for the World Cup, but did not make the team. He did make the team for the Olympic Qualifier and World League, where he played primarily as a serving substitute. He finished World League with 26 points on 20 kills, three blocks and three assists.
Smith did not make the team for the Qualifier, but saw significant playing time at World League, finishing with 67 points on 43 attacks, 19 blocks and five aces. The effort was good enough to get him on the Olympic Team.
Thornton made his mark with the team in 2011 when injuries and illness made him the World League starter and he helped the team finish second in pool, including two victories over world No. 1 ranked Brazil. He also helped the U.S. to a sixth-place finish at the 2011 World Cup.
The Teams
The U.S. Men are ranked No. 5 in the world by the FIVB. The have been placed in a difficult pool to open the Olympic Games.
"In this tournament, there are plenty of teams who can make a run at the medals," Knipe said. "Our group is very strong."
In the United States' pool, Brazil is ranked No. 1 in the world, but struggled a little during the 2012 World League. It advanced to the Final Round as the best second-place team in pool play and lost both its Final Round pool play matches to finish sixth. It qualified for the 2012 Summer Games by finishing second at the 2011 World Cup. The U.S. Men have a record of 2-5 against Brazil since 2008 and 62-74 since 1980.
Russia, ranked No. 2 in the world, won the 2011 World League and qualified for the Olympic Games by winning the 2011 World Cup. The U.S. Men have a 1-6 record against Russia since 2008 and 56-44 since 1980.
Serbia, ranked No. 7 in the world, qualified at FIVB Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tokyo. The U.S. Men are 0-2 against Serbia since 2008 and 10-12 against the European side since 1980.
Germany, ranked No. 10 in the world, qualified at the FIVB Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament in Berlin. Most recently, Germany defeated the U.S. Men in pool play of the Final Round of the FIVB World League, 25-20, 25-21, 21-25, 25-20. 16-14. The U.S. Men are 1-1 against Germany since 2008 and 17-5 against the side since 1980.
Tunisia, ranked No. 20 in the world, qualified as the winner of the African zonal confederation qualification tournament. The United States has not played Tunisia since 2007 and is 8-0 against the country since 1980.
2012 U.S. Olympic Men's Volleyball Team
1 - Matt Anderson (OH, 6-10, West Seneca, N.Y.,
Penn State)
2 - Sean Rooney (OH, 6-9, Wheaton, Ill., Pepperdine)
4 - David Lee (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Calif., Long Beach State)
5 - Rich Lambourne (L, 6-3, Tustin, Calif., BYU)
6 - Paul Lotman (OH, 6-7, Lakewood, Calif., Long Beach State)
7 - Donald Suxho (S, 6-5, Korce, Albania, USC)
8 - Reid Priddy (OH, 6-5, Richmond, Va., Loyola Marymount)
11 - Brian Thornton (S, 6-3, San Clemente, Calif., UC Irvine)
12 - Russell Holmes (MB, 6-8, Fountain Valley, Calif., BYU)
13 - Clay Stanley (OPP, 6-9, Honolulu, Hawai'i, Hawaii)
20 - David Smith (MB, 6-7, Saugus, Calif., UC Irvine)
21 - David McKienzie (Opp, 6-4, Littleton, Colo., Long Beach State)
Head Coach: Alan Knipe (Huntington Beach,
Team Manager: Rob Browning (Newport Beach, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: John Speraw (Irvine, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Gary Sato (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Ron Larsen (Lafayette, Calif.)
Technical Coordinator: Chris Jackson (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Medical Support: Aaron Brock (Storm Lake, Iowa)
Scout Coach: Andy Read (Garden Grove, Calif.)
Scout Coach: Mike Sealy (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Pool A (World Ranking): Italy (3), Poland (4), Argentina (8), Bulgaria (9), Australia (22), Great Britain (92)
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July 31: USA vs. Germany, 4:45 p.m. (8:45 a.m. PT)
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Aug. 2: Australia vs. Bulgaria, 11:30 a.m.
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Aug. 2: Poland vs. Argentina, 4:45 p.m.
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Aug. 6: USA vs. Tunisia, 8 p.m. (noon PT)
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Giuliani's consulting firm continues to employ a priest — Msgr. Alan Placa — who has been accused of rape by multiple former students. Newsday gave the update on 6/23/07:
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Ayn Rand is an odd figure in our political and cultural climate. She is one of the most popular authors of the twentieth century—her books have sold over 25 million copies—despite the fact that she wrote long, dense tomes about political philosophy. She's beloved by many and hated by more. Yet many politicians tout the controversial Rand with a fervor usually reserved for Founding Fathers and Jesus.
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Please read the title to this post. I'm not even sure I can even remember what it feels like to be lazy. I wish sometimes that I could lay in bed for hours watching YouTube videos or gossip girl or heaven to betsy take a nap! Ha ha but there's not a lot of time for all of that.
This week was especially craze because I had parent teacher conferences meaning I have to be at school until 730pm after already being there all day! Now that we live in the burbs, I didnt get home until late! Needless to say, I deserve a lazy weekend. Thank you LDS General Conference for keeping me indoors for two days just me, my little family, and the couch. I'm lovin it.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Lazy Weekend
Please read the title to this post. I'm not even sure I can even remember what it feels like to be lazy. I wish sometimes that I could lay in bed for hours watching YouTube videos or gossip girl or heaven to betsy take a nap! Ha ha but there's not a lot of time for all of that.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
So we are finally moved into our condo! And it's finally looking normal. Paint counts as decoration right? Ha ha
It's been a crazy few days as real adulthood called our name in the form of if you want heat and hot water you have to have call the heat company to come turn it on. Ha ha. Just imagine me crouched outside in the dark using my phone as a flashlight to turn the valve on the heat meter on because Jon was at the jazz game. So needless to say when I overheard one of my first graders say they want to be grown up today I just laughed and my moms voice rang in my head when she would tell me that being grown up isn't that fun. Once again she was right. But we have heat! I'm such a grown up.
Also commuting to Salt Lake has been rough. I miss my ten minute ride and it's only been two days. The things we do for suburbia...
Well I would post pics but here's what you get...more to come later. Also found that hilarious baby pic online. Hope it makes you laugh!
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Monday, March 12, 2012
It is midnight right now. I should be asleep but day light savings is making things difficult. I've also been reading Mockingjay and it's creepin me out.
Speaking of the Hunger Games the light of Jon's iPad has been glowing night after night (long after I go to sleep) as he reads about Katniss! It's funny to hear his commentary. I'm hoping this makes him a little more like Peeta (who has officially replaced Edward in my eyes). I think my plan is working as he just cuddled me and said he loves more than anything. I said, "yeah right, more than Kingston?" and he said, "yes. But just a tiny bit more, like the tiniest bit ever." ha ha ha. I love him.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Bitcoin prices recovered Wednesday from the declines spurred by the sudden closure of Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, as authorities in the U.S. and Japan began looking into the matter.
Meanwhile, Mt. Gox Chief Executive Mark Karpeles said Wednesday on the exchange's website that he is working on the exchange's problems but told users that they should stop asking questions because staff members are not allowed to respond.
Bitcoin rose 5.5% to $564.02 Wednesday from Tuesday's close on the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index, which takes into account prices on the Bitstamp and BTC-e bitcoin exchanges. The CoinDesk bitcoin price index was in the $400s early Tuesday after it became apparent that trading on Mt. Gox had been halted. The Mt. Gox website was subsequently wiped clean of information.
"I am still in Japan, and working very hard with the support of different parties to find a solution to our recent issues," said Karpeles in the statement. "Furthermore I would like to kindly ask that people refrain from asking questions to our staff: they have been instructed not to give any response or information."
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The virtual currency has attracted the attention — and cash — of venture capitalists such as Marc Andreessen, who has called it transformational technology, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, who may be best known for their lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg over the origins of Facebook, and Fred Wilson, whose Union Square Ventures counts Coinbase as a portfolio company.
For its own part, Mt. Gox has offered little explanation for its closure. In a terse statement on its website Tuesday, it cited "recent news reports and the potential repercussions on Mt. Gox's operations and the market" as the reason for halting transactions "for the time being."
Tuesday's complete trading halt on Mt. Gox was the latest in a series of halts and delays that have plagued the exchange in the past year.
A widely cited document leaked to the bitcoin entrepreneur and blogger Ryan Selkis alleges that just less than 750,000 bitcoin are missing from Mt. Gox. The bitcoins had been stolen over "several years" due to an issue in the way the exchange wrote its software that could allow for duplicate transactions.
Reuters said Wednesday that Karpeles had told the news agency in an email: "We should have an official announcement ready soon-ish. We are currently at a turning point for the business. I can't tell much more for now as this also involves other parties."
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Manny Mota
Many of you have probably read the news about Johnny Pesky out of Boston, as Major League Baseball is cracking down this year about how many coaches are allowed to be in uniform and in the dugout during the game.
That means that unfortunately, Manny Mota is going to have to stop traveling with the team and dressing in uniform, with the exception of pregame at home games, when he'll continue to be in uniform and help out Eddie Murray and the rest of the coaching staff.
The good news is, Manny is going to continue his incredible work with the front office and in the community, as he's easily the biggest supporter of the Dodgers Dream Foundation with his time and dedication. Plus, he'll continue to do the incredible work he does with the Manny Mota Foundation in the Dominican Republic.
I've witnessed Manny's work first-hand over the years and he's an incredible ambassador for the Dodgers and for the game of baseball. We'll certainly miss having him on the road, but we'll see plenty of him at home games and in the community.
And, since I won't get to post anything tomorrow because we take off in the morning for Milwaukee, be sure to watch Opening Day on Monday from one of the bars or restaurants that are part of the new Home Base Network. We've worked out deals with all of these places to have Dodger memorabilia all around, as this is a great way for Dodger fans from around the city to come together to watch the games when we're on the road. To kick it off, we'll have plenty of Dodger VIPs around the city, including Tommy Lasorda and Jamie and Frank McCourt (Barney's Beanery, West Hollywood), Fernando Valenzuela (******* in Pasadena), Steve Garvey (******* in Burbank) and Kenny Landreaux and Wes Parker (Yankee Doodles, Santa Monica). Check out this link for all the bars that are a part of the network.
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Great post Josh. Manny is one of those Dodger institutions we all appreciate so much. The Homebase Network is a great way to get Dodger fans together and continue to build support in LA. Good Job.
You never answered my question Josh. What's it like working for such a crappy organization?
Anyhoo…I've got my own Dodger hate blog up and running.
Check it out.
Hi guys. Well this is it. Getting excited now. We went for a walk tonight and I sported my new official Dodger hat purchased in Bangor last November. The only Dodger hat in town. Some Red Sox, few Yankees, several hockey. Must say with my white hair I look a bit like Grady. I have been waiting for the 25 man roster with some anxiety. I have been on James Loney watch. I just feel he has to make the team and play. There must be a point when his confidence, desire, etc. sags while performing well and not being rewarded. I like Matt Kemp's power surge but feel he could use the year or good part of it at AAA to break loose and terrorize some pitchers there.
I know Brady Clark is RH but felt badly he backed other guys up. Still, hard to argue with what Ned has been doing. Jim Traber on his show picked the Dodgers to meet the Yankees in the World series. Just like old times 51 and 53, asq and others. Great springs by Bigbie and Valdez. Nervous time for Ned. Good to be back. GO DODGERS!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Tomas Perez???? Wow! I had not thought Mr. Ned was too bad but that just might be the move that makes me reconsider…good lord, soooo many late clutch at-bats he got with the Phils and did not come through, and then only the Drays would take him afterwards. Enjoy the many shaving cream pies!
I have spent considerable time this winter blogging on the Globe and Mail site re:politics. I love politics. There were a few posters on both sides who tried to be annoying. Among us we had a great time, shared political opinions, family info, made new friends across the country. We realized we had too much going for us to get involved in any debate with anyone trying to sabotage the blog with useless, negative comments. Took some self control but worked well. Just didn't read those bolgs. Looking forward to again sharing a great season with great Dodger fans.
Many thanks in advance Josh for keeping this site going. You have a dream job with the greatest organization in all of pro sports. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Colletti takes what is perceived to be the "safe route" by old-school baseball thinkers. In their eyes, Ned has set up a no-lose situation for himself. If the team is successful, he wins. If the team is not successful, it will be chalked up to bad luck. "He did the right thing by putting speed at the top of the lineup, adding veteran presence and guys with WS rings, etc. It's not his fault they lost."
I think Ned tries to play out the season in his head with a variety of possibilities. That is, what to have in place if injuries occur, players underperform, etc. Injuries are a given. With his versatile bench players and farm hands he has most of the possibilities covered. Total underperformance of the pitching staff, several injuries,would be a hard one to combat. But even there he has some possibilities. I don't think he is overly concerned about placing fault. He rolls the dice, wins some loses some, but thus far has done well in getting the team back on track. I think he simply accepts the responsibilty for what happens,success or not.GO DODGERS!!
Josh. what happened to tonight's lineup?
Clark CF
Loney 1B
Kemp RF
Betemit 3B
Anderson DH
Valdez LF
Abreu 2B
Martinez SS
Dodgers up 2-0 Middle of first inning.
How about those great defensive plays by Brady Clark and Betemit!
Hi Alex. Thanks for all the work on the spring training games. Really appreciated it.
Big surprise from Tony Jackson's blog: Matt Kemp made the team over Larry Bigbie…
wow. poor poor poor james loney and his left handedness. still very happy about kemp. can you smell the bench time for gonzo yet?
honestly i think its a mistake to carry Kemp over Loney left handed or not. Loney is clearly the better player and the moment. Kemp needs to see pitching everyday.
I'm beside myself. Why isn't James Loney on this team? I'm torn. Nomar is a great player and I want for him to do well… but I really like James Loney and hope to one day see him playing first base for the Dodgers on a reqular basis. I truly hope that Loney keeps a positive attitude and doesn't let this get to him. We don't want him to feel left out, but yet he is. This is just nuts…
Here's the perma-link for Tony Jackson's blog item:
"Roster shocker: Kemp makes team, Bigbie doesn't"
I agree. It's messed up Loney has to go back to the minors. He has nothing left to prove, he belongs with the big league club, and hopefully leaving him in Vegas doesn't deter him from staying with the Dodgers (or get him a fist in the face from Pacman Jones).
On another note, I think it's sad that Manny can't be with the club anymore. He's been a Dodgers fixture as long as I can remember, and for a guy to stick around the Dodgers through the Fox and DePo bloodlettings truly speaks to his character.
Also, I must've been out of the loop when this happened, but what happened to Mike Brito? I miss seeing him and his hat behind the plate holding the radar gun.
right, Loney is clearly the better player right now. If Kemp sees at least some starts, I guess it makes some sense, but if he spends it mostly on the bench it might hinder his development. I hope they aren't showcasing him at the MLB level for a trade.
Loney—I get the feeling other teams are licking their chops trying to get him in a trade b/c they know we don't need him right now. I hope the powers that be know how valuable he is to OUR team. Even with a hot start from Nomar, he'll likely wear out down the stretch, and we'll need Loney alot then. Maybe Loney replaces Anderson at some point on the roster? We don't have any idea how useful he will be this year. Put Loney in a late inning replacement for Nomar and occasional outfield duty perhaps?
Great to hear from you Harold. Hope all is well with you and the family.
I just got home from Angel Stadium. It was great to see our B-Team jump all over their A-Team in the first two innings.
During BP, I hollered down to Chad Billingsley and congratulated him on his great outing on Thursday night. In return, he tossed a ball up to me. I also got a BP homerun ball from Gonzo, although I didn't catch it, as it rolled down to me. (I gave it to a kid). My son also got an Andre Ethier BP homerun ball. Andre was drilling 'em in BP. Like the commercial says: "I LIVE for this!"
I, too, am upset that Loney didn't make the team (YET). I honestly believe that Grady wants to keep him playing full time in Las Vegas rather than having him as a bench player with the big team. He will be up to stay shortly, I just know it.
Counting down the minutes until the first pitch!
Confirmed by the LA Times
Loney is going back to Las Vegas, and Kemp made the team. Bigbie either finds another team or goes back to Las Vegas.
This is pretty surprising. I thought that the question was Loney or Bigbie. Loney is ready, and while I love Kemp, I am not sure that he is ready (althoguh I thought he had a great attitude–day one he was upset, day two he said he was going down to work on what he needed to do, and come back as the right-handed power hitter we needed).
Kemp crushed that Home run last night (I was at the game and saw it leave the park, but I am not sure if it's landed yet). But we know what he CAN do–it's just learning to be consistent. Loney already has that. I thought he would be coming back if Bigbie did not (there are 32 games that Nomar won't play that Loney can start).
I'm glad one of them made the roster–it's a committment to the guys we are growing. But it seems like it should have been Loney. I still expect him up during the year, and in the lineup by next Spring, if not sooner.
Furcal starts on the 15 day DL, but can come back Sunday. Wilson Valdez made the team, probably will go back down as soon as Raffy's back–hopefully Saturday.
This is seriously the worst decision Grady could have made! Kemp needs to see pitching everday, Loney doesn't! Loney should be on the club playing 2 or 3 times a week giving Nomar and Gonzo regular days off.
This just stunts the growth of two future stars.
Grady's incompetence is starting to become a joke.
At first I thought the James Loney news was an April Fool's joke. Apparently not. It seems he will never be the regular Dodger first baseman. Nomar has a two year contract. James can't bide his time for two years. All he can do is hit and catch with a budding gold glove. I guess that is not enough. I am starting to think he should be traded out of fairness to him. It is just plain wrong to try to convert him to OF. My take is he has the potiential to be a Mark Grace type of player. Delwyn Young converted from 2B to OF and it didn't get him much. I hope Matt does really well but also think he needs to play regularly. I don't think he'll progress well as a part time player. If things don't go well I don't think he will take well to a mid season demotion.
Do we need Anderson, Martinez and Valdez? I'm not saying they are poor choices but aren't they like three peas in a pod, except Anderson is a switch hitter? I suppose we do need two of them when Furcal returns. We also have Saenz who can play some 1B and 3B.
53- What a night you had. Keep that Billingsley ball.
Harold, good to have you back. I hope it is just like old times. Maybe we could reincarnate the BOYS OF SUMMER for one season. Wouldn't that be great?
51 – Great to be back. Was waiting for the roster to be finalized. Very disappointed for James Loney. What can you do after you have the best average in all of AAA? If he had hit for power it would be attributed to the atmosphere in Vegas. Better to have line drive gap power and develop HR power as he finishes growing. I hope he doesn't sag mentally.
Thanks for the lineup euhlman. I'm okay with Kemp making the team, but he has to play. I also don't understand the thinking behind sending down one of the best hitters on this team, if not the best hitter in Loney. We really don't need to keep Valdez, we have other options. Why doesn't management let Loney and Kemp play and back them up with Nomar and Gonzo? I thought it was about having the best players on the team, not the most expensive.
The other thing I've been thinking about is how management keeps saying that Bills needs to learn to pitch more efficiently to be in the rotation. Like Penny and Tomko pitch efficient? Okay I'm through venting. For now.
email@example.com– I wonder about the Billingsley thing too. I think they might be wise to take their time with him. Location and efficiency with pitches were a problem last year. I hope he can overcome that this year and I am sure something will happen to open up a starting spot before the season is over. I think he is valued by the Dodger brass. I'm not sure why but somehow feel they don't really value James Loney as we do. I know he must play, but Kemp even moreso has to play. James can just plain hi the ball. Seems to me hitting it more often is better than hitting it longer. Back to Mark Grace. High of 17 homers but a wonderfully productive career with bat, glove and attitude. I liken James to Mark Grace. Maybe the Dodgers are looking for him to be Mark McGwire.
I've just been skipping over the dodgerthoughts posts, and that works out well. Why encourage them/it.
I don't really understand the Loney, Bigbie, Kemp situation myself, but management is a big bunch closer to the situatiion than I am, and I think they'll remedy any wrong decisions in short order.
And it is a shame about Mota. That one is a real Dodger.
firstname.lastname@example.com I expect you are right. I think I understand Bigbie as they no doubt figure the kids can contribute what he would over the course of a campaign. He had a great spring and can still contribute somewhere so I hope he catches on with another team. Seems like a good guy. I am concerned Loney might let down while he is still on an upward spiral. Of course, last season would be hard to duplicate anyway. But as you say, they no doubt have a plan. I expect some teams would like to have the Dodger situation with too many good players.
Well I guess you all knew I couldn't stay away long !!
I try not to think I know it all, but I do try to believe that I'm as informed as any Dodger fan can be. But, even I didn't see this one coming. I can only think that either the long term potential of Kemp far out weighed that of Bigbie, or Ned is shopping Kemp. I understand all the reasons for why Loney went down, righty vs lefty, more experience in the OF etc… But, letting Bigbie go and keeping Kemp is strange to me. Maybe, their shopping Kemp or something, but keeping him on the 25 man roster just to sit I think is doing him a grave injustice. But at the end of the day, I need to believe and that is exactly what I'm going to do. After all it's a long season and changes will continue to happen.
Harold, it's great to have you and the 50+ gang back !! You too Ray, Pats etc..
Go Ned !!
Go Dodgers !!
I guarantee Ned isn't 'shopping' Kemp. Ned's braintrust, including Logan White, feel he is a future 5-tool superstar. Players like that aren't traded.
I've said it before, but I'll repeat it. IF, a trade is in the works, The PERFECT choice
will be RYAN Zimmerman. This
guy is a STUD. Does not get much ink, but he's got very
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Previous hacks
There are already some hacks to do this. One of the first is by ETBlue, here's that hack. It works very well, but it skews the stats: the loading of two extra posts by jQuery results in two extra stats hits for an opened post.
I did a hack, too, which adresses the stats problem, it is here. It uses somewhat different method to get the post titles: they are fetched from the blog feed, or generated from the blog url (=pseudo title), so no extra posts are loaded, so we have no stats skew. The problem is that is only gets real titles for 500 latest posts. Older posts get a pseudo title. 500 is sufficient in most cases. The script could be modified to get 1000 posts, or more, but it would take some time to load the feeds.
In a comment of my previous hack Duy Pham gave a link to his Older/Newer post title hack. He has an excellent solution for getting the titles from the blog feed: first get the index using publishing date of the post, then retrieve maximum of 3 posts (previous, this post and next post) from a feed.
Duy Pham's hack was so inspiring, that I started coding the thing same in jQuery (Duy uses javascript), and to be compatible with my previous hack. The result has 2 lines less code than the previous hack, and many more features:
Post titles to Older and Newer Post links – reloaded
Installing the hack
You need to edit your blog's template. I use jQuery in this hack, so you need jQuery. Check your template, and if it does not have jQuery, insert this before </head:>
<script src='http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
Then find </body> and insert this code (just) before it:
If you had the previous version installed, you can replace the old code. Save the template, and the hack is installed!
You can configure the following javascript variables:
olderLink - contains the template for older link, you can use [title] in this
newerLink - template for newer link, you can use [title] in this
olderTitle - template for older link title, you can use [title], [date] and [datetime] in this
newerTitle - template for newer link title, you can use [title], [date] and [datetime] in this
You can use any html, too, for example you can use images. If you use the default olderLink and newerLink, you can also style classes .blog-pager-older-link-title and .blog-pager-older-link-title.
The previous/next links need some styling, so that post titles fit better. For example something like this in Simple template; add these to the styles section of your template (or use Template Designer|Advanced|Add CSS):
.blog-pager-newer-link {background-color:transparent !important;padding: 0 !important;} .blog-pager-older-link {background-color:transparent !important;padding: 0 !important;} #blog-pager-newer-link {padding:5px;font-size:90%;width:200px;text-align:left;} #blog-pager-older-link {padding:5px;font-size:90%;width:200px;text-align:right;} .home-link {left:0px;position:absolute;margin-left:250px;text-align:center;width:60px;white-space:nowrap;}If you don't have Simple template, test and change styles if needed. Values for .home-link work with 560px wide text area (250x2+60=560), change accordingly if needed. If "Home" text is very wide in your language, you may also have to change the values (test and see if it works). Of course you can style everything quite differently than me, that's just CSS. :)
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I don't envy the Pope. While sure, it would be nice to wield as much power and influence as he does, it would come at the price of getting hated on by a pretty significant portion of the world. I suppose he tries to balance it out by focussing on his legion of sycophants blowing white smoke up his ass, but at some point you'd imagine he gets a bit down on himself for having to be such a prick all the time. If I'm rude or incivil to someone who, perhaps upon reflection, maybe doesn't deserve the sharp side of my tongue, it follows me around for days. I can only imagine what it must be like to know you're responsible for the deaths of millions of poor children and women following your boneheaded advice about condoms (for fear of hell).
Add to that the fact that you're primarily responsible for an organization whose edifice is rapidly crumbling, particularly among places where the public education systems (which your organization had a hand in building, let's not forget) are paying off and churning out critical thinkers. Perhaps the only organization in the world with worse PR problems than British Petroleum. An organization whose public face (besides yours) is that of ludicrous and notoriously unpopular failed U.S. presidential candidates. An organization that is the punchline to pretty much every paedophilia joke under the
son sun, a reputation for which you made a significant contribution.
No I can't imagine it's easy wearing the big pointy hat. Not only do you have to carry around this completely justified international hatred, but you have to do it whilst simultaneously digging holes deeper and deeper for your organization to sink into. After all, what kind of religious institution learns to change with the times and find new ways of doing things without relying on centuries-old practices rooted in patriarchial attitudes and zealous political gamesmanship? Certainly not the Catholic Church: [Read more…]


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Bergman and Chess
DEATH (disguised as a priest confessor): How can you outwit Death?
ANTONIUS: By a combination of bishop and knight, I will break his flank.
DEATH (revealing himself): I shall remember that…
I guess the moral of the story is never tell anyone your strategy.
This being its 50th anniversary, a revival of interest in Ingmar Bergman's 1957 classic film The Seventh Seal was under way well before the filmmaker's death at 89 last Monday. It's the story of a knight returned from the Crusades and suffering a crisis of faith. Facing Death himself, he contrives to hold off the Grim Reaper by challenging him to a game of chess. His aim, it seems, is to buy time to satisfy his curiosity about God's existence and perform an act that will give his life meaning.
But I'm no film critic; see it and judge for yourself.
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text: Mark Zuckerberg, The Simpsons Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's first line in his Simpsons cameo made fun of his own awkwardness, while the second made fun of the fact that he dropped out of college. It's hard to throw rocks at someone who has already criticized himself. Nicely played, Zuck.Steve Wozniak, Dancing With the Stars Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is one of the nicest guys in tech, so it pains us to point out that he finished dead last in his first two performances on Dancing With the Stars. It pained Wozniak, too; at one point he suspected the voting might be rigged against him. We think maybe his feet were to blame.Biz Stone, Stoli Gala Applik Twitter may be a "triumph of the human spirit," as co-founder Biz Stone once wrote, but apple-flavored vodka is more of a villain in the world of hard-core mixology, fueling such sickly-sweet concoctions as the candy-apple martini. Maybe that's why Stone, chatting with a mirror image of himself in an ad for Stoli Gala Applik, doesn't even try to convince himself to drink the stuff, spending virtually the entire ad talking about his microblogging startup. Na zdorovie!Elon Musk, Iron Man 2 For such an admirably bold entrepreneur – he invests in space rockets, electric cars, and solar panels, with a surprising degree of success – Tesla CEO Elon Musk sure swallows his line when he offers Downey a briefing on an "electric jet."Shawn Fanning, The Italian Job This heist remake earned only middling scores from reviewers, but Napster co-founder Fanning was sensible enough to play himself. He also managed to steer clear of driving a Mini like everyone else in the movie.Larry Ellison, Iron Man 2 After being pegged as the off-screen inspiration for Robert Downey Jr.'s rendering of Tony Stark in the first Iron Man movie, Oracle founder Larry Ellison was brought into the superhero movie's sequel live and in the flesh. Ellison greets Downey Jr.'s character on a stairway as "the Oracle" and calls out, "call me" -- which is about as obsequious as you could ever hope to see Ellison.Scott McNealy's dog, Dumbarton Bridge Scott McNealy's pet pooch "Network" ended up in this independent film after McNealy's Sun Microsystems put $150,000 into the movie. Sadly, the film, about a Vietnam vet and his high-tech girlfriend, proved to be a bit of a dog. Sun's then-HQ (now occupied by Facebook) anchored one end of the real Dumbarton Bridge, which happens also to be the ugliest bridge that crosses the San Francisco Bay.Mark Cuban, Dancing With the Stars Neither six hours a day of practice nor prior cameos on Walker, Texas Ranger prepared Cuban to please the Dancing With the Stars cameras. Cuban and his partner were eliminated in the fifth round of judging, an inglorious fall from the glory days of the late 1990s, when Cuban sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo for $5.9 billion (about one-third of what all of Yahoo is worth today).If you want to know why technology executives aren't video stars, look no further than these eight founders – plus one founder's dog – trying to look natural in movies, TV shows, and commercials. Their performances are glitchier than Facebook's privacy page. It's easy for Silicon Valley's top nerds to feel like gods among men as they long as they remain within the high-tech bubble, where big codebases and escalating revenues are more important than good looks or interpersonal finesse. And some, like Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, can cross over into mainstream celebrity when there's a real star to do the heavy lifting, like Zuck's Social Network doppelganger Jesse Eisenberg. But stick a tech bigwig in front of an actual camera and their inclination to commune, Borg-like, with computing machines becomes a liability. For evidence, look no further than the gallery above. Tech founders' stiffness as entertainers is unfortunate; as analog art converges with digital networks, a great many Silicon Valley companies – Apple, Google, Netflix, Pandora, etc. – need to get cozier with Hollywood. Maybe shareholders should start looking for more natural ambassadors. If Ashton Kutcher and Justin Bieber ever get tired of their showbiz careers, they may be able to find new gigs in tech. At the top. Above: Dennis Crowley, Family Feud He might have looked goofy on Family Feud, but Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley considers his 2009 appearance on the game show to be a greater accomplishment than selling his first startup to Google. "My brother's been wanting to do this for 20 years," Crowley told branding guru Dan Schawbel. His brood emerged victorious, as did Crowley: The CEO brags on his homepage about winning the Feud's "Fast Money" round. Survey says, not bad. Not bad at all.Bill Gates, Frasier Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates shows up as himself in the 200th episode of NBC's Frasier, playing a guest on the Seattle radio show run by the sitcom's namesake character Frasier Crane. Crane flies into a jealous rage as Gates usurps him, answering computer questions from callers who normally seek the host's psychiatric expertise. The bit allowed Gates, then Microsoft's chairman, to tout features of the company's Windows XP operating system -- back before XP became infamous for its vulnerability to spyware and other internet viruses.


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A look at the Stanley Cup Finals of Rangers vs. Kings
A capsule look at the Stanley Cup between the New York Rangers and the Los Angeles Kings:
SO FAR: The Rangers beat Philadelphia in seven games, rallied from a 3-1 deficit to eliminate Pittsburgh and got past Montreal in six games. The Kings rallied from 0-3 to beat San Jose, had a 3-2 deficit before winning two straight against Anaheim and won Game 7 in overtime at Chicago to eliminate the defending champions.
SEASON SERIES: Tied 1-1. It has been nearly seven months since these teams played. Brad Richards scored twice and Henrik Lundqvist made 28 saves and Ryan McDonagh scored a short-handed goal in the third period to help Rangers win 3-1 at Los Angeles in October. Tyler Toffoli scored the only goal and Jonathan Quick's previous backup, Ben Scrivens, shut out the Rangers 1-0 in November on the road.
STORY LINE: The Kings are expected to hoist the Stanley Cup for the second time in three years in part because they've proven to be as resilient as any team in any sport. Los Angeles is the first team in league history to win three Game 7s on the road in one postseason, a run that it started by becoming just the fourth NHL team to win a best-of-seven series after losing the first three games. The Rangers turned a good regular season into their greatest stretch of success in the playoffs since winning the Cup in 1994, by rolling four lines and playing good defense in front of a great goaltender. The Rangers might not be favored, but its team can win any game or series with a trio such as Lundqvist, defenseman Ryan McDonagh and winger Martin St. Louis.
THE RANGERS' KEY PLAYER: McDonagh. The two-way blue-liner is playing the best hockey of his career, leading the Rangers with 10 points this postseason and tying St. Louis and Derek Stepan for the team lead with 13 points. The pride of St. Paul, Minnesota, proved he belonged on the ice with best hockey players in the world at the Olympics.
THE KINGS' KEY PLAYER: Jeff Carter. He bounced around a bit getting traded in 2012 and 2011. Los Angeles is thankful he landed on its team. Carter has nine goals (trailing only Marian Gaborik's 12 in the NHL this postseason) and 22 points (behind just Kopitar's 24) in 21 games. He did not always play up to his potential with the Flyers or for Columbus, but is producing a lot in the playoffs.
SCHEDULE: Game 1, Wednesday at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.; Game 2, Saturday at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.; Game 3, June 9, at New York, 8 p.m.; Game 4, June 11, at New York 8 p.m.; Game 5 (if necessary), June 13, at Los Angeles, 8 p.m., Game 6 (if necessary), June 16 at New York 8 p.m.; Game 7 (if necessary) at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.


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Body of missing hunter, 75, found in remote area of Maine; natural causes suspected in death
MACHIAS, Maine (AP) � Maine game wardens have found the body of a missing hunter in a remote area of Washington County.
Eugene Koehler of Riverside, Pa., was reported missing Wednesday night when he failed to meet the friend with whom he was hunting. Game wardens searched throughout the night and found his body at around 6:10 a.m. Thursday.
The incident remains under investigation but authorities say natural causes are suspected in the death of 75-year-old Koehler.


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(McLean, Virginia) April 18, 2011 – Charles "Tate" Moots of the FNH USA Long Range Precision Rifle Team took second place overall with a score of 1305 of a possible 2300 points at the 2011 Sniper's Hide Cup in Kingsville, Texas. The overall match winner was Geordie Richardson of Weatherford, Texas, with a score of 1385/2300.
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Congratulations to meteorologist John Bolaris and Erica Smitheman, his girlfriend of a year-and-a-half, who were engaged on Monday's Howard Stern Show.
Bolaris, 55, and Smitheman, 33, who works in flooring sales, were in studio on Stern's SiriusXM Satellite Radio program, on which Bolaris serves this week as official meteorologist covering Hurricane Sandy.
After questioning Smitheman about her relationship with Bolaris, including how long it took her to sleep with him after they met (Her reply: "Three hours"), Stern asked if Bolaris wanted to marry Smitheman.
When the former Fox 29 and NBC10 meteorologist said yes, Stern suggested he propose on-air. He did so, and Smitheman immediately said yes.
There was no ring as Bolaris clearly was not planning to propose, however he did tell Smitheman how much he loved her and that he planned to propose sooner than later anyway.
Friends of Bolaris say they have never seen him happier than he is with Smitheman, who has appeared in a few Playboy Special Editions magazines.
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We're told she has a good relationship with his daughter Reina Sofia whose mother is former NBC10 anchor Tiffany McElroy.
Stern made sure to tease Bolaris about the famous "Storm of the Century," prediction gone awry, but the weatherman assured the warnings about Sandy's potential devastation are spot on and said it was a very serious storm.
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Federal wildlife officials killed a male grizzly bear blamed for recent cattle deaths on an Idaho ranch near Montana's southwestern border.
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports workers had reported cattle deaths on a ranch that is part of Idaho's Harriman State Park.
Idaho Fish and Game spokesman Gregg Losinski said the cattle depredations had been continuing and it appeared a bar was responsible.
Idaho wildlife officials contacted U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services trappers, who snared and killed the bear on Sunday. It was about 9 years old.
The ranch where the bear was killed is about 30 miles from the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station's summer grazing pastures in the Centennial Mountains.


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After much speculation last year, Microsoft has officially made a bid for Yahoo, the increasingly beleaguered web giant. Reuters reports that Microsoft has offered to pay $44.6 billion (£22.4 billion) to seal the deal.
Microsoft has been repeatedly linked with Yahoo and is offering to buy its search rival for $31 per share, a price that's 62 per cent above Yahoo's NASDAQ share price at the close of trading on Thursday.
"We have great respect for Yahoo," said Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer, "and together we can offer an increasingly exciting set of solutions for consumers, publishers and advertisers while becoming better positioned to compete in the online services market".
If the deal goes through it should reignite the online war against Google, as Microsoft seeks to get more involved in web-based services. The search giant paid $3.1 billion (£1.56 billion) for online advertising company DoubleClick last year - the latest in a long line of huge deals.


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Total Recessed Lighting offers the widest selection of 6" recessed lighting fixtures and trims in a variety of styles and colors and accommodates the use of most any light bulb on the market. 6" line voltage recessed lighting is the most flexible of all lighting fixtures and is the industry standard when ceiling down lighting is required. With line voltage, a transformer is not needed, which makes it a more affordable lighting solution. With 6" recessed lighting you're sure to get the exact down light for any application.
To get more detailed information on each product, click on the product and scroll down the page and you will find a product description and additional information.
We also have a series of DIY and tutorial videos for recessed lighting. They say a picture is worth a thousand words: a video is worth a million! Visit our You Tube Channel to see what we have for you.
There are a lot of considerations that need to get weighed in before making a decision on the bulb used for any particular application. Such as, the wattage, lumens, color rendering index (CRI) in conjunction to what is being lit and what fixture is being used. To find out more about what some these considerations are and what it means to you, check out this blog article. If you think a higher wattage means a brighter bulb, then you certainly need to read the article-you will find it helpful.


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One of the very first things that anyone will do when they log into World of Warcraft on a new character will do is accept a quest. There's a big shiny yellow exclamation point above a nearby NPC that draws you in and compels you to right-click them. Then, for whatever reason, if you kill enough pigs you'll get a reward! How awesome is that?
More often than not, it's very awesome. Even moreso since the Cataclysm old world redesign, WoW's quest design has been amazing. Not too long ago, I did an article about some of my favourite quests in the game. This time we're going the opposite way, to some examples of the worst quests that are out there today. Not surprisingly, they mostly come from Outland and Northrend – but this is partly because I haven't done all of the new content yet.
RNG – the bane of all existence
The infamous random number generator (RNG) can be one of the best or worst things in the game. It is blamed for drops from mobs and bosses, block/parry/dodge/hit/miss chance, spawn rates, and quest item drops. There is a reason why the RNG is hated so much, and it's because of the simple fact that it's so very random.
Any quest that does not have a 100% chance to drop your item has the possibility to require you to spend an unhealthy amount of time trying to get what is required. Lately it seems that the drop rates for many quests have been improved, but there are many that are still very annoying. Good examples are in Zul'Drak, the quests to collect bat wings and spider ichor.
Isn't killing a BAD thing?
Falling in line with the RNG is the "kill mobs until something happens" style. Apparently the leaders or commanders of certain groups of mobs only appear after a certain amount of people die. It makes me very glad that I don't serve under them.
Three examples that came to mind immediately are all from Northrend. In Howling Fjord, you have to kill a number of Vrykul until the commanders show up for you to impale with a battle standard. In Zul'Drak, shortly after going to Zim'torga, many trolls need to die in order for certain mobs to show up and take their shinies. I just did this quest again yesterday, and it took way more time than it should have.
Excrement Excavations
This post could not happen without some mention of the poop quests. First appearing in Burning Crusade, there has been some sort of quest like this in random places since. To this day, my wife won't do the Hellfire Peninsula one.
The above-noted quest is called Shizz Work, and is given by a goblin foreman near Thrallmar. Part of a quest chain and open to both factions, it involves using a flute to summon a felhunter and digging through its "leavings" to find some keys. After digging through each pile, you get a debuff called "Stanky" that doesn't do anything but give you a green smelly aura.
Good idea, but enough already!
Once Blizzard finds a quest mechanic that they like, they tend to stick with it. Sometimes a bit too much, at times. There are quests where it's a fun mechanic, such as taking an abomination and blowing things up with it, but the amount of things required to blow up is a bit much.
A good example of this is the a quest in Zul'Drak for Drakuru to require a total of 60 trolls to be killed to draw out the three chieftains. I really enjoy things exploding, but it could have easily be done in half the amount of trolls and have the chieftains come with every 10 instead of every 20.
In closing…
Thankfully there is a good variety of types of quests in the game. Blizzard has done a great job, especially in the new Azeroth, of mixing things up. I hope that eventually we'll see a revamp of Outland and Northrend, and with that we can see some of the new mechanics introduced to these areas.


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On Monday's episode of "The Daily Show," host Jon Stewart unleashed his comedic wrath on ABC's investigative correspondent Brian Ross for incorrectly identifying James Holmes, the accused Colorado shooting gunman, as a possible member of the Conservative Tea Party.
"What does a guy have to blow to get in trouble at ABC?" asked an exasperated Stewart.
During ABC's coverage of last week's midnight massacre at an Aurora, Colo. movie theatre, Ross provided anchor George Stephanopoulos with information that "might be significant."
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Speaking about the identity of the gunman, Ross said there was a man named Jim Holmes living in Aurora, Colo. affiliated with the Tea Party.
"We don't know if this is the same Jim Holmes," Ross said. "But we know this is Jim Holmes of Aurora, Colorado."
"No harm, no foul, right?" Stewart asked. "Except harm! And this dude isn't even grounded? He doesn't get detention?"
Although Stewart acknowledged that news organizations scramble in breaking news moments to inform viewers about the events, that didn't stop him from blasting Ross for not checking his facts and for insinuating that the killer may have been a member of the Tea Party.
"What does that have to do with anything?" Stewart demanded.
After mocking the investigative correspondent's office gossip tendency and his penchant for hitting the "I'm feeling lazy button" for his Internet searches, Stewart conceded that Ross did correct the identity of the Colorado gunman, two hours later.
The only thing missing, according to Stewart, was an apology.
"Really irrevocably sorry to the innocent man that I've casually, baselessly and publicly accused of being a, oh, I don't know, being a mass murderer!" Stewart said.
Ross' penance for his gross oversight, as suggested by Stewart?
An appearance on ABC's "Wipeout."
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Beef, mushroom & greens stir-fry
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal273
- fat17g
- saturates5g
- carbs7g
- sugars5g
- fibre3g
- protein25g
- salt3.13g
- 4 tbsp oyster sauce
- 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
Soy saucesoy sor-s
An Asian condiment and ingredient that comes in a variety of of varieties ranging from light to…
- 1-2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 400g beef rump steak, thinly sliced across the grain into ½cm thick pieces
The classic choice of meat for a British Sunday roast. Beef is full of flavour, as…
- finger-tip length chunk fresh root ginger, chopped
- 300g spring greens, sliced
Spring greenssp-ring gr-eens
Spring greens are the first cabbages of the year. They have fresh, loose heads without the hard…
- 150g pack chestnut mushroom, sliced
Mix the sauces together and set aside. Heat a wok until smoking hot, add 1 tsp oil, then stir-fry the meat until browned all over. You may need to do this in 2 batches, adding a little more oil. Remove the meat, then wipe the wok clean.
Add a little more oil. Stir-fry the ginger until golden, then add the spring greens and mushrooms. Cook for 3 mins, stirring often, then add the steak and soy sauce mixture. Cook for 3-4 more mins until the sauce has thickened a little and everything is warmed through. Serve over rice or noodles.
Recipe Tip
Make it veggieInstead of using steak, add 1 deseeded, chopped pepper and 4 thickly sliced celery sticks. Scatter over 50g roasted cashew nuts to finish.