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Lobster Stew
This elegant entrée delivers big lobster flavor in a creamy stew, with just a fraction of the fat and the cost you might expect. The surprise ingredient is the shrimp, which lend extra body to the finished stew. They also reflect and extend the flavor of the lobster so you don't have to use as much. Buy lobsters live, and have them steamed at the grocery store. A two-pound lobster is suitable if two (one-pound) ones are not available.
Yield: 6 servings
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 339
- Calories from fat: 26%
- Fat: 9.8g
- Saturated fat: 5.2g
- Monounsaturated fat: 2.9g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.9g
- Protein: 32.9g
- Carbohydrate: 25.2g
- Fiber: 0.9g
- Cholesterol: 171mg
- Iron: 2.9mg
- Sodium: 700mg
- Calcium: 377mg
- 2 (1-pound) lobsters, cooked
- 1 pound unpeeled large shrimp
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1/4 cup chopped celery
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 cup dry sherry
- 6 cups 1% low-fat milk
- 2 cups water, divided
- 1 1/2 cups cubed peeled baking potato (about 8 ounces)
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour (about 1 ounce)
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon dry sherry
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- Remove meat from cooked lobster tail and claws, reserving shells. Chop meat; cover and place in refrigerator. Place lobster shells in a large zip-top plastic bag. Coarsely crush lobster shells using a meat mallet or rolling pin; set shells aside.
- Peel shrimp, reserving shells. Cover and place shrimp in refrigerator.
- Melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onion and celery; sauté for 2 minutes. Add reserved lobster shells, shrimp shells, and bay leaf; sauté 5 minutes or until shrimp shells turn orange. Slowly add 1/2 cup sherry, and cook 1 minute, stirring frequently. Add milk; bring mixture to a simmer. Reduce heat to medium; simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally (do not boil). Remove pan from heat. Cool milk mixture to room temperature; cover and chill overnight.
- Strain milk mixture through a fine sieve into a bowl; discard solids. Set milk mixture aside.
- Bring 1 1/2 cups water to a boil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add potato; cook 5 minutes or until tender. Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour and remaining 1/2 cup water, stirring well with a whisk. Add flour mixture to potato mixture; cook 1 minute or until thick, stirring occasionally. Stir in milk mixture; bring to a simmer. Stir in shrimp; cook 3 minutes or until shrimp are done. Remove from heat.
- Pour one-third of the mixture in a blender, and process until smooth. Pour pureed mixture into a large bowl. Repeat procedure with remaining mixture in two batches. Return pureed mixture to pan. Stir in lobster meat and salt. Cook over medium heat 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; stir in cream and 1 teaspoon sherry. Ladle 1 1/3 cups stew into each of 6 bowls; sprinkle each serving with 1/2 teaspoon chopped parsley.
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- COURSE: Soups/Stews
- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining
- CUISINE: American
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Shellfish
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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Ticklists: West Country Climbs, Cheddar Intermediate.
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phardy - Lead rpt - 10/Mar/12
Lead 1 and 3. Tried clean 6c - seemed hard on cold arms on cold day. Resorted to 6b 1pt of aid version - still interesting. Freindly goat on 3 belay after fine jam crack. Helen thought top pitch worth 2*. Topped out as sun set. Over shot Shoot Gully. Descended dark woods by headtorch. Very steep slippery earth with disntegrating loose trees terminated by 10m hidden drop. Abbed down off tree to above Reservoir Walls, finally relocated Shoot Gully (knee deep in compost), phew!philhilo - AltLd - 03/Mar/12 with Helen E
Thursday night entertainment head torch ascent. Shute gully decent was dirty and chocker with loose earth. eddy-on-the-rocks - AltLd O/S - 01/Mar/12 with Matt Read
"No Excuse Thursday" when the sun sets it's time to start climbing. Led P2 and P4, great climb in the dark P4 was fantastic. P3 was an effort well done to Ed for sticking with it and leading it. Shoot Gully was an EPIC, recommend using an alternative route down. All round great adventure.matt_read - AltLd O/S - 01/Mar/12 with Edd Southwood
P1: Key hold too painful to use, so did the one point of aid variant for 6b. P2: Okay start then vegetated and scrappy. P3: Thrutchy jam crack, not great. P4: vegetated muddy walk. P5: Best of the lot. Really only a one star route. ericinbristol - AltLd O/S - 21/Oct/11 with Ant Mace
sam.sam.sam.ferguson - AltLd O/S - 17/Oct/11 with Marti Hallett
Marti999 - AltLd O/S - 17/Oct/11 with Sam Ferguson
Aid on the first pitch. Would maybe be able to redpoint it... Definitely worth going back!Nick Russell - AltLd - 15/Oct/11
Hidden - AltLd O/S - 07/Oct/11
Hidden - AltLd - 07/Oct/11
fun but a bit discontinuous between pitches. danp - AltLd - 07/Oct/11
Hidden - AltLd - 03/Oct/11
Had to aid the 6c pitch.We climbed it in 4 pitches.I had the 2 easier pitches which were great.Fantastic route.The nettles could do with abit of gardening.Popkids - AltLd - 03/Oct/11 with Kafoozalem
Did not start this route. Access was awful! Hour long scramble to get to the start of the route up a steep slope then along another steep slope through stinging nettles and brambles, about 50m high! A number of us developed urticaria which lasted 3 days from the number of nettle stings!After watching Dave struggle on the first pitch with aid, it was decided that getting 6 of us up it before dark was not going to happen.So we had to scramble back the way we'd came!!jennym32 - AltLd dnf - 01/Oct/11 with Mark Bown
Aided first pitch of course. Wonderful final pitch. Easy decent down chute gully.ruaidh - AltLd - 09/Apr/11 with Michael
lead p1 and p3. p1 felt easier than expected. p3 was the money pitch for me. great route throughout!msoldn - AltLd O/S - 09/Apr/11 with Rory
Graham Atkins - AltLd - 27/Mar/11 with will boxen
Hidden - AltLd O/S - 12/Mar/11
Phil Belcher - AltLd O/S - 05/Mar/11 with Stu
Good climb on a sunny daystephaneSi - AltLd dog - 10/Oct/10 with Dugald Wilson
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Couldn't finish the route because no bolts on the second pitchian d f - Lead dnf - 30/Jun/10 with Mark
clean leads, sloppy seconds. good fun!!!gknyus - AltLd O/S - 18/Apr/10 with Tom 'Segwin' Skelhorn
lead 6c and 6b pitchtskelhon - AltLd rpt - 18/Apr/10 with Bez
Lead first (with aid, 6B) and final pitch. First pitch is really hard without aid... and 3rd pitch was pretty hard too!Greg Pittam - AltLd O/S - 10/Apr/10 with Raff
Hidden - AltLd O/S - 09/Apr/10
the roof of the first pitch was unsurprisingly the stopper. having spent some time figuring it out it'll go free next time.
Awesome crack pitch - though a touch crumbly in places.andy dunn - AltLd dog - 13/Mar/10 with J
gripped01 - Oct/09 with Rimon Than, Dave Tait
Done as aid on P1 but all of the bolts on pitch 2 were removed?SamStokes - 2nd dog - 29/Mar/09 with Ben Matthews
1st pitch only, climbed in damp / wet conditions with 1 point of aid. The 2nd pitch has had hangers removed in readiness for summer season ban.Cowflinger - Lead O/S - 21/Feb/09 with Pete Lewis
I aided the roof on the first pitch then lead the second pitch free. Andy lead the crack and the top pitch. Need to go back and climb the crack pitch clean.Gareth - AltLd - 11/Oct/08 with Andrew
Gareth led 1st & 3rd pitches clean - using the aid sling on the roof as described for p1 making it 6b. I led pitches 3 & 4. Spat off crack on p3 several times. Failed to redpoint and ended up dogging up it. P4 excellent (clean lead) - exposure awesome. Just need to go back and free it now.andybenham - AltLd dog - 11/Oct/08 with Gareth Hayfield
Looked loke a long peice of choss from the bottom...boy I was wrong, amazing! Aided the 6C crux :(sebrider - AltLd O/S - Oct/08 with Peter Trevis-Bell
Fell off 6c pitch, very hard move to start the day. Used 6b aid on second. Home free after that, although the 6b crack is arkward.Jon_Warner - AltLd O/S - 27/Jan/08 with Jonny
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Hidden - 2nd rpt - 11/Sep/07
Ed Babs - Lead O/S - 13/Jun/07 with Kate
Aided roofs on P1 and crack on P3. Rest clean. Last pitch phenomenal - great exposure!kevinknights - 2nd dog - 09/Jun/07 with John Hat
Used aid on first pitch(wet),rested on 3rd pitch(wet).Super route, will do again as soon as access and weather allows. morphy richards - AltLd dog - Jun/07 with Richard Starling
tom.e - AltLd dog - 26/Mar/07 with Charlie Everett
1 point of aid on the first pitch so 6b not 6c. A bolted route that still has the same Cheddar "adventure" feel to it.maresia - AltLd O/S - 10/Mar/07 with Mike Kann
Hidden - 2007
Probably deserves 3 stars for the fun factor - the 5+ pitches are really good. Crack pitch is hard when wet. Fell off trying to free the first pitch so used the aid point and the rest (lead both 6b bits) was clean. Paz - AltLd O/S - 29/Oct/06 with TK
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Bolt for aid on first pitchPaul Robertson - AltLd O/S - 15/Sep/06 with Guy Percival
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One of my clients is an answering service which uses Amtelco's Infinity. At this point, most of their operators work from home by dialing into numbers that are on the ISDN (each has a specific number). They have a Datalogger call recorder which was used to record operators when they worked from the office and they have tasked me with finding a way to use it to record remote operators. As far as I can tell, the datalogger can accept 32 analog pairs, and the ISDN seems to go all the way to the Infinity server. The datalogger guy told me all that is need is a channel bank, but I don't think that's right (though I'm not really knowledgeable regarding ISDN). I think I need a way to convert the ISDN to 8 seperate analog lines to punch at the datalogger, but can't seem to find what I need. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Somehow you would have to get the recording back to analog (it's digital going thru the PRI ISDN) and a channel bank typically does this but not with a Primary rate ISDN Span (PRI). To complicate matters you would have to record all channels on the PRI since you can't be sure which channel is being used for operator audio. The customer may be able to buy analog cards to loop the audio through (2 ports per operator) then you could connect the analog interface to a point where you loop the audio.The better solution is a different recording device though.
Yeah, been looking, but there doesn't seem to be anything that does what I need, other than Amtelco's built in recording plugin which they've quoted at over $12k.


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Dan's Kitchen: What We Did
While We Waited
Renovation Diary
Name: Dan Bailey
Type of Project: Kitchen remodel
Location: East Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
Type of building: 2nd Floor Condo in a Greek-Revival Row House
The Renovation Diaries are a collaboration with our community in which we feature your step by step renovation progress and provide monetary support towards getting it done in style. See all of our Reno Diaries here.
I'm at a point in the renovation where I can clearly envision how the finished kitchen will look. Recently, I've found myself staring wistfully into the kitchen, looking past the dusty, paper-covered floors, the exposed plumbing, and the crumbling brick, and instead imagining gleaming appliances, freshly-painted cabinets, clean counters, and blindingly white subway tile. And then I notice the missing walls and ceiling and the emptiness of the room and I'm hit with the enormity of the work required to make this vision a reality.
Before my contractor and I can hang drywall and begin to convert the room from a construction site to an actual living space, my electrician will need to update the kitchen wiring and a masonry crew will need to repair the exterior brick wall. Delays in scheduling this work have been frustrating, but in the meantime, my contractor and I have made as much progress as possible.
This week, we got started putting in a new ceiling. There's a lot of exposed plumbing and electrical wiring running along the original plaster ceiling. And although it would be nice to repair the original ceiling and open up the full 10-foot height of the room, this would involve rerouting all of the plumbing that's currently up there, which is not something I have the money or desire to do. So instead, we decided to install a slightly lower, fixed drywall ceiling to conceal the plumbing and make the installation of new overhead lighting easier. The new ceiling will be just over eight feet high, about the same height as the old, foam-tiled drop ceiling.
After a quick trip to Home Depot to pick up a truckload of lumber, my contractor, Gregg, got to work framing the new ceiling. He initially thought he might need my help, but the room is so narrow that he managed to do everything on his own. He used 2x4 studs, screwed into the walls and reinforced with metal joist hangers. Once the framing was up, he tested its strength by grabbing two of the studs and hanging from them with his full weight. Luckily, the studs remained firmly attached to the wall. The framing will only need to support the weight of the drywall ceiling and a few lighting fixtures, so it seems more than sturdy enough.
Since my help was not needed to frame the ceiling, I instead continued skim coating the fireplace surround. For those not familiar with plastering terminology, skim coating is the process of applying a thin finish coat of plaster or joint compound over a wall. Skim coating is one of those things that sounds harder than it actually is. With a little practice, the right tools, and a lot of patience, almost anyone can do it.
The key is using a squeegee trowel, sometimes known by the brand name "Magic Trowel". Although the name sounds gimmicky, it turned out to be a game-changer. Running the squeegee over a wet coat of joint compound leaves a perfectly smooth surface that requires very little sanding when it's dry.
I decided to skim coat around the fireplace as a way to cover up the existing textured plaster treatment, which was lumpy and swirly and lent the whole room an air of dumpiness. The process of making an ugly, uneven wall smooth and flat is incredibly tedious and weirdly satisfying. I used lightweight joint compound mixed with a small amount of water and applied it with a 6-inch drywall knife. Once I'd evenly coated a section of wall, I smoothed it out using the squeegee trowel, and then repeated the process until the entire fireplace surround was covered in a single layer of smooth joint compound. Since the wall was so lumpy to begin with, it will take at least one or two more coats of joint compound to achieve a completely flat, smooth surface.
At the end of the week, the custom cabinet doors and drawer fronts arrived from Semihandmade. They're unfinished, so I'll need to prime and paint them over the next few weeks. But they're made to fit onto IKEA cabinet boxes using IKEA hardware, so installation should be pretty straightforward.
Estimated time for project: 18 weeks
Time remaining: 5 weeks
Check out the full series (so far) and be sure to join us next week for installment #17 of Dan's Kitchen Renovation.
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Yay! Welcome back!
Thank you for the suggestion of the squeegee trowel, I gotta get it. I have one very uneven wall to finish (a project I put on hold when the results were less a LOT less than satisfactory). This might help.
Woo hoo! A new Dan post! I've been in withdrawal.
The fireplace is looking good!
Your renovation is the most interesting. I love your plans, your determination to get it right, and your optimism, even in the face of surprises. Welcome back and good luck! Only five more weeks. Next year at this time, you'll look back on this renovation and marvel at yourself!
Don't sweat not having the higher ceiling height. While I've lived in older buildings with 9 1/2 + ceiling heights, and love them, I found in the place I owned that I would have liked to drop the ceiling down a bit in the kitchen (or which the previous owners had in their renovation), as had been done in the bathroom renovation. When you have a small, or smaller narrow room that is a kitchen or bath, the higher height can seem weirdly cavernous, in a way it doesn't in any otherly furnished room, be it living or dining or bedroom. The slightly lower ceiling actually makes for a cosier room in kitchens and baths. You might actually end up liking the end result better than you would have the higher height. It can be especially true in the kitchen, as having a lot of empty space over the cupboards can seem odd, as can having cupboards that go almost 10 feet high if you take them all the way to the ceiling in a kitchen with high height (and nobody likes soffits to cover up this space).
So excited to have you back! I have been aching for new Renovation Diary posts.
I feel like crying when I finally saw your update. Your blog has been dearly missed by this guy. I live in a historic hotel, I feel your pain and your joy when dealing with the nuances of an old building.
Welcome back!
I, too, was delighted to see an update from Dan! Nice job on the fireplace, it's looking great!
So nice to see an updated post on your remodel. I'm already looking forward to next week's update! I immediately understood what you meant by your statement, "incredibly tedious and weirdly satisfying".
Yay, Dan's back!
Yay, you're back!
I agree with the comments on the ceiling height- won't be missed in a kitchen. Can't wait to see the finished cabinets.
I'm so happy Dan's Reno is back!! Yay!!
Skim coating is indeed weirdly satisfying. My family calls me the mud queen since it's always my job to skim coat what we're repaired/built.


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One of the most read stories on this blog during 2010 concerned an anti-trust suit launched by a company called SITI-Sites against defensive patent aggregator Allied Security Trust (AST), its member companies Verizon, Cisco Systems and Ericsson Inc-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, current CEO Dan McCurdy, and the man he succeeded Brian Hinman. SITI claimed that AST, the companies and the named individuals were engaged in behaviour that prevented small NPEs operating in the telecoms sector from exploiting their patents effectively. It sought an injunction and damages of up to $500 million.
Well, it looks like the action is now very close to failing. On 29th December, Judge Denise Cote rejected all SITI's arguments, dismissed the complaint and ordered the case closed, having found that SITI did not have the legal standing to bring the action. SITI had previously amended its claims to allege "collusion to achieve devaluation of patents, concerted refusals to deal, and deceptive price-fixing". Having done that my undersanding is that it now has no further ability to submit amended claims, which means that unless SITI appeals, the case is over.
Competition/antitrust, Licensing, IP litigation, Patents
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Interesting case, and probably one that RPX (among others) has been watching closely. As I read the opinion, the judge isn't saying that AST didn't break the antitrust laws, only that SITI (by having sold its patents) no longer has a redressable injury. Unless an appeal is successful, it sounds like the patent owners will need to bring these actions directly.Patrick Anderson, Patrick R Anderson PLLC on 10 Jan 2011 @ 15:37
The key point is that it is an anti-competitive restrictive "catch and release" plan, designed to distort the market. AST only has 18 members and by any measure they are the Big Boys. The club membership is restricted by large entry fees and a problem that smaller entities even if they could stump up the fees cannot engage with the plan on the same scale. Same for PatentFreedom.
Now if they were to "catch and abandon" that would look very different. All within the sector could benefit rather than the powerful few.
The model has not been tested with this case, but lets see what comes next.Nicholas White, Tangible IP on 19 Jan 2011 @ 14:58


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MILAN, Italy - AC Milan missed the chance to go top of Serie A when it drew 1-1 at home to Napoli on Sunday.
Napoli took the lead in the 13th minute through Hugo Campagnaro before Filippo Inzaghi equalized in the 26th. Milan then wasted a number of chances in the second half to stay one point behind Inter Milan in the standings.
Inter drew 1-1 with Palermo on Saturday, leaving it vulnerable at the top. Inter has 60 points, with Milan on 59 and AS Roma third with 56.
"We showed again today that we can be a competitive team," Milan coach Leonardo said. "We have pace and a good defence. Of course if you want to win trophies you have to win games, but this isn't the end of our chances."
Sampdoria beat Juventus 1-0 in Sunday's late game to move above its opponent and into fifth place.
Antonio Cassano scored Sampdoria's winner with a long range lob to leave his side level on 47 points with fourth-place Palermo. Juventus is two points further back in sixth.
"We have to keep trying as we are going well," Sampdoria striker Giampaolo Pazzini said. "We did well tonight and had a great match. Cassano's goal was one that only Cassano could score."
Both sides struggled to find any rhythm in heavy rain, though Juventus midfielder Claudio Marchisio had to nod Stefano Lucchini's header off the line in the first half.
Cassano scored in the 76th minute after collecting the ball in the middle of Juventus' half, cutting inside Christian Poulsen and firing a dipping shot over Juventus keeper Antonio Chimenti.
"Cassano is a great player for us and for any team he plays for, and after injury he is back," Pazzini said. "We know we have had bad matches, but we have recovered."
Juventus was unable to respond and appeared both tired and still in shock after its 4-1 defeat by Fulham in the Europa League on Thursday.
At the bottom of the table, Siena beat Bologna 1-0 to move up one place thanks to a goal from Marcelo Larrondo. Livorno is now bottom following its 3-0 loss to Atalanta, which is also in the relegation zone.
Simone Padoin opened the scoring for Atalanta in the first half and Ernesto Chevanton and Adriano Ferreira Pinto added two goals after the break.
Livorno is bottom with 24 points, Siena is 19th and Atalanta 18th, both with 25. Lazio is one place further up on 29 after beating Cagliari 2-0.
At the San Siro, Napoli went ahead after Ezequiel Lavezzi pulled the ball back across the area, where Campagnaro was left unmarked to sidefoot in the cross.
Napoli maintained the pressure and Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati twice had to react quickly to keep out shots from the lively Lavezzi.
Milan equalized when Inzaghi was left unmarked in Napoli's area to head in Ronaldinho's cross.
Ronaldinho went close in the 37th when he broke from the halfway line and exchanged passes with Amantino Mancini before shooting over the bar.
Napoli keeper Morgan De Sanctis' quick reflexes saved Napoli when he denied Inzaghi a second after Ronaldinho had pulled the ball back to him from the byline.
Mancini then wasted a great chance, shooting straight at De Sanctis when Clarence Seedorf had found him unmarked in the penalty area.
Andrea Pirlo went close with a free kick in the closing stages, but once again De Sanctis rescued Napoli with a fine save.
"We played today as we wanted to, except for the first 15 minutes," Leonardo said. "In the second half we pushed hard to get a winner, but wasted a number of chances.
"It is a strange championship in the way it is developing," he said. "There is Inter with a powerful squad built for winning. Milan has had to come back and this has been based on our desire to show that we can be competitive."
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Lea reports to Zeong and Kampher learns of the situation between her and Destiny
-"You expect me to believe that?" Zeong asked angrily. "Two mystery mobile suits that are neither Fedy nor Zeo attacked both your squad and the Fedies only to walk away when you were helpless? Do you take me for a fool? There are no other mobile suits aside from the ones fighting in this war; you just want to make up an excuse for walking right into an ambush! Now go stand watch, I hope that that isn't too difficult for you." Lea lowered her head and walked out.
-She went to her station and began to help prepare for the next battle. She was so frustrated she hardly noticed when Kampher came up to her. He had seen her go to speak with Zeong and had listened in.
- "Don't worry about him," Kampher said. "I believe you, as much as I hate to. But from what you tell me it seems that these new players in our little game are not choosing sides just yet, but something else is bothering you, what is it?" Lea was hesitant to answer that question but she had never withheld anything from him.
-"The Fedy mobile suit," she said. "He challenged me to a dual to settle our last meeting but then he defended me without a second thought. Are these the people we have been fighting so hard against?"
-"The truth in war is that there are good and bad people on both sides," Kampher said. "It's sad when war forces us to kill each other over our differing opinions but our leaders just can't get along. Perhaps it's foolish but I have been a soldier far too long to live any other way. Perhaps someday it will be you who finally brings this conflict to an end."
-"I can't get him out of my head," she said. "The way he walked up to me without fear, and the way he stopped that enemy from attacking me, it was like he didn't see me as a threat at all."
-"I guess he just saw them as a larger threat," Kampher said. "Why don't you get some rest, I have things to take care of for the battle tomorrow." Lea nodded and walked away to recharge while Kampher walked over to Gouf who was checking equipment.
-"I want you to test some one for me tomorrow," Kampher said. Gouf looked up at him for a moment and then went back to work. "Is that so," Gouf said. "Who do you have in mind?"
-"The Fedy unit that attacked Lea the other day," Kampher answered. "I think she is taken with him." Gouf looked up again but this time he left his work alone to think. "Really," he said. "Well then we'll just have to see if he is good enough for her then wont we...I'll take care of it." Kampher nodded and walked away, as Gouf went back to work. He trusted Gouf to handle the situation leaving him free to worry about other matters.


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Happy birthday to two of my fellow Geminis.
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Happy birthday to two of my fellow Geminis.
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Groove 105.7 billboards still dot the landscape, but the station has gone Wild. (Check out the new logo on the right).
This completes the station's transformation from a dance/pop station when it launched in October 2009 to its current hip-hop/pop incarnation. When 95.5/The Beat went away in August, the Groove quickly pivoted its music, adding more T.I. and Trey Songz and cutting out virtually all songs pre-2000.
The station quickly hired Maverick and Mami Chula from the Beat and program director Dennis Martinez (who had been there all of five months) left.
Comparing the old Groove to the current Wild, "the two stations sound completely different," said Melissa Forrest, who runs Clear Channel Atlanta, which also includes 640/WGST-AM, 94.9/The Bull, 105.3/El Patron and Project 9-6-1. "The on-air hosts are different. The name reflects the shift."
For its first six months, the Groove was home to music from the Bee Gees, Madonna and Prince as well as some more recent songs by the likes of Lady Gaga and Black Eyed Peas. Ratings were mediocre. The station added more current music in late spring and cut back the oldies, which didn't have any impact on the numbers.
But the Beat's departure was an opportunity Clear Channel Atlanta management couldn't pass up. And though the Groove could conceivably work as a name for a station which plays Waka Flocka Flame and Pitbull, management felt Wild was more apropos. Since the Beat's departure three months ago, Wild's performance has improved but has a ways to go to reach Beat-level numbers. (It may never reach such levels because its signal isn't as strong as 95.5, now a news/talk station.)
The Beat had the most diverse listener base of any music station in town, with a polyglot of Hispanics, whites and blacks tuning in. Presumably, Wild will cater to the same mix.
Wild plays some songs that are heard on Hot and V-103 (mostly black audiences) and some songs heard on Q100 and Star (heavily white audiences). And it skews younger than any of its rivals.
The Groove is even taking frequency to a new extreme in Atlanta, playings its top songs as many as 125 to 130 times a week, or about once every 80 minutes. That is up from the Beat's 100 times a week or once every 100 minutes. The goal: huge audiences spending not very much time.
The syndicated morning show Elvis Duran, which is based from a top 40 station in New York, will stay on, according to his publicist Amir Forester. It was launched in January of this year and had the lowest ratings among major time slots on the Groove. Forester's note today:
Elvis is not only staying on the station, but is being incorporated even more. They're going to run his show until 10a.m. instead of 9:30a.m., and will replay the Free Money Phone Tap later in the afternoon. Elvis is on other Rhythmic Top 40 stations, most notably WJJS/WJJX in Roanoke where he's ranked #2 among Women 18-34.
The station is also simulcast on the weak, south-skewing signal 96.7, which (coincidentally or not) was briefly an R&B/hip-hop station earlier this decade called… Wild.
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November 16th, 2010
3:53 pm
I am disappointed in this. I liked having a station that played 80s and 90s music. As far as I know, there isn't one that does unless you get satellite radio. Now "Wild" is just like 95.5 was…which went off the air!
November 16th, 2010
4:57 pm
I missed the Beat so I started listening to the Groove. I like the change in music with Wild to make it more like the Beat, but recently the bass is turned up way too much and distorts the music. I don't have this problem with any other station. I'm having to turn my bass down and treble up every time I want to listen to that station, but it's getting to be a pain! Anyone else having this problem lately with this station?
November 16th, 2010
5:24 pm
Sirius/XM is the place to go. I never listen to any Atlanta stations. Atlanta radio is terrible!!!
November 16th, 2010
5:28 pm
Goes to show nothing changes. Everything stays the same.
November 16th, 2010
8:11 pm
Hearing this makes me want to listen to Sirius/XM Radio, as well as HD RADIO.
November 16th, 2010
8:30 pm
BOOOOOOOO on the new Wild
November 16th, 2010
8:55 pm
Dang. If only they would get rid of that lame morning show I might actually tune in. Oh well.
November 16th, 2010
9:21 pm
Wild is a fitting name since only wild animals listen to hip-hop.
November 16th, 2010
10:32 pm
I loved the Groove.
I just replaced the pre-set formerly occupied by the Groove.
Stupid move, but nothing really surprises me any more. Yes, that's what this town needs: more hip hop. We have a dire shortage of it now.
November 16th, 2010
10:49 pm
Too Bad. The original Groove was what this city needed. We don't need another black hip hop station. We need music that people want to listen too….thank God for Sirius/XM
November 16th, 2010
11:12 pm
did y'all ever notice, Atlanta radio changed for the worse to me when Rhubarb was fired. Not to compare country to everything, but it did change.
November 16th, 2010
11:46 pm
Did anyone from Clear Channel realize that The Beat failed their last several years on air & that is why they are gone. The Groove was a great station. Looks to me like Chear Channel is trying to create another 95.5. They brought alot of the old staff over & now changing the music…good luck with that!
November 17th, 2010
12:17 am
agreed jeff, the bass on this station is truly terrible…
November 17th, 2010
6:53 am
sounds like you racist people dont like rap music
November 17th, 2010
11:00 am
The liked the original Groove because it offered a variety of music seldom heard on any ATL radio station. Now the "Wild" is just like all the rest, with the exception of alot more repeat of the same song over and over..I say good bye to the Wild
November 17th, 2010
10:34 pm
How lame…here we had a station that played something different for once and now it's like any other. I have already switched and have no desire to go back to it. How much cRAP can a city take? PLEASE someone in this city have the balls to give us something other than cRAP and Country …something to work out to ….something to dance to…something fun…
November 17th, 2010
11:14 pm
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November 18th, 2010
4:57 am
First, Atlanta radio is whooped. If all of the broadcast towers fell over, who'd miss them? Cheap Channel was the beast that started this flip-flop nightmare of format changes. Diversity in broadcasting vanished when the government give Cheap Channel the keys to the building. Radio is so bland and predictable. Did you know the songs you hear on the air are programmed weeks in advance before you actually hear them? Stations use a computer software program called Selector to program this crap in advance. Radio is finished. I tossed an MP3 in-dash player into my car and listen to hours of my own tunes… and trust me… they are tunes you'd NEVER hear on a Cheap Channel owned station. Cheap's approach on this? If the song didn't test well in Tapuke, Iowa… they won't play it. Losers.
November 19th, 2010
12:20 am
We already had a station called "WILD 96.7″ this decade, it didn't last to long. but the flow of the station was better thats for sure.
November 19th, 2010
12:57 pm
My wish is that they would play true dance music. Not rap, but dance music. Most major markets do have this type of station.
November 19th, 2010
10:06 pm
I wish those country legends could come back, whip these pansies, and take back the frequency. This crap is the very reason people don't listen to radio…….


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SmokeTheBear said...
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I'm a Caltech grad and I bought this dollhouse for my daughter. While I support what the creators are trying to encourage I don't think this product is very compelling. This toy is a good example of how form is as important as function. Said plainly, this dollhouse is plastic and ugly, and because of that it is less fun and inspiring to build than it could be.
The structures and accessories you can build with the kit are flimsy and poorly designed. My daughter had fun wiring the simple circuits (admittedly, time well spent), but this doesn't really function as a dollhouse you can play with. I'd like to see someone develop a dollhouse with tactile materials and good design that you can wire yourself, not just for lighting but with elevators and trap doors and spinning bookshelves and exterior pulley lifts. Go ahead, charge hundreds for it, it would be worth it!
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Although there are many posts here, there are many more posts to the same blog entries through the Royal Caribbean International site on Facebook. Wow, you can really see the power of Facebook in this respect.
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The Heathkit Company has been out of business for quite a while now, but many hams are still using Heath gear. As I've noted in an earlier blog entry, I recently resurrected a Heathkit keyer, which has been working like a champ ever since. I also have a Heathkit Triple Output DC Power Supply that I use when playing around with circuits.
I guess I'm not the only one still playing with Heathkits, as I just stumbled upon The Heathkit Shop. This website has all kinds of free information including a nice page full of links to information on the Heath Co. and their ham radio gear as well as repair guides for the HW-8 QRP transceiver, HP-23 high voltage power supply, HM-102 HF watt meter, HWA-202 Power Supply, HD-1410 Electronic Keyer, and HW-202 Two Meter Transceiver.
They also sell a few products, including a replacement PC board for the HP-23 power supply, a replacement display board for the SB104, and a coffee mug with the Heathkit logo. They also have just published a new edition of the HW-8 Handbook, which is a compendium of information on the HW-7, HW-8, and HW-9 transceivers. The book has all of the factory service updates as well as articles on troubleshooting and modifying these rigs.
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I have never been one to read much into dreams. I enjoy them. Like a decent television show; they keep me entertained while in a semi-conscious state, but typically do little else. In my life there have been a few dreams which have stuck with me and which have actually affected my waking moments. The dream I had last night was one of those that actually revealed something deep about myself and upon my actual waking, gave me great pause.
Last night I dreamed that I had cancer. I have been doing some research into cancer and therapies to treat cancer, but do not have very much experience with the emotional implications of the disease; last night provided me with a glimpse of the psychological factors associated with the disease. While I was the one that had cancer in the dream, I was also an outside observer. One who actually analyzed what I was experiencing and how it affected myself and those around me. Even in the dream it was not an out of body experience, rather a near perfect expression of what philosophers have called the transcendental self. I was able to remove myself from the experience and act as an outside observer. In real life I would never be so fortunate.
I watched as a curious and yet detached observer as my dream self, went through the most of the stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, and depression. In the dream I remember being flabbergasted and even annoyed that I had cancer; it seemed absurd and unnecessary. I remember becoming increasingly angry and even violently annoyed with those who tried to help me. I remember bargaining with anyone and everyone, just to try and get them to fix me. I remember being thoroughly depressed and greatly scared. Most of all I remember the opposing emotions of terror and optimism tugging at me like two sumo wrestlers playing tug-of-war.
The dream felt more surreal than any dream that I have ever had and yet more real than anything that I have ever experienced in my life. The notion that I could have cancer, even in my dream state, caught me completely off guard. I had not been prepared to have a dream like this when I went to bed and the insertion of a horrible reality into my sleeping mind made me feel like I was wandering among ruins much like the ones from the movie Inception. The consistent and unwavering love I received and felt from friends and family in the dream seemed more real to me than anything that I have ever experienced. Even, as my dream-self tried to push my friends away, they kept coming back, ever closer to me.
In the now bright sunshine of a wonderful December afternoon, there are two things that I clearly remember from the dream: the love and continual care that my Mom provided for me and that I never accepted the cancer. My Mom's continual support and encouragement even in the dream is indicative of her strength and great love for all of her children. In the dream she never gave up on me. Even while dreaming I could not help but think of how strong Paddy has been throughout Tristan's struggle with cancer. I had the pleasure of meeting Paddy this past weekend and was impressed by how sweet and kind she is; but beneath all that kindness and sweetness it is easy to tell, lies something far stronger and deeper and that is a fierce, un-surrendering love for all of her children.
The second thing that I remember clearly from the dream was that I never really accepted the reality of what having cancer meant. Even in the dream as my prognosis worsened, I was blessed to be aware that it was only a terrible dream. It was that knowledge that made it easy for me not to accept that I actually had cancer and was very sick. In the dream when it became too much, my mind managed to switch to something different and wipe the cancer away. In reality there are plenty of great and strong people who become afflicted with cancer but there are plenty of people who never really accept this harsh reality, such as Tristan. Since, he was so young when was diagnosed, his parents never really told him that he had cancer and in defying the odds of his initial prognoses and subsequent ones, Tristan has shown that the only thing that he has accepted is faith in his own love for life and the love which his mother and family have showered on him.
My dream did affect me and the rest of my day has felt very surreal. It is easy to take our health for granted, after all most of us perform such mundane activities like walking frequently throughout the course of the day; but there are plenty who are not as lucky, they dream of walking. My dream clarified how important it is to have faith not only in God, but in the people who try to love you every day and who love so deeply that their own happiness is intertwined with yours. Show them today how grateful you are to have them in your life, because there may come a time when the circumstances of your own life will make it very difficult to be loving and kind back to them. In those moments they will sacrifice their own happiness to help ensure yours, cherish that thought, now.
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this is set in a hell but in a real world where people look upon interracial dating and frown ,where men have tohide their sexuality by marrying and destroying the life of a good woman ,si in truth this is still set in modern america as the same attitudes are still pevailing ,so it is bitter to accept the truth so we have all these negative critiques of this great period drama set in 70s ,
moore as the wife and quid as the closeted gay husband are brilliant and it is tragic for oscars that they were nominated but didnt win ,but they are so subtle,sensitive yet strong in their performances as to be almost real ,the dialogues are kept to a minimum and expressions speak,
the script is blazing in its bitter satire on the social attitudes towards race and sexualty in middle class america ,its setting is hartford ,connecticut and it really sears the social classes with its satire and yet entertains as well ,
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March 25th, 20041:23 pm
Cliche and coincidence abound in this thoroughly predictable exercise. Excellent acting by the three principals, but the rest of the cast are stereotypes. It's the sort of movie one wants desperately to like, but it keeps reminding one of a made for television drama.
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Far From Heaven is a story about a seemingly picture perfect 1950's suburban family.
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The cinematography in Far From Heaven is absolutely stunning, showing the beautiful autumn colors. The costumes are very apropos for 1950's suburbia. The editing is well done.
Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid are great in their roles. They both received Independent Spirit Awards for their performances: Moore for Best Female Lead, and Quaid for Best Supporting Male.
I enjoyed watching this film.
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Generator Rex Agent of Providence Review (Playstation 3)
Posted by Christophor Rick (TheSuperGuido), Nov 21, 2011 03:20
Generator Rex is a decent show. It's no Sealab 2021 or Aqua Teen Hunger force, but it's also not the worst cartoon on the air these days. Unfortunately, the game is far closer to the bottom of the pile than the top. I started watching the cartoon when I knew the game was coming for review which then led to some lofty expectations apparently because what Virtuos the developer have slipped past Activision on this one is, in a word, pathetic.
In the game you take on the role of, yep, Rex, the hero of the cartoon. He's got nanintes in his body that give him special powers which manifest themselves as machine-like body parts. These include things like cannons, swords, gigantic fists, powerful legs for better jumping, etc.
After about 30 minutes of play, I was pretty fed up with the game overall. The control scheme is terrible, the environments are limited, it's completely on rails, the gameplay is repetitive and the graphics are Wii-level. On top of that, they talk, inessantly about the most useless stuff. It's like they wanted to take the characters from the show and really let them be the two-dimensional artificial constructs they are. The game often interrupts the action for some pointless dialog between Rex and one of the other characters who is not even present.
Rex can create seven builds:
- Smack Hands - giant fists
- Punk Busters - giant spiked boots
- BFS - a giant sword
- Slam Cannon - a large missile launcher
- Blast Caster - a whip
- bad axes - two gigantic aces
- Funchuks - really they're more like two giant flails
Yep, that's it. Apparently, just making large versions of basic weapons was their recipe for success. While each of the weapons serves a specific purpose in the contrived combat and levels, they're far from interesting. Several of the weapons are ponderous and fairly useless much of the time. Every combat was created to take the thought process and strategy away and force you into using a particular weapon to be successful. So in other words, it's a mindless button-mashing, repetitive third-person action game on rails. Every level sees you running long distances through alleys that end in some fight against numerous enemies until the blockade is opened and you can continue. The whole game seems to progress like this. Run, fight, run, fight. To change things up, they will throw in a walking sequence, which means you have to slowly walk through an uninteresting area to get to the next attack by your enemies.
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Many volunteers have worked very hard to provide the researchers of Jefferson County a listing of Cemeteries and to provide pictures of headstones to help you in your personal research. So please do not take the cemetery listings and pictures that others have worked so hard to provide and add it to any other website as your own. Thank You for understanding and respecting the work of others.
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Green, Infant Son 9-19-1877 s/o WL&RM Green, Rhoda M. 2-8-1852 4-21-1893 w/o W.L. Green, W.L. 12-27-1850 12-20-1911 footstone Ketcham, Hannah 2-13-1804 11-5-1891 Ketcham, Henry D. 9-24-1869 65y2m6d
Lemmon, Florence May 9-10-1871 9-7-1892 d/o J&JB Lemmon, James B. 11-16-1836 10-30-1911 footstone Lemmon, Josephine B. 1-16-1844 4-7-1883 w/o James Lemmon, Rhoda Charlotte 10-16-1869 6-15-1876 footstone
Newell, Fern 1896 1900 d/o D&G Newell, Infant Daughter 1902 d/o D&G Place, Elizabeth P. 10-20-1890 footstone 83y8m27d Place, Infant Daughter B&D 11-24-1894 d/o WM& Ida M. Place, Isaac 10-14-1875 74y6m4d Place, Lydia 8-12-1845 footstone 82 years w/o John Place, Lydia E. 10-3-1855 footstone 2y9m1d d/o Isaac & Tilitha Place, Marcis T. 3-9-1905 58y1m4d Place, Mary A. 2-6-1907 footstone 60y10m17d w/o Marcis Place, Rhoda 3-24-1807 4-9-1889 w/o Sidney Place, Sarah J. 12-5-1863 2y7m8d d/o Luther & Melissa Place, Sidney 4-21-1807 10-3-1890 Sandstone Marker Sandstone Marker Sandstone Marker Sandstone Marker "P" Probably John Place, next to Lydia Smith, Martha Ann 6-7-1857 26y6m11d w/o Amariah Smith, Son 11-29-1879 s/o JI&EA Storts, Lovina 6-23-1873 48y1m22d w/o M.H.S.
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Hello Cindy : I want to say thank you on behalf of PLACE Family - for transcribing the above cemetery. We had wondered for a long time about the Matriach - Lydia Garland PLACE - widow of John PLACE. Lydia and John, both natives of New Hampshire, married in Rochester, N. H. on November 22, 1787 by Joseph Haven of the First Congregational Church of Rochester [Source: New Hampshire Genealogical Record - Author: Charles Tibbetts - Page 3). John PLACE died April 22, 1828, buried in Washington County, OHIO. There is a story that a stone marker for him was found alone on a hill marked by a tall holly tree in a thicket of pines. The DAR placed a marker for John PLACE in the family plot in Old Chapel Cemetery, Decatur Township in 1971. [Source: Tallow Light, Newsletter of the Washington Cty Historical Society. Vol 13, No.2 Pages 81/82]. Lydia, her sons, Isaac and Sidney PLACE and daughter Hannah Place KETCHAM migrated to Jefferson County, IIlinois in 1838/39. They left with the GILBERT, NEWELL, FAIRCHILD and other families. I have extensive genealogy on the PLACE Family and am in contact with other descendants (mostly from Lydia & John's family that remained in Ohio). God bless you ~ Josie 7-7-2001
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Wind farm opponents: Slow down
Wind towers used in Iberdrola Renewables' Groton wind farm project loom over the Tenney Mountain Highway in Plymouth. (DAN SEUFERT PHOTO)
The association is backing a bill by Rep. Harold "Skip" Reilly Sr., R-Hill, and co-sponsored by Sen. Jeanne Forrester. It calls for a moratorium on commercial wind projects until the state issues a new comprehensive energy plan.
The association's decision is based on information presented by Dr. Benjamin Luce of Vermont's Lyndon State College to New Hampshire Wind Watch, a 1,300-member group of residents opposed to two proposed wind projects in the Newfound Lake-Cardigan Mountain. Luce told the association that wind power will add little benefit to the state's renewable energy future.
"The NLRA believes that the state should enact a moratorium on all pending and proposed commercial wind projects until a comprehensive energy plan can be prepared to guide state energy policy toward a more carbon-free, cost-effective, locally produced, and high-efficiency energy environment which does not sacrifice the quality of life that supports our economy," the NLRA said in a letter to its constituents Thursday.
Another bill being studied in House and Senate committees would change the process for applying for a certificate for an energy facility. The House bill is sponsored primarily by Rep. Neal Kurk, R-Weare. The Senate version is sponsored by Forrester.
Forrester, of Meredith, said the bills are designed for all power projects in the state, but current proposed wind farms in the Newfound Lake/Cardigan Mountain area "will be addressed by this legislation."
"We want to establish what we want New Hampshire to look like; we don't want to be subject to the will of every wind farm company or whatever other kind of power facility plan that will come our way," the Republican said.
"Let's be intentional about it, not just let it happen," she said.
The state's Site Evaluation Committee, which has permitting control of energy projects, hasn't had enough authority or broad enough criteria in deciding whether to allow a wind farm project, she said.
The committee granted a permit last year for a wind farm project that is now online in Groton, but recently denied a permit to a farm project in Antrim. Larger projects are being proposed by Spanish wind power giant Iberdrola and by Portugal's EBD Renewables in the towns of Grafton, Groton, Alexandria, Danbury and Hebron.
Under present law, residents and their municipal governments have had little control - aside from giving input at SEC meetings - over wind power projects because the companies lease land from private landowners, and need only SEC approval.
The proposals have drawn criticism from local residents and groups, who worry about the negative impact of 40-story wind turbine towers on the views and the tourist economy in the Newfound Lake region.
Republican Sen. Bob Odell is sponsoring a third bill that would establish a new energy plan for the next 10 years.
Odell, who lives in Lempster, where Iberdrola built its first wind farm in the state, said the state's current energy plan is now more than 10 years old, and was designed before wind power projects and other modern energy projects were prominent.
"We need to be ready for unanticipated challenges like wind farms," he said.
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USA exits World Cup with defiance, on Jurgen Klinsmann's playing terms
SALVADOR, Brazil – More than 200 nations entered the World Cup, 32 qualified to play here in Brazil and only one will get its hands on the famous gilded trophy. For the rest, their legacy will be defined as much by how they go out as when.
Margins, especially in the tournament progresses, are razor thin. Factors beyond a given team's control, from the draw and travel to injuries or a referee's decision, can play a significant role in the timing of its exit. All that team can do, then, is have some say in the manner of that exit. Will it go out with dignity or in disgrace? With a defiant roar or a resigned whimper?
The U.S. national team, beaten 2-1 in extra time by Belgium here at the Arena Fonte Nova in the competition's round of 16, did not go gently into that Bahian night. And it left this World Cup on coach Jurgen Klinsmann's terms – playing the potent Red Devils straight up, taking chances and receiving key contributions from some of the manager's more scrutinized selections. The U.S. opened up the game despite Belgium's advantage in depth and talent, survived thanks to a performance for the ages from goalkeeper Tim Howard and nearly forced a penalty kick shootout with a late, desperate surge. The Americans were defeated, but hardly daunted.
"I think as fans, we all -- as this tournament has gone on -- we've admired the teams that have gone for it," midfielder Michael Bradley said. "We, at a certain point, kind of I think, without making a big deal out of it, said to ourselves that whenever we were going home, whether it was after three games, whether it was tonight, whether it was another week or two, we wanted to go home going for it. And we did,"
The statistics, starting with Howard's 16 saves – the most in a World Cup match since FIFA began keeping records in 1966 – don't tell the story of an even game, but they do say something about the American approach and Klinsmann's intentions. Belgium put 27 shots on goal (the U.S. had nine) and earned 19 corner kicks and if not for Howard, would have waltzed out easy winners after 90 minutes.
"My hat's off to them. They created a lot of chances. They're top quality players," Howard said.
In fact, Cameron appeared to play a freer, more advanced role than Beckerman, which opened up the midfield to traffic in both directions. In addition, outside backs DaMarcus Beasley and Fabian Johnson were given the freedom to bomb forward and take their chances against their Belgian counterparts, who were considered the soft spots in the Red Devils' back four.
It created a back-and-forth match that Klinsmann said "went to the extreme." That sounds like something that would appeal to the ambitious coach, who's always looking for another way to push his players.
"[The game] gave everything to the fans, to the crowd – a real drama, a thriller," Klinsmann said. "We are all very proud of our team, of every player stepping on the field today. They gave everything they had. I think they made their country proud with their performance."
Defender Matt Besler, one of the team's most consistently excellent performers across the four World Cup matches, said that following the group-stage finale against Germany, the Americans didn't want to feel like they were sitting back against Belgium, consenting to a siege. Leaving more space in midfield and behind the outside backs surely would invite the Red Devil attack, but it also would allow the Americans to push forward more quickly in transition. It was a risk the U.S. was willing to take.
"We all saw the Germany match. We didn't come out and really go after them. We wanted to make sure we gave them a game and make sure that we really went for it and I think that's exactly what we did," Besler said. "We're going to hold our heads high and hold our chest out because we're proud of what we did."
Klinsmann was forced to re-evaluate the plan after only half an hour, when Johnson pulled up with a hamstring injury. Belgium was dominant early, and if the manager wanted to tighten things up he could have brought Beckerman on and shifted Cameron to right back, where he plays for Stoke City.
But Klinsmann doubled down and inserted 20-year-old speedster DeAndre Yedlin. The game became a track meet and Yedlin served notice early, taking Belgium's Eden Hazard on 1-on-1 and earning a U.S. corner kick. A few minutes later, Yedlin raced onto a Bradley pass and hit a cross that Graham Zusi should have redirected on goal. Those were the opening salvos in an electric performance from a player who many thought shouldn't have been in Brazil.
Yedlin said Klinsmann's instructions were to "just attack and defend, attack and defend." Both, not just one.
The U.S. took the game to extra time, after appearing to be a close-range Chris Wondolowski chance away from winning it in injury time of regulation. But the Americans fell behind in the 93rd minute when Belgium substitute Romelu Lukaku powered past Besler on the right and set up Kevin De Bruyne for the go-ahead goal. The fatigued U.S. had no answer for the robust Lukaku, who was Howard's teammate at Everton last season. In the 105th, he doubled the Belgian lead.
"I've got to admit, even when we were down, 2-0, I thought we were going to come back," U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati said. "And we had three, four, five chances in the last five minutes."
"It's huge," Yedlin said of the opportunity Klinsmann gave to the two youngsters. "It instills our trust in him, and it instills his trust in us. It's huge. It's great for the future. It shows we can compete at this level."
It was defeat with defiance.
"The last five or six minutes [were] some of the most exciting feelings that I've had as a soccer player," Besler said.
There was no question or confusion concerning the Americans' feelings about the loss. It was a disappointment to say the least, and there was no moral victory. The better team won, and the Americans were left to contemplate a second consecutive exit from the round of 16.
"We fell short," Besler said. "The end goal is never to just get out of our group. We really wanted to make a deep run into the tournament."
Instead, their coach made a statement. This is Klinsmann's team and program and all indications are that it will remain so for the next four years. In many ways, he was the U.S.'s World Cup star. His frequent press conferences featured headline-grabbing quotes about the date of his return flight or the potential bias of an Algerian referee that were the soundtrack of the tournament. And the manner of his team's elimination was covered in his fingerprints. The U.S. went out with the players and attitude that Klinsmann preferred.
"We wanted to step out and be aggressive and close down and go forward and make chances and see if we can now tilt the bar in our favor," Bradley said. "I think that's part of, now, the progression for us, that now you're able to play games like this. Regardless of who you play against, regardless of the situation, of the pressure, and be able to play for it -- to play on even terms. And I think over the course of four games at this World Cup we were able to do that. Not in every moment, but certainly against Portugal and certainly today against Belgium."
SI's Grant Wahl on the USA's 2-1 loss to Belgium in the World Cup round of 16 and what USA stars of the future made names for themselves with their World Cup opportunities.


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Major at UCCS: Computer Science
Favorite CLC Memory: Watching everyone play the CLC trivia game I created at one of our retreats
Advice for CLC Scholars: "Never stop learning." "Dont get angry about things you cannot control."
Jamie Malano Alva
Title/Company: The Boeing Company
Major at UCCS: Computer Engineering
Favorite CLC Memory: Attending my first retreat and meeting 40 new people eager and excited to tackle a new challenge.
Advice for CLC Scholars: The skills that CLC offers will help you to succeed not only as students, but for years to come in your professional and personal lives. Take advantage of every opportunity!
Rob Miller
Title/Company: Teacher, Mastery Charter School
Starting in July: Assistant Principal of Instruction, Mastery Charter School
Major at UCCS: BS in Mathematics, minor in Computer Science
Favorite CLC Memory: From the first day in the program, I met lifelong friends. We were able to share in our leadership journeys together and form a bond that will last forever.
Advice for CLC Scholars: Take advantage of every opportunity you can. From seminars to classes to volunteering, you are gaining valuable experiences and learning about yourself with each opportunity. Don't let them pass you by!
" Teaching in an inner-city environment poses daily challenges including time management, cultural sensitivity, professionalism, and maintaining balance. CLC provided me with information and experience to help in each of these challenges and gave me confidence to face them head on."
Tally Paulich
Title/Company: Big Brothers Big Sisters
Major at UCCS: Forensic Science
Favorite CLC Memory: There are many favorite memories, but one of the most memorable was volunteering with other scholars at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.
Advice for CLC Scholars: Do not be afraid to fail. Take a step of faith, it may just be the first step on the most exciting journey of your life!