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Game 5 San Antonio @ Phoenix: Spurs 88, Suns 85 (2-3)
With all due respect to my colleague Matthew, I couldn't disagree more about how it feels winning this game. At first, when the suspensions were announced, I admit I felt guilty about it. Hell, I even suggested that we should sit Timmy for the game just to protest against the national attack of our team's integrity and principles. Looking back on it, I feel kinda silly writing that now, but heck, it made Deadspin, so yay me. If the national sports media wants to use one incident to villify our entire franchise; if everyone's memory and perspective about the Spurs are that lacking, then fuck it, I'm through feeling guilty and sympathetic for the Suns.
Fuck them.
In fact, fuck everyone.
It's one thing to be upset with David Stern's ruling, but why take it out on players who had nothing to do with it? KSAT in San Antonio reported that a bomb threat was phoned in at the Spurs hotel Tuesday night and that fans were honking their car horns all night outside the hotel in hopes of disturbing the players' sleep. I mean, really… Then when the game ended TNT's Craig Sager couldn't even conduct his usual postgame interview on the court because some idiots were throwing water bottles at them. You may have noticed that Manu got interviewed inside the tunnel a short while later.
It seems as if the entire sports media – an entity that's supposed to neutral mind you – is actively rooting against us now. Bruce Bowen is being treated like a cross between Bill Laimbeer and O.J. Simpson, despite the fact that he hasn't had any drama the past two games. Everyone's taking shots at Manu for being a flopper (how is that dirty exactly?) and nobody seems to remember that this was the same guy who nearly got his eye gouged out in Game 3. Where was the national outcry over the Suns' dirtyness? Exactly how many times does Oberto have to be manhandled under the basket before someone notices? We've had both Tony and Elson undercut this series, but we're the goons.
The difference in this series hasn't been the actions of the respective teams, it's been their reactions. When bad things happen to us, whether it's a hard foul, drawn blood, or a bad call, we say our piece to the refs but quickly move on. We don't retaliate and we don't complain to the press afterward. The Suns react poorly and complain about EVERYTHING.
Here's three things I don't understand about the Horry incident:
1. How come nobody has said word one about Bell charging into RoHo immediately after? Horry was already walking away from Nash. It didn't become an altercation until Raja charged into him. How come he didn't get in any trouble for instigating things further?
2. How can anyone sit there and tell me that Amare was just a concerned teammate and that he had no bad intent? What a crock of shit! Nash was crumpled on the sidelines and Amare wasn't walking straight toward him at all. He was walking diagonally, ready to make a beeline right into the scrum. The only reason he didn't do anything was because four Suns assitants dragged him back before he could. If he pulled a Kermit Washington on Manu or Tony, then would we still be the dirty team?
3. Finally, if Diaw and Stoudemire were just being "concerned teammates" then what does that make Pat Burke, Jalen Rose, Kiwi, etc…? What does that make our reserves who didn't budge an inch? Were they all just shitty teammates? Was Beno Udrih thinking to himself, "Man, screw Robert Horry. I wouldn't piss on him if he were on fire." Did Marcus Banks just stand there because he's bitter that D'Antoni likes that overrated white boy Nash over him? Are Amare and Diaw the most sensitive, caring teammates on the planet, willingly risking suspension to check on their little buddy? Puh-lease.
Whatever. Everyone wants to talk about the great game the Suns almost won, nobody wants to give us any credit for coming back from 16 down. We were the bad guys for ruining their sports movie. Because it's our fault that their coach played the same four guys to death. If you're never ever ever gonna play bench players, no matter how physically desperate for bodies you are, why even have them on the roster? The Suns literally have six guys who never play. Our coach plays ten guys every night, no matter how much three or four of them suck and…
well I guess I have no point.
No, screw that. I do have a point. No matter how crappy your scrubs are, at least play them in the regular season so that you won't kill your guys before the playoffs even start. And who knows, maybe one or two of them will surprise you. Suns owner Robert Carver (a total assclown of nearly Cubanian proportions) has said that he's not willing to pay three guys superstar money every year if they're not even going to make the Finals, and supposedly this year was their core's last shot to get it done before, I'm guessing, buh-bye to the Matrix. But maybe the Amare suspension will serve as a reprieve from the governor and Carver will think the group was good enough to go all the way, but just got unlucky. Either way, this organization desperately needs a strongwilled GM who can stand up to D'Antoni and demand that either he starts playing a 9.5 man rotation next regular season or he look for a new job.
I think the person I'm annoyed with most of all is Simmons. His column, written before Game 5, was absolute hypocrisy, on so many levels.
1) His "tuck-rule" analogy is a total flip-flop. After it happened he argued that it was a good rule, that it was fairly called, that the Patriots totally deserved to win the game and that anyone complaining about it was a crybaby and a whiner. He even tried to rationalize it, saying if Jon Gruden was less conservative with his play-calling in the 4th quarter, the Raiders would've killed the clock and won the game outright. Now that the Pats have 3 rings (and are favored to win a 4th this year) he's more objective about the whole thing and concedes it's a stupid rule. What a jackass.
2) He doesn't like that Bowen is a chippy, dirty player, but defends the good ol' days when players were allowed to beat the hell out of each other. The reason Bowen is effective is because other players hate to play against him. Tim loves Bruce. Ask Isiah what he thought of Laimbeer and Rodman. Ask Magic what he thought of Rambis. Ask Jordan what he thought of first Oakley, then Cartwright, then Rodman. You need gritty, chippy players to win. Is it any wonder that the Suns have more of an edge now because they have Bell on their roster?
3) Speaking of Bell, I found it ironic that Simmons has focused on Bowen and ignored all the liberties that Bell has taken on Manu and Tony over the course of the series. The only difference is our guys don't complain to the media after games.
4) Has he been watching the series at all? Practically every time Tony's covered Nash, we've gotten the better of the matchup. Whenever Bowen's been on him, Nash has destroyed Bruce. One would think that Nash would be begging for Bowen to cover him all game, especially now that so much has been said about Bruce that the refs are targeting him.
5) Simmons has been on the Suns' nuts all year, saying how much he loves how they play, loves their free-flowing offense, and he conveniently ignores that they're the softest team in the NBA, even with Bell. If this team played in the 90s with the Bulls, the Pistons, and the Knicks, they would have the shit beat out of them and been lucky to wi
n 47 games. When Bird's Celtics were hammering these Suns on the boards by 30, Simmons would've been mocking these guys to no end.
6) I'm getting sick and tired of how much Simmons trashes foreign players. As if American players never tried to exaggerate fouls before 2002. This guy was kissing Manu's butt in '05 and now he slams him at every opportunity. It's gotten to the point that Ginobili could practically have his eye gouged out and people accuse him of flopping. Did Simmons make one mention of the cut under Manu's eye? No. You know why? Because Ginobili doesn't whine like a little girl about the fouls he gets after a game to the press. Even when he's gotten flagrant fouls against him and guys have gotten ejected, like Melo, Manu never said anything bad about anybody. Simmons' rant is both racist and xenophobic. Stop blaming foreigners for everything.
7) Yeah, defenders flop more to draw offensive fouls. So what? Look at all the advantages offensive players have now. They can set moving picks. Defenders can't hand check. The guys can carry the ball on their dribbles like The Professor. Yeah if somebody played like Bell 15 years ago he'd probably get decked. But if somebody dribbled like Tony or AI 15 years ago, they'd commit 30 turnovers a night. Games evolve and rules are interpreted differently over the years. You aren't even allowed to cover receivers in the NFL anymore or pitch inside in baseball. Simmons should fucking grow up.
Really, no broadcaster on the planet should be allowed to bring up the topic of flopping without starting with Raja Bell. The guy is absolutely shameless about it. Did he go three straight possessions last night without falling ass over teakettle on the floor? I know every Spurs fan will immediately think about that play late in the fourth quarter when Manu barely nudged him with an elbow and he hurtled backwards, but that wasn't even Bell's most blatant flop of the night. There was a play in the 2nd quarter I think where he was running back down the floor with Elson, behind the play no less, and Francisco lightly brushes by him. Bell launched himself toward the sidelines like he was stealing 3rd base. I fucking despise him.
8) The goofiest part of Simmons' blog was the part about Bruce being some incredibly coordinated athlete who knows what he's doing at all times. I was reading it, just bewildered. Has he ever SEEN Bruce play? Coordinated? Um dude, there's a reason we hide this guy in the corners on offense. He can't dribble the ball twice before traveling with it or losing it. He's had routine passes bounce off his hands out of bounds at least a dozen times this year. He reguarly shoots air balls on six foot floaters. He might be the least coordinated wingman in the NBA. He has ZERO basketball skill outside of the ability to move laterally on defense. I swear to God if Bruce was half the athlete Bill described him as, he'd average 17 a night.
And if he's so dirty, how come he only gets involved in one or two incidents a year? This guy plays against the opponents best perimeter scorer 82 nights a year plus playoffs. If he was that dirty, wouldn't it come up more often? How come tough guys like Kobe, LeBron and T-Mac never have any issues with him but total bitch-ass crybabies like Allen, Vinsanity and Stevie Franchise do? Is that just a coincedence?
The media are looking for excuses to root for the Suns because we're too boring and unmarketable. Now we're the dirty team. Along with the foreigner team. We don't have any guys where they can run a half-time feature about the different personal meanings of their 59 tattoos. We don't do cutesy dances or hand gestures after made threes. If only one of our stars was a registered sex offender… alas.
What about the game? I watched most of the 2nd half at a party for SDSU's newspaper staff next to a colleague of mine who's a huge Suns fan. He actually told me he'd take Bell over Manu and I don't believe he was totally inibriated when he said it. He said it early in the 3rd quarter, I think Manu only had four or six points at the time, so I knew it'd be a good omen.
I think the team came out soft and intimidated to begin the game. Maybe they were suprised to be booed as a team every possession. Duncan didn't have anything early, Tony and Manu were tentative, and nobody knew what they were doing on offense. The offense was so out of sync that not only were we taking mostly jumpers, but they weren't even open or in rhythm jumpers. Nobody looked like they wanted to play or shoot the ball. Defensively we weren't that poor except against Marion. We couldn't figure out who to guard him with. Seemingly every possession somebody else picked him up (or didn't). Neither Finley, Oberto or Elson could do anything with him for the first 24 minutes and he had 20 first half points on 8-11. As horiffically as we were playing, we started to get something going late in the 2nd with the Manu/Tim pick and roll (Gonzo had 3 of our 4 halftime assists) and I knew that all things considered, 44 points at half wasn't at all an unacceptable amount to allow Phoenix.
The gang regrouped at half, Pop started Manu, did his best D'Antoni impression and hardly played his scrubs, and we started siezing momentum, little by little. We'd make mini-runs, they'd make mini-runs, back and forth. Our offense couldn't put a monster stretch together because once we got Timmy going, they started to double and we couldn't knock down the open shots any better than we could the contested ones.
Finally the dam burst in the fourh quarter and we hit six of our last seven threes to crawl back into it for good. Down 79-71 with a tick over five minutes to go, we smacked 'em with a 13-2 run to turn the game around for good. Fin hit a three, Manu made a hat trick of free throws after Nash hurtled into him on a three point attempt, Tony made a 19 footer from the top of the key, Tim sank two big freebies to tie it back up after the Suns took their final lead of the game, and then Bruce hit the crusher from his usual spot, right in front of the Suns' bench.
How fitting.
The zebras tried to give the Suns one last little bit of help, forcing Timmy to the line when he had already passed the ball to Manu before Bell touched him, but his clanks didn't cost us this time. The Suns had run out of gas. Would it have killed D'Antoni to play Rose, Burke or Banks for a couple minutes, with Phoenix up between 6 and 12 practically the whole second half? We'll never know.
Here is what I do know. All the experts and yahoos who expect the Suns to steamroll us in Game 6 just because Amare and Diaw are back are in for a rude awakening. These games don't get played in a vacuum and the fatigue is cumulative. Nash, Thomas, Marion, Bell, these guys are all exhausted. We can run them out of the building tomorrow if we put our minds to it. Timmy can have his way with Thomas from the opening tip if the Suns don't double. As long as the zebras give us a fair shake, we're going to win this one going away, by 12 to 15 points.
Three tips for Pop…
1) Start Manu. The backup charade has gone on long enough. We're in bigboy territory of the playoffs now and he needs to play major minutes. If we get him going early we'll get the fans into it and if we get the fans into it, the Suns will lose their spirit quickly.
2) Play Brent at backup PG. So far in the playoffs Barry has 24 points at home, 0 on the road. Obviously that stat has negative conotations. But tomorrow we're at home, so let's look at it as glass half-full.
3) Bench Jacque Vaughn. -17 in six minutes? That's unfathomable. How much worse can you or me do? -22? -24? That should be like a reality show next year, "How Much Can a Regular Guy Screw Up an NBA Team in Five Minutes?" Seriously, how badly does he have to play before Pop gets it?
Guys I'd rather see as our backup PG: A)
Gonzo B) Bones C) Beaner D) Flight. My graduation ceremony is tomorrow so once again I won't be able to watch the game live, but I'm feeling pretty confident about this one.
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3. Shawn Marion – Monster first half, giving the Suns a big lead, disappeared in second. I'm as shocked as you are.
2. Manu Ginobili – 26 pts, 10 rebounds. His 15 points in the 4th were more than he'd scored in four of the previous five games. Had a couple cringe-inducing turnovers there though…
1. Tim Duncan – Got better as the game went on, was an absolute force of nature on defense late. Forced the Suns to abandon their defensive strategy as poor Kurt Thomas had had enough.
I'm glad to see that someone other than me wants to staunch the flood of whining and sympathy-laden quasi-guilt so many Spurs fans have been effusing. I felt bad about the suspensions at first too, but watching Game 5 and being reminded about how hypocritical and one-sided the criticism has been changed that pretty quick. The Suns (except Nash, who I've started respecting a bit) have been acting like complete bitches since the series started, and can't go 24 hours without crying and whining to a all-too-sympathetic media. Sickening.
I'm glad you wrote that about Simmons. I had the worst day ever Wednesday, like I that somehow I'm genetically linked to the Spurs and the bad wrap that Spurs had been getting since game 4 was getting to me. So then I saw that Simmons had posted a new article on ESPN.com. And after those two great articles about Timmy (the one in the magazine and the "One Nation Under Duncan) I said to myself if anyone is going to sympathize with us Spurs fans its going to be Simmons. I about jumped out of the 2nd story of my office building (I'm not a lame enough individual to kill myself over sports) but it did make me even more depressed than I already was. As he does with most of his readers I felt as if Simmons was my boy and he royally let me down. I was so frustrated and I'm glad you had your 8 or whatever points because you said mostly what I had been thinking and gave me a few more points that were flawed in that lame article. I can't believe he went on about Timmy and the Spurs for 2 straight weeks and then totally dismissed them because everyone else was doing so. I thought Simmons was supposed to be an against the grain type of guy, he just bent over with everyone else in worship of the great white martyr that is Steve Nash. He is a great player but seriously he is not basketball jesus and he does not atone for the sins of his teammates. And as the greatest apostle of the real basketball jesus Simmons should know this, but know he jumped on the band wagon and called us the devil. He is kinda akin to judas in a way, hmm never thought of that. And for what to be on the Suns bandwagon til they get knocked out this weekend (i don't care if its friday or sunday it will happen). I still like Simmons but he has definitely fallen a few notches (until he forgets that he wrote this last column when he writes how the Spurs are the greatest team ever when they beat the Pistons in the finals this year). Matthew, Aaron thanks for creating a place where people like me don't feel like their the only borderline obsessive fan in the world.
i couldnt agree more about the response to the shitty, shitty piece simmons. just think how long that rant would've been if he had read the gregg doyel hack job on bruce bowen (from cbs on thursday, i think). yikes.
Just want to echo the thanks for the column. Especially as one of my good buddies and former roommates is from Phoenix, I was definitely feeling the "sympathy-laden quasi-guilt."
Then I started to come around when I saw Pop had talked some sense, saying the foul wasn't actually that bad, and read Horry's comments as well. And I also pointed out that Raja was like Bowen without the rings and the media bias.
But still, the Simmons piece did a number on me, and then it pissed me off, and your post was like the f-ing antidote. Anyway, thanks for speaking truth to power.
The Great Tim Duncan will continue his reign of Suns destruction. RIP Kurt Thomas.
Hey I think Nash had a lot to do with that being an 'altercation' along with Bell… had he just taken the fall and gotten up he would have shown he's the tough gritty sparkplug from Canadia everyone makes him out to be. But instead he fell, then tacked on the flailing arms to exaggerate after the fall. Check the replay, you'll see it. That sparked bell, the ultimate instigator, and then Braniac Stoudemire jumped out of his pants to rumble. The Suns have no one to blame for the suspensions but themselves. The foul by Horry and the reactions by the Suns were two separate, albeit related actions, so you can't go crying that the spurs were rewarded for Robert Horry's rough play. The Suns were punished for their idiocy and for flailing around all over the place. tough bananas. PHX. Placing blame is loser mentality. Winners go and get it.
This is random, but as a Pistons fan, I never felt better about watching the team lose as I did in 2005, when they lost to the Spurs. The league ruling was atrocious, but a lot of people appear to be unfairly associating the ruling with the Spurs. If the suspension occurred in a game 7 (like in 1997), there might be taint. But if the Suns, with Amare and Diaw, are better than the Spurs, why couldn't they win game 6? Popovich is an admirable coach, and I have no doubt that he would be the difference in game 7. Make no mistake; most Pistons fans severely dislike Ginobili and Horry. Still, disregard the haters; they will forget about this is a couple weeks, when the next fiasco occurs.
If the spurs win the championship, there will forever be an astericks next to it much like the steelers/seattle super bowl. Duncan is awesome, but should have been suspended for leaving the bench. Consistency is all I ask for.
Ginobili is an embarassment to the game. Flopping may not be against the rules, but it is demeaning to the game. Some people call pornography art, guess what, it isn't. -
Sorry ur just a sore loser whose team is trash ne way dude
Raja Bell is an absolute hothead. That douchebag has a look in his eyes after every call against the Suns like he's going to go Sprewell on somebody. How quickly Suns homers forget his blatant clothesline of Kobe Bryant. Mark my words: Bell is going to be the cause of a scuffle that results in a lot more damage than forearm shivers thrown by Horry.
Detroit is waiting to kick the ass of the most HATED basketball team in the WORLD!What a whiner..
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Ryan O'Byrne
Birthday: 1984-07-19 | Position: D |
Eligible for draft: 2002 | Shoots: Right |
Drafted: 2003 | Height: 6-6 |
Acquired: Trade with Colorado, 2013 | Weight: 228 lbs. |
Probability of Success
Ryan O'Byrne played in the BCHL for the Nanaimo Clippers, before heading off to Cornell of the ECAC.
O'Byrne had a solid sophomore season in 2004-05, seeing increased ice time and even some limited power play time. He had a career year both offensively and defensively. After scoring two points all of last season, he scored three goals and 10 points, one of his goals being on the penalty kill. Known of his hulking size and physical play, O'Byrne cut down on going after the big hit that often took him out of place positionally.
2005-06: O'Byrne enjoyed another impressive season with the Big Red, surpassing his career high point toatl by one point. He also played a big role inCornell's power play, where he scored five of his six goals on special teams. A solid competitor, he got more disciplined as the seasons went by. He saw a lot of ice time and was a key element in the Big Red success over the last two years. O'Byrne elected to forgo his senior season, and signed a scontract with the Canadiens during the offseason.
2006-07: As a rookie with the Hamilton Bulldogs, O'Byrne became a rock on the blueline He stumbled a bit in the early going, but managed to hit his stride mid-season, and put himself in teh running for a spot on the Montreal roster. He also showcased a little offensive flair this season to go along with his defensive prowess. In the 14 games during the playoffs, the hulking blueliner has scored one goal and added five assists. During the regular season, O'Byrne was goalless, but added 14 helpers.
2007-08: O'Byrne split time between Hamilton (AHL) and Montreal during the 2007-08 season. He appeared in 20 games for Hamilton, recording eight points (2+6) and 49 PIM, but was called up and played in 33 games with the Canadiens. As a Hab, O'Byrne recorded seven points (1+6) and 45 minutes in the box. He was -2 in four postseason games with Montreal.
Talent Analysis
O'Byrne is a big body who brings toughness, solid positional play, and defensive ability to the lineup. His greatest asset is his size, which makes him an intimidating physical presence, particularly around his own net.
O'Byrne was dealt by the Colorado Avalanche to the Toronto Maple Leafs at the 2013 NHL trade deadline.

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I'm not much for epitaphs as most of the gravestones I have photographed have inscriptions that are hard to read. Many of them are exactly the same or so similar that I have ceased to try to take an extra photo just to read "the fine print".
When "Googled", many turn out to be partially based on Scripture.
I can't imagine any of them on my own gravestone, so how about this for an idea?
She worked in the present, using tools of the future, to research the lives of the past.
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When he's not being awesome in films — his current role in "The Master" being perhaps his finest performance yet, Philip Seymour Hoffman spends much of his time directing in the theater. A member of the LAByrinth Theater Company, he's been working on the stage for decades, with memorable work including the award-winning Stephen Adly Guirgis play "Jesus Hopped The 'A' Train" and, more recently, "The Long Red Road" in Chicago, starring Tom Hardy. But his film directing work has been slower to get going, with Hoffman's sole effort so far being 2010's little-seen "Jack Goes Boating," which starred the actor/director alongside Amy Ryan and John Ortiz.
But hotter than ever coming off his latest collaboration with Paul Thomas Anderson, and a nice tentpole paycheck from "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" keeping the wolf from the door, Hoffman looks to be returning to video village, as Variety reports that he's come on board to direct Mandalay Pictures' period ghost story "Ezekiel Moss." The Black-Listed script by Keith Bunin (HBO's "In Treatment," the upcoming "Horns") involves a young boy who befriends a drifter who may be able to communicate with the dead. Kathy Schulman, from Mandalay Pictures (who were behind "Sleepy Hollow") tells the trade, "Hoffman is one of the great talents of our generation. We are thrilled to be in his capable hands directing the captivating and gothic exploration of faith and the supernatural."
It certainly sounds like an interesting project, and one that could mark an interesting step forward for Hoffman as a filmmaker — it's unclear at this point if he plans on taking a role before the camera as well. However, given that Mandalay spent six years without a theatrical feature getting made ("Soul Surfer" marked their return last year), the wheels may not be totally greased on the project, although Likely Story ("Synecdoche, New York") are also on board to produce, which will hopefully help. Anyway, it sounds like interesting fare, and fingers crossed it makes it before cameras asap.


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In spite of all the phone calls, emails, and letters to the governator's office, Arnold disappoints once again and passed both bills related to the LGBT agenda. Now, CA recognizes gay marriages performed in other states. And Harvey Milk Day will be celebrated in public schools (May 22). It'll be a cold day in hell before I let my kids be force-fed LGBT propaganda at school. This is nothing short of recruitment to the homosexual lifestyle. I still claim the right to choose what and where my children will be taught, and I can tell you that I will be keeping my kids home on Harvey Milk Day. We won't have any part of celebrating such a scumbag of a man (and I am not calling him that just because he was gay. He was a well-known child molester as well, with gay lovers as young as 16 years old!)
Harvey Milk Day = Vacation Day! Maybe the schools will decide to skip that "special" day when they lose money for absent children. Please join me in boycotting school on May 22!
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Laura, do you know if this effects preschoolers at age 3?
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Ulrik Flo, the nephew of former Chelsea striker Tore Andre, lost a card game with his team-mates and was duly punished ...
That's the reason why 24-year-old striker Ulrik Flo, the nephew of former Chelsea star Tore Andre was forced to do a day in the office with his face painted after he lost a game of card with his colleagues.
The 24-year-old went through the motions of an ordinary training session, working both on the pitch and in the gym, but with his face adorned with a devilish design.
"It all went sour for me, and my punishment was to go to training with my face painted," he told NRK.
Having survived relegation by just a handful of points, Sogndal will be all the more eager to start the Tippeligaen with all guns blazing this weekend.


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We've all heard the saying "What happens in Vegas..." Perhaps it's at this little suggestion that millions visit every year with sexy secrets on their minds, and Las Vegas-based photographer Stacie Frazier has the photos to prove it. No, it's not paparazzi.... it's Boudoir. Stacie's intimate portraiture sessions are more than just a photo shoot, they're a sexy, hilarious, exciting, and fun experience - and it's no secret that Haute Shots clients tell their friends, who tell their friends, which has lead to an international clientele and accolades. Stacie's photography has been described as "high-gloss glamour and drama " but her favorite response to her images is "I can't believe that's me!" Stacie has been featured "Boudoir Photography: The Quick-Start Guide For Professional Photographers" by Ed Verosky and "Canon Speedlite System Digital Field Guide" by Michael Corsentino. She also just released her own ebook for women preparing for their own boudoir sessions, "How to be a Boudoir Bombshell".
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Beacon Re-Imagined
is a five week long exhibition taking place in Beacon at Hudson Beach Glass. As part of Beacon's year long centennial celebration, it focuses on two future projects: The Mount Beacon Incline Railway Restoration and the Beacon Greenway Trails.
The exhibition is both visual and dynamic incorporating modern 3D animation, archival footage and photographs, ambient sounds, coordinated group activities, and special speaker events. It is being generously hosted at Hudson Beach Glass, a perfect venue to present these two initiatives that are so anchored in restoration, renewal, and preservation.
Mount Beacon Incline Railway
Visitors will have an opportunity to view the most recent renderings of a restored Incline Railway and learn about its innovative design and its vision for a nature park that incorporates native plants and trees,contemplative spaces, and LEED-certified facilities. The proposed design will make it possible for people of all ages, abilities, and fitness to access one of the region's most beautiful vistas.
Beacon Greenway Trails
Visitors will also be presented with a plan for city-wide trail that hugs the length of the Fishkill Creek as it flows from the Fishkill town-line, through the city's urban center, and all the way down to the Hudson River. Once fully realized, this trail will reveal hidden scenic treasures, expose forgotten pieces of Beacon's industrial past, link disparate parts of the city to each other, and re-connect the community to this vital resource in a unique way.
About the Beacon Centennial
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It is impossible to walk into a non-AP classroom and this High School and not hear prattle over the rugby-like game that men play in America called football. Football is as American as apple pie, cultural ignorance, baseball, greed, materialism, and hot dogs. (For those who don't know anything about this strange sport, I have been doing some research, and I have concluded that football is a favorite game of sweaty men who like to be in close proximity to other sweaty men.) The talk that I hear is over Collegiate and National teams, which is odd methinks because none of these people have played on any of these teams. It is almost as though they attach themselves to a team and talk of them incessantly for a sense of self importance and to seek to share in their glory while in all reality they're just wearing the emblem of a team made of people they've never met. Believe it or not Williamsport Area High School actually has a football team too! They are called the Williamsport Millionaires presumably to be oxymoronical in one of the most economically depressed areas of Pennsylvania. (Actually the name comes from the millionaire logging tycoons who used to inhabit the area and who systematically raped the land, but have since moved to gated communities, where their children's eyes can be hidden from the detestable things that are wrought upon their workers and the environment by "what Daddy does for a living.") I am certainly Williamsport Proud and I have caught the spirit of our Millionaire's 0-8 season.Figure 2.69: The football team when asked to point north.
I think it is certainly a brilliant accomplishment that our team has played 8 games. Perhaps I'm drawing and/or hating (dog) a little bit, but I do have respect for a lot of the players on that team, and I certainly have faith in them to come out of the closet and get some wins. I guess the pep rally didn't help much. Large gatherings of teenagers seldom result in anything productive, well maybe reproductive, but not much else. The pseudo-intelligent trade class notes and form gay ass clubs and make websites, the non-intelligent trade genetic material. What of the intelligent you ask? I am fully convinced that they do not exist and will never exist, and that we are all doomed to live terrible lonely lives because of it. That optimism aside, what are the reasons why our football team is doing so terribly? Someone suggested to me that all the best Williamsport athletes are running from the cops. If this be the case, we should get Maz to chase them, she is so quick. Most Chuck Norris jokes are actually facts about Maz.
"Chuck Norris once participated in the running of the bulls. He walked."
"Chuck Norris crossed the road. No one has ever dared question his motives."
Another reason the football team has lost every game could be because of wimpy ass players like Jacob Fagnano. Jake thinks it's alright to be a pussy and sit out a bunch of games just because his ankle bone got separated into two parts. By my calculation he's got twice as many bones there as before, so he should be twice as fast. That's all beside the fact that I taught that kid every trick in the book.
The whole of the school isn't doing all that well either. Recently the faculty engaged in one of their favorite activities, an in-service, where they discussed the low morale in our school. It turns out that students don't seem to like to wake up at 6 in the morning and go to a school in which most people are idiots all the while facing constant harassment from principals and those subservient to them. Where every little harmless fun there is to be had results in near expulsion and everyone is under the watchful eye of Big Brucie (maybe not under, he is rather stout and portly). It feels as though the moment you do anything questionable, someone is right there ready to stab you with an afro pick. I received mixed reviews from teachers on the in-service. Time will tell if anything came out of it.
The Junior Class isn't doing too well either. They have about $2000 compared to the Seniors' $16000. They are solving this problem in middle school fashion by selling magazines. The magazine guy even came with all his shit to edge them on, anyway that's what I heard, because there is nothing better than writing in unconfirmed bits of rumor*. (By the way, has anyone else ever questioned the ethics of using students as salespeople and sources of information on relatives by bribing them with candy and material goods ever? Never? Yeah, I didn't think so.) What the Junior class should do is invest it in these sales companies. You know the old saying; Lack of morals makes a profitable business. What I think the faculty needs to understand, if they don't already about people involved in student government, is that some of them are only doing it for another line on their college application that says the (secretary/treasurer/vice president/president) of the (junior/senior) class, and that most people (men) don't care what prom is like. Prom is a series of dumb pictures to be put on facebook and myspace. Prom proves that idiocy cannot be hidden by a tuxedo or a dress.
I digress. I suppose I will have to tie this all together somehow with some sort of sentence or some sort of conclusion. I've got it. It is all awfully tragic and there is no hope for any of us in this place. Maybe we seniors should just put the JV team in.
* Speaking of unconfirmed rumors, there may be a speck of light at the end of the tunnel.


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Lowell's Department of Planning and Development will hold an open community workshop on the Tanner Street District Economic Development Plan beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday at the LRTA Building, 100 Hale St. Attendees will have a chance to review the draft plan for the district, which encompasses the once-contaminated former site of Silresim Chemical Corp. After on-site treatment of area ground water, the Environmental Protection Agency awarded the city a grant to explore uses for the district, which led to development of the Tanner Street Initiative. Results of a reuse and redevelopment study show the district has tremendous development potential as well as excellent highway access.
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In 2013, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island will introduce a new health-insurance product, a shared-savings, limited-network plan, in collaboration with one or more of the state's seven hospital systems, Blue Cross President and CEO Peter Andruszkiewicz told Providence Business News.
"I originally thought that because of our size and scale that we could make delivery-system changes without doing a tiered, limited network," Andruszkiewicz said July 31. "I was naïve." Blue Cross is going to be taking steps in 2013, he continued, to introduce the new plan, building on the approach of the recently completed shared-savings contract with Coastal Medical. "We will be working with enlightened partners, who can go faster in terms of contracting and incentive changes," he said.
When asked which hospitals and physicians groups he was talking with, Andruszkiewicz declined to identify any specific hospital or group practice. He said Blue Cross had been talking with virtually every hospital system, whether their contract was coming up for bid this year or not, to share with them plans for where Blue Cross wants to go in the future.
The Blue Cross executive acknowledged that similar tiered, limited-network products had been introduced into the Massachusetts market by Tufts Health Plan in collaboration with Steward Health Care, and he anticipated that UnitedHealthCare of New England would also be developing a similar plan.
The new plan reflects Blue Cross' goals to improve access, quality and affordability for its members. Many current plans allow unlimited access. Limited-network plans would restrict choices by customers in exchange for lower costs and the hope of higher quality of care.
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IoE Number: 36693 Location: CARDINGTON NUMBER 2 SHED AT RAF CARDINGTON, HIGH ROAD EASTCOTTS, BEDFORD, BEDFORDSHIRE Photographer: Clive Jones Date Photographed: 14 January 2001 Date listed: 29 January 1982 Date of last amendment: 29 January 1982 Grade II*
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TL 04 NE EASTCOTTS HIGH ROAD 179/3/69 Cardington No.2 shed at RAF Cardington 29.01.1982 II* Airship hangar. 1928. By the Cleveland Bridge Co. of Darlington, built for the purpose of housing the Rl00 airship which had been constructed by the Airship Guarantee Co at Howden and arrived at Cardington in December 1929. Dimensions 812' x 275' x 180'. The shed is an enlarged version of that built at Pulham in Norfolk in 1916 for coastal airships and then transferred to Cardington in 1928. 29 bays of steel framing with double side aisles used as workshop annexes and huge central nave. Clad in corrugated steel sheeting. Enormous doors moved by electric motors at the W End, opening to the full height and width of the nave. HISTORY: This is one of only three airship hangars in Britain to have survived from the period up to 1918. It was resited and extended for the purpose of constructing and housing the Vickers-designed R100 airship in 1928, and with Number One Shed comprises a uniquely important testament to airship technology and its political context in Europe. Despite the use of balloons as aerial observation platforms during the Napoleonic Wars and especially the American Civil War, it was not until 1879 that the Royal Engineers formed a Balloon Equipment Store at Woolwich Arsenal, which was subsequently moved to Chatham (1882) and then Aldershot (1890). Its operational and training units were combined as the Balloon School in April 1906, the same year witnessing the construction of the army's first airship shed at the Balloon School's new factory at Farnborough (demolished 1965) and in 1910-11 the erection of two more airship sheds (moved to Kingsnorth and demolished c1930) adjacent to a new Portable Airship Shed. The latter, a canvas-covered shed comprising in section a parabolic arch made up of rivetted box-section lattice units, was dismantled and now survives in two halves, the bottom half in a fabric shop and the upper half in a forge and foundry building: both of these buildings, erected in 1916-17 for the Aircraft Factory at Farnborough, are now listed grade II (as Buildings Q27 and Q25). Despite the fact that the country's total of 6 airship sheds had increased to 61 by November 1918 (a reflection of the strategic importance that the Admiralty in particular accorded to airships as a deterrent to the U-boat menace in Home Waters), only the examples at Farnborough (split in half as two factory buildings in 1916) and at Cardington (No 1 Shed) - which include the resited hangar from Pulham in Norfolk incorporated into No 2 Shed - have survived. The resited elements of the shed from Mullion in Cornwall, now resited and functioning as a bus garage in Padstow, is not listable. East Fortune, south of Edinburgh, has the most significant survival in Britain of technical buildings associated with an airship station. Number One Shed is the only in situ example of an airship shed to have survived from the period up to 1918. It was constructed for the Admiralty as a 700ft hangar for the accommodation of the airships R31 and R32. Ramsey McDonald's government, which first came to office in early 1924, envisaged the production of airships for imperial commerce as a mix of both public and private enterprise: the decision was consequently made to build two airships of 5,000,000 cubic foot capacity. This was a project which seized the popular imagination, R100, built under contract with Vickers (who had been formerly involved in airship construction in Britain), being popularly known as 'the capitalist ship' and R101, built by the Royal Airship Works, as 'the socialist ship'. After 1926 the works on this site resulted from the Government authorisation of the projects for the R100 and R101 airships, which were to be used for an Empire-wide travel service. This shed was enlarged to a length of 812ft and heightened by 35ft to take the R101 in 1926/7, Number Two Shed comprising a shed brought to the site from Pulham in Norfolk and then extended to its required length. The sheds are both 180ft high. After the R101 disaster of October 1930, when the airship crashed on its maiden flight en route to India ( its 48 dead including Sir Sefton Branker, the then Secretary of State for Air) the British government - under considerable economic pressure - terminated its support for the airship programme. The R100 - which had made a successful return flight to Canada - was broken up inside the No 1 Shed and sold for scrap in 1931. Cardington's fortunes revived after the formation of Balloon Command in November 1938, when it became the RAF's principal (barrage) balloon operations training centre.


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In Hot House Race Republican Candidate Pledges To 'De-fund' Health Care Reform
The group's chairman Alex Cortes said in a statement that pulling funding is "the first necessary step to fully repealing and replacing this unconstitutional, job-killing, fiscal train wreck."
Of course, the Democrats will attempt to exploit pledges like this one for their own gain. Already the majority party is telling voters the GOP wants to take away from senior citizens the Medicare prescription drug rebate checks that closed the "donut hole." The Democrats say Republicans who would repeal health care reform want insurance companies to discriminate against people with preexisting conditions.


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For a recap of past efforts, the threads are here: Men's S/S 2012 Men's F/W 2012 Men's S/S 2013 Men's F/W 2013 For a sample list, please refer to this post before creating your own: http://forums.thefashionspot.com/sho...9&postcount=44 (Please note the usage of alphabetical order by first name, show, season, city, the "Opened"/"Closed" or (O) (C) mentions), and the proper way to list if no last name). And here are a couple of simple ground rules to keep the thread as organized as possible: 1. This thread will only focus on male models only. 2. No need to hurry! It is preferred that you do not create a showlist until all the images from the show become available. But if you compile a list of around 12 names from the already published pictures, then it is still okay to submit your list to the thread for further editing later on. Remember: Even if you cannot edit your own post any longer, the moderators will be able to help out whenever and wherever necessary. If there is an omission, please post the correction, and the original list post will be modified accordingly. 3. Don't forget the ones you didn't recognize! Most likely, there will be faces unidentifiable to you in the entire show. In those cases, please post/link to/upload the images of the unknowns alongside your list so others may help you by posting replies with the missing names. Refer to this post as an example: http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums...&postcount=467 * It has come to our attention that several sites are using our ID lists on their websites. In the future, as a common courtesy, please reference The Fashion Spot when doing so. Thank you. * Thanks in advance for everyone who contributes! Last edited by Flashbang; 15-06-2013 at 12:29 AM. |
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Lot 3411: ALL ORIGINAL 5 CENT/25 CENT CAILLE DOUBLE WITH ORIGINAL MUSIC.
Historic Toy, Doll & Advertising Auction, Day 2
by James D. Julia
July 1, 2010
Fairfield, ME, USA
Live AuctionDescription: This machine is as fresh to the market as they come! Discovered recently in a Kentucky barn, this double puck with its original music is in as found, totally all original untouched condition. A true rarity in itself, there are virtually very few machines discovered any longer in this manner. The music had been removed and was stored in the house and in remarkable condition; no broken teeth, excellent gilt to iron sound board and clean as a whistle still holding a tune. All the original linkage is intact excepting wire rods (of minor concern) to trip music. The crank on the side, the lever to deactivate music is still present! The original iron castings have substantial nickel plating and painted highlighting to head is almost all intact. The iron legs have very little nickel left which is typical and often times over the years the legs were painted silver. Dials are intact and in very fine condition, original reverse glasses are present; one has three cracks the others are intact and are flaking to blue background paint. Wood cabinet desperately in need of a good cleaning and some regluing. Lacking partial rounded molding around center dials and a few odd little pieces of trim. Back doors are present with original locks; one door missing section of wood. Musical containment area is present including rear containment door. A great find by Jim Julia who was at a decoy auction in Chicago when one of the attendees mentioned to him that they had this machine and it had been in his family for decades. A rare opportunity for a collector to get a fresh to the market, as found, basically all original double upright with its original music. Often times an operator removed the music boxes from these uprights as they inoperable. Only a very small percentage of musical uprights retains the musical box that was there when it left the factory. SIZE: Approx. 47" w x 14" d x 63" h. CONDITION: As noted. Left side handle plate is intact, handle missing. Mechanisms appear to be complete other than a spring here or there and in need of cleaning and lubrication. Iron castings are intact and the only visible damage is a hairline crack in iron plate surrounding the right side coin head. 1-9817


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Gus (Augustus) Christie, 48, executive chairman and owner of Glyndebourne, is sniffing around the flues at the back of the behemoth boiler in the bowels of the house synonymous with black tie opera and some of the world's most sumptuous picnics.
"We grew up breathing carbon monoxide, I think. Until these flues were put in," says Christie, who was born in the house and is as good-looking as he is charming – and inscrutable, preferring to talk about things rather than anything personal.
"I can't tell you the precise date of the original house because I don't know it myself, but it was Tudor so the oldest part is roughly 500 years old. And then it was Elizabethanised, then it was Georganised, then it was Victorianised, then it was de-Victorianised, then it was re-Elizabethanised."
Accompanied by Caesar, his Portuguese Water dog ("President Obama has one too," says Christie), he leads through Glyndebourne's chalky underworld, past drying rooms and huge green hot water tanks, until we reach two wine cellars. He unlocks one of them to reveal bottles so elderly that the labels have rotted and sediment accrued. Who knows which generation of Christies was responsible for the ruined wine?
The family bought the house in 1833. Christie's grandparents, John Christie and his wife, the soprano Audrey Mildmay, founded the opera house 101 years later. They opened with Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro and, this season, the old favourite appears in a new production. In another echo from Glyndebourne's origins, Christie married the 33-year-old soprano superstar Danielle de Niese two and a half years ago. They met while de Niese was performing at the festival, after the dissolution of his marriage to Imogen Lycett Green, with whom he has four sons: 15-year-old twins Jackson and Romulus, 12-year-old Alexander, and 11-year-old Ivor.
When the boys are at Glyndebourne they have to share the house with many others, just as Christie did when he was growing up, although back then the festival was shorter. Now the operatic occupation lasts seven months – including the summer festival and the touring wing – and the company operates throughout the year.
"There are about 30 bedrooms so it makes very good sense to use them. We offer all our directors, designers, conductors, assistants, répétiteurs and all the production team a room in the house while they're working here. It is a perk. There is one main staircase that is used by everybody and more often than not you're bumping into people you've never seen before," says Christie as he leads us down the staircase and out to the garden, which spills into views across the Sussex downs.
His grandmother, Mildmay, was a passionate gardener who created the crescent garden now restored to its original colour scheme of, mostly, white. Presumably, I suggest, de Niese cannot follow Mildmay's tradition given her globe-hopping schedule.
Christie assures me she is involved. "We're planning the new garden out the front together because it's going to be her garden as much as mine."
This new project aims to carve out some private space in the garden which is enjoyed by so many – from the opera company to the audience – that the Christie boys have to be shipped off to a neighbouring garden to kick balls about.
"There's one bit that's private – the Wild Garden," says Christie, referring to a wooded area to one side of the house. "But people can see into it. Privacy is something that is preying on my mind. Since my dad [Sir George] rebuilt the new theatre in the mid-1990s there is a lot more pressure on the garden. It gets to me at times when you just want a night off and you've got coaches outside your sitting room and parking in the front drive."
And so, at the end of this season, the Christies will transform the coach park into their private garden with areas for football, wildflowers and lawn. Coaches will be directed into an adapted Wild Garden.
"The audience will arrive through the gardens rather than walking past the dustbins."
Christie, who has been trying to persuade Caesar to take less interest in the lambs gambolling beside the ha-ha, is talking with relish about ripping out a lot of the yew. He compares this with his anti-brown campaign inside the house.
"I've got rid of a lot of the old mahogany furniture that was here, the old dark furniture, tallboys. My grandfather seemed to have an obsession with Victorian tallboys – there were two in each bedroom. So we've had a good clearout and freshened things up."
In the front hall, a fire has been lit on this chilly May afternoon. Glasses are being polished in preparation for the cast of La Cenerentola, who will soon arrive. This handsome panelled room is so large that a table that can extend to seat 28 looks lost.
The family room leads off the front hall. Beyond that is the kitchen where the family eats and where cupboards are decorated by the late artist and designer Emanuele Luzzati, whose Chagall-like work has appeared at several Glyndebourne productions.
Although this is the private area it leads straight into sitting rooms and kitchens that are used by Glyndebourne production staff. We plunge further into the shared part of the house, to the billiards room, where antlers are draped with fairy lights. A huge chimney place and a beam with pegs for hanging meat are clues that this is probably the original Tudor kitchen.
Nearby, an ancient iron-wheeled cart loiters down a flagged corridor. It is piled high with footballs, frisbees and baseball gloves – for use when the boys are home. It is the same cart that used to be pulled on to the lawns, piled with games, when Christie was a child.
Down another corridor a row of servants' bells, each marked with the name of room in the house, is a reminder of a time when Glyndebourne depended on hot and cold running servants. Today there is one housekeeper – yet the place still feels like the kind of quintessentially English country house where Bertie Wooster might feel at home.
All the same, Christie is maintaining Glyndebourne's pioneering spirit. On top of his efforts to make Glyndebourne the first green opera house (see favourite things), he is making Glyndebourne more accessible. He mentions the deal with the UK's Guardian newspaper to stream Glyndebourne online – and Glyndebourne's deal with independent cinemas to screen a selection of each year's operas. He adds that although the swankiest tickets cost £230, the under-30s can buy tickets for £30 – "A lot cheaper than a football match or a pop concert," says Christie.
"I think for most people opera is a dirty word and smacks of elitism, and so the cinema or their home computer is a lot less intimidating than coming to a theatre and having to dress up and rub shoulders with, in their minds, rather scary opera buffs. They're not actually – well, some of them are – but a lot of them are perfectly normal."
Jane Owen is editor of House & Home
Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2012 runs from May 21 to August 28 glyndebourne.com
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This caused some debate. Christie named his sons as his favourite things but that was not allowed because they are animate. Caesar? No – for the same reason. Instead he suggests his 66m newly-installed wind turbine which Christie is confident will supply 90 per cent of Glyndebourne's electricity. He says that the turbine's total capital cost of £1.5m will be recouped in six to seven years.
"I studied zoology at university and I spent 10 years making wildlife documentaries. I do care passionately about the environment and the natural world," says Christie, who intends to continue the greening of Glyndebourne possibly by installing wood chip boilers and heat exchange pumps.
But Christie finally settles on the monumental sculpture of a horse's head, cousin of the six-tonne head at Marble Arch in central London, which stands outside the theatre. Both sculptures are by Christie's friend Nic Fiddian-Green.


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The Full Updated TV Land September Schedule; More Details on TV Land Canada This Fall
Hopefully TV Land doesn't edit the September line-up again. We will have the October highlights very soon, so come on back for that. What to expect that month is a 50th Anniversary Marathon of Leave it to Beaver and Designing Women joins the line-up.
Moving up north of the border, we have some additional details for TV Land Canada's Fall schedule. We gave you the shows and details last month, but now we have some more info!
Among the highlights: TV Land Canada has 24-hour marathons of Remington Steele and Happy Days, and spends the Christmas holidays with Lassie and Dallas. Several stand-up comedy series hosted by comedian Ben Guyatt are also coming to the Canadian network. For complete details, click HERE you Canadians!
New on DVD/Blu-ray (February/March)
02/07 - Sabrina, the Teenage Witch - Sabrina Down Under
02/07 - So Little Time - Volume 1 - School's Cool - Boy Crazy
02/07 - So Little Time - Volume 2 - About a Family - Hangin' Out
02/07 - 227 - The Complete First Season (Mill Creek)
02/07 - Vice Principals - The Complete First Season (Blu-ray)
02/14 - Beavis and Butt-Head - The Complete Collection
02/14 - Grace and Frankie - Season Two
02/28 - Fuller House - The Complete First Season
03/03 - The Dick Van Dyke Show - Now... In Living Color! (Blu-ray)
03/07 - The Jamie Foxx Show - The Complete Second Season
03/07 - Mama's Family - Mama's Favorites
03/07 - That '70s Show - The Complete Series - Flashback Edition (Blu-ray)
03/07 - What I Like About You - The Complete Second Season
03/07 - You Me Her - Season One
03/14 - Newhart - The Final (Eighth) Season
03/14 - Unbrekable Kimmy Schmidt - Season Two
03/21 - Master of None - Season One
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Saturday, March 25
Henry Danger - "Gas or Fail" (Nickelodeon, 8:00PM ET/PT)
When Captain Man finds himself trapped underground, Henry must devise a way to sneak out of his school's standardized testing to save Ray.
Game Shakers - "Llama Llama Spit Spit" (Nickelodeon, 8:30PM ET/PT)
After the Game Shakers get kicked out of Fooders to make room for a guest who has his photo on the wall, Babe becomes determined to get their own photo up using any means necessary.
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn - "To Be Invited or Not to Be" (Nickelodeon, 9:00PM ET/PT)
The quads make a new friend, an amazing inventor, but when not all of them get invited back to hang out again, they start to wonder why.
Love Thy Neighbor - "Better Late Than Never" (OWN, 9:00PM ET/PT)
A missed call leaves Danny and his family in a bad place.
Love Thy Neighbor - "Make Up or Make Out" (OWN, 9:30PM ET/PT)
Still upset with his friends, Danny takes the advice of his family.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of March 27)
Sunday, March 26
- Sanaa Lathan (Family Guy/The Cleveland Show/LateLine) - Catch Sanaa on Watch What Happens: Live at 11pm on Bravo.
- Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation) - Watch Chris on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Richard Dreyfuss (Your Family or Mine) - Richard appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:34pm on NBC.
- Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie/Malibu Country) and Jane Fonda (Grace and Frankie) - Lily and Jane are guests on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS. They also chat with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Craig Ferguson (The Drew Carey Show) - Craig visits Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC. He will also be on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Rachel Dratch (Imaginary Mary) - Rachel is a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Pete Holmes (Crashing) - Pete stops by The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
- Jenna Elfman (Imaginary Mary/1600 Penn/Accidentally on Purpose/Courting Alex/Dharma & Greg) - Jenna appears on Last Call with Carson Daly at 1:35am on NBC.
- Ron Funches (Powerless/Undateable) - Ron is a guest on @midnight on Comedy Central at midnight.
- Kaitlin Olson (The Mick/It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) - Kaitlin drops by Conan at 11pm on TBS.
- Wendi McLendon-Covey (The Goldbergs/Rules of Engagement/Reno 911!) - Wendi appears on a repeat of Watch What Happens: Live at 11pm on Bravo.
- Lisa Kudrow (Friends/The Comeback) - Lisa is a guest on LIVE! with Kelly, so check your listings.
- Mark Consuelos (Alpha House/Hope & Faith) - Mark guest co-hosts LIVE! with Kelly, so check your listings.
- Tahj Mowry, Derek Theler and Jean-Luc Bilodeau (Baby Daddy) - Tahj, Derek and Jean-Luc are guests on Harry, so check your local listings.
- Tika Sumpter (The Game) - Tika appears on a repeat of The Real, so check your local listings.
- Vanessa Bell Calloway (Rhythm & Blues) - Vanessa is a guest on Home & Family on Hallmark Channel at 10am ET/PT.
- June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie) - June talks about Grace and Frankie on NBC's Today in the 9am hour.
- Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly/Samantha Who?) and Ben Falcone (Joey) - Melissa and Ben talk TV Land's Nobodies on NBC's Today in the 10am hour.
- Brooklyn Decker (Grace and Frankie/Friends with Better Lives) - Brookyln stops by People Now at 8:30am.
- Marcia Gay Harden (Trophy Wife) - Marcia opens up about her favorite part of being in the 50 Shades movies on People Now at 8:30am. \
- Tracee Ellis Ross (black-ish/Girlfriends) - Tracee dishes about her Golden Globe win on a repeat of The Wendy Williams Show at 2am on BET or on your local stations.


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Become a part of San Francisco history- help name our trails at Glen Canyon Park!
Beyond Glen Canyon Park's recreation center, ball field, and tennis courts lies a large urban canyon that has incredible spring wildflower displays, dramatic rock (chert) formations, and Islais Creek, one of the few remaining free-flowing creeks in San Francisco. These 60 acres of wilderness, formerly referred to as the San Miguel Hills, not only provide critical habitat for a wide array of wildlife, but serve as a relaxing sanctuary from the city's urban bustle. An extensive network of hiking trails leads through a variety of habitats, from the lush creekside vegetation to the rocky grass- and scrublands of the canyon's steep eastern slope, where a profusion of wildflowers blooms each spring.
The Glen Canyon Trails Project is a product of the 2008 Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond, multiple California Habitat Conservation Fund grants and extensive community input. The project is helping to repair existing trails and steps, provide fencing for public safety and to protect sensitive habitat areas, provide erosion control measures, restore native plants and provide wayfinding signage.
We need your help in naming these amazing trails. Please review the following list of naming criteria and trail options and fill out the form below.
Names should relate to the following criteria:
·Geographic features
·Natural features presently or historically found in or along the park or trail (biologic, geologic, etc.)
·Significant historical events
·Deceased persons of historic or civic importance to the park or neighborhood (documentation required)
Trail Options:
Trail #1– (in Red) This trail, with end points at the Saddle rock outcrop and the Elk Street entrance, runs along the top of the steep, eastern edges of Glen Canyon. Points of interest include grasslands with extensive canyon views, radiolarian chert outcrops, and coastal scrub habitat. Many animals and plants thrive here, including, but not limited to: gophers, mice, hummingbirds, sparrows, alligator lizards, California poppies, and blackberry.
Trail #2– (in Orange) This trail follows Islais Creek from the Southern part of the park to Turquoise Way and the future connection to Twin Peaks. Trail #2 follows riparian habitat up to the chert rock outcrops and through coastal scrub, providing vast canyon views. Dappled sunlight, climbs over twisting willow branches, a creek crossing, a variety of bird species like chickadees and juncos, lichens, and ferns are just a sample of the features that can be experienced on this trail.
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Indonesia Bourse Chief Sees Best Year for Stocks Since 2010
Harry Suhartono and Neil ChatterjeeThe Jakarta Composite Index is poised to extend this year's gain by another 10 percent as the government takes steps to improve exports and infrastructure, according to the head of the nation's stock exchange.
The benchmark gauge for Indonesia's $410 billion equity market will probably climb 20 percent in 2014, the most since 2010, after gaining 10 percent this year through yesterday, President Director Ito Warsito said in an interview. The bourse plans to attract 30 initial public offerings in 2014, versus 31 last year, he said.
Indonesian shares have posted the biggest rally in Asia after Vietnam as net inflows by foreign investors climbed to about $907 million, the most among regional markets tracked by Bloomberg. Investor sentiment has improved amid a narrowing current-account deficit and a rally in the rupiah, after the index fell 11 percent in the second half of 2013.
"We are still optimistic about 2014, although there are some concerns on the economic side," Warsito, 52, said yesterday at the exchange. "We believe the composite index can still grow by around 20 percent."
Warsito forecast in an interview on June 27, 2012, that the index would rise as much as 14 percent to 4,500 by the end of that year. It ended 2012 about 10 percent higher at 4,316.69.
Construction Stocks
Manufacturing and infrastructure stocks will probably be among the best performers this year as the government offers tax incentives to build factories and allows foreign investment in ports and airports, said Warsito, a graduate of Harvard Business School. The Jakarta Construction, Property & Real Estate Index is up 27 percent this year, the best performance among 9 industry groups. Jakarta Composite Index declined 0.4 percent to 4,684.39 at the close today.
"With the market already gaining 10 percent this year, I think his estimates for 20 percent growth is achievable if the election go smoothly and economic conditions keep improving," said Dwianto Oktory, a fund manager at PT MNC Asset Management, which oversees 2.9 trillion rupiah. Construction companies may lead this year's advance, he said.
Profits at lenders will probably slow this year after the central bank lifted interest rates by 1.75 percentage points in 2013 to reduce the current-account gap, he said. With Bank Indonesia now expected to pause, corporate bond issuance will pick up, Warsito said. Companies are forecast to issue 50 trillion rupiah ($4.4 billion) of bonds in 2014, compared with 57.5 trillion rupiah last year, he said.
Earnings Scorecard
Indonesian companies recorded the best start to an earnings season in six years. About 72 percent of companies in the benchmark index that posted fourth-quarter results as of March 3 surpassed analyst estimates, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
The economy expanded 5.72 percent from a year earlier in the three months ended Dec. 31, compared with 5.63 percent in the previous quarter. The country's current-account deficit is expected to narrow to 2.5 percent this year, from about 3.3 percent last year, according to Bank Indonesia.
The bourse introduced new listing rules in January, requiring companies to have a free float of at least 50 million shares and 7.5 percent of share capital within the next 24 months.
PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna, the biggest company on the Indonesian bourse with a market capitalization of 302 trillion rupiah, will probably remain a listed company even as its free float of 1.8 percent currently falls below the new requirement, Warsito said. Philip Morris International Inc. bought a controlling stake in the Indonesian company in 2005.
"When Philip Morris acquired the company they had a commitment to keep the company listed," said Warsito, who helped advise the Philip Morris on the deal as President Director of brokerage PT Bahana Securities. "We will let Philip Morris decide, but our expectation is for Sampoerna to remain a listed company."


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Man Disables More Than 100 Cars Over Internet
Omar Ramos-Lopez was arrested by Austin police on Wednesday after he used a former colleague's password to deactivate starters and set off car horns of vehicles sold from his former workplace. After their cars were deactivated, several owners said they had to call tow trucks and were left stranded. "He caused these customers, now victims, to miss work," Austin police spokeswoman Veneza Aguinaga said. "They didn't get paid. They had to get tow trucks. They didn't know what was going on with their vehicles."
The vehicles had GPS devices that were installed by the Texas Auto Center dealership in Austin. The devices are designed to be used to repossess a car if a buyer is overdue on payments. They also allow repo agents to activate the car horn if an owner attempts to hide the car.
In mid-February, dealership employees noticed someone was changing business records. One record even showed dead rapper Tupac Shakur as the owner of a 2009 vehicle. Soon after the changed records were discovered, customers began calling to complain their cars wouldn't start or the horn was going off incessantly. Originally, the dealership believed the cars had mechanical problems. Eventually, police were able to trace the sabotage to Ramos-Lopez's computer.


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Lot 252: Andy Warhol - American Indian (Blue) - 1977
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Description: "American Indian (Blue)" by Andy Warhol, 1977 Unsigned Offset Lithograph. Paper size is 50 x 34 inches, with an image size of 28 x 23.25 inches. The Offset Lithograph is from an unknown edition size. and is not framed. The condition was rated A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling. Additional details: First printing, large 1977 exhibition poster by Warhol from an exhibition Ace Gallery.
Condition Report: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Artist or Maker: Warhol, Andy
Medium: Offset Lithograph
Date: 1977


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Updated DHS Report on Risks of Proposed Kansas Biocontainment Lab an Improvement But Still 'Technically Inadequate,' Says National Research Council
WASHINGTON — A new National Research Council report requested by Congress finds the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's updated site-specific risk assessment for the proposed National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, Kan., a "substantial improvement" over the original 2010 version, but it has a number of deficiencies and inadequately characterizes the risks associated with operating the facility.
The NBAF would be the world's fourth Biosafety Level 4 laboratory capable of large animal research, replacing the aging Plum Island Animal Disease Center located off Long Island. It would study dangerous foreign animal diseases -- including highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), which affects cattle, pigs, deer, and other cloven-hoofed animals -- as well as emerging and new infectious diseases that can be transmitted between animals and people. In 2010 the Research Council reviewed the original site-specific risk assessment by DHS and found that it was inadequate due to flawed methods and assumptions. In response, Congress mandated that DHS revise its assessment to address shortcomings and directed the Research Council to evaluate the updated assessment, which is the focus of this report. Another Research Council committee, whose work is separate from this report, is examining the needs and possible scientific alternatives for a foreign animal and zoonotic disease research laboratory in the U.S.
The committee that reviewed the updated risk assessment found that many of the shortcomings identified in the 2010 report have been addressed and that the new version uses more conventional risk assessment methods and conceptual models, presents clearer descriptions of the approaches, and complies better with standard practices than the previous version. However, some of the risk analysis methods were misinterpreted and misapplied when executed. The assessment also contains questionable and inappropriate assumptions that led to artificially lower estimates of the probability of an accidental pathogen release from the facility, the committee said.
Information from the 2010 risk assessment implies that for the two greatest release scenarios there is nearly a 70 percent chance that a release of FMD could result in an infection outside the laboratory over the 50-year lifetime of the facility. In contrast, the updated assessment concludes that for 142 possible release events, the cumulative probability of a release leading to an infection is 0.11 percent, or a 1 in 46,000 chance per year.
The committee noted that some of the risk reduction may be explained by improvements to the latest design plans for the facility, but despite improvements, the updated assessment underestimates the risk of an accidental pathogen release and inadequately characterizes the uncertainties in those risks. Moreover, the committee found that the updated probabilities of releases are based on overly optimistic and unsupported estimates of human-error rates; low estimates of infectious material available for release; and inappropriate treatment of dependencies, uncertainties, and sensitivities in calculating release probabilities. For instance, the 2010 assessment concludes that human error would be the most likely cause of release, and the previous Research Council report agrees. However, the updated assessment concludes that natural hazards, specifically earthquakes and tornadoes, would be 20 times more likely to cause a pathogen release than operational activities at the facility. The committee questioned whether natural hazards posed the greatest risk for accidental release of FMD and believed the updated assessment overestimated the release probabilities due to both kinds of natural disasters versus other pathways.
In addition, the low estimates of risk found throughout the updated assessment are not in agreement with most modern, complex industrial systems, and in many instances the committee could not verify results because methods and data were unevenly or poorly presented. The updated assessment also contains inconsistent information, which made it difficult to determine the degree to which risks were underestimated.
"A risk assessment of this nature carries significant complexities, yet the practice of completing such assessments is mature enough that the committee's expectations are attainable," said Gregory Baecher, chair of the committee and Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor of Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. "Because a pathogen release from the NBAF could have devastating agricultural, economic, and public health consequences, a risk assessment that reaches inappropriate conclusions could have substantial repercussions."
The committee said the updated assessment addresses many of the issues outlined in the congressional mandate. However, it still does not adequately include overall risks associated with the most dangerous pathogens. Additionally, assumptions about surveillance, detection, response, and mitigation strategies were not adequately comprehensive or science-based.
The latest design plans for the NBAF appear to be sound, the committee said. It reviewed the design documents to understand the assumptions about the release probabilities for the risk assessment and to verify that design concerns raised in the previous Research Council report were addressed. The committee noted that inadequacies in the updated assessment do not imply inadequacies in the facility's design. It was beyond the committee's task to formally review or pass judgment on the actual engineering or safety of the facility.
The study was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council make up the National Academies. They are independent, nonprofit institutions that provide science, technology, and health policy advice under an 1863 congressional charter. Panel members, who serve pro bono as volunteers, are chosen by the Academies for each study based on their expertise and experience and must satisfy the Academies' conflict-of-interest standards. The resulting consensus reports undergo external peer review before completion. For more information, visit http://national-academies.org/studycommitteprocess.pdf. A committee roster follows.
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National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas
Gregory B. Baecher* (chair)
Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor of Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Maryland
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Thomas W. Armstrong
Principal Investigator
TWA8HR Occupational Hygiene Consulting LLC, and
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ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences Inc. (retired)
Branchburg, N.J.
Richard E. Breitmeyer
California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System
University of California
Corrie Brown
Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor
Department of Veterinary Pathology
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Georgia
Mark T. Hernandez
Professor of Environmental Engineering
University of Colorado
Ahsan Kareem*
Robert M. Moran Professor of Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Ind.
Brendan McCluskey
Executive Director
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Ali Mosleh*
Nicole J. Kim Professor of Engineering, and
Center for Risk and Reliability
Stephen M. Ostroff
Bureau of Epidemiology
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Philip Paarlberg
Professor of Agricultural Economics
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Ind.
Timothy C. Reluga
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Pennsylvania State University
University Park
Joseph V. Rodricks
Arlington, Va.
James A. Roth
Clarence Hartley Covault Distinguished Professor
Iowa State University
Iowa City
Lee H. Thompson
Assistant Professor of Pathology
University of Texas Medical Branch
Mark C. Thurmond
Professor Emeritus
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
Center for Animal Disease Modeling and Surveillance
School of Veterinary Medicine
Akula Venkatram
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Patrick M. Webb
Director of Swine Health Programs
National Pork Board
Des Moines, Iowa
Peggy Tsai
Study Director
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Body World
Venue: Breakwater Boulevard
Dates: 31/10/2012 to 10/03/2013
Booking Website: http://webtickets.co.za
Blue Ocean Exhibitions and anatomist Dr Gunther von Hagens announce that BODY WORLDS & The Cycle of Life makes its African première at the V&A Waterfront from 31 October 2012. The exhibition has been shown in more than 70 cities throughout the world and seen by over 35 million people and is bound to have widespread appeal among South African and international audiences. BODY WORLDS & The Cycle of Life is an anatomical exhibition that has an established body donation programme and the informed legal consent of all those on display. It includes more than 200 plastinates — specimens preserved through 'plastination', which is a process of preserving human tissue invented in 1977 by Dr von Hagens. BODY WORLDS & The Cycle of Life is the original ground-breaking anatomical exhibition by the trailblazing scientist, Dr Gunther von Hagens and shows the complexity, resilience and vulnerability of the human body through anatomical studies of the body in distress, disease and optimal health. Visitors to BODY WORLDS & The Cycle of Life will witness the arc of ageing — the body living through time from the spark of conception to old age — refracted through the latest findings in longevity and ageing science. "The older I get, the more I realize that death is normal and that it is life that is exceptional" said Dr von Hagens, "I hope this exhibition will encourage people to strive to live with inspiration every day throughout their lives." Blue Ocean Exhibitions says: "The BODY WORLDS series has always intrigued and proved irresistible to the public. This exhibition will no doubt become one of Cape Town's must see attractions this summer and will appeal to everyone who is interested in knowing how their body works. We believe this is probably the biggest exhibition of this scale ever to hit African shores so we're enormously proud to be able to work with Dr von Hagens and BODY WORLDS in bringing it to Cape Town."
Pricing & Booking Information
Adults: R140.00 per person
Concessions (Seniors 60+/ Students 18+): R110.00 per person
Children (Ages 6-17): R90.00 per person
Family Tickets (2 Adults & 2 Children): R400.00
Venue Details & Map
Breakwater Boulevard
Physical Address: Breakwater Boulevard (next to Toy Kingdom)Website: http://bodyworlds.co.za Directions: Head southwest on Adderley Street toward Strand Street. Take the 1st right onto Strand Street. Turn right onto Buitengracht Street. Turn left onto Helen Suzman Boulevard. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Granger Bay Boulevard. Go through 2 roundabouts. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Granger Road. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Breakwater Boulevard. Go through 1 roundabout. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on Breakwater Boulevard. Latitude: -33.90119657968225 Longitude: 18.422012329101562
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