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Strange Trivia About the Artists on the Stranger Things Soundtrack
Listen up, strangers!
Netflix's Stranger Things has the makings of a great sci-fi series: sleepy town where unexplained things always seem to happen? Check. A mysterious child-abducting monster terrorizing the town? Check. Awkward yet endearing characters? Yep. Awesome soundtrack? Double check.
The show's set in 1983, so musical scorers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, who are both members of the Austin band S U R V I V E, featured some of the '60s, '70s and '80s greats. They also penned the creeptastic opening theme, which they will perform live for the first time at the Unsound Festival in Krakow, Poland in October.
As we wait, fingers drumming on the desk, for any updates about the next season, Spotify put together a Season 1 playlist. It's a who's who of seminal bands and hitmakers of that nostalgic time, so for those born in the aughts, you're in for a cool treat!
The Clash
IMAGE CREDIT: Facebook/The Clash
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The Clash is the definitive English band that set the bar high for punk rock acts of today. Singing about political injustice, police brutality and racial equality in their songs like Rock the Casbah, London Calling and White Riot, The Clash had a radical approach to making music. Undeterred by losing their music cred after signing a deal with CBS Records, they made their best albums under the British record label.
Strange trivia:
During The Clash's White Riot Tour set in London, the audience became so aggressive and rowdy, they ripped the seats off the floor.
Featured song:
Should I Stay or Should I Go
Jefferson Airplane
Image URL: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/White_rabbit.JPG
Band bio tidbit:
Sextet psychedelic rockers Jefferson Airplane were a mainstay at big music festivals in the '60s. This San Francisco band had a string of hits like Somebody to Love and White Rabbit of which both earned rankings on Rolling Stone's list of 500 Greatest Hits of All Time, but internal power struggles divided their direction and music. After seven years, the band broke up, with some members reforming under different names like Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship and KBC Band.
Strange trivia:
"Jefferson Airplane" is the slang for a roll of paper used to hold a marijuana joint that's too short to hold properly. The band denied rumors their name came from the term, saying it was one of their friends who came up with the silly name.
Featured songs:
She has Funny Cars and White Rabbit
IMAGE CREDIT: Facebook/Toto
Band bio tidbit:
American rock band Toto was an instant success when they formed in the late '70s and made their self-titled debut album. By 1982, they were Grammy winners, nabbing six big awards for their fourth album, Toto IV, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for Rosanna.
Strange trivia:
The band got their name from the Latin phrase "in toto," which means "all- encompassing" in English.
Featured song:
The Bangles
IMAGE CREDIT: Facebook/The Bangles
Band bio tidbit:
Eighties radio airwaves would not be the same without The Bangles. This all-female band released hit after hit during their heyday. Walk Like an Egyptian was the number one record in 1987 while Eternal Flame was at the top of the charts in 1989. The Bangles were so huge, they were featured on the'80s cult classic movie The Goonies.
Strange trivia:
Vocalist Susanna Hoffs recorded Eternal Flame in the buff after producer Davitt Sigerson convinced her to follow Olivia Newton-John, who was believed to give amazing performances while singing naked as she recorded a song.
Featured song:
Hazy Shade of Winter
Modern English
IMAGE CREDIT: Facebook/Modern English
Band bio tidbit:
This new wave band from Essex, England refused to be associated with pop music at first. But after they broke into mainstream music with hits like Hands Across the Sea, Ink and Paper and I Melt With You, they didn't mind the limelight. Modern English is still active today, touring the U.S.to promote their Mesh & Lace album.
Strange trivia:
I Melt With You ranked number 7 on the Billboard charts and on VH1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the '80s.
Featured song:
I Melt With You
Joy Division
IMAGE CREDIT: Facebook/Joy Division
Band bio tidbit:
Despite the band's melancholic musical themes, critics hailed Joy Division's sound as a poetic breath of fresh air from the angst-driven rock hits that dominated the airwaves. Joy won music critics' praises after releasing the exquisite Unknown Pleasures album, gaining more fans with the release of their second album Closer. By the time they became mainstream, lead singer Ian Curtis was spiraling into deep depression. Eight months after the band came out with their biggest hit Love Will Tear Us Apart, Curtis hanged himself.
Strange trivia:
While performing, Curtis would sometimes do his signature move, the "dead fly" dance, where he flung his arms around in an awkward semicircular motion. People close to him believed it was actually an effect of his epileptic fits.
Featured song:
Corey Hart
IMAGE CREDIT: Facebook/Corey Hart
Artist bio tidbit:
Grammy nominee for Best New Artist in 1984, Corey Hart was a sensation when he released his first album First Offense. The Canadian singer-songwriter boasts nine U.S. Billboard Top 40 singles, 30 Canadian Top 40 hits and has sold over 16 million records worldwide.
Strange trivia:
Corey and some music producers wore sunglasses while working in a studio to prevent the cold air blowing directly at their face from drying their eyes. The singer was inspired by the moment and started to sing the random lyrics, "I wear my sunglasses at night."
Featured song:
Sunglasses at Night
Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
Band bio tidbit:
Singer Tony Orlando didn't gain much success as a soloist so when the opportunity came to record and perform with backup singers, he formed Dawn. This American band was behind several '70s hits like Candida, Knock Three Times and He Don't Love You (Like I Love You).
Strange trivia:
Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree, which was written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown, was first offered to Ringo Starr but the Beatles drummer's management at Apple Records thought it was "ridiculous" and passed it on.
Featured song:
Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree
The Smiths
IMAGE CREDIT: Facebook/The Smiths
Band bio tidbit:
According to a 2002 poll by NME, The Smiths was the "most influential artist ever." True enough, a lot of critically acclaimed bands like Blur, Radiohead and Arcade Fire cite The Smiths as one of their musical inspirations.
Strange trivia:
Morrissey hates his first name, Steven, so much that he insists on being called by his surname.
Featured song:
There is a Light That Never Goes Out
David Bowie
IMAGE CREDIT: Facebook/David
Artist bio tidbit:
This English singer-songwriter was a music maverick on the studio, creating sound styles way beyond the music of his time, and on stage, where he gave an all-out performance complete with metallic makeup, asymmetrical leotards and outrageous platform boots. David is one of the coolest musical oddities this side of the universe.
Strange trivia:
Bowie's different-colored eyes, the left is blue while the right is black, were a result of a fight with a boy when he was young. His schoolmate socked him in the eye, scratching the surface of Bowie's left eyeball and leaving the iris permanently dilated, a condition known as anisocoria.
Featured song:
Words by: Lana Chan
IMAGE CREDIT: Facebook/Stranger Things


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Hunted places with spirits and witchcraft, damp catacombs and deconsecrated necropolises. The most hidden secrets of the city of Naples are just waiting to be revealed in the most frightening night of the year. Let's find out what to do on Halloween in Naples for an unforgettable, thrilling day.
The most mysterious and enigmatic festival of the year is coming. If you are tired of seeing yet another horror movie and you no longer have the age to knock on doors asking: "Trick or treat?" here are the most hidden places to learn about the dark side of the city of Naples.
A wicked cemetery
40,000 human remains, including skeletal heads ("capuzzelle") and bones, are housed in one of the most fascinating and frightening Italian cemeteries: the Fontanelle Cemetery. A place of mysticism and culture in which the vicissitudes of countless victims of the plague and cholera have merged with years of stories and superstition giving life to a characteristic setting, emblem of Neapolitan folklore.
The tour of cruelty
A journey that takes you back to the time of the Inquisition and the tortures that were then inflicted every day. This consists of a guided tour inside the Torture Museum of Naples, the most evocative display of torture instruments in Southern Italy. An itinerary to the knowledge of the most varied memorabilia of martyrdom which makes us reflect on how much the abominations of history can be more gruesome than a horror film.
The vampire's grave
Not everyone knows it, but it is in Naples that the most famous vampire in history is buried. It is the Count Dracula himself whose remains seem to be found in the Monumental Complex of Santa Maria la Nova. In fact, some reconstructions tell that the count did not die in the war, but was captured by the Turks, who would have released him to his daughter Maria, resident in Naples, following a ransom.
Ghosts, spirits and haunted buildings
We could not miss the haunted places and victims of curses and spells. Naples is full of mysterious caves in which unexplained phenomena occur, of obscure tufa caves, underground tunnels and ghostly apparitions. To learn more about the melancholy presences that haunt the city read our article "On the trail of the ghosts of Naples: the mysteries of Posillipo".
Dedicated to true horror lovers
For those who are convinced that "a bit of blood does not make Halloween", here is a super proposal for fear: a guided tour to discover all the mysterious places mentioned in the article. A rich and complete itinerary through the most unusual meanders of the city, for a scary Naples as you've never seen it before. Find out more and experience the thrill of an unforgettable Halloween with us.

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28 November 2018
Dictador Launch Party by La Caoba
Place: Morgan Warehouse, Asuncion, Paraguay.
What an amazing night it was! Dictador celebrated its launch on Paraguay market under La Caoba distribution. Everything started at 9pm in Morgan Warehouse, Dictador girls right next to a classic collector Rolls Royce was what welcomed all the guest coming to have fun that night.
For those looking for the best drinks Dictador created a special cocktail menu served by Morgan's best bartenders. House music arranged by Paraguayan DJ suddenly stopped at midnight to surprise all the guests with live concert of Hector and the Monkey Brothers. Band was on the stage for almost two hours, playing hits from artists like Bruno Mars, Luis Miguel, Earth Wind and Fire and more.
Thank you!


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Dangerous Men Is Destined For Midnight Movie Greatness.
Dangerous Men.
Director, Writer, Producer, Executive Producer, Composer: John S. Rad.
Cast: Melody Wiggins, Kellay Miller, and Bryan Jenkins.
Opens at: Alama Drafthouse.
A few years ago during Fantastic Fest in Austin, the Alamo Drafthouse unveiled a movie that was previously thought to have been lost, but that was rescued at the last moment.
That movie was Miami Connection, a film that became an instant hit with the off-beat and mondo cinema crowd. But, in the run-up to this year's fest, organizers said they had a new movie in their hands that was sure to blow Miami Connection out of the water. That movie is director/writer/producer/composer (he's given all of these roles in the credits) John S. Rad's magnum opus, Dangerous Men.
And boy does it live up to that Fantastic Fest hype.
Created on and off over the course of a 26-year period — take that, Linklater — Dangerous Men finally earned its initial release in 2005. That's when, after being turned down by festivals and distributors, Rad rented out four Los Angeles theaters himself and showed his creation. It, of course, flopped. In its first week, it earned a mere $70.
Now that it's earned the attention of the Drafthouse Films crew, though — eight years after Rad's death, unfortunately — it stands to earn much more than that.
Naturally, there are some caveats at play here. Heading in, you have to know that this is a "so bad it's good" movie, and that there's a right way and a wrong way to consume a film like this. First off, you have to appreciate it for the low-budget — and thus scrappy and rather awkward — affair that it is. Second, you have to laugh with it rather than at it — a distinction that many just simply cannot make, but an important one. To laugh at a film like Dangerous Men is to watch it wrong, and to get what separates the irony lovers and appreciators from the cinema bullies of the world.
But what, exactly, are you seeing with Dangerous Men? Well, to call it an intense experience would be to undersell it. Ostensibly, it's about a woman named Mina (Melody Wiggins) who becomes a feminist vigilante after her fiancee is killed by a pair of bikers who attempt to rape her. But, really, there are about five different plots going on at the same time in this movie, with characters disappearing in and out of the film for extended periods of time, and for unexplained reasons.
The lack of a concrete plot structure is ultimately Dangerous Men's most unique quality. Even at its most coherent, the movie never follows a character for too long. When it does, it's a completely superfluous character whose actions won't affect the plot whatsoever.
The editing choices are also bizarre as hell, like when one character complains about a romantic interest working too much — only to then be immediately cut off for a surprise, three-second sex scene.
Then there's the music, which is actually pretty great. When John S. Rad composes music for a movie, he composes the hell out of it. Most every moment of the film is scored with catchy synth washes and sweet drum machine beats. Just keep in mind that the music doesn't always seem to line up with the scene playing over it, unless you're somehow anticipating a jazzy score to soundtrack an attempted rape.
It's a good thing that music's compelling, though, because the rest of the sound here is a mess. Background and ambient sounds cut in and out depending on whether the characters are speaking. Oh, and if you want to hear some of the goofy dialogue, you might not be able to: The mix is so totally focused on the music that it often disregards all else. Depending on your ear, it might drive you crazy.
Then again, it might tickle your fancy, too.
No, Dangerous Men is not a very well-made movie. But it is a singular cinematic experience. And the fact that the enigmatic Rad felt so passionate about it to devote so much time to it is something that should be celebrated. Catch it during its theatrical re-run, grab some beers while you do, and prepare gleefully to be confused.
That's the legacy Dangerous Men deserves.
Quality Grade: D.
Fun Grade: A+++.


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Dr. Gabriel Ivbijaro
Founder and Chair, The World Dignity Project
Professor Ivbijaro is a champion for global mental health advocacy and Visiting Professor of Population Mental Health at NOVA University, Lisbon, Portugal. He was President of WFMH the oldest mental health advocacy organisation in the world from 2015-2017 and is the founder and Chair of The World Dignity Project, a charity dedicated to promoting dignity in mental health and ensuring that the views of mental health service users, their families and carers are at the forefront of everything that we do.
Professor Ivbijaro's contribution to the UK National Health Service was recognised in 2012 when he was awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) by her Majesty the Queen. He is an International Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and Chair of the APA Caucus on Global Mental Health, a Wonca (World Organisation of Family Doctors) Fellow and a member of the American College of Psychiatrists.
Professor Ivbijaro is a specialist in Integrated Care and Primary Care Mental Health, with expertise in service re-design and co-edited 'Integrating Mental Health Into Primary Care: A Global Perspective' in collaboration with World Health Organization and World Organization of Family Doctors in 2008. He has participated in a range of mental health transformation projects including being Royal College of General Practitioners representative on the Royal College of Psychiatrists Intercollegiate SOC Committee that produced the 'Good Practice Guidelines for the Assessment and Treatment of Gender Dysphoria' in 2013. He was a Member of the European Platform for Mental Health from 2008 to 2009, London Regional General Practice Adviser for the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme from 2010 to 2012, Chair of the Long Term Mental Health Conditions Clinical Expert Panel for NHS London from 2010 to 2012 and Clinical Chair for Waltham Forest Federated GP Commissioning Consortium from 2011 to 2013.
Professor Ivbijaro has presented papers and original thinking on primary care mental health integration and collaborative care at many local and international conferences and has published a
TheWood Street Health Centre, 6 Linford Road, London E17 6LArange of articles in peer reviewed journals. He was editor of the 'Companion to Primary Care Mental Health,' an international collaboration of 110 authors from all continents of the world which received a five star (100%) Doody's Review and aims to promote access and delivery of evidence based practice in primary care. His PhD 'Stigma and social distance for schizophrenia in psychiatrist, general practitioners and service users' highlights some of the challenges that mental health patients face when accessing health services due to stigma and discrimination.


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In range.
I've been on vacation this week, having spent the last few days offline in the woods, immersed in good books, walkable trails, and the best New England foliage I could've hoped for. And now, as I write to you, I'm facing a rather stunning illustration of a mountain range, not five feet from where I sit.
Exquisitely hand-painted and -lettered in black ink on a long, white plank of wood, it outlines and names some three dozen mountains. I can see each peak from my seat on the porch of this hotel, if I can bear to lift my eyes up from the map.
Mind you, I'm skeptical this is the original illustration. I run my hand over the drawing, and the lines have the steadiness, the regularity you'd expect from a commercial printer. And the edges are too sharp, the letters too clear, for something I assume to be quite old indeed.
I ask the gentleman at the front desk if he knows whether I'm looking at a reproduction, or the original map. He can't answer my question, but assumes it's the former: apparently, the hotel was closed for a time in the mid-eighties, and many of its original assets were auctioned off. As if to apologize for the lack of resolution, he hands me a little tri-fold pamphlet that, when I unfurl it, reveals another reproduction of the map. I learn it was first drawn in 1887 by the AMC, and gifted to — or commissioned by? — the hotel I'm staying at.
As I read, my friend at the front desk notes several of the elevations are, delightfully, incorrect, as measurement methods have gotten considerably more accurate since the end of the nineteenth century. That is, in its way, pretty reassuring: for much of the past year, I've felt a bit lost, unmoored. And now? Well, I'm probably still a bit adrift. But now I've two maps — one in hand, one within arm's reach — and a beautiful horizon before me.
And now, it's time to drive home.
"It's gone," said Joanna, "and there was nothing to be afraid of after all, but all the same my heart is beating — I can hear it! Are you afraid? Shall we go on?"
"Yes," said Naomi, "and yes." It was necessary to be afraid in order to have courage: this is what her father taught her out on the desk of his barge. "Let's go on — mind there, it gets deep."


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Cantine Mexican Kitchen
Much like the wildly popular Rosa Mexicana Restaurant in New York City, Cantine puts a modern spin on what we expect Mexican food should be. They serve up the classics like burritos, tacos, guacamole and margaritas, but they raise the bar considerably by using imagination, locally sourced ingredients and sophisticated cooking techniques, conjuring up exciting flavors and combinations. Take a recent evening's offering: Fin and Feather Tacos, which included one duck breast taco with wild mushrooms topped with goat cheese crema and one taco of Ahi tuna, avocado and a smoky chipotle sauce. There is also a knock-out dish called Tabasco Clams and Shrimp over Black Rice. Their Avocado Gazpacho Soup is just about perfect, as are the Pumpkin Seed (pepita) Crusted Tilapia and the Black Pepper Rubbed Beef Tenderloin Ancho-Honey Barbeque.This gourmet Mexican fare is served with flare by polished, knowledgeable servers. Amazingly, while Cantine achieves ever higher levels of culinary success, it also provides a family-friendly environment by offering simple fun dishes that kids would enjoy, including nachos and quesadillas, at family-friendly prices.Care and consideration are what make the difference at Cantine Mexican Kitchen. Even the bartender is more of a mixologist, taking pride in sourcing local herbs to infuse into his cocktails.- Hillary Davis


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Good day friends,
I hope that you all are still happy and healthy.
Here is my contribution for Cee's FOTD Challenge.
Rumex acetosella, Sheeps Sorrel Red Sorrel
"Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul." ~Luther Burbank
With all my heart, Thank You for your ongoing support and for taking the time to have a look at my post.
Stay safe and healthy. Till next time.
Have a Fabulous day.


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Monday, May 19, 2008
MLB Headlines Week 7
Anyway, I suppose I should note that despite declaring never to spend money on the Twins this season I did have a gift certificate for them leftover from a few years ago. That combined with the fact that they have all you can eat seats and I almost always think with my stomach...well...I think with something else first, but stomach second. Anyway, all that combined meant me, Mrs. Dr. Bitz, and friends are going to a game tonight.
Unfortunately, the certificate wasn't enough to cover the tickets. I had to pay an additional $15. But I figured it would be all right since the Twins were in first place and I said that if they traded Santana but could still win, thus proving me wrong, then I would come back to them. The fact that they beat Boston 3 out of 4 highly amused me too.
Of course, after I bought the tickets the Twins lost 5 out of 6 and are now in 4th place in the division. Lame. So the Twins stick to me once again. Damn them...
OK, www.mlb.com Headline of the Week:
Berkman as hot as they come
Yeah, no real pun there, but the headline did seem a bit awkward for me. I figure that kind of analysis is best left to Us Weekly or People or something.
May 4th, 2008 – Tigers 0 Diamondbacks 4
Johnson feeling Randy, Shuts down Tigers
May 18th, 2008 - Twins 2 Rockies 6
Twins closer to Heaven in Denver, Fans still in Hell
May 17th, 2008 - Indians 2 Reds 4
Dunn NOT Done, Adam walks off with win
Dr. Bitz:
May 18th, 2008 – Indians 4 Reds 6
Edison lights up Cleveland from the mound
May 18th, 2008 - Brewers 7 Red Sox 11
Ortiz/Braun bash balls into orbit in home run derby of a game
May 16th, 2008 - Twins 4 Rockies 2
Blackburn boils Colorado at unusually low temperature
May 17th, 2008 - Twins 2 Rockies 3
Rockies Cup Runneth Over: Spilborghs single scores winning run
May 18th, 2008 - Twins 2 Rockies 6
Twins continue to make bad teams look good giving Francis first win, Rockies win two-in-a-row after losing six
May 18th, 2008 - Brewers 7 Red Sox 11
Beckett bad but BoSox bombs beat Brewers
Might I add that the Adam Dunn's walk off homer cost one of my fantasy pitchers a win. But I ended up winning the category anyway. Voting is to your left and only votes toward Dr. Bitz count. On to the fantasy baseball log...
11:05 AM - Well, it's shaping up to be an exciting Sunday. And by 'exciting' I mean 'infuriating and heartbreaking.' I'm going up against Teebore and there's a lot of pride at stake. Early this week my team was playing pathetically and Teebore was pulling ahead. Just when I was about to give up Carlos Quentin hit a big time Grand Slam and put me right back into the mix.
My team started going downhill again until Friday. Teebore had a fairly terrible Friday and I had a good one. I actually pulled to a 6-4 category lead and was only down by one Home Run and One Save. However, I knew I was living on borrowed time, because three of his batters on Friday had their game postponed and two of those batters were going to make it up on Saturday. In fact, all three batters who didn't play on Friday made good on their day of rest for they all hit a homerun the next day.
Teebore basically betrayed our friendship by allowing his team to have 9 Runs, 4 Home Runs, 9 RBIs, a Steal, and .326 average on Saturday. I, of course, had no home runs. However, my pitchers were able to strike back at this Judas with a big night of their own. 2 Wins, 3 Saves, 26 Strikeouts, 2.39 ERA, and .95 WHIP. (Although ERA and WHIP don't matter much to me since my pitchers sucked the big one early in the week.)
The interesting thing about the postponed games on Friday is that it actually helped me too. You see, Oliver Perez was supposed to play on Saturday, but the postponed gamed bumped his start to Sunday. This means on Saturday I only had 3 pitchers going. I originally had reliever Ryan Franklin out of the lineup but was able to put him in and he ended up getting a Win. Good times.
So, after all that, here's how things shake out:
Me: 23 4 30 3 .290 4 6 57 4.36 1.49
Him: 27 9 29 1 .241 2 5 32 2.79 1.35
As you can see most of the categories are up for grabs. Home runs, ERA, and WHIP should go to Teebore. I SHOULD win AVG and Strikeouts. Teebore does have four starting pitchers going today, but still, 25 Strikeouts is a lot to make up, especially with me having two starting pitchers today. Everything else is very much in doubt. He'll probably have more batters going than me, though, since The Black Hole Formerly Known As Travis Hafner isn't even playing this weekend because it's interleague and Travis Hafner sucks at fielding...oh yeah...he sucks at hitting too. There's this stupid rule about a team only having 4 player adds a week and I used all 4 adds already because all reports were The Black Hole was going to play this weekend. He didn't and now I can't sub for him.
I suppose I shouldn't be too critical though, The Black Hole Formerly Known As Travis Hafner did have a pinch hit solo home run on Friday. Beyond Hafner, it's a day game after a night game so we all know a certain Minnesota Catcher won't be playing. So we'll see what my line-up minus two players can do this Sunday. Rest assured, I will probably end up in a Hulk-like rage by day's end.
11:44 PM - Just noticed David Ortiz is out of Teebore's lineup today. Interesting strategy, especially since he hit a three-run homer yesterday. But maybe Teebore knows something I don't. Or maybe this is a residual from Friday and Saturday, where on Friday Alex Rios was out of his line up and Adam LaRoche was in and LaRoche went 0 for 4 while Rios went 2 for 4 with a Run and RBI. So on Saturday Teebore put Rios in the lineup and took LaRoche out of the lineup and, you guessed it, Rios went one for five and LaRoche went two for five with a Run and an RBI. I, of course, would've burned down my house after this (but would save the sliding glass door to push You-Know-Who through it). It looks like Teebore's solution was to put them both in his lineup. Or maybe Ortiz isn't supposed to play today. We'll find out soon enough.
11:49 PM - After all that diatribe I noticed that David Ortiz is now in Teebore's lineup. LaRoche is out. Expect a big game from LaRoche.
12:24 PM - Well, Kansas City is beating Florida by 2 after the top of the first. Which is good since Teebore has Florida's closer. And Teebore's rookie phenom pitcher Edison Volquez has already allowed two baserunners without getting an out. Keep it up Volquez!
12:30 PM - Hanley Ramirez struck out looking. Stupid Han-Ram. Has no bearing on this week, but I hate Hanley Ramirez...because he's good...and not on my team.
12:31 PM - And of course Edison Volquez gets out of the inning unscathed. Stupid...good for nothing...universe...always plotting against me.
12:42 PM - First batter of the day is Brandon Phillips...RBI ground out to second. Decent, I suppose. Of course, it gives Teebore's pitcher a lead and I don't want him getting the Win!
12:44 PM - And of course Ryan Braun refuses to NOT hit homers. Way to go boots~, trading Braun for a gimpy Chone Figgins. Way to go. RBI category is tied.
12:50 PM - My suspicions were confirmed. Joe Mauer is out of the lineup today. You know how I knew that was going to happen? Because of the kids. They called him Mr. Glass!!!
12:58 PM - David Ortiz with an RBI double. Well this Sunday's turning out swell...
1:03 PM - Teebore's catcher managing play three games in a row...go figure.
1:11 PM - Youkilis flied out to center. After last weeks stellar performance he's pretty much done nothing. I figured he'd have a bad week when they kept him out of the lineup on Monday for no good reason.
1:23 PM - No real change. I'll get some lunch.
1:38 PM - Picked up some lunch and came back to see my team is 0 for 5 with an RBI and I also noticed that David Ortiz has hit a home run for Teebore. Excellent. My sandwich will taste all the more bitter because of it.
1:43 PM - Just noticed that the Boston/Milwaukee game is on TBS (which is odd) so now I get to watch my misery in real time instead of Stattracker. Yay!
1:47 PM - Got to see my first hit of the day in real time. Youkilis is with a harmless single.
1:52 PM - Giovanni Soto just got out. Serves him right for thinking a catcher can play on Sundays. He hits home runs too! That's how you know Teebore hates Minnesota. He has a catcher on his team that hits home runs. How disgusting!
2:00 PM - Well, Youkilis just got a Run...basically a deck chair thrown off the Titanic...
2:03 PM - For some reason I'm nervous about my pitching staff. Maybe it's because I have a pitcher in rain delay. But so does Teebore. It's odd, but 2 against 4 felt more comforting to me than 1 against 3. Let's just say my Spidey-sense is tingling.
2:05 PM - RBI single for Brandon Phillips, which is good. Carl Crawford grounded out, which is bad.
2:09 PM - Well, Teebore's B.J. Upton could succeed where Carl Crawford failed and got Iwamura in from second base. Anybody surprised? Didn't think so.
2:10 PM - Miguel 'Spicy' Tejada hit into a double play...whatever...
2:13 PM - Teebore's mid-week pickup Emil Brown just scored a run. Fantasy Baseball rules.
2:17 PM - Oh good, I get to see a David Ortiz hit a home run in real time. Because I was so sad I missed the first one.
2:21 PM - Youkilis says, "Hey, if Big Poppi can hit a two home runs in a game, then I can certainly hit another seeing eye single!" And he did! Take that Teebore!
2:22 PM - Hunter Pence says, "Hey, Youkilis hit a single? We can't have too many people get hits for Dr. Bitz on a Sunday, time to strike out looking." And he did! God...I gotta...do something. I don't know what. I'll be back later.
2:28 PM - I am going to go do something soon, but I have to mention that Cuddyer was on third with no outs and the Twins failed to get him home. The Twins have turned that kind of a thing into an art form.
2:30 PM - Seriously, I'm going to leave, but I noticed Ryan Braun was up to bat on Stattracker so I flipped over to TBS just in time to see that Ryan Braun has hit another home run. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a toaster and a bathtub filled with water calling my name.
3:08 PM - Alright, showered up, put some pants on, heard the Twins get a one out triple but failed to get the guy home. Things seem to be on par, aside from the fact that Youkilis hit a two-run homer. It's good, but again, Titanic...deck chair. You know the drill.
3:10 PM - I see that Lannan, my pitcher that was in a rain delay, is now pitching. Up by one after two innings, has two strike outs, not bad. My Spidey-sense is subsiding.
3:17 PM - Both 'Spicy' Tejada and 'No Sliding Glass Doors...No Sliding Glass Doors EVER!!!' Pence are 1 for 2 with a run each. My Astros are producing nicely for me these days. Now if I could only get the Astro known as Lance Berkman. *starts drooling*
3:20 PM - Stupid BJ Upton got a steal. Now I'm only ahead by one and with Jose Reyes still to play tonight my Steals lead is suspect.
3:21 PM - The Black Hole Formerly Known As Travis Hafner coaxed a pinch hit walk. I'd rather have a home run. But maybe he can steal a base! But since it's the ninth it'll probably be stupidly ruled 'defensive indifference.'
3:22 PM - Lance Berkman is 1 for 2 and according Yahoo! is now hitting .400 on the season. I hate that guy, because he's good and not on my team. Beyond that, when I see his picture it reminds me of Parkman from Heroes, which simply annoys me more.
3:24 PM - Hey, Tejada with and RBI double and then scores. That's good but will probably prove to ultimately be meaningless.
3:27 PM - Well, now both Braun and Ortiz have 2 runs, 2 homeruns, and 4 RBIs each. Sounds about right.
3:28 PM - Rookie Phenom Edison Volquez picks up a win...not good. Marcum pitched an inning and then was taken out of the game because of a long rain delay. that means he can't get a win...good.
3:34 PM - Lead off double by the Twins finally comes around to score thanks to a two-run homer by Morneau. Good for the Twins, but bad for the Fantasy Baseball Sunday Log. I had a good cheap shot against Mauer all lined up.
3:38 PM - "Crawford homered to deep center" You're not going to steal bases that way, Crawford!
3:59 PM - Miguel 'Spicy' Tejada singled. Steal! Steal! Steal!
4:02 PM - No steal. Berkman grounds into fielder's choice. Now Tejada isn't even on base.
4:04 PM - Pence singled. Steal! Steal! Steal!
4:07 PM - No steal. Loretta grounded into fielder's choice. Inning over.
4:10 PM - OK, here we go. The Twins get a lead off double but fail to get the guy home. You know, Mauer has been known to have a good batting average, maybe he could've helped drive in a run. Too bad he's too busy being confined to a wheelchair and rigging a train to crash.
4:12 PM - Bradley homered to cut the Houston lead to 3 making it a save situation. Not good...not good at all.
4:15 PM - Murphy homered. You best take the lead, Rangers!
4:29 PM - Chris B. Young gets a 2 RBI double to salt away that category. That B. pissing me off.
4:32 PM - Houston and Arizona are both in save situations now. Things are shaping up good for Teebore's closers. The storm clouds are gathering.
4:33 PM - Two run homer by Quentin. Kind of good, but now Danks is looking to get a win for Teebore. Can't say I approve of that.
4:35 PM - Twins walk a run in against Rockies' pitcher who was batting. Yeah. Double whammy. Because not only will the Twins lose the game, but that took Colorado out of a save situation. Guess who has Colorado's closer? Things are looking bleak.
4:37 PM - After 7 scoreless inning for Lannan, now he has a man on Second and Third with one out and a tentative 2-0 lead. His Win is in serious Jeapardy...Spidey-sense...off the damned charts.
4:41 PM - Just saw a Famous Dave's Barbecue commercial. Does anyone else find it disturbing that their mascot is a pig salivating over what appears to be barbecue ribs? I suppose it could be worse, it could be pork...
4:44 PM - Lannan's game is now in rain delay. I have no idea what happens if the game is rained out.
4:46 PM - Twin's go quietly in the 8th. Prediction? Fuentes is brought out in the ninth thus ensuring that he can't get the save.
4:56 PM - Valverde's pitching in the 9th with a one run lead. I need him to blow this save...
4:59 PM - One out in the 9th for Valverde.
5:01 PM - Two outs in the 9th for Valverde. A solo home run for Texas would be really nice for me.
5:03 PM - Laird singles for Texas. A big two run homer would be sweet.
5:08 PM - Boggs struck out swinging. Save for Teebore. Now the category will be tied at best, lost at worst. Story of my fantasy baseball life. Open up a window of hope then slam it down on my fingers.
5:16 PM - San Francisco ties the game up against Chicago. That's big time. Danks can't get the win now.
5:21 PM - Well the Washington game resumed and now I need Rauch to pitch a scoreless ninth inning to get Lannan the win.
5:22 PM - Markakis strikes out swinging...good...good.
5:23 PM - Millar popped out to left...good...good.
5:26 PM - Payton popped out to third base...excellent.
5:32 PM - White Sox up by 9 now in the 8th. Not a big deal fantasy wise, but Quentin is second up in the ninth which means realistically the best he can do is a two run homer which would still put me one RBI behind Teebore. I suppose I could hope for a steal.
5:36 PM - Lyon comes in with a four run lead which means no save opportunity for him. Looks like Teebore and I are tying that category. I wouldn't mind if Lyon has a high WHIP though.
5:41 PM - If by 'having a high WHIP' I meant 'pitch a scoreless inning' then I got exactly what I wanted from Lyon.
5:50 PM - Well...Quentin singled. But considering A.J. Pierzynski is on second I doubt a steal is in order.
5:54 PM - Jermaine Dye singled. A.J. score and Quentin is at third. I don't know, he could steal home...right?
6:30 PM - Here's where we're at. All my batters are done but Teebore has Jose Reyes going tonight. So unless Jose Reyes gets negative 2 Runs, negative 7 home runs, and negative 4 RBIs, those categories are Teebore's. And realistically, 7 negative Home Runs in a game? I don't think that's happened since the 1930s. I'm only up by one steal, and if you don't think Jose Reyes can bust out a steal or eight you don't know baseball. So that category is very much in doubt.
I don't care how good of game Jose Reyes has, I don't think he's going to make up .56 points in batting average. So I'm safe there.
There's one game tonight, Mets versus Yankees. I have Oliver Perez pitching for the Mets going and Teebore's got Chien-Ming Wang pitching for the Yankees. I doubt Chien-Ming Wang can get two Wins to tie that category, since that's an impossibility. Saves are done for and officially tied. I doubt Wang can get the 14 Strikeouts necessary while Perez gets none to tie that category. So those categories are over with.
Teebore's got a 3.04 ERA while I have a 4.08 ERA. I don't think one pitching performance can make that up that gap this late in the week.
The only interesting pitching stat left is WHIP. I'm at 1.42 and he's at 1.37 and so that's very much in doubt. The bad part is Wang's WHIP for the season, 1.17. Oliver Perez's WHIP on the season? 1.56...ouch.
Thus, since Reyes is going against Teebore's pitcher and since I'm up by one steal, I would be happy if Reyes hit a home run in all of his at bats. Really, tonight's game is going to boiled down to two stats, Steals and WHIPs. Lets see if I can hold on to the former and take over the latter...
7:58 PM - Its been a pitcher's duel. Through 3 innings it's scoreless. Perez has had two walks and Wang just gave up a double to Reyes. I'm nervous about a steal.
8:00 PM - Reyes got caught in a fielders choice. Phew. Now Wang needs to give up like 8 hits in a row. And Reyes could hit a home run his next at bat.
8:22 PM - Well, the Mets pretty much listened to me. Except Reyes hit a fly out to end the inning instead of a home run. Still, I'm now down by just .01 in WHIP. But the fact that I'm relying on Oliver Perez for WHIP makes me...nervous.
8:27 PM - And of course Oliver Perez promptly gives up two hits in a row, including a home run...damnit.
9:23 PM - Well, my WHIP is .03 higher than Teebore's. I have a feeling that was Perez's last inning. Hopefully Wang comes back for one more inning and give up a whole bunch of hits/walks without getting an out.
9:26 PM - Wang gave up a hit. I'm only .01 WHIP behind him. I need Wang to give up one maybe two more hits then take him out and not let Perez pitch. Let's see what happens.
9:31 PM - Wang's left the game. Down by .01 WHIP I need...NEED...Perez to come in and pitch another inning. Preferably perfect, but maybe even a one hitter/walker would work. The windows open but I'm bracing myself.
9:34 PM - WTF? The Yankees are intentionally walking the first batter for the new pitcher? Wang could've done that! God Damnit...
9:40 PM - Reyes hits a three-run homer, naturally not against Wang. whatever. I just saw Oliver Perez put his baseball cap on for presumably another inning of pitching. C'mon, a perfect inning here would be huge!
9:45 PM - One out for Perez...
9:46 PM - Two outs for Perez...no hit yet...Teebore and I are officially tied in WHIP. One more out...c'mon...one more out.
9:47 PM - And Perez is taken out of the game after that...one more out and I could've possibly taken the category...no we're lamely tied. I was all ready to rip off my shirt Brandi Chastain style and now...nothing. It's like your parents walking in on you in the middle of sex!
10:29 PM - So...after a titanic slugfest that ended with a whimper, this is the final score:
Me: 31 7 38 3 .304 6 6 66 3.93 1.35
Him: 33 14 44 2 .251 3 6 49 3.57 1.35
After all the drama of this Sunday I end up kissing my sister. Not literally, of course. Who do I look like, Quicksilver? Nah, I mean we tied. If only one of my 4 closers got a save today...if only Oliver Perez pitched for one more out. If only. I suppose Teebore's thinking similar things. Like how his 'ultra fast' team managed only 2 stolen bases this week. But really, let's look at this.
My Sunday line looked like this: 8 Runs, 3 Home Runs, 8 RBI, and .387 average. Aside from the no steals, that looks like a pretty good day...unless you're going against this: 6 Runs, 5 Home Runs, 15 RBI, 1 Steal, and a .306 batting average. You see what happened there? His team saw that Teebore had a good cushion in the run department so they got an acceptable amount of runs and instead focused on RBI. I wish I new what is was like to face me on a Sunday in Fantasy Baseball. You've got like a 80% chance of having an incredible hitting performance. I think boots~ was more the exception than the rule. I should ask Teebore how it feels to drink the elixir that is facing me in Fantasy Baseball.
Nemesis of the Week:
Interestingly enough, Teebore had a few duds on his team for this week. Of course, some other players had big weeks to make up for it. Ortiz had three home runs this weekend, Jose Reyes and 'The Anti-Minnesotan' Giovanni Soto both had a couple of home runs on the week. (Soto, you're a catcher, and all Minnesotans know catchers shouldn't hit home runs or play more than two games in a row.)
Anyway, I think we all know who the nemesis of the week is, the dream of the everyday housewife, the Brawny man himself, Ryan Braun. He decided to book end the week with multi-home run games. So not only did I start off this week hating him, he made sure I ended the week hating him too. His line looked like this: 8 Runs, 6 Home Runs, 10 RBI, and a .345 batting average. Good thing he didn't steal any bases or I would have had to murder him. Then I'd be in jail and no longer blogging.
But seriously, worst of all, Teebore gave away a gimpy player to get this guy who terrorized me so. Sure, boots~ didn't know his man-crush Chone Figgins would get hurt the day after the trade went through, but still!!! I shouldn't have to face Ryan Braun any more than I have to.
Savior of the Week:
Should I have a savior in a week that ends in a tie? Especially when all my players performed admirably but nobody stood above the rest? I'm tempted to give it to the Black Hole Formerly Known As Travis Hafner for his stolen base which ultimately proved to be the difference maker. Quentin had the big time grand slam but that was rendered meaningless. Hmmm...
You know what? I'm giving it to an unsung hero of my team, George Sherrill. I picked him up in free agency after the draft and he's tied for the League lead in saves. His line for the week: 4.2 innings pitched, 4 saves, 3 strikeouts, 0.00 ERA, and a .043 WHIP. Keep up the good work, Sherill.
Well, the moral of this story is that ties suck. Figuratively, not literally. Because if ties literally sucked then I'd love them...and I don't.
11:45 PM - Teebore mails me this at the end of his headlines:
Mets 11 Yankees 2: Reyes hits even more useless home runs instead of stealing *explative deleted*ing bases which is what he's supposed to do.
Yeah, the guy who hit 14 home runs for the week is complaining. That's fantasy baseball for you.
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Oh, like you wouldn't complain if the situation was reversed :)ReplyDelete
Oh, and I'm pretty sure the Famous Dave's pig is eating human ribs.ReplyDelete
The question then becomes, is that more or less disturbing?
Oh, and call the Twins PR people; "Mr. Glass" is the new official nickname of Mauer.
I never got to comment on the whole SNAKE EYES vs. BATMAN poll.ReplyDelete
SNAKE EYES would kick Batman's ass in the same way that Wesley Willis whooped Batman's ass.
End of story.
And since you're so certain Snake-Eyes would win, I assume, of course, you voted for him in the poll.ReplyDelete
But then, since Batman handily won that poll, completely shutting out Snake-Eyes, I must also assume that Batman kicked Snake-Eyes's ass so hard it wiped out your vote.
I voted for Batman.ReplyDelete
I think you should google "Wesley Willis" and listen to his Batman song.


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Back to School Tips
Summer is coming to an end, stores are in full swing for school supply sales, and likely your teen is unhappy. Going back to school can feel like a real bummer for teens – less free time, no sleeping in, demanding school work – but taking steps to get ready can make it a smoother and happier transition from summer to school.
Go Back-to-School Shopping Together
Sometimes all a child needs to get excited about going back to school are some school supplies and new clothes. Make it a fun outing to go shopping for the things they need (get your teen's supply list from the school in advance) and the things they want (let your teen follow the fashion trends that fit their own personality, so long as they do not offend your values). Finish the outing off with lunch or dinner out!
Throw a Back-to-School Party
Everyone loves a party! Greet the new school year with a bash for your teen! For tweens, invite kids who will be in some of your child's classes so they can spend time together before the first day. Make it low-key – order pizza, host a whipped cream pie-eating contest, or offer a water balloon fight. Send the youth home with a goody bag filled with school-related items including pens, pencils, erasers, a folder, notebook paper, and some candy! For older teens, simply allow them to have a party at your house with their closest friends – let them decide food and the activities.
Get Back Into a Routine
Even youth thrive on a routine, so before school has started, sit down with your teen and establish one that works for your whole family. Set up a schedule for the morning that gets everyone out the door on time with as little stress as possible and a schedule for after school that ensures there is enough time to complete homework and participate in extracurricular activities. Be careful that you do not overcommit your family with many activities that will be hard to reign in later.
One big issue for teens is their sleep schedule. Many teens prefer to sleep in during the day and stay up late at night during the summer, but when school starts, they will need to adjust. This transition can make school much more difficult if it's done suddenly, leading to problems concentrating. Have them start by gradually going to sleep earlier and waking up in time for school in the mornings about three weeks before school starts. It takes around three weeks for the body to adjust to a new sleep schedule, and preparing for early mornings helps students be more alert when school does start. Decide on a wake time together based on allowing time for eating breakfast, and then get them an alarm clock.
Take a School Tour
Do not skip the orientations and open houses before school begins, even if your child has already been a student there. Visit your teen's classrooms, meet the teachers and learn the layout of the school. Your teen will feel more comfortable about going back to school if they have a good sense of where everything is located (e.g. classes, cafeteria, gym, lockers, etc.)
Create a Homework Space
Students who are organized and have a useful study area are more likely to get better grades. Before school begins, work with your teen to establish a space in your home designated for their homework. It could be a desk in their room, or an area in your home office, or any other quiet location with ample room. The more involved you make your teen in setting up their homework area, the happier they will be about going to school and studying at home. De-clutter the area they choose, stock it with school supplies (notepads, pencils, pens, highlighters, note cards, binders, stapler, etc.), and organize a project bin for their work. Let them decorate it to make it their own.
Tackle Time Management
Summer gets youth out of the habit of paying attention to a schedule. Help your teen gear up for a successful year by teaching them some effective time management techniques. Place a large calendar at their homework station and show them how to plot out their various extracurricular activities, assignment deadlines, test dates, and their own project goals for completing pieces of large school assignments. Remind them that routines can make things easier. Encourage them to establish a regular time for their homework. By studying at the same time, same place every day, your teen will actually train their brain to be more focused, which will let them finish their work faster.
"Last Supper of Summer" or "Back-to-School Breakfast"
Finding ways to make the dreaded first day more fun and celebratory is a great way to start the year on the right foot. Consider hosting a "last supper of summer" or "back to school breakfast" at your house. Have the children pick their favorite food for the menu – be flexible and remember that anything goes. Decorate the table with a school theme or colors.
Fun "Night Before School" Preparations
Make it an annual tradition to prepare everything for school the night before. School supplies should be organized and distributed. Backpacks should be packed and waiting by the door. Lunches should be made. First day of school clothes should be decided on and laid out. The yearly routine provides teens stability and helps calm any nerves, plus, it provides a calm morning for the first day – no rushing around in a panic!
Final Thoughts…
Whenever people face a new place or new situation, they naturally feel nervous and excited. Remind your teen that they are not the only student who is feeling uneasy or unhappy about returning to school. Acknowledge their feelings, but also point out the positives, such as seeing old friends or meeting new ones. Refresh their memory of positive things at school from the previous year. Remind them of other times they were nervous about and how everything worked out really well.


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How to Make Sweet Potato Toast for breakfast, a snack, and lighter meals for an easy and nutritious gluten-free option! Vegan too.
This is the only type of meal prep routine I can make stick.
I know the sweet potato toast concept is not a new one, but for me, it's a deliciously easy and nutritious gluten-free option that you can prepare ahead of time.
Not only can you prepare your toasts ahead of time, but the topping combinations are also endless.
Gluten-Free Sweet Potato Toast Ingredients
This lineup of ingredients for the sweet potato toast itself couldn't be simpler. All you need is one raw sweet potato.
And while the humble sweet potato is delicious in a creamy soup, roasted in salad, and folded into quickbread, this option is equally delicious.
Do you need oil to make sweet potato toast? I find it is not necessary to use oil when making the toasts, but I sometimes like to use it to add a little extra good fat or depth of flavor. Depending on my mood and the toppings I'm choosing, I may brush a little olive oil, coconut oil, or avocado oil on the tops before putting the slices in the oven.
Sweet potato toppings are the fun part. Here are some of my favorite combinations:
- Everything bagel seasoning and avocado
- Berries and yogurt
- Peanut butter and bananas
- Almond butter, pecans, and pineapple
But truly, your toppings can be as simple or as dressed up as you would like them. I find it's an excellent way to use what I have in the pantry or the fridge. Get creative!
Sweet Potato Toast in the Oven
Now, while we may be talking about "toast," initially the oven is where we'll start. Using the oven is the easiest and fastest way to cook all your slices at once.
If you won't be serving all those slices immediately, store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 4-5 days. This is where the toaster part comes in.
To reheat, place your slice in the toaster just as you would a piece of bread. Or, use your toaster oven. If neither of those are an option for you, using the oven at 300 degrees Fahrenheit works as well.
For more nutritious gluten-free breakfast inspiration, check out Taylor's high protein banana bread!
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How to Make Sweet Potato Toast
Sweet Potato Toast
- 1 large sweet potato
- 1 tablespoon olive oil, coconut oil, or avocado oil optional
Optional Topping Combinations:
Everything Bagel Avocado Sweet Potato Toast
- mashed avocado
- everything bagel seasoning
Strawberry and Yogurt Sweet Potato Toast
- sliced fresh strawberries (or other berries)
- dairy-free yogurt or cow's milk yogurt
Peanut Butter and Bananas Sweet Potato Toast
- creamy peanut butter
- sliced bananas
- honey or maple syrup
- ground cinnamon
Pineapple Pecan Sweet Potato Toast
- almond butter
- chunked or crushed pineapple
- chopped pecans
- maple syrup
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Cut off the ends of the sweet potato. Carefully slice sweet potato lengthwise into about ½ inch slices. Place slices in an even layer on prepared baking sheet. If using an oil (not necessary), use a pastry brush to lightly brush on top of sweet potato slices.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Test for doneness by piercing with a fork. Top with preferred toppings and serve immediately. Or, allow to cool completely then store in an airtight container for 4-5 days. Reheat in the toaster or toaster oven (on medium). If reheating in the regular oven, preheat the oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit and then reheat for 10 minutes.


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I graduated college last year with a degree in English and have not been able to find a job. I have always liked and been comfortable using computers. Are there jobs in IT that combine my interest in computers and my degree in English?
In short, yes, there are a number of jobs within IT where writing ability is greatly valued. I'll begin by listing the job types, then give you couple of examples, and end with a short description of each job. These jobs are: Social Media Consultant, Web Designer, Documentation Writer, Training Materials Development, and Business Analyst.
[Also see: 5 Strange but true ways to find a job ]
I have a friend with a strong writing background and a degree in marketing. He also liked technology and wanted to move toward a position within IT. He jokingly insists that the social media industry was created specifically to give him this opportunity. He invested some time into learning the ins-and-outs of various business oriented social media tools, such as Twitter, HootSuite, WordPress, and a few other products. Then, he found a job within an IT group helping the marketing department implement the company's social media/marketing program. He is now the Manager of Social Media Systems within the IT organization and is dotted line to the VP of marketing.
As a second example, I once had a great Business Analyst working for me. She went to school for journalism but also had a fascination for all things technical. Because of her journalism background, she had an incredible ability to interview business users and properly document their conversations. As a result, she was able to draft great business requirements documents.
As promised above, here are short descriptions of the various IT positions listed above:
Social Media Consultant: Works specifically on social media and active listening type software/systems
Web Designer and copy writer: Works on the design, structure, and textual content on company websites
Documentation Writer: Writes internal documentation on systems, processes, and other IT related activities.
Training Materials Developer: Writes training material to be used as a part of rolling out new software applications
Business Analyst: Works with users to define the business requirements for IT related projects including software purchase, new software development, and existing software enhancements.
If you have any questions about your career in IT, please email me at email@example.com or find me on Twitter at @EricPBloom.
Until next time, work hard, work smart, and continue to grow.
This story, "5 great IT jobs for English majors" was originally published by ITworld.


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I am a MA student in the Memory and Imagination Lab. My current research focuses on the ways that a sustained state of threat affects memory for neutral stimuli encountered in a virtual world (i.e., a computer-generated video game). In the future, I am interested in examining the neural mechanisms underlying emotional memory and the ways that emotional memory and its substrates are affected in clinical populations such as PTSD and depression.
Ballance, BC, Tuen, YJ, Petrucci, AS, Orwig, W, Safi, OK, Madan, CR, & Palombo, DJ (submitted). Imagining emotional events benefits future-oriented decisions.
Petrucci, AS, Palombo, DJ (submitted). A matter of time: How does emotion influence temporal aspects of remembering?


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text: This is my favorite picture from my childhood. In the Netherlands it's legal to grow up to five Marijuana plants. My mother helped me with my private garden, hoping I would soon get bored with smoking. "Illegal" actions are so much more interesting for teenagers. In the end, she was right: I haven't smoked anymore in a long, long time.


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I have always watched with great interest all the work of Richard Sachs, who is considered one of, if not the best, framebuilders. And when I say 'all' I mean everything he has done for his brand, and not only with respect to bicycles.
As other frame builders that I have interviewed have said, Richard Sachs (RS) is the man who created the concept, and the how, of selling "handmade" (or "custom", "handbuilt", and all the other English adjectives in fashion today). I believe that before him the same concept has been applied in the creations of Rene Herse and Alex Singer (during the period some have called the golden age of the bikes which were "tailored"). In particular, the first (referring to Rene Herse) remains, in my opinion, the master of elegance and moderation. The main difference between these two Frenchmen and what RS did is that Richard has applied these same principles to the racing bike and not only with with randonee or touring bicycles (as did RH and AS).
As you will read in this interview, I think it's enlightening to know that his first ambition was to be a writer or a journalist. I believe this throws a new light on his way of "being" and "doing": he can write a story in an original way that is not just about welding tubes together. But do not misunderstand, I'm not talking about the usual abused rhetoric about the art of cycling, welding works of art, etc.. etc.. that infest a certain way of talking about bikes.
RS has always made clear that he is an entrepreneur. He has never said that he heard strange voices or seen god that has shown him the path. Nor is he one that raves or speaks nonsense of the pure "passion" in what he does.
What he believes in is simply the way and the style that he builds and sells his bicycles. From communication choices (read marketing) not only based on upon victories in races and the sponsorship of the champions as the Europeans have always done, to the "sales process" (the down payment, step by step reports with the frame builder, etc..) which has now become the standard in the (large) niche of the "fine" framebuilders, up to and including his website / blog where there is always a great attention to a "literary" style, in fact like the well-known neologisms like ATMO.
Ok, ok, but "What about the bicycles?" you say. It is always very difficult for many (including myself) to understand and distinguish between dozens of framebuilders who are skillful and those that are less so. The difference in the results of a bike are your legs, not the templates and files. So who cares the style, waiting lists, and all the usual blah? Is it really worth spending a lot of money or wait years to have a bike identical to those steel bikes of 30 years ago instead of having a super-stiff, aerodynamic, carbon bike that is also comfortable?
I think there is no answer to this question. Because the answer depends upon each of us. It is our choice.
And here, in my opinion, is the the merit of Richard Sachs: he has created the possibility of a choice. Perhaps he makes "outdated" bicycles, perhaps not better than other framebuilders, perhaps he has created a niche (in the U.S.) that is saturated with imitators that aim for the wealthy, avid readers, of magazines like GQ, Monsieur, Capital and Wine Spectator, but Richard Sachs continues to work to keep alive the possibility of choice and discussion .
Continuing to write his (good) story. ATMO.
—How did you start? Who's the man that teach you?
I went to England in 1972 but it was not to become a framebuilder or even to find a way into the industry. Between secondary school and university, I had some free time. To make a long story short, my original plan was to pursue a career in writing/journalism but that got sidetracked during the summer months following graduation. I had a slight interest in bicycles but by no means was it a passion, and I decided to contact some family businesses in London and offer my free labor in return for the experience of spending a year in their shop.
Several months later, I traveled to England and spent about ten months at Witcomb Light Cycles in Deptford. While it was my introduction to framebuilding, and though I did learn a few basic procedures there, when I departed I was by no means a framebuilder. It took several years alone for me to channel my experience there and add to it some basic common sense before I even completed a bicycle frame that I thought had any value. I started my own business, Richard Sachs Cycles, in 1975 after working for a few years and brazing up several hundred frames at Witcomb USA, the stateside importer of the British frames.
—How many frames did you have build before acknowledging yourself as a framebuilder?
That is an impossible number to pin down because the definition of a framebuilder is not literal. Personally, I did not feel 100 percent comfortable in my own skin until at least 20 years at the workbench had passed. I have no idea how folks now can build a frame, or even 100 frames, and then start a business, take money for their work, and announce that they have a marque worthy of following. The trade has surely changed in the last generation or so. There are now scores of folks who say they are framebuilders. The internet is a breeding ground for this. I don't think most of the men who are making frames now will be here making frames in ten years.
—What's the limit number of frames per year to be a craftman framebuilder?
See the above reply. I think the best environment is one in which there's a fair amount of routine and repetition. Ideally, production work is the best teacher for the future (and even present day) framebuilder. Those whose businesses are based in filling orders so diverse in workmanship, and following designs and geometries that have no basis in the rational, are the ones I pity the most. There's an entire legion of framebuilders now making one frame every three to four weeks, each one different from the previous one, and so many of these looking like garden furniture or jewelry. Don't misunderstand — I appreciate craft and handwork as much as anyone, but bicycles are vehicles first and foremost. If you don't hone your working skills so that the construction of the frame is sound and will be long-lasting, all the artistic elements in the world will only detract from the bicycle.
—Have you ever welded titanium and aluminium frames?
No. I have no interest in non-ferrous materials for my commercial framebuilding. I have spent too many years trying to get my processes dialed in and I'm very pleased with my bicycles right now. I prefer to stay with what I am familiar with rather than diversify.
—Who's your main inspiration in framebuilding?
To improve. To fully understand the flow of energy that exists between the maker (me) and the material. To have confidence that each frame, and each step needed to produce each frame, is beyond scrutiny. To make every single frame as though my career pivots on its quality. To feel good that all bicycles that carry my name will turn someone's eye owing to its beauty and craftsmanship. These are some of my inspirations and motivations. There is no answer to "Who's my main inspiration?". I live a detached life such that I prefer to focus on my own work rather than look around to see what others do. The inspiration comes from within.
—The three most influential framebuilders of the past?
In very general terms, I would say that since the last part of the 20th Century, the important names as they appeared on my radar include W.B. Hurlow, Faliero and Alberto Masi, and Yoshiaki Nagasawa.
—In the present?
With the exception of some icons like Dario Pegoretti, Peter Weigle, and Darrell McCulloch, I cannot name any truly influential framebuilders working in the present. Too many are one dimensional, or two dimensional, but not complete. There are many who are decent craftsmen, and some who know engineering or material inside and out, and some even have a tie to the sport and understand what a racing bicycle is and how to include a rider's anatomy in the design of the position and geometry. But rarely (and sadly…) do we see these days anyone who is close to having the full package. In the ensuing years, I suspect that Mike Zanconato from Zanconato Custom Cycles will become a household name among the cognoscenti. Mike has about ten years at the bench, comes from the racing culture, is from a family of machinists, and also has a keen eye for the aesthetic. I think he is the next in line atmo.
Additionally, Craig Gaulzetti from Gaulzetti Cicli is a man whose brand is worth following. Craig has raced in Europe, been in the industry for a long time, and in the past three years created a bicycle frame business based on his experience and design ability. His frames are made under contract for him, but each one is spec-ed for the client who has placed the order. Cicli Gaulzetti represents a good business model for the present and future and I think it will endure as other brands and trends come and go. Having said all this, I do spend a fair amount of time watching the niche and have recently added a few framebuilders to the Next Wave page I keep on my website.
—Can you give us a profile of your customer?
No. I don't talk about my clients, but thank you for asking.
—Do you have a collection of bicycles? if so, can you tell us the highlights of the collection? If not, why?
I have two well-used Richard Sachs cyclocross bicycles and that is because I race 30-35 events each autumn. I have a Gaulzetti Sram Force equipped road bicycle that I use for training. And I have a lovely bicycle made for me by Mr. Nagasawa that is assembled with 80s era Campagnolo Super Record components.
—I asked why some framebuilders use the pins before brazing the tubes (like you) and others not, like Dazza or Dario. I've asked the same question to a good framebuilder in Milan, Daniele Marnati, that uses the pins, and he told me that the result with them will be better. Others, like Dazza, told me that today with little torch is a useless step. Dario Pegoretti don't use it for "traditional reasons" because in his region in Italy framebuilders historically have not used pins in order to do quickly repairs (so he explains to me). Is it a an important step in order to do quality frames or not?
You shouldn't compare or confuse the use of pins in my assembly processes with the classic use of them from back in the old days, whenever those old days happened to be. I have some very sophisticated fixturing and alignment tools here, most from Italian suppliers Bike Machinery and Marchetti + Lange. Despite all the quality tooling available and all the checks and balances one can employ, because framebuilding is a hand-making task, things can and do go awry. In my work environment, to safeguard from having material lean to the wrong side of the center-line, or to ensure that the interference fits are beyond reproach, or even to find organic ways to braze the frame sub-assemblies outside of the fixtures they are set up in, I have concluded that pinning the joints is a good thing.
They do not replace the tools, and they do not, by their presence alone, guarantee that things will be perfect each and every time. But I do find that combining classic assembly sequences, and constructing main triangles as a unit rather than in parts, and also using the pins throughout the framebuilding, (this) always allows me a safety net so that I can control as much of the procedure as possible.
Not all realize this, or even would agree, but the making of a frame from a pile of parts will always be a compromise. The maker will always fight the material and the heat and the overlapping fits while trying to produce a straight design that suits the client who will ride the bicycle. The material always has a say in what the final outcome will be. The maker and the material ultimately concede to each other so that a balance is struck between quality, ease of manufacture, commercial profit, and satisfaction with the finished product. For me, here working alone making one frame at a time, the addition of several dozen pins per frame keeps all of this in the positive side of the ledger.
Thank you for the opportunity to answer these questions for your message board in Italy.
This interview originally appeared on BDC-forum.it in Italian, published on 31 Luglio 2011.


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It's almost sure that I'll spend some money, next year, with speed champions sets and one of the reasons is this Porsche 918 Spyder. The set just like all these similar isn't big featuring only the Porsche, the mini-figure (a pilot with a green racing suit), a race stand with a flag and a small wrench.
The car is entirely built with grey pieces and is the only convertible in this wave, so there is no kind of issue when trying to access the cockpit. The front seems quite long and with round shapes, including the wheel arches that surely give it a very beautiful look. The lights and the Porsche symbols are stickers but I guess that this time they make their roll perfectly!
The cockpit is very deep, with an aerodynamic windshield and this time brings a red racing seat and the usual steering wheel. The engine is placed at the back and unlike other models it's possible to see the grids just behind the cockpit. There still no kind of images from the back, so my curiosity about this part is still pretty high!
The pilot wears a light green and white suit with some printing in the front and honestly is not so appellative as the others but I guess that is unfair to compare it to Ferrari or McLaren, isn't it? Globally, the set is definitely another must, full of beauty and playability. Fifteen Euros (that's only my hint) are already reserved for it!


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Resolution Foundation warns of a 'lost COVID generation'
Think tank the Resolution Foundation has suggested that the coronavirus (COVID-19) has created a 'U-shaped crisis', with young adults and pensioners most likely to have stopped working during the pandemic.
A report by the Resolution Foundation revealed that over half of those aged between 18 and 24 and 65 and over who were employed before the COVID-19 pandemic have since stopped working, either by being furloughed or by losing their jobs altogether, compared to fewer than a third of those aged 30 to 50.
The report also showed that the impact of the pandemic on people's living conditions has 'fallen most heavily on young people'.
Commenting on the matter, David Willetts, President of the Resolution Foundation, said: 'The pandemic has already cost tens of thousands of lives, millions of people their livelihoods and upended everyone's daily lives.
'For younger generations, this crisis has created wider problems. The growth of the high-cost, low-security private rental sector has led to missed housing payments and cramped living spaces during lockdown.
'With infections rising again, the COVID crisis is sadly far from over. That means the risk of losing a COVID generation to long-term youth unemployment is real. But there is plenty that policy makers can do to prevent it – from extra training provision to a greater focus on creating new jobs to support people out of this crisis.'
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In just his sixth game with Syracuse, Wes Johnson scored a career-high 26 points against Columbia. But Johnson's career night includes his two seasons at Iowa State.
Prior to this season, Johnson's personal best was a 24-point effort against Oklahoma State in his sophomore year at Iowa State.
He bettered that a week ago with 25 points against North Carolina at Madison Square Garden and raised the bar again on Friday against Columbia. So much for the expected rust after sitting out last season following his transfer.
"I'm just having fun and everything else is flowing," Johnson said. "Right now, I'm back to my normal self."
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It seemed a strange sight when a guy dressed in Columbia University sweatsuit walked into the Syracuse locker room after Friday's game.
It seemed stranger still when SU assistant coach Mike Hopkins gave the interloper a big hug.
Hopkins explained that he coached Columbia sophomore guard Noruwa Agho on a college all-star squad that played in the Bahamas this past summer.
Hopkins coached one of two teams that went to the Bahamas. The squads included Syracuse's Rick Jackson and Scoop Jardine and four Columbia players, including Agho, sophomore guard Steve Egee, sophomore forward Issa Mase and junior center Max Craig.
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Why are we calling the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards the night of Rihanna? The 28 year old singer, was the recipient of the 2016 MTV Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award — also known as the Lifetime Achievement Award. This award is given to musicians who've made a serious effect on the MTV culture, and honours their body of work.
Rihanna's body of work was more than honoured at the show! With four full performances, we saw every part that we know and love of Rihanna come to life on the VMAs stage!
Let's take a little flashback at all of her VMA moments!
Show Opening – Featured "Where Have You Been," "We Found Love," and "Only Girl (in the World)."
Double Dose – Featured "Rude Boy" and "Work."
Triple Threat – Featured "Needed Me" and "B*tch Better Have My Money."
Fab Final – Featuring tracks "Stay," "Diamonds" and "Love on the Brain."
The music might have ended there; but the magic did not!
Earlier in the night, Drake was reported as "stuck in traffic" by Diddy during the win for Best Hip Hop Video ("Hotline Bling"). However, Drake was certainly not MIA when it came to Rihanna's award giving. Drake popped up on stage, in a suit + gave what we're going to call, one of the loveliest most heart felt speeches of 2016.
For the short story, read our Instagram caption:
Long story short: #Drake surprised everyone, walking on stage (in a suit) to present #Rihanna with her 2016 Video Vanguard award, stating "She's someone I've been in love with since I was 22 years old" — making all our hearts melt. Congratulations to @badgalriri who stated "My success is not my own. It's my family's. It's my fans. It my country's." – so well deserved.
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What a moment! So many congrats to Rihanna on her 2016 Video Vanguard Award — both her receiving speech, and Drake's awarding speech, will go down in MTV VMA history.


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We were both in good humour,
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We were deeply aware,
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clinging tightly to the terrestrial bark,
that we had found a convenient corner
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Executive Order allows the ATF to
The Washington Times story acknowledge that such an Executive Order exists without specifically referencing it, noting only that Obama Justice Dept. Attorney General Eric Holder granted the ATF power neither Holder nor Obama possessesto deny a citizen the lawful right to own and possess firearms under the Second Amendment of the Constitution. Obama signed this Executive Order on March 22, 2012. It is EO #13603 It is one of 900 Executive Orders Obama has issued in 3 years. EO 13604 should alarm you not solely on the basis of the content of 13603, but rather, due to the content in Obama Executive Order 13617, which he signed on June 25, 2012.
Executive Order 13603 states the Administration must "...be prepared, in the event of a potential threat to the security of the United States, to take action necessary to insure the availability of adequate resources and production capability, including services and critical technology, for national defense requirements..." That statement would allow the Obama Administration to "nationalize" ("not seize"his words, which means "seize" since Obama always means the opposite of what he says) private assets to protect national interests. On June 25, 2012, Obama notified the Speaker of the House, John Boehner and Vice President Joe Biden as the President of the US Senate that he had just declared a National Emergency under the terms of Section 204(b) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by seizing assets and property owned by the Russian Federation theoretically related to Russia's uranium enrichment program which the West feels the Soviets will use to help Syria become a nuclear power.
However, once a National Emergency exists in the United States, presidents are granted special powers they do not possess when a national emergency does not exist. Whether or not a president has the authority to grant himself authority that neither he nor Congress constitutionally possess remains to be seen. But it was about the time Obama issued Executive Order 23617 (which remains classified), and when Obama notified the House and Senate that a national emergency exists, that the Executive Branch departments began purchasing large caches of hollow point ammo (which was outlawed from use by UN member nations in the Geneva Convention).
With respect to Executive Order 13603, Obama has made it easy for law enforcement to seize lawful, registered guns from US citizens who are never accused of committing a crime. They don't arrest the person, they arrest the weapon since weapons have no constitutional rights. The new rule, published at the end of August, 2012, gives the BATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms) authority to "...seize and administratively forfeit property involved in controlled substance abuse."
The practice of arresting property was initiated by George H.W. Bush's US Attorney General, Richard Thornberg. The practice was perfected on Bill Clinton's watch by Attorney General Janet Reno who created a separate department to handle asset forfeitures. The head of Reno's Department of Asset Forfeiture, Cary Copeland told Congress that while the program was in its infancy, Reno anticipated that the seizure of private property would increase annually at a rate of 25% per year for at least three years. Copeland said that "...asset forfeiture is to the drug war what smart bombs and air power are to modern warfare." The use of civil asset seizure against private citizens was cleared by the US Supreme Court in 1990 when the Rhenquist Court declared it to be a valid exercise of the prerogative of government which has a compelling interest in the eradication of crime.
Cash-starved cities, counties and State governments eagerly embraced the practice of civil asset forfeiture. Police seize the cars of "johns" caught in prostitution stings. While the 4th and 5th Amendments jointly guarantee US citizens that neither they nor their property can be seized or detained without due process, that no longer applies as citizens are finding they now have to prove they are not guilty of anything to regain seized property, But they seldom get it backeven when they are awarded their property back in a court of law. Why it's working is that when the government seizes firearms and other property like cash, computers, your Rolex watchand even your home, they don't arrest you, nor do they ever files criminal charges against you. They simply arrest your property.
Under normal circumstances a person must be convicted of a crime, or at least charged with a crime, before law enforcement (with an order from a lawful court) can seize their propertyparticularly weapons since once they are convicted of a felony, they may no longer legally own any firearms. Under Executive Order 13603, law enforcement has the authority to seize legal firearms owned by any person who is merely suspected of substance abuseeven if that individual is never taken into custody nor charged with substance abuse.
Constitutionally, citizens cannot be deprived of due process regardless what the occupant of the Oval Office pens into an edict since presidents do not possess either legislative or judicial authority. Under the separation of powers, the cannot write laws nor adjudicate them. The 4th Amendment protects your property and the 5th Amendment protects you. Therefore, citizens not charged with a crimeeven if they are suspected of onecannot be deprived of due process or the constitutional rights afforded all citizens.
An increasing number of narratives can be found on the Internet by Americans who are becoming increasingly worried that with EO 13603 and EO 13617, particularly with the bureaucracy stockpiling hollow point ammunition, that Obama is preparing to declare martial law and suspend the Constitution.
To date, only one president has ever declared martial law. And only one president has suspended the Bill of Rights. It was the same president. His name was Abraham Lincoln. When he suspended the Bill of Rights, it remained suspended until his assassination. When you read EO 13803 and EO 13617or any number of Executive Orders throughout the history of this nation you'll find the language in all of them deliberately vague so that phrase and word clusters can be interpreted in many waysparticularly those which favor a socialist in the White House who may have pondered the possibility of doing just that. Question the left and they will simply scoff that if any White House occupant attempted to declare martial law and assume the role of dictator, those on the political right would petition the Supreme Court to decide what the language in the Executive Order meant.
If the Supreme Court was ever called upon to do that, we would all be in trouble. Since Presidents have no legislative authority, and cannot "write law," if the Supreme Court was called on to debate the language of the Executive Order to determine its legality, we need to hope that we have impeached that Court before it reached that level of judicial incompetence. Executive Orders have the legal standing of an interoffice memo from the boss of that division of a company to his employees. Executive Orders, constitutionally, do not have standing as law because, in the United States, laws are written only by the Legislative Branch of government.


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Tom Withers broached the story earlier today, essentially asking Browns fans to "buckle up" as the ride looks to turn bumpy.
There are developments in federal investigation of #Browns owner Jimmy Haslam's trucking company. Stories upcoming.— Tom Withers (@twithersAP) May 29, 2013
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two employees of the truck-stop chain owned by Browns owner Jimmy Haslam have pleaded guilty in federal probe.— Tom Withers (@twithersAP) May 29, 2013
This was followed by the following tweets:
Ralenkotter's defense attorney me his client is very remorseful, says it's possible he may testify against other #Pilot defendants— Samantha Manning (@SamanthaWATE6) May 29, 2013
Where the Pilot thing gets interesting, this tweet says one defendant may testify against his former co-workers - twitter.com/SamanthaWATE6/…— Zac Jackson (@FSOhioZJackson) May 29, 2013
Legal issues on this scale have a tendency to create a snowball effect. When investigators acquire a specific amount of data to support the prosecution, they will attempt to use that data to get employees to come forward. The offer of a plea deal or reduced sentence can sometimes be enough to get employees to report on what they've seen and been involved in.
The reports filed today won't immediately change the perception of the scandal or create any meaningful changes, but it continues to be another piece for skeptical fans to consider when evaluating Haslam at his word.
Note: Thanks to OhioCityBrownsBeliever, links to a Waiver of Indictment for Arnold Ralenkotter (Regional Sales Director for Direct Sales) and Information Page for Ashley Judd (Regional Account Representative for Direct Sales) can be found here.


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Centrophenoxine removes lipofuscin, an age pigment from the brain, heart and skin. Appearances of lipofuscin in the skin are referred to as liver spots.
Centrophenoxine is supplied in 250mg tablet form under the trade names Cerutil, Helfergin and Lucidril.
Centrophenoxine increases certain brain protein and helps the brain cell metabolism. It works in a similar manner to, but better than, its sister chemical DMAE.
The anti-aging benefits of Centrophenoxine include protection against free radical damage, increased mental energy, improved memory, and prevention and treatment of stroke and brain injury.
Possible side-effects include nausea or mild dizziness.
People with severely high blood pressure or epilepsy should avoid this supplement.


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USB Loader GX rev914 is out and fully supports Hermes cIOS 222/223/224 rev5. Here is the changelog:
* Added Hermes rev5 support! (issue 1438)
* Updated to Hermes usb storage code
* Fixed some bugs in ntfs while writing timestamps, resulting in different hashes (dimok)
* Fixed codedump when switching partitions (issue 1454)
* Fixed graphical glitch on 4:3 screens, where the prefetch cover was visible in the coverwall
* Fixed a bug with installing games, due to the switch to C++ (dimok)
By the way, Wii Game Manager bug fixing version 22.214.171.124 has been release. Check the downloads for link.
PS: A quote from Waninkoko: "Rev18 release is going to be this week. Maybe the weekend..."
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