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Dear Plett Hope Spot community - An important marine mammal research project needs your help.
The Department of Environmental Affairs together with Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University have initiated a Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) project on the cetaceans (i.e. whales and dolphins) in Plettenberg Bay.
A listening station has been established 1 km off the Robberg 5 beach. The project aims to understand the acoustic characteristics of different species of whales and dolphins in the area as well as to assess if hydrophones can be reliably used to monitor cetacean populations over time. We need to match up the acoustic signals with visual surveys and this is where you come in. If you see a whale or dolphin from land or at sea please report your sightings via SMS to 078 550 1742.
The most likely species to be sighted in the vicinity of Robberg are; Bottlenose dolphin, Humpback dolphin, Common dolphin, Humpback whale, Southern Right whale and the Bryde's whale.
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This dude thought his pot grow-tent was nestled safely in the woods.
Turns out he picked a very safe spot -- near a private K-9 training facility.
A K-9 team in training ended up with a real find last Wednesday afternoon when a police dog sniffed out 79 pot plants growing in a field in New Smyrna Beach, according to a news release from the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.
While practicing a track through some woods, a K-9 team from Kentucky stumbled onto a tent. The dog's behavior started to change as it pulled its handler off track and led him to the tent.
The obvious scent of marijuana lingered in the air near the tent.
That's when the handler contacted the Volusia County Sheriff's Office deputies, whofound 79 pot plants and about a pound of cultivated marijuana, the release stated.
The investigation led agents to a nearby trailer and eventually, to a suspect, Anthony Parrish, 38. Agents also found a small amount of pot inside Parrish's trailer, deputies said.
Parrish was charged with two felonies offenses -- manufacture of marijuana and possession of marijuana -- and booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona Beach on $3,000 bond.


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2014 Season (Junior): Competed in the shot put, discus throw, hammer throw and weight throws...INDOOR: Competed in the shot put and weight throw at six meets...Began season with a PR throw of 10.16 meters in the shot put at the Private College Invitational (Jan. 17-18)...Recorded a toss of 11.06 meters in the weight throw at the NACC Indoor Championships (Mar. 1), good for best weight throw of season...Finished 10th in the weight throw at the NACC Championships...OUTDOOR: Competed at five meets in the shot put, discus and hammer throws...Top hammer throw of season came at the NACC Outdoor Championships (May 2-3) with a toss of 32.34 meters...Top discus throw (23.86 meters) came at Beloit Relays (Apr. 25-26)...Tossed 9.10 meters in the in the shot put at the Washington University Invite (Mar. 28-29), which was best outdoor mark of season.
2013 Season (Sophomore): Competed in the discus throw, hammer throw, shot put and weight throw... INDOOR: Recorded a personal-best toss of 11.69 meters in the weight throw at the Wisconsin Red & White Open, placing ninth...Threw an indoor best 9.35 meters in the shot put at the Wisconsin Red & White Open...OUTDOOR: Earned a seventh-place finish with a personal-best 34.08 meters toss in the hammer throw at the Wisconsin Private College Championships (Apr. 27)...Also recorded a career-best in the shot put at the Private College meet with a toss of 9.67 meters...Tossed the discus 29.92 meters for a personal best at the Cedarville Collegiate All-Corners Meet (Apr. 20).
2012 Season (Freshman): Competed in the discus throw, hammer throw, shot put and weight throw...INDOOR: Finished 12th in the weight throw (9.15m) and 19th in the shot put (7.71m) at the UW-Parkside Classic Open (Feb. 4)...Was 13th in the weight throw (9.21m) and 17th in the shot put (7.86m) at the Northern Athletics Conference Indoor Championships (Feb. 25)...OUTDOOR: Finished 12th in the hammer throw (25.69m) and 17th in the discus throw (24.49m) at the NAC Outdoor Championships (May 4-5).
High School (Phillips): Received the Scholar Student-Athlete Award...Earned Marawood North Conference Honorable Mention honors in softball...Named Freshman Outstanding Athlete for her school...Named basketball team's MVP, as well as winning the Spirit and Hustle awards...Earned varsiety letters in cross country, basketball, softball and track & field.
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Last Rivals Standing
Thanksgiving weekend is about rivalries, and there are some great tribal feuds on tap. But many such games matter less now, or are extinct. The battle for the soul of college football.
This weekend, one of college football's great rivalry games will actually have a win-or-go-home result of national importance. Savor it, because it's not likely to happen much anymore.
On Saturday, Notre Dame, the last remaining undefeated major college team—it is ranked No. 1 in the nation for the first time since 1993—meets the University of Southern California at the Los Angeles Coliseum. If the Fighting Irish win, their path to the Bowl Championship Series game in Miami in January is virtually assured. USC has underperformed...


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OK, now I'm glad my son dropped his computer science major at UC Berkeley and switched course.
I've learned that the computer geeks at Cal will be hosting a "Jeopardy!" viewing party on Wednesday and that they'll be backing Watson, the IBM supercomputer, in its highly hyped showdown with the game show's best-known human champs, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. Rooting against flesh-and-blood Earthlings? The nerve! No wonder none of them can get girlfriends! (The three-day man vs. machine matchup, some seven years in the making, began airing Monday).
Anyway, the public is invited to Wednesday's finale, hosted by the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS). Before "Jeopardy!" gets under way, they'll lead a discussion with computer scientists talking about how "Jeopardy!" showcases the capabilities of artificial intelligence and machine learning. (Sounds like a lot of homework to me).
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WHEN: 6:15-7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 16.
WHO: The pre-game festivities will be led by: Shankar Sastry, dean of UC Berkeley's College of Engineering, and Horst Simon, deputy director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. (Sheldon and Leonard will not be in attendance).
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Deron & Marye's Modern Geometry Kitchen
Sometimes cookie cutter isn't always a bad things in the realm of kitchen design, particularly of the modern variety. Bold rectangular and square lines draws the eye in and doesn't let it go anywhere else. Sometimes the best things are the simplest.
Simplicity is certainly the key to success in the kitchen of Deron and Marye. The clean lines draw you in and demand your attention. It's as if you want to look everywhere at once because it's just so darn interesting.
The different textures are a unique feature; stainless steel, wood, lucite and marble all work so well together.
The color palette works perfectly with the architecture of the kitchen. The cool colors are right at home because anything but cool tones would make the kitchen crazy. The dark cabinets are balanced by the abundance of natural light and white walls.
See the full tour: Deron & Marye's Modern Geometry
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Schuster Fellow exposes international adoption flaws
Erin Siegal uncovers failure to enforce adoption standardsErin Siegal, a fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis, has recently published two books based on three years of extensive reporting on fraud in Guatemalan adoptions.
What began as Siegal's master's project at Columbia University's Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, evolved into her debut book, "Finding Fernanda."
In "Finding Fernanda," Siegal tells the riveting true story of two mothers, one American and one Guatemalan, whose lives dramatically intersect after the Guatemalan woman's daughter is kidnapped and the American woman unwittingly attempts to adopt her.
Siegal uses the story of how these two mothers, Mildred Alvarado in Guatemala, and Elizabeth Emanuel in Tennessee found each other, reuniting a child with her birth mother against all odds, to provide a window into the serious problem of corruption in international adoption that has infected adoptions in numerous countries.
As Siegal reports, Guatemala's adoption system was especially problematic, and in 2008, the United States suspended the processing of new Guatemalan adoptions. From 2003 to 2008, 20 percent of the 100,000 children adopted by United States families came from Guatemala — widely considered to have had the worst international adoption improprieties over the longest period of time. More than one source has referred to the business of adoption between Guatemala and the United States as "the perfect crime." In 2007, the Associated Press reported that an astonishing one out of every 100 Guatemalan children born was adopted into the United States.
Siegal's second book, "The U.S. Embassy Cables: Adoption Fraud in Guatemala, 1987-2010," consists solely of documents obtained from the U.S. State Department. These cables, which have never before been released, detail how U.S. officials grappled with various ethical and legal dilemmas in U.S. — Guatemalan adoption industry.
"Many Americans involved in Guatemalan adoptions personally or professionally expressed anger and disbelief about reports of corruption in the Guatemalan adoption process," Siegal says. "But this collection of documents exposes in great detail the corruption the U.S. Embassy was finding."
The official communications document the ambiguous moral and legal landscape U.S. officials attempted to navigate as they tried to address the oftentimes opposing demands placed on them to provide fast "customer service" to adopting American families while trying to avoid complicity in cases of presumed child trafficking, Siegal said.
The story of how the embassy cables came to be released is nearly as complicated. While researching Finding Fernanda, Siegal filed dozens of Freedom of Information Act requests with various government agencies—to little response.
"Erin Siegal relentlessly bird-dogged slow-moving officials into releasing files that should be public" says Florence Graves, founding director of the Schuster Institute. Even so, it wasn't until after Finding Fernanda was published that Siegal finally received the thousands of pages of important and revealing documents.
"And instead of filing them away as many reporters would do," Graves said, "Siegal compiled them into a 718-page volume so that adoptive parents, adoption industry professionals, policy makers and interested journalists could better understand the depth of the corruption and the crisis it created for tens of thousands of people whose lives were damaged by this process."
The documents show that through the late 1980s and 1990s the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala City was discovering that as the country's adoption industry began to grow, so did adoption fraud. The documents reveal that women mysteriously turned up dead. DNA tests showed that women were pretending to relinquish for adoption children they weren't related to (they had been kidnapped or obtained through other illegal means by criminal networks trafficking in children). To facilitate adoptions, Guatemalan adoption lawyers charged Americans and other Westerners $20,000 and more U.S. dollars—an enormous sum in the Guatemalan economy. In turn, the money created a strong incentive for unscrupulous parties and criminal networks to acquire "orphans" in any number of "creative ways," Siegal says.
In February, Siegal was awarded the James Madison Award for champions of the First Amendment and freedom of information by the Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California for her relentless efforts to force government officials to release these documents and publishing them as a public service.
The Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism has reported extensively on the fraud and corruption involved in international adoption. To learn more, go to www.brandeis.edu/investigate.
To learn more about Siegal's work, go to Erin Siegal's webpage at the Schuster Institute, her personal website, erinsiegal.com or follow her on Twitter @erinsiegal.
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Arsenal fan Julius @OneGunn3r on his frustration with The Gunners' French striker.
I have found no player as difficult to write about as Olivier Giroud. Throughout the season I have tried and failed on many occasions to turn my thoughts on the big Frenchman into something digestible on a platform other than Twitter. For me, there are few players in the English game that are as capable of being a culmination of such decline and failure on a club's behalf. I am hoping to get across not what Giroud is, but what Giroud represents, and how any failings are not his fault.
What can you say about Giroud? Obviously, Olly finds it hard to defend himself when his tongue always seems to hang out of his mouth in an impermeable sulk, but there is certainly much to groan and grin at when Olivier is around. His inability to turn and shoot is comparable to that of a turtle wielding an assault rifle, yet his first time lay-offs are generally important in linking up play. He brings a physical threat brought in by no-one bar Sagna and, at a push, Diaby, but the amount of important chances he fluffs before he actually finds the target are frustrating enough to cut short thought of the positive elements he brings to Arsenal's table.
I like Giroud. I think he's a good player. But that's it. And that's not the way it should be. Arsenal's stingy transfer policy is always going to throw up weaknesses in the squad, defence for example. But never under Wenger have we had such a striking problem, in more ways than one. You could graffiti the list of all time great Arsenal forwards along the Great Wall of China and leave little room for an amalgamation of all of Tottenham's silverware, yet now we are scrapping for fourth once again when the teams around us have improved.
Everton and possibly Spurs, have made themselves better. Manchester United are definitely improved, no thanks to us. We have stood still by selling Van Persie and replacing him with a variety of players. In real terms, that means regression. It is obvious that Giroud should not be the only real option. Podolski and Walcott are hardly viable long term alternatives, whilst the less said about Gervinho the better. The majority of fans seem to agree that they don't mind having Giroud, but it is ludicrous to suggest he should be the starter when he is so profligate.
A brief Twitter conversation with @kinghenrythefif led to me believing that if we were to spend £30m on a single player, the priority should be to bring in a striker of genuine class instead of continuing with a completely unspectacular player up front. I'm hardly one to speculate with genuine knowledge, but someone like Jovetic or Lewandowski, players (apparently) with real star quality, would revitalise a yearningly complicated club that has creaked for at least three seasons.
There is perhaps not so much emotional baggage attached to the player himself as to what mighty shoes he has been forced to step into. I generally try to encourage players when at the ground, and Everton was no exception last night. Yet the angst all around was clear, and it was hard not to express anger and frustration at the plethora of chances our number 12 missed. Had he not sold Van Persie, or at least bought a replacement who was better than some vaguely talented French striker, we could be several points better off. And who knows? Maybe we could have beaten Bradford and Blackburn. And Millwall, Aston Villa, Wigan and Swansea, on the way to two Wembley finals and one cup. That's what a great striker could have done.
Giroud is not disliked by many, but the name itself is a microcosm of Arsenal FC. We cannot fault Oliver Giroud for being Olivier Giroud, but we must not feel unable to criticise an average player that occupies a spot once taken by some the greatest strikers in Premier League history. He is at times an asset, but the lack of striking threat has been, for me, a far greater issue than any other fault. Thanks to our transfer policy, it has been another season of "what if", regardless of qualifying for a competition we are never going to win at this rate.
I left last night feeling empty about our predicament. Until the void up front has been filled, I will remain so.


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The first official look at the 2004 California almond crop will come a day earlier than originally planned.
The California Agricultural Statistics Service subjective forecast previously scheduled for announcement on May 11 will now be made shortly after noon on May 10.
The forecast will be released simultaneously at the International Tree Nut Council Convention in Las Vegas, at the Almond Board of California conference room in Modesto, Calif., and at the CASS office in Sacramento.
The forecast is based on a survey of approximately 400 almond growers throughout the state.
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Petrie State School recognises as its prime obligation, the provision of access to an appropriate educational service for students whose principal place of residence is within the school's catchment area.
Because of enrolment capacity and growth Petrie State School may be unable to meet this obligation in the future, unless action is taken now to manage enrolments. The principal must restrict enrolment of out-of-catchment students to ensure in-catchment students can enrol at their local state school, without requiring additional facilities.
This School Enrolment Management Plan (School EMP) sets out the conditions under which students may be enrolled into Petrie State School, subject to any other requirements or limitations in:
This School EMP is supported by:
Petrie State School has a maximum student enrolment capacity of 656 students.
The number of students entering Prep in any given year is not to exceed 100 in four classrooms, unless there are more than 100 students enrolling from within the catchment area.
A school's local catchment area is the geographical area from which the school is to have its core intake of students. A catchment map defines the catchment area for Petrie State School.
This school operates under an equidistant catchment area.
The school's catchment map is available to be viewed at either the school's administration building or online at http://www.qgso.qld.gov.au/maps/edmap/ .
Any student, whose principal place of residence is within the school's catchment area/s, is (subject to the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006) entitled to enrol at the school. The school Principal will reserve places for students who move into the catchment area throughout the school year.
Parents or legal guardians who wish to enrol their child at the school will need to demonstrate that the student's principal place of residence is within the catchment area. Current proof of residency at the address indicated can be provided by way of one of each of the following:
If the principal is not satisfied that the documentation provided by an applicant demonstrates adequately that the address stated is the student's principal place of residence, then the principal may request further sources of proof of residence, such as an additional utility bill (e.g. water) showing the same address.
The principal may also request a properly sworn Statutory Declaration from the enrolling parent or legal guardian attesting that the student's principal place of residence is the place nominated in the enrolment application.
Applicants should note that a false statement/assertion about the student's principal place of residence may amount to an offence and may be reported to police. The school principal may repeal a decision to enrol a student in such circumstances.
The following groups of students will be entitled to enrol, even though they may reside outside the school's catchment area:
Applications from any other person, not meeting the criteria outlined above, is an out-of-catchment application. Enrolment of students from outside the local catchment area is restricted to ensure that the total current and forecast enrolments do not exceed the Student Enrolment Capacity. This school can only enrol out-of-catchment students:
I. if there is sufficient spare capacity after reserving places for students who move into the catchment during the year and
II. after taking into account the school's projected future enrolment growth.
Under the Department's State Education Fees procedure, a principal of a state school with an approved School EMP is able to charge a fee for recouping costs of enrolment processing (subject to consultation with the Parents and Citizens' Association) where:
Out of catchment enrolment applications will be recorded in order of receipt, by date and time. These applications will remain current only for the school year in which they are applying to enrol.
The principal is responsible for all decisions on enrolments.
Where a principal forms a preliminary view that an application will not succeed, applicants will be notified in writing. Applicants may respond to the principal's preliminary view by making a submission to the principal, no later than seven school days after receiving the preliminary view letter.
If no submission is received, the principal's preliminary view will be treated as the final decision and no further notice will be provided.
If a submission is received, the principal will consider the submission and make a final decision. A final decision notice will be provided to the applicant as soon as is practicable. There is no internal review of the principal's decision.
The School Enrolment Management Plan of Petrie State School was gazetted on 22 August 2014.
The School EMP is internally reviewed each year, and if required, updated to reflect any changes to Student Enrolment Capacity.
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Emmanuel Lubezki won the 29th American Society of Cinematographers Award for outstanding achievement for "Birdman" Sunday evening at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza.
Lubezki, who is nominated for an Academy Award, won the ASC prize last year for "Gravity," and earned the award for 2011's "The Tree of Life" and 2006's "Children of Men."
It was a big weekend for "Birdman," which is nominated for nine Oscars and is considered the front-runner for the Academy Award. Not only did the dark comedy win the ASC award, the film won prizes at


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The longer you take off from work, the longer it takes to get back into the swing of things.
Take a week off and it's usually Wednesday before you're back in gear. Two weeks off, and "vacation mode" can linger for a week.
So how will the NFL – even a veteran team
such as the Bears – look after 41⁄2 months away?
The guess here is not so hot, which is all the more reason that the Bears should approach this preseason differently than in years past, starting when training camp opens Friday at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais.
Those players they plan to start in the regular season? Get 'em in there and let them play. Not just a series or two, either, but a whole half or more.
For one, sending out players who fans actually want to see in each of their four preseason games would be good payback to people who have to buy the tickets.
More importantly, the Bears need the work.
If they and the rest of the league take their traditional lackadaisical approach to the exhibition schedule, it might be mid-October before the NFL football looks the way we remember before all this started.
Yes, there's a sensible rationale for using starters sparingly during the preseason. Teams want to protect their top talent from serious injuries. They also want to evaluate players in the running for a few available roster and practice squad spots as special-teamers or backups of backups.
But preseason games often degenerate into players who are just taking up roster slots playing against other players just taking up roster slots.
For years, fans have let it slide. We've been conditioned to expect the exhibition games to be meaningless contests mostly played by people we don't expect to remember come September.
This isn't most years, however.
This year, players and coaches have had no contact with each other for months. The sporadic pickup workouts held by the Bears and other teams are a sorry substitute for the organized team activities that were wiped away this year.
Even the Bears, one of the league's more established teams from a roster standpoint, will have several new faces who need to get up to speed.
The five players they drafted in late April – offensive tackle Gabe Carimi, defensive tackle Stephen Paea, safety Chris Conte, quarterback Nathan Enderle and linebacker J.T. Thomas – have seen almost nothing and probably learned little of the team since.
The Bears also probably will sign a few new faces in the coming days to start on their offensive and defensive lines, and (please) a big-bodied wide receiver, all of whom will need time to get up to speed on how the Bears operate.
The only real way to do that is in live action against real competition.
The "don't play the starters" approach in the preseason probably is partially to blame for why NFL football isn't terribly good the first few weeks.
There always are fluky outcomes in the early weeks. Bad teams beat good ones. There are high-scoring games where nobody plays defense and low-scoring, penalty plagued snorefests where neither side can stop tripping over itself.
Last season, the Bears won three games in a row and it was hard to tell if they were any good or not. After Jay Cutler was pummeled by the New York Giants' defense in a Sunday night massacre at the New Meadowlands, it was even harder to tell.
For months, we've been bombarded with reports that the NFL is a $9 billion industry. But the product shouldn't suffer this season because the players and owners took so long to settle their money squabble.
Which is why this preseason matters more than most.
The Bears ought to approach it that way.
• Eric Olson is the Northwest Herald's sports editor. Reach him at 815-526-4554, email email@example.com, or follow him on Twitter at NWH_EricOlson.


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That's a big, heavy battery. Of course your power requirements will be determined by length of service, overall weight, what exactly it does and many other factors... but unless the robot needs to go a very long time between charges I think the motorcycle battery is probably overkill. Especially if the robot is mobile, requiring it to move that big heavy battery around.
You may already have a platform in the works, but another possibility is 6V SLA batteries.They will likely run a 9V motor ok too. You can find SLA batteries of many sizes, and can pick the best size,http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDrillDownView?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&categoryName=cat_47&subCategoryName=Rechargeable&category=4715BTW, I have an Omnibot 5402 that uses the 6V, 4.5 AmpHr SLA, and runs for a long time,http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_264014_-1http://www.ebay.com/sch/sis.html?_nkw=VINTAGE+TOMY+OMNIBOT+TOY+ROBOT+5402[beware the $1250 and $900 auctions! I got mine for < $20]I've also run the Omnibot off a set of 6 NiMH AA Cells, which go 2500 mA-hr these days, and that works good too.
The Omnibots come with a little 6V wallwart to recharge the battery. SLA requires nothingspecial, unlike Nicad, NiMH, and Lithium.Larger Amp-Hr batteries won't harm your electronics, as the Arduinos only draw as much current as they need. But powering an Arduino from 12V will often cause the tiny surface-mount 5V regulator to overheat. For robots larger than tiny, I favor using different sets of batteries for motors and electronics, then the motor electrical noise doesn't get onto the processor board as easily. I always use NiMH AA-cells for the electronics, no matter what I use for the motors.
If you look at the Jameco link, it will show you the weights for the different 6V and 12V batteries. Your running time will depend on size and weight of the robot, the battery capacity, and how much you run the motors, so it's a little difficult to knowall this ahead of time. The Omnibot will easily run for a couple of hours on the 4.5 Amp-Hr battery.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/sis.html?_nkw=VINTAGE+TOMY+OMNIBOT+TOY+ROBOT+5402[beware the $1250 and $900 auctions! I got mine for < $20]
since i have 12v motorcycle battery charger then i think its more efficient buying 12v battery , so that i will no longer buy sla 6v battery charger.
if i can charge sla 6v battery by my 12v motorcycle battery charger, then i will go for 6v..
o by the way, im here in the philippines, i will try to find sla 6v battery charger and 6v sla battery tomorrow so that i can plug it directly not regulating the volts anymore... thank you so much.
Quote from: oric_dan(333) on Jan 16, 2013, 01:29 amhttp://www.ebay.com/sch/sis.html?_nkw=VINTAGE+TOMY+OMNIBOT+TOY+ROBOT+5402[beware the $1250 and $900 auctions! I got mine for < $20]I'm pretty sure those auctions are for the Omnibot in "prime" condition (with box, manual, all parts, little/no fading or yellowing of plastic, and most importantly - the cardboard "home" base); for all of that, those are actually reasonable prices - the Omnibot -is- a collectible Tomy product, and an antique toy (technically). Do some research on such toys; you'll be amazed.I personally own the three major "Omnibots" (One Verbot, Two Omnibots, and an Omnibot 2000 - I also have a Chatbot), plus an actual Tomy Armatron (and several of the Radio Shack ones); I also have a Heathkit Hero Jr. They are all my "collector" bots; they don't get played with. None are in perfect shape or have everything they came with originally, but they all work.I once had this idea of collecting all of the 1980s era Tomy robots, but then I found out that there were a ton out there, many only sold in Japan originally. Many of those are near impossible to find at any price; there are some really rare ones out there that are hella expensive when you can find them on the collectors market (one is called "Hootbot" - it's an owl; if you can find it with the stand/perch and the manual - let's just say it ain't cheap, last time I looked several years back). I once saw an auction on Ebay (5 or more years ago) for a special Tomy robot that was given out to executives for some Tomy aniversary; it was programmable, and was fairly small - it's base was about the size of a quarter, and stood only an inch or so tall. You programmed it with this small pocket-sized computer; it had some IR sensors or something. Anyhow, it was silver plated, and I can't remember what this robot went for, but it was in the thousands of dollars by the end of the auction. Since it was an executive board giveaway schwag item from Tomy, there were only like 20 or so made, and who knows how many still exist.I also collect other Tomy toys of the era - I have a few Atomic Pinballs (one of the greatest tabletop toy pinball machines ever made, IMHO), as well as an Air Jammer car...
Yeah, the first thing I do is gut the electronics from the toys, and use the frames and motors only, so 'collectible' doesn't mean much. Omnibot 5402 has really nice motors. Another nice base is the R.A.D. 2.0. With that, I completely tossed the upper body, and kept the lower base only. The base is only about 4" high and has a 2-speed transmission. R.A.D. uses an old specially-designed 6V NiCad that's probably not available anymore, but could be used with any 6V SLA. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p4069.m570.l1313&_nkw=R.A.D.+robotBTW, check out this site to find your old vintage bots,http://www.theoldrobots.com/http://www.theoldrobots.com/index2.html
is there some kind of old commercial robot that uses 12v motorcycle battery? from the picture in you link. what do they use to power them up?btw. do old robots have better motors?.


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By David Beasley
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A carbon monoxide leak that sent nearly 50 Atlanta elementary school students and teachers to hospitals was caused by human error when maintenance workers left a boiler valve open, officials said on Thursday.
Authorities evacuated the Finch Elementary School on Monday after firefighters detected what they described as the highest levels of carbon monoxide they had ever seen.
Students and teachers complained of headaches and nausea and 47 people were transported to nearby hospitals where they were all treated and released, Atlanta Public Schools spokesman Stephen Alford said.
Days before the leak, maintenance employees were working on equipment that shared some components with the school's boiler, Alford said.
"They left a valve open," he said.
The open valve was discovered during an investigation of the leak but the maintenance workers did not come forward with the information, Alford said.
"That was a problem," he said. "With everything that happened on Monday, we would have wanted them to come forward and at least help us identify what the issue may be."
He declined to comment on whether any disciplinary action would be taken against the maintenance workers, saying the investigation is ongoing.
A temporary boiler has been installed and officials hope to reopen the school on Friday.
They have also installed carbon monoxide detectors, Alford said.
"We're going to do that for all of our schools," Alford said, even though Georgia law does not require schools to have detectors.
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Qi (pronounced "chee") is the new global standard for wireless charging stations, set by the Wireless Power Consortium. The goal is life unplugged, without all those wires, chargers and power cords. Any device with a Qi-enabled accessory or with Qi built directly into it can charge on any Qi inductive charging pad. You'll be hard pressed to find a Qi-enabled device today, so if you want to get in on the action, expect to purchase a Qi-enabled accessory to make your devices compatible.
This is a burgeoning industry with a variety of players looking to get in on the action:
Energizer recently unveiled a new inductive charger for smartphones. All a user needs to do is place their phone in a Qi-enabled sleeve and onto the charger, in this case a mat, and the device will begin charging. Its coverage is limited to the iPhone and Blackberry Curve 8900 for the time being. Look for this to be widely available in November. Pricing starts at $89.
The furniture manufacturer, KI, is one such company committed to making it easy for consumers to access wireless charging systems. They plan to build Qi technology into their furniture, removing the need to chords and cables. Charging a device with KI will be as simple as placing you Qi-enabled device on their furniture and letting the inductive technology do the rest of the work.
KI expects its first customers to be educational institutions, but I can't imagine it will be long before larger organizations jump on the bandwagon.


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Park District, Abilities Plus sponsoring
Kewanee Park District and Abilities Plus will hold their annual day camps for children with special needs this summer.
The camp is open to all area residents willing to transport their child to and from camp.
Children aged 6 to 22 with disabilities such as intellectual disabilities, autism, cerebral palsy, and seizure disorders will benefit from this camp specially designed to meet their needs.
Campers take part in adapted activities, crafts, special guest speakers, swimming at the Oasis Family Aquatic Center and a field trip to Camp Big Sky in Farmington.
All participants will receive a camp t-shirt.
Two sessions of the camp will be held again this year. Session 1 will be held June 10-14. Session 2 will be held June 24-28.
Campers can be enrolled in both sessions if space allows. This will be determined after the deadline of May 20 and will be based on the order of camp applications received.
Both sessions will run from 9 a.m. to noon at the Windmont Park shelterhouse, except Fridays, when the days will be extended for field trips. Parents are responsible for transporting their child to and from the camp.
There is a $20 registration fee per camper for each session. Enrollment is limited to 10 campers each week. The registration deadline for both sessions is May 20.
Request applications at Abilities Plus, 1100 N. East St., Kewanee, or call Cherri Dolieslager at (309) 852-4626 for more information.


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Blackhawks' Keith sees a more mature Kane
There are no subjects off limits during the Stanley Cup Final, not even Patrick Kane's reputation as a guy who loves a good party.
"I think he's always been a little bit misunderstood in some ways," said Blackhawks teammate Duncan Keith. "Every guy likes to go out and have fun, especially when you're a young guy.
"He's no different. Sometimes it just kind of got caught on camera, pictures, things like that. Maybe one incident sticks out in people's heads."
That would be the taxi driver altercation in Buffalo.
"To me, he's always been a good guy, a good teammate," Keith said. "I think now he's got a girlfriend. You can tell he's 24, turning 25; he's not 18 or 19 anymore.
"It's kind of fun seeing him and (Jonathan) Toews get a little bit older, have girlfriends. They're starting to stay in on a Friday night, watch a movie instead."
All right, maybe Keith is taking it a little too far there, but Kane has been more focused on hockey this season.
"I think a lot of us that were here in 2010, we consider we're better players now," Kane said. "Myself, I feel that I'm a well-rounded player, got a lot better defensively and without the puck as time has gone on.
"I feel like I'm more focused about hockey now. I'm a player that wants the puck, and I'm a better player when I have it. I think whether it was teammates, coaches, coaches from the past, my parents, just saying that, you've got to want the puck."
Hjalmarsson makes cut:
The orientation-camp roster is out for the Swedish national team for the Sochi Olympics in 2014, and Hawks defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson is on it.
"I think it was 35 players, something like that," Hjalmarsson said. "It's obviously fun to see that they're at least thinking about you, but I know we have a lot of special defensemen in this league right now. I don't think Sweden ever had this many top defensemen in the league."
But how many have won two Stanley Cups, which is what Hjalmarsson would have if the Hawks win this series?
"It's going to be tough to get a spot there, that's for sure," he said.
Horton plays:
Bruins first-line winger Nathan Horton was able to play Saturday after leaving Game 1 with a shoulder injury.
"I'm going to be ready," Horton said after the morning skate. "I think I'm in, ready to go. I'm not in any pain. I feel good."
The Hawks were ready either way for Horton or Tyler Seguin, who would have moved up to the top line.
"Horton is a big part of that top line, but they have a lot of depth," Patrick Kane said. "Look at the pass he made to (Milan) Lucic on their first goal the other night, where he just kind of touched it back to him. Most players can't make that play."
Horton was expecting to be targeted by the Hawks.
"It's the playoffs and everyone's playing physical," he said. "Everyone is playing strong. That's the way the game is out there."
Minute man:
While everyone is talking about Duncan Keith's minutes after he played 48:40 in Game 1, Boston defenseman Dennis Seidenberg wasn't far behind at 48:36. That was a full three minutes more than teammate Zdeno Chara played.
"He's another guy you can't tire out," Bruins coach Claude Julien said. "He's in great shape. Some guys are really good at handling those kinds of minutes. They never seem to tire out. He's definitely one of them.
"Over the years, even in past playoffs, arguably he's been our best defenseman. He's able to take those minutes, handle them well from start to finish."
Close, but :
Brandon Saad finished third in the voting by writers for the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year. Florida's Jonathan Huberdeau won the Calder, and Montreal's Brendan Gallagher was second.
Duncan Keith was sixth in the voting for the Norris Trophy, won by Montreal's P.K. Subban.
Just asking:
So why was Jaromir Jagr missing from the Bruins' morning skate Saturday?
"He's 41," coach Claude Julien said.
Fair enough.


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By Chris Francescani
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The mother of a 7-year-old New York City student who brought a handgun to his school in a book bag on Thursday has been arrested on multiple weapons possession and endangerment charges, police said on Friday.
New York police said Deborah Farley, 53, had put the gun in her son's school bag.
It was unclear why she had done so and whether the child was aware he was carrying the weapon when she dropped him off at his public elementary school, a police department spokeswoman said.
Farley is expected to be arraigned Friday afternoon. A call to her house was not immediately returned.
Around 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, according to police, Farley dropped the child off at Wave Preparatory Elementary School, located in Queens. Shortly afterwards, she returned to school, saying she had to take her son out of class for a dental appointment, the police said.
She then returned to the school once more at around 10:00 a.m., telling officials that her son had given a weapon, taken from his school bag, to another student.
The episode comes amid heightened concerns about school safely in the wake of a December shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in which a gunman killed 20 first-graders and six adults.
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Little Mix, "Salute" (Columbia)
The sophomore album from British group-in-a-box Little Mix is a pleasing blend of soulful pop. "Salute" picks up for this generation where the Spice Girls, and later the Pussycat Dolls, left off with the all-female group's spunky girl-power sound.
Little Mix is the concoction of music movers behind the television show, "The X Factor," and it was the first group to win the U.K. version of the show. But it's hard to hate on hustle when it comes to pop music, a genre that is long on hustle and bluster.
On "Salute" — Little Mix's follow-up to last year's "DNA" — the foursome is a solid mix of coy and cool on body-moving tracks like "About the Boy" and "Little Me." The latter track is a well-intentioned take on a discussion between a woman and her younger self, urging strength and persistence.
If Little Mix is about anything, pop bluster aside, it's pop perseverance.
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McPherson High School softball senior Kiley Kerr could have had her choice of several schools for her collegiate career.
McPherson High School softball senior Kiley Kerr could have had her choice of several schools for her collegiate career. Friday morning, she made it official that she was not only sticking close to home, but with family. Kerr, who transferred into MHS last year as a junior, signed a letter of intent to play for her father, Central Christian College coach Chad Kerr. "I don't think she felt any pressure," Kerr said of his daughter's choice to play for the Tigers. "From the very beginning, I had her go through all the steps all college kids do. This was totally her decision. I think at the end of the day she wanted me to be able to see her play in college. If she had gone anywhere else, that would have been difficult." Kiley Kerr concurred, adding that familiarity with the program and the incoming group of freshmen at Central helped make the decision for her. "It was really totally my decision," Kerr said. "He didn't pressure me to go there at all. I had various options, but I chose Central. I know his class of freshmen he has brought in pretty well. I'm excited." Kerr made a splash for the Bullpups last season as their speedy lead-off hitter. She batted .412 and had 17 steals in 23 attempts. For the McPherson U-16 Lady Express last summer, Kerr hit an outstanding .481, with 51 hits in 106 at-bats and was the leading scorer with 48 runs. The Express' season culminated with a run into the USSSA World Series in Kansas City in July. Kerr will be joining a Tiger squad that her father is in the process of rebuilding, as Chad Kerr has signed 14 players, with only six holdovers from last season. Though he is looking forward to a vast improvement in the Tigers this season, Kerr is excited about what Kiley Kerr will bring to the team when the 2015 season starts. "With her speed, her arm and her defense, she's a true leadoff-type of hitter and center fielder," Chad Kerr said. "As a freshman, she's got to earn a spot just like everybody else. But she's probably the center fielder of the future. I love speed. Speed kills. She's a great table-setter." Kiley Kerr, whose mother is Kim Kerr, plans to major in sports management at Central Christian College.


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|January 23, 2018
|Pericos de Puebla released RF Endy Chavez.
|March 9, 2017
|Pericos de Puebla signed free agent RF Endy Chavez.
|March 31, 2015
|Seattle Mariners released RF Endy Chavez.
|January 26, 2015
|Seattle Mariners signed free agent RF Endy Chavez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
|October 30, 2014
|RF Endy Chavez elected free agency.
|May 30, 2014
|Seattle Mariners selected the contract of RF Endy Chavez from Tacoma Rainiers.
|March 28, 2014
|CF Endy Chavez assigned to Tacoma Rainiers.
|March 26, 2014
|Seattle Mariners signed free agent CF Endy Chavez to a minor league contract.
|March 25, 2014
|Seattle Mariners released CF Endy Chavez.
|January 23, 2014
|Seattle Mariners signed free agent CF Endy Chavez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
|April 11, 2013
|Seattle Mariners selected the contract of RF Endy Chavez from Tacoma Rainiers.
|April 3, 2013
|Endy Chavez assigned to Tacoma Rainiers.
|March 24, 2013
|Seattle Mariners signed free agent LF Endy Chavez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
|March 22, 2013
|Kansas City Royals released LF Endy Chavez.
|December 31, 2012
|Kansas City Royals signed free agent LF Endy Chavez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
|November 3, 2012
|LF Endy Chavez elected free agency.
|September 11, 2012
|Baltimore Orioles selected the contract of LF Endy Chavez from Norfolk Tides.
|August 14, 2012
|Baltimore Orioles sent Endy Chavez outright to Norfolk Tides.
|August 4, 2012
|Baltimore Orioles designated Endy Chavez for assignment.
|July 13, 2012
|Baltimore Orioles activated LF Endy Chavez from the 15-day disabled list.
|July 10, 2012
|sent LF Endy Chavez on a rehab assignment to Delmarva Shorebirds.
|July 9, 2012
|sent LF Endy Chavez on a rehab assignment to GCL Orioles.
|June 14, 2012
|Baltimore Orioles placed LF Endy Chavez on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to June 13, 2012. Strained right hamstring.
|May 29, 2012
|Baltimore Orioles activated LF Endy Chavez from the 15-day disabled list.
|May 26, 2012
|sent LF Endy Chavez on a rehab assignment to Bowie Baysox.
|May 10, 2012
|Baltimore Orioles placed LF Endy Chavez on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 9, 2012. Intercostal Strain
|December 20, 2011
|Baltimore Orioles signed free agent LF Endy Chavez.
|October 30, 2011
|CF Endy Chavez elected free agency.
|May 14, 2011
|Texas Rangers selected the contract of CF Endy Chavez from Round Rock Express.
|March 29, 2011
|Endy Chavez assigned to Round Rock Express.
|December 18, 2010
|Texas Rangers signed free agent CF Endy Chavez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
|November 6, 2010
|Endy Chavez elected free agency.
|October 4, 2010
|Endy Chavez roster status changed by Oklahoma City RedHawks.
|July 16, 2010
|Oklahoma City RedHawks placed OF Endy Chavez on the 7-day disabled list. right knee soreness
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|Endy Chavez assigned to AZL Rangers.
|February 15, 2010
|Texas Rangers signed free agent LF Endy Chavez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
|November 6, 2009
|LF Endy Chavez elected free agency.
|June 20, 2009
|Seattle Mariners placed LF Endy Chavez on the 60-day disabled list.
Endy de Jesus Chavez…graduated from Liceo Batalla Carabobo High School in Valencia, VZ…he and his brother, Ender, have been teammates with the Navegantes de Magallanes of the Venezuelan Winter League..originally signed by the Mets as a nondrafted free agent on April 29, 1996.2013
Hit .295 (43x146) at Safeco Field to lead all Mariners in home batting average (min.100 PA)…posted pair of 8-game hitting streaks (April 21-28 and June 9-18)..recorded a hit in 45 of 59 games started…hit .263 (64x243) in a starting role…posted 17 hits against left-handed pitching (.254/17x67), his most since 2006 (26 w/ NYM)…hit second career pinch-hit home run May 20 at Cleveland (last: 5/28/08 vs. FLA w/NYM)…hit .293 (29x99) in 23 games with the Navegantes de Magallanes in the Venezuelan Winter League.2012 Made the Opening Day roster of the Orioles, appearing in just 64 games due to a pair of injuries...Was a member of the Baltimore postseason roster for the club's Division Series with the Yankees...appeared in 3 games, striking out in his only at bat. 2011 Returned to full strength after July 2009 right ACL surgery ... Began the season on Triple-A Round Rock's Opening Day roster and appeared in 30 games before getting called up by the Rangers in mid-May ... Was his first action in the majors since '09, spending the remainder of the season with Texas ... Led the club in CF starts ... Batted .301 (77-256) with 5 HR and 27 RBI in 83 games ... Matched a career high with 5 home runs, accomplished twice previously in 2003 and 2004 with Montreal ... Tallied 24 multi-hit efforts and 8 games of 3+ hits, tops in the majors for both categories among players who appeared in 85 games or fewer ... Went 10-for-15 in SB attempts ... Started 66 games, including a team-high 59 in center field (2-LF, 5-RF) ... Compiled .993 fielding pct. with 3 outfield assists ... Batted .435 (20-46) with seven multi-hit efforts over his first 13 games, including four games with 3+ hits ... Made Texas debut on May 14 vs. LAA, his first major league action since June 19, 2009 vs. ARI ... Hit .376 (41-109), May 16-July 19, the second-highest average for a player with at least 100 at-bats in that span ... Homered in consecutive games for just the second time in his career on May 28 vs. KC & May 30 @TB ... Matched career high with 4 hits on June 2 @CLE ... Matched career high with 4 RBI on July 4 vs. BAL ... Batted .270 (10-37) with 3 doubles, 10 runs and one RBI in 22 spring training games ... Began the year with the Express, batting .305 (39-128) with 8 doubles, 2 triples, 2 homers and 17 RBI in 30 starts ... Hit safely in 23 of 30 and began the year with a 9-game hit streak, going 15-for-39 (.385) ... Started 17 games in center field, 11 in left and 2 in right ... Hit .323 (31-96) vs. RHP ... Went 11-for-36 (.306) with RISP and 6-for-16 (.375) w/ RISP and 2 outs. 2010 Was signed to a minor league contract by Texas just before the start of spring training on Feb. 15...went to major league camp and continued rehab there before remaining in Arizona during extended spring program...was assigned to the Rookie League Arizona Rangers on June 23 and went 6-for-11 in 3 starts in right field...was promoted to class AA Frisco on July 1 and hit .333 (5-15) in 4 games...started once each at all 3 outfield positions and at DH...was assigned to class AAA Oklahoma City on July 8 and was 1-for-5 in start in left that night vs. Round Rock...suffered a right knee strain in that game and was placed on the OKC DL for the rest of the season...batted .242 with one homer and 11 RBI in 32 games for Magallanes this winter, seeing most of his action in center field. 2009 Started 35 games in left, 7 in center, and 2 in right in lone season with the Mariners...was in the lineup for 44 of Seattle's first 67 games through June 19...hit safely in his first 10 games of the season at .415 (17-41) through April 16...set a club record for longest hitting streak to open a Mariner career and was the second longest streak ever by a Seattle player to begin any season (Joey Cora, 16 in 1998)...tied the team mark for most hits (17) in his first 10 games as a Mariner...had a .358 (24-67) mark in his first 17 overall games through April 17 before hitting .217 (20-94) in final 37 contests...was just 5-for-26 in last 13 games...had season best 3 hits on 3 occasions...hit both homers against the Angels, April 15 in Seattle and May 31 at Anaheim...had a .991 (1 E/107 TC) fielding percentage in 48 total games in the outfield...sustained season-ending torn ACL in right knee in collision with Yuniesky Betancourt on June 19 vs. Arizona...was placed on the 60-day DL the following day and had surgery in early July performed by Mariners team physician Dr. Ed Khalfayan...played for Venezuela in 2009 World Baseball Classic, hitting .348 (8-23) in 7 games. 2008 Made 56 starts in the outfield: 41 in right field, 13 in left field and 2 in center...T-2nd on the team and T21st in the NL with 7 outfield assists...Batted .278 (65x234) vs. right-handed pitching, compared to .194 (7x36) vs. lefties...Recorded one, 4-hit game, 15, 2-hit games and four, 3-hit contests...Against NL East foes, batted .304 (24x79)...Hit his first home run of the season, and his first career pinch-hit home run, May 28 vs. Florida (off Kevin Gregg)...homer tied the game in the bottom of the 9th inning...finished the game 2-for-2 as the Mets won the game in 12 innings...Batted .313 (50x160) from June 11-end of the season (85 G)...was batting just .200 (22x110) through his first 48 games...Tied his career-high with two stolen bases June 17 at Los Angeles (AL)...Batted .444 (8x18) over a three-game stretch vs. St. Louis, July 25-27...Hit safely in 12 of 14 games from June 29-July 12 (.385, 20x52)...recorded 6 multi-hit games during that stretch...Matched his career-high with 4 hits July 25 vs. St. Louis...eighth time in his career that he has collected 4 hits in a game and the fourth time with the Mets...The last time he had four hits in a contest was May 19, 2007 vs. New York (AL)...Committed his first error since May 20, 2005 with Philadelphia at Baltimore on May 21 at Atlanta...had gone 253 consecutive games without an error and had 394 total chances before committing the fielding error on Mark Teixeira's double that allowed him to move to third base. 2007 Had at least one hit in 20 of his 31 starts...In those games he scored16 runs with seven doubles, two triples, a home run and 14 RBI...Batted .310 (26-84) at Shea...Didn't commit an error for the second straight year...Has handled 320 total chances during that period...Hit .333 (22-66) during day games...Was reinstated from the Disabled List on August 28th...Started in rightfield that night at Philadelphia...Placed on the 15-Day Disabled List on June 7th with a strained left hamstring...Tied his career-high with his seventh career four-hit contest, May 19th vs. the Yankees...Hit a two-run home run off Andy Pettitte on May 18th vs. the Yankees...That home run proved to be the game winner in the Mets, 3-2, victory...Drove in the winning run on a drag bunt in the bottom of the 12th inning on April 24th, to give the Mets a 2-1 win over the Rockies...It was the first game-ending bunt for New York since August 18, 1995 when Bill Spiers scored Ryan Thompson with a bunt single against the Dodgers. 2006 Posted a career-high .306 (108-353) batting average...Three of his four home runs either tied the game or gave the Mets a lead...Tied his career-high with his sixth, four-hit contest, August 26 vs. Philadelphia...Also had four hits on May 3 vs. Pittsburgh...Had 31 multi-hit games (22 two-hit, seven three-hit and two four-hit contests)...Hit .418 (23-55) with four doubles, two triples, a home run and 11 RBIs over 15 starts from June 28-Aug. 10...Also reached base safely in 13 of those 15 games...Had eight multi-hit games during that stretch...Hit .333 (26-78) against left-handed pitching...Collected three outfield assists (in left field) on June 4 vs. the Giants...Was the first Met to have three outfield assists in a game since Joel Youngblood (in right field) on May 23, 1981 at St. Louis...Drove in the game-winning hit in the bottom of the 13th inning of the Mets-Diamondbacks game on May 31...The Mets won, 1-0...Belted his first home run as a Met on April 30 at Atlanta (off Lance Cormier)...It was his first home run since he went deep on July 21, 2004, with the Expos against the Mets (off Mike Stanton)...Made his Mets debut as a defensive replacement in left field in the ninth inning on April 6 vs. Washington...Hit .329 with one home run, seven RBIs and 20 runs scored for Navegantes del Magallanes in the Venezuelan Winter League...His squad lost in the Championship Series.
POSTSEASON: Made one of the greatest postseason catches in Major League history when he robbed Scott Rolen of a two-run home run in the sixth inning in Game Seven of the NLCS...Made seven postseason starts...Batted .375 (3-8) during the Division Series vs. Los Angeles...Started Game Two of the NLDS and went 2-4 with one run scored.2005 Began the year with New Orleans (AAA) of the Pacific Coast League...Was recalled by Washington on May 3rd and appeared in seven games before being optioned back to New Orleans on May 10th...Acquired by the Phillies for Marlon Byrd on May 14th...Joined Philadelphia on May 15th vs. Cincinnati and had a triple in his first game...Was 11-46 (.256) with a double and two triples as a pinch-hitter for the Phillies...Led Philadelphia with 11 pinch-hits and tied for the team lead in pinch-hit at-bats...Scored a run in six straight games, May 15th-May 22nd...Hit .424 (14-33) over a 24-game stretch, June 28-July 29th...Compiled a .381 (8-21) batting mark vs. lefthanded pitching...Had two hits on May 4th vs. Los Angeles and again on July 21st vs. the Dodgers...Also was the only player in the major leagues to hit two, pinch-hit triples...Made two starts in centerfield for Washington...For the Phillies, he started three games in leftfield and 10 in centerfield...Hit .368 (56-152) with 28 runs, 14 doubles, one triple, one home run, 12 RBI, four stolen bases, with 18 walks and nine strikeouts in 38 regular season games with Magallanes of the Venezuelan Winter League...Batted .326 (15-46) with nine runs, one home run and five RBI in 12 playoff games for Magallanes. 2004 Began the season with Triple-A Edmonton, but was recalled on April 22 and spent the remainder of the season in the big leagues...was Frank Robinson's starting CF for the remainder of the season...played 127 games in CF, including 122 starts...hit both leadoff and in the No. 2 hole...had the majority of his success hitting 2nd...on-base percentage was much higher hitting 2nd (.347) than when batting leadoff (.291)...posted career highs with 6 triples and a team-high 32 stolen bases...tied Terrmel Sledge for club lead in triples...stole more bases (5) in his first 10 games with the Expos this season than he did in July, August and September of 2003, combined (4)...139 hits ranked 3rd on the club behind only Tony Batista and Brad Wilkerson (both with 146)...finished the season with 37 muti-hit games, just one behind club leader Batista...hit .304 (34-for-112) in May...batted .337 with 6 doubles, 4 triples, one home run and 9 RBI in July and was named Player of the Month by Montreal chapter of the BBWAA...drew only 30 walks in 547 plate appearances...however, batted .330 (30-for-91) in games where he drew at least one walk...posted 9 outfield assists, 6 of which came at home plate...only Juan Rivera (14) had more among Expos...posted a .984 fielding percentage...was successful on 82 percent of stolen base attempts (32 of 39)...batted .308 (16-for-52) in 14 games at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in Puerto Rico...with Chavez in the lineup, the Expos posted a 58-74 record...grounded out (4-3) to end the Expos' 5702nd and final regular-season game as a NL franchise, October 3 at NYM...following the season, hit .285 with 2 home runs, 8 RBI and 5 stolen bags in 32 games with Magallanes of the Venezuelan Winter League. Game-By-Game Highlights: Matched career high with 4 hits twice in 6 days: May 19 vs. MIL and May 24 vs. ATL in Puerto Rico...homered in consecutive games for the first time in his career, May 29-30 vs. CIN...tallied 3 hits, including game-tying 3-run shot off southpaw Mike Stanton, July 21 at NYM...again matched career high with 4 hits in a 12-inning 7-6 win at CHI on September 7...recorded the 300th hit of his career-a 9th-inning RBI single-on September 12 at ATL...stole 2 bases in a game on 4 occasions: May 1 at LA, August 15 vs. HOU, September 12 at ATL, and September 25 vs. PHI...collected 4 hits in a game on 3 occasions: May 19 vs. MIL, May 24 vs. ATL and September 7 at CHI (NL)...set career single-month high with 8 stolen bases in August, then topped that total with 9 in September. 2003 Spent his first full season in the major leagues...Fashioned the only two bunt doubles in the majors leagues, April 27th vs. Houston and April 30th at Milwaukee...Belted his first leadoff home run of his career, April 20th vs. Cincinnati (off Danny Graves) in Puerto Rico...Collected his second leadoff home run July 27th vs. Atlanta (off Greg Maddux)...Also had an inside-the-park home run June 20th vs. Toronto (off Jeff Tam)...Had a career-high four RBI, June 10th at Seattle. 2002 Named the National League's Rookie of the Month in September...Hit .337 for the month with five doubles, five triples, 16 runs scored and nine RBI...Was recalled by the Expos on May 7th...Was optioned back to Ottawa (AAA) on May 25th...Joined the Expos again on September 3rd from Ottawa...Posted a 16-game hitting streak from September 10th-September 27th...Collected his first major league home run, September 21st at the Mets (off Pedro Astacio)...Was 4-5 in that contest. 2001 Recalled from Wichita (AA) of the Texas League on May 29th...Made his major league debut that night by going 1-4 with an RBI at Texas...Went 3-4 with a double and two RBI on May 30th vs. the Rangers...Was with Kansas City from May 29th-July 5th and from July 25th-July 26th...Made 16 starts: 13 in leftfield and three in centerfield. 2000 Finished fifth in the Florida State League in steals...Also came in eighth in the Florida State League in hitting. 1999 Stole a combined 29 bases between Capital City (A) of the South Atlantic League (20) and St. Lucie (A) of the Florida State League (nine)...Played for Magallanes of the Venezuelan Winter League...Voted the League's Top Rookie. 1998 Appeared in 33 games at Kingsport (short season A). 1997 Combined for a .286 average in 52 games at Gulf Coast Mets (rookie) and Kingsport...was named the GCL Mets team MVP. 1996 Made pro debut with the Mets entry in the Dominican Summer League.


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Before I get to the player-by-player breakdown, a few notes on the defensive performance overall.
The front four was OK. They got pressure early. But as the game went on, Tom Brady just consistently had answers. He scrambled for big chunks of yardage. He avoided pressure, got out of the pocket and found receivers downfield. And he got rid of the ball quickly.
The secondary was another story. There was confusion, miscommunication and blown assignments all game long. The injury factor is a bit overblown if you ask me. Nnamdi Asomugha was limited, but other than that, the Eagles were healthy back there. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie didn't play, but just last week, everyone was of the opinion that Joselio Hanson was better than him anyway.
On a 3rd-and-2 in the first quarter, Jamar Chaney, Keenan Clayton and Nate Allen were discussing/gesturing as Brady snapped the ball. The Eagles were called for 12 men on the field, and the Patriots got a first down.
Later on the drive, on 3rd-and-1, the Eagles called a timeout because of a personnel issue. After the timeout, Derek Landri jumped offsides, giving the Patriots another first down.
It was that type of game, and it's been that type of year for Juan Castillo's group. Re-watching the game, I really felt like Brady could have completed 60 percent of his passes with a blindfold on.
Having said that, here's the player-by-player breakdown:
Jason Babin - He pressured Brady a couple times. In the first, Babin got close on a third-down stunt, but Brady still hit Wes Welker for a 10-yard completion. He pressured Brady in the third, but Brady scrambled up the middle for 8 yards. BenJarvus Green-Ellis' first touchdown went right between Babin and Mike Patterson. And Babin jumped offsides in the second, for what seems like a weekly mandatory penalty.
Cullen Jenkins - Jenkins was one of the few defensive players who played well. He hustled to bring down Rob Gronkowski after a 5-yard screen in the first. Jenkins got good pressure up the middle and hit Brady on an early incompletion. He stuffed Green-Ellis for no gain in the first. And he dropped Stevan Ridley for a 2-yard loss in the second. Jenkins injured his thumb in the second quarter, but returned in the third. Early on, a 6-yard Green-Ellis run went right between him and Trent Cole.
Mike Patterson - Patterson was solid. He broke through up the middle and sacked Brady in the second. Later, he got good pressure up the middle, but Brady took off for 13 yards. He stopped Green-Ellis after a gain of 1 with the Patriots backed up near their own end zone in the third.
Trent Cole - He was close on a couple occasions, but never really got to Brady. Cole got decent pressure just as Brady released a 16-yard completion to Gronkowski. He made a nice inside move and got in Brady's face, but not before he completed a 10-yard pass to Welker on 3rd-and-5. He pressured Brady out of the pocket before Brady found Deion Branch for the 63-yard completion in the second. Cole was called for offsides in the second.
Juqua Parker - Didn't do much as a pass rusher. Parker played about 27 snaps. He got a hand on Danny Woodhead, but couldn't make the tackle on a 10-yard run in the second. Parker stopped Stevan Ridley after a 1-yard gain in the fourth, with the game out of hand.
Darryl Tapp - He hit Brady on an early third-down incompletion, but wasn't much of a factor after that. Tapp made a good play against the run, forcing Green-Ellis to bounce it outside in the first.
Trevor Laws - He batted down a Brady pass in the second, but otherwise wasn't a factor. Laws got blocked on Woodhead's 7-yard carry in the third. He played about 31 snaps.
Derek Landri - He added to the penalties, jumping offsides on 3rd-and-1 in the first and later getting called for illegal use of hands on a rare Brady incompletion. Good hustle and a good tackle by Landri to bring Green-Ellis down after a 3-yard gain in the first. He dropped Green-Ellis for a loss of 1 in the third also. In the fourth, Landri got in the backfield, but couldn't bring Shane Vereen down on an 8-yard carry.
Jamar Chaney - Didn't notice Chaney much, which is probably a bad thing for a middle linebacker. He had good coverage in zone on Wes Welker on an early third-down incompletion. Later, Brady zipped one right past him to Aaron Hernandez for 11 yards on 3rd-and-3 to set up the Patriots' first touchdown. He got matched up outside with Gronkowski, allowing Brady to run a QB sneak up the middle for 6 yards. We saw another QB do the same thing this year (Ryan Fitzpatrick, I believe?) when the Eagles left the middle of the field open.
Brian Rolle - He made a few nice plays against the run, but did not look good in coverage. Rolle dropped Ridley for a 1-yard loss in the second. He tackled Green-Ellis after a 1-yard gain in the first. And he chased Danny Woodhead down after a direct snap on third down that picked up only 1 yard. In coverage, Rolle got matched up on Welker and had no shot on a 9-yard gain in the second. On the very next play, he got matched up with Hernandez and gave up a 7-yard completion, which included a missed tackle. Gronkowski got behind him and in front of Allen for the 24-yard touchdown in the fourth.
Akeem Jordan - The Eagles spent very little time in their base defense. Jordan played only 10 snaps and didn't do much.
Keenan Clayton - So much for using him over Rolle in the nickel. Unless I made a mistake (which is always possible), Clayton only played two snaps.
Asante Samuel - This game reminded me of last year for Samuel in that Brady barely threw his way, instead choosing to take advantage of the other members of the secondary. Samuel played off Branch on a 10-yard completion in the third and then missed a tackle. But I believe that was the only completion he allowed.
Joselio Hanson - Welker clearly got the best of his former college teammate. Hanson played RCB in base and moved inside in nickel and dime packages. Welker beat him in the slot for a 14-yard completion in the second. He got beat again by Welker on third down in the second, but Brady's throw was high, and Welker couldn't hang on. Hanson bit on the play-fake in the second as Welker ran free for the 41-yard score. Welker beat him for a 10-yard gain in the second; for 12 yards in the third; and for a 9-yard score in the third. Not a good showing.
Brandon Hughes - He filled in mostly at right cornerback and did not have a good game. Hughes got beat for a 63-yard completion to Branch in the second as Brady got out of the pocket and directed him downfield. It looked like Hughes got confused when the Patriots set up in a bunch formation to his side early on. Hughes was supposed to pick up Welker, but was late as Brady completed a pass to him for 10 yards on 3rd-and-5. Hughes was playing off Branch, and Brady targeted him on a WR screen that went for 13 yards. After Nate Allen missed a tackle on Hernandez, Hughes did the same on an 18-yard catch and run in the third.
Nnamdi Asomugha - He played about 17 snaps, generally covering a tight end or inside receiver. Asomugha seemed to do a pretty good job in coverage. I didn't see any passes completed against him. He blitzed twice, but got nowhere near Brady.
Curtis Marsh - He came in for a pair of snaps because of a Hughes injury in the third. Brady targeted him right away, but threw low for an incompletion.
Nate Allen - This game was a nightmare for Allen. He bit badly on the play-fake as Welker ran past him for the 41-yard touchdown in the second. He looked slow to react on Green-Ellis' first touchdown run. Hanson passed Tiquan Underwood to him in the first, but it looked like Allen was playing a different coverage. Underwood dropped what likely would have been a 64-yard touchdown. Allen got turned around at the 15 yard line on the Branch 63-yard gain, allowing him to pick up 14 extra yards. Later, Brady saw him playing way off Hernandez and threw a quick strike; Allen missed a tackle as Hernandez scampered for an 18-yard gain. The Patriots had a 3rd-and-9 from their own 3 in the third. The Eagles were in zone, and Brady hit Branch for what looked like a 5-yard completion, but Allen took a horrible angle on the tackle, and it turned into a 23-yard gain. Like I said, day to forget for Allen.
Kurt Coleman - He was credited with a game-high 12 tackles (11 solo). Gronkowski made a 16-yard catch in between him and Hanson in the first. He dropped Woodhead for a 2-yard loss in the second, but mssed a tackle on Woodhead's 10-yard run.
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"I looked up, expected it to split the uprights," Raiders punter and holder Shane Lechler said Sunday in a hushed locker room. "It sounded good. Everything was good."
If only.
Everything was not good. Everything, was, in fact awful. The Raiders had a chance to be 2-1 for the first time since 2004, and all they needed was a 32-yard field goal from a place kicker who had made 19 in a row between 30 and 39 yards and was a 90.2 percent kicker in his career in that range.
Instead, Sebastian Janikowski pushed the 32-yard attempt to the left, giving the host Arizona Cardinals a thoroughly undeserved 24-23 win over the Raiders.
It was Janikowski's third miss of the game, having gone wide right from 41 yards and 58 yards. He also converted from 54 yards (he drilled one from 63 in warmups) and had 22- and 23-yard field goals as part of the Raiders stunningly inept performance in the red zone. Janikowski was long gone from the locker room by the time reporters arrived.
"As I told the team I don't feel like the game was won or lost on the last play right there," Raiders coach Tom Cable said at the podium following the game. "It certainly could have been won, but we had a lot of opportunities in the second half to put some exclamation points out there and we couldn't do it. We have to continue to get better in the red zone offensively and just continue to work. This game will not define us."
Which is essentially what Cable said after the Week 1 loss to Tennessee. What has defined the Raiders is the inability to win consecutive games. It's happened only once on Cable's watch, in the last two games of the 2008 season against Houston and Tampa Bay.
How beatable was Arizona?
They managed only 227 yards of total offense with a shaky quarterback in Derek Anderson and a passing game which isn't even a faint copy of what it was with Kurt Warner. Their coaching staff, oblivious to the fact that the the Raiders were susceptible to the run, probably could have controlled the game merely by hammering the middle if they weren't so busy trying to prove the could still pass in the post-Warner era.
Twice Cardinals punt returners let live balls bounce free as gifts to the Raiders. Domique Rodgers-Cromartie rode the arm of Darrius Heyward-Bey and was justifiably called for a 39-yard pass interference penalty when Arizona appeared to have the game won.
There were mistakes aplenty for both sides, but what stood out for the Raiders was their 1-for-5 red zone performance while Anderson, even in his sub-mediocre state, managed to throw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Steve Breaston and an 8-yarder to Larry Fitzgerald, both of whom were so open you wonder if Hue Jackson was taking notes on how easy it can be to throw a short touchdown pass.
More news, notes, quotes and observations:
— Three games in, the Raiders have 33 penalties for 290 yards. That's 176 penalties for 1,547 yards by the end of the season. It may seem an unfair projection, given the short sample size, but the Raiders do seem pretty determined to draw as many flags as possible. They had 11 for 123 yards Sunday. They're going backwards for almost as many yards as Darren McFadden is going forward.
McFadden had 105 yards on 25 carries against Arizona, so he's getting plenty of work from scrimmage. Jackson may want to begin encorporating McFadden on swings and screens a little more, given the pressure opponents are getting.
— With a first-and-goal at the 1, the Raiders couldn't manage to punch in a touchdown. Michael Bush, in his first game back after fracturing his left thumb and undergoing surgery, was stopped for no gain. Then came a Keystone Cops sequence where Bruce Gradkowski let the clock run down, felt he could get a play off, and ended up taking a delay of game penalty. Then came a pair of incomplete attempts to Heyward-Bey and Janikowski's 23-yard field goal.
The Cardinals called this a goal line stand. Gradkowski called it his mistake.
"I take responsibility for that," Gradkowski said. "I probably should have called a time out, but it's just my competitiveness. I thought we can get this off. I saw the clock and I just knew I wanted the ball. I wanted to quarterback sneak. I wanted to get in there. I've just got to be better than that, call a time out, regroup and put it in the end zone."
— Bush said his thumb held up fine and that he's planning on taking the pad off next week. He got blown up once by Adrian Wilson while pass blocking.
"I've got to get under him," Bush said. "He knocked me down because I didn't have my feet gathered correctly. It was good to get back in and get banged up a little bit."
— Gradkowski is determined to make Heyward-Bey a star. He threw to him 11 times, completing three for 49 yards. One was a clutch fourth-and-10 completion that gave the Raiders a first down on the ill-fated final drive.
"Darrius did a great job, and the offensive line made it happen," Gradkowski said.
Gradkowski was 17-for-34 for 255 yards with a touchdown pass and an interception. He played on the edge and was fortunate not to have made more mistakes.
— Cable on Gradkowski: "I thought (his play was) inconsistent, up and down. His leadership was great. When he needed to make a play, it seemed like on third down he was pretty sharp that way. But again I think he would be the first to tell you that we had four or five opportunities in the red zone and only scored one touchdown."
Radio play-by-play man Greg Papa was openly wondering in his postgame wrapup if Jason Campbell was an option to start against Houston.
— The offensive line spent much of the day being overwhelmed. Langston Walker was in and out with injuries and the left tackle rotation of Jared Veldheer and Mario Henderson did nothing to distinguish itself.
— Nice opening act. Second-year running back LaRod Stephens-Howling (this game set the standard for hyphenated last names) raced 102 yards for a touchdown with Mike Mitchell blowing the solo tackle and Michael Bennett also failing to bring him down.
— Nnamdi Asomugha got his wish to shadow Fitzgerald and gave up one completion for 18 yards and got called for pass interference once. Anderson went to Fitzgerald six times for the one completion, with the touchdown coming in zone coverage.
"With an elite guy like Larry, you know it's going to be a great work day," Asomugha said. "To me, it wasn't good enough because he did get the catch. That's what upset me."
— Even with the previous missed field goals, the prevailing opinion seemed that Janikowski couldn't miss from 32 yards. The Raiders even acted the part as the ball was sailing through the air.
"Once he kicked it, we celebrated on the sideline," Asomugha said. "But then I saw them getting happy and our guys on the field not getting happy. That's when I looked back and saw we didn't get it."
"It's very shocking. I call him `Automatic Seabass' because it's one of those things if you kick the ball 100 times, he's giong to make 99 of them," McFadden said. "It just so happened he missed that one."
Said Bush: "The field goal wasn't the killer. We had opportunities on the goal line to score. We just have to go back and watch film and correct the things we can."
— Cornerback Walter McFadden didn't make it through the game, aggravating his hamstring strain. McFadden was on the field because Chris Johnson (ankle) was inactive.


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What to CookWeeknight Cooking
- Jenny
Lately I've been on a goldilocks-like journey through the world of bean recipes. Some are just too spicy, others shockingly bland. There are recipes that call for chopping this and that and yet give me too little flavor yield, and others that involve bell peppers, which stimulate my hostility.
My search for a hearty and flavorful bean dish was launched by my need to find a recipe that is both easy and proportioned for a group, as an offering to the neighbors on our night to cook. As I have mentioned in this space before, we cook for a family of four two doors down on Mondays, and they return the favor on Thursdays. There have been enchiladas (theirs) and spicy turkey meatloaf (ours) and all manner of large salad. This week, I turned to beans. Beans, I say, in spite of my husband's skepticism over their, um, fibrous quality.
After trying a few different recipes, I settled on Borrachos by lastnightsdinner for the combination of ease and flavor, and the fact that you can meddle with it in ways that will render no undue harm unto your taste buds.
Let's start with the beans themselves. You can opt for the quick soak method, as lastnightsdinner recommends. I did note that some cooks found this left their beans too hard for too long, though it was suggested that this could be mitigated by adding the tomatoes later in the process, as the acid may hinder softening. (Don't you love this community and all its food science deliciousness?) Or, of course, you can also soak them overnight.
I, being me, went halfway, and soaked my pintos about six hours while I did other chores and errands. I can tell you they turned out perfect in texture, per the cooking instructions. (I can't speak to canned beans other than they would take far less time to cook obviously, and probably would not be as nice.)
Moving on to the next steps. I used one large yellow onion and boy did it smell delicious cooking in that bacon fat. I omitted the chilies because I thought they were not child-friendly. If you want your beans to have a kick, you know what to do here. I tried to find Mexican oregano but failed; I clipped my own oregano from the garden, dried it in a 150 degree oven for an hour and crumbled that in. It was mighty fragrant, but my understanding is the Mexican version would lend a sort of "dustier" taste, in a good way. Feel free to weigh in below on this.
My beer of choice was Red Stripe, and it was a perfect fit; beer makes these beans, people. I was out of diced tomatoes, and used tomato paste (about 1 heaping Tablespoon) instead, which I actually prefer because this dish has a fair amount of liquid, and does not need more; the paste gives a nice tomato concentrated flavor.
Okay, reading this back it seems like I did a lot of changing. Really it's on the margins. You've got options here, that's all I am saying. I recommend you make this on a weekend afternoon as you go about your other household business -- which may or may not be sitting with two other women at your kitchen table drinking hard cider and eating cheese and stopping occasionally to render a verdict on your children's outfits or adjudicate a fight over Salt and Vinegar chips which, in fact, are extremely worth battling over.
Let the dish sit overnight in the fridge. Have some for breakfast. Squirt a little Sriracha in if you need the kick. You might not though – I loved the smoky, slightly beer-soaked comfort of this dish, which would be wonderful with a chunk of warm corn bread. If you're cooking for others, feel slightly sad as you watch this dish make its way down the street.
Serves 10-12
- 1 pound dried Pinto or other small pink/red beans
- 6 cups water
- 4 ounces uncured slab bacon, cut into ¼ to ½ inch cubes
- 2 cups chopped onion
- 3 cloves garlic, peeled and lightly smashed
- 1 tablespoon dried Mexican oregano or dried marjoram
- 2-3 canned pickled whole Jalapeño or Serrano chiles, plus 2-3 tablespoons of the spicy brine
- 1 14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes with juice
- 1 bottle amber or dark beer
- Kosher salt
- Juice of one lime, about 1 oz.
- Pick over the beans to remove any stones or debris, and place them in a large pot. Add 6 cups of cold tap water, cover the pot, and bring it to a boil. Let boil for 2 minutes, then turn off the heat and let the beans stand, undrained, for an hour. (Note: the beans should be fairly tender at this point, though older beans may need more soaking time.)
- In a large, heavy bottomed pot, begin browning the bacon over medium heat. When the bacon is nicely browned on all sides and has rendered much of its fat, remove it with a slotted spoon and set aside. Ask a question about this step.
- Add the onion to the pot and cook until softened. Add the garlic cloves and oregano or marjoram, rubbing it between your palms to crumble it a bit, and cook until fragrant. Add the beans with their cooking liquid, then add the tomatoes, the beer, the chile(s) and the chile brine.
- Return the bacon to the pot and add a generous pinch of salt. Bring the beans up to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium low and cook, partially covered, for 1 to 1 ½ hours, stirring occasionally and tasting to adjust salt as needed. Stir in the lime juice just before serving, then ladle into bowls.
Like Jenny? Read more of her weeknight trials and tribulations, with whoopie pies and such, here.
Photo by James Ransom
By day, Jennifer Steinhauer, aka Jenny, covers Congress for The New York Times. By night, she is an obsessive cook.


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