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New record set with 456 and counting
Red Sox fans fill Fenway Park to make sellout streak their own
By Mark Remme / MLB.com
Another sellout was brewing. This one, however, had a different spark to it.
Boston's showdown with Tampa Bay on Monday marked the 456th consecutive sellout at Fenway, passing the Indians' mark from 1995 through 2001. The streak, which started on May 15, 2003, will now stand as the benchmark for all teams trying to equal the consistent loyalty of the Red Sox Nation.
During the streak's five-year existence, a total 16,336,192 fans walked through the gates of Fenway Park. The next longest current sellout streak in the Major Leagues is the Yankees' streak of 28 games at Yankee Stadium.
This particular night proved no doubt about the stadium being filled to capacity. No empty seats were visible from the top of the first inning.
"We absolutely love it here," said Betsy Brink, a lifetime Red Sox fan in attendance Monday with her husband, John. "There's no place I'd rather be than Fenway Park."
Betsy recalls the days of her youth when her love of this ballclub began to grow. She had her bedroom completely covered in Red Sox news clippings during the 1967 "Impossible Dream" club that marched their way to the American League pennant.
The first game she attended was in 1974, she said. Through the years, there haven't been sellouts each and every night. In fact, there were times when seats were available in most corners of the ballpark.
But the majesty of the ballpark endured. Now, after five consecutive years of packed houses, it gets recognition through its fans as America's most beloved ballpark. It's enough to give Betsy goose bumps.
"Absolutely," she said. "Every time you walk in -- you know when you walk in here and the sun is shining? Every time."
John Brink feels the same way, and for him it stems right from the top of the organization -- principal owner John W. Henry, president/CEO Larry Lucchino and chairman Tom Werner.
On Monday, players and members of the organization greeted fans at every gate with commemorative tickets marking the occasion. Lucchino handed the commemorative ticket to the Brinks.
"There's no place like this," John Brink said. "I've traveled all over the United States, and there's no place like this. It's just a way of life."
The admiration for these fans that helped comprise the streak of sellouts runs all the way from the top of the organization.
"We have a deep appreciation of the fans and the loyalty, the constancy of support," Lucchino said.
It's a streak that ownership didn't begin fully begin to take notice of until "a year or two ago," according to Lucchino. And there were times when it looked like the sellout streak might come to an end -- namely toward the end of the 2006 season, with the Sox eventually missing the playoffs.
The streak endured, and with it came and understanding that it must be cherished while it's there. Things like this can end on any night.
"All you have to do is look at the record we'll break tonight -- the Indians' record 455," Lucchino said. "We're constantly vigilant about it, remembering that this can change if the commitment to winning isn't there."
|"I've traveled all over the United States, and there's no place like this."
|-- Red Sox fan John Brink, on Fenway
Fenway's packed stands send chills down visitors' spines in a way that feels as remarkable as the streak itself.
"It's great," Pert said. "I love the seventh inning. That is the most exiting time.
"It's amazing. The fans here are so loyal. They're just loyal."
During Monday's pregame ceremonies, the ceremonial first pitch was thrown by three representatives of Red Sox Nation: Dora Giglio, of Quincy, Mass., Kevin Pierro of Norfolk, Mass., and Maurice Polite from Springfield, Mass. The 86-year-old Giglio holds the oldest known season ticket account, which began in 1935. Pierro, 5, was born at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on the day the streak began and Polite was chosen at random from Monday's crowd to represent all Red Sox fans.
As the team took the field at the start of the game, Red Sox players, coaches and ownership tossed special commemorative baseballs into the sellout crowd. Each baseball was engraved with "Thank You -- 456 Consecutive Sellouts" and was either autographed by a current player, coach or by members of the team ownership.
There are stadiums around the country that have trouble filling seats every night. Henry's background in several baseball organizations -- including the Florida Marlins -- made it clear to him that until he saw the commitment from the fans each and every night in the New England area, it was hard to fully understand.
Now, it's a blessing that he and his fans can't possibly take for granted.
That's why they keep coming back.
"We were here for the last game of Manny Ramirez, and we forgot tonight was No. 456," John Brink said. "And we were here a short bit ago at a game that went well to midnight. No one thought about leaving. Why would you leave?"
Mark Remme is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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FORT MYERS, FL - Florida Gulf Coast University Lutgert College of Business is recognized once again as one of the best business schools in the nation according to The Princeton Review. The New York-based education services company features the Lutgert College of Business in the recently published 2010 edition of its "Best 301 Business Schools" (Random House / Princeton Review).
"Best 301 Business Schools" has two-page profiles of the highest ranking schools with write-ups on academics, student life and admissions, plus ratings for academics, selectivity and career placement services. In the profile on FGCU, the Princeton Review editors describe the Lutgert College of Business as having a solid preparation in general management, operations, teamwork, and doing business in a global economy.
According to Robert Franek, Princeton Review VP-Publishing, "We select schools for this book based on our high regard for their academic programs and offerings, institutional data we collect from the schools, and the candid opinions of students attending them who rate and report on their campus experiences at the schools. We are pleased to recommend Florida Gulf Coast University to readers of our book and users of our website as one of the best institutions they could attend to earn an MBA."
Students cited the University's location and cost among the top reasons for attending; students also cited the Lutgert College of Business is very well established in the local community. In addition, the students praised the professors for their willingness to help students and for the experience they bring to their jobs.
Lutgert College of Business' success was noted in the 2009 edition of The Princeton Review's "Best 296 Business Schools." Students cited the University's modern facilities and the program's emphasis on teamwork and team building as plusses.
The Princeton Review does not rank the schools in the book on a single hierarchical list from 1 to 301, or name one business school best overall. Instead, the book has 11 ranking lists of the top 10 business schools in various categories. Ten lists are based on The Princeton Review's surveys of 19,000 students attending the 301 business schools profiled in the book. Only schools that permitted The Princeton Review to survey their students were eligible for consideration for these lists. The lists are posted at www.PrincetonReview.com.
For more information, media representatives should contact associate professor and chair in the Lutgert College of Business, Jerry Schoenfeld at (239) 590-7388.

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New Court Private Equity Fund, Inc.
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- 1970 50 units each consisting of 6% convertible subordinated notes due March 31, 1984, $5 convertible preferred stock, and common stock
The New Court Private Equity Fund was created in New York in 1970 by New Court Securities Corporation. The Fund was a venture capital fund that was initially created with $51.5 million to assist in financing new business ventures sponsored by New Court Securities, the manager, as well as other investment groups and institutional investors. One of the lead partners in this fund was Charles L. Lea, Jr., who in subsequent years earned the reputation of being a pioneer of the venture capital sector and left a legacy of new-business creation. He earned the distinction playing a seminal role in the formation of some of the most important structures of the venture capital community. In the case of New Court Private Equity Fund, Lea and the other founders chose to organize it as a private limited partnership, an innovation that became a model for the industry.
Within months after its creation, the fund was investing in oil and gas properties and shortly thereafter began investing in start-ups like Federal Express.
The New Court Securities Corporation was founded only three years earlier, in 1967, by five large European banks to purchase securities and back new ventures in the United States. New Court earned the reputation of being the primary investment vehicle for the Rothschilds in the United States. The banking firms were Messrs. de Rothschild Freres in Paris, N.M. Rothschild & Sons in London, Pierson, Heldring & Person in Amsterdam and The Hague, Banque Lambert in Brussels, and Banque Privee in Geneva.


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In the summer of 2010, Ahwatukee Foothills residents were abuzz over the story of a cow that had gone rogue and eluded capture for more than a month by hiding out on South Mountain.
The black female bovine was reported missing from a small farm on the north side of the mountain near 29th Avenue and Dobbins Road on June 29. She had been sighted several times grazing and watering herself in various Ahwatukee neighborhoods.
It took more than a month for wranglers to catch up with her. Two freelance cowboys from Buckeye, hired by the cow's owner, Marufjon Ahmedov, finally apprehended her in August on Warpaint Drive, north of Knox Road in central Ahwatukee Foothills.
In truth, many local residents, at the time, professed they were rooting for the cow.
Here's a recap of the other big stories of the year:
Gila River tribe agrees to discuss Loop 202 options
In February, the Gila River Indian Community, whose land sits immediately south of Pecos Road, adjacent to Ahwatukee Foothills, appeared to soften its opposition to any suggestion that the route of the planned Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway extension be moved onto reservation land.
The planned 22-mile freeway extension has been in the works since the mid-1980s. Currently, the proposal calls for extending the freeway west from Interstate 10, on Ahwatukee's eastern border, along Pecos Road, which divides Ahwatukee Foothills from the Indian reservation. The route would involve cutting through three ridges on the west side of South Mountain, and then shooting north to reconnect with I-10 near 59th Avenue on the west side of town. It also would entail the demolition of more than 100 homes and other area buildings, including Mountain Park Community Church.
One of the possible alternatives involves rerouting the freeway's proposed route around the west side of South Mountain onto the tribe's land to eliminate the need to blast through three ridges, while retaining the Pecos Road alignment, Phoenix officials have said. The second option calls for constructing a completely new roadway south of Pecos Road on Indian reservation land, also skirting around the west side of South Mountain.
The talks remain ongoing.
South Mountain police precinct faces internal investigations
Several Phoenix police officers stationed at the South Mountain precinct, which serves Ahwatukee Foothills, have come under scrutiny for alleged off-duty fraud.
This month, lieutenants Lee Brent Shaw and Mark Tallman agreed to pay civil penalties of up to $458,000 to settle a civil lawsuit brought by the Arizona Attorney General's Office in connection with their real estate business, Better Choice Investments. Officials have alleged that the business targeted vulnerable, low-income homeowners facing imminent foreclosure. The pair also was put on paid administrative leave from the police department pending an internal investigation.
The Attorney General's complaint alleged that Shaw and Tallman took titles to homes after paying the homeowners' arrears on the mortgages, and allowed the homeowners to stay in the homes as tenants in a transaction known as a "sale leaseback." Almost all of the owners-turned-renters proved unable to repurchase their properties, at which time the officers sold or refinanced the homes at full market value, earning profits in the tens of thousands of dollars, according to the complaint.
Neither defendant admitted any wrongdoing, but agreed to pay restitution to the homeowners, civil penalties, and attorney's fees and court costs. Both lieutenants recently were transferred out of the South Mountain precinct in an unrelated Phoenix Police Department reorganization.
In a separate investigation, three active and one former Phoenix police officers from the South Mountain Precinct were indicted this fall on felony charges for allegedly billing businesses for off-duty security work they did not perform.
Former officer George Emil Contreras, 45, was indicted on four felony counts, including fraud, illegal control of an enterprise, and theft for actions he took during his employment with the department performing off-duty security services for multiple clients. Contreras was a Phoenix police officer for 18 years before he resigned in 2008.
Phoenix Police Sgt. Benjamin Hugh Sywarungsymun, 35, Officer Steven Paul Peck, 40, and Officer Aaron J. Lentz, 30, also were indicted on theft charges related to off-duty work.
The indictments allege that from December 2005 through 2007, Contreras committed fraud and theft against the Cotton Center Townhomes at 48th Street and Broadway, Laron Incorporated, Arizona Materials, and Eisenberg Properties by submitting false invoices and billing them for more off-duty hours doing security work than he actually performed. Sywarungsymun, Peck and Lentz also are alleged to have committed theft by accepting pay for hours they did not work.
Total losses alleged in the indictment are in excess of $16,000. The investigation had been ongoing since 2007.
Residents organize for the November election
A charged up electorate swept several local incumbents out of office this fall in a Republican surge.
Local incumbent Democrats like U.S. Rep. Harry Mitchell (D-Ariz.) and state Rep. Rae Waters (D-Ahwatukee Foothills) lost their seats. The only local Democrat left standing was Elizabeth Rogers, who defeated Republican Don Calender to be re-elected as Kyrene Justice of the Peace.
Residents on both sides of the political aisle joined up with local political organization to get out the vote. Last May, Ahwatukee Foothills residents formed a local Tea Party, which attracted more than 100 people to its monthly meetings, espousing values like limited government, a free market economy and fiscal responsibility.
Others joined Organizing for America, the organization that spun off from President Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, formerly called Obama for America.
Pecos Road drunk driver found guilty of murder
On Christmas Eve in 2007, Christopher Smith was drunk, driving the wrong way down Pecos Road at night when he ploughed into a van carrying an Ahwatukee Foothills family.
In February, a jury convicted Smith of the second-degree murder of Trang Vo, 34, and three counts of aggravated assault for injuring Nuong Chung, 49, and his wife Tuyet Nguyen, 51, and Chung's sister, 36-year-old Kiem Chung. The four were coming home after a special Vietnamese concert on Christmas Eve when Smith's Buick Regal ran head-on into their Dodge Caravan.
Smith's blood alcohol concentration was 0.20 percent, more than twice the legal limit, more than an hour after the crash, according to testimony. He had been at a party at his parents' house. He was sentenced to 23.5 years in prison.
Budget cuts take toll on bus, ambulance services
The prolonged economic recession continued to take its toll on the city budget in 2010, leaving some Ahwatukee Foothills facilities and services facing the axe.
Phoenix was anticipating a $245 million budget shortfall early in the year. Officials were considering such things as whether to eliminate the senior program at Pecos Park Community Center, cut back on ALEX neighborhood circulator bus service, reduce the hours of operation at Pecos Park Community Center and lay off 144 firefighters and 286 police officers.
Ultimately, the cuts were scaled down to $64 million, while taxes and fees were implemented elsewhere, such as the imposition of a 2 percent tax on food, saving police and firefighters and programs at the community center, at Pecos Road and 48th Street.
The Phoenix Fire Department, however, was forced to eliminate one of its two ambulances in Ahwatukee. The ambulance had been assigned to Station 38 at Warner Road near 50th Street. Its elimination left the centrally-located Rescue 43, at Chandler Boulevard near 40th Street, as the only ambulance serving the 80,000 people spread out over 35 square miles in Ahwatukee Foothills.
ALEX - the Ahwatukee Local Explorer - had its budget cut by 50 percent and its routes trimmed. The program started in 2001 as a free, demonstration project to show how public transit could be provided in hard-to-reach residential areas like Ahwatukee Foothills. Its budget had been cut by 25 percent in 2009.
City officials float parking fees for South Mountain
Phoenix faced something of a backlash from Ahwatukee residents this summer over plans to begin charging for parking at South Mountain Park's Pima Canyon Trailhead.
In July, the Phoenix Parks and Recreation Board voted to impose a $2-a-day fee for parking at the Pima Canyon lot, 9904 S. 48th St., near the eastern tip of South Mountain, as well as for several other parks around Phoenix. The fees are meant to ease Phoenix's budget woes and prevent service cuts, officials have said.
City Councilman Sal DiCiccio, whose district includes Ahwatukee Foothills, spearheaded the opposition, saying the city should deal with its labor costs before it imposes additional taxes on residents.
The City Council put off a decision until next spring on giving park rangers the authority to issue $50 citations to park users who fail to pay the parking fee. Until then, the fee remains voluntary.


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Sustainable strategy
Vossloh Rail Services is developing a High Performance Rail Milling Technology that will be operational by the end of 2014 and will be releasing a transit application of its HSG, High Speed Grinding, technology in 2013. According to Ron Martin, vice president and general manager, the HSG-city is specifically developed for the demands of transit systems focusing on preventative grinding, noise reduction, and corrugation removal.
Powerful vacuums encapsulate the HSG-city's grinding unit to capture all dust and sparks, which eliminates the requirement of cleaning the tunnels. The 24 passively driven grinding stones operate "virtually noiseless" at speeds between 15–38 mph and approximately 13 miles of rail can be ground nonstop.
"Similar to use on high speed and mixed transport lines with the larger system, rail grinding in local transport with HSG technology is possible without train schedule disruption," said Martin. "Due to changing environmental conditions, such as leaves or dirt getting on the rail, a low-friction coating can threaten operational safety. This may cause numerous problems to the rail and signal systems. Grinding cleans the rail, and thus, restores optimal wheel-rail contact, as well as the conduction of reverse current."
Vossloh Rail Services' utilizes passively driven grinding stones on its High Speed Grinder, which adapt automatically to the rail's profile. In the new HSG-2 generation, the grinding units can be individually adjusted to dedicated areas of the rail head to actively influence the rail profile. The company ensures a documented result by taking measurements of the longitudinal and the cross profile, as well the rail surface before and after grinding. Martin says that for future works, an on-board eddy current measuring device is planned to adapt the grinding strategy just in time to the demand of the rails.
The company believes a combination of track inspection and rail maintenance is essential to developing a sustainable strategy for long-term optimization of the track conditions, which is why Vossloh Rail Services works closely with properties using its systems.
Preventative and acoustical grinding
Plasser American employs two main elements on its machines to accomplish grinding: Grinding units with oscillating movement and continuous work speeds. The company says the vertical force acting on the grinding units is hydraulically adjustable for precision results. The grinding stones, which can be water lubricated, adapt to the rail profile, resulting in rail irregularities being smoothed independently without creating grinding sparks. The grinding results of the rail surface are recorded for documentation and quality control purpose. While Plasser points out its oscillating grinding technique is well proven, the company is working to optimize it in order to provide additional economical advantages to its customers.
When it comes to determining the most valuable grinding strategy, Plasser says preventative grinding of new rail and acoustical grinding are two important areas of application.
Plasser points to various tests on different railway systems that show preventative grinding can delay surface flaws by more than 60 mgt and remove roughness from new rail, a result of the rail manufacturing process, which can slow down the appearance of surface ripples.
The company says its grinding process, the previously mentioned combination of oscillating grinding units and continuous machine speed, creates an optimum rail surface, which contributes to noise reduction and can be referred to as acoustical grinding.
"Many years of experience have shown that an oscillating grinding machine of the GWM series can produce a lower acoustical level, which is especially advantageous for tracks running through populated areas," said Plasser. "The use of a GWM-550 between Sustern and Echt in Germany in June 2007 showed that by the use of oscillating grinding and reduction of surface roughness, the noise emission was lowered by 12 dBA. At Taegu Subway, Korea, an immediate noise reduction of 5 dBA was achieved using a GWM-250."
Studying the process
Loram Maintenance of Way says an intense focus on the latest technology improves equipment speed, performance, and reliability, an understanding of the correlation between grind quality and the pre-inspection process, and continued research of rail deterioration helps advance the company's grinding process.
Darwin Isdahl, vice president, Asset Management Services, says grind quality begins with a well-defined pre-inspection process. Loram uses a rail inspection vehicle to measure rail profiles, which are then compared to a pre-determined optimal template and combined with an assessment of the rail surface condition to determine the depth of cut.
"These two elements are essential to develop an accurate grind plan. The grind plan includes speeds, grind motor locations and number of passes required. This plan is then fed automatically into the grinder's computerized control system. The horsepower of the grind motors is then adjusted as the machine speed varies to gain maximum production capabilities based on operating conditions, while maintaining consistent metal removal," said Isdahl. "Our production grinders all feature an onboard profile measurement system to check compliance to the optimal profile, along with an encoder/DGPS location system that automatically selects the proper template for the track location. The grinding parameters and profile data is analyzed, stored, and available for future reference. Continuous improvement is made by analyzing the results of metal removal tests, evaluating results after grinding and soliciting feedback from the inspection personnel."
In addition to studying the grinding process, Loram works closely with the railroads in determining required parameters and how quality will be monitored. Loram recently entered into an agreement with a Class 1 railway to develop grind schedules, provide training, and work on continuous improvement activities to increase the benefits of grinding.
Consistent maintenance regime
Rail structure, says Harsco Rail, can be varied with its differing contours and impurities and in an application where accuracy is a must, technological assessments are instrumentally valuable when determining how to achieve a rail's desired wheel/rail contact.
Harsco works closely with railroads and emphasizes the use of various technological grinding applications during the inspection, execution, and evaluation phases of the process.
Along with designing and manufacturing grinding equipment, Harsco employs rail consulting services that work directly with rail customers for their strategic and tactical issues about track construction, management, and maintenance. According to Harsco, this group collects valuable insight in dialogue with customers and delivers solutions beyond the use of equipment.
The rail consulting department uses its SmartGrind system, a laser-based rail profile measurement system, to measure the rail profile before and after grinding and align the target profile to the measured profile.
"The target profile can be specified by any user for the desired rail profile and can vary by degree of curvature and high/low rail elevation," says Joseph Palese, Harsco Rail's senior director of engineering and technology for its consulting services. "The result is the conformity of the currently measured rail profile to the desired profile, in the form of a Grinding Quality Index (GQI).
"This conformity is also expressed as a difference curve or the amount of metal to be removed (by location across the rail head) in order to achieve conformity," he says.
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COLUMBIA — A Web site that connects people seeking casual and extramarital affairs started running a billboard this week that features the face of former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.
The ad that went up Monday on Interstate 26 near Columbia features the Republican's smiling face and the words, "Next time use ... AshleyMadison.com to find your 'running mate.'"
AshleyMadison.com touts itself online as "the most famous name in infidelity and married dating." Founder Noel Biderman told The Associated Press on Tuesday that his Toronto-based company launched the ad to coincide with the former Republican governor's campaign for the 1st Congressional District, saying that Sanford is a veritable poster child for his company's premise.
"He represents what we have been articulating for the past decade, which is, what happens in someone's personal life, that's their personal choice – it doesn't mean that they're not able to govern," Biderman said. "Just because they're not capable of monogamy doesn't mean that they're not capable of leading."
Voters will choose between Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch in a May 7 special election for the seat recently vacated by U.S. Sen. Tim Scott.
Sanford admitted in 2009 to an affair with an Argentine woman to whom he is now engaged. He has spoken of his missteps frequently, saying that he believes in "a God of second chances" and hopes voters do, too.
AshleyMadison.com, which has about 12 million U.S. users, used a photo of Sanford found on Wikipedia.org for the billboard. Biderman said he received no response from a text message sent to the candidate on Monday letting Sanford know about the ad.
The billboard, which is on the interstate about 25 miles south of Columbia, isn't in the 1st District. But Biderman said other ads might pop up in days to come, declining to give details. Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer said the Republican's campaign was more focused on its election with Colbert Busch that is now just a week away.
A spokesman for Colbert Busch's campaign didn't immediately return a message.


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Threatens War Escalation Over Bush Handshake
In an astounding development that has completely failed to register any attention amongst mainstream U.S. media, China promised to escalate preparations for war in advance of a potential conflict, after President Bush shook hands with a Taiwanese government official yesterday.
Bush shook hands and met with Taiwan's representative to the United States, Joseph Wu, on Tuesday, during a commemoration for victims of Communism in Washington DC.
In a headline story that aired at 10pm Shanghai time Wednesday night on the Hong Kong based PHTV news channel, Chinese government leaders threatened to plan new war games and heighten military readiness in anticipation of any attempt by the U.S. to defend Taiwan should a Chinese invasion occur, or simply if Taiwan declares its independence.
According to the news station, Taiwanese media were manipulating the handshake for their own geopolitical agenda.
Click here for video in Chinese.
Officials expressed stern-faced concern and spoke of dire consequences during a press conference as China made clear its fury that Bush had even chosen to acknowledge Wu's visit.
"We insist to keep the current peaceful relations as we promised Taiwan's citizens. We have prepared to stop (prohibit) any activities, conduct and any excuses to divide Taiwan away from China in whatever cause, the activities are going to cause serious harm. Chenshuibian's (President of Taiwan) conspiracy of an independent Taiwan causes serious harm in our peaceful relations. We will resort to military action if they continue these irresponsible actions," said Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Yang Li. (rough translation).
The news anchor noted that the handshake heralded a change of direction in the Bush administration's approach to Taiwan, with the U.S. government having previously backed away from its resolve to defend Taiwan should an invasion occur, as its treaty with the country dictates.
If anything's for sure, it's the fact that China, unlike Kim Jong-Il and his routinely belligerent rhetoric, isn't bluffing.
According to an editorial in the China Post today, "Beijing has deployed some 1,000 missiles targeting Taiwan and the sea-lanes surrounding the island, with 50 to 100 being added annually."
When considered alongside recent talk of a new cold war between the U.S. and Russia after Vladimir Putin's vocal opposition to Bush's plan to erect missile defense facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic, this new escalation suggests the world is sleepwalking towards global conflict and a total breakdown of the existing international structure.
The news that China is intending to escalate tensions is clearly aimed at Taiwan directly, but we have managed to break through the electronic Berlin wall to provide this information to American citizens, whose corporate press seems too interested in Paris Hilton's latest escapade to bother about the fact that the globe's next superpower is openly hyping what could lead to world war three.
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Versatile Sanchez claims utility role on bench
By Scott Merkin / MLB.com
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Following Sunday's 8-2 loss to the Royals at Camelback Ranch, White Sox manager Robin Ventura announced Angel Sanchez as the team's utility infielder to start the 2013 season.
It was assumed that Sanchez, a 29-year-old Rule 5 selection from the Angels, stood as the frontrunner with his ability to play shortstop as well as second and third. And Sanchez feels he fits in nicely.
"I like the chemistry, how everybody treats everybody," Sanchez said. "I'm really excited to be here. Everybody treats me good.
"It's been a challenge for me to prove to them what I really can do. It's been fun to be here and I'm doing my very best."
Sanchez has played 184 Major League games, including 110 for the Astros in 2011. So, the 29-year-old understands the big league experience. He plays a very aggressive shortstop defensively, which could lead to a few mistakes, but the White Sox have liked what they've witnessed.
"Angel is going out about his business the right way," said White Sox third-base coach Joe McEwing, who works with the infielders. "He's done his work. He's prepared for every situation when that situation arises."
"I'm comfortable at every position, second, short and third base," Sanchez said. "That's why you get your work in during Spring Training. You do all the stuff to get better during practice."
Danks gets work in against Minor Leaguers
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- As John Danks worked through 66 pitches Sunday morning during a Minor League intrasquad contest at Camelback Ranch, he wasn't worried about velocity readings.
To be honest, Danks wasn't all that concerned with results either, which was a good thing since Cody Puckett, Kevan Smith, Trayce Thompson and Brady Shoemaker all took him deep during the four different times he took the mound. Two of those blasts came after pitching coach Don Cooper extended the inning past three outs to get Danks more pitches.
His main focus simply was getting in work and pushing toward a Major League return. Danks thought he would break camp with the White Sox after successful rehab work following Aug. 6 arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder, but as manager Robin Ventura said Saturday, he simply isn't ready.
"We're at the mercy of my shoulder. We're doing everything we know to do and hopefully, sooner than later, we'll be ready," said Danks, after Shoemaker's opposite-field shot ended his day's work. "I spent the whole offseason with April 1 in mind, but it's different for everybody. It was a very general date getting to April 1, a very general time frame. All I can do is throw and it will come."
"Again, he feels OK, but he knows it's not there, it's not 100 percent," said Ventura, who watched Danks in action. "Nothing hurts, but he just doesn't have that strength back yet to get the velocity and location to go with it."
Danks characterized Sunday's effort as positive, getting back out on the mound after the Reds knocked him around on Tuesday in Goodyear. There wasn't anything specific Danks was trying to do, aside from pounding the zone with his four pitches and making the ball do what he wanted.
The cutter wasn't great, according to Danks, and while he didn't look at the radar gun, he felt about the same as he did against the Reds when he topped out in the high 80s. Danks has never been a high-velocity pitcher, but he knows that he needs more to make the gap a little bigger between the fastball and changeup.
"If I can get back to 91, 92, that's what I've always been. I'm not expecting much more than that, and I definitely have a ways to go," said Danks, who figures to pitch Friday in Arizona. "It will come, I don't have any doubts.
"I just have to listen to my body at this point. I have to see how it's progressing and when I go throw, see the progress I've made and see how much closer I need to get where I need to be."
Axelrod comfortable going every five days
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Nothing has officially been announced, but Dylan Axelrod almost certainly will be the temporary replacement for John Danks as the fifth starter in the White Sox rotation.
According to Axelrod, he's not even sure about breaking camp with the team.
"They haven't told me anything," said Axelrod, after throwing 62 pitches in a Sunday morning intrasquad Minor League game. "I don't know what the official word is, so I'm going about my business."
Axelrod was scheduled to start in place of Danks on Sunday against the Royals, but he was moved to the Minor League side. He emphasized backdoor cutters and pitching inside, as well as up, getting his work done.
Ten big league starts exist on Axelrod's White Sox resume, including quality starts in Baltimore, New York and Boston last season. They've come in the spot-start variety, but Axelrod isn't worried about survival if he's called upon to take a regular turn throughout the month of April, beginning on April 6 at home vs. Seattle.
"Going through the Minor Leagues every fifth day, I got a lot of innings in and I feel durable and take care of myself," Axelrod said. "So it works to my advantage. I have a good routine, so If I get that opportunity, I think it will be beneficial for me going every five days."
Third to first
• Alex Rios missed his second straight game because of lower back stiffness, but Ventura expects his right fielder back in the lineup Monday against the Angels.
"Hopefully tomorrow," said Ventura of Rios. "It's something that [White Sox head athletic trainer] Herm [Schneider] loosened up," Ventura said. "It's getting better. I'm not worried about the season or anything like that. Just trying to get him maybe one more, two more down here, before we go."
• Errors committed by Alexei Ramirez and Erik Johnson during Sunday's 8-2 loss to the Royals gave the White Sox six miscues in their last two losses. It's a scenario that has Ventura less than thrilled.
"That's something that needs to be taken care of before we get out of here," Ventura said. "Sometimes I think you get close to getting out of here and some things kind of get pushed aside. We'll get it taken care of before we leave here."
• Look for left-handed reliever Leyson Septimo, who has thrown in four Cactus League games, to start the season on the disabled list.
"When he throws, he says he still feels something," said Ventura of Septimo, who last pitched on March 7 because of soreness in his left arm. "You can't look in there for him."
• Gordon Beckham is 8-for-19 in his last five games.
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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By Allan Muir
A notated guide to this morning's must-read hockey stories:
• "We are focused on one Winter Classic and one Heritage Classic," said the impish Gary Bettman during a Wednesday conference call. Although he didn't specifically commit to Maple Leafs vs. Red Wings at the Big House on Jan. 1, the commish did call it "a good rumor."
• They can console themselves that they're falling to elite teams like the Penguins and Bruins, but with the losses mounting and points slipping away this stretch could prove deadly to Toronto's playoff hopes.
• Flyers GM Paul Holmgren says "he hasn't even thought" about firing coach Peter Laviolette, which suggests he has the patience of Job or hasn't caught his team in action much this season.
• The patience shown by Detroit with its top prospects is a reminder that time spent in the minor leagues is likely to have a positive impact on the development of other teams' recent high-profile demotees such as Chris Kreider, Mikael Granlund and Sven Baertschi.
• That failed offer sheet-attempt on Ryan O'Reilly suggested the Calgary Flames will be active ahead of the NHL trade deadline. But with just nine games left before April 3 and his team swirling the drain, GM Jay Feaster's intentions are harder to decipher.
• The Boston Bruins continue to win but they don't look particularly good doing it. Stephen Harris calls Thursday night's second period "the worst ever played in this arena." Yikes. Harris also feels it is unlikely that the Bruins will make a major deal ahead of the deadline.
• The Anaheim Ducks, not the Chicago Blackhawks, are the surprise story of the West this year. Here's a look at some of the key second-half storylines surrounding the conference that ECM bias compels me to ignore.
• It was just one loss out of many this year for the New York Rangers, but this was the one that dropped them out of the playoff picture. Is this the wake-up call they need, or evidence that this team simply isn't as good as we all thought it would be?
• Was it the career night from Andrew Ebbetts? The return of defenseman Kevin Bieksa? Or just some lousy goaltending by the Predators? Probably a bit of each as Vancouver swarmed Nashville, 7-4.
• The Buffalo Sabres used a rare off-day to work on a power play that's connecting at less than seven percent over its last 20 games. Meanwhile, they had scouts at recent games in St. Louis, Colorado and Los Angeles. With three massive trade chips potentially in play, Buffalo is the must-watch team ahead of the deadline.
• The young guns get all the attention in Edmonton, but veteran Sam Gagner's career year should turn him into more than an afterthought. I'm curious to see what his contract demands will be this summer when he goes RFA, and if the Oilers will be willing to pony up for a player who is finally delivering on his promise.
• Ryan Whitney has been brutal much of this season, but his game is finally coming together ahead of the trade deadline. Fortuitous timing for the Oilers, who would love to move the veteran, but buyer beware on the aging blueliner.
• The Minnesota Wild could save $1 million and lots of wear and tear thanks to realignment.
• The Red Wings are thrilled to be moving East. They are somewhat less pleased with their play of late.
• Because we're fascinated (if not completely sold) on the value of advanced stats, here's a primer on Corsi, which is the cornerstone stat for modern analysts. We think.
• Despite allowing a goal to old pal Alex Semin in the opening minutes, the Caps may have salvaged their season with last night's 3-2 win over the Canes.
• Kings coach Darryl Sutter thinks the Sharks he once coached were as good as last season's champs from L.A.. A healthy Teemu Selanne would have made the difference, he said. Interesting thought to ponder as the current Sharks scored twice on the power play to beat the current Kings. It was just the second regulation win in the last 11 games for the struggling fish.
• The Stars brought the effort, but couldn't buy the results in a 2-1 shootout loss to the Ducks. Nice to not hear them griping about the officiating after this one. That crew struggled all night, particularly when mistakenly ending the play on what could have been a game-winner from Derek Roy.Bobby Robins another fine blog entry


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How the Cloud Makes Travel Easy
I've climbed the Great Wall in Beijing, China. I've played with elephants in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I've swam the shores of Punta del Este, Uruguay. And I've wandered the concrete jungle that is Buenos Aires, Argentina. As a seasoned traveler, I thought I knew it all.
Backpack, check. Clothes, check. Digital camera, check.
I've been in towns where no one spoke English and I didn't speak the local language (at least not competently). I had to learn how to navigate big cities and small villages, and most importantly, how to find my way back to wherever I was staying. I've even run out of money.
Phrasebook, map, $20 bill stashed so secretly, I remembered it only when desperate times called for desperate measures.
I've also survived violent food poisoning and getting hit by a car.
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After a day's worth of hiking, city wandering, or people watching, my camera would blink, warning me it's almost at full capacity. Once home, at my hotel/hostel, or friend-of-a-friend's couch, I would use whatever computer was available (or find the nearest digital cafe) and upload my hundreds of photos and tens of outrageous videos to the cloud.
No need to lug around my own computer. No need for a bulky hard drive, or any of those easily forgotten flash drives.
I just needed a solid internet connection and a computer for no more than 30 minutes until I was the envy of all my family and friends back home.
Using cloud storage, I am able to minimize the number of things I have to pack when traveling. I also never have to fuss over breaking or losing any costly devices other than my camera, which is practically attached to me except when I've asked a friend or stranger to help me capture one more memory from my travels.
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Discussion in 'Pros' Racquets and Gear' started by anhuynh16, Jun 6, 2011.
^^I can't edit my post... Murray's shoes are not from 2009 but rather 2006. I might be wrong though.
Del Potro - Roland Garrps 2012
Andy Roddick - Roland Garros 2012
Djokovic - Roland Garros 2012
^What are those shoes?
Adidas hybrid feathers:mrgreen:
Looks so awesome, the way the clay kicks up when they're up in the air. Great pictures!
Those are the clay court and probably customized adidas adizero feather IIs (hardcourt versions release in fall i think)
is it me, or is Fed's crew socks shorter than retail. its like half way from a quarter and a crew sock
Shops in Europe already carry the RG version of the Adizero Feathers 2. One (nuts) already has the metallic infrared version.
Both of them have really non-clay soles....reason why I haven't bought them
...from Azarenka's fb page.
Such awesome photography.
I am glad the tournament photographers support our shoe fetishes with close ups like these
Very cool back with the 6 and bull.
Where do you guys find close ups like that?!
I love that 6. Very bold.
Source is Getty Images.
These are Wimby shoes...
HUGE thigh :shock:
I'm glad to see Roger wears some washed/worn clothes from time to time. lol I thought he always woke up in the mornings and put on freshly unpacked garments. I need to call Mirka and tell her to turn his shirts inside out before washing them so the logos don't come off so quickly.
Also, for the past couple of months, he's been sporting that leather strapped Daytona. Seems he really digs the vitage looks of it. I guess he liked the Daytona more than the Sky-Dweller that Rolex wanted him to like.
And look at that bag of swag! That's nice... all except the shoes. Nike needs to put warranties on those bad boys. lol
They will be mine. Oh yes, they will be mine.
Well, maybe not these per say, hoping for a little orange (like Tsonga's) to match my hat.
The retail ver is sooooo different from this!
I'm really looking for this shoe...someone knows where can i find it??
TW Europe. Not in that color way but really close to it
Silver/Orange and Dark Turquoise/Orange
Okk!! Thanks...it's a shame that colour is not available however
How do you get the watermark removed? also how do you get them in a bigger size? Getty images doesn't just provide images of this size for free.
here you go!
Yeah after 5 titles they didn't have enough space on his shoes to print trophy logos, hehe.
Aren't the images expensive though? Or do people really just want to see the shoes up close?
what do you mean different?
+ I wanted to ask: does nike and adidas pay something to TV when they show close up of the shoes during the matches?
TV usually shows closeups to show the personlisation on players' shoes. e.g. "nole" or "Petra", which is part of the reason Nike and Adidas are happy to personalise players' shoes for them. They even go out of their way to attract the camera and comments by putting things like "6" on Rafa's shoes or "15" on Roger's blazer. These aren't just ego fillers for the players, they are deliberate marketing tools designed to invite comments and inflame debate, a la Roger's jacket which is still talked about (case in point here).
As you know, there are official ways for them to pay to have their logo on tv, like being an official apparel provider for the event. Adidas is becoming a big proponent of this in Golf and Tennis as a way of getting their brand more air time.
^^^ I'd like to nominate "PetSounds" for TT Username of the Year 2012 (New Members category). Great integration of pun and avatar
And yet it's still closer to the retail version than any shoe Federer has worn for about 3 years.
i got in my hands a shoe of federer in a store in new york
Is that shoe like size 20?
Wow, great find!
Davis Cup I presume, and custom 8's, impressive
How much for that mate?
i think that shoe is the stores, not his...
nike has been sending stores the players actual custom shoes. (my store has fed,rafa, and del potros)
Yes Is The Store Not Mine
I dunno why they do this. If they want to show off their custom PE shoes, at least they should give us an ID option on all shoes.
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Granderson making up for lost time
Tigers star is trying to help Detroit rebound after tough start
Curtis Granderson's absence was felt while he rehabbed a fracture in his right hand during the first month of the season. Now, the star center fielder is trying to make up for lost time and trying to help the Tigers recover from a sluggish start.
"I feel that my job is to hopefully be a catalyst for this team and get things going. I take a lot of pressure on myself if I start the game off slow because the rest of the team may or may not follow suit," Granderson told MLBPLAYERS.com in a recent Players Talk interview.
"I feel like that's my job, to go ahead and somehow have a quality at-bat my first time up."
Granderson made history in 2007 by finishing the season with at least 20 stolen bases, 20 home runs, 20 doubles and 20 triples in a single season, joining Willie Mays, Frank Shulte and Jimmy Rollins as the only players in MLB history to accomplish that feat.
Granderson has also recently taken on a second career as a media personality. He was a guest analyst during the 2007 Playoffs for both ESPN and TBS and also writes a popular blog for ESPN.com.
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The resurrection of NYC Golden Hoops will begin this August 21st from noon until 8pm at Edmond Playground's DeKalb Ave (between Adelphi and Carlton) in Forte Green Brooklyn, NY.
Golden Hoops is a grassroots basketball tournament, that was a city favorite from 1980-90's that invited borough-based competition to play in the city.
The event would come to an end shortly after the rush of AAU basketball. In its heyday, the tournament spawned the likes of Kenny Anderson, Stephon Marbury, Lamar Odom and Ron Artest.
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Ballots will look different in today's statewide primary
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 4, 2012 at 9:06 am
Pete Stark has been ranked as one of the 10 worst members of Congress. He is so bad that his own Democrat party rejected him for a powerful commitee charmanship. They were afraid that Stark would profoundly embarass the Democrats. It is with that background that we see Stark endorsed by "The Amateur" President Obama and our own Hippy Mayor. Of course, we know why the Hippy Mayor endorsed Stark. She wants his seat when he finally recognizes he is senile, or he croaks, whichever occurs first. If Swalwell gets in, she would be locked out. That alone is reason enough to vote for Swalwell.
a resident of Downtown
on Jun 4, 2012 at 9:41 am
Okay, I admit it. I find Hosterman to be kind of sexy, and she's smart. If voting for Stark is a way to help her own political trajectory, I'm all for it.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 4, 2012 at 11:27 am
The only logic I've hear about voting to return Pete Stark to congess goes something like this...
"Sure Pete is old and seems to have lost it, but if you'll just vote for him one more time, then the party insiders will give you a good candidate next time, or when Pete finally decides to retire"
In fact the biggest supporters of Pete in this election seem to be two people who want to run for the office in two years.
One is Hosterman and the other is Ro Khanna.
Sorry you two, but if you wanted the office, then why didn't you face Pete Stark this time.
Remember, 40 years ago, Pete Stark did exactly that, and beat the then 80 year old tired incumbent. He didn't wait until the party insiders said it was OK, and he didn't wait until the incumbent decided he was too cooked to continue.
I for one, won't be deluded by this false "wait until Pete retires" logic. He is no longer capable NOW,, not 2 or 4 years from now.
a resident of Birdland
on Jun 4, 2012 at 12:46 pm
It should be required viewing for all voters to see the debate sponsored by the League of Women Voters. If anybody that watched the debate and still could think Pete Stark is qualified to represent us, I hope they are in the minority. His outright untruths, which he was forced to apologize for under threat of a lawsuit, his arrogance and dishonesty were on public display during that debate. Since then, although asked to take part in several debates, has refused to saying he would only consider from "reputable organizations". To imply that organizations as the Livermore Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Asian Pacific Islander Public Affairs Association are not reputable only reinforce the fact that Pete Stark is unfit to continue to serve. Both other candidates, Eric Swalwell and Chris Pareja are worthy of consideration for the office. Pete Stark is not.
a resident of Las Positas
on Jun 4, 2012 at 3:01 pm
I saw the debate Dave referred to and agree that Stark needs to go. I am voting for Chris Pareja. He clearly "won" the debate at the League of Women Voters. With Swalwell we will get more of the same progressive policies. I hope that people will take the time to look at Pareja's positions on his website. I also attended a townhall with Stark where someone asked if there are any restrictions placed on what Congress can do. He answered that Congress can pretty much do anything. I guess he forgot about the Constitution he swore to uphold. Maybe he should read it sometime. As for Jeb Bing's prediction that Swalwell and Stark will be the top two contenders coming out of the primary, maybe he should do some old fashioned investigative journalism to find out what the voters are thinking about the race. But I guess that is passé. However, Bing covers himself when he says "barring a major upset". If Pareja makes it past the primary, Bing can declare a "major upset" or a "big surprise" when he reports that his assumptions proved incorrect.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 5, 2012 at 12:56 pm
I think it shows the Bay Area's commitment to "diveristy" that we've had a communist, athiest homosexual (who is now elderly)represent us for so long. Why would we want to put someone in place who would actually do something for our district?
a resident of Canyon Creek
on Jun 6, 2012 at 2:36 pm
William Tell, you are just as bad as Pete Stark slinging around false accusations. Clean up your act.
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Case in point (as told by Royer): "Aerosmith used R-121's in the studio to record the electric guitars on their 2002 CD Just Push Play, but didn't consider them for live use. While rehearsing for their follow-up tour, the bleed in the electric guitar mics was driving the FOH engineer crazy. It was suggested they try using their R-121's and, after we assured them we'd replace the ribbons if they were damaged onstage, the band set up R-121's on Joe Perry and Brad Whitford's guitars. The mics eliminated the bleed problem so effectively (and sounded so good) that Royer R-121's have been Aerosmith's live (and studio) electric guitar mics from that day forward. In over five years of extensive use, they've only stretched one ribbon. An engineer on the crew told us that their Royers had a better reliability record than any of their other touring microphones!"
Note: The polar response of the R-122 is the same as the R-121
Off-Axis Coloration:
There's a lot of sound on a live stage and you can't entirely control for off-axis information getting into microphones, even ribbons. Most microphones color off-axis information in highly unflattering ways, which is why bleed can sound so nasty. Ribbons don't color off-axis information, so any bleed that manages to get into your onstage Royer Live mics will sound natural, not harsh or colored.
About Royer Live Series mics:
Royer Live Series mics (R-121L, R-122L, SF-24L) were introduced in 2008, making ribbon mics available to FOH engineers for the first time. As a group they won the 2008 TEC Award for Microphone Technology/Sound Reinforcement, and they're showing up in performance venues around the world.
Royer Live Series mics use thicker ribbon elements - carefully chosen for increased durability and minimal sonic variation from their studio brethren. The thicker ribbons have a slightly slower transient response, resulting in softer highs.
Live Series mics are identified by their red logos (studio models have green logos). Live models can be converted to a Studio model any time - Royer simply re-ribbons the mic to studio spec and replaces the red logo with a green logo.
Like any high-end microphone, Royer Live Series mics need to be handled carefully during setup and tear-down. Proper handling and storage in a dedicated microphone container will assure years of reliable service.
Royer Live Series on the road with
Keith Urban
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The Rolling Stones
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Green Day
- R-121's on guitar cabinets
Arturo Sandoval
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Jeff Beck
- R-121's on guitar cabinets
Matchbox Twenty
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Maroon Five
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- R-121L's on guitar cabinets
Wayne Shorter
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- R-122L on sax
George Thorogood
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Barry Manilow
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Fleetwood Mac
- R-121's on guitar cabinets
Al Dimiola
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Brian Setzer
- R-121L on guitar cabinet
- SF-24L on drum overhead
- R-121L's on guitar cabinets
Harry Connick Jr.
- 122's on brass section
Arturo Sandoval
- R-122 on solo trumpet
The Goo Goo Dolls
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Kinda harsh dude.
Scotty's OK by me.
But if I may make a suggestion..maybe don't rush into anything. I've been divorced for 40 years, been pretty dog-gone happy the whole time. Hell I don't even date much any more. It just isn't worth it.
I'ts been my experience that after many years people come with baggage , and that baggage becomes trouble. It might be money, kids, G/kids, ex-spouses & or so-on.
That said , also I believe in the old Tanya Tucker song...."if it don't come easy ? better let it go"
I think some things are worth it. Never say never but as age creeps upon us it does become more difficult to adjust to another person.
Being honest about baggage is essential.
I think anything is worth it if you really want it.
Great...a dating forum.
How about we keep it about BMW motorcycles and leave out the mating game??
Well, if each post includes pictures of the bike, woman or man. Then do it. No harm, no foul. We are all adults.
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Hello all, I live in Vero Beach, Fl. and just finished my break-in on a K1300GT and I'm ready to put some miles on it. I'm a merchant seaman just got off a ship so I have a couple of months off. Anybody looking to do some riding in th S.E. Drop me a line.
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[pullquote quote="Everyone knew it was the price you had to pay to see greatness achieved on stage."]
[lastfm]Lady Gaga[/lastfm] had something to prove when she took the stage at Lollapalooza 2010, Day 1. In 2007 she performed on the BMI stage of Lollapalooza and her act was deemed a "trainwreck."
However, the trainwreck is now at the height of her career and naysayers are eating crow. This time around, we'll bet the biggest criticism she'll likely receive is the fact that she only performed one of the three nights of Lollapalooza.
Gaga directly addressed her "Little Monsters" explaining between songs that three-years ago no one expected to ever see her headlining Lollapalooza and here she is, taking the concert by storm. Over 80,000 people packed together like sardines to catch a glimpse of her.
The ground was slick and muddy. The air smelled dense and terrible. However, everyone knew it was the price you had to pay to see greatness achieved on stage. With multiple costume changes, at least four complete stage redecorations and a lead guitarist named Jesus who looked like the sort of man most women would want to pray to, Gaga did exactly what she set out to do, win.
People from all walks of life came to see her. See the spectacle. Fans and critics, on a united front, awed by the leader of the Monster's Ball. They moved as one when she played her new song, "You & I" because she instructed them to hold hands and sway together. The Monster's Ball was in full effect. The crowd lived and breathed as one. Old and young. Black and white. Gay and straight. Together on a united front.
Gaga took them on a journey, one of bravery and magic singing "Just Dance," "Alejandro," "Bad Romance," & "Telephone" to name a few songs. Everyone sang along and when they didn't know the words they inserted whatever felt right, which is exactly what Gaga would have wanted them to do.
For her encore, Gaga came out and wow'd the crowd with "Bad Romance" the one song people had been asking for since she took the stage, and like the true performer she is, she gave it to them. And she'll keep giving it to them until she has nothing left to give. Cause that's her way. The way of the Monster's Ball.
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The two high school bands, all tasseled and tooting, paraded on Saturday morning with some 300 cars, trucks and even horses and a carriage, as an estimated 3,000 people lined the route along Highway 80 and Freedom Road, the main artery in this tiny rural town. The procession on this sun-washed day was in honor of a local lad who had made good, who had returned a champion, truly.
A sign held up by someone in the crowd more or less told the tale: ''Fear the 'Fro.''
And in the back of a pickup truck, waving to the cheering multitude along the rolling, tree-lined thoroughfares was the lengthy honoree himself, Ben Wallace, the imposing, 6-foot-9, strong-as-a-wrecking-ball center for the Detroit Pistons, with his braided hair under a floppy blue hat.
Two and a half weeks earlier, Wallace, with his hair in an Afro as big as a bush and a wisp of a goatee, led his little-heralded, so-called blue-collar team to victory over the celebrated, highly favored Los Angeles Lakers in the N.B.A. finals by outdueling the mountainous Shaquille O'Neal.
''I like coming back home,'' Wallace said last week. ''Do it every July Fourth. Everybody's cooking, and I'm just being Ben, just Ben, like the little kid I was running around the neighborhood.''
Even though an existing sign at the edge of town reads ''Welcome to White Hall, Alabama/Home of Ben Wallace,'' not every Fourth of July weekend here has a Ben Wallace Day like this one, which brought out a significant portion of the area populace, as well as federal, state and Lowndes County officials.Continue reading the main story
There hasn't been this kind of traffic on Highway 80 since perhaps March 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led some 25,000 supporters on the 54-mile Voting Rights March from Selma to Montgomery. That stretch is now a National Historic Trail.
Wallace, the 10th of 11 children reared by a single mother in a one-story, three-bedroom red-brick house on Maple Street, has grown up in numerous ways.
At 29, he has developed physically to become one of the N.B.A.'s leading shot-blockers and rebounders, a two-time defensive player of the year and the only undrafted player to be voted an All-Star Game starter.
He has gone from using a milk crate or a bicycle-tire rim for a basket to demonstrating his skills before packed arenas and international television audiences. He even starred in a charming N.B.A. television commercial, set in a barbershop, which caused many, particularly in the Detroit area, to invest in Ben Wallace wigs.
And Wallace, once a boy of slender means, signed a six-year, $30 million contract in 2000.
''He's grown into a real man,'' Mayor John Jackson of White Hall said in his office in Town Hall, the only building in the center of the town, which has 1,014 residents, two stop signs and no traffic lights. ''He's never forgotten where he's come from. You never hear of Ben Wallace getting into any kind of trouble. He's hard-working, like the people here, like every member of his family. All good people. Even though he was born nine years after the march, he grew up, like everybody else around here knowing the history of segregation and the fight for integration.
''That 'Fro, it was the symbol of black pride when the civil rights movement began. I know; I marched with Dr. King. And all of that paved the way, in my opinion, for Ben Wallace to become a full-fledged prime example of the American dream.''
Wallace has never made a point of the Afro as a symbol, and Shirley Wallace, the eldest of his four sisters, said he wore it only because ''he just loves it.'' But the echoes of the hairstyle's history, conscious or otherwise on Wallace's part, are unequivocally there. ''I don't just play for myself,'' he said. ''I play for everybody who was behind me.''
Wallace's emergence as a lionized sports figure, meanwhile, is relatively new, with fairy-tale elements.
He grew up in a crowded household, but Sadie Wallace ran it with the love of a mother and the strength of a venerated sea captain. When her sons played basketball in the backyard but wouldn't include Ben, the youngest boy, she put her foot down. ''None of y'all play if Ben don't play,'' Shirley Wallace recalled her mother saying.
Dennis Wallace, 17 years older than Ben, said: ''From about the age of 10, he began to shoot well and compete with us. And he was tough. He'd get knocked down and get right back up. Wasn't a whole lot of crying with Ben.''
Stephanie Wallace, three years younger than Ben, remembers his competitive drive.
''He was terrible,'' she said. ''He'd make up games and his own rules. If he hit a ball that rolled under the fence, he'd say it was a home run. If you hit a ball that rolled under the fence, he'd call it a double! Oh, he was just fierce to win.''
Basketball Opens Doors
Wallace's brothers were the men of the family.
''I had no relationship with my father,'' Wallace said. ''He was never around. I met him when I was a sophomore in college. I wanted to meet him that once. I asked why he wasn't there for us. He said, 'I had other obligations,''' having fathered 20 children.
''He said he was embarrassed that he didn't have steady work and couldn't support the family. Nobody asked him for money. We just wanted a father to be there. But my mother took up what was needed, and most of my brothers went to work when they were 16 and 17 years old.''
Wallace had the good fortune to finish school. At Central High School in Hayneville, Wallace was an all-state defensive end in football. He was a reserve on the basketball team, but when he had his chance as a senior, he excelled and made all-state.
Before that season, he had made enough money picking pecans and cutting hair around town to pay for basketball camp in Sumter County, about 100 miles from White Hall. The camp was run by the Knicks' Charles Oakley. At one point, Wallace, then 6-6 and 205 pounds, played one-on-one with the rugged Oakley, who is 6-9 and 250 pounds.
''He made a move to the hole, and he hit me,'' Wallace said. ''Knocked me down. My oldest brother, James, was there and said, 'Get up, Ben.' It was a confidence booster, having my brother there like that. I turned around when it was my turn with the ball and laid a body on him pretty good.''
Oakley was impressed.
He arranged for Wallace to attend Cuyahoga Community College in Ohio. After two good seasons, Wallace turned to Oakley again. This time, Oakley knew that Dave Robbins, the coach at his alma mater, Virginia Union in Richmond, was looking for a big man.
''I told him about Ben,'' Oakley said recently by telephone. ''I said, 'I got a man for you. I don't know if he's as big as you're looking for, but he's a man, that's for sure.' I thought the sky was the limit with his talent.''
Wallace went to Virginia Union, becoming a Division II all-American but not good enough to be drafted by the N.B.A.
''That there's lots of bad scouts out there,'' he said of the oversight. ''They didn't see my potential. They look at you like, 'You can't do this, you can't do that.' They sometimes overlook what you can do. But when given a chance, some can rise up, like Devean George. He went to an even smaller school than I did, and he plays a major role on a championship team.''
(The Lakers selected George out of Division III Augsburg College in Minneapolis in the first round of the 1999 draft.)
But Wallace did try out with the Boston Celtics.
''They wanted me to play a small forward or a power forward,'' he said. ''I told them I was a center, but they thought I was too small for a center. I didn't get the opportunity to do what I could do. So M.L. Carr, the coach then, cut me. Everything I had worked so hard for was for nothing. Gone to waste.
''A lot of people might have just given up and gone home, and lot of people wouldn't have blamed me. That was the easy thing. But I still had a dream, the dream of making the N.B.A. I wasn't giving up, by far. I had to prove I could do it on my own.''
He played part of the 1996 season with Calabria in the Italian League, then received a call from Wes Unseld, then the general manager of the Washington Bullets.
''They wanted me to play with them, and I told Wes Unseld that I wouldn't do it unless I could play power forward or center,'' Wallace said. ''He assured me I would.''
But Wallace did not play much and was traded in August 1999 to Orlando, where he emerged as a force in the league. A year later, the Magic sent him to Detroit in the Grant Hill transaction. Shortly after signing his Pistons contract, he offered to buy his mother a house. She refused, saying she didn't need luxuries and was happy where she was. Wallace felt deeply indebted to his mother, not only because she reared him in difficult circumstances, but also because of her encouragement over the years. Away at college, away in Italy, Wallace at times called to say he was quitting.
''She told me: 'Home will always be here. Work hard and give yourself a chance,''' he recalled.
A Wise Mother's Advice
Wallace took his mother's advice.
''I've come a long way because I was willing to go the extra mile, to take the extra step,'' he said. ''I knew the situation at home was a dead end. Dead-end jobs. Some do small farming, work in the plant making lawn-mower equipment, some still ginning cotton. A couple of my brothers did join the Navy. But when they retired, most of them have nothing to show for it. I wanted to avoid that trend.
''But a lot of people were behind me, people from home, but especially my mother. My mom's attitude was: 'Never give up. Never be content with what you have; you can achieve more. Don't be afraid to go out and try.'
''A few years ago, the N.B.A. Players Association sent me a check for licensing fees for $20,000. They sent it for some reason to my home in Alabama. I live in Richmond, Va., now, but they sent the check to Alabama. My mother saw it and called and said there were too many zeroes and it must be a misprint. I said, 'No they didn't.' And I told her to cash the check and spend it any way she wanted to. But when I came home in the summer, she handed the check to me because she still thought it was a mistake.
''She died two years ago. She was only 67. It was only two days before she died that I finally convinced her to take my offer to buy her a new house.''
Wallace turned down an offer to play for the United States in the Athens Olympics this summer.
''First, I've had a sore tailbone for a while and need to get it checked out,'' he said. ''Second, I didn't think my family would be safe there, and I wanted to take my family.''
Wallace and his wife, Chanda, have two boys, Ben II, 8, and Bryce, 14 months. ''I'd feel uneasy with them there and all that's going on in the world,'' he said.
Wallace's peers often remark about his work ethic, his hours spent lifting weights in the gym and playing pickup games.
''Everything worth having is worth working for,'' he said. ''And the harder you work, the more you appreciate what you achieve.''
Defense Wins Fans
Wallace's 7.6-point scoring average with Detroit doesn't concern Joe Dumars, the Pistons' president for basketball operations.
''He was a physical presence with Orlando, and I thought he'd be a nice pickup for our team,'' Dumars said. ''I had no idea he would become the 'Fro, and the two-time defensive player of the year and a sports icon in Detroit -- not in my wildest dreams. He broke the mold on that. He's opened the eyes of the fans that there's a lot more to look for in a player than just scoring.''
After the Pistons won Game 5 against the Lakers for the title, Wallace said O'Neal told him: ''You worked for it, you deserved it. If anybody deserved it, it was you, Ben.'''
The joyous hometown throng along the Freedom Road parade route -- some wearing thicket-thick Ben Wallace wigs and some who remembered him as ''that little kid running around the neighborhood'' -- gave every indication that they agreed.Continue reading the main story


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Sonsum wrote:I always get my Iceweasel (the same as FF) from the experimental repo using apt-pinning.
I get my iceweasel from
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deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ squeeze-backports iceweasel-release
What's the advantage to getting iceweasel "from the experimental repo using apt-pinning"?
Sonsum wrote:I believe that LMDE is a better solution than a rolling release - due to the better stability. With the right apt-pinning, it can be as up-to-date as you want, yet you don't have to worry about updates borking your machine (as much anyways).
I've been meaning to learn about apt-pinning: what's a howto for newbies? (as in, someone who knows enough about apt-get/aptitude and sources.list to cope with LMDE, but has never apt-pinned)


text: Chapter 3: Plan of the Drahvins Sub Chapter 3 – Enter UNIT (Part 1) "Of course I will, Doctor, there is no point in remaining in it!" Kellira said. She turned to the guards who were waiting for her near the door. "Guards; March! Leave this Time Lord Timeship," she ordered. The guards stood up. A guard opened the door and the Drahvin guards left the TARDIS. Kellira left the TARDIS after them. "What happens now?" Sigrun asks. "Now, we see if UNIT is responding to the message that the TARDIS sent before it appeared in the Drahvin ship," the Doctor said. He changed the scanner focus from the Drahvin plan file to a view of the Earth. "Very good, an entire fleet of Valiant-Class ships are on their way here," he said. "You mean the earliest version of flying ships?" Jia'hale asked. "Yes," the Doctor said. "So, we wait for UNIT to show up? Or do we do something?" Sabrina asked. "At the moment the Drahvin forces on the ground should be in disarray following the destruction of the flagship, we will have to make sure it stays that way," the Doctor said. In the meantime, Kellira was not idle, she was giving orders to her soldiers over a radio she had on her person – the Drahvins were not as in disarray as the Doctor thought. "Converge on the site of the explosion, arrest the Doctor! Don't let him take off in his Timeship!" The Drahvin soldiers acknowledged the order from the commanding officer and started moving. They immediately began to surround smouldering park, where the TARDIS was standing. The Doctor and his companions had not been idle either. They stood around the TARDIS surveying the scene; hence they could see the Drahvin soldiers approaching... "What do we do Doctor?" Sabrina asked. "We go to the UNIT force, they may need my help," the Doctor said. "Sounds like a good idea, those soldiers look like they may be firing their guns soon," Sigrun said. "In disarray? I wouldn't like to see them when they are not!" Jia'hale said. "Not so much as I thought then, quick! Into the TARDIS!" the Doctor said. He and his companions bolted into the TARDIS, he closed the doors with a click of his fingers as he passed through them. And just in time too, as a Drahvin energy bolt slammed into one of them as they closed. "You were not fast enough," Kellira said. "My apologies, Mistress," the soldier in charge said. "You will be punished! But first, the Doctor will be captured; no doubt he is planning something. He might have sent a message to the United Intelligence Taskforce, it cannot be a coincidence that a fleet of theirs is approaching," Kellira said. "Are we going to the UNIT fleet?" Felicia asked. "We are going now," the Doctor said. He set the TARDIS in motion. "No, it is too late" Kellira said, as the TARDIS dematerialised. "What happens now Mistress?" the soldier asked. "We prepare for the arrival of UNIT," Kellira said. UNIT Ship Valiant II The TARDIS materialised on the Bridge, the soldiers there jumping to attention as it materialised. The Doctor stepped out. "Doctor, we started mobilising as soon as we saw the emergency signal," the captain of the Valiant II said. "Status of the Azorean situation and the Drahvin forces following the explosion, Captain...?" the Doctor asked. "Captain Roberta Anderson. The explosion of the Drahvin ship had an EMP effect that has affected everything in the Azores. We are not reading anything. Sensors are showing another Drahvin fleet in geosynchronous orbit over the mouth of the Amazon," the captain said. "How large is it?" the Doctor asked. He hoped that it would not be so large that UNIT would not be able to handle it. "There are over twenty ships," Captain Anderson said. The companions then began to leave the TARDIS. "So this is what a UNIT ship looks like? Very functional and yet still aesthetically pleasing. Exactly what flying aircraft carriers should look like," Sabrina said. She had been waiting for an opportunity like this since she first started traveling with the Doctor. "These are your companions Doctor?" Captain Anderson asked, her voice showing concern. "Yes. I can vouch for all of them. They are either from Earth, or their ancestors come from Earth," the Doctor said. "The Drahvins need to be driven away from Earth," Jia'hale said, with vehemence. "Of course they do. But it needs to be done without too much collateral damage," Captain Anderson said. "Good that we agree on that," the Doctor said. Felicia looked at a display of the Azores as the image was refreshed. "Doctor, Captain, the sensors seem to be working," she said, as she noticed a lot of blips. "The Drahvins seem to have survived the destruction of their ship quite well, Doctor," Captain Anderson said. "They seemed to have prepared for the possibility of the Doctor interfering." "They have," the Doctor said. He turned to Sabrina. "Would you go into the TARDIS and transmit the plan file to the Valiant II?" he asked. "Yes, I will," Sabrina said. She went back into the TARDIS. "Plan file?" Captain Anderson asked, wondering why the Doctor didn't fill her in about it as soon as he exited the TARDIS. "The Drahvin in charge of the invasion had a file containing her plan for the invasion of the Azores in the computer of the ship that exploded," the Doctor said, being careful not to say anything about the reason for the explosion. Sabrina accessed the plan file with ease and transmitted a copy of it to the Valiant II. 'I hope that this situation does not get too out of hand,' she thought as she turned around and headed back to the exterior door. "We are receiving a transmission from the TARDIS now, ma'am. A plain text file," the Valiant II's communications officer, Kevin Geraldton, said. "Save it, and bring it up on the secure viewer," the captain said. She didn't want the plan to be known to all of the crew, which would be the case if it wasn't stored in a secure location. "Done, Captain. The file is ready for us to see," Geraldton said, after a few moments spent copying the file to said viewer. Sabrina exited the TARDIS and joined the Doctor, the Captain, Felicia and Daniel at the secure viewer. "The TARDIS has translated the file from the original Drahvin into English. There may be grammatical errors here and there," the Doctor said. He knew that such errors were few, compared to the length of the document. "That is noted, Doctor," the Captain said, after a moment. Grammatical errors were the least of their problems. They started going over the file. Very quickly they had found very interesting information to use against the Drahvins. Back in Ponta Delaga, Kellira was not idle. She knew that the Doctor had got a hold of the plan and was now talking to the captains of the ships in orbit about changes to it. Ten minutes later the Drahvin fleet in orbit began to move, firing their retrorockets and then moving out of the equatorial plane... "Captain! The Drahvin fleet has changed its orbit, it is now on a path to the Azores," the Valiant II's Tactical Officer, Theodore Franks, said. "How soon until they enter the atmosphere?" the Captain asked, hoping that they had time to prepare for their arrival. '"Ten minutes," Franks said. "Kellira is changing the plan!" Sabrina said. It was not entirely unexpected, but Sabrina still was annoyed at the fact. "That she is," the Doctor said. "Maybe she isn't changing all of it, we can still review the rest of the plan," Felicia said. "That is true. But we need to be ready for the arrival for the fleet," Captain Anderson said. To Sabrina, she seemed rather anxious. 'Of course, so would I if I were in her place.' "I know that," Felicia said. Captain Anderson walked over to Geraldton, ready to give him the next order. "Contact the Defender and the Hornblower. Tell them to prepare the plasma cannons, we may need them," she said. "Yes, Captain," Geraldton said. He relayed the Captain's orders to those two ships. The Doctor looked at the sensor display. It appeared that the new Drahvin fleet was getting ready to land near Ponta Delaga. Maybe the UNIT ships could attempt to block it from landing? Of course the Drahvins would probably just attempt to land elsewhere, but it had to irk Kellira and it would also disrupt her new plan. The Captain was coming back. He shared his plan with her. "It is worth a shot, but it is incredibly risky," she said. "We have to do something about the fleet," Felicia said. "Absolutely, Elisa," the Doctor said. Captain Anderson was then in thought. "It is a good idea, but it not a good idea to use the whole fleet. We can use two thirds for your strategy, and the rest as a reserve," the Captain said. "Good idea," the Doctor said. He then listened to the rest of the Captain's plan, hoping that it would succeed.


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