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Hawks President of Basketball Operations and General Manager Danny Ferry today announced that the team has suspended forward Josh Smith for one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for conduct detrimental to the team.
Smith, currently in his ninth season with the Hawks, is averaging team highs in scoring (16.5 points) and blocked shots (2.3) while adding 8.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.3 steals in 34.8 minutes per game in 35 games (all starts).
"Josh and I discussed the issue and he understood and accepted this course of action. We are confident that he will respond positively, learn from this experience and come back with a renewed sense of purpose to the team moving forward," Ferry said.
The 6'9″ forward will serve his suspension tonight against the Brooklyn Nets.
The Hawks lost in embarrasing fashion in their most recent game, a 97-58 thumping at the hands of the Chicago Bulls. The team scored a total of five points in the second quarter and only 20 in the first half.
The Hawks are currently 21-16, having lost two games in a row.
"Clearly I am competitive and was frustrated by our recent losses. I understand and respect the team's actions and just want to get back on the court to do whatever is necessary to help my teammates. I apologize for letting them down and apologize to our fans for not being available for tonight's game."


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When the world's top economic leaders gathered last month in Davos, Switzerland, the crisis they were most worried about wasn't Greek debt, the price of oil or global trade imbalances. It was something they call a "social and economic time bomb": youth unemployment.
And if you think it's a problem that only countries like Egypt or Great Britain have to confront, you haven't seen the numbers in the U.S. lately.
The percentage of young people who have jobs in this country is near the lowest it's been since 1950. And of the young people who are working full time? They've experienced a greater drop in income over the last four years than any other group.
Kerri Miller spoke with social entrepreneur and financial literacy advocate John Hope Bryant about youth unemployment and why he believes financial dignity is the new civil rights issue.
"There's little doubt that there is a financial literacy crisis in America, with an entire economy brought to its knees by a massive case of consumer 'payment-itus,' or the most powerful economic driver (US consumers), powering the most powerful economy in the world today (still the US economy), by purchasing a home and God knows what else by asking 'what's the payment?'" Bryant wrote for the Huffington Post. "We are not talking about poor people here either -- we are talking about middle class America. Poor folks do not have $20 trillion in asset value to lose. An entire generation, who effectively aided and abetted their own economic crime, against themselves."
Video: John Hope Bryant at Global Dignity Day 2011

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46.3511 Verdict of guilty-Presentence hearing-Determination of punishment.Cite as [A.S.C.A. § 46.3511]
(a) Where the jury or judge returns a verdict or finding of guilty of murder in the 1st degree, the court resumes the trial and conducts a presentence hearing before the jury or judge at which time the only issue is the determination of the punishment to be imposed. In the hearing, subject to the laws or rules of evidence, the jury or judge hears additional evidence in mitigation and aggravation of punishment. Only the evidence in aggravation as the prosecution has made known to the defendant prior to his trial and as provided in 46.3514 is admissible.
(b) The jury or judge also hears argument by the defendant or his counsel and the prosecuting attorney regarding the punishment to be imposed. The additional procedure provided in 46.3514 is followed. The prosecuting attorney opens and the defendant concludes the argument to the jury or judge.
(c) Upon conclusion of the evidence and arguments, the judge gives the jury appropriate instructions and the jury retires to determine the punishment to be imposed. The jury, or the judge in cases tried by a judge, fixes a sentence within the limits prescribed by law.
(d) The judge imposes the sentence fixed by the jury or judge. If the jury cannot, within a reasonable time, agree to the punishment, the judge imposes sentence within the limits of the law, except that, the judge in no instance imposes the death penalty when, in cases tried by a jury, the jury cannot agree upon the punishment.History: 1979, PL 16-43 § 2.
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Cool enough to stay in the Dylan? You wish. This is the boutique hotel that everyone's talking about: from the oversized lanterns strewn around its entrance...Eastmoreland Place
With an interior designed by John Rocha and every fancy boutique touch from in-room iPod docks and (in the grander rooms) Macs with wireless keyboards to...Ormond Quay


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Here we go with Weeeeeeek Fiiiiiiive
(Excuse me, I'm getting rather excited!)
Here was the prompt for the brave brawlers:
And below are the five drabbles.There are five words below. You must use them in your drabble. They may be used in any order. You may change words slightly, so using plurals is allowed as is changing them to be adjectives or verbs. For example: you may change towel to towelling.
AAAAAND, because I like a catch ... this must be Marauder era (1971-1978) and based at Hogwarts. (Don't feel as if you have to write one of the Marauders, though, there are other characters.)
Please vote using your consummate skill as fine purveyors of exquisite drabbling to choose not only the most wondrous of all drabbles this week, but also the one that didn't quite match up. I know it will be hard. At this stage it always is.
Title: The Girl That Was
Word Count: 500
Warnings/Ratings: 1st-2nd years; Mild Profanity
The problem is that Lily Evans was never just a mother or a wife. She was not the sensible Head Girl, or James Potters love interest, or the displaced Mudblood heart of Severus Snape. Lily Evans was not, is not, never will be those things because she was someone much more.
But she ends as a statue. She ends stretching out to save her son, honourable in death as she was in life. After, those who are left behind to freely mourn talk about her in reverent whispers, in raised glasses, in wet-cheek anniversary speeches. Lily Evans is forever red and gold, brave and true, immortalised as the woman who saved the world with love.
No one talks about her temper in the mornings, or the way she would take too long in the dormitory bathroom. Lily Evans was wet towels left on the shower floor, strands of hair in the sink, her mauve shampoo seeping from the cupboard and onto the tiles, waiting to slip up Mary Macdonald.
No one talks about her sweet tooth, or her swift fingers at dinnertimes, how no Gryffindor plate was safe when poached pear tart was served for dessert. No one talks about the way she dumped an entire trifle on Sirius Blacks head when he told her to stop going on about the damn house elves, or the way she popped a cherry in her mouth afterwards and flicked more chocolate flakes in his eye.
She didnt stop going on. She didnt stop going on about rights, equality, blood supremacy, or activismall those uncomfortable things that apathy tries to cover with awkward laughter. Lily Evans was the rage that never let that laughter settle, even when it meant she didnt have time to organise the prefects roster, or was late for a meeting with Professor Dumbledore, or dozed off in Transfiguration because shed been up all night comforting a homesick first-year.
No one says that while she was a friend to many, she was a foe to more. Lily Evans was the beating drum that pushed others to come forward, to stand up in class at poisonous words, to be the impetus for change even when it felt like a lost cause. She was grit, passion, dirty words, and ruthless anger at injustice.
No one talks about how she liked to dangle her feet in the lake, conjure up smutty tales of the Squid and its lady-squid-friend, and then snigger quietly to herself afterwards at inappropriate moments. Or that she snapped at her friends when they used her hairbrush even though she didnt have time to do her hair in the first place and didnt really give a damn anyway.
Lily Evans does not die with the cowardice of Tom Riddle, or the survival of her child, or with the last clod of earth thrown into her grave.
It is when the last person who truly knew her dies.
It is when she stops being a someone and becomes a saint.
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Title: Checkmate
Word Count: 496
Warnings/Ratings: 3rd-5th year, reference to bullying and strong violence.
A/N: Barty Crouch Jr. was nineteen in 1981 when he was sent to Azkaban, which would put him in the time frame at Hogwarts. I find him to be a fascinating character.
Barty Crouch Jr. surveyed the wreckage on the chessboard. Nathaniel Parkinson didnt know it, but the game was already over. Nathaniel fidgeted in his seat as the evening dwindled down into night. They were the only two left in the common room. Most of the students were in their dormitories asleep by now. Barty would soon fall asleep himself if that dullard Parkinson didnt make his move soon.
His boredom was soon interrupted when Severus Snape stumbled through the common room door. He held a towel to his battered face. Crouch watched out the corner of his eye as the white towel turned mauve. This wasnt the first time he had seen Snape with a cut or a bruise.
Barty drummed his fingers impatiently on the edge of the table, and waited for Parkinson to make his decision, and all the while he watched Snape. His absurdly pear-shaped companion had yet to notice the newcomer.
Was it Black again? Barty Crouch asked, shattering the silence around them.
Severus froze near the fireplace, suddenly realizing he wasnt alone in the room. Parkinsons head popped up, and a dumb smile flickered onto his face. It was a trifling thing, his smile, but it irritated Crouch. He ignored his irritation, and focused on Snape.
Its nothing, Severus responded.
Your black eye says otherwise. How long are you going to remain weak? I know someone who can make you stronger--
No! Snape snapped. I cant. She wouldnt understand.
The firelight sharpened the features of Severuss fury as it danced across his face. Right now, the she in question wasnt the only thing he had on his mind.
Ah, the Muggle-born. Well tell me this. How can she respect someone who cant defend themselves? I know someone who can teach you how to do that, and youll always have a group watching your back. No one will bully you again. Besides, what harm can going to one meeting do? Barty asked innocently.
Just one meeting? Severus responded.
He had had this conversation with Severus before, but now the fair-haired boy was finally seeing a crack in Snapes resolve. Crouch was a knight, the warrior whose shield would protect and aid the king. The Dark Lord would have his army, and he was going to help him get it. Severus Snape may not have the pedigree as some of his more recent recruits, but he had the intelligence that Voldemort wanted.
Just one, Barty answered, a smile tugging at his lips.
Severus studied him for a moment, and then nodded. He would come to the meeting. Snape then turned, and headed towards the dormitories. At that moment, Parkinson made his move, and snickered as his rook decimated Crouchs bishop. The fool had still not seen Crouchs knight.
Barty looked once more towards Severuss retreating back. Every army must have their pawns. Crouch smiled. He had won. Barty made his final move, and watched as his knight moved in on Parkinsons king.
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Title: Of Potions and Dates
Word Count: 380
Warnings/Ratings: 1st-2nd, none
A/N: Dictionary.com has many interesting definitions for pewter, one of which being "a kind of pewter of medium hardness."
Sirius and James were sitting at their table, adding unicorn tail hair to their potions. The new term had just started, and the boys were still enjoying the feeling of freedom that only summer could bring, and were thus not focusing so much on their potions but on the class around them.
"Look at Evans, sharing a table with Remus. She could've shared a table with me, but no, she chose Remus," James said, pretending to look a little hurt.
"Clearly she knew that we could never be separated," Sirius replied, shooting a glance over at the red haired girl who was sitting across the aisle from him.
Lily turned and looked at the boys. "Or maybe she actually wanted to get some work done without having to listen to you two all day."
"Ouch," James said, again mocking pain.
"You pain him, Evans," Sirius said, shaking his head. Lily rolled her eyes and turned back to her potion.
"Your potion should be a lovely shade of mauve at this point," Professor Slughorn said as he walked through the aisles.
James snuck a look at Sirius' potion, which was much too violet to be mauve. "Hey, why is your cauldron such a funny shape?"
"Well, James, they were selling new cauldrons in Diagon Alley called trifle cauldrons."
"Like the dessert?" James asked.
"That's what I thought!" Sirius replied. "Turns out it's like a medium hard pewter cauldron. But it's a funny name, so I bought it."
"Now I really want trifle," James sighed.
"Date with the pear tonight?" Sirius whispered.
"Well," James said as he raised his voice so Lily and Remus could hear, "since Evans refuses to go out with me..."
Lily was drumming her fingers on the table. "Could you two just be quiet?"
"Come on, Evans, just one date?"
"It doesn't even have to be fancy, just drinks at the Three Broomsticks." James gave her his best pouting face.
"If you think that I'm just going to throw in the towel because you are pouting, you're wrong, Potter. I will never date you!"
At that moment, the bell rang. Lily bottled her potion, brought it to the front, cleaned up her station, and flounced out of the room before James even got the chance to reply.
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Title: A Close Encounter
Word Count: 499
Ratings/Warnings: 1st yrs; none
A/N: I started out wanting to do Petunia, Lily, and Snape, but somehow I could not get the Marauders out of my head. Go figure.
Come on, Remus, Sirius whispered as the foursome scurried down the halls.
I dont understand why we all had to come, Remus grumbled. Its bad enough just knowing that you, Peter, and James are out and about past curfew.
Sirius just rolled his eyes, but said nothing. They had just reached the painting of the fruit bowl, and James reached up to tickle the pear.
Oh, Remus, lighten up, James said. The house elves dont mind us, and besides, we wont get caught. We have the Marauders Map.
Im a prefect, James. We arent supposed to be breaking the rules now.
Peter nervously glanced at Remus and then at James, but he didnt say a word.
James grinned. Then I guess you can go back to bed all by yourself.
Remus groaned, but he followed his friends into the kitchen. The elves delightedly greeted them in their usual tea towels, bustling about with trays of pasties and biscuits. Reluctantly, Remus accepted some of the food with a nod of his head.
Any chance of butterbeer? James asked aloud, that silly smile still on his face. Remus couldnt help but laugh, and he tried to shake off the uncomfortable feeling he had about breaking rules.
After a few minutes of gathering sweets and drinks, James took a look at the map to determine the best route to their next destination. He yelped.
What? Sirius inquired, trying to get a look at the parchment.
We need to get out of here. NOW!
The four boys barreled out the kitchen door and started down the hall, but not fast enough.
Just what do you think you are doing?
As one, the boys turned to face their opponent, whose green eyes were flashing dangerously.
Evans! Nice mauve shirt, James delightedly announced, as though he thought he could win her over. Unfortunately, her arms were crossed, and her expression told them that she was anything but happy. In the silence that followed, her fingers tapping against her forearm sounded like a drum.
James looked sideways at his friends for help, but they all stared stonily at Lily, as though afraid of what she would do.
Evans, I thought I might get you a treat, see? He indicated the food in his arms. Care for a trifle?
She gave a slight raise of her eyebrow. You thought you would run around past curfew and get me something to eat?
Sirius gave a small snicker, and James paled slightly. Yes? he hesitantly answered.
Lily slowly smiled, and she swiftly gathered all of the food from James stash. Surprised, James stumbled back.
Ill inform the headmaster of how kind you are, she stated, and she turned on her heel, red hair swishing behind her.
When she had disappeared, the four boys began to quickly make their way back to the common room.
That was close, Sirius breathed. I thought she would give us detention.
So did I, James whispered softly, now deep in thought. So did I
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Title: The Choice in the Making
Word Count: 479
Warnings/Ratings: 1st-2nd years; Angst, Mild (Wizarding) Profanity
A/N: The evening of a certain lake scene in the Marauders' 5th year
Lily was mad.
To be honest, only half of her was mad. The other half wondered how she didn't know to expect something like that to happen eventually.
After all, it was the natural progression of the path he had chosen. One couldn't sit on two chairs at once; one couldn't be friends with pure-bloods like Avery and mudblods like Lily Evans.
She finished toweling her hair with an angry huff. Truly, at this moment, she could not tell whom she despised more Potter the Prat, or Severus the She'd have to think of something.
Lily entered stormed into? the dormitory, finding it empty, apart from Mary. Mary was reading in bed, her light brown hair held in a ponytail by a mauve ribbon. She glanced up at Lily and sighed.
"Don't you take it to heart, Lily. He was just "
" just what, Mary? Disgustingly rude? A bitter, disappointed little traitor ooh, if I could just !"
"Lily, what he said was disgusting, no question. But you know how he gets around Potter and how Potter gets around him."
"I don't get it, though! Why do they have to be such " Lily plopped onto her bed, taking a pear from the nearby table and biting into it.
" boys," Mary finished sagely. "They are just spoiled boys, both of them."
"Potter without a doubt. But Severus isn't spoiled! Not in the way you mean. He is being spoiled ruined by those cronies of his."
"Severus is spoiled by your attitude to him," Mary said. "For a long time, he was your best friend, and you do have lots in common. But he decided you'd be his best friend no matter what, even if he got mixed up in a crowd he knows you hate, even he developed interests you disapproved of."
"Sometimes I can't recognize him," Lily muttered, her heart drumming with anger and worry, both directed at Severus. "He is drunk on their ideas his eyes burn when he talks about them. Doesn't he realize that he can't have me and them together?"
"I think he hopes he can," Mary shrugged. She bent over to retrieve a tin of trifle her mother sent her with a note "brain food for OWLs." Lily disliked trifle, so none was even offered. "See, Lily, I think he just can't bear to think he'll have to choose between you and them at some point so he just puts it out of his mind. And today, his two worlds collided he was humiliated in front of you and his Slytherin buddies."
"Well, his choice is made, whether he knows it or not," Lily said. "The mudblood won't impose on him anymore."
And even though they'd meet again and again, and her burning anger would fizz into colder resentment, and they'd sometimes work on Potions together, the mudblood never imposed on her erstwhile best friend again.
Such fabulousness. I know it will be hard to vote, but please do. Oh, and leaving comments is very helpful to all the brawlers.


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Giant homers back Linceum in win
Molina, Castillo go deep; righty dominates Diamondbacks
By Chris Haft / MLB.com
PHOENIX -- Bengie Molina's encore consisted of one note, but it was delivered perfectly, and timed nicely. Molina, the National League's reigning Player of the Week, began his bid to become a repeat winner by launching a three-run, third-inning homer that propelled Tim Lincecum and the Giants to a 6-3 victory Tuesday night over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Fresh off a 6-for-7 effort in Sunday's doubleheader at Florida, Molina said before the game that he couldn't remember how he fared in Colorado, the series that opened his big week. (For the record, he went 6-for-11 with two RBIs in three games at Denver.) This really didn't matter. For anybody as hot as Molina, focusing on the present is the best approach. The present seemed anything but promising for the Giants entering this game. Being swept by Florida on Sunday blunted their momentum. They were about to face a D-backs squad that had defeated them in four of five games this season. Arizona starter Dan Haren (5-4) had won his last four decisions against San Francisco. Then Molina changed the landscape, and broke a scoreless tie with his two-out home run, which followed Fred Lewis' single and Ray Durham's walk. Coupled with Molina's second-inning single, it gave the catcher 17 hits in 25 at-bats since last Tuesday. "I don't like to think about it," Molina said of his torrid hitting. Indeed, he struck out twice and flied out in his last three plate appearances. "This game is pretty tough. I try to get a good at-bat every single time up there. If it happens [for] me up there, great." In a reflection of his sizzling streak, Molina was briefly fooled by the 1-2 slider Haren fed him. He was expecting to see a split-fingered fastball, or perhaps a fastball up and in. "He got me a little bit by surprise. I didn't think he was going to throw a slider there," said Molina, whose homer made him 8-for-8 with runners in scoring position (a streak that ended when he fanned with Durham on second base in the fifth). Molina's home run proved essential, given the Giants' 3-for-16 hitting with runners in scoring position. They did widen their lead to 5-0 on Jose Castillo's monstrous fourth-inning homer to center field and Durham's fifth-inning RBI double. Lincecum (7-1) did most of the rest. Working with two extra days' rest, he looked typically strong throughout his 7 1/3-inning outing, striking out seven and limiting Arizona to one hit in six at-bats with runners in scoring position. Lincecum said that he pitched with a "sense of urgency" during the scattered threats mounted by the D-backs, who have lost six of their last eight games. After Aaron Rowand's two-out RBI single gave the Giants a 6-1 lead in the seventh inning, Miguel Montero doubled to open Arizona's half of the seventh, conjuring the possibility that Lincecum might be weakening. The 23-year-old right-hander dispelled that notion by retiring Jeff Salazar on a popup, and coaxing broken-bat grounders from pinch-hitter Alex Romero and Chris Young. "He's special," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said, repeating a familiar sentiment. "He's one of the better pitchers in the game at his age." Told of Bochy's remark, Lincecum reacted with typical humility: "It'd be something to really be able to be that, but I have a lot to work on," he said. Not when it comes to ending losing streaks, which might be the quality the Giants appreciate most about Lincecum. They're 6-0 when he starts after a defeat. His personal record in those games is 5-0 with a 2.45 ERA. "We've gotten big into [the concept of] when guys struggle, you have to pick them up. It's more a team thing," Lincecum said. "I've been getting great run support and great defense behind me to be able to do that." According to an old baseball joke, the best time for a team to call a pregame meeting is when its ace pitcher is starting that day. Maybe Bochy didn't plan it this way, but Lincecum revealed that the Giants briefly huddled to discuss the importance of "not accepting losses." Facing the NL West leaders, they turned their talk into action. "Every game for us right now is, like, do or die," said the hyper-intense Molina. "That's the way we have to go at it."
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Edward has a choice: save Bella or save Renesmee. Which decision would you make for him and why? Wow, what an icky question. Umm if I had to choose for him I would say Renesmee, because I'm pretty sure that's what Bella would say. He would tell Edward to do whatever it took to save her first &then move onto saving Bella.
Let's say that Edward was only able to save Renesmee, and Bella died. What would Edward do? Would he stay and be a father to Renesmee, or would it be Italy all over again? I would really hope for the sake of his daughter that he would stick around & be a father to her. Since he hear her thoughts & started to see her as a baby, he came to love her & bond with her. So this time around he has something to live for, Renesmee. His and Bella's daughter. With her he still has a part of Bella around.


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DatDude gets a day off
By Mark Sheldon / MLB.com
SAN DIEGO -- Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips joined fellow regular Shin-Soo Choo in sitting out Monday night.
Choo's absense with a sprained left ankle wasn't expected, but Phillips still got his standard day off.
"I didn't anticipate having Choo and Brandon out of there, but I had told Brandon yesterday before the game," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "Usually I like to give the guys on the All-Star team a day off even after they get back after the All-Star Game. You're usually kind of burned out and you don't do much [at the plate]."
Phillips entered the day batting .258 with 12 home runs and his 81 RBIs were second-most in the National League. Since the All-Star break, he was batting .190 (8-for-42) with no homers and seven RBIs.
"As you've seen, he's been scuffling some," Baker said.
Cesar Izturis played second base, while right fielder Jay Bruce moved up a spot to bat fourth in Phillips' place.
Choo is day to day with left ankle sprain
SAN DIEGO -- One day after a scheduled day off, Reds center fielder Shin-Soo Choo needed an unscheduled one and was out of the starting lineup for Monday night's series opener vs. the Padres because of a minor sprain of his left ankle.
Choo pinch-hit for Tony Cingrani in the eighth inning of Sunday's 1-0, 11-inning loss to the Dodgers in Los Angeles. He was hit by a pitch and stole second base but jammed his ankle with a late slide into the bag.
"It's not that bad. I talked to Dusty and we didn't want to make it worse," Choo said on Monday.
Choo was going to get his sore ankle taped and test it to see if he could be available to pinch-hit. As he did on Sunday, Derrick Robinson led off and played center field in Choo's place.
"It was an awkward slide," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "I saw him when he got up, he was twisting his ankle. I didn't know how badly he had done it. He is day to day."
Hanigan still troubled by left wrist
SAN DIEGO -- The progress in trying to return from a sprained left wrist hasn't been good lately for Reds catcher Ryan Hanigan. On the disabled list since July 11, Hanigan had hoped to be back by now, but has been experiencing soreness since last week.
Last week's break from hitting didn't help.
Hanigan resumed hitting the past couple of days, but he still feels something on the back of his hand and wrist.
"Every time I put the bat in my hand and put weight on it, it hurts," Hanigan said.
Baker shrugs off Puig's celebratory slide
SAN DIEGO -- When Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig hit an 11th-inning walk-off home run to beat the Reds, 1-0, on Sunday, the highlights showed him doing a celebratory slide into home plate as teammates waited for him.
It was an unusual move following a homer, but Reds manager Dusty Baker wasn't aware of Puig's antics until being asked by a reporter on Monday.
"When I saw the ball go over the fence, I went into the clubhouse," Baker said. "I don't care. He can do what he wants. That's up to them to handle it. When I saw the ball go off of the bat, I gathered my stuff and went in.
"The one that I was opposed to was when he went into second base and he slid spikes high when he was picked off [in the seventh inning]. He spiked Cozart. That was the one that wasn't necessary. I'm not saying he tried to do it, but you can hurt somebody doing that."
Worth noting
• Reds reliever Jonathan Broxton (right elbow) left the team to join Triple-A Louisville for a rehab assignment that will begin on Tuesday. Broxton threw live batting practice to Reds hitters on Saturday in Los Angeles and it went well.
• Former Cubs pitcher and San Diego-area resident Mark Prior picked up his former manager, Baker, and took him to lunch on Monday. Prior was released by Louisville in June after he signed a Minor League deal in March.
Mark Sheldon is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Mark My Word, and follow him on Twitter @m_sheldon. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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They are all good kids," says Rene. "They have good heads on their shoulders. I think they'll navigate these waters the best they can."Rene also addresses the difficulties of casting Chaske Spencer, rumored to be Sam Uley:
"I've told them, make wise choices from here on out. This is what you've been working for. Don't mess it up."
Just to give you an idea of the fan intensity, IMDB's star meter showed Meraz's star ranking rose 25,566 percent in popularity this week (the shirtless picture at the top sure don't hurt).
I love the reference to shirtless Alex Meraz. NPC! NPC! Read the rest here.
"He's someone I feel is going to be a star," says Haynes. "I have cast him before. He's always done lovely work. It's awesome to know that it's time for this young actor to have a great breakout role like this."
It wasn't a sure thing when Spencer auditioned, even after meeting casting director Joseph Middleton in NY for a powerful reading.
"It was a very long process," says Haynes, pointing out there were many strong candidates for the part. "It was up and down, up and down. But he floated to the top."


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With temperature @ 49 this mornng put away my StaCools, pulled out my WinterSofs but opted for my StaSofs instead...49 isn't that cold yet !
BTW - What do all you golfers do with your worn out golfs? Toss, Wash, Shrine ?
Well ggg, when my gloves don't look that pretty any more, I use them at the range for a while. Then when they are used up, they go in the trash. I don't save them for a Shrine, because then you are just a hoarder. :) Seriously, have you seen the guys with gloves on that look like they should have been thrown away 2 years ago. Come on guys, new gloves are not that expensive.
The only guy that should be making a Shrine with his old gloves is 19hole. He goes through dozens of PTL gloves a year. You could make a cool Shrine with those.:)
Old gloves are used until they are no longer usable. They, the old gloves, go in the bag for the range use. I put a little mink oil on the old ones for better grip, but they usually last about 3-4 trips to the range and then goodbye. As to the weather, I've been out 8 times so far and I don't go out after the temps stay below 45 deg. like they were today and have been lately. I don't care how many layers you have on, especially when the temps are in the 50s and the wind is blowing over 10 MPH. I'm too old to go and get sick over this game I love so well.
When they start to get worn, I retire then to range use only and break out a brand new glove for play. Once they are too worn, I just throw them away.
Alex, I tend to keep my used gloves for a while. There are some in each of the bags I have with different sets of clubs, so I don't have to transfer gloves if I change sets. I will use some for range work or winter rounds. Then, they just go in the trash--usually because they have worn through somewhere or are just too stiff to do anything more with. Ted
i just use mine until they start to wear out or they start breaking down and get crispy when they sit in the bag after a round, then i throw them away, i use the same glove for range practice and play.
Same here, I try to save the worn out ones for the range and then throw away. Always try to look presentable on the course!
I usually throw them away, or lone them to people on my golf team who need gloves because they can't find theirs right before we start a match. :p Other than that, I'll throw them away because I don't want to practice with something I won't use in actual situations on the course.
You just reminded me to order a pair of WinterSof gloves!
Like most everyone else...I'll use my old gloves at the range a couple times and then into the garbage.
The most common is to throw them away.
I usually collect them in my bag until I get sick of seeing them and then (finally) part ways with them. I should do it more often, but I always find some dumb reason to keep them in the bag. The reason has no valid basis, but at that moment, in my mind, it seemed like the right thing to do...Just like thinking that I could clear the water like I used to do 10 years ago...
When I wore a glove, it was in trash as soon as it served its purpose!
I generally rotate between 2 or 3 gloves during play. Once they are no longer suitable for play they become range gloves. I also use the range gloves if I playing in the rain, this was I am not trashing new gloves. At the end of life they end up in the trash. I would gues that I have about a 8 gloves in the bag. The 2 or 3 that are in rotation, 1 new glove, and a handful of range gloves.
i toss mine away or i just put them someware and i cant find them like i have done with all of my other gloves.........
Well tossing seems to be the consensus.....Have to admit have done it msyelf but kept my very first glove as a memento to the start of my addiction to golf !
However, If I can I figure out a way to recycle all those worn out gloves I might be on to something !


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Hi, this was found in southeastern pennsylvania, US. My son needs to know what it is!
Looking online, i am failry certain its a groundhog (aka woodchuck, or as i have heard in west virginia: whistle pig).
Would you agree?
Its got a sharp post orbital process, which seems to be squirrel-like, but at over 4 inches, i think its too big.
You have answered this identification yourself. It has got sharp post orbital processes which is a feature of Squirrels. The groundhog etc. are from the squirrel familly so it is a squirrel, a ground squirrel!
haha, didnt realize that groundhogs were ground squirels, too.
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PORTLAND, Ore. Peer-to-peer (P2P) digital content distribution used to be about copyright violations, and users sending unauthorized music and videos to each other over the Internet. Now, Kontiki Inc. says it has created a way of using P2P content distribution to ease corporate network congestion, without adding new hardware.
Kontiki (Sunnyvale, Calif.) claims its delivery management software enables corporations to securely distribute files among many users without the need for high-speed, centralized servers. It also claims the system is based on a P2P scheme that is legal and ultrasecure.
"Legitimate uses of peer-to-peer communication are not about copyright violations, but about distributed computing--large networks of machines achieving a common goal together better than they used to do alone," said Wade Hennessey, Kontiki's CTO. Rather than distributing digital content from large central servers, Kontiki's approach uses secure P2P networks to distribute digital content among users' machines, "thereby delivering it more efficiently--both in terms of network utilization and in terms of bandwidth utilization," Hennessey added.
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I say, yes.
I'm sure others will say "no".
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They invented Metal. More specifically, Jimmy Page invented Metal.
Invented metal is a bit of a stretch. Were key to it's popularization and spread though, for sure.
But there were others early on, you know, like Sabbath, who were just as critical to its development.
Zeppelin can be called a metal band, but you could also just call them a rock band, or more specifically, a hard rock band. There sound had more folk and blues in it than a band like Sabbath, who even in their slower stuff tended to be a bit heavier/darker.
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Of course they're metal. Those who say they're not need to research the genre. It started with them, Sabbath, Iron Maiden, etc.
Also Zeppelin often spanned a more diverse range than what would strictly be called metal. That doesn't make them not a metal band, it makes them more than simply a metal band. Whereas Sabbath's sound more often stayed within the confines of what would become known as metal. This is a distinction, and not anything I'm saying to suggest one is better than the other or more responsible for metal than the other.
it's a pretty definitive no to me.
proto-metal, maybe, but they're no more metal than the stooges or the MC5 are (or invented) punk, or any blues musician is (or invented) rock and roll.
i actually think metal is the easiest of any genre of popular music to point the finger at the exact moment it started.
and that moment is the song BLACK SABBATH on an album called BLACK SABBATH by the band named BLACK SABBATH.
it is the first song they ever wrote. go listen to it, and then listen to, oh i dunno, say that awesome pallbearer album that came out last year which was pretty widely regarded in underground metal circles as one of the best doom records of the last ten years.
and then marvel at how little the doom genre has evolved since sabbath perfected it on the first thing they ever recorded in 1969.
all hail, etc.
whole lotta love or since i've been loving you or whatever - not very metal
"The first heavy metal bands such as Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath attracted large audiences, though they were often derided by critics, a status common throughout the history of the genre. "
Let the edit wars begin!
BTW, on the login page of this forum, under the login form, beside the login button, there is a button that says "Reset Fields"...
Has anybody tried pushing it? Might fix his shot.
I never thought of Zeppelin as Metal. They were a Blues Rock band that moved the blues into a much harder, distorted and heavy direction, but they weren't the best example of a "Metal" band. No for me at least.
You're trying to retroactively re-categorize things based on modern notion of the genre.
Here is a good example: Iggy Pop and the Clash don't really sound like "punk" if your definition of "punk" is what you hear today but looking at things that way doesn't make sense. If anything, if Iggy Pop doesn't sound like all those generic crap "punk bands" then maybe those bands aren't really punk?
Most modern metal bands are talentless hacks when compared to the likes of Zep in their prime. Maybe most of these modern metal bands should be sub-categorized into a new genre? We could call it "feces metal" or "half digested generic metal"?
How about "no balls to play from your soul metal"?
Seriously, it's seems like paint by numbers these days.
obviously, music is a continuum where everything thats created has been informed by something that preceded it. no-one would argue that zeppelin wasnt a huge influence on sabbath. half the first sabbath record is in the same bluesy hard rock vein as zeppelin. this does not make zeppelin a metal band.
hardcore was a massive influence on slayer and first wave black metal bands like bathory and venom. is black flag a thrash metal band? have the DKs become black metal? no, because that is ridiculous.
my point is that somewhere along the line of the music-evolution continuum a thing splinters off and becomes so wholly unique and different from what preceded it that it is now a New Thing, and inspires legions of others to follow in the footsteps of that New Thing.
with many genres, that point in time is pretty difficult to identify.
but with metal, its very easy. it is the riff from the song BLACK SABBATH on the album BLACK SABBATH by the band BLACK SABBATH.
it is slow. it is downtuned. it is scary as hell and heavy as balls. it is the first metal riff, and if you want to deny this i would suggest you listen to a lot more metal and stop pretending you like it or that you know anything about it.
Guys, simmer down, its music, and its art and its all up for debate as personal feelings will always be involved. We all have our own idea about what metal is. Some, like me, find that a blues foundation keeps a band in the "hard rock" category, other, look at the hard core riffs and distortion a band like Zeppelin often offered, and claim Metal through and through. truth is, bands are constantly bending their genres, and Zeppelin was masterful at this, so much so that you almost wanna down grade them to just plain ole "Rock" as they bounced from category to category often in one album. Is "you don't have to go" Metal, or is it a Blues/Reggae fusion? And Dazed and Confused, its slow and stretched awesome of riffs....is that metal, sounds metal to me, but then Robert Plant opens his mouth and offers up some of the deepest Blues singing I have ever heard.
Rather than tear into each other in silly attempts to prove your prowess, why not discuss all the awesome ways bands like Zeppelin and even in some ways Sabbath, basically avoided being put into a category, and because of this, why they grew such massive audiences that spanned generations and genres. They simply just rock that shit out proper.
One could argue its rather ignorant of you to say that Metal HAS TO BE "scary" sounding.
When I think of Heavy Metal I think of LOUD and DISTORTED and FAST.
Not really slow and scary. So to each their own.
And just as your argument states, just because Zeppelin was certainly influenced by Blues, doesn't make them a Blues Band. They were alot of things, absolutely, but they were, in my opinion, the starting point of Metal. The point where Metal became a thing, because like you said, they were just THAT different.
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This reminds me of the "Are the Beastie Boys punk or hip hop?" argument
think about that one for a few minutes..
really think about it...
make sure you have a well formed opinion before you continue reading past this point..
seriously.. are you sure?
the correct answer is...
genres are bullshit... good music is good music... regardless of the labels you put on them.
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Hi, i netted this wasp a few days ago outside Oslo, Norway, in tall grass. It seems to be pretty common. It is about 2.5mm long.
It has a really beautifully colored texture.
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Yes, that is a pteromalid. Too many species really to have a go a them properly, though there are some decent keys around thanks to (a.o.) De Vere Graham.


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Former Tech lineman has 12 starts this season
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Former Arkansas Tech offensive tackle Jeremy Ashcraft moved west this year when he signed a contract to play football with the Utah Blaze of the Arena Football League.
The two-time all-Gulf South Conference lineman has started 12 of the team's 13 games this season and helped the Blaze to a 6-7 record with five weeks remaining. Utah is tied for second place in the National Conference West Division.
Ashcraft, who played the past two seasons (2009-10) with the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz of the AF2 Arena Football League, signed to play with the Blaze in mid-December.
Ashcraft's Blaze are the No. 2-ranked offense in the AFL in total offense (318.5 yards/game) and they lead the league in passing offense (305.8 yards/game) and are third in scoring (61.5 points/game).
"Jeremy has been a great addition to our offensive line due to his size," Blaze head coach Ron James said about the 6-foot-7, 335-pound Ashcraft on the team's website.
Ashcraft, a native of Marshall, Texas, completed his two-year Tech career with the Wonder Boys in 2008. He was a two-time all-GSC selection, a two-time Daktronics all-Super Region II honoree and a Don Hansen's Football Gazette all-South Region selection as a junior in 2007. As a senior in 2008, he played in all 10 games at right tackle and averaged a grade of 81 percent on the season. He led Tech with 78 knockdown blocks and had 13 pancake blocks and helped Tech's offensive line allow just eight sacks in 10 games.
Ashcraft was named to the GSC all-decade football team in 2010 and played in two all-star games: the East Coast Bowl in Petersburg, Va., and the 2009 Valero Cactus Bowl in Kingsville, Texas, where he was named offensive lineman of the game.
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As for Pistons, word around league is they aren't done. GM Joe Dumars continues hunt for dead-eye perimeter shooter.— Sam Amico (@SamAmicoFSO) July 6, 2013
Well, that is not Rondo or Gay.
But it is Novak!
As for Pistons, word around league is they aren't done. GM Joe Dumars continues hunt for dead-eye perimeter shooter.— Sam Amico (@SamAmicoFSO) July 6, 2013
Well, that is not Rondo or Gay.
But it is Novak!
i was going to mention this a few days ago. putting the cart waaaay in front of the horse..but, do we want Monroe? Is he improving or has he reached a plateau? Even the piston sites talk about players making up for his defensive shortcomings (where have we heard that before?). Is he the answer for PF?
As I said, hearing if teams want Gay, they better be offering a quality package. Otherwise Raptors happy to keep their best player— Ryan Wolstat (@WolstatSun) July 3, 2013
Pretty sure this tweet was already posted. But, I still see people who think Ujiri is looking to rid of Rudy..I don't think that's happening.
I'm 75/25 he's on the team come October. I actually think that if Ujiri is looking to trade Gay, it works to his advantage to keep him into the season.
I really think raps fans are just antsy and getting a little trade-happy. Like your just expecting Ujiri to instantly make his mark..
I believe Ujiri abides by the saying; "Patience. All good things come to those who wait."
I believe his biggest move was trading Bargnani
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i think he's just being patient knowing if anything there'll probably be even more interest come trade deadline time
All that tweet says is "a couple of shit expiring contracts doesn't get it done" and that was perfectly obvious.
Like I posted a few days ago you gotta wait at least till the 10th and then a week after. MU seems to be passing on the f/a class so he is not looking to bolster/improve...so what does that say? You still got to wait to know what his real plan is. To me he hasnt revealed it yet.
With Asik, they're going to get a quality backup big. Not sure if Asik wants to be a backup though. Because i think he's good enough to be a starting caliber C in this league.
Robinson on the other hand i think is still a project. I still think he's a player with a big upside.
Robinson is w/ Portland now? wow. 3 teams in 1 year. Crazy.
Yeah, that trade scenario doesn't make much sense TRex.
-Parsons would definitely have to be included in any deal (without knowing what a multi-team deal could present), but is not a centrepiece of any deal on his own.
-And yeah, it makes 0 sense to trade for Asik so he can back up JV.
I think, by default, Lin would be included in any deal instead of Asik. I also think the "centrepiece" angle is going to be young players/picks...which could include Parsons, but he's clearly not enough.
So.....if Parsons is included so he can basically replace Gay....the other pieces that will be the core of this deal will be from guys like Jones, Motiejunas, Beverley, and any picks or draft rights they throw our way as well. If Lin is going out, Beverley is clearly off the table. I also think given his potentially great fit with Howard, Motiejunas goes nowhere unless they're trading for a stretch big.
My preference would be for Jones-Parsons, and draft picks/draft rights
A couple of under-the-radar names Houston has the draft rights to...
-Kostas Papanikolaou: think the Greek Garbo, but young and with a better shot.d
-Marko Todovoric: Could be a solid rotation big, and a more fitting back up than Asik, albeit he's going to stay stashed in Spain.
Also any deal probably takes a 3rd team, because Lin/Asik, Jones and Parsons doesn't come close to Rudy's pay. So that makes things fuzzier.
If the bigs on the pistons don't mesh. Could probably score one of them in a Gay deal. I could see maybe a three team trade with Smith going to the rockets, Asik going to the pistons, Gay going to the pistons and a pick and Munroe or Drummond coming to Toronto. That's the basic outline, there'd be some details and shit. Though, that's assuming a lot, obviously.
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Monroe, Knight and KCP are their serious trade chips, and Detroit isn't going to give up any of them cheaply. I can certainly see them engineering a trade with Houston (Lin and Asik for Monroe and Knight) or even us (Rudy for Monroe and crap), but they're not going to give away the farm.
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Judge Annie Powell Hendricks told Terry Weidman, the ex-husband of Lynn Weidman, that he needed to deliver an iPad to a third party or face criminal charges, then warned him a second time.
The Weidmans were involved in a dispute over information contained on the iPad.
"This is Judge Hendricks. Lynn's iPAD must be delivered to Kelly Underwood's mailbox by 9:30 a or I will turn matter over to (prosecuting) attorney," the judge wrote to the Fort Smith man, according to the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission. Kelly Underwood is not related to the judge or Weidman; she declined comment when reached by The Associated Press.
Terry Weidman replied: "Really judge Hendricks turn it over for what. Looking at my sons iPad." Hendricks responded: "Choose your actions wisely!"
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Cooking contests have been on my mind for the past couple of weeks, not only because I get press releases regarding where local cooks are competing, but also because February to me is the deepest, sleepiest month when traditional breads, Crock-Pots and slow-cooked stews move to the front burner.
Locals such as Lynelle Caldwell, whose pear oatmeal cookies recently won a blue ribbon on a home cooking and social networking internet site, are doing what most of us try to do, but shes getting recognition for her efforts. We tweak recipes every day. The difference between most of us and Lynelle Caldwell is that shes thoughtful, precise and organized when she tweaks.
Caldwell is the subject of a short food story that will run this Wednesday. Interviewing her was a delight and a reminder to me why I enjoy the privilege of being a food writer. A life-long cook and provider of meals for families, Caldwell is the youngest of six children expected at an early age to learn the ropes in the kitchen.
Now Caldwell spins more than a couple of plates at a time, being the sole breadwinner, raising a teenager and winning KitchenAid mixers and blue ribbons when food manufacturers put out the call for recipes. Caldwell recognizes the importance of using ingredients that are readily available. She, and Durango cattlewoman Patti Buck, also a competitive cook, have their finger on the pulse of what families like to eat.
Is there anything new out there in a world swimming in cookbooks, not to mention free internet cooking sites?
Probably not. But there are people who recognize that ingredients can be coupled differently to create new textures, flavors and ways of looking at traditional food treats.
Youve heard me say it before, but Ill say it again: Cooking can be casual, but baking is precise. Getting creative with macaroni and cheese is a heck of a lot easier than experimenting while baking a cake at high altitude. Yet that is what Caldwell does.
Many of these cooking contests require that contestants use a specific product so manufacturers can generate recipes for product labels. Tested recipes, conveniently displayed on labels, help sell everything from french-fried onion rings to Dijon mustard.
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3. Give yourself an edge by using multiple brands from the same manufacturer. For example, instead of listing 1 teaspoon of prepared mustard, promote Frenchs Mustard by being brand specific. If Durkee is sponsoring the contest, find as many Durkee products as possible to pack your ingredient list with what Durkee is selling.
4. As you tweak to get your recipe ready for submission, carefully note and measure the amounts of ingredients used. A temperature difference of as little as 25 F can make a big difference in cooking times. Document changes with photographs. Cut into cupcakes, muffins, pies, casseroles and be observant of texture, aroma and color.
5. Know the basics how baking powder works, how one fat can substitute for another, what constitutes a good acid-sweet balance in a marinade, how chocolate is processed and egg whites are beaten. Think of yourself as a food scientist in a home lab. Then become an artist.
Most of all, have fun. Caldwell said shes pleasantly surprised whenever she gets a call back and becomes a finalist. Sounds like shes got a good handle on the art and science of cooking for prizes.


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You remember this post, where I lamented about why a woman would date a guy who meticulously destroyed her life? I talked to her this week. She finally got the guy out of her life, but it wasn't easy.
I was intentionally vague about details, I don't want anyone to be able to identify this lady (Let's call her Lady and the asshole we'll simply call Asshole). What she endured is awful enough already. I got some mail from readers who sympathized, some offered useful advice, it also generated a wee bit of hate mail in which I was the bad guy in one way or another. Judging by that, I'll stand by the decision to keep things vague. Asshole was basically a black-hole, emotionally and financially. I've known Lady since grade school, she's not the kind of person who used to put up with this shit, not even close, that's part of why her friends and family stumbled around and didn't know how to handle it or help her. I don't know if we could have.
Asshole was the classic predator. He separated her from people who genuinely cared about her, a practice I'm told is common among these kinds of pricks. It leaves the person less able to cope with any games the predator plays, easier to manipulate, more in their power. At one point Lady lost her home, thanks in large part to Asshole who preyed on her to the point of wiping out her savings while helping to get her fired. So, as a consequence, Lady ended up storing some stuff on Asshole's property. At some point during the summer she happened to get into that stuff, and it looked good superficially, but she was looking for something in particular, dug into it, and soon realized a bunch of it was missing. She confronted Asshole who pulled his usual power play of threatening to never talk to her again, threatened they were "over" if she accused him of being a thief, he would never do anything like that, yada yada yada.
But of course Asshole could not tell her where the stuff was nor could he conjure it up, and she kept pushing, this stuff was important to her. Until she got to the bottom of some of it — you probably guessed already, Asshole had presumably been selling her stuff off and clumsily concealing it. Once she started looking in depth, it was obvious, a bunch of it was gone, I guess that finally sent her over the top. Lady went to the police. At which point I infer she learned she was nowhere near his first and only victim.
Once the cops were involved, contact between the two of them was cut off — she no longer had a choice — and at first she was almost suicidally depressed. But over the next few weeks, free from his influence and excuses and power plays, Asshole's various schemes and stories caved in on themselves. I can't go into more detail other than to say it's ugly, it sounds like he's in real legal trouble, the kind he won't be able to talk his way out of.
The more I think about it, the more this resembles a drug or gambling addiction. Just like that kind of dependence, even if serious psychological help had been available or sought, it might not have helped anymore than it does when its forced on an alcoholic who's just pretending help is wanted to keep friends and family at bay and the liquor flowing. If she hadn't gotten so temporarily pissed off that the cops were brought in she might still be completely under that spell to this day.


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Keeping it simple is often the key to brilliance, and with a short focussed menu of 5 apps, 6 different kinds of noodle dishes, and a few et ceteras (hmm...scrapple in ramen!?!?!?), all packaged in cool space with lots of counter seating and a giant 'Eat More Noodles' mural as backdrop, Cheu accomplishes this goal.
This is undoubtedly one of the most highly anticipated openings of 2013, a 'noodle bar' from partners Chef Ben Puchowitz (of Matyson fame, one of our favorite BYOBs) and his buddy Shawn Darragh. Their pop-ups last year were apparently a smash success, with a line down the street, so we made a point of stopping by Cheu early on opening day to see what the excitement was all about.
We arrived exactly at opening (3PM), and were immediately seated at the counter with a few others (there are also several tables, for total of ~30 seats). It was mostly full by the time we left, but there was rarely a line, and we left before the dinner rush.
Between the two of us, we tried (see photos):
~Garlic black wings with shishito peppers ($8/4)--Actually we got 5, 3 drumettes and 2 wingettes, which were crispy, meaty, with a light dose of a sticky sweet soy sauce, and some mildly spicy peppers. My favorite dish, I could make a meal out of these. KILLER!
~Pork belly and hamburger buns ($7/2)--We could choose any combination from 3 different buns (including the mung bean that we didn't try). These are tiny two-biters that look smaller than the photos I've seen online, but are very tasty. The Angus beef was topped with Wisconsin cheddar and house-made pickles. The pork belly was also topped with pickles. The buns are a bit strange, a bit like tiny English muffins, if that makes any sense, toasted in a skillet. My favorite was the pork belly, which like the pork with ramen below was melt-in-your mouth.
~Pork belly with house-made ramen noodles, egg, sea beans, greens ($12)--A very very intense broth (I suspect borderline too intense for some), but overall a very good dish. The ramen was perfectly al dente and the egg appeared to be soft poached. A good sized bowl, but not huge. I added in some of the pho fixin's below.
~Duck pho with foie gras meatballs, turnips, fixin's--I only tried a little of this, but it seemed like the pho was pretty similar to the ramen above. Thinly sliced, very tender duck, and melt-in-your mouth meatballs, although I can't say I got any foie flavor. The broth is much milder than than the pork belly's above. Comes with the usual pho accompaniments of basil and mung beans, lime, and also pickled white radish (I think). Of the two noodle dishes, I think I preferred the lighter broth of the duck pho.
Cheu's mish-mass of Chef Benny's whatever "I think tastes best" manages to avoid the ongoing 'Raman Wars', where ramen is stylistically divided into smaller and smaller subgroups and aficionados endlessly (and nonsensically) argue about which ramen shop more is more authentic. Come on guys, who cares if it is 'authentic', if it tastes good? And Cheu's noodles definitely taste great!
Or maybe Cheu defines a new subgroup: 'Philly Style' ramen!
Currently BYOB (we brought some Guinness), with sodas, etc available, but planning to get a liquor license (big orange placard on the door). Service was quick, friendly and efficient, with Shawn greeting customers at the front. Parking is fairly easy in a few local lots.
Some nice photos and background from Zagat:


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Type: Defect
Status: Closed
Priority: Major
Resolution: Declined
Affects Version/s: Release 1.3
Fix Version/s: None
Component/s: None
Environment:java 6 jdk on linux, jre 6 on windows 7
I've a head holding problem that I believe is a bug in clojure 1.3. I
wrote the following function to split a a lazy seq of strings across
files of x size:
(defn split-file ([path strs size] (trampoline split-file path (seq strs) size 0)) ([path strs size part] (with-open [f (clojure.java.io/writer (str path "." part))] (loop [written 0, ss strs] (when ss (if (>= written size) #(split-file path ss size (inc part)) (let [s (first ss)] (.write f s) (recur (+ written (.length s)) (next ss)))))))))
If I call the 3 arg version of the function:
(split-file "foo" (repeat 100000000 "blah blah blah") 100000000)
I see memory usage increases as I'm writing each file with the usual
gc slow down, then memory usage goes back down again as I get to a new
split file.
Memory usage is fine if I call the 4 arg version (which only writes
one part of the split file):
(split-file "foo" (repeat 100000000 "blah blah blah") 100000000 0)
I can also avoid the head holding problem by removing trampoline and
recursively calling split-file directly, but then those recursive
calls use up stack and don't close files until all calls complete
There is actually no problem with head retention in your code.
It's zust the garbage collector that doesn't collect the seq right away. If there were problems, then you would get a OutOfMemoryError pretty fast.
(split-file "foo" (repeat 100000000 "blah blah blah") 100000000 0)
(doall (repeat 100000000 "blah blah blah"))
to see the difference
Closing due to lack of reproducible tests. On my system I actually saw memory usage not move at all when I ran the demo code, and at one point the GC kicked in and the memory usage went down a bit.


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SNOW HILL – The
multi-party lawsuit asking the court to sort out who among the top three
finishers in the blue marlin category of last year's White Marlin Open should
be paid the prize money was resolved this week when a Worcester County Circuit
Court judge ruled the first-place finisher deserved to his money and the
third-place winner was entitled to his prize money and the money earmarked for
the now disqualified second-place winner.
Amid confusion over
alleged failed or untimely polygraph tests, White Marlin Open organizers last September
filed a complaint of interpleader in Worcester County Circuit Court essentially
asking a judge to intercede on its behalf and assess who among the top three
winners in the 2007 tournament's blue marlin division
should be awarded the several hundred thousand dollars in prize money at stake.
The complaint was filed after it came to light there were irregularities in two
separate polygraph tests taken by the second-place winner and the first-place
winner did not take his required polygraph test until after the tournament's
award ceremony.
After months of legal
posturing during which the case was made more complicated by the winners of the
tuna division laying claim to all of the blue marlin category prize money,
Worcester County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Groton on Monday granted a motion
for summary judgment filed by angler Carl Hurlebaus essentially qualifying him
as the first-place winner in the blue marlin division.
Groton also granted a motion for summary judgment filed
by third-place winner Robert Belansen, disqualifying second-place winner
William Mathews and the winners of the tuna division from any claim to the blue
marlin division prize money. In the end, Groton
ruled Hurlebaus was entitled to his $378,210 in first-place money, while
Belansen was entitled to the rest of the blue marlin prize money because he was
entered in the blue marlin Level F, or winner take all, entry level.
In short, Hurlebaus was
awarded his $378,000-plus for catching the biggest blue marlin in the
tournament, while Belansen, who came in third, was awarded the rest, including
the $289,640 for second place and the $176,569 for his third-place blue marlin,
giving him a combined $466,209.
White Marlin Open
founder and organizer Jim Motsko was generally pleased with the judge's
decision and happy to put the complicated case behind him with the 2008 version
set to begin in a little over two weeks.
"I'm glad it was
resolved the way it was," he said. "The judge's decision removes any doubt
about the integrity of the tournament and adds to the credibility of how the
prize money is dispersed. We're ready to move on with another White Marlin Open
just around the corner."
Motsko said the judge's
decision represented what tournament officials hoped for the outcome all along.
He said the various claims by the many parties involved in the case left him
with little choice but to ask a judge to sort it out in the interest of
fairness to all involved.
"It basically went the
way we would have done it," he said. "I'm glad the judge did what he did. We
would have liked to have resolved this ourselves without getting to this point,
but the White Marlin Open was forced to defend ourselves when these claims were
Belansen, fishing aboard
the "Beast" out of Cape May,
N.J., weighed the first
qualifying blue marlin, a 567-pounder weighed on the
tournament's first day that briefly took the top spot in the standings. On
Tuesday, of White Marlin Open week, Mathews, fishing aboard the "Gale Force II," weighed
a 590-pound blue marlin, jumping into first-place in the
division and knocking Belansen and the "Beast" into second.
On Thursday of the tournament, angler Carl Hurledaus, fishing aboard the
"Wireless," hauled in a 632-pound blue marlin, taking the
tournament's top prize in the division and knocking Mathews and Belansen down
to second and third place, respectively. While each of the winners participated
in the tournament's award ceremony and were photographed with their ceremonial
"big checks," the official prize money checks were not immediately awarded to
the winners. Instead, tournament officials attempted to sort out who should be
paid what after the third-place winner, Belansen, through his attorney, made a
formal complaint demanding the first- and second-place money as well because of
the alleged failure to pass the required polygraph test by the second-place
winner, Mathews, and the untimely taking of the test by the first-place winner,
Hurlebaus. Unable to reach a conclusion on their own, White
Marlin Open officials filed a
complaint for interpleader, asking the court to sort out the prize money mess.
According to court
documents, tournament officials met with Hurlebaus at his boat, the "Wireless,"
at Sunset Marina in West
Ocean City
on Saturday, Aug. 11 and told him he had missed the scheduled polygraph exam
required of anglers who win more than $50,000 in prize money in the tournament.
According to court documents, tournament officials told Hurlebaus at the time
it was no big deal and provided him with contact information for the
tournament-approved polygraph test administrator and instructed him to arrange
to take the test. Hurlebaus later took the test and passed, but the test was
taken after officials received a letter from Belansen's attorney on Aug. 13
demanding the first- and second-place prize money.
Groton ruled on Monday the untimely nature of Hurlebaus'
polygraph test did not warrant knocking him out of the first-place prize money.
Attorney Hugh Cropper IV, who represented Hurlebaus in the case, said the judge
got it right in terms of his first-place client.
"At the end of the day,
Mr. Hurlebaus got his first-place money, which he was absolutely entitled to,"
he said. "It was ridiculous that anybody challenged that. Now he did take the
test 18 days after the end of the tournament, but there was nothing in his test
to suggest he wasn't entitled to his prize money."
Cropper, who had the
unique experience of representing both Hurlebaus, the first-place winner, and
Mathews, the second-place winner, in the case said he felt Mathews was
short-changed in the end result. Mathews did take the polygraph test on two
separate occasions and there were "inconsistencies" each time according to
court records, but in the end, it was an error in how he filled out his
pre-tournament paperwork that sealed his fate, according to Cropper
"I really think the
second-place winner, Mr. Matthews, really deserved to get his money," he said.
"Nobody ever accused him of cheating and there were no allegations of him doing
anything wrong. His biggest problem was a clerical error in the way he filled
out his paperwork. He registered as a mate and not as an angler, which is why
he didn't get his money in the end."
Cropper acknowledged
there were problems with Mathews' polygraph test results, but said there was
nothing in them to suggest he cheated in any way and, therefore, nothing to
preclude him from winning the prize money.
"He did fail two
separate polygraph exams, but there is a lot of dispute about that," he said.
"Those things aren't infallible which is why they are not admissible in court
in the first place."
When all was said and
done, one of the big winners in the case was the White Marlin Open itself,
which avoided a protracted legal battle on the eve of this year's tournament
and resolved the issue of the blue marlin prize money equitably without
dispersions cast on the integrity of the tournament.
"The judge basically
said two things: the White Marlin Open was within its rights to schedule the
polygraph tests when it saw fit, and the winner in the blue marlin division,
Mr. Hurlebaus, was entitled to his first-place money," said Motsko. "In the
opinion of the White Marlin Open, we felt all along this was the fairest outcome."


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Kenny Chesney Visits The GRAMMY Museum
Country singer/songwriter Kenny Chesney was the featured guest for the GRAMMY Museum's An Evening With ... series on April 28. Before an intimate audience, the GRAMMY-nominated artist discussed his songwriting process, touring, musical influences, and latest album, Hemingway's Whiskey, among other topics. Following the discussion, Chesney performed an acoustic set, including "You And Tequila."
"I was this country guy from East Tennessee on a label with 311 [and] Widespread Panic, so I was the odd man out," recalled Chesney about his career start on Capricorn Records. "Being on that label and those years on the road allowed me to grow and allowed me to learn. It was like playing Double-A baseball before you go to the major leagues."
A native of Knoxville, Tenn., Chesney grew up in the nearby town of Luttrell as an avid listener of country and rock and roll music. He emerged a local music favorite, playing restaurants and selling 1,000 copies of his self-released demo. After graduating from East Tennessee State University in 1991, he moved to Nashville and took a residency at The Turf, a local honky-tonk bar, which led to his securing a recording contract with Capricorn Records and the release of his debut album, In My Wildest Dreams, in 1994. Chesney switched over to BNA Records for the release of 1995's All I Need To Know, and two years later he scored his first Country Singles No. 1 hit with "She's Got It All," a track from his platinum-certified I Will Stand. In 1999 Chesney took two more songs to No. 1 with "You Had Me From Hello" and "How Forever Feels."
No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems was released in 2002 and became Chesney's first of six albums to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Released in 2010, Hemingway's Whiskey debuted at No. 1 and has spawned the hits "The Boys Of Fall" and "Somewhere With You." A top concert attraction, Chesney ranked fourth on Pollstar's Top 100 North American tours midway through 2011. Chesney has three GRAMMY nominations to his credit, the most recent in 2009 for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals for "Down The Road" with singer/songwriter Mac McAnally.
Upcoming GRAMMY Museum events include Great Guitars: Gary Lucas (July 20), An Evening With Weird Al Yankovic (July 25), Great Guitars: George Lynch (July 27), and Homegrown: The 88 (July 28).
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Posted on 12/02/2008 12:40:03 PM PST by wannabegeek
It's sickening. It's scary.
scary isn't it.
especially since our current president acts like he's in some kind of depressive daze.
The man without a past.
some kind of depressive daze.
Maybe he is, I would be too if for 8 years I was pounded by democrats and the media, given absolutely no praise just "slaps" he was given nothing. I feel sorry for him, yes he made missteps but he did alot of good things but no words of encouragement, nothing.
We're out here- and some of us are doing everything in our power to kick his sorry, lying, Marxist/Muslim a$$ out.
The O (antichrist) has power over Bush. And he has no birth records because they didn't keep records at the beginning of time.
0bama is the consummate Zer0.
i wonder if we'll get his medical records ... birthmarks, for example, might be interesting to know about.
How is this possible? Shouldn't that be public information?
bump for home
Just about everyone in the world "gets it" except for our media and the sheep who voted for him.
Even so , Lord Jesus, come.
That is it, isn't it!?!
It's so odd how out of it he seems lately.
You've been given a great gift, Barack. It's as if you've never been born.
What conspiracy? A conspiracy to point out 0bama's lack of history? LOL All the nutz are between your ears.
We are definitely entering the Zone...
The very network that chose and groomed Obama has been working behind the scenes for over 40 years in every opinion-making institution in society with the single goal of reshaping U.S. public opinion and public priorities. So confused are the American people that most actually went along and concurred in outrage when putting panties of the heads of terrorists to extract information that could save American lives and American cities was called "torture."
These same folks don't call for international action or get enraged at the reports of torture and slaying of innocents in Mumbai by the Islamic Jihad terrorists.
Shame on half the American public for allowing themselves to have their morality turned upside down and for allowing themselves to be dumbed down so badly. The half that can still think logically have a job ahead of them.
"i wonder if well get his medical records ... birthmarks, for example, might be interesting to know about."
Wear tinfoil much? ;)
Last night I saw upon the stair
A little man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
Oh, how I wish he'd go away
The man without a past.
And a bleak future, which will hurt everyone involved.
"..was pounded by democrats and the media, given absolutely no praise just slaps he was given nothing."
He never tried to defend himself and his silence gave his detractors the impression of guilt. Many of GW's problems were self-created. I voted for him twice but his only legacy that I can think of is Obama. His depressive daze may be caused by the knowledge of some deep dark secrets that are about to be unleashed in our country. (Why did he never question Obama's legitimacy for POTUS? And what about Cheney?))
"...I feel sorry for him, yes he made missteps but he did alot of good things but no words of encouragement, nothing."
What did he do good? What did he do good that qualifies him to be president? Should a proven liar with a long history of violent terrorist friends and hate-mongering mentors be encouraged to be president?
There are many serious reasons why he should never been allowed to hold any public office or govt job at all.
"Conspiratorial nutzies on the loose!"
Oh really. Since when is one considered a "nut" for wanting to know that our future president and commander-in-chief is in fact eligible to hold that position?
Would Reagan care? You bet he would. May I ask why you believe that Obama is refusing to provide Americans with his birth certificate? And why has he hidden all of his college and medical records? Also, why don't you care?
"The Omen" and "The Omen II" come to mind ...
Whatever, Oliver Stoned! LMAO
Man without a past,
nation without a future.
It irked me how the left was snickering about McCain being 894th in his class of 899, but 0bambi never released his records for scrutiny.
He got in under affirmative action and probably graduated dead last in his class. He was so busy smoking dope and snorting crack that he barely graduated.
That's why he has to hide it.
Nobody remembers him from Columbia University. Where is his diploma? Does it say Barry Soetero and did he get in as an Indonesian foreign student?
When he said he "did good," I believe Burlem was referring to President Bush, not Obama.
I see you are completely without substantive response to anything.
Excellent article from an attentive Norwegian citizen. I left a commentary in honor of the excellent effort.
These threads have been attracting some very rude posters, recently, who just engage in name-calling without providing substantive answers.
Sorry, bucko. I don't accept your premise or your attempt to equate Reagan with a buncha kook ideas.
Obama won the election. Get over it and get on with it. You'd be better off putting your energy into advancing the conservative agenda and working to get conservatives elected in 2010.
Three sixes..
Reagan Man's entire posting history is a litany of substanceless flame baiting of conservative positions.
"The man without a past."
He definitely has a past, but no one seems to bother what that past may be. How can this country vote for a POTUS who is a total enigma? This country is standing on the railroad tracks observing a train coming at full speed at it.
>What is going on???
Those that are in power are no-longer "of the peopple" and are willing to flaunt it.
I believe it was Heinlein, in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, who wrote: Government does not want a moral people, because a moral people are free; instead it wants laws that are so cumbersome and complex that you cannot help but break them, for that is how a government holds power over people. {Or something very similar.}
You're the one promoting off the wall notions.
I'm just pointing out your lunacy.
Sitting in His Nowhere Land....
Making all His Nowhere Plans.....
For Nobody.....
Name one.
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History and background of Christian Dior. Christian Dior was born in Normandy, France in 1905, and channeled his love for art by opening an art gallery. In 1938, he entered the fashion world as a designer for Robert Piquet. Read more about Christian Dior
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for Men: Sauvage , Dior Homme Intense , Fahrenheit , Eau Sauvage , Dior Homme , more
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Customer Comments
I appreciated the quick response to my order. I had not been able to get this particular fragrance at the departments stores in our area. I was glad to be able to see that this fragrance was available from your company online and at a slightly lower price than some other online companies.
B. Volk (Carmel, IN)
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- Clean & fresh (4)
- Great smell (3)
Best Uses
Reviewed by 4 customers
- Clean & Fresh
- Great Smell
- Doesn't Hold
Best Uses
Comments about Escale Aux Marquises By Christian Dior:
Soft and fresh. Perfect for Summer.
- Fragrance Type:
- Citrus/Fruity, Fresh/Aquatic
- Clean & Fresh
- Draws Compliments
- Great Smell
- Not Overpowering
- Sensual
Best Uses
- Anytime
- Evening Use
- Signature Fragrance
- Special Occasions
Comments about Escale Aux Marquises By Christian Dior:
I first bought this perfume in a duty free store and fell in love with it. Unfortunately it is hard to find these days. I usually get compliments when I am wearing it and my husband loves it on me too. I was thrilled to find it at FrangranceX.
- Fragrance Type:
- Floral
- Clean & Fresh
- Draws Compliments
- Great Smell
- Sensual
Best Uses
- Anytime
- Daily Use
- Evening Use
Comments about Escale Aux Marquises By Christian Dior:
This is a really Nice perfume, go try it;)
- Fragrance Type:
- Floral
- Clean & Fresh
- Doesn't Hold
- Too Weak
Best Uses
- Daily Use
Comments about Escale Aux Marquises By Christian Dior:
This perfume does not hold a all.
For a DIOR I would say this is the worst I have had.
Can't beleive that is a DIOR- good to go to the gym- not more than that.
Casual wear for this perfume- poor value!
- Fragrance Type:
- Citrus/Fruity


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