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McGehee satisfies fan's wish with three homers
By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com
McGehee told Clayton's story after belting three home runs in the Brewers' series-clinching, 10-5 win over the Cardinals on Wednesday at Miller Park. He'd met Clayton on the field before the game, and was trying to draw out some conversation. Clayton was shy, so his mom, Jennifer, and dad, Ben, tried to drive some conversation. Mom blurted out that McGehee should hit a homer for Clayton.
"Honestly, I feel a little bad about it now," Jennifer Wollner said Thursday morning. "I didn't know he hadn't really been hitting this season."
McGehee had not homered since July 6. He had one home run in his previous 65 games.
Then something special happened.
McGehee hit a go-ahead two-run home run off Cardinals starter Edwin Jackson in the first inning. McGehee hit another go-ahead two-run homer off Jackson in the third for his second career multihomer game, and then connected on a solo shot in the seventh for what McGehee believes was the first three-homer game of his life.
He called it "one of those out of body experiences," and before reporters broke away from McGehee's locker on Wednesday afternoon, he urged them to stay for the story about Clayton.
"I want to bring him to Houston with me, and then we're going to go to St. Louis," said McGehee, perhaps joking, perhaps not, about the team's upcoming road trip. "I want to get him a locker -- we have a little space right here. Hopefully, we're going to track Clayton down."
Mission accomplished.
It turns out that Clayton Wollner loves baseball, but was forced to sit on the bench this summer. He was born with a condition called craniosynostosis, which prevents his skull from growing properly. He's had seven surgeries, the most recent on July 13 at Children's Hospital. He will need more surgeries in his life.
It is the same condition that Jorge Posada Jr., the son of the Yankees veteran, has dealt with throughout his young life.
"It's not a life-threatening condition, but it's one you have to keep up on," Jennifer Wollner said. "As he continues to grow, his skull won't grow right, and that means his brain can't grow right."
The Wollners were hoping that someone might simply be able to call Clayton with a message of support, to keep his chin up, and through some family ties with Fox Sports Wisconsin, their request reached the Brewers. An invitation to a ballgame followed, along with a surprise tour of Miller Park and an even more surprising opportunity to stand on the field while the Cardinals took batting practice.
Suddenly, there was McGehee, a Brewer in the flesh. He wanted to meet Clayton because this is a cause dear to his own heart. Casey and Sarah McGehee's first child, a bundle of energy named Mack, was born with cerebral palsy.
McGehee spent 15 minutes talking with the Wollners, and then it was game time. Who knew it would be such a memorable game?
The Wollners had not even made it home to Sussex before McGehee's story about Clayton aired on the radio and the phone calls started coming. Everybody wanted to know: Is this your Clayton?
"We never expected any of this," Jennifer said. "And we're not expecting anything further than this. We've read the articles and joked about [meeting McGehee again], but we've kept the expectations very low. We appreciated our time with him, and were just blown away by our whole day.
"When he hit the first home run we were like, 'Oh, my gosh, this is so fun!' When it got to three, we were kind of speechless." McGehee was on a bit of his roll before he met his new good-luck charm. He entered Wednesday's crucial series finale against the Cardinals batting .321 over his previous 15 games and .360 in the first eight games of the team's long homestand.
With Wednesday's 3-for-4 performance, McGehee went 7-for-14 in the three games against the Cardinals. His batting average is back up to a more palatable .240. He's spent the past two games back in his usual five-hole, the spot from which McGehee led the Brewers last season with 104 RBIs. "I'm starting to feel like my old self again," he said.
That would be extremely good news for the Brewers, who have been more offensively inconsistent than expected this season. The lack of production from the fifth spot is one tangible reason. The team entered Wednesday ranked 28th of 30 big league teams with 40 RBIs from No. 5 hitters, and 29th with a .576 OPS.
"If Casey can do it, it's big for what we do," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "He's been good for a while now, so today's ballgame was outstanding. Hopefully, we can get that production he gave the club last year and the half-year before."
McGehee has sensed turning points before, only to fall back into his slump. But he has slowly showed signs of graduating from ground balls pounded toward shortstop to fly balls to center field to line drives toward right, where McGehee finds most of his power.
He had been making louder outs before his current streak of success, and managed to say, "the heck with it," when even the quality at-bats led to outs.
Now some of those well-struck baseballs are starting to fall. On Wednesday, three of them fell over the fence.
"I've had a couple of times where I've had a 'look yourself in the mirror' moment," McGehee said. "I came to the realization that if, God forbid, I've got to go out, I'm going to go out the way I know how. I don't feel like it's my time to go.
"That's the only way I know how to do things -- keep going after it, keep fighting it. It's how I got here, and how I plan on staying here."
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brew Beat, and follow him on Twitter at @AdamMcCalvy. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Skip to comments.Union protests at Los Angeles airport, threatening to disrupt holiday travel (Union thugs)
Posted on 11/21/2012 3:16:23 PM PST by jazusamo
LOS ANGELES A labor dispute at Americas third busiest airport is promising to turn what is already a bad travel day into a nightmare.
One of the nations biggest unions plans to effectively block two entrances into Los Angles International airport, a protest police fear will turn the streets outside into a parking lot at a time when tens of thousands of cars are pouring into the airport.
The Service Employees International Union, or SEIU, claims a company that employs 450 sky caps, cabin cleaners and security workers at LAX illegally broke a contract and is in violation of the citys living wage ordinance.
That company, Aviation Safeguards, claims thats inaccurate, saying 52 percent of its workers voted to decertify the SEIU. It also says employee pay has increased by more than $2 million since workers kicked the union out to compensate for changes in their health care policies.
In protest, and with five additional LAX contracts expiring at the end of November, SEIU chose the busiest travel day of the year to bring attention to its cause. Asked what the SEIU had to say to the thousands of Californians who could miss their flights because of the protest, spokesman Ernesto Guerrero said, we understand the inconvenience, but workers here are making the decisions of life.
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Hopefully they are sowing the seeds of their own demise but judging by the last election, the box-of-rocks electorate will not make the connection.
Where Union jackasses are put in their place, either by being de-Certified, or by failing in attempts to Unionize (see Wal-Mart), they send in the clowns trying to disrupt business and to screw the customers.
If this isn't the Socialist Workers' Party now taking over ALL of Amerika, I don't know what is.
Kick Union asses out of ALL Government Employment, and replace them with 50% less people who actually do meaningful WORK (that INCLUDES the Teachers, Police, Fire, etc., who work for We The People, NOT Union Bosses who extort the Taxpayer for ludicrous wages/benefits/Retirements, and DUES).
Sadly I agree, it's really difficult once getting to voting age to overcome dumb.
So the union lost a decertification election and plans to disrupt the airport to demonstrate that no one else should ever try this again. This is pure thuggery and they should be treated as such. However, they will probably be served tea and cookies instead.
If it weren't for the Takeover of the Court System by Communist Sympathizers (Activist Liberal Judges and Trial Lawyers), the public sector unions would have been brought up on Organized Crime/Extortion/Fraud/RICO Charges LONG AGO.
My daughter just missed her flight home for Thanksgiving because of these jerks.
Hopefully she'll make another flight so you all can enjoy Thanksgiving.
just arrest the idiots! Cannot let a group of agi-props to hurt people en mass!
BTW the "living wage" mandated in LA is $10.70/hr pay and $4.67 in health benefits.
Same thing.
Eugene, Oregon libs were trying to push it through a couple or so years ago and the small business owners turned out in force to tell the city council they'd leave enmasse (sp) if it passed.
Fortunately even the lib council had enough sense not to pass it.
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That's Love: Kanye Proposed To Kim Kardashian Last Night And Here Are All The Details
Kanye West Proposed To Kim Kardashian
Well, what a nice way to celebrate a birthday. After she posted that IG pic, we totally get why Kanye West decided to go ahead and put a ring on it. Here are all of the details:
Yeezy rented out AT&T Park in San Francisco (where the Giants play) for a few family members and friends. He apparently asked Kris Jenner for Kim's hand in marriage a few days leading up to the big night. Yeezy did it the old-fashioned way, getting down on one knee and presenting Kim with a 15-carat ring made by Lorraine Schwartz.
As soon as she said yes, Kanye had an orchestra play Lana Del Rey's "Young and Beautiful" followed by Keri Hilson and Kanye's "Knock You Down."
Well isn't that special…Congrats to the happy couple. To celebrate, here are pics of the two of them together and seemingly happy maybe.
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In a speech before the world's press, Gov. Tom Corbett said, "We must keep in mind that when it comes to the safety of children, there can be no margin for error, no hesitation to act." It was the same authoritative tone he took when chastising Joe Paterno for not doing more to stop Jerry Sandusky.
Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
It is Tom Corbett himself who is most guilty of hesitating. Hesitating to appropriately staff the Sandusky investigation, and hesitating for years to make an arrest -- both of which may have jeopardized the safety of children. That hesitation, and the stonewalling that Corbett has now employed, has created an intense firestorm around the governor.
Given the unprecedented nature of the Penn State scandal, this issue is not going away. In fact, if Corbett doesn't come forward with answers, it promises to be the Number One issue in his 2014 re-election campaign.
Last week, the governor responded to Freindly Fire's Open Letter, which had requested specifics on key issues. But rather than answering any questions, the Corbett response raised even more red flags.
The Corbett response stated, "Grand juries take time. Evidence in decades-old molestations must be reassembled. A moral certainty of conviction must be reached ... Where does Mr. Freind think that decade's worth of evidence came from? It had to be gathered, reluctant witness-by-reluctant witness, with accompanying corroborating evidence."
Absolutely correct -- and precisely Freindly Fire's point. Corbett is admitting that this high-profile case required a tremendous amount of work. So why were so few investigating it?
Here's the bottom line. The Sandusky investigation took three years, was reportedly staffed by a single investigator at the outset, and later spearheaded by two narcotics agents, neither of whom had any experience in child molestation cases. Compare this to the army of investigators Corbett used in the "Bonusgate" political corruption probe, including, sources say, agents from child predator units.
Given those facts, it seems logical that there can be only one of two explanations:
1) Politics: It doesn't take a genius to know that sullying the reputation of the state's largest university and taking down its legendary football coach would be a monumental challenge to any candidate running for governor. This would have been particularly true in Corbett's case, given that his opponent, Dan Onorato, was a Penn State alumnus.
And the might of Penn State's massive alumni network was just illustrated, where 76,000 alumni donated much of the $208 million the university raised this year.
So was the understaffed investigation dragged out in such a fashion that the arrests were not made until after the 2010 gubernatorial election?
2) Priorities: Or was the Sandusky case mishandled because Tom Corbett did not prioritize catching child predators?
If politics played no role, then Tom Corbett clearly prioritized corrupt politicians, who we will always have, over taking a serial child rapist off the street. One can only wonder how many more victims Sandusky molested while he was under investigation.
Corbett admitted worrying that Sandusky could still be victimizing boys during the lengthy investigation, stating, "It was a calculated risk." (CBS Philadelphia/KYW New Radio, June 26, 2012)
So Corbett knew of the risk, and yet decided that investigating a child-victimizing monster was worthy of only two investigators.
What's even more telling is the fact that, upon Corbett becoming governor, he immediately ordered state police resources to the case. Why wasn't that done before? So again, the question has to be asked whether Corbett, as attorney general, ever requested additional assistance from then-Gov. Ed Rendell, himself a highly respected former prosecutor.
If the answers are in the negative, as they appear to be, what were Corbett's motives in choosing to stay with such a bare-boned investigative staff?
No one has suggested that Sandusky should have been arrested before evidence was gathered. Common sense dictated that at least two or three solid cases be assembled before an arrest was made, and numerous prosecutors with no ax to grind have stated that strategy would have been a viable one.
But, as has been stated in the media, Corbett waited to have at least 10 cases before making an arrest, which just boggles the mind.
Instead, a predator was given three more years to victimize his prey.
No wonder the governor doesn't want to answer questions.
So the stonewalling continues. There are still no answers as to why Bonusgate investigators were not ordered to work the Sandusky case, and why, sources say, Attorney General agents, including those in child predator units, were pulled from other cases to assist with that corruption probe.
Gov. Corbett also failed to answer the Open Letter's other questions, including why he did not consider it a conflict of interest to serve on the Penn State Board of Trustees while simultaneously investigating it, and why he approved the $3 million taxpayer grant to Sandusky's charity, The Second Mile, when he could have simply done nothing or vetoed it without raising one eyebrow.
The latter is particularly compelling since $640,000 in campaign contributions were made from Second Mile board members and affiliates to Corbett's Attorney General and gubernatorial races.
Rather than invoking "space aliens," as he did in his response, Gov. Corbett would be better served by coming clean with the only thing that matters: The truth.
There is no such thing as "fair and balanced." There is only truth and accuracy. It is time for Tom Corbett to tell the whole truth -- accurately -- regarding the very troubling Jerry Sandusky investigation.
The best place to start? Answer the questions. And the truth shall set you free.
Chris Freind is an independent columnist, television/radio commentator, and investigative reporter who operates his own news bureau, www.FreindlyFireZone.com


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Use the following terms to fill in the blanks: woman, man, newborn, adolescent, and infant. (To see the answers, highlight the blank space with your mouse.)
A person from birth to 1 month of age is a(n) newborn.
A female person older than 18 years is a(n) woman.
A male person older than 18 years is a(n) man.
A person aged 1 month to 1 year is a(n) infant.
A person aged 13 through 17 years is a(n) adolescent.
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Paying the Costs of the Health Law's Travails
After HealthCare.gov is finally fixed, will administration heads roll?
In the aftermath of President Barack Obama's Thursday news conference in which he accepted responsibility for a litany of problems with the administration's new health-care insurance program, even some Democrats have begun calling for him to fire the administration employees responsible for the botched rollout.
Mr. Obama's adviser, David Plouffe, was asked Sunday on ABC News' "This Week" whether administration staffers involved in the website snafu would be held accountable for fouling up the kickoff of the president's signature legislative achievement.
"I think once the website gets fixed, and it will, then you have to step back and say, 'OK, what do I need to have confidence going forward that I can…implement this law?'" Mr. Plouffe responded. "The fundamental question is: Once you have stabilized, how do you give confidence to the American people and to the president himself that you have this under control going forward?"
White House officials have suggested that while all hands are needed to fix the website problems—a process not likely to be completed until December—some staffers may be called on the carpet after the enrollment program is up and running.
The White House is conducting a self-assessment in the wake of the health-law launch, "recognizing that administration officials missed warning signs and put too much trust in their management practices."
While no single individual had sole responsibility for leading the implementation of the Affordable Care Act—in fact, critics say that was part of the problem—Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is the public face of the effort. Her halting public responses to questions about the mounting problems last month led to speculation about whether she would be asked to resign.
Mr. Obama didn't directly address the possibility of firings in his lengthy press conference Thursday, in which he apologized for the problems.
Afterward, Democratic West Virginia Rep. Nick Rahall told CNN that heads "should have rolled" at the White House after the website problems came to light. Mr. Rahall added that a public furor over the health-care mess could affect his re-election bid next year.


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Fiske to get shot at UMass
AMHERST - Jordan Fiske doesn't have a scholarship to play football at the University of Massachusetts. The preferred walk-on will get as much of a chance to have a role with the Minutemen as the 2014 scholarship class.
"I don't know many of the guys right now. I've always treated them that way," said UMass coach Mark Whipple after National Signing Day concluded on Wednesday. "The bottom line is that the best players play. There's a scoreboard out there for a reason."
Fiske, who graduated from Wahconah in 2013, is part of a 24-player recruiting class. Fiske is one of five Massachusetts football players in Whipple's first recruiting class.
Ten of the 24 members of the new class are either offensive or defensive linemen. It's a group the new UMass coach is pleased with.
"Like everybody else in the country, we're happy. Time will tell, but I think we've got some good kids," Whipple said after all the letters of intent were returned. "I think we have some good students and guys that fit UMass.
"I think our staff and the people at UMass did a great job in selling the product and selling the university and it all paid off."
As far as being a walk-on, Whipple said that once the bell actually rings for spring practice, players like Fiske will get an opportunity to show what he can do. And it's not like walk-ons haven't been successful here.
"If you look back, you have James Ihedigbo had a really good career [starting] as a walk-on. Kole Ayi had a pretty good career as a walk-on," said Whipple. "We've always had those kind of guys.
"We'll need those again."
Aye walked on at UMass and ended up playing two NFL seasons with New England and St. Louis. He was on the Rams roster in 2001 when they lost to the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVI.
Ihedigbo walked on at UMass out of Northampton High School. He signed with the New York Jets as a free agent. He spent three years there, was a member of the 2011 Patriots and is now in Baltimore. He was part of Ravens team that won Super Bowl XLVII in 2012.
Whipple and his staff have players coming here from five different states. Two of them, quarterback Blake Frohnapfel and wide receiver Alex Kenney, are postgraduate students. Frohnapfel played at Marshall and Kenney came from Penn State.
The Minutemen brought in three quarterbacks to compete for the starting job in Whipple's pro-style offense. There are also two other tight ends - Jon Denton from Coffeyville (Kansas) Community College and Jean Sifrin - on the list of signees. The first-year head coach said that Fiske will get an opportunity to show what he can do, and in fact, has already done some of that.
"We've had five sessions with him. I noticed him the other day, and I think he's got ability," Whipple said of Fiske. "He's got athletic ability. We haven't given them the total playbook, but we have given them things to study.
"It's a big jump from [high school] to college, mentally and physically. The reports from the strength coaches have been great. The attitude has been great. It's been really good."
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Coweta County Sheriff's body armor to be upgraded
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
COWETA COUNTY, Ga. - Adhering to the adage "Better safe than sorry," the Coweta County Sheriff''s Department will upgrade the body armor worn by deputies. Second Chance Body Armor, the maker of the vests worn by Coweta deputies, in September warned customers that two styles of its vests wear out faster than expected and that there is potential risk to officers.
The vests are made with a super-strength fiber called Zylon. Second Chance routinely tests vests worn in the field by law enforcement officers.
The company is providing free armor panels that are inserted easily into pouches on the front and back of the vests, said company spokesman Greg Smith.
About 80 of the 175 Coweta department''s employees wear body armor, said Sheriff Mike Yeager.
"If there is a possibility one out of 100 [vests] might fail, one of 1,000 might fail, we''re working with the company to upgrade," Yeager said.
Yeager said the department may test some of its own vests to ease concerns of officers.
"Age, exposure to heat, humidity, sunlight, wear, care . . . and other factors all can have an impact on the performance of any used armor," Second Chance President Paul Banducci said in a letter posted on the company''s Web site. "You just can''t tell without ballistic tests that destroy the armor."
The body armor worn by law enforcement officers is replaced typically every three to five years, and Coweta County is no different.
The department buys 12-24 vests a year, Yeager said.
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Vertigo is the forty-fourth episode of Code Lyoko. It aired on October 24, 2005.
The episode starts out in Sector 5. The transport orb flies in and drops off the whole gang. After a short wait, the door opens and the three-minute timer starts up. On their way to the switch, three Creepers arrive to cause trouble. Jeremie locates the switch and sends Odd to hit it due to its location on the wall. Odd is hit a couple times on his way up as Ulrich and Yumi deal with the Creepers. Yumi knocks out two of them with Ulrich's help. The third chases Odd down and delivers a kill shot just as he's about to hit the switch. Luckily for the others, his hand reaches the switch before he devirtualizes completely.
After a short elevator ride, the others arrive at the access panel. Aelita gets to work while the others stand guard. As always, Mantas hatch to impede their progress. They hatch on the wrong side of the region, however, giving the others some breathing time. This time is cut short by the arrival of the last Creeper. It devirtualizes Yumi as Aelita finishes her work on the panel. Ulrich destroys it and Jeremie sends the Overbike so they can escape. During their escape, the Mantas show off a new trick. It seems they have the ability to drop mines from a hold on their underbellies. None of these mines manage to hit Aelita or Ulrich.
Back on Earth, Jeremie gets to work with the data Aelita retrieved. Aelita stays with him to help. He says that it contains virus code that might help cure Aelita. Odd mentions that there's a climbing contest. Ulrich doesn't want to go, but won't say why. Yumi manages to convince him to come, but not before making a quip about how Odd found a sport where being scrawny is a plus.
At the gym, Odd is racing Herb to the top of the climbing wall. Odd easily wins the contest since Herb falls halfway up. Ulrich is up next, but still refuses to go. Even a challenge by William won't move him. Yumi's encouragement does the trick. While climbing, the scene from Ulrich's point of view suggests a fear of heights. William is far ahead of him, teasing him with comments about how he's Spider-man. Ulrich ends up falling. Sure enough, it turns out he has vertigo. He won't directly admit it, but his silence speaks volumes. He leaves the gym to go sulk. Yumi tries to follow, but Odd suggests that she let him get over his loss.
At the factory, Jeremie's analysis reveals that he's found the antivirus. Both Aelita and Jeremie are understandably excited about the discovery. Jeremie is somewhat reluctant to apply the antivirus immediately, but Aelita convinces him to do it. During the process, some problem forces Jeremie to go to the scanner room and force the doors open. Aelita seems fine despite the problem. They head off to tell the others.
At the school, Odd and Yumi have no luck finding Ulrich. Aelita and Jeremie arrive and give them the good news. Yumi thinks that they should find Ulrich before shutting XANA down. When informed of what happened, Jeremie knows exactly where to find Ulrich. Odd and Yumi head there. In the forest, Ulrich is sitting by a tree breaking sticks in half. He hears some rustling which turns out to be Odd and Yumi. He's gotten over his loss by now. More rustling reveals a pack of wolves. They're the same ones from Aelita's visions. The group is forced to run.
While waiting for them in Jeremie's room, Aelita starts having a headache. She insists that it's nothing, but Jeremie doesn't seem convinced. She heads back to her room to lie down. On the way, her hands begin to disappear. Sissi shows up and starts going on about how Aelita will never get a date with the way she dresses. All the while, more and more of Aelita disappears. By the end of Sissi's speech, she's gone completely. Jeremie finds an activated tower around the same time. The door to his room opens without anyone to do so. Aelita is heard talking, but can't be seen. Jeremie searches randomly through thin air for her. He finds her, but her exclamation at him doing so suggests he didn't do so in the best way. He calls the others on the way to the factory, but only gets Yumi's voicemail.
Back in the woods, the group is forced to climb a small cliff. Odd and Yumi make it up fine, but Ulrich doesn't fare as well. One of the wolves grabs his shoe. Ulrich is able to kick the wolf off. Odd and Yumi continue to encourage him. He eventually makes it near the top, but loses his footing. Yumi catches him and drags him the rest of the way up. They're now able to get a hold of Jeremie. Since the wolves have them trapped, they can't help.
At the factory, Aelita is forced to go to Lyoko alone. She is visible on Lyoko, and happy to be so. Jeremie gives her the Overwing to take to the tower. The trip is uneventful, since not one monster attempts to stop her. The reasoning for this is made clear when she reaches the tower. The tower is inside a cave at the base of a river. Several stepping stones are on the water to provide a path. When Aelita tries to enter it, she bangs her head on the surface. It seems the antivirus has made it so the tower doesn't recognize her.
In the woods, more wolves manage to corner the group at the top of the cliff. A punch from Ulrich reveals that they're illusions. They shake them off easily, but Ulrich gets to close to the edge and falls. The trees along the way slow him enough to prevent injury. They continue to wave away the illusions until only three wolves are left. These three are quite real. Jeremie calls and tells them about Aelita. Ulrich stays to distract the wolves while Odd and Yumi head to the factory.
On Lyoko, the Scyphozoa arrives to get Aelita. She isn't quite so frightened this time, and freezes the overgrown jellyfish in an ice pillar. Oddly enough, she uses her power a second time to make a new bridge since the pillar is blocking the old one. Two Hornets arrive to keep her trapped. Odd and Yumi arrive and head for the tower. A Megatank drops by to stop them. It manages to take out Yumi's Overwing and subsequently Yumi herself. Odd dodges several shots from it and crashes his Overboard directly into its eye. Needless to say, neither vehicle nor monster survive. Odd continues his trip to the tower.
In the woods, Ulrich has managed to stay a step ahead of the wolves. He heads for the factory with them hot on his heels. He calls Jeremie as he arrives, but their conversation is cut short when the wolves tackle him. Jeremie can see both Ulrich and the wolves on the screen thanks to the cameras.
Back at the cave, the Scyphozoa cuts itself free and grabs Aelita. Odd arrives at the scene, but can't get by the Hornet guards. Since they aren't paying attention, he decides to swim into the cave to avoid them. He pops up directly under the Scyphozoa and chases it off. Aelita heads for tower. The Hornets come by to stop her, but give up when she gets inside.
Ulrich is tired from fighting the wolves and tries to climb down the rope. He makes it about halfway down before falling. Yumi wants to help when the wolves surround him, but Jeremie assures her that the tower is nearly deactivated. Aelita shuts it off just as the wolves start tugging on Ulrich's limbs. Jeremie activates a return trip since Ulrich doesn't seem in the best of shape.
At the gym again, Ulrich openly admits he has vertigo when William challenges him. He also happens to know of William's fear of spiders. It seems Sissi found out somehow and told him. William is annoyed by it, obviously. As the group leaves the gym, Odd questions Aelita on what being invisible is like. He says he always wondered what it would be like and even mentions Sue (Invisible Woman) from the Fantastic Four. The episode ends on that.
- When Aelita freezes the Scyphozoa, it faces the tower, but when Aelita jumps on the ice, the Scyphozoa is faceing the other way.
- In this episode the viewers learn that Ulrich has vertigo and that William has a fear of spiders.
|Preceded by:
XANA's Kiss
|Code: LYOKO episode
October 24, 2004
|Succeeded by:
Cold War


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Bryant was asked which current player hed most like to team up with and he chose Anthony. I would actually like to play with Melo, Bryant said.
Championships are won on the inside and Im always thinking about winning the title. I would love to play with Melo because I would know that I have an inside presence. Thats really been the biggest strength with our Lakers team. We have a lot of guys who can play in the post, and thats how you win championships.
I can post, Lamar [Odom] can post, Ron [Artest] can post, Pau [Gasol] can post and Andrew [Bynum] can post. Teams are usually lucky if they have one guy that can control the block. But yeah, I would love to play with Melo.
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State troopers at Sidney arrested 23-year-old Jonathon Parsons of Bethel for Unlawful Possession of Marihuana. The arrest resulted from a vehicle stop in Bainbridge; Parsons was issued an Appearance Ticket returnable to the Village of Bainbridge Court on June 13th.
State Troopers arrested 32-year-old Chad Pedley of Harpursville, for Felony DWI with a BAC of .18%, Felony Aggravated Unlicensed Operation, and Failure to Use an Interlock Device. The arrest stemmed from a traffic stop on Interstate 81 in Kirkwood, PEDLEY was issued tickets returnable to the Town of Kirkwood Court on June 6th.
Reality Check members at Delaware Academy did a walking tobacco audit of 4 tobacco retailers located in Delhi, They noted the type of ads on the outside or inside of the store, placement of ads, total number of ads and youth appeal marketing. "Big Tobacco in YOUR Community" is the name of the video of their findings; it will be released today, which also happens to be "World No Tobacco Day". The video may be viewed on YouTube or at Reality Check's Facebook page at facebook.com/realitycheckdos. More information is available at 518-255-5387
State fair officials announced free concerts at the Great New York State Fair's Chevy Court stage this summer. George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic will performing on Friday, August 23rd; Styx will perform on Sunday, August 25th; Vince Gill on Wednesday, August 28th; O.A.R. on Saturday, August 31st; Dickey Betts, from The Allman Brothers Band, on Sunday, September 1st and the Happy Together Tour with performers from The Turtles, 3 Dog Night, Paul Revere & The Raiders and Gary Lewis, on Sunday, September 1st. Grandstand concerts at the State fair this year will include Carly Rae Jepsen, Reba McIntyre, Toby Keith and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
The Bullthistle Model Railroad Society, Chenango County Historical Society, and Northeast Classic Car Museum are participating in "Path Through History Weekends" and "I Love NY Museum Week". The Path Through History Weekends will be held June 1st & 2nd and June 8th & 9th. The 3 Norwich museums will offer a 3-Museum Pass, with an admission ticket to each of the three museums for the discounted rate of just $11.
The Sidney Central School District announced that they would hold their High School Graduation on Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 10:00am in the Transportation Center. There will be NO PARKING at the transportation center or athletic fields, with the exception of handicapped parking. All attendees should park in the high school parking lots where there will be shuttle buses available to take people there and back.


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BASTAD, Sweden, July 18 (UPI) -- Polona Hercog ousted second-seeded Julia Goerges in Wednesday's second-round play of the Sony Swedish Open in Bastad.
Hercog came away a 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 winner over Goerges behind a solid serving game. She won nearly two-thirds of the points on serve. She also took almost half (39-40) of the points when Goerges served, piling up five breaks.
The tournament also lost its No. 1 seed when Sara Errani withdrew due to a shoulder injury. Errani was coming off a win Sunday at the Italizcom Open.
She was replaced in the draw by Jill Craybas but her stay was short-lived as she fell to Mathilde Johansson 6-4, 6-1 in a first-round match.
The final first-round match saw local favorite Johanna Larsson advance when, after Larsson went up 7-6 (8-6), 4-3, Olga Govortsova retired.
In second-round matches, No. 5-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova stopped Silvia Soler-Espinosa 6-4, 6-0, losing only nine points in the second set; seventh-seeded Mona Barthel defeated Kateryna Bondarenko; and Tsvetana Pironkova advanced over Lesia Tsurenko 7-5, 6-3.


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|Without insurance, value of shipping up to 25 Euro. Letter up to 50 gr.
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|Value of shipping above 25Euro. Flat rate.
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Shipping fees to abroad
Without insurance value of shipping up to 25 Euro.
Letter up to 50 gr.
|Letter up to 50 gr.
|Letter up to 500gr.
|Letter up to 1Kg
|Letter up to 2Kg
|Parcel up to 5 Kg
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Discussion in 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' started by Trekmaster555, Mar 3, 2008.
the whole Deep Space nine series should get remastered.
No, it shouldn't. Why do you think it should, if I may ask? I'm all for upgrading the picture and sound quality, but they shouldn't mess with the effects like they did with TOS-R. Aside from the usually very good FX work on DS9, I don't understand how changing the effects would improve the show story-wise. I for one watch DS9 because of the stories. Effects aren't that important to tell a story.
I for one don't understand why they altered TOS. I like to see the episodes as they originally aired. There's just no reason to remaster DS9. Even when you compare the early seasons of DS9 to the early seasons of TNG, the FX hold up quite well.
I think DS9's FX is great, I love that they used models and not CGI.
Why? The visual effects haven't aged that much.
I could see remastering an episode or two to eliminate stock footage (*cough*"WhatYouLeaveBehind"*cough*), but the entire series? Nope. No need for it.
I don't generally agree with the remastering... I don't think DS9 needs it.
They don't really have a choice. If DS9 is ever to be aired in HD, the whole thing will have to be remastered. It's unavoidable. That's because DS9 (in addition to TNG and Voyager) was edited on videotape, which is also where all the effects were done. Since videotape is not airable in HD, all effects would have to be redone in order to make it so.
Even if they didn't do *updated* effects, they'd still have to do them all over again, even if they wanted to replicate the original FX exactly.
That being said: They should get rid of the "NX-74205" on the second Defiant.
This could be very expensive, as DS9 has some complicated VFX. Not just battle scenes, but things like Odo's morph will have to be redone as well. Hopefully, they'll have access to the original negatives to make this alot easier. Even then, this will very time consuming and costly.
I can't see DS9 or VOY getting the remastered treatment any time soon, especially as they don't have the same popularity and viewing figures as TOS & TNG.
FYI: DS9 used CGI for ships as early as Season 3's Explorers. Without CGI, we wouldn't have had some of the impressive battle scenes we saw in later seasons.
I'm happy with DS9's effects and I don't really think they need to be remastered.
Of course DS9 isn't exactly the most popular Trek, and I doubt Paramount would make money on remastering DS9. If they decide to air DS9 in HD they will most likely just upscale the image.
AFAIK, they can't do that.
Remember what I said about videotape.
And if they did upscale it (which I don't think is possible) it would look extremely grainy. It would basically look like shit.
The fact that DS9 was assembled on videotape - like TNG and the other modern Treks - actually means that "remastering" for HD would be so hellaciously complicated that it will probably never be done.
With TOS, film originals of the episodes exist. With the modern Treks, all that exists on film are millions of original shots, pre-editing. Actually, to say that they still exist, much less could be transferred to HD and then edited to recreate the shows, is an optimistic assumption.
The only Trek we'll see in HD other than TOS is the final season of "Enterprise."
Well, I think all of ENT is available in highdef (Wiki). The last season was shot digitally instead of more conventional methods.
I was pleased to see "Star Trek" get the remaster treatment, especially if it helps a new generation find the show. However, I concur that re-doing DS9 would be extremely difficult.
I would watch TNG remastered if only for the appearance of DS9 in Birthright.
It's fine the way it is now
I would love to see it but it's unlikely. I would say WYLB needs the most work of the entire series just to get rid of all the stock footage. If they start anywhere it should be there.
TNG would definately be done before DS9 and even VOY before DS9 due to it's popularity in other countries.
Personally, I think this whole re-ing thing is getting out of hand.
I'm not making plans, I'm re-imagining.
I'm not going to the gym, I'm re-mastering.
I'm not shooting myself in the head, I'm re-booting
Maybe it's time to re-evaluate.
The wiki entry indicates that "Enterprise" began broadcasting in HD about half-way through season Three.
Still, the whole series was made to be airable in HD from the start. This is because videotape was never used to edit or to do the effects.
As for TNG, DS9 and Voyager: All of the film footage exists. So they could theoretically remaster all of them as well. It may be complicated beyond imagining, but they could do it. I'm forced to wonder, though, why bother remastering TOS if they didn't have ambitions to do the same for those three series?
Perhaps we'll get a 'Remastered Fan Collective' for each series (or one collective comprising all three).
Separate names with a comma.


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The American Civil War Overview
The fall of Port Hudson in July 1863 eliminated Confederate control of the lower Mississippi River and freed the forces of the newly created Department of the Gulf for employment elsewhere. Major General Nathaniel Banks, the commander of this department, was in agreement with Grant and Admiral Farragut that an expedition against Mobile, Alabama would be the most effective means of rendering support to the proposed operations against Bragg at Chattanooga, which was the highest priority of the Federal forces in the Western Theater.
The authorities in Washington however, had a somewhat different view of the situation. General Halleck, probably at Lincoln's insistence, directed Banks to move his forces against the Confederates in Texas. There were undoubtedly more political considerations than military in this redirection. It was felt to be very important that a Federal presence be re-established in Confederate Texas.
A Federal attempt to move against Sabine Pass at the mouth of the Sabine River in September 1863 ended in dismal failure. A second attempt to reach the Sabine River by an overland march was terminated because of anticipated supply difficulties in hostile territory. Banks fell back upon naval operations to reduce the Texas Gulf Coast ports. Between November and December 1863, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, and Fort Esperanza were occupied by Federal forces. By the beginning of 1864, the only major port in Texas still in Confederate hands was Galveston. In early January, Banks began operations against it also.
Hardly had the Galveston operations begun than Halleck directed Banks to resume the delayed Red River operation against Shreveport, Louisiana. This expedition was to be of a larger scale than the earlier ones, with Banks to receive support from Steele's Federal forces in Arkansas, detachments of Sherman's command in Mississippi, and gunboat support from Farragut under the command of Admiral Porter.
Except for a few weeks in late March and April, when spring rains swell its depth, the Red River was generally non-navigable above Alexandria, Louisiana. Bearing this in mind, Banks planned the operation to get underway by mid-March. However, the Federal plan suffered from serious defects. 10,000 troops from Sherman, to be transported by Porter's gunboats, were to rendezvous with Banks' 17,000 at Alexandria, some 100 miles deep into Confederate controlled territory. Even worse, the junction with Steele's 15,000 troops from Arkansas was to occur at Shreveport, another 150 miles behind Confederate lines. Although Banks was not happy with the situation, and unable to convince his superiors of the pitfalls that might lie ahead, he resolved to try and carry out his orders to the best of his ability.
The overall Confederate commander for the Trans-Mississippi Theater was General Edmund Kirby Smith. Smith could muster about 25,000 men to oppose the Federal operations. Major General Richard Taylor, son of former President Zachary Taylor, was placed in command of Confederate field forces.
Sherman's detachment, under the command of Major General A. J. Smith, were the first to arrive via Porter's gunboats at Alexandria, Louisiana on March 18. Banks' command arrived a week later. On March 27, Banks received new orders from General Grant. Grant required that the operations against Shreveport must be concluded by April 25 because he would need all the troops for operations against Atlanta and Mobile by early May. Based on this new development, Banks considered calling off the campaign. However, he was optimistic that the Confederates would not be able to concentrate in time and even if they were able to do so, that they might choose not to contest the Federal occupation of Shreveport.
By April 3, the Red River had risen enough to allow Banks' transports and thirteen of the smaller gunboats to pass the rapids above Alexandria. The Confederates were still not fully concentrated and were gathered at a plantation about forty miles northwest of the city. Taylor awaited the arrival of two divisions from Sterling Price's forces, under the command of Brigadier General Thomas Churchill before moving against the Federals.
Leaving about 5,000 men to provide security for his line of communications, Banks set off on April 6 with a force of about 24,000 men toward Mansfield. On April 8, his advance elements encountered Taylor's army of about 16,000 occupying an advantageous position on the edge of a small clearing about two miles south of Mansfield. The battle did not begin in earnest until about 4:00 p.m. The Federal troops were sent forward to assault the Confederate positions without proper support for their flanks. This error, in combination with some poor tactical decisions on the part of the Federal commanders, allowed the Southern forces to put the Federals to flight after two hours of bitter fighting. Under the counterattack of Taylor's best troops, the Louisiana division of Alfred Mouton, the Federal divisions of Landram and Cameron fell apart. Only the timely arrival of Emory's division saved the Federal forces from complete disaster.
Banks withdrew during the night to Pleasant Hill, about nine miles southwest of the Confederates. Emory's division was deployed to the front while A. J. Smith's fresh troops formed a second line and reserve. The troops of Landram and Cameron, who had taken such a beating, were sent to the rear to guard the wagons and would take no part in the upcoming fight.
Taylor wanted desperately to complete the destruction of the Federal army. He put his tired troops on the road in pursuit and by 1:00 p.m. on April 9 had reached the vicinity of Pleasant Hill. The Southern forces were allowed to rest for about two hours while Taylor devised a plan of attack. Taylor deployed Churchill's two divisions, unengaged the previous day but still very tired from two day's hard marching, on his right flank with orders to assault the Federal left. Walker's and Mouton's divisions were deployed in the center intending to pin the Union defenders in place. Meanwhile, the Confederate cavalry was to move around the Federal right and place themselves in a position to cut off Banks' expected retreat route.
Unfortunately for Taylor, Churchill's line of assault did not go deep enough against the Federal flank, leaving his own flank exposed to a counterattack by the Union reserve. The Confederate assault was repulsed with heavy loss. The following morning found Banks again having retreated. Kirby Smith reached the battlefield and left Taylor with Mouton's division and the cavalry (about 5,200 troops) to continue to harass Banks withdrawal while taking the remainder to move against Steele in Arkansas. Banks, by this time, had abandoned his attempt to capture Shreveport since he could now expect no help from Steele and he must soon return Sherman's troops.
After several skirmishes and minor engagements between Banks' forces, Porter's fleet and Taylor's pursuing troops, the Federals finally escaped back down the Red River. Sherman's troops were embarked for Vicksburg on May 21-22, and on May 26, the remainder of Banks' command reached Donaldsonville, Louisiana. The Red River Campaign had been a complete failure for the Federals. Banks was relieved of command and Kirby Smith fired Taylor as a result of some angry correspondence between the two Confederate commanders.
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The board meeting Friday in Mountain Home approved the proposal for officials from the ASU-Jonesboro campus to negotiate to establish the campus in Queretaro, Mexico.
ASU system President Charles Welch said the campus would be self-sustaining and provides an opportunity for the university to raise its profile nationally and internationally. Welch says both the ASU faculty Senate and the Student Government Association have endorsed the project.
Queretaro Gov. Jose Calzada Rovirosa and a delegation of government and business officials from the Mexican state visited Jonesboro in September.


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Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery says 45-year-old Lisa Kay Smith was found dead at about 10:30 p.m. Monday. Montgomery says investigators believe Lisa Smith died from head and neck trauma after she was beaten with a claw hammer and knife.
Authorities arrested her boyfriend, David Craig Smith, in her death. Montgomery says David Smith and Lisa Smith were not related, though they shared the same last name.
David Smith is being held without bond at the Baxter County jail on a charge of capital felony murder with aggravating, cruel and unusual circumstances. Authorities did not know if he had an attorney.


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Summaries of EU Legislation
Summaries of EU legislation: direct access to the main summaries page.
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EU framework for state aid in the form of public service compensation
This framework aims to ensure that state aid in the form of public service compensation is compatible with the definition of a service of general economic interest.
Community framework for state aid in the form of public service compensation [Official Journal C 297 of 29.11.2005].
Public service compensation covers the costs incurred by operators carrying out public service tasks set by European Union (EU) country public authorities.
Along the years, both the Commission and the European Court of Justice (ECJ) have defined:
- what state aid is but exempted (see Decision 2005/842/EC);
- what state aid is not and therefore exempted (see European Court of Justice (ECJ) rulings 'Altmark Trans GmbH' (2003) and 'Enirisorse SpA' (2003)).
The aim of this framework is to define rules and principles which specify the conditions under which public service compensation not covered by Decision 2005/842/EC is compatible with Article 106(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) (ex-Article 86 (2) of the Treaty establishing the European Community (TEC)). This framework applies to all activities governed by the TFEU, with the exception of the transport sector and the public service broadcasting sector.
Since EU countries have a wide margin of discretion regarding the nature of services that could be classified as services of general economic interest (SGEI), the Commission's task is to ensure that EU countries do not stray from the definition of a SGEI laid down in Article 106(2) TFEU.
In this regard, the Commission proposes that EU countries' national legislation should provide clear indications as regards:
- the precise nature and duration of public service obligations;
- the undertakings and territory concerned;
- the nature of any exclusive or special rights assigned to the undertaking;
- the parameters for calculating, controlling and reviewing the compensation;
- the arrangements for avoiding and repaying any over-compensation.
Compensation may not exceed the costs of carrying out public service obligations and may only be used for the functioning of the SGEI. Public service compensation includes all advantages granted by the State in whatever form.
Compensation must be used for the operation of the SGEI concerned. Public service compensation granted for operation outside the scope of SGEI is not justified, and consequently constitutes incompatible state aid. The costs to be taken into consideration include all those incurred during the operation of the SGEI.
The revenue to be taken into account must include at least the entire revenue earned from the SGEI. The undertaking receiving public service compensation may, however, enjoy a reasonable profit. EU countries determine what amounts are to be considered reasonable profit. In this regard, they may introduce incentive criteria relating, among other things, to the quality of service provided and gains in productive efficiency.
Over-compensation constitutes incompatible state aid since it does not serve the SGEI's function. Regular preventive checks should therefore be carried out by EU countries.
An over-compensation excess of no more than 10 % of annual compensation may however be carried into the next year. Over-compensation exceeding 10 % may exceptionally be justified if the SGEI's function is served in the context of variable costs. This exceptional situation should be regularly reviewed and not last more than four years.
Transfers of over-compensation may take place where another SGEI is operated by the same undertaking. EU countries must ensure that such transfers are subject to proper account control and transparency according to Directive 80/723/EEC.
Public service compensation is subject to the obligation of prior notification requirement.
This framework will apply for six years following publication in the Official Journal. EU countries must bring their existing schemes regarding public service compensation into line with this framework, within 18 months of publication.
Key terms used in the act
- Services of general economic interest (SGEI): activities inherently economic in nature, such as postal services, telecommunications, transport, or electricity or gas provision. They have a distinct European dimension and are thus regulated by a specific Community legal framework. They are also subject to internal market and competition rules as laid down in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
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>Suggestions and Feature Requests>Post Count/Profile Started Threads
post words. not too many. mostly wisdom.
i find the sunshine beckons me to open up the gate and dream and dream ~~robbie williams
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Feeling the growl again
I think you can get a petty good sense of a poster's experience and expertise by looking at his or her training log.
Heh. I'm a has-been, I kind of hope people DON'T look at my current log. Do as I say, not as I do.
"If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does. There's your pep talk for today. Go Run." -- Slo_Hand
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This thread is a quality thread. It started out kind of weak,and developed strength, just like all runners.
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
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Oh okay............I dream while running, am I overtraining?
Running is stupid
...I dream while running, am I overtraining?
No, you're overdreaming.
Anyone ending a post with a winkie immediately loses 10 points.
+10 to Slytherin
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Heh. I'm a has-been, I kind of hope people DON'T look at my current log. Do as I say, not as I do.
Has-been > never-was
• Recover from 2017
• Surgery in March
• Continue showing Cancer that it's not welcome back. Ever.
• Rebuild to racing and big running & biking miles in 2019
Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.
~ Sarah Kay
So I am guessing this idea is a big NO lol.
Well, my guess is that eric will probably read your suggestion and take it into consideration. He knows enough to ignore the various joking to which we are liable. It sounds like something that won't happen immediately, if at all -- but perhaps the seed has been planted. I certainly have seen "member since 2010" type of descriptions used in other forums, at least.
What would be kind of cool is numbering based upon membership date, kinda like the Marathon Maniacs do. I just like that I'd have a relatively low #. I think Trent and Mikey would have lower #s...I seem to recall Jlynnbob was an early member, too. Even a join date would be kind of intriguing. Wingz and backroadrunner joined right around the time I did (I think it was the 3 of us getting off on tangents that inspired the creation of the Off The Beaten Path board...something about a smell in someone's car). Then there'd be sizable crowd that all joined when Active destroyed CR (which was big drama at the time, but now is ancient history and really benefitted RA in the end, for certain).
Run Fastah 2018
Join date would be a nice option. Sometimes I'd like to know if someone is new when reading a questionable post.
"Don't feel like running today...suck it up and run ...you're an athlete." (John Stanton, founder & owner of The Running Room)
Three half marathons later, I got a number. Half Fanatic #9292. :)
Runners run.
I like that there's none of that stuff and that you have to figure out for yourself who is new, who is old, and, more importantly, who is full of shit.


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Most people don't order special products to make them go bald, but for one day of the year, many make an exception for the "Be Bold, Be Bald!" campaign. Thousands of people don special bald caps in honor of those who have cancer or have dealt with the harsh effects of chemotherapy, which typically results in the loss of hair. Proceeds from the campaign go to actual organizations and projects that are trying to fight cancer, like LiveSTRONG, The Prostate Cancer Foundation, and the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation. So far, the organization has raised $250,000.
"Be Bold, Be Bald!" is a positive way to get involved in increasing awareness and raising funds for cancers that can be prevalent among LGBT people, Love says. Love, a breast cancer expert and member of the National Cancer Advisory Board, is encouraging everyone, including her followers, dubbed the Army of Women, to participate in "Be Bold, Be Bald!" day on Friday.
"Breast cancer doesn't discriminate," Love told The Advocate on Tuesday."It may be slightly more common in the lesbian community because some lesbians do not have children."
Here's some photos from the last couple of "Be Bold, Be Bald!" days, celebrated by thousands across the country.


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Having recently purchased ZA Extreme Security I have tried several times to install it. I have a Dell Computer with 4gig of memory, running under Windows Vista 32 bit.
The installation appears to go very well...I do request during the installation that anti-virus not be turned on, as I use AVG Pro and am very happy with it. Other than that, the installation is vanilla. I restart the computer as instructed after the install is complete, and when it reboots ZAES comes up (showing that anti-virus is not turned on)...almost immediately however windows shoots in with this message: "Zone Alarm Force Field has stopped working. Click here to see if Windows can find a fix for the problem". I click "here", and get a windows (vista) message saying windows is searching for a fix. Then I again get the "Zone Alarm Force Field has stopped working...." message and this sequence repeats until I uninstall ZAES and reboot. Then everything is fine again.
I have tried to find Force Field to perhaps uninstall it, but no luck there.
Operating System:Windows Vista Home Premium
Software Version:8.0
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Video Feature: Looking Up at Princeton
Princeton's campus has been thoughtfully designed to balance tradition with the best of modernity. Considered by many to be one of the most magnificent college campuses in the world, its aesthetic qualities are a large part of the experience of living, learning and working in this community.
In the "Looking Up at Princeton" video, glancing sunlight accentuates Princeton's special sense of place. Every adornment, large or small, reminds students and visitors to stop and appreciate what's here now.
Each new discovery inside and outside Princeton's buildings and along its well-groomed walkways inspires contemplation and reflection. No detail has been spared in order to provide endless sources of exploration, from the Rittenhouse orrery, which was built by astronomer David Rittenhouse in 1771 to demonstrate the planets' orbits around the sun and is now displayed in Peyton Hall; to the soaring stained glass ceiling in Victorian-era Chancellor Green; and to the extreme angles of Lewis Library, which opened in 2008.


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The American-designed Tesla roadster offers a sweet blend of performance and efficiency, boasting a 3.9 s 0-60 acceleration and a 244 mile range.
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With a bit of smart driving the Tesla Roadster has plenty of juice
The old mantra that the driver makes the car (and not the other way around) never seemed more true than in a recent road test of
Tesla Roadster
. A pair of drivers managed a record 313 miles on a charge during a challenge road trip across the Australian Outback.
Priced at near $100,000 the luxury electric sportscar has propelled Tesla into
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and made it a new power on the U.S. auto market. A typical 2008 Tesla Roadster features an intriguing blend of power and efficiency. The sporty EV is capable of 0-60 acceleration in 3.9 seconds, making it faster than a
Porsche 911 or Audi R8. And it manages 244 miles on a charge, according to EPA testing cycles. Of course, you can't be flooring the acceleration pedal, if you want to manage that kind of range.
Previous testing (aside from the EPA tests) showed the car's real world range to be about 241 miles, the range it achieved in the Rallye Monte Carlo d'Energies Alternatives
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. Now a new test conducted as part of the Global Green Challenge in Australia has showed just how far the range can be extended by smart driving.
Driven by Simon Hackett and co-driver Emilis Prelgauskas, the pair managed to
squeeze 313 miles
out of the unmodified Roadster. That took them from Alice Springs, in the Australian Northern Territory to a point just 183 km (appr. 113 miles) north of Coober Pedy, in South Australia. The pair sealed the charge port door before embarking across the outback, to make the record official.
Mr. Hackett emailed a note to Tesla Motors that night, stating, "Emilis and I have decades of experience flying gliders competitively and we applied the same energy conservation techniques to our driving, with significant results! The car had about 3 miles of range left when the drive was completed. We travelled 501km on a single charge. Let that sink in for a minute."
He continues, "The security seal was applied to the charge port door when we started the journey. As this is being done as part of the Global Green Challenge, we have a full set of official verifiers here who will attest to the results and to achieving the outcome. We were followed along the journey by our support crew and a documentary film crew - so we have it on film. It's late here and we have another 541k to drive (with an intermediate charge stop) tomorrow - and another two days of the event left after that. When we're done, we will have driven over 3000 km's in the Roadster over the course of only six days, from Darwin to Adelaide."
The record showcases that aside from great performance the Tesla Roadster can also be incredibly efficient. That sets the bar high for luxury EV competitors
like Fisker
. And with a more affordable
mass-market entry
on the way, even companies with non-luxury entries like the 2011 Chevy Volt have cause for concern.
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Taslima gives a howl of rage and grief about Bangladesh and the murder of Ahmed Rahjib.
Rajib Haider Shuvo, a 26 years old architect and talented young atheist blogger was brutally killed by the Islamists last night. He criticized Islam the way I used to criticize Islam 26 years ago when I was living in Bangladesh. He wrote blogs under the pen name thaba baba. I wrote the same things in late 80′s using my real name. Thaba baba was killed. I survived but I was forced to leave Bangladesh 20 years ago. I would surely get killed like Rajib if I lived in that country. I was on the top of the hit list made by Islamic terrorists.
Bangladesh is a hopelessly pathetic country. A pure fucked-up country. The country has been controlled by the Islamists. The society has been rottened by the Islamists. The people have been manipulated by the Islamists. Atheists get killed. A few weeks ago, another Bengali atheist blogger, Asif Mohiuddin, was brutally stabbed by the Islamists. He quite brilliantly mocked Allah and Islam. Asif is fighting for his life. No doubt, Bangladesh sucks.
Islamization has wrecked one country after another. It merits every howl of rage and grief we can muster.


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Talk about an early season statement. Opening the season against the perennially tough Shiprock Chieftains on Aug. 29, the Dolores Lady Bears volleyball team produced a scintillating performance in route to a dominant victory.
From the very start, the Lady Bears looked strong, winning the match's first point following a vicious spike by junior Elana Bernholtz. After finally allowing the Chieftains to score on the set's fourth point, the Lady Bears began to open things up.
Behind impressive serving from junior Taylor Elder, the Lady Bears extended their lead to 18-5 before eventually winning the first set by a score of 25 to 11.
Speaking about the importance of her team's strong start in the first set, Dolores head coach Gina Hollen said, (Getting off to the fast start) was huge. Playing behind or having to play catch-up is hard. You get down and sometimes it's hard to get back up."
Showing no signs of a let down following their first set victory, the Lady Bears continued working together to start the second set. After jumping out to a 5-1 lead on a number of strong serves by senior Ali Umberger, it looked as if the Lady Bears would once again enjoy an easy set victory.
The Chieftains fought back, however, eventually closing the gap to 12-9, at which point Hollen called a timeout. Hollen's words during the timeout proved to be effective as Dolores began dictating play, reeling off 8 straight points before eventually winning the second set, 25-10.
"(During the timeout), I told the team to just control the ball and get back to playing our game and not their game," explained Hollen. "We got a little rattled, but we refocused."
"(Hollen) told us to work together and become a team again," said sophomore Courtney Blackmer. "She told us to talk a lot more. We were definitely not talking that game."
Looking to close out the match with a third set victory, the Lady Bears initially met resistance from the clearly desperate Shiprock team. After a number of close opening points, the Lady Bears found themselves trailing 13-15 and in desperate need of a boost.
That boost came in the form of several impressive kills from Blackmer, which helped the Lady Bears regain and extend their lead to 21-17. After several competitive points, the Lady Bears eventually closed out the set 25-20 to secure the match victory.
"It was huge (to close out the match in three sets)," said Hollen. "The more volleyball you play, the more you get tired and the more tired you get, the more mistakes you make."
Overall, Hollen was clearly pleased with her team's performance, stating, "We controlled the ball really well and the girls talked really well. I am very happy with how we played."
"Playing at home was exciting," added Blackmer. "It was definitely nerve-racking."
Next on the schedule for the Lady Bears is the Cortez Tournament, scheduled for Sept. 7. Local teams participating in the Cortez Tournament include Montezuma-Cortez High School, Dove Creek High School and Mancos High School.


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i figured out relay is for backup servers and local is for system accounts but still working out if we should be using dovecot, virtual or both.
we have three separate domains with three seporate IP's, should they all be virtual?
also, in dns we have mail.example.com, is the mail server for example.com so do we have to add both domains in postfixadmin and if so should they be relay,local, virtual or dovecot? sometimes i'll see mail for email@example.com since mail.example.com is the host name of the mail server... not sure if that's good or what.
i guess what i'm trying to find out is what's the very minimal and best config when adding domains in postfixadmin from a iredmail install.
sample situation:
smtp: mail.example.com:port
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system generates firstname.lastname@example.com
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Texas A&M Extension Horticulture has collected its research- sustainable gardening information at Earthkind. They describe their goal: The objective of Earth-Kind Landscaping is to combine the best of organic and traditional gardening and landscaping principles to create a horticultural system based on real world effectiveness and environmental responsibility. Topics covered include water conservation, reducing chemicals, pesticides and greenwaste, and landscaping to improve energy efficiency. The site also includes links to Texas Master Gardener and Junior Master Gardener sites.
Clever Gardening Technique
Do Not Neglect Mowing Chores
Regular mowing (about every 5 to 7 days) keeps lawns healthy and attractive. Do not let grass grow too tall. It is more difficult to cut and removing a large chunk of its photosynthesizing capability at once makes recovery more stressful (just as pruning away too much of a shrub or tree is not advised).