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Our Ozzie
For those of you who are regular readers of this blog, you're well aware that I'm a huge fan of Ozzie's.
First and foremost, he's one of us. In a world where the White Sox have little identity outside of the South Side and nearby environs, he gives us a torch bearer. If baseball fans know anything about the team, it's Ozzie. He's put us on the map.
Second, he is hilarious. His off-the-cuff remarks on a daily basis bring some much-needed humor into the ups and downs of the long season. Finally, and this is something that is the least publicized about him, Ozzie is a very good manager. Underrated because his theatrics take center stage, but very good nonetheless.
All that said, our skipper does have an Achilles Heel and it surfaced again in Toronto as the South Siders dropped the final three games of the four-game series against the Jays.
It wasn't that Ozzie ripped his players after the 14-inning loss on Saturday. I'm glad he did, they deserved it. What I find tiresome is that every time the Sox are in the throes of losing and criticism from the fans and media come his way, Guillen goes into unintelligible, defensive tirades. He'll criticize the criticism, say or imply he's not appreciated, question fan loyalty and make the point that he doesn't need the job because he has plenty of money, etc. In the current episode, he tweeted Sunday that the media misrepresented his remarks, but there was enough on the record to believe the initial reports.
I understand that this is Ozzie's way of releasing the frustration that all of us feel, but it's getting old. Blaming the outside influences like the fans and media is not the answer. At least when he criticizes player performance, he's focusing on the individuals responsible. After all, they're the ones who have compiled the 24-31 record and stand 9 1/2 games behind the first place Tribe.
While we may not like it, we all know that this is Ozzie's way and it's not going to change as long as he's at the helm of the Sox. Let's just hope this season of ugliness doesn't get any uglier.


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On the cover of December's Glamour Magazine, wearing a Fenton necklace by Dana Lorenz, which features M&J Trimming hand dyed silk ribbon, Michelle Obama is recognized as the Woman of the Year for 2009. She's nominated for her fashion, status as a role-model, her intellect, and title as the first ever African-American First Lady. In her interview, Michelle Obama shares her passions, struggles, and enjoyment to Glamour readers who look up to her.
Michelle Obama is not only the first African American First Lady; she is a woman on top, political player, mentor, wife, devoted mother, activist, and now a glamorous style icon. Nevertheless, Michelle Obama manages to focus on her passions in life. Such as, her development of improving better health care for woman, planting the White House Vegetable Garden to help with childhood health, nutrition and obesity, and gathering women around the administration to work as mentors to girls in need.
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Kobe Bryant is halfway to Turkey.
According to Seref Yalcin, the Head of Basketball Operations at Besiktas, the chances of signing Bryant to a deal are at 50-50 pending a meeting on July 30, according to Slam Online. Besiktas is the same team that signed Deron Williams to play in Turkey during the NBA lockout.
Yalcin told a Turkish newspaper (and translated) that, "At the moment there's a 50% chance that Kobe may come to Turkey. Everything will be clearer after the meeting on the 30th. We have not talked about money, as reported. We only talked about the possibility of Kobe playing in Turkey.
"We asked FIBA for approval and Kobe wants some time to think about it. We believe that his reponse is going to be positive. Money will not be a problem. Turkish Airlines, M-Oil and Milan Petrol will sponsor the deal."


text: Surprised we didn't do a 'grade/review' thread on this when it came out back in August. link I admit, I saw it for all the cheesy goodness it contained. Suffice to say I didn't go for plot, we all get in those moods and have our guilty pleasures. So, if this type creature-feature is your thing and you liked P:3-D more is coming. Piranha 3-DD Double D, nice way to have fun with the title. Especially when you follow this. So who did see this? Do you want more of the same? Are these even related to the prior two films, meaning would a box set contain 4 films.


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" Author: Anthony Horowitz / Format: Paperback / Genre: Crime & Thriller /Title: The House of Silk / ISBN 13: 9781409138099 / ISBN 10: 1409138099 / 304 Pages / Book is published 2011-11-01 by Orion / Alternative title: The House of Silk: The New Sherlock Holmes Novel / Alternative ISBN 10: 1409133826 "
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Having spotted this book on Dooyoo I asked the library to get me a copy and have just finished reading it. I had heard of the author and knew him more for his TV mini-series, especially Midsomer Murders, so I hoped I was in for a real treat. I didn't read Mauri's superb review before I read the book; I wanted to go to it without any pre-conceived ideas. I admit I had doubts about anyone following in the footsteps of the master himself, but after watching the latest Sherlock on TV I thought it worth a try. Like the author I've always been a fan of Arthur Conan Doyle and wondered how this new author would do, I need not have worried.
First Impressions.
The book starts with a preface written by Dr John Watson, now aged and in a retirement home, with several children and grandchildren to turn to, but it's obvious from the start he misses his mentor very much indeed. He writes that the great detective Holmes has been dead for a year and carries on to say that the story he is about to write is one that cannot be revealed until a hundred years hence since the scandal would rock the foundations of genteel society. It's a lovely touch that gets the reader straight into the mood laid down by the writer and from there on it's as if Watson was a real person and I was reading his last book.
Devilish Deeds await the Duo.
November 1890 and London is wrapped in fog and gripped by winter's icy clutches. Sherlock Holmes and Watson are having tea by a warm fire, Watson's wife Mary is away tending a sick child and the men are reunited for a while. Their tea is soon disturbed by one Edmund Carstairs, an art dealer with a strange tale to tell. He's being followed by a disturbing stranger whose attempts at stalking are unnerving both the dealer and his family. Furthermore he believes the reason behind it to be a sinister tale of theft and murder, with his own life possibly threatened he hopes that Holmes can help him.
Naturally both Holmes and Watson are keen to help and before long those famous words are uttered ' the game's afoot, Watson.' Soon the pair is drawn into a series of puzzling encounters with events taking them from the heart of London to the outskirts of the country. From mysterious strangers to sudden death, both Holmes and Watson soon come to hear words that will have serious repercussions and send them on the trail of 'The House of Silk' whatever that may be. It could become an end game for Holmes if he doesn't solve the mystery soon as even his own brother, the well-connected Mycroft, blanches at the mere mention of the words. Can Holmes and Watson solve one of the darkest puzzles to come their way?
Setting the scene and laying the trail.
I haven't read anything by the author before now except for his scene writing and must admit I wasn't sure whether anyone could lay a plot like Doyle. But I shouldn't have worried since the author has taken great care with his research but also appears to have a natural talent at getting things as accurate as possible. The descriptions of London and the countryside are how I imagined they would be at that time. His characters are highly believable and the dialogue is faultless. It's hard to attempt period writing and keep it pure, since modern writers are used to letting the computer or laptop do half the hard work. Writing in the style of bygone times means turning off the spell-check and using all the technique at your disposal to refrain from shortening words that alone can ruin a sentence. But to write a complete narrative without losing the style is a huge achievement and worthy of praise.
Keeping the characters of both Holmes and Watson true to the age is also a laudable task and I really felt comfortable with the way the author handles both, Watson in particular seems to breath from the pages. Since the fictitious book is being written by Watson then it's natural his character is more prominent than Holmes in some ways, but the great detective still comes across as beautifully flawed as the 'real' Holmes with his tempers, his addictions, the sulks and the madcap frenzies that always make me think 'that is how Holmes should be.'
The London of the time has to be correct as well and it's easy for a writer to forget that London even in the late 1800 's was still largely a main city with plenty of suburbs that had stretches of countryside in-between. From my own observations of where my daughter lives in Isleworth, there are places that once were open country; almshouses pepper the remains of parkland and to an inhabitant in the 1880's it would be a long journey by coach from one side of modern London to the other. Horowitz stays true to a London of gas-lamps, cobbled stones, streets running with sewage at times, urchins running errands for pennies, country girls turning to prostitution to live and all kinds of opium dens, secret societies, and perverse habits dabbled in by gentlemen. The House of Silk could well be any kind of place and the author uses twists and turns to great effect in puzzling the reader.
My Thoughts.
I thought this a great read and one that would appeal to all kinds of people. It doesn't have to be a long read to be good and at 294 pages I felt it worked out just right. The story takes the reader on a journey of discovery as well as being just purely entertaining. There are some parts that might upset a few people but I felt it was justified. I expected some parts would be challenging for an amateur detective to piece together and I did manage a few stabs at the truth with limited success, but it's all part of the joy of reading a book about Holmes and Watson.
If I felt Watson to be a bit more 'alive' than Holmes, that's purely my own point of view and I'm sure another reader would disagree. There was a slight tendency in my own reading to think that Holmes didn't show enough of that brilliant deductive mind, I could be expecting too much. So overall I would recommend this as a highly readable romp with some serious issues dealt with in a sensitive way. I hope this isn't the last of 'The New Sherlock Holmes Novel'. I'm sure the author could write plenty more and still keep fans of Conan Doyle happy.
The book is available in hardback at about £9.49, a bargain for something that could well become a collectable book.
Thanks for reading.
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Ever since he first appeared in 'A Study in Scarlet' in 1887 the 'consulting' detective Sherlock Homes has captivated readers around the world and is now one of the best known fictional creations in literature. The stories have been adapted for the screen and the stage. His influence on crime fiction and on fiction in general is difficult to quantify, would there be a Poirot, Morse and Lewis or even a Rebus without a Sherlock Holmes before them?
Even when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle grew weary of his creation and decided to kill him off Holmes had become so popular that Doyle was forced to bring him back for more adventures. Of course while Doyle was a prolific writer, for the committed fan the four novels and five short story collections were never enough, we all wish that more had been written. Since the publication of the last collection in 1927 and after Doyle's death in 1930 other writers have attempted with varying degrees of success to resurrect the great detective in new novels and original films adaptations. However not until 2011 did Conan Doyle's estate commission a new authorised Holmes story when they asked Anthony Horowitz, author of the Alex Rider novels, and TV period detective series 'Foyle's War' to take on this onerous task. Horowitz responded by writing 'The House of Silk' but did he rise to this most difficult of challenges?
In the early nineteen hundreds Dr. John Watson after two marriages, three children, seven grandchildren and a successful career in medicine is seeing out his days in a comfortable resting home. There he reminisces about his great friend Sherlock Holmes who has recently passed away. Watson now reaching the end of his life has finally decided to reveal the details of a previous adventure that in his own words was "too shocking to reveal until now". The events of this case take us back to 1890 when Holmes and Watson were approached by Wimbledon based art dealer Edmund Carstairs who tells them that he and his wife are being stalked by mysterious man most noticeable by the strange flat cap he wears. Carstairs worried for his own safety and that of his young wife Catherine hires Holmes to find out who this man is and what it is he wants from them. Holmes quickly realises that the case is more complex than it at first appears and after enlisting the help of the "unofficial force" a gang of street urchins known as the Baker Street 'irregulars' events take a sinister turn. Holmes and Watson soon get embroiled with Irish American gangsters, secret criminal organisations, corrupt official and scandals at the highest level of Victorian society. They venture into the seediest parts of London in pursuit of their deadly foes and the whereabouts or nature of the mysterious 'House of Silk'. An intricate web of deceit, blackmail, kidnapping and murder slowly unfolds and Holmes' deductive powers are tested to the full.
In writing 'The House of Silk' Horowitz has almost done the impossible, he has produced a Sherlock Holmes novel that will sit comfortably among the great originals written by Doyle. The author has not radically changes Holmes and Watson from the original stories. Holmes is still the same analytical genius who likes to show off his powers at Watson's expense and yet rather struggles with social niceties and the complexities of human relationships. Watson is still the stalwart loyal friend with a more sensitive view on life. He is an everyman figure that we as readers can warm to and a perfect counterbalance to Holmes' eccentric genius. It would not surprise me if Horowitz had watched and admired the Granada TV serialisation of the Sherlock Holmes stories starring Jeremy Brett since this is the adaptation that most came to mind when I read this book.
All the classic trademarks of fictional Victorian London we love most from the original stories are still there and Horowitz has gone to great length to recreate an authentic Victorian setting for his Sherlock Holmes adventure. In preparation for writing this story he consulted with many historians and Victorian experts and also drew upon his knowledge of such contemporary Victorian authors as Dickens and Trollope to get an accurate feel for what the period was like both culturally and practically. The research has paid off handsomely. I found the setting for the story extremely believable and it struck the same tone as the original Holmes stories I have read. Victorian London was a complex mixture of grand opulence and desperate poverty. At the height of the industrial revolution which helped top make Britain one of the greatest powers and one of the wealthiest countries in the world there existed such abject poverty that saw homeless orphaned children roaming the street often taking to begging or crime to stay alive. Fashionable districts where the rich showed off their wealth in grand buildings were mirrored by areas full of derelict unsanitary houses home to the unfortunate victims of the unfettered capitalism of the age. Horowitz's Holmes and Watson are not unaware of this and parts of the story they comment on these social inequalities in a way that the original characters might not have done.
Among cobbled street filled with the sound of hooves and Hansom cabs, the lights of the gas fuelled street lamps struggling to penetrate the dense London fog, Holmes and Watson can still be found hunting out dastardly criminals in the disreputable public houses and opium dens of the dangerous east end. Inspector Lestrade of the Yard is also present as always to be flummoxed by Holmes's deductive reasoning, even Holmes' greatest adversary Professor Moriaty makes an appearance...or does he?
It is obvious from Horowitz's previous works that he can plot a good story but I think the chance to work with literature greatest detective has enabled him to reach new heights. 'The House of Silk' is an engrossing mystery that slowly unravels itself with ever increasing complexity. The story twists and turns this way and that so as to keep the reader engaged, entertained and confused in equal measure. Like Watson we are lead through a myriad of clues and red herrings and like Watson we are continually confounded by what is happening. Holmes of course is not although even he is tested to the limit and admits to making grave errors in his investigation. What Horowitz brings to the story is a certain amount of introspection by Watson and (through Watsons words) Holmes that was somewhat missing from the originals. The characters are given more psychological depth and the relationship between the two is subtly but touchingly examined. Even the enigmatic Holmes is brought to life emotionally as a person rather than simply being a forensic machine.
In short Horowitz has fully succeeded in creating a new Sherlock Holmes adventure that fans old and new can be proud of. Whether this is the first Sherlock Holmes story you read or simply the latest it will be either a great introduction or a welcomed addition to the Holmes canon. The question is can Horowitz be persuaded to write more? Yes please!
'The House of Silk' the new Sherlock Holmes novel by Anthony Horowitz in hardcover (304 pages) can be bought from Amazon UK for £9.49 with free delivery.
Highly Recommended.
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2. Write about your guilt in a special section of your journal. Write about the circumstances and people involved. Write about the feelings you had at the time. Write about your regrets. Write about the lessons you learned. Write about the changes you made, if any. Release those feelings onto the page and leave them there. Or even better, burn the pages in the fireplace and release those feelings upward into the air--gone, forever.
3. Talk to someone who loves you about your feelings of guilt. Expressing the feelings helps to release them.
4. Put yourself "on trial," and if found "guilty," accept a form of self-service as your "sentence. For example, maybe you canceled an invitation to visit with your adult child during a moment of bad temper. Feelings were hurt. Go apologize in person, even if it means a two-hour drive.
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I sent out the invites last night, to the 10 teams that were in last year.
So far only Stiffie, Damage, and BerzerkBen are the only teams not reactivated. (I'm assuming they will be).
I personally prefer 10 team versus 12, but if more want in - that's totally cool. Just PM me.


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is bibby in the doghouse? if so waste of a signing he needs to be cut or something i would like to see him on the court instead of dougie though
This is why I hate Breen "he just lost his balance" NO UOU IDIOT, he was obviously trying to sell a foul.
Real Talk
We seem to have recovered Fields, hopefully for good. I still hold the hope that TD comes back from the death.
Celtics stepped out of bounds there...no call
celtics 7th man...the bounces
Douglas is killing our lead just as expected. He doesn't rebound, defend, can't pass or shoot. Why is he in the damn game? We deserve to lose for playing him, everyone knows better except for Dumbtoni.
nooooooo get douglas out!!! hes ruining it


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Discussion in 'Thumpers' started by Queen of Spades, Dec 4, 2012.
Gunner, is the stator in oil? Do I need to drain it first?
And this from bigtators:
There is not much oil in the stator chamber... I usually lay the bike over a bit propping it up at 45 degrees with a couple of blocks, then no oil leaks out...
It is possible that in your poking and prodding with the tester you may of fried your CDI , hopefully not...
Never tested resistance or voltage on any of the CDI wires. The symptoms haven't changed before I even did any of that.
Sounds like a possibility... Though $201.55 is quite a bit of a guess...
EDIT.. $181.58 for your bike. Neither one as bad as I would have thought actually.
If that is what's going on I'll be getting two of them, one to keep as a spare.
Next thing I will check out is the start/stop switch.
Where did you find a CDI for $181.58?
I'm showing KTMWorld listing it as

58439031000	  DIGITAL BOX CDI

	 359.82

Found it on KTM Parts House at $182

DIGITALBX CDI CB7459 95ROZ'99
58439031200 (replaces 58439031000) 	1
	$181.58

Will hold off ordering until I am positive nothing else is causing the problem.
I'm beginning to wonder if the loose wires from reply #17 this thread didn't cause the CDI to malfunction.
Yep, that's the place. I've ordered $300 in bits a pieces from them over the last few months.
I placed an order for a replacement/spare CDI with KTM Parts House. I haven't ruled out other problems (see further below) but ran into trouble getting a headlight switch last year (discontinued for the 99 model). This machine is getting some age on it, and I don't want to run into a similar problem with a CDI. Also ordered a spare start/stop switch for the same reason, since I've read that part has been associated with failures on some LC4's. I should probably get a spare pulsar coil for the same reason.
Having said all that, check the response from KTMPartshouse regarding updated CDI part number and price:
I ordered two new 6 pin Molex connectors to fix some existing wiring hacks from previous owner (looks like they hooked up a different headlight at some point, then put the stocker back on). Got the .093 molex pin tool, too.
While I have the top end exposed I'm going to check valve clearances and adjust as needed. Motion Pro feeler gauges arrived last week. Have two cover gaskets on the way.
Next Steps:
Plan is to check my current stop/stop switch for resistance and make sure that is working properly.
Will pull the generator cover (per post above) and make sure there isn't any damage there.
Finally, will go through the existing wiring with a fine tooth comb, organizing and zip-tying/taping where needed.
Trouble with a Molex .093 connector. I removed the male pins out with a .093 extraction tool, but the female pins appear to be the same size as the tool I have.
Anyone know what size tool I need to get the female pins out?
EDIT: Called Molex directly, they say that the extraction tool should remove both male and female pins in the connector housings. The tool I bought was a cheapy, they recommended their own tool, which I've since ordered.
Hey Queen, any updates on this?
Bike in still in pieces. Threw back out working in my garden a couple weeks ago. Pain city.
Sympathy and motorcycle prayers.
I'm a nurse so consider the source of this.
I hate back pain, it's a set up for disaster.
It is usually treated incorrectly.
So an old motorcyclist's advice.
Muscle relaxers X 5-7 days(Valium or Flexeril(your doctor will resist this idea unless he is experienced)), also concurrent with the muscle relaxers, Aleve(double dose X 2 days, then a regular dose for a week every 4-6 hours. Walk a block after one week extending the distance until you can walk 3 miles.
No narcotics.
How do I know?
I treated many pain sufferers.
I have a broken and healed back and a blown R. knee.
I could only walk one block 5 years ago. My back was fragile. I had broke my pelvis riding in Bolivia and also got hit by a Lexus on the Mex border, Lymes Disease hit me hard in the midst of all that.
Once the pain is gone either hit the gym or do stretching exercises in your home.
I skiid 34 miles in the Bierkiebiner race a couple of weeks ago.
I am 67 years old.
Fix that motorcycle, pain is a complex issue.
The expression of physical pain does not always identify the underlying problem.
Your mindbody is about a complex as your KTM.
It may resist.
Thanks for that Bill - appreciate the encouragement & prayer.
Is it bad to lean into the pain? I kinda can't avoid it when going from sitting to standing or vice-versa. But is it good to stretch into it, to loosen it up?
No stretching until pain is gone or mostly gone. Ice and anti-inflammatories when it first gets hurt for 48 hrs, off and on. I keep it on as long as I can take it. 20 minutes I believe is the standard? Then heat and rest and anti inflammatories. Of course as much rest as possible until healed. Then you want to do stretching and strengthening to prevent this from happening again. I still work on my motorcycles if the pain isnt too much. Been dealing with a bad back since i hurt it in football back in 88. yoga, lots of core exercises and an herb called turmeric (a natural herb that helps with inflammation in the body). My back is as good as it can be. Still hurts all the time, just not the muscle spasm kind of hurt any more. When your back is truly out. You cant do chit. Working out for 30+ years. I dont know everything but I have learned a lot.
+10, be gentle with yourself.
Anyone know what I should be showing for voltage at the rear brake light socket? There are two power leads and a ground. One power lead is for the always-on light (dimmer), and the other for when the brake circuit is engaged. I'm showing that both have power -- one ~3v the other ~12v - with no brake applied. When brake is applied, both terminals show ~12v. Is this how it's supposed to be?
Should be 0 and 12 with with the brake off. That 3volts is probably an induced voltage from that wire running up against other wires that are carrying current.
Rear brake switch isn't working. Only the front lever/switch gives me a brighter brake light. Looks like something else I need to replace.
Put a continuity tester on the switch and see if you are getting any continuity when the brake pedal is pressed.


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What Chinese People Are Thankful For
Encouraged by a government eager to boost consumption and hungry for new distractions, China's urbanites have lately made a habit of embracing foreign holidays. Both Christmas and Valentine's Day, scrubbed free of any religious residue, are common highlights on the calendars of young Chinese city-dwellers and the retailers who serve them. Even Halloween has begun to catch on among coastal China's small but growing population of hipsters, to the point that Beijing residents no longer need to import or improvise sexy animal costumes.
With American families everywhere preparing to slice into their turkeys, the question arises: Will Thanksgiving be next?
The signs are encouraging, at least online: By evening rush hour in Beijing on Thursday, "Thanksgiving" (gan'enjie or 感恩节 in Chinese) sat atop the trending topics list on Sina Corp.'s Weibo microblogging service, with searches producing roughly 27 million posts.
That might not quite match mountains posts Weibo users produce in celebration of Valentine's Day, Christmas and the recently invented Hallmark-esque Singles Day, but for a holiday with no retail tie-ins and no marketing, it's awful close.
The appeal, according to microblogger Zuo Rui, is not turkey, which "isn't all that respectable and, honestly speaking, don't taste that good," but rather the opportunity the holiday provides for people to step back and contemplate how good they have it.
So what are China's social media users thankful for?
Based on a highly informal China Real Time survey of responses on Sina Weibo, the short answer is people, with "my parents" narrowly taking the top spot from "everyone I care about" and "everyone in my life" coming in a close third.
A surprising handful, including TV actor Man Chuangchuang, focused their gratitude on others who'd made their lives more difficult. "There really are so many people I want to thank," Mr. Man wrote. "People who helped me, people who hurt me, people who cheated me. Especially people who cheated me. I really can't thank you guys enough, otherwise I'd still be here stupidly being lied to."
Noticeably absent from the list was the Communist Party, which just last week ushered in a new generation of leaders promising to do more to improve the quality of people's lives. The vast majority of Chinese social media users are studiously apolitical, so the lack of gratitude toward the country's ruling party isn't particularly surprising, though some went out of their way to not thank the country's leaders.
"I thank everyone, with the lone exception of the government," wrote one of Weibo's most reliable quipsters, real estate mogul Ren Zhiqiang. "The government lives off the support of the people."
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Not all microbloggers liked the idea of importing yet another foreign holiday. A handful posted messages objecting to the adoption of all foreign holidays on nationalist grounds, while others were more specifically upset at the idea that Chinese people would need a foreign holiday to remind them to be grateful.
"Borrowing a Western holiday in order to express gratitude is a good thing, but using it to put on a show is nauseating," wrote fashion columnist Berry Lu. "When is there a bad time to be grateful? Every day, every minute you can express gratitude. This should be part of our daily work."
Taking aim at some of the more strident objections, popular Weibo commentator Yiamaobuba unleashed a sarcastic post suggesting China celebrate its own Thanksgiving on the anniversary of the death of Mao Zedong's eldest son, Mao Anying, who perished while cooking up a batch of fried rice during an air raid in the Korean War.
"Celebrating American Thanksgiving and eating turkey is slavery to the West!" he wrote. "Truly patriotic Chinese will celebrate Thanksgiving on Nov. 25, and will peacefully eat a modest bowl of egg fried rice."
Meanwhile over on Twitter, the Communist Party parody account @relevantorgans offered a hint that Chinese authorities might some day learn to love the rituals and rhetoric of Thanksgiving the same way they do the consumption-boosting power of Christmas.
"Obscene food consumption AND gauzy myths about ruthlessly controlled ethnic minorities? Sold! Thanksgiving is our favorite American holiday."
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Here are some of the notable quotes from around Major League Baseball this week:
"I felt like I could have dunked a basketball ... with two hands ... over Shaq."
- Torii Hunter on his latest leaping, home run-saving catch against the Royals on Sunday. (Los Angeles Times)
"The Kung Fu Panda does not get hurt."
- Matt Cain, refusing to believe that Pablo Sandoval was hurt when he tripped on his way to third base and spent a few moments on the ground with a twisted ankle. Sandoval stayed in the game and hit a walk-off three-run homer in the ninth inning of the Giants' win over Washington. (San Francisco Chronicle)
"I remember it a little. I guess when I was a kid, I mainly threw the ball right-handed. Then I switched over on my own, and my dad got me a glove, and it stuck there every since. But I was only 5 or 6. It wasn't a Billy Wagner thing where I broke my arm and ended up with 100 mph in the other one. That would be nice."
- Jason Vargas, Mariners pitcher, on his switch to being a left-hander. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
"I've said for a while that I think Carlos is the most underrated hitter in the game. He's a fabulous run-producer. It's not easy to do what he does. If there's a runner in scoring position, he's going to get a hit. When he doesn't, you're like, 'What happened?'"
- Lance Berkman on teammate Carlos Lee. (Houston Chronicle)
"It was tough. I was just hoping to keep it in front of me, and I came up with it clean, so I figured I'd have a shot, and [Jesus Flores] made a great play."
- Austin Kearns on getting a 9-2 force at home that included a nice stretch from catcher Jesus Flores. (Washington Post)
"I learned from Jeff Bagwell that, on the days you don't feel good, try to do two things: walk, and if there's a guy on third with fewer than two out, try to get him in any way you can. You're not going to feel good every day throughout the year."
- Adam Everett, Tigers shortstop, who has driven in a runner from third with less than two outs in four of five opportunities this season, recalling advice from his former Houston teammate. (Detroit Free Press)
"I think I've become a pretty good outfielder. Whether it's there or first base really doesn't matter to me, as long as I'm in the lineup and helping my team win."
- Matt LaPorta, Cleveland Indians rookie, on his desire to contribute. (MLB.com)
"I have confidence every single day. The results, I'd just say, are on my side right now."
- Adam Jones, after hitting a home run in each of the first two innings on Tuesday night. (Baltimore Sun)
"I think we thought maybe there was a possibility of it being a cramp-type issue as opposed to a strain. The most disappointing thing is I had this string of a long period of time without being on the DL. But the positive is that, compared to the other stuff I've been on the DL for, this is extremely minor."
- Ryan Ludwick, who was placed on the disabled list by the Cardinals earlier this week. (MLB.com)
"It's not something that I just woke up and wondered where my swing went. I'm swinging the same all season. It's just early in the season, and your average can go up and down dramatically. I'm trying to get my average up, but if I keep hitting home runs and driving in runs, that is what's important."
- Mike Jacobs, who, entering Wednesday's game against Oakland, was batting .303 in May. He also leads the Royals in home runs (six) and RBIs (20). (MLB.com)
"He was so excited to be a part of the Florida Marlins. He turned down more money elsewhere to sign with the Marlins. He really wanted to pitch for what he considers to be his hometown team, so this is a big setback for Scott, just emotionally."
- Agent Mark Rodgers on client and Marlins pitcher Scott Proctor, who was diagnosed with a torn flexor tendon and underwent season-ending Tommy John surgery on Tuesday. (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
"I broke my leg, and I had different things on my mind."
- Chad Billingsley on how he handled last year's two losses to the Phillies in the NLCS. In the offseason, Billingsley slipped on ice outside his home in Pennsylvania and suffered a spiral fracture. (Los Angeles Times)
"Especially the American [teammates], they tell me I'm crazy [to play winter ball]. But I get 150 at-bats, and it gets me ready for Spring Training. I've been doing it my whole career. I just enjoy playing for my hometown. It's real fun. People are so excited; they just go crazy for baseball. They support you so good. They don't get a chance to see you play in the States. They make you feel like you're a superstar."
- Marco Scutaro on playing Winter Ball every year in Venezuela. (San Francisco Chronicle)
"It's funny, because when we parted ways, I told [Halladay], 'Thanks for everything. You've been a huge influence.' And he said, 'Thanks. I learned a lot from you, too.' I kind of laughed. 'What did you learn from me, dude?'"
- A.J. Burnett talking about what he said to former teammate Roy Halladay after signing with the Yankees this offseason. (Toronto Globe and Mail)
"It felt good, obviously. I may try to use it on Tuesday."
- Bill Hall after getting two hits using the pink bat, which players throughout Major League Baseball swung on Sunday to help raise money for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. The bats will be auctioned off on MLB.com, with the money going to the foundation. (brewers.com)
"If it means I'm going to help the team win, and I'm still here and have a jersey for every game, I'll do whatever they tell me to do."
- Mark Reynolds, talking about playing first base on Sunday for the Diamondbacks. Manager A.J. Hinch said the move was only temporary as Conor Jackson was not able to start due to a fever. (Arizona Republic)
"As long as I'm up here, I'm going to feel happy. I'm going to enjoy every opportunity that they give me and do my best. If they keep me, I'm going to feel good about it. I've done a pretty good job. ... I think I deserve the opportunity, and I think I can play on this level."
- Catcher Omir Santos, called up due to injuries, talking about how he hopes to stick with the Mets. (New York Daily News)
"I think it's great. Anytime you can bring attention to this disease or bring attention to a cause like this, it's good. Anyone who turns on a game today and sees someone swinging a pink bat might think about someone who has breast cancer. It's a great way to call attention to it."
- Chase Headley, San Diego Padres left fielder, talking about the pink bat he used on Sunday in support of the Susan G. Koman Foundation. Players around the league swung the pink bats as part of the "Going to Bat Against Breast Cancer" initiative led by Major League Baseball. Headley had two hits with the bat, including a two-run home run. (padres.com)
"All I really see is getting the guys out. It doesn't matter to me if I give up a run or two. I just want us to win games. Talk to me in three months if my ERA is still zero. That means we're winning a bunch of games."
- Frank Francisco, talking about his hot start. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
"I'd be lying if I said coming to this division, coming into this team and coming into this market and all that stuff and wondering if it was going to be the same, because you never know how stuff is going to translate, and once again, it's only the middle of May. It's not the end yet, but I just feel like this is how I play. Granted, it's been on the high side, and it's very tough to keep it up for an entire year, but I'm not surprising myself. I almost expect it."
- Jason Bay on joining the Red Sox. (Boston Herald)
"I can tell you now I won't put up the numbers [Aramis Ramirez] put up; I can't do that. That's way out of my league. But hopefully I can do something over there and help this team win."
- Ryan Freel on his desire to step in and help the Cubs. (MLB.com)
"That pace will slow down. It's like everything else. Sometimes, things are up; sometimes, they're down. It's just when the opportunity is there and in situations where it will help the team. I've been getting on but with less doubles and less triples. I didn't have the opportunity early in the season to run."
- Coco Crisp, Royals center fielder, who stole seven bases in a six-game stretch to give him nine steals on the year. (Kansas City Star)
"The first month was kind of difficult. I was really just getting over being really sick and losing all that weight. I really didn't have a Spring Training on top of that. Then I wasn't playing every day. All kind of stuff factored, but you never like not playing well. It's no fun. I tried to really be patient with myself and get better and ride it out."
- Jerry Hairston Jr., who has improved his batting average from .156 to .268 during his current nine-game hitting streak. (MLB.com)
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Augustus as Pontifex Maximus (High Priest)
The statue portrays Augustus intent on celebrating a sacrifice.
He wears the toga (robe) after the fashion of the final decades of the 1st century BCE: considered the Roman national costume, the toga had to be worn by magistrates and common citizens alike every time they entered public places. The Emperor has his head veiled, as was the practice of Roman priests during the sacred rites; probably in his right hand he once held the patera (the sacrificial cup) and in his left the volumen (papyrus scroll or parchment).
The portrait reproduces faithfully the distinctive traits of the Emperor's face like the dovetail motif, formed by the locks at the center of his fringe, or the slightly protruding cheekbones; the wrinkles on his forehead and at the sides of his nose are signs of advanced age. It is an example of the classicistic style, typical of the Augustan Age, in which the realistic traits are coupled with an expression of pensive and detached intensity.
The work probably dates from the years immediately following 12 CE, when the Emperor assumed the priestly office of Pontifex Maximus (High Priest).
The statue was executed in separate parts, according to a technique of Hellenistic tradition, using diverse varieties of marble (Greek for the exposed parts, Italic for the garments).


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How Angry Birds is Boosting a Finnish Brewery
By Juhana Rossi
If beer sales slump, Angry Birds will give you a lift. That's the outlook going into 2013 for a small Finnish brewery and beverage company, Olvi Oyj.
Angry Birds, the wildly-popular mobile game franchise, is owned by the Finnish game developer Rovio Entertainment. Olvi struck a licensing deal with Rovio about a year ago and launched its Angry Birds-branded line of soft drinks last spring, Olvi chief executive Lasse Aho says.
Now orders are pouring in both from Finland and especially abroad. According to Mr. Aho, Europe, Russia and CIS countries are the main export markets, but orders have come from as far away as Australia, Mexico and Saudi-Arabia. "This is a big deal for us," he says.
Olvi's brewery, situated in the town of Iisalmi on a shore of a now-frozen lake 400 kilometers north-east of Helsinki, recently hired twenty new employees and switched to a seven-day production week — a move previously unheard of in January in Finland, where breweries and beverage makers have traditionally made their annual profits during the brief summer peak season.
Angry Birds beverages come in six flavors: mandarin, raspberry, orange & cola, apple & pear, mandarin & pineapple, and tropical fruit. "We use high-quality ingredients, fructose and fruit juices," Mr. Aho says.
So far, Angry Birds have had little impact on Olvi's financials. Last year Olvi's total sales volume in Finland was 148.8 million liters, and soft drinks, including Angry Birds-branded products, which accounted only for some 15 million liters.
But growth rates for beverages were impressive. Olvi's overall soft drink sales volume grew by 85% and export and tax-free sales by 51% in 2012 largely on the back of growing demand for Angry Birds products. The group's annual net sales were €312.2 million euros, and it made a net profit of €25.7 million.
Mr. Aho's excitement is both palpable and understandable. Angry Birds offer a new opportunity to create shareholder value for Olvi as beer and beverage sales have stagnated in its home markets in Finland and Estonia.
According to Mr. Aho, Angry Birds soft drinks sell at 20-30% higher retail prices than Coca-Cola. "For retailers this is a very profitable product compared to big global brands which are sold at very low margins," he says.
Building new revenue streams through licensing deals and product tie-ins is part of Rovio's strategy for Angry Birds. In Finland, you can buy Angry Birds-branded coffee and confectionery along with the more traditional tie-ins of toys, apparel and other accessories.
The game's economic impact is widely felt: Angry Birds confectionery is made by privately-owned Fazer Group, and Fazer's main production site for Angry Birds-branded products reached its all-time production record its in 2012, due in large part to the rapidly growing demand for Angry Birds products.
Olvi has much riding on success of Angry Birds. "We of course hope that the franchise keeps renewing itself and remains vital," Mr. Aho says. The company works in close co-operation with Rovio, and new product launches are slated for spring.
Should Olvi's sales and profit growth move into a greater order of magnitude, an intriguing shareholder would be among the beneficiaries. A foundation connected to Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of IKEA, owns 5.3% of Olvi's shares, and Mr. Aho has met Mr. Kamprad twice on visits to Olvi in Iisalmi.
"I think he became interested in Olvi some seven or eight years ago after his close associate recommended Olvi as a company with future growth potential," Mr. Aho says.


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LoCash Cowboys, 'Best Seat in the House' [Listen]
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Fans of the LoCash Cowboys may do a double-take when the duo's new single begins. 'Best Seat in the House' is Chris Lucas' tribute to his late father, and it's more emotional than the party rockers have ever been. Dads may weep during this ballad.
Gone is the thick production that painted previous singles like 'C.O.U.N.T.R.Y' and 'Here Comes Summer.' A gentle piano is all that accompanies the vocalists during this showcase.
"I can see you every time I close my eyes and I feel you in my heart and I hear you in my mind / Saying I'm right here when things get rough and when I fall down you still pick me up / Remind me how everything's gonna be just fine," they sing during the first verse.
The tempo picks up slightly when the chorus kicks in, but Lucas' emotion is never compromised. He bares his heart on this song: "From my first step in my living room / To all the little league games it was always you / On the front row, lettin' everybody know / That's my boy just watch him go / You were shotgun when you taught me how / To drive that truck on the edge of town / I know somewhere just above the clouds / You still got the best seat in the house."
'Best Seat in the House' is a left turn from what the duo had released previously, as well as songs they've written for other artists (like 'Truck Yeah' for Tim McGraw). Lucas and Preston Brust are no doubt hoping the new style opens them up to new fans while giving longtime supporters something new to think about.
Why Fans Will Love It: Country fans love songs that make them cry, and this song is built to do just that. 'Best Seat in the House' is real.
Key Lyrics: "From where you're sittin' I bet you're gettin' a pretty good laugh / Watchin' me try to cut a path from a boy to a family man / Sometimes I don't know what to do, but I make it through / Cause I just do what I think you'd do / It's like you're holdin' my hand"
Did You Know?: One of the guys from LoCash has a get-out-of-jail-free card for the state of New York. During an interview at the Taste of Country Music Festival, the duo seemed confident it would work.
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I don't expect his minutes to get inflated though. Probably just for media methinks.
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they started ross
i guess they really gave up on the season
Just give the ball to DeMar...
I'm sure Ross can play better and will play better TODAY. (gulp)
woohoo bucket ross.. finally
DeMar is really emerging as a leader.
I'm listening to the Cavs stream, they're really, really high on Valanciunas.
Ross and Valanciunas still on, that's a good sign. If Bargnani is out for a while Acy has to come back.
I think Anderson was doing Ray Lewis's dirty bird.
Jonas looks different today in his playing style.
These defensive rotations are horrible.
this team looks like it's tanking...what's the protection on the pick again?
Wow this game is ugly. switched over to the WBC because the Raps deserve to lose if they keep playing like that
I cant believe its come to this but I just cant watch this team anymore
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So since we're still hopped up on holiday cheer, we can look back at 2011 with fondness and approach 2012 with optimism.
As is the yearly custom for most newspaper folks, we took the opportunity as we change calendars to look back at some of the larger news events of the past year. Though a lot of papers do, we did not rank the events in any way. How do you decide one tragedy or one city council decision is bigger than another? We found it much easier to just present them as a whole — with no ranking system.
We culled through our print editions of the last year and found the 11 stories — for 2011, get it? — that stood above the rest, either in terms of impact, significance or public reaction. We don't know if we'll stick with this trend — 12 for 2012, 13 for 2013 and so on. Something tells us the editor in the year 2082 might be a little peeved if anything gets set in stone along these lines, so we'll play it by ear. For this year we have 11 stories, which in relation to our output this year is not a lot.
We average about four local stories a day, which comes out to roughly 1,248 stories over a given year — an estimate we consider to be rather conservative. So obviously, some big stories were left out. We had school millage elections, important quorum court and city council decisions, a missing soldier, a tragic hit and run, nearly every variety of severe weather — so many stories there was no way to include them all without stepping into the 2082 editor's territory.
We hope the stories we've chosen will resonate with our readers as the especially important stories of the year. If not, feel free to let us know about it on our website, Facebook page or through a good old fashioned letter to the editor.
In 2011, we hope we did our job of keeping the public informed on all varieties of news. Plenty of our news stories from the past year — some which were mentioned in our "11 of 2011", some not — are based on changes that will take effect in the coming year. This is where the optimism comes in. As the new year begins, some buildings near completion and planning for new roads, new schools, new libraries, new stores and other facilities and services continues. Russellville School District will wrap up a major piece of construction, just in time for Dardanelle to begin a new primary building and renovation of its high school. 2012 will provide the completion of many of these types of projects, and more will enter the planning stages, awaiting completion in 2013 or further down the line, and we hope to be there to report on them.
Naturally, the type of events that no planning can alter will happen as well, and we'll bring you news of those as they occur, too.
Thank you for choosing us as your source for news, both online and with our print edition, in 2011 — and we hope to hold that position through 2012 and beyond.
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The couple was married on Feb. 16, 1973, in Jonesboro. They are members of Victory Missionary Baptist Church and they have a family owned business, Brangus Steakhouse. Mike and Debbie have two children, Matthew and wife, Melissa Brady and Nicole and husband, Lance Greathouse.
An anniversary celebration, hosted by the children of the couple, will be held from 2-4 p.m. Feb. 23, 2013, at the Victory Missionary Baptist Church. The public is invited to attend.


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MMQ still doesn't know what Borges was thinking
It has been already been said by a number of people, so I won't spend a lot of time on this. Something about losing to Ohio State doesn't make me real interested in talking Michigan football. But I suppose it's necessary to some degree, so here we go.
In my opinion, the Michigan coaching staff's record against OSU is as follows: Brady Hoke and everyone except Al Borges: 1-0; Al Borges: 0-1. There is no explanation for the kind of play-calling skill (or lack thereof) that he displayed in the second half of the game on Saturday. For the first two quarters of the game, Denard Robinson and Devin Gardner played on the field together. The Michigan offense got the ball out to players on the edge and forced the OSU defense to make tackles in space. Sometimes they made the tackle. More often they didn't, and Michigan gained an extra 4-6 yards per reception/carry. The result was 219 yards and three touchdowns.
In the first half, Denard as an individual was spectacular. Officially, he had 10 carries for 122 yards, including a huge touchdown right at the end of the first half which put Michigan in a position to go up by 11 points had they converted a touchdown on the first possession of the second half. The smile on my face at the thought of this must have gone from ear to ear. Even without the extra seven points after halftime, I was still happy at the momentum that Denard had sucked from the mouths of every fan in that stadium and planted in the Michigan locker room and sideline. On the plays when Denard wasn't touching the ball, OSU was forced to account for him, which opened up other options for the offense, such as Roy Roundtree and Jeremy Gallon.
But Al Borges, in his infinite wisdom, took Denard off the field in the second half. The result: Denard had four carries for -2 yards; Michigan offense had 60 total yards and no points. I hope, I hope, that Denard sustained an injury that I don't know about because there is absolutely NO EXCUSE for taking the BEST PLAYER on the team off the football field. The OSU coaches and players must have been loving life at that decision.
Not only was it a horrendous call to keep Denard off the field, but once the Michigan offense started facing some adversity in the second half, Borges went back to his "I'm afraid to make a call, so I'm just going to play it safe" approach. This is called 'playing not to lose' and Borges has displayed this tendency in the past. Playing this way is not how you win big college football games. It is much more acceptable for a team to lose if they were aggressive in the process. Yes, maybe a kid will make a mistake once in awhile, but at least the offense is out there trying to dictate to the defense how things are going to happen.
And no, aggressive is not going for a 4th-and-2 at midfield on your first drive of the second half. That was stupidity. The head coach is the one who makes this call, so the blame falls on Hoke. The correct call was to play field position and punt the ball deep and let the defense hold the opponent to their end of the football field. It was MUCH too early for a move like that. But let's pretend that move was actually a good call. What kind of play did Borges call? An inside run with Robinson smack dab into the strength of the OSU defense, where they have been strong all season and don't miss tackles. Why?! Why not call something outside, where you've been picking up good yardage all game?? Michigan hasn't run the ball well inside all season. So all of a sudden, in the last week of the season, against your biggest rival, an inside run is the call? That's not how it works. That play changed everything about the game. It was never the same again. And even though Michigan still had a chance to win on the last drive of the game, they lost all of the momentum they had and never got it back.
Some folks who are reading this may point out that it was the second half turnovers which cost Michigan the game. The players and coaches certainly, but what are they going to do, rip their offensive coordinator to the media? The turnovers were created because of the ultra-conservative play-calling which became predictable without the addition of Denard on the field. Without the defense playing on their heels and keeping an eye on the whereabouts of Denard, they were able to crash the pocket and force the offense into mistakes.
Ultimately, I didn't expect Michigan to win the game. My prediction was 26-23 OSU. But I did think that Michigan had a good chance of coming away with a victory if they ran the offense that had been established in the Iowa game. They did this in the first half and won 21-20. They did not in the second half and lost 6-0. That's all it took as OSU has now won eight of the last nine in the series.
One quick note on the Michigan defense: for the most part, I thought they did a good job of forcing the OSU offense into field goal opportunities instead of allowing touchdown – especially on several occasions on a short field. I said coming in that the Michigan defense was going to have to stop the run to win. On Saturday, OSU ran for a total of 207 yards. Not a recipe for victory. But I do give the defense credit for stepping up when it mattered and not giving up big points and keeping the team in the game.
I guess Michigan fans can take solace in the fact that OSU's season is done. Their season is over and they have already begun handing in their equipment. As OSU fans gave a standing ovation to the man that put the program on probation and is the reason for which this 2012 team cannot play for any of the aforementioned honors, we don't have to hear about a Big Ten Championship and maybe even a BCS National Championship coming to Columbus. Michigan will get an extra month of practice to improve before playing in their bowl game and another offseason to bring in a Top 10 recruiting class. The future of Michigan football is still bright and this team will be even better next season.


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Bob Ford speaks, Minute Maid Park listens
Astros' public address announcer entering 18th season
By Brian McTaggart / MLB.com
Baseball in Houston just wouldn't be the same without the soothing sounds of 53-year-old public address announcer Bob Ford, a passionate baseball man who gets as pumped up for Opening Day as anyone else. A lifelong Astros fan while growing up in Galveston, Tex., Ford has a passion for baseball that comes through each time he turns on the microphones and lets his vocal cords fly.
"It's definitely a charge," Ford said. "Everything's fresh."
This will be Ford's 18th year behind the microphone, a run that began when Drayton McLane bought the club in 1994. He began in the Astrodome and announced games there for six years before making the move with the Astros to Minute Maid Park in 2000.
Ford's preparations for each game are pretty standard. He receives a script that includes the names of those involved in pregame activities -- such as who's throwing out the ceremonial first pitch -- and gives the starting lineups just minutes before first pitch.
The script is longer and more detailed for Opening Day, when the pomp and circumstance of the first home game of the season means the field is filled with honored guests. It's Ford's job to introduce them all, but the duties of introducing the starting lineups on Opening Day falls on Hall of Fame broadcaster Milo Hamilton.
"There's a lot more into it on Opening Day than a regular game as far as the logistics and everything," said Ford, a former radio disc jockey who does plenty of radio and television voice-over work. "We have people down the field, Clint Pasche [marketing director], down on the field with the headsets and he coordinates the on-field stuff -- the anthem and first pitch and stuff, so we talk back and forth."
This Opening Day will bring one huge difference for Ford. The Astros moved their press box up one level, giving Ford a different vantage point to view the games. The view of the field might be better, but one of the reasons Ford was so popular was his constant interaction with fans, and he'd even go as far as giving kids cookies who stopped by to say hello.
Ford can still talk to fans, though it won't be as easy.
"That was one of the jokes that was going around up there during the college tournament," he said. "When's everybody going to come up and talk to Bob? Nobody's going to be able to see Bob. Even during the college tournament, some of the fans came up to me. I'll have to make a new set of friends. I made a great set of friends down the first 11 years, and now I'll make a new set of friends up there."
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Game of Thrones has be receiving increased popularity over the last several months as George R.R. Martin's series of novels (the first five are currently published) are being made into an HBO series. While the HBO series seems to be greatly exaggerating the number of scenes including sex, nudity and incest, it appears fairly accurate in terms of fighting, drinking and foul language. Religion plays an interesting role in the book as some, the Starks, pray to the old gods, while others have abandoned them for new, more relatable, and less creepy gods. The book itself is compelling, although very light on the fantasy particularly compared to The Lord of the Rings Trilogy or The Kingkiller Chronicle.
Instead of having a single protagonist there are eight point of view (POV) characters in the novel, which leads to a multilayered, though at times a frustrating read as storylines are picked up and abandoned for a time every chapter. The following is a short look at each of the POV characters and their role in the novel. » Read the rest of this entry «


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15 Things to Pack on Your Pure Michigan Camping Trip: An Infographic
Michigan Camping and RV Month might be coming to a close, but there's still plenty of time to plan a Pure Michigan camping trip this summer! And with more than a thousand campgrounds statewide, there's something for everyone – whether it's camping along rivers, lakes, sand dunes and beaches or in state parks or national forests.
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'K-Mart' group pays big dividends for Brewers
By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com
PHOENIX -- Brewers special assistant Dick Groch is the man who scouted and signed Derek Jeter, a first-round Draft pick of the Yankees in 1992. But he can also appreciate a good bargain.
So Groch, entering his 11th season in Milwaukee's pro scouting department, was particularly intrigued to watch what he dubbed the "K-Mart group" throw bullpen sessions on Sunday. Side by side on a row of mounds were relievers John Axford, Jim Henderson and Brandon Kintzler and starter Mike Fiers -- who combined to cost Milwaukee a whopping $3,500.
Fiers is the group's "bonus baby," Kintzler joked, having received a $2,500 signing bonus as a 22nd-round Draft pick in 2009. Right about the same time, the Brewers purchased Kintzler from the independent St. Paul Saints for $1,000. Axford and Henderson signed after being released by other teams, and didn't cost a dime.
And yet, all four are expected to play meaningful roles in the Majors this season. Axford is the Brewers' closer, Henderson the leading contender for set-up duties and Kintzler has an inside track on another bullpen opening. Fiers is competing for a spot in the starting rotation after breaking into the big leagues last season.
Those are far from the only Major Leaguers to come from humble beginnings, but as Groch pointed out, "What's unique is when you put them all together in the same throwing group."
Speaking of unique, Kintzler had to turn down better money in Hollywood to sign with the Brewers. He was a finalist to play right-hander Tim Hudson in the film Moneyball, but the audition would have caused him to miss a chance to start the '09 American Association All-Star Game.
"I said, this is probably my best chance to get signed," Kintzler said. "I think I want to pitch in the All-Star Game. I don't want to be a movie star."
Escobar hopes comeback trail ends with Crew
PHOENIX -- When he steps on a mound at Maryvale Baseball Park, Kelvim Escobar will launch the latest phase of a comeback five years in the making.
The right-hander, 37 in April, has made all of one appearance in the Major Leagues since 2007, when he won 18 games for the Angels. Felled by a series of shoulder injuries, and unsuccessful in one 2010 comeback bid with the Mets, Escobar is giving it a try again. He is in Brewers camp as a non-roster invitee, bidding for a job in the bullpen.
The way he sees it, simply getting to camp counts as a victory.
"A lot of people tell me in Venezuela, 'You are going to be someone that young athletes that are going through tough times are looking up to because of what you've been through,'" Escobar said. "When the doctors said you wouldn't be able to pitch, or when I said I was going to retire because my shoulder was done. All of the things involved in those three years."
It's been three years since his last big league camp, with the Mets in 2010. Escobar reinjured his shoulder before throwing a regular-season pitch, had the latest in a series of surgeries and grew so frustrated trying to pitch in Venezuela the following winter that he walked away from the game.
For an entire year, Escobar did not touch a baseball. He spent time with his kids. He spent time in the gym.
"I totally forgot about baseball," Escobar said. "I didn't watch a game, nothing."
When he did pick up a baseball, "it felt kind of weird." But after an awkward week, the old muscles began to fire again. Suddenly he was playing catch at 120 feet and felt like himself. A coach -- Oswaldo Peraza -- was key to the process, Escobar said, by preaching patience.
By last November, Escobar was finally ready to pitch. He appeared in six games, including a pair of starts, for Lara in the Venezuelan Winter League. Brewers scouts there, including director of Latin American scouting Manny Batista, filed positive reports that reached Brewers assistant general manager Gord Ash, who had once been Escobar's GM in Toronto, and manager Ron Roenicke, who was an Angels coach during Escobar's years in Anaheim.
There's a personal part of Roenicke particularly eager to see Escobar succeed.
"We're going to take it slow with him and see where we are," Roenicke said.
Escobar would earn a $1.1 million base salary in the Majors with $1.1 million more available in performance incentives. He would get $100,000 each for 40 and 45 appearances, $150,000 for 50, 55, 60 and 65 games, plus $100,000 each for 60, 90 and 120 consecutive days on the big league roster. Among Escobar's award bonuses is $100,000 for winning Comeback Player of the Year. He was pitching at 91-94 mph and touching 96 mph in Venezuela, but Roenicke was just as eager to see the rest of his arsenal.
"His offspeed pitches are as good as anybody I've ever seen in the game," Roenicke said. "I would go as far as saying his offspeed pitches are the best I've ever seen."
Escobar is expected to work out with the team for the first time on Monday, and will throw his first bullpen session in the coming days.
"Now I have to be smart and patient, keep working hard and take care of my shoulder," Escobar said. "I'm going to be able to pitch again and help this team."
Aramis eager to earn title of 'Mr. April'
PHOENIX -- Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez is brainstorming with his manager on ways to beat his annual early-season slump.
"I would have like five MVPs in my house right now if I ever got off to a good start," Ramirez said, probably only half-joking.
Indeed, Ramirez's worst monthly batting average (.257) and on-base percentage (.328) are in April and his worst slugging percentage (.450) is in May. Compare that to August, when Ramirez has hit .305/.367/.547.
He thought that signing a free-agent contract with the Brewers last offseason would help, since he'd be playing half of his early-season games at climate-controlled Miller Park instead of chilly Wrigley Field. But Ramirez instead followed the same pattern, hitting .214 with two home runs in April last season before rallying to hit .300 with 27 home runs, 105 RBIs and an NL-best 50 doubles.
"I talked to [manager Ron Roenicke] yesterday, and talked to him a couple of times in the offseason, and we want to try to do something different this spring to see if it works out," Ramirez said. "I don't know what it's going to be yet. I don't know if it's going to be play more games, play less games. Take more [batting practice] down here? I don't know. Just do something different and see if I can get off to a great start."
Right now, Ramirez and Roenicke are each brainstorming ideas. They'll talk again before games begin to set a plan.
Roenicke said the early start of Cactus League games, a product of the World Baseball Classic, could benefit Ramirez if he opts to play more this spring. He also noted that Ramirez reported to camp a bit lighter this year.
"He's tired of not starting off well and he wants to try to do something about it," Roenicke said.
Gamel sits after aggravating repaired knee
PHOENIX -- Brewers first baseman Mat Gamel was held out of baseball activities on Sunday, a day after he aggravated his surgically-repaired right knee in the team's first full-squad workout. Manager Ron Roenicke hoped it would only be a one-day absence.
Gamel, coming off surgery last season for a torn ACL, is penciled in as the team's Opening Day first baseman while Corey Hart recovers from his own knee surgery.
"It's unexpected just because [Gamel has] gone through this period of time where he really hasn't had any issues with it," Roenicke said. "But probably not unexpected because it is different once you get on the field and now you're doing different exercises with agilities, with fundamentals. You're doing different things on the knee that you're not doing in a controlled environment."
Roenicke said Gamel first felt something in his knee while stretching, then felt it again while swinging the bat. Gamel conferred with a member of the club's athletic training staff and was taken back to the clubhouse for examination.
Does it qualify as a red flag?
"No, not now," Roenicke said. "I mean, if it happens a few times as we're going along, yeah."
Should Gamel experience more trouble with the knee, the Brewers may have to find someone else to mind first base while Hart also recovers. Options in camp include Alex Gonzalez, Taylor Green, nonroster invitee Bobby Crosby and prospect Hunter Morris.
Morris, 24, has yet to take a swing above Triple-A, but Roenicke did not rule him out.
"It would be pushing him, but say he comes out in Spring Training and he just goes off?" Roenicke said. "I don't know. He had some kind of year in Double-A, and that's where [shortstop Jean] Segura came from."
The Brewers brought in another first baseman, 2009 Draft pick Sean Halton, to cover Gamel's absence in Sunday's drills. Halton could remain for a few days.
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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Beautiful and funny picture with lovely doggy with 3 tennis balls in his mouth. I think that this sweet dog wanted to catch all 3 balls and bring them to his master. This picture is absolutely the best dog picture that I have ever seen.I think that this dog looks completely different from this beaver dog!


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Unable to land a top level forward in the prime of his career to replace Luis Suarez, Liverpool are reportedly looking at a top level forward on the decline in Samuel Eto'o.
Alexis Sanchez finally has the move to a bigger club that he has been agitating for since the end of last season as the ink is now dry on the swap move seeing he and Henrikh Mkhitaryan switch clubs.
Alfie Mawson swept home a rebound from a Swansea corner kick to give the relegation strugglers a massive win over streaking Liverpool.
Virgil van Dijk played well but wasn't enough to overcome Liverpool's set piece issues as they fell 1-0 to Swansea.
Andy Carroll may not play again this season after undergoing surgery to repair a hairline fracture in his foot.
Crystal Palace announced its first signing of the winter window in a loan move for Benfica midfielder Erdal Rakip.
Within an hour of Alexis Sanchez joining Manchester United, City announced a contract extension for Kevin De Bruyne.
Arsenal and Manchester United have completed their rumored swap of Alexis Sanchez and Henrikh Mkhitaryan with the Armenian international moving to the Emirates and the Chilean moving in the opposite direction.
Yohan Cabaye is expected to be ruled out for at least a month after suffering an ankle ligament injury during Saturdays loss at The Emirates.
Junior Stanislas returned to the field in Gameweek 24 after overcoming a hamstring injury which had sidelined him since December.
17 year-old Southampton striker Michael Obafemi admits he was "overwhelmed" by making his PL debut unexpectedly on Sunday but he is looking to build on his decent 10 minutes display.
Southampton look set to splurge over £50 million this week to bring two new faces to St. Mary's in a bid to arrest their poor form so far this season.


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Calvin Presbyterian Church in West Philadelphia is hoping police will be able to track down the burglars who targeted their church.
"These guys know what they were doing. These are no amateurs," Elder Ron Ricks of Calvin Presbyterian told NBC10 Philadelphia's Nefertiti Jaquez.
The thieves pried open a door to the church during the overnight hours when no one was around. "It's very odd. It's almost like they've been here and they knew what they wanted and came back to get it," said Ricks.
The burglars allegedly swiped about $11,000 worth of antique chandeliers and chairs from the pulpit.
"They would have to be heartless, ruthless, and have no sense of respect for God or a church building," said Ricks.
This church has been a fixture in the community for 112 years.
Calvin Presbyterian is one of six churches in the city hit by burglars just this week.
Police aren't able to confirm if all these cases are linked.


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I have a particular personal philosophy concerning functional art. In this specific case, the collecting of Tiki Mugs. I deeply feel that when functional art ceases being used, it ceases having relevance. It becomes less powerful; it becomes a memory. The idea of keeping a mug (no matter how 'priceless') that was made to be drunk from behind glass and unused is anathema to me. To me It's perverting the item for one's own personal fears (of it breaking, of it losing value) in favor of its spirit.
This is not a judgement against others who may differ: It's your mug, do with it what you will. It's my philosophy and there is no concrete aesthetic. My mugs, however, will be used. If it becomes damaged? If it breaks? Good. The Mug is already broken. All things are impermanent and eventually end: Such is the beauty of existence. I would rather celebrate these tokens full of the drinks they were made to hold than look at it with worry on the shelf, supposedly out of harm's way.
I bring this up because when I make Rum Barrels, I use our two Rum Barrel mugs. One of which happens to be the Aku Aku Rum Barrel. It was made by Otagiri for the Aku Aku at the Stardust in Las Vegas. Heather found it at the Goodwill for 85¢. Ooga-Mooga has the value at $90. Ebay's average is around $125. Do I care? Not a whit. I use it because it is a rum barrel, meant to hold the liquid art of the Rum Barrel cocktail.
1 oz fresh squeezed lime juice
1 oz fresh squeezed grapefruit juice
1 oz fresh squeezed orange juice
1 oz unsweetened pineapple juice
1 oz honey mix
1 oz Puerto Rican light Rum
1 oz Jamaican gold Rum
2 oz Demerara Rum
tsp falernum
tsp pimento dram
6 drops Pernod
6 drops grenadine
dash Angostura bitters
6 oz Ice
That's the version in Sippin' Safari. It's a great recipe. However, to my taste, it turns out a bit subtle. So here's my personal variation on the recipe. I've replaced the Pernod with Herbsaint, as I feel it more closely better supports the other flavors with a woody, earthy tone (I'll use Absinthe when next I have some on hand). Pernod is too "pointy" and singular for my tastes in these recipes. I increase the falernum & pimento dram from 1/6 oz to 1/4 oz to better balance their role in the flavor. I use Fee's brother's old fashioned bitters for a hint of more spice. I don't have any decent Puerto Rican rums, so I substitute Cruzan (a Virgin Islands rum).
The Monkey Hut Rum Barrel (based on Donn Beach's recipe)
1 oz fresh squeezed lime juice
1 oz fresh squeezed grapefruit juice
1 oz fresh squeezed orange juice
1 oz unsweetened pineapple juice
1 oz honey mix
1 oz Cruzan light Rum
1 oz Appleton Special gold Rum
2 oz Lemon Hart Demerara Rum
¼ oz house falernum
¼ oz house pimento dram
6 drops Herbsaint
6 drops grenadine
dash Fee Brothers Old Fashioned bitters
6 oz Crushed Ice
You can also see my other Rum Barrel, the Mai-Kai reproduction from Tiki Farm. I picked that one up at the Mai-Kai gift shop during Hukilau 2006. They sit next to each other in the Monkey Hut. They come down when it's time to drink from them.
Here are some more shots of this gorgeous functioning art in action:


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Peter King, Grand Inquisitor of Muslims, Loves Terrorism
New York Rep. Peter King will begin his hearings about The Growing Threat of Radicalized American Muslims in Congress tomorrow. See that, American Muslims? You get hearings now. You can thank Pete King later.
But the strange thing about King, who chairs the Homeland Security Committee, is that he used to love terrorists. His history of support for the IRA during the '80s has been brought up several times since he announced his plans for home-grown Islamic radicalization hearings late last year, but the New York Times offers a good briefing today:
Long before he became an outspoken voice in Congress about the threat from terrorism, he was a fervent supporter of a terrorist group, the Irish Republican Army.
"We must pledge ourselves to support those brave men and women who this very moment are carrying forth the struggle against British imperialism in the streets of Belfast and Derry," Mr. King told a pro-I.R.A. rally on Long Island, where he was serving as Nassau County comptroller, in 1982. Three years later he declared, "If civilians are killed in an attack on a military installation, it is certainly regrettable, but I will not morally blame the I.R.A. for it."
As Mr. King, a Republican, rose as a Long Island politician in the 1980s, benefiting from strong Irish-American support, the I.R.A. was carrying out a bloody campaign of bombing and sniping, targeting the British Army, Protestant paramilitaries and sometimes pubs and other civilian gathering spots. His statements, along with his close ties to key figures in the military and political wings of the I.R.A., drew the attention of British and American authorities.
The Secret Service investigated him as a "security risk" in 1984. That same year, as the Times writes, "A judge in Belfast threw him out of an I.R.A. murder trial, calling him an 'obvious collaborator.'"
So maybe these hearings won't be so adversarial after all. Maybe Pete King will end up liking the rent-a-radicals he marches into the committee room. Maybe Pete King will join Al Qaeda after reading their brochure! Let's all hope.
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Hi, (sorry for my English)
1) Let me say some words about iRedMail project
I try many [opensource] mail solutions, how-to's, docs and bla-bla... and i can say: iRedMail just work out-of-the-box. Its perfect. (have small problems, but its really _small_ problems)
Now, i deploy test mail server and transfer part of ours domains for heavy load testing;
BIG THANX!!! for this project!
2) I have (my bussines) small ISP company, and i wan create localized russian mirror of iRedMail project;
3) question abot RoundCube and sieve
$rcmail_config['managesieve_default'] = '/etc/dovecot/sieve/global';
I can't locate this file - /etc/dovecot/sieve/global its normal ?
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College basketball is a veritable forest of coaching family trees.
You have the Dean Smith family tree, which produced Roy Williams and scads of others. You have the Rick Pitino family tree, which counts national champions Billy Donovan and Tubby Smith among its many branches. You have the Tom Izzo family tree, which includes Tom Crean and Brian Gregory at prominent jobs and others at smaller programs.
Billy Kennedy, the new boss at Texas A&M, is pretty much a self-made sapling. He worked 12 different (and mostly modest) college jobs before getting this one, his big break in the profession. As an assistant coach, he had seven addresses from 1985-91.
Ask him about the biggest coaching influence in his life, and you don't hear about any big names from power programs. You hear about a 76-year-old man who coaches girls high school basketball and teaches Latin at a small Catholic school in New Orleans.
His name is Kevin Trower. He was something of a prep hoops coaching legend in the Crescent City, and he was Kennedy's coach at Holy Cross High School in the early 1980s.
He also is Kennedy's stepfather, marrying his mom, Dixie, after Billy graduated from Holy Cross. "We tried to keep [the relationship] secret from him," Trower said. "That was kind of crazy."
To this day, Trower likes to watch Kennedy's teams practice and give his input on what he sees. And to this day, Kennedy does not call him Dad, or Kevin. He calls him Coach.
He also calls him a vital part of his own coaching makeup.
"I credit him for our philosophy, defensively and offensively," Kennedy said in his soft New Orleans drawl.
Defense is the running theme in the relationship. Trower was a defensive fanatic who modeled his pressure man-to-man off what he learned hearing legendary coach Hank Iba speak. Now Kennedy is a defensive fanatic, applying many of the same principles handed down decades ago from Iba.
"I'm very proud of the fact that he's a defensive coach," Trower said.
At Holy Cross High, Kennedy was Trower's captain and most avid defender, almost always guarding the other team's top scorer. That fit his hard-nosed mentality. Kennedy was a boxer as a kid, learning the sweet science at Delta Playground in New Orleans, and he played basketball with something of a pugilistic mentality.
"Billy is a very tough man," Trower said. "A lot of the publicity since he got to Texas A&M says he's a player's coach, and he is, but it's not like he lets them do whatever they want. It's exactly the opposite. He's a quiet tough guy."
Kennedy's quiet personality might be what kept him beating the bushes of Division I for years longer than his winning percentage suggests he should have.
After 12 seasons as an assistant coach, Kennedy got his first head-coaching gig in 1997 at Centenary, which had the smallest enrollment in Division I at the time. If you can simply avoid being trampled there, you're probably pretty good. After Kennedy squeezed a 14-14 season out of the Gentlemen in his second year, he moved to Southeastern Louisiana.
His alma mater stood by him through four straight losing seasons and was rewarded in years five and six with consecutive 20-win seasons and a trip to the school's one and only NCAA tournament in 2005.
"I was able to make some mistakes in those other jobs to prepare me," Kennedy said. "Make a mistake at Centenary and nobody notices it."
The NCAA trip in '05 helped earn Kennedy a shot at one of the premier mid-major jobs, Murray State. But even that program was at a low ebb when he arrived. Players scattered after Mick Cronin left for Cincinnati, leaving Kennedy with three scholarship players. He pulled together a roster and went 16-14 his first year, sustaining the school's decades-long streak of winning seasons.
Athletic director Allen Ward still maintains that season was Kennedy's best coaching job at Murray. In his fourth season, the Racers went 31-5, reached the NCAA tournament and shocked fourth-seeded Vanderbilt in the first round. They lost by two points to eventual national runner-up Butler in the second round.
That looked like Kennedy's cue to do what so many had done before him at Murray: upgrade to a bigger job. There were some nibbles from bigger schools, but the coach says his heart wasn't fully into it.
"I was content that if that's what God had in store for me, I could have stayed at Murray for a long time," he said. "I wasn't trying to leave like some people. I was comparing the job to Centenary and Southeastern Louisiana, and it looked pretty good."
So did the team he had coming back for the 2010-11 season. Some people even had Murray pegged as a top-25 team.
But what followed was an inconsistent season, as the Racers struggled to deal with huge expectations. They pieced it together late and won the Ohio Valley Conference regular season, but then were upset in the OVC tournament semifinals by Tennessee Tech. What seemed like a sure return trip to the Big Dance ended in bitter disappointment.
If Kennedy wasn't leaving Murray after 2010, he certainly didn't appear upwardly mobile after '11. That is until the job at one of his stops as an assistant, Texas A&M, opened up late after Gary Williams suddenly retired at Maryland and Mark Turgeon left College Station for College Park.
"That's the funny thing about it," Kennedy said. "You never know in this profession."
Kennedy leaped at the opportunity, won over athletic director Bill Byrne and got the job. Now he's excited about coaching a veteran team that returns its top three scorers, thrilled by A&M's 68,000-square-foot practice facility and dazzled by the 400 boosters he met at a recent weekend outing in San Antonio.
"This is Murray on steroids," Kennedy said. "We wanted to make it a one-move situation to get to a destination job. This is a destination job for me."
At age 47 and in his fourth head-coaching position, he's not following the path of a Coaching Phenom.
But then again, he never has. Billy Kennedy didn't come to College Station on the coattails of a big name in college basketball. He got there largely by himself, with an assist from an old man teaching Latin at a little school in New Orleans.
Pat Forde is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.