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After a long summer hiatus, Inside the Vault is back with artist, Rafael Vargas.
What's your job at Bethesda?
I get to do what I love the most, which is building and designing environments. In my previous work experience, as well as much of my free time, I am devoted to creating spaces and architecture. So I guess that makes me by now a World Artist.
What other games have you worked on?
I worked on Battlespire, Redguard and The 10th Planet as an animator for the cutscene movies. As part of the development team, I've worked on Bloodmoon, Oblivion, and Fallout 3 — pushing, pulling, cutting, inserting, and all of the good things you can do to geometries to make it look good and work correctly.
What is the best part about working as a artist? The worst part?
The best part for me is the creative freedom. In Bloodmoon, I pretty much had an open canvas to do what I wanted; I was told to do a Nord city on an icy landscape. I created it from early concept work all the way to the final product. It was quite a challenge, since at the time I had recently moved from the sister division of ZeniMax to Bethesda. The creative freedom continued in the development of Oblivion and much into Fallout 3. In Oblivion, besides making the interior and exteriors buildings, I played "master planner" in some cities. I got the chance to create a few cities: a destroyed one, a very poor one, and a nice, well-kept city. In the making, I would place myself in each city to try to get the right feeling and contrast. We have quite the amazing team of leads who not only allow us to grow in what we do best, but also make the entire development process transparent. Also, from the growth of new hires, we have some amazing new artists that make the team even more competitive. I think the challenge ahead is how to integrate the team better to keep pushing the quality bar even higher. I also enjoy our awesome theater (for movies and presentations), our game room, but the "crème de la crème" is our chef Kenny, who is not only a great cook, but he is also a character. He has some stories to tell.
The worst part is the fact that we need to walk outside of the building to get natural light.
How did you get into the industry? Do you have any tips for breaking in?
Be at the right place at the right moment. Let me elaborate, when I was 14-years-old, my brother started programming games and I remember being amazed not only by the moving figures on the screen, but also at the amount of paper he would go through each time he needed to print the code to clean the bugs. I was his full-time tester, however it was difficult since we only had one TV and one keyboard. One day he tried to teach me basic programming, and I realized that I was better off playing with my Legos. Soon after I was introduced to SunDog –an adventure and trading game where you get to travel around planets and to trade goods, keep the pirates away, repair your ship, keep trading more goods, and so on. After playing this, I had a great desire to create and design buildings and place them in the computer.
As I pursued my passion of building, I got a degree in Architecture and a great deal of my work was done with a program called 3D Studio in DOS, which didn't even have an "undo" command yet. Soon after school, a group of friends and I started doing animations for a company called Bethesda Softworks, then we were acquired by Bethesda into a new division. After countless prototypes that never saw the light of day during the internet boom, a bunch of us were ask to join the Bethesda team. And that is how I got into the industry.
I feel that my architecture background gives me an edge when it comes to designing and creating environments. As far as tips go, I will say it's the passion, drive, and dedication of your work that makes you standout from the rest. Hopefully that'll help.
What would you say is your personal favorite game of all time?
I tend to get obsessed with games that I really like, and after a month or two I have to give the games away to keep them out of my reach. To think of my personal favorite, I'd rather think of the game that made the biggest impression on me. It has to be SunDog on the Atari, it was the first time I played a game that was very open, and it was the first UI that had a scalable interface. The sense of freedom in the game created countless opportunities for fun. Very much like our games.
What games are you looking forward to?
I am big fan of RTS games, and I am anxiously waiting Tom Clancy's EndWar, since it was built from the ground up with the consoles in mind. I also love war-based tactical shooters.
What makes you get out of bed in the morning?
I am actually an early riser so what gets me out of my bed early is the desire to create. With developing games, the challenge is to build something that is visually accurate in-game vs. real life. We have an awesome concept artist for Fallout 3, but there are so many gaps to fill in creating an entire set or environment. I usually use the concepts as a reference of look and feel. I feel fortunate that at work we have room for creative freedom in our tasks allowing each artist to contribute. This not only makes me get out of bed early, but keeps me awake late at night.
Worst job you've ever had?
McDonalds. It was my first job and it was across from my townhouse in Rockville. It lasted three days.
Any other hobbies and interests? What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?
I used to spend a great deal of time taking pictures with my digital SLR, but that has slowed down lately. I hope that the second wind comes soon. I usually take the last week of December to create a building with Legos. I also love to do architectural conceptual designs in 3D Max and try different rendering engines, different lighting schemes, and materials to set the right mood for the environment. Last but not least, I love football — the one that you play with your feet.


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Fresh off the pseudo-legitimization of their Kanye West-Kim Kardashian "backshots" sex pictures, MediaTakeout is touting "EARTH-SHATTERING SUPER EXCLUSIVE" photos of "two celebs... getting some BOOTY LOVE!!!"
But whose booty, and whose love? MTO will announce their identities "later." Here are my guesses:
- President Obama and Miley Cyrus
- Tiger Woods and Princess Diana
- Jay-Z and Angela Merkel
- Blue Ivy and Angela Merkel
- Marion Barry and Nicki Minaj
- Nicki Minaj and "Roman"
- Two Bachelor contestants you've never heard of
- Kanye West and an extremely high-quality blow-up doll
- MediaTakeout founder Fred Mwangaguhunga and the personification of pageviews
Who do YOU think it's going to be? Join the thrilling guessing game in the comments. [MTO]


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European Commission Seeks Your Input on Ways to Reduce Marine Litter
Rays trapped in lost fishing nets, floating plastic bags resembling jellyfish, glass bottles and tyres covering the ocean floor are all too common a sight for scuba divers who are the first to see how devastating marine litter is underwater. Many of us pick up trash every time we dive. We organize or participate in Dive Against Debris. And between now and December 18th, you have a unique opportunity to share your opinion on how the European Union (EU) can best tackle marine litter.
The European Commission aims to develop EU-wide reduction target for marine litter. This public consultation is an integral part of EU's long-term commitment to develop, implement and enforce policies aimed at tackling marine litter sources and impacts.
One of the key policy initiatives that has been in development for several years is the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) which establishes a structure within which Member States have to take measures to maintain or achieve 'good environmental status' (GES) in the marine environment by 2020, including reducing marine litter. The development of a reduction target is one of many complementary activities undertaken at the EU level to tackle the problem.
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Guardian Masterclasses
Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 10:00 AM - Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 5:00 PM (GMT)
Event Details
Features are the centrepiece of any magazine or newspaper supplement – the stories given the most space to be deep and insightful, eye-catching and revelatory, absorbing and entertaining.
In this practical two-day Masterclass you'll get expert insight from writers and editors, and learn both the mechanics of feature journalism – from pitching to editing – and the art of writing a great piece.
You will also be joined by guest speaker, Tom Lamont, writer and commissioning editor at the Observer New Review.
The Masterclass will cover:
- making first contact with commissioning editors
- how to pitch (and how not to)
- analysing publications to work out what they're looking for
- different feature structures, treatments and formats
- tone and style
- how to improve your writing and self-edit
You'll leave with plenty of feedback, plus two feature pitches, and suggestions of titles to send them to.
Rob Orchard is the co-founder and editorial director of the Slow Journalism Company, the publisher of Delayed Gratification magazine, which revisits the events of the preceding quarter and makes a virtue of being "Last to Breaking News". He spends his days writing and editing long form features for the publication, which he describes as offering an "antidote to PR-driven stories, knee-jerk reactions and churnalism". Prior to starting the Slow Journalism Company, Rob launched and ran magazines for Virgin Atlantic, created the Middle East's biggest travel magazine and worked as the editor of Time Out Dubai, Time Out Croatia and Time Out Paris.
Tom Lamont is a writer and commissioning editor at the Observer New Review. He began his career at Time Out magazine in 2004, moving to write for Observer Sport Monthly in 2008 before joining the newspaper's relaunched Review section in 2010. Roughly one in four of his interviews with popstars, actors, writers and sportsmen will involve the subject enquiring politely how old he is.
"Rob Orchard is not only one of the most amusing and entertaining features writers I've ever come across, he also edits one of the best magazines currently being produced in the UK."Tim Arthur, Editor in Chief, Time Out London
"Rob is a fantastic editor to work with due to the combination of his incisive intelligence, impressive knowledge range, and passion for understanding exactly what makes an article come alive. So few editors these days make it feel like your work with them is a collaboration, but with Rob it really is. There's a genuine sense that your writing goes on a journey which ends at a more satisfying destination."Rachel Halliburton is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in Spectator, the New Statesman, Prospect, the Independent, Delayed Gratification, the Evening Standard and the FT.
"Rob is without exception the best editor I have ever worked with. If it weren't for his guidance, his almost otherworldly ability to sniff out what will work and what will crash and burn and his meticulous nature I would have fallen at the first hurdle. He's also a terrific journalist in his own right."James Montague, author and journalist working for CNN, the New York Times and GQ.
Dates: Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 January 2013
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TO SET UP FRYER: Select a location outdoors, safely away from house, garage or deck, and protected from windy areas or rain. Work on a flat, nonflammable surface. Fill the 30 quart fryer with oil. Heat the oil to 350°F to 365°F (professional turkey fryers come with a connection for your propane tank. Follow the directions that come with your fryer for this assembly.)
USE a deep-fat frying thermometer clipped onto the side of the pot. Be VERY careful not to exceed this temperature as the oil can begin to smoke and catch fire. Keep constant watch over the temperature and be mindful of the splashing of hot oil as it can burn your skin. NEVER leave the fryer unattended. Keep children and pets safely away.
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Heroic Mechanic: Remember Chicago. Following the city's devastation during the last battle between the Autobots (the good guys) and the Decepticons (the bad robots), the world wants nothing to do with the Transformers who have now gone into hiding. But as luck would have it, a jacked mechanic Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg) stumbles upon Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen), leader of the Autobots, while looking for scrap parts. Cade may be from meager circumstances and perpetually dressed in oil stained tees and jeans but with Optimus Prime by his side, he's in for a dangerous adventure rife with threats from both the human and Decepticon worlds.
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The Chinese Parrot (1926) is the second in Earl Derr Biggers's mystery series featuring Charlie Chan. What is interesting is that these stories were running during the same time period as Sax Rohmer's "yellow peril" Fu Manchu. Biggers's representation of Asians may not be perfect, but it is certainly far more positive than most of the Western literature of the early 20th century. The Chinese detective from Honolulu manages to outsmart everyone in this snapshot of 1920s America. And he's using his intelligence for good, rather than in an evil "yellow" plot to wipe out civilization. I grew up watching the Charlie Chan movies on Saturday/Sunday afternoon television and I must say that I appreciate this novel much more. I enjoyed the mystery and the wisdom of Chan. It didn't matter that I suspected who was responsible the entire time...there were enough twists and turns and unknowns to make for an enjoyable read. Three and a half stars. I read this for many online reading challenges that I do in the book-blogging community and because it is a vintage mystery--a genre that I love. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good classic mystery.
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A disturbing trend in the water sector is accelerating worldwide. The new "water barons" — the Wall Street banks and elitist multibillionaires — are buying up water all over the world at unprecedented pace. Familiar mega-banks and investing powerhouses are now consolidating their control over water.


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Speedster Berry among Red Sox's callups
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
BOSTON -- With rosters expanded on Sunday, the Red Sox made their first wave of moves, highlighted by a speedster who could influence games in the late innings.
Quintin Berry, who was acquired from the Royals on Tuesday before reporting to Triple-A Pawtucket, will be in Boston for the rest of the season.
"I know what they want and what they're looking for and I'm ready to do it," said Berry. "I haven't been completely told, but I got a good understanding that I'll be coming off the bench pinch-running for guys late in the game, steal bases. That's what I'm going to do."
In Red Sox history, no player was more famous in that role than Dave Roberts, who stole the biggest base in team history in Game 4 of the 2004 American League Championship Series.
"I've learned a lot when it comes to basestealing," said Berry. I'm not just out there running like I was when I was young. I have an idea what pitchers are trying to do and what their coaches are trying to do and what I'm capable of doing allowed me to have better percentages."
The 28-year-old Berry played 94 games for the Tigers last season, stealing 21 bases.
"I just think that this was a good move on Boston's part," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "I'm sure that they brought him up there for the sole reason that they saw his numbers last year on stolen bases. It's a great situation for him to get a little more time. Certainly he filled that bill for us, and sporadically last year he got us going.
"Now for whatever reason, I don't know why this year was so bad. He had a bad year at [Triple-A] Toledo and [Triple-A] Omaha. I don't know if that was lingering disappointment or what, but he did a heckuva job for us. Had he been right-handed and able to play third base and first base and the outfield, he'd have been on our team. That was a little hard for him to understand."
"Well we set out to find that type of player and Quintin is someone who has had a long track record in the Minor Leagues as a successful basestealer and even for the opportunity at the big league level, the success rate is probably as good as it gets, I think it's 21 stolen bases, zero caught, and he fills a specific need in that role for us," said Red Sox manager John Farrell.
Utility infielder John McDonald, acquired from the Phillies on Saturday night, was expected to arrive by the start of Sunday's game, and was added to the roster.
"Depth in the middle of the infield, seasoned veteran, an elite defender. Again, fills a specific need," Farrell said.
The Red Sox also added catcher Ryan Lavarnway and right-hander Rubby De La Rosa from Triple-A, both of whom have served multiple stints on the Major League roster this season. And infielder Brandon Synder was activated from the disabled list.
Boston will make more roster additions in the coming days, particularly when Triple-A Pawtucket's postseason run ends.
Victorino, Ellsbury exit early with nagging injuries
BOSTON -- After grounding out to end the sixth inning on Sunday, Shane Victorino took a few steps out of the batter's box and slammed his helmet to the ground in frustration.
Boston's fiery outfielder is tired of the nagging injuries that have dogged him all season, and in this 7-6 win over the White Sox, he sustained a left hip contusion.
At that point, Victorino exited the game and was replaced by Jonny Gomes.
The Red Sox hope Victorino will be able to start Monday's game against the Tigers.
"When he slid into first base [in the fourth], he re-aggravated it," said Red Sox manager John Farrell. "He's got a contusion he's dealing with and it begins to affect some of the other areas that he's been managing for a while. We fully expect him to be on the field tomorrow but when he aggravates it, it begins to kind of shut some things down on him and he doesn't feel the explosiveness."
In the top of the ninth, Jacoby Ellsbury also exited, thanks to a nagging injury in his left thumb.
"Jacoby, there were a couple of at-bats where he got jammed and that bat is kind of banging on that bone inside the thumb," Farrell said. "We're hopeful and expect him to be on the field as well tomorrow. We'll check them both obviously in the morning."
Bard designated for assignment
BOSTON -- In a roster move that would have been considered unfathomable a couple of years ago, the Red Sox designated former ace setup man Daniel Bard for assignment on Sunday, possibly ending the right-hander's association with the team that drafted him in 2006.
Upon being promoted to the Major Leagues in May of 2009, Bard quickly became a key bullpen member in Boston under manager Terry Francona.
In '10 and '11, he was an elite setup man for Jonathan Papelbon.
Bard first started to struggle in the final month of '11, when the Red Sox had their historic September collapse. But things truly went downhill last season, when in conjunction with the club, he decided to try his hand at starting pitching. That experiment failed to the point where Bard was back in the Minors by June of last season, and he had spent the bulk of his time there until Sunday's roster move.
If Bard is unclaimed by another team over the next 48 hours, he could remain property of the Red Sox, but he would no longer be part of the 40-man roster.
"If he's still in the organization, which we would hope that would be the case, unless some team either claims or works out a trade for him, we haven't turned our back on him and yet we needed a roster spot and we're hopeful we can get Daniel back on track to the pitcher that he was here at the big league level -- which was a dominant one," said Red Sox manager John Farrell.
When Bard first came to the Major Leagues, Farrell was his pitching coach until leaving to become the manager of the Blue Jays in '11.
"And the weapon that he emerged as, and the way [former Sox manager Terry Francona] had the flexibility to use him in that seventh or eighth inning, in many ways he had the tougher inning more so than the closer many, many nights," Farrell said. "To have that kind of power and that kind of ease in which he threw, and the breaking ball he had in addition to the 98 to 101 [mph] or whatever it was, yeah, for two years, he was as good as there was in the game."
Farrell was reunited with Bard this spring. In fact, Bard was one of the final roster cuts of Spring Training.
"Well there was a combination of delivery issues that were being ironed out and certainly confidence issues," Farrell said. "That's where the question is which comes first? We felt like performance was going to lead to confidence.
"But I thought in Spring Training, there were some outings that were not far off to where he was previous, whether it was a year or two prior, and felt like as he was building a little momentum in Spring Training, felt like there was still one step yet left to make with him in terms of just the power and the consistency to it. And it looked like he was on his way. Unfortunately it didn't happen."
Worth noting
• First baseman Mike Napoli got a rest for Sunday's day game after a night game, and Mike Carp made the start at first base.
"Yes. Rest and keep everyone involved," said Farrell. "Right-handers on the mound, get left-handers off the bench and into today's game. We've got three more righties coming the next series. But as we mentioned the other day, we're just trying to keep everybody as fresh as possible and everyone involved."
• Top prospect Xander Bogaerts, who had a two-hit game on Saturday while starting at short, was back in the lineup on Sunday, playing third base.
"Yeah, and when he came to us, we were going to rotate him through the left side of the infield. And that's what today is," Farrell said.
• The Red Sox entered Sunday having allowed three runs or fewer in 11 straight games, the first time they've done that since 1988. The streak ended in the 7-6 win over the White Sox.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Municipal leaders would see no increase in the main form of state aid to city and town governments for the sixth year in a row under a new state Senate budget proposal. However, the Senate Ways and Means Committee plan for next fiscal year would deliver more money for local schools than a budget proposal from the Massachusetts House.
Municipal leaders would see no increase in the main form of state aid to city and town governments for the sixth year in a row under a new state Senate budget proposal.
However, the Senate Ways and Means Committee plan for next fiscal year would deliver more money for local schools than a budget proposal from the Massachusetts House.
Geoff Beckwith, executive director of the Massachusetts Municipal Association, called the Senate proposal "a mixed bag" for local government, with some towns and cities likely to benefit from an increase in school money more than others.
"The impact would be uneven across the state," he said.
The Senate proposal is the latest step in a months-long dance between the Legislature and Gov. Deval Patrick in setting a budget for the new fiscal year that begins July 1.
Patrick originally sought $1.9 billion in new taxes to fund new transportation and education initiatives. Legislative leaders have largely dropped Patrick's proposal in favor of a less sweeping tax plan still being hammered out.
The House passed a $34 billion budget proposal in late April that included a $21.3 million increase in unrestricted general government aid for cities and towns, or a 2.3 percent boost, for a total of $920.2 million. Patrick proposed a similar total.
The Senate plan instead would leave unrestricted aid at the same level as the current fiscal year, at $899 million. That's $416 million less than in fiscal 2008, Beckwith said.
"All the cities and towns were counting on this year is a modest 2.3 percent increase, just so the communities can maintain the same level of services," he said.
The state has cut or held this type of aid level every year since fiscal 2008, according to the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center. After adjusting for inflation, unrestricted aid this year is down about 46 percent since fiscal 2001, according to the center.
Beckwith said local officials would talk to their senators about their concerns in advance of formal budget debate next week.
On the other hand, local leaders appreciate the proposed education increases, he said.
The Senate proposal would boost Chapter 70 funding, the main form of aid for K-12 education, by $130.1 million, about $15 million more than the House proposed.
Under the Senate plan, Chapter 70 would total $4.3 billion.
The Chapter 70 hike seems to be an effort to begin phasing in increases in basic school funding slated under a 2007 law, but shelved during the recession, said Tom Scott, executive director of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents.
The Special Education Circuit Breaker also would be funded at $252.8 million, more than the House or Patrick's plan. The program reimburses districts for certain high-cost services for students with special needs.
"That is such a wild card we deal with," Scott said. "To have that fully funded … that's a huge plus on the Senate side."
The Senate budget also would boost reimbursements to districts for the loss of students who switch to charter schools and raise regional school transportation aid.
Other local accounts, such as library aid, are level-funded.
"Increasing education money by reducing municipal aid accounts many times just essentially is neutral for the schools and hurts the municipal side," Beckwith said.
The Senate spending proposal totals $33.9 billion, about 4.4 percent higher than this year's budget. The full Senate still needs to debate and vote on its proposal before the two chambers of the Legislature work out the differences between their plans.
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at Queen Mary, University of London have developed a delivery method for a
common chemotherapy drug that reduced ovarian cancer tumors in animal
models 65 times more than traditional delivery methods.
Dr. Davidson Ateh, study leader, along with Queen Mary colleagues Joanne Martin
and lain McNeish, have found a way to fool cancer cells into accepting drug-filled
"It's like we've made a re-enactment of the battle of Troy but on the
tiniest scale," said Ateh. "In Troy, the Greeks fooled the Trojans
into accepting a hollow horse full of soldiers -- we've managed to trick cancer
cells into accepting drug-filled microparticles."
Ateh and his colleagues were able to do this by coating small microparticles,
which are about a hundredth the diameter of a human hair, with a protein called
CD95. CD95 attaches to another protein called CD95L, which is more commonly
found on the surface of cancer cells than healthy cells.
CD95 attaches itself to the cancer cells' CD95L, and the cancer cells ingest
the CD95 along with the microparticle. Once inside, the microparticle unloads a
common chemotherapy drug called paclitaxel, which decreases the size of the
"Other researchers had already noticed that cancer cells may use this CD95-CD95L
arrangement to avoid being destroyed by the immune system, which is why they
display more CD95L than normal cells," said Ateh. "We've managed to
turn this to our advantage and hijack the cancer cells' own trick-of-the-trade
to get out 'Trojan Horse' through the gate."
The new method of delivery, which has been dubbed OncoJanTM, has already proved to
reduce ovarian cancer tumors in animal models 65 times more than traditional
delivery methods. Now, the technique is being developed for clinical use. Ateh
helped create the start-up company, called BioMoti, which will develop this
technology for clinical use.
The team plans to encourage other pharmaceutical companies to partner with
BioMoti for clinical development as well.
"There are lots of drugs that we would like to deliver into cells -- not
just chemotherapies -- and this could work for those too," said Martin.
"For example, there are new classes of drugs to treat tumors, such as
biological therapies. If we could load biological therapies in the same
CD95-coated particles, then there's no reason why they couldn't also be
delivered in this way."
study was published in Biomaterials.


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Town Square
Police nab suspect in Saturday's bank robbery
Original post made on Apr 17, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, April 18, 2013, 9:11 AM
Comments (8)
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 17, 2013 at 3:53 pm
Congratulation to all the local police departments.
But what about the money? Anybody find that?
a resident of Palo Verde
on Apr 17, 2013 at 4:37 pm
I wish we could hear this man's story from his probation officer or someone at the VA.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 17, 2013 at 6:03 pm
Thanks, PAPD!
a resident of Menlo Park
on Apr 18, 2013 at 11:02 am
Glad no one at the bank suffered any harm. I use that branch regularly and the people who work there are terrific.
a resident of Meadow Park
on Apr 18, 2013 at 12:04 pm
Congratulations to all police forces in working together and detaining and arresting the hood. What in the name of goodness is a fifty year old thinking about robbing a bank at that stage in his life!
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 18, 2013 at 2:55 pm
Great job PD!
a resident of Stanford
on Apr 18, 2013 at 3:40 pm
Nora Charles is a registered user.
Wonderful job, Palo Alto police!
a resident of Green Acres
on Apr 20, 2013 at 3:21 am
VA needs housing for OUR Vets...this man is only one of thousands who are now transients. Male and females also. Sad.
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Type: Enhancement
Status: Closed
Priority: Major
Resolution: Completed
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: None
Component/s: None
Currently there is no function or var defined in the clojurescript library that can be used to easily obtain the version information of the build that is in use.
Without that version information, debugging and reporting of errors is more cumbersome than needed, wastes time, causes confusion discussing issues...
A simple function and/or var like the ones used for clojure would be very helpful:
user=> (clojure-version)
user=> clojure-version
{:major 1, :minor 4, :incremental 0, :qualifier nil}
Auto-generation from the build script of version_autogen.clj and version_autogen.cljs files
that both define the cljs.version-autogen/clojurescript-version
with the current version info for both the clj and cljs environments
Why a separate namespace for this?
Good point - probably better to add the clojurescript-version var to the cljs.core namespace.
New patch change the build script to auto-generates the clojurescript-version assignment statements in both cljs/core.clj and cljs/core.cljs to reflect the correct version info.
In that way it resembles more the clojure.core use of clojure-version.
Note that the two separate assignments for clj and cljs are needed to detect out-of-sync of repl-compiler version with the compiler used to generate the js-code that was downloaded thru the webpage.
Difficult to write a test-script, but it seems to work in my repl:
user=> (require 'cljs.core)
user=> cljs.core/*clojurescript-version*
{:minor 0, :revision 1515, :major 0}
user=> (run-repl-listen)
"Type: " :cljs/quit " to quit"
ClojureScript:cljs.user> *clojurescript-version*
{:revision 1515, :major 0, :minor 0}
CLJS-402: build script auto-generates the clojurescript-version assignment statements in both cljs/core.clj and cljs/core.cljs to reflect the correct version info
When I tried to implement a "clojurescript-version" function like the "clojure-version" one, I (re)discovered that cljs/core.clj is not your average cli-file but some funky file used by the clojurescript compiler to bootstrap - in other words it's not a good file to require and run normal functions from your clj-environment.
So I moved the *clojurescript-version* var to cljs/compiler.clj as it seemed to make sense to associate the version with the compiler.
On the cljs site, I left the *clojurescript-version* in cljs/core.cljs, although I was tempted to create a cljs.compiler namespace to store that var on the cljs side to make it symmetric .
Also added a (clojurescript-version) function to both the clj and cljs sides, with an added special-fn in the cljs/repl.clj such that you can ask for the compiler version of the repl-server from the cljs-repl.
Updated 3rd patch file replaces the previous one.
Just wanted to record an example of a mismatch in compilers:
user=> (run-repl-listen)
"Type: " :cljs/quit " to quit"
ClojureScript:cljs.user> (clojurescript-version)
ClojureScript:cljs.user> (clj-clojurescript-version)
This happens when you generate the javascript from your cljs with a "lein cljsbuild once" command with compiler version "0.0.1515",
then upgrade the compiler to "0.0.1516" and then run the cljs-repl without regenerating the javascript for the webpage-download.
Very obscure things can happen after that...
build script auto-generates the clojurescript-version assignment statements in both cljs/compiler.clj and cljs/core.cljs to reflect the correct version info
Function "clojurescript-version" is added to both compiler.clj and core.cljs to mimic equivalent "clojure-version"
Special-fn "clj-clojurescript-version was added to repl.clj to obtain the compiler's clojurescript-compiler version from the cljs-repl
The patch uses sed, I'm not sure this is such a great idea since whatever the patch does should probably work with whatever build setup we have on Hudson.
Would it make sense to call this 'clojure-version' as well, instead of clojurescript-version? It's a map, and so various flags could be added to differentiate jvm, js, python, c, etc. runtimes. What does ClojureCLR do?
sed was already used in the build script... a few lines down, the pom file is transformed with:
sed -e s/CLOJURESCRIPT_VERSION/0.0-$REVISION/ < "$POM_TEMPLATE" > "$POM_FILE"
A quick scan of the src-code showed that ClojureCRL uses clojure-version and *clojure-version*.
However, there is less chance for confusion as you are supposedly running on the CLR already.
With ClojureScript you can have these three intertwined "clojure" environments that are all live at the same time: the clojure version, the repl clojurescript version, and the clojurescript version used to compile the initially loaded js. Not sure if overloading the clojure-version fn-name and relying on namespaces to differentiate will be helpful... but it's not that big of a deal and I'm easily persuaded otherwise - somebody should make the call and I'll change it.
Sorry just now coming back to this ticket. I think it's probably preferable that the map of properties be called the same thing everywhere. I would apply the patch with this change. I note it no longer applies to master.


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The UK court made this call after Apple posted an inaccurate notice on its UK website
After posting a snarky notice on its UK website, Apple was ordered to pay a majority of Samsung's legal fees.
Last month, a UK court ruling ordered Apple to
post a notice
to Samsung on its website, saying that the South Korean electronics maker didn't steal the designs of the iPad after all. Apple obeyed the order, but with a snarky tone that made sure to highlight a few facts in Apple's favor.
The UK court found that this notice was "false and misleading," and ordered Apple to take it down at once. Apple was
told to rewrite the apology
to Samsung, and it posted a notice on its website saying that its former "apology" was inaccurate. The new apology even
appeared in UK newspapers
However, a rewrite was not enough. The Court of Appeal of England and Wales has further ordered Apple to pay the legal fees of Samsung on an indemnity basis. The exact amount that Apple must pay is unclear, but reports are saying Apple will pay a majority of the fees.
The Apple-Samsung patent war began in April 2011 when Apple claimed Samsung was an
"iPhone, iPad copycat."
Apple worked pretty hard to ban Samsung's smartphones and tablets around the world, and successfully accomplished this in countries like Germany and Australia. Samsung launched a few lawsuits of its own regarding
3G patents
, and was also able to lift the ban on its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia in December 2011. However, Samsung
wasn't so lucky in Germany
, where the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is still banned.
Back in August, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California reached an unfavorable verdict for Samsung, saying that the South Korean electronics maker was
guilty of violating technology patents
. In other words, most of Samsung's smartphones and tablets in question were found guilt of copying Apple's iPhone and iPad designs. It was ordered to pay $1.05 billion in damages to Apple.
Samsung suffered further losses in the U.S. when an ITC judge ruled that
Samsung violated four Apple patents
, including the flat front face with wider borders at the top and bottom, the lozenge-shaped speaker about the display screen; the translucent images for applications displayed on the screen, and the device's ability to detect when a headset is plugged in.
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Can anyone advise why I am getting blocked pictures in emails. I get a red box with a cross in the top left corner, showing that a picture has been added to the email, but not delivered. The emails are from a trusted source, but I cannot click on the red cross and enable the picture?
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September 4, 2009
Bella & Edward New Moon Poster: Can't Stop Lookin' at Edward's Hands :-)
23 comments:
Dude, it can't be just me... there is something odd about Robward. He looks out of proportion or something. I think it's his head, in fact, the more I look at it, the weirder it seems. Hm.ReplyDelete
it's gorgeous!ReplyDelete
- TamaraTwilightSeptember 4, 2009 at 10:29 PM
I completely agree with you 'XOXOgossipgirl21' his head look's like it was photo-shopped onto the body as if they liked his head in one photo and his body in another, so they just threw them together, lol. And his claw .. i mean .. hand lol just ruins the whole picture for me. I'm sorry, I love Twilight and everything that goes along with it .. but this picture is no good of "Edward"!ReplyDelete
Awesome...and hand-porn definitely ;) i think we've seen that already but smaller and low quality at twifans but they'd withdrwan it. Maybe this?: http://twilightcomment.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-edward-and-bella-promo-pic.htmlReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 4, 2009 at 10:44 PM
LOVE IT!! Esp the chemistry that's totally obvious...but...Why does Edward looks so drastically different than the close up poster for the movie, where he looks...dare I say...PASTEY..? Anyone? He SHOULD look like this in the close up. ;)ReplyDelete
he looks weird!!!!!ReplyDelete
OH. GOOD. GAWD! The fingers!!! Summit know their audience... *THUD*ReplyDelete
- Lorabell
- AnonymousSeptember 4, 2009 at 10:55 PM
OK, I know it's blasphemy and all, but Edward looks just a teensy weensy bit creepy here. Also, his hand looks like a giant white spider. Okay, now I'm running to hide before you all kill me. Bella looks beautiful. I'm not gay, but her a** is super hot.ReplyDelete
Edward does just look weird here... I keep looking at it and the more I do, the more it creeps me out. And I can't believe I just typed that, but seriously. Bella does looks beautiful. I think we've reached a stage where comments about how hot Kstew/Bella/Krisella looks are totally accepted without any form of judgement ;)ReplyDelete
At first glance this poster blew the top off my head---I freaking loved it..BUT now that I have calmed down a bit I think Edward looks a little too Tranny and Bella is a little too sexy. It's still smokin' hot, but too out of charachter for me.ReplyDelete
By the way, his hand kills me. Also, I'm part of the "I don't give a Crapsten club" when it comes to them being together in real life, but I don't care how good an actor you are----you just don't wrap yourself around someone like that unless you know what's going on under the clothes.
Just sayin'...
- AnonymousSeptember 4, 2009 at 11:15 PM
ok..weird..BUT the fingers!!!! his fingers are totally sexy!!!!ReplyDelete
OMG.. I'm in love with this picture. The way hes holding her it looks like his body language is saying "She's mine." LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!ReplyDelete
..but it seems like in all the Robward new moon photos and clips he looks a lot older to me.. maybe its the different hair.
I totally agre with Christi!!!!! OMG I love this picture! *drools* Robward is *words fail me* :-))ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 5, 2009 at 12:58 AM
OMG!!!! I just finished hyperventilating... WOW! I love how these two are just smoking HOT!!!! There's never a bad picture for these two... But is it just me or is Kristin's hand on Rob's neck a little bit weird on this foto???ReplyDelete
- SnowflakeSeptember 5, 2009 at 1:00 AM
The fingers are totally sexy....don't you just want to feel them on YOUR back????ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 5, 2009 at 1:25 AM
it looks like shes squeezing his head and its making his head really big and flat lolReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 5, 2009 at 2:04 AM
Anon 8:25pm - i <3 u lolReplyDelete
At last!!! haha Finally Edward and Bella only!!!!!! Me like it!ReplyDelete
Damn look at the fire between them. They just wanna bone. hawt.ReplyDelete
- Danish Twi-loverSeptember 5, 2009 at 9:51 AM
I love creepy Edward! This is one hot poster. That's right Edward, keep her tight ;-)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 5, 2009 at 9:57 AM
Too much photosho., It almost seems like Summit hate Rob since they are determined to ruin his good looks by this awful photoshopping :PReplyDelete
I'm Team Jacob but this picture is HAWT.ReplyDelete
I don't think it looks weird. I think he's leaning forward at a funny angle..and his eyes are saying, "this girl is mine, you touch her, I'll rip your throat out."ReplyDelete
Sorry I just fell out of my chair again. I think it's hott.


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The 2012 summer Olympics in London kicks July 27. While a number of classic rock artists have been rumored to have been invited to play, Jimmy Page wasn't one of them, and he isn't happy about it.
At the closing ceremony of 2008's Beijing Olympics, Page performed Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" with pop singer Leona Lewis, next to a British red double-decker bus, in a segment symbolizing the Olympics moving from Beijing to London.
According to The Telegraph, the guitarist is "very upset" that he has not been asked to perform, or even invited to the opening ceremony at the London Olympics.
"Of course, I'm feeling rather hurt," he said. "We put so much into Beijing, but weren't helped by the Chinese giving us next-to-no practice time."
As for who is actually performing at the opening and closing ceremony, that still remains a secret. There had been talk of The Rolling Stones, but that was quickly dismissed by their agent.
For more information on the summer 2012 London Olympics, click HERE.
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Lenox Nordic skier Josie Marshall is leading the way
It's hard for anyone to remember when Josie Marshall wasn't an outstanding Nordic skier.
The junior seems to have always been near the top of the pack, even a year after she picked up the sport in eighth grade. That's when she finished ninth in the state.
"I think when everyone starts skiing they feel really awkward," Marshall said. "It clicks and you feel really good about it. Once you get that, you really enjoy being on skis."
Marshall is feeling good this season with three wins in four races. She finished second in the other race to Mount Greylock's Kat Chenail.
"She's always so positive," said Lenox coach Miranda Miller. "She's always pushing herself a little bit over her limits in our workouts and stuff. She has that goal to do what she's been doing this year."
This season, Marshall said her focus in races has been even stronger than usual. She's been zeroing in on technique as a race progresses, instead of just going out and skiing fast. Those in-race adjustments are paying dividends.
She's also been buoyed by summer training with some of her top rivals: Mount Greylock. Marshall does roller skiing and workouts run by the Mountie coaches in the offseason. She's been such a fixture there since her freshman year, Greylock coach Hilary Greene said Marshall is almost like a member of her team.
That hasn't made beating her to the finish line any easier.
"We talk a lot of strategy to figure that one out," Greene said. "Clearly in the last two weeks we haven't done it. Josie's such a competitor. She's not going to want anyone to pass her. We'll see how things play out. Kat does know it's a challenge every week."
Greene pointed not only to Marshall's pure athletic ability but her attitude as a secret to her success. When others may be grimacing at a workout, Marshall is smiling and exclaiming about how fun it is.
Lenox junior varsity coach Patty Spector saw that from Marshall as a seventh grader. Marshall picked Nordic skiing then because she wanted a sport other than basketball to do in the winter. Basketball gyms were too stuffy; she wanted to be outdoors.
"You can sort of tell right from the start the kids that have a natural ability for any sport and she definitely did," Spector said. "That combined with a great attitude, it seemed like it was always fun for her. She has a drive, which makes her want to get better."
Did she ever get better. Marshall had that top-10 at states as an eighth grader. Last year she was fifth as a sophomore.
Still, Marshall hadn't won a race before this season, stuck behind older, more experienced Mount Greylock competitors like the graduated Mackenzie Hitchcock. Now it looks like it's just her and Chenail at the top of the heap.
Marshall said the sport "clicked" for her three years ago, after that first top-10 at state. The question now is what she can do in the next two years in the sport she's come to love.
"The summer after eighth grade, when I did ski training over the summer that was when I realized it's a beautiful sport," Marshall said. "Once you knew what you were doing."
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Yesterday I did 6.5 miles (1 mile warm up; 2 mes@HMGP; 2x1 miles@10k pace; 800m@5k pace; one mile cool down). Today just don't have a run Left in me. By working too hard yesterday and not being able to do an easy workout, was my overdoing it junk.
Go figure
No, I don't think your working too hard makes yesterday's session junk. It should show you the importance of hitting your paces in quality workouts so that you don't lose out on overall mileage though. Still, you got the stimulus from the quality work. I suppose there is a line where the miles weren't as effective as possible if you didn't spend the right amount of time at lactate threshold or VO2 max. Even then, the session may have been less effective, but not junk.
Trying to find some more hay to restock the barn
I did hit my paces. I just don't think I was ready for that kind of workout. I hope I am recovered mf or tomorrow's quality run
That is a rather aggressive workout (though I don't know your goal). It isn't junk per se... but yeah, you do something like that, it is natural you might need some rest afterward.
Why did you do that workout?
Chief Unicorn Officer
I think junk miles would have been forcing yourself out the door for a crappy run today, when rest is better serving you!
Mile 5:49 - 5K 19:58 - 10K 43:06 - HM 1:36:54
SRL: it was part of the Ryan Hall HM plan. I was getbored almost thought twice about it, but was bored with all the 800s and 1000s I had been doing.
Yes, variety... ladders and whatnot... are good. What Mary Jane the Fifth said. If you feel pooped after that workout, which makes sense, rest is good. Forcing yourself out to "get in the miles" is usually not a great idea. (it can be good for those focusing on long ultras... which you aren't... but then they probably wouldn't have done that type of speedwork).
Old , Ugly and slow
SR glad to see your back.
All my miles are junk since I have no plan to race this year.
first race sept 1977 last race sept 2007
2018 goals 1000 miles , 190 pounds , deadlift 400 touch my toes
Not junk; treasure. Enjoy running for fun and fitness. And (see: treasure), if you change your mind and choose to race at some point, you won't be starting from zero.
Canadian princess
Then what is a recovery run?
My running log doesn't have a junk mile option, so I don't know if they really exist.
^ when you are too pooped out to do a recovery run.
Gotcha. I am kind of a slacker, I guess I have never been there,
I run 20 recovery miles per week on average. To some people, it seems like junk miles. But my weekly average in 80 miles. I do tempo runs and intervals, hills and a LR that is 20 miles on average. The purpose of my "junk miles" is not only to allow me to recover for the next hard workout, but also, it has made my legs resistant to fatigue. I used to run 22 miles on a Sunday and my legs would be sore the rest of the day and part of the next one, but no longer. If I'm tired or sore, it will be because of my heart, or my back and shoulders. Never my legs. For a marathon runner, "junk" miles are important.
PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013
Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013
18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010
Recovery miles aren't junk miles to me. I do a lot of recovery miles. But it's junk when you can't even muddle through a recovery run--then, I think you're better off just plain resting.


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The first phase of the project is in the early planning stages, with a pre-feasibility study completed. Concept design starts in August 2012, and will feed into an environmental impact assessment report that will be presented to the Danish Transport Ministry in late 2013, PB said.
Following the presentation, the project will proceed into preliminary design, detailed design, and be tendered in 2015, with opening scheduled in 2020.
Jes Hansen, Parsons Brinckerhoff's general manager for Scandinavia, said, "The creation of light rail is part of an overall strategy for growth in Odense. We are proud to be part of the new light rail, which will connect the center of Odense to the new super hospital and the city's university campus. We are eager to work on this project, offering our global experience combined with local expertise."


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Topic: Sent / Received/ quarantined mails Logs history
we have purchased latest LDAP version of Iredmail pro 1 week back.
We observed a alert "logs older than 7 days will be deleted from database permanently".
But we want to store our logs history for verification in future.
How we can do this? where is the logs are getting stored?


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ichigo and uryu are brothers OR cousins. meaning there was a love triangle with their dads and this one quincy woman OR ichigo's dad was doin ryūken ishida's sister. i mean why else would mortal enemies(reaper and quincy-isshin kurosaki and ryūken ishida) be so civil to one another? why else would they both be in the human world alienating themselves from their respective clans?
because of a blood tie. ryūken probably hates and blames isshin for his sister's death. or he could hate him because he stole his woman and left little uryu mother less.
but when i put it like that it sounds bad.
ichigo's mother was probably ryūken ishida's sister.


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Mopey & Zegro
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 1994 12:17:18 -0700 (MST) From: Laura Adams Subject: Math Boggs can carry two hartsels or three choloes. Mopey can carry three hartsels or five choloes. Zegro can carry 7 hartsels or nine choloes. They have to move 23 hartsels and 23 choloes out to the school playground. You will tell them what to carry you will have to carry whats left over. If each one makes 2 trips. What will be left over for you to carry? Laura Adams (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 1994 16:52:30 -0500 From: Phil Spector Subject: Re: Math Laura - I think I have a solution. Here's a hint: Every time Mopey and Zegro carry objects, they can clearly carry more choloes than hartsels. Here, it may be a good idea just to get as many objects carried as possible, regardless of what they are, in order to get as close as possible to carrying your total quota. However, Boggs is special, in that he can carry -relatively- more hartsels than choloes; you don't get the usual tradeoff of carrying 2 less hartsels than choloes. Take advantage of Boggs' uniqueness and have him carry those hartsels! See what kind of answers you get then. The above plan should provide an answer, if the goal is for you to have to carry the least amount of objects. In fact, I get two answers. Do you think you can come up with a reason as to why one of them is a better answer for you? Dr. Math a la Phil __________ Date: Thu, 3 Nov 1994 19:56:04 -0500 From: Phil Spector Subject: Laura's problem Anybody (particularly Ethan/Sydney, who I heard were working on it) get a more precise answer to Laura's problem? I think I got an answer (maximum you can get them to carry is 30 objects, with the best solution being having them carry 19 C and 11 H = (Zegro carrying 9 C and 7 H, Mopey carrying 5 C twice, and Boggs carrying 2 H twice, for 19 C and 11 H. This is better than the other solution, with 23 C and 7 H, since it seems as if H is the bulkiest (everyone can carry less of them than the others), so you want your friends to carry it as much as possible. The above solution also assumes we're looking to carry the least -number- of total objects. Note that I don't have a definite equation for the above math... it's a bit of trial and error. Dr. Phil __________ Date: Thu, 3 Nov 1994 20:02:15 -0500 (EST) From: Dr. Ethan Subject: Re: Laura's problem Phil, that is exactly the way I did it and the answer I got. I think we need to know more about the goal of the problem to really give a helpful answer, although given the information given yours was excellent. Maybe the person left can carry 2 h's and 10 c's or maybe they carry them evenly? So given what we had your answer was great. Ethan
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Cowart heads list of prospects going to AFL
By Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com
Suiting up for the Scottsdale Scorpions, a team that also includes prospects from the Giants, Indians, Pirates and Yankees, will be: Outfielders Randal Grichuk and Travis Witherspoon, third baseman Kaleb Cowart, and pitchers Buddy Boshers, Ryan Chaffee, Kevin Johnson and Nick Maronde. Catcher Carlos Ramirez is part of the taxi squad, which means he'll be activated only on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Cowart (first), Maronde (fourth), Grichuk (11th), Witherspoon (14th) and Ramirez (17th) are currently listed among the Angels' Top 20 prospects by MLB.com.
Taken with the 18th overall pick in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft, Cowart has hit .281 with 16 homers and 100 RBIs in Class A and Advanced Class A ball this season. Grichuk, taken 24th overall in '09, has hit .290 with 17 homers and 16 stolen bases while spending all year with Class A Inland Empire.
Maronde, a 22-year-old left-hander out of the University of Florida, has jumped three levels in his first full season as a pro, going from rookie ball to Double-A while compiling a 2.28 ERA, a 1.01 WHIP and a 4.68 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 19 games (18 starts).
Witherspoon, a 12th-rounder in 2009, has hit .272 with 13 homers and 34 steals for Class A and Double-A this season.
The AFL season starts Oct. 9.
Halos hope Richards can provide spark in bullpen
ANAHEIM -- Could young starter Garrett Richards provide a needy Angels bullpen with a major boost, perhaps something remotely close to what David Price did for the Rays that went all the way to the World Series in 2008? That remains to be seen, but Richards will no doubt get the opportunity.
The 24-year-old right-hander went into the year as the Angels' best starting-pitching prospect, but barring the unforeseen, he'll finish it in the bullpen, where he's been pitching late in games with mixed results since being recalled Aug. 22.
Richards, who has made four relief appearances since his recent callup, checked into last Thursday's game against the Red Sox with the score tied in the eighth, but he then gave up two runs and recorded only two outs. On Friday, he struck out the final two Tigers hitters to record his first big league save. On Saturday, he pitched 1 1/3 innings against those same Tigers, giving up three runs on three hits while suffering his first blown save. And on Tuesday, he pitched a scoreless eighth inning against the Red Sox, keeping the Angels within one to help set the table for a walk-off win.
"It's a big adjustment, obviously, for a guy who's been a starter to go to the bullpen, and Garrett's got to make a quick study of it," manager Mike Scioscia said. "Hopefully his arm will play in the bullpen to help us moving forward."
Pitching out of the bullpen has given Richards the freedom to go mostly with his electric fastball-slider combination and has allowed him to improve on pitching from the stretch, something Richards feels he needs work on.
Warming up quicker hasn't been an issue, Richards said. He'll usually start getting loose around the fifth inning just in case, and Richards has been able to draw from making four relief appearances during a short stint with the Angels down the stretch in 2011.
"Whatever they need me to do, as long as I'm here helping the team," said Richards, who posted a 4.42 ERA in nine Major League starts this year. "We all have the same goal, which is to get to the playoffs."
Relief pitching hard to come by on trade market
ANAHEIM -- The Angels came out of the non-waiver Trade Deadline and navigated through August with a rather obvious need in the bullpen, but they're unlikely to make a last-minute acquisition in the two days that remain until the waiver deadline, meaning a relief corps that sports the highest second-half ERA in the Majors will have to resolve itself internally.
Timing simply wasn't on the Angels' side.
This was a year, more so than any year in general manager Jerry Dipoto's recollection, when acquiring relief help was especially difficult. Dipoto was able to coax Ernesto Frieri from the Padres in early May, eventually turning him into the Angels' closer, but very few relievers switched teams in July and August.
The only notable ones dealt in July were Brandon League (Mariners to Dodgers), Jonathan Broxton (Royals to Reds), Randy Choate (Marlins to Dodgers), Brett Myers (Astros to White Sox) and Brandon Lyon (Astros to Blue Jays).
The only notable one claimed off waivers so far in August has been ex-Royals lefty Jose Mijares, who slipped through every American League team -- mainly due to league-wide concerns over his makeup -- before landing in the laps of the Giants.
"The waiver wire is a unique thing," Dipoto said. "You have to be in the exact right place at the exact right time with the exact player that someone was going to let slip through to you."
Dipoto has continually said the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, which no longer allows teams to gain free-agent compensation for rentals, has impacted player movement. More specifically, it has altered the amount of relievers that change hands.
"For a handful of years in recent memory," Dipoto said, "relievers would move fairly frequently at the Trade Deadline, because there was a premium to be paid for that pitcher, understanding that in all likelihood you were going to give up a prospect or a player of value that was greater than two-and-a-half months of a relief pitcher joining your team, but as compensation you were going to get a compensation round or a B-type Draft [pick]. That no longer exists."
No. 2 prospect Cron has season-ending surgery
ANAHEIM -- With 123 RBIs for Class A Inland Empire, first baseman C.J. Cron was one short of the Minor League franchise record set by Todd Greene in 1994.
It'll stay that way.
On Wednesday, Cron underwent labrum surgery to repair a right shoulder that had been bothering him since his final year at the University of Utah, Angels assistant general manager Scott Servais confirmed. Cron, the organization's No. 2 ranked prospect by MLB.com, had the surgery in Los Angeles, performed by Dr. Lewis Yocum, and will return to the team's Minor League complex in Arizona to start his rehab.
Servais said the surgery went well and he expects the 22-year-old to return at some point early next season, though Cron's timeline is still very much uncertain. The right-handed-hitting Cron played with a slight tear in the shoulder during a short stint in rookie ball last season and tried to take care of it through rehab over the offseason, but surgery ultimately became a necessity.
Right shoulder issues have hampered Cron's throwing ability and may have had a hand in him committing 19 errors while spending 95 of his 129 games at first base, but it certainly didn't affect his ability to hit. Taken with the 17th overall pick in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft, Cron batted .293 with 27 homers and 123 RBIs en route to being named the Cal League Rookie of the Year in 2011.
Worth noting
In three rehab starts for Triple-A Salt Lake, center fielder Peter Bourjos (sore right wrist) has gone 5-for-14 with a double, a triple and an RBI. Bourjos, who is eligible to come off the disabled list Monday, started in center field the first two games and served as the designated hitter while going 1-for-5 on Wednesday.
Scioscia said prior to Wednesday's game that he still wasn't sure when lefty reliever Scott Downs would return to the team. Downs was placed on the family medical emergency list on Tuesday. Players on it must miss a minimum of three games and a maximum of seven.
With two doubles in Wednesday's 10-3 win over the Red Sox, outfielder Torii Hunter now has 400 for his career.
Howard Kendrick went 2-for-4 on Wednesday, extending his hitting streak to 15 games. His career high is 18, set last year.
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Make your backyard a living classroom
Published 11:45 am, Friday, September 21, 2012
The family car can become a mobile classroom when traveling through Texas. But if you'd like your own homegrown patch of wildflowers, then sow their seed in the fall.
In addition to Indian blanket and bluebonnets, choices include aster, baby blue eyes, coreopsis, cornflower, Drummond phlox, gay feather, evening primrose, five spot, Mexican hat, Missouri primrose, moss verbena, Indian paintbrush, larkspur, purple coneflower, scarlet flax, showy primrose, toadflax, winecup and yarrow.
Sow September through December in an area that receives full sun.
Sow in a well-draining, lightly raked and weed-free soil. A raised bed is ideal for the often-wet winter season. Or sow in a large container such as a whisky barrel.
Combine the seed with sand in a ratio of one part seed to four parts sand. The sand serves as a carrier for the small seed and helps evenly distribute them over the planting area.
Broadcast the sand/seed mixture as uniformly as possible. Repeat in a perpendicular direction. Press the seed into the soil with a roller or walk across the area. You will still be able to see some of the seeds. Many wildflower types need only be pressed into the soil 1⁄16 to 1⁄8 inch deep.
Good seed-to-soil contact is important for better germination. But if you sow too deeply, you may have a disappointing crop, as the seeds use all their energy trying to reach the surface.
Proper soil temperatures will trigger germination. Bluebonnets, for example, germinate when the soil temperature is 55-70 degrees.
Keep the soil moist, but not too wet, while the seedlings establish.
Fertilization is usually unnecessary. However, if the soil needs nutrients, a half-strength application of a low-nitrogen formula at planting time can be beneficial.
Know your seedlings. See www.wildseedfarms.com for photos of young plants.
For blooms in subsequent years, allow wildflowers to set seed. For the first year or two, you may want to sow more to ensure a good show.


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ArtsWatch: Cybersecurity Act Ready For Senate Vote
The Recording Academy actively represents the music community on such issues as intellectual property rights, music piracy, archiving and preservation, and censorship concerns. In pursuing its commitment to addressing these and other issues, The Recording Academy undertakes a variety of national initiatives. ArtsWatch is a key part of an agenda aimed at raising public awareness of and support for the rights of artists. To become more involved, visit Advocacy Action @ GRAMMY.com and sign up for Advocacy Action E-lerts.
On March 24 the Senate Commerce Committee approved S. 773 — the Cybersecurity Act — featuring revisions by Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and co-sponsor Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) released on March 17 that reflected extensive consultations with industry stakeholders since the bill was first introduced in April 2009. (link) Rockefeller said, "Our future is literally being stolen from us with the theft of intellectual property and proprietary information from U.S. companies and innovators. The status quo is not sustainable. We need a new model for the 21st century." (link) Sticking points that have been changed include presidential authority in the event of a cyber-emergency, however provisions for certifying security professionals continue to face industry resistance. (link) The public-private collaboration proposed by the bill is unprecedented and reflects a new outlook to meet high-tech challenges that will require fresh investigation and contingency planning on an ongoing basis. Proposals for improved public education could benefit content owners since consumers' current practices expose them to malware through P2P file-sharing and unsecured local wireless networks.
During an address at the Export-Import Bank's annual conference on March 11, President Obama expressed his administration's commitment to fight content theft and counterfeiting abroad. (link) He said, "We're going to aggressively protect our intellectual property. Our single greatest asset is the innovation and the ingenuity and creativity of the American people.... But it's only a competitive advantage if our companies know that someone else can't just steal that idea and duplicate it..."
In an ongoing dispute between Pink Floyd and EMI, London's High Court Chancellor Sir Andrew Morritt rejected the label's argument that the term "record" used in a contract predating digital distribution only pertained to physical distribution. (link) Earlier this month, he ruled the band's stipulation that tracks should not be sold unbundled from their respective albums was intended to "preserve the artistic integrity of the albums" and so continues to apply in contemporary digital environments such as the iTunes Store. Although a victory for Pink Floyd, it seems the judge's ruling did not take the additional step of ordering EMI to stop selling individual digital tracks.
March 5 was the deadline for summary judgment motions in New York's U.S. District Court where Viacom's 2007 copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube is being heard. The judge decided to release redacted versions of these filings to the public, providing a window into the allegations and counter-allegations through e-mails from both companies. (link) Viacom demonstrates that some YouTube executives were aware of infringing videos or posted some themselves. YouTube demonstrates that Viacom posted many videos of its own content through a promotional team that cultivated a public persona as ordinary uploaders. The outcome is expected to depend on a determination whether YouTube made sufficient efforts to take down infringing videos in order to qualify for protection under copyright law's ISP safe-harbor exemption.
In Norway, recording industry organization legal action aimed at compelling an ISP to block user access to the Pirate Bay failed twice — the organizations announced their decision to stop trying on March 12 and complained that Norway's copyright laws are not tough enough. (link) In Sweden, the Pirate Bay's appeal of a courtroom loss with massive fines is scheduled to begin Sept. 28 but unresolved conflict-of-interest allegations against judges could cause further delay. (link) Web site co-founder Peter Sunde displayed his inimitable insouciance at an SXSW event via videoconference and scoffed at the idea of record label plaintiffs ever receiving payment of the court-levied fines. (link)
On March 16 Arbor Networks released internetwork Internet traffic measurements compiled during summer 2009 indicating that data generated by Google at times accounted for 10 percent of this type of traffic on the Internet, much of it generated by YouTube. (link) The company said, "If Google were an ISP, it would be the fastest-growing and third-largest global carrier."
The Nielsen Company revealed data from its latest "Three Screen Report" on March 22 demonstrating several trends, comparing the last quarter of 2008 to the last quarter of 2009. (link) Users of mobile video grew 57 percent from an estimated 11.2 million consumers to 17.6 million consumers. Online video consumers grew 16 percent, but an intriguing fact about this is 44 percent of consumption occurs in the workplace. The already-established pattern of going online while watching television continued to grow — 60 percent of TV viewers reported multitasking on the Internet during the previous month.


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1. We lost 1 of 3 defenders we had
2. K-Mart will now disrupt what little chemistry we had
which means coaches claimed priority of defense looks hollow and he missed the fact that at the least we played defense with Brewer in the line up... at the vet min nonetheless. We could have jettisoned someone else who produced less than Brewer to make room for K-Mart (who we probably could have had at the beginning of the year).
Our only hope hinges on K Mart/Sheet/Gumby/ and KT somehow stay healthy and contribute on a grand scale, while we learn to play inside out. Objectively speaking... that is almost impossible given what we've seen.


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August 8, 2009
There goes my weekend!
I was going to make a funny one to post for "y'all" but blatantly made this one first and then ran out of time!
I've seen sites with some of these before but there are so many options to play with at FaceinHole.com (fnar!) - go have fun!
Thanks Beauty2326
- Lorabell
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Lol. I love that website! (xReplyDelete
A friend did this for me with a picture from the same photo session but I don't know how to upload it!ReplyDelete
Personally, I think Rob and I look lovely together...it would make a nice mother/son picture. LMAO!
lol :) Lorabell you look GREAT as Edwards chicky lol :) Very Clever!ReplyDelete
Hysterical and Lorabell you look awesome on his back!ReplyDelete
Omg it looks awesome and kinda real and you look beautiful Lorabell!ReplyDelete
Aw, thanks guys ;)ReplyDelete
- Lorabell
- want2BinforksAugust 9, 2009 at 2:22 AM
Saw this on Twitarded and such. Tried to get on the site but it is always down :( Not sure that my hubby would approve.ReplyDelete
Thats too funny for me... LOL! xxxReplyDelete
Good job Lorabell!! You're having too much fun!!ReplyDelete
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So this week in particular has been pretty active, especially for the Marlins. Heath Bell, Mark Buehrle (rumored) and Jose Reyes already, talking to CJ Wilson and possibly Prince Fielder still, it could be a killer team in south Florida next year. There are still other big names out there, too, like Rollins, Aramis for Men, Beltran, etc.
I've said elsewhere, and I'll say it here - I love Albert Pujols. But if it's going to take 10 years and $220M to keep him in St. Louis, I think it's time to cut the cord. He'll be 32 before reporting to...wherever...for spring training. That means at the end of the 2021 season he'll be 41, almost 42. Unless you think the DH is coming to the NL (which it might, with continuous interleague play coming in 2013 when the Astros move to the ALw) he's NOT going to be useful at that age. He's already got chronic heel and elbow issues (though after his surgery a while back he might be OK with the arm finally). Best hitter of his time? Absolutely. Still best hitter (and worthy of "best hitter" money) at age 38-41? Probably not.
How is your favorite team shaping up?


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- Created: Thursday, 26 May 2011 17:31
By Mark Polk
RV Education 101
About 20 years ago, RV manufacturers began using rubber roofing membrane on RV roofs as opposed to other roof coverings such as aluminum. Among the reasons for the industry's shift to rubber roofing: It was lightweight, seamless, easy to install, easy to maintain, cost-effective, and ozone- and UV-resistant.
The rubber membrane itself will last 20 years or longer, but certain preventive and scheduled maintenance procedures must be followed to maximize the life of a rubber RV roof.
Here are my top 7 steps for a healthy rubber roof.
Step 1: Safety first. You have to get on the roof of the motorhome to clean it properly and inspect it for damage or potential water leaks. Be careful whenever you are working on your RV roof. You can be seriously injured or killed from a fall.
Some RV roofs are more structurally sound than others. Regardless of the roof's structural integrity, walk on it lightly, and be careful. When cleaning an RV roof, some wet surfaces are extremely slippery. If you aren't comfortable working on the roof, have the required maintenance and repairs performed by a reputable RV service.
Step 2: The next step is to become familiar with the rubber roofing used in the RV industry. Keep in mind there are other types of roofing materials used, such as vinyl and fiberglass, but this article pertains to rubber roofing. For the most part there are two types of rubber roofing used in the RV industry: ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) and thermal poly olefin (TPO).
Often, I get asked how you can distinguish between the two. The best way is to see what your RV owner's manual says. Normally it will specify the type of rubber membrane used and provide cleaning and maintenance instructions and intervals as well. If you don't have an owner's manual or if the manual doesn't specify the type of roofing used, there are a couple of ways to distinguish between the two.
To help protect against ozone and UV rays, EPDM roofing membrane is designed to oxidize or shed over time. This is not a concern, though, because it probably will shed less than 10 percent of its overall thickness in a 10- to 12-year time period. As a result of the shedding, the tell-tale signs of EPDM rubber are the gray or white streaks that you see on the sides of the RV.
TPO roofing does not oxidize or shed, so there are no gray or white streaks. Another way to distinguish between the two is to see how slippery the rubber surface is when it is wet. EPDM roofing is extremely slippery when it is wet, whereas TPO is not. But regardless of how slippery the surface is, always exercise caution when working on your RV roof!
Step 3: Inspect your rubber roof. I mentioned earlier that the roofing membrane will last 20 years or longer, but that doesn't mean the sealants and seams will. Any seam on the roof, and any opening cut in the roof, has the potential for a water leak.
When an RV flexes and moves as it travels down the road, it is common for the seams and sealants to move, too. This, along with age, causes sealants to separate and allows a path for water to get through the seams and sealants.
It's important that you thoroughly inspect the roof seams and sealants on a regular basis. In most cases your warranty is void if these routine inspection intervals are not followed.
Rubber roofing is also prone to tears from things like tree branches, so it's important to inspect the entire roof, not just the seams and sealants. Your owner's manual should specify inspection intervals.
Step 4: Use the proper materials to make roof repairs. If you discover a problem during your routine roof inspections it's important the repairs are properly completed. This includes using the proper sealants and materials for rubber roofing.
I cannot begin to tell you how many times I have seen the wrong types of sealants used on rubber roof surfaces. For example, silicone will not properly adhere to a rubber roof. After it is applied and cures it will peel easily from the rubber surface. Lots of folks make a repair using silicone products and are left with a false sense of security that all is well. This kind of thinking results in expensive-to-repair water damage down the road.
When I work on rubber roofs, depending on the nature of the repair, I use butyl tape and/or Dicor 501 LSW lap sealant. This sealant is compatible with all RV roof surfaces and it is self-leveling and flexible. For a tear in the roof I use a product called EternaBond or a Dicor rubber roof repair kit.
Step 5: Clean your rubber roof. A clean rubber roof is a healthy rubber roof. This is another topic I get asked about a lot. What type of product should I use to clean my rubber roof? How often should I clean my roof? Rubber roofs should be cleaned several times a year and, depending on where you park or store your motorhome, it may need to be cleaned more often.
Most rubber roof manufacturers recommend using a medium bristle brush and a non-abrasive cleaner. For light cleaning, use warm water and a mild detergent like Dawn dishwashing liquid. For more difficult cleaning, there are commercial cleaning products designed specifically for rubber roofing.
Hard-to-clean areas like stubborn stains caused by leaves, sap, mold or mildew may require a second treatment. Use caution to prevent the cleaners from getting on the sides of the RV. Always rinse the sides, front and back of your RV before and after rinsing the roof to prevent cleaners from streaking or damaging the finish on your RV sidewalls.
Regardless of the type of rubber roof you have, NEVER use any cleaners or conditioners that contain petroleum solvents, harsh abrasives or citrus ingredients. These types of cleaners can cause permanent damage to rubber and vinyl surfaces. The first indication of rubber roofing coming in contact with petroleum products is a bubble forming. The thickness of the rubber is compromised and chances are it will never adhere to the roof decking again.
Step 6: Avoid some aftermarket RV rubber roof products. Numerous aftermarket products claim to protect, clean and condition your rubber roof. For the sake of liability, I will not mention any product names, but I will advise you to select products carefully.
Rubber roofs already have built-in ozone and UV protectors, and cleaning a rubber roof is quite simple. You can use household cleaners like Comet and Spic And Span or Dawn dishwashing liquid for most routine cleaning needs. If a stronger cleaner is required for tough stains, make sure to read the ingredients label carefully before purchasing and using the product. Some cleaners work great, others don't. Remember, do not use cleaners or conditioners that contain petroleum solvents, harsh abrasives or citrus ingredients.
Step 7: Keep it simple. You can maximize the life of your rubber roof by following these few simple steps: Exercise safety, know the type of roof you have, inspect it, repair it and clean it according to the specified intervals. And, avoid using unnecessary products for your rubber roof.