text: I like this team, but we are not setting ourselves up for the future. Isiah amazingly brings in talent, but each year it is getting harder to make bigt deals. With each trade he has brought in an overpaid player with a contract no other team will touch. This is a temporary fix to a growing problem. Our payroll is spread out to far into the bench. Guys like Jerome James and Malik Rose who won't see regular playing time are costing our team 15million this season! They won't even see the floor very often! And if Rose does see the floor it comes at the expense of Chandler, who could be using that time to develope. I respect Rose. He is a good player, just not for the money and he's to far down on depth chart to make an impact anyway. Rose would only play garbage time, the time most teams allow for rookies and works in progress. So not only is he expensive, he is clogging up the development of our young players. I admitt he is a good influence on young players and in the looker room, but that is a coaches job, not a players to influence and mold young players. Besides how much influence does he have when he doesn't even see the floor, how much do young players respect a guy who rides the pine? Jerome James, everyone should realize he has absolutely no value at all. He is not a mentor, role model or talent for anyone to admire or respect. Buying him out would be expensive, but worth it. If we had bought him out and signed Nichols, we could play and develope Nichols in garbage time, the only time James would ever see the floor, and it would have cost the Knick only about 1.6million more than letting Nichols go. (800k slaray 800k luxary tax. What we pay James now and what we would pay him if we bought him out is basically the same, so the only additional cost would be Nichols salary and luxary tax...about 1.6million and we'd have a future star or a valuable role player or a bust, but it would only have cost 1.6 extra and wouldn't really effect the cap. And now all we have is jerome james an obvious bust, who still gets paid. Heck we could have pretended he is still on the roster if it would make Isiah feel better, he will play just as much.


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Do you have a date for prom tonight? Glee's bound-for-drama-and-catfights prom, that is? This week, a video teaser of Rachel and her sexy, but devious ex-boyfriend from Vocal Adrenaline, Jesse St. John, popped up. If that is not emotion-evoking enough, the teaser shows them singing Adele's smash-hit song "Rolling In The Deep."
We started thinking about all the different heart-wrenching, tear-provoking amalgamations of couples have occured in the tiny confines of McKinley High's New Directions and the duets these relationships have inspired.
Grab a box of tissues, watch Rachel and Jesse sing "Rolling In The Deep," then check out our other favorite duets from seasons past.
10. Rachel and Jesse-"Rolling In The Deep"
As much as we think Finnchel is a cute couple in their own dramatic way, we've always loved Jesse St. John and Rachel together. Even though he was set up to crush on her, there is a steamy dynamic between the two that makes the relationship seem a lot more adult than Finn and Rachel together.
Watching them sing "Rolling In The Deep" from tonight's episode is just further proof that their chemistry is jaw-dropping.
9. Rachel and Kurt-"Defying Gravity"
Both Kurt and Rachel probably have the highest PTBS (Potential To Be Slushied) out of everyone in New Directions. Why? Because they are both incredibly unique, minorities, and, let's face it, the loudest theatre geeks in the school.
When the two sing "Defying Gravity," our hearts drop to the floor remembering our days in high school musicals. Maybe we didn't get slushied but we remember what it was like to not fit into a cheerleading skirt.
8. Finn and Quinn-"I Don't Wanna Know"
From last week's Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" episode (and probably our favorite), this is the first duet Finn and Quinn have sung together. It's totally emotional because you can see the lack of trust going through the character's faces as they sing it.
And the way Finn still feels about Rachel.
Didn't Finn break up with Rachel for "cheating" on him because he could never trust her again after what happened with him and Quinn? And he's back together with Quinn? Who might be cheating on him again? God, this is so confusing.
7. Puck and Will Schuester-"Somewhere Over The Rainbow"
Not especially emotional per se, but this song always gets to us–no matter who sings it. Plus, it was a song on one of the Glee finales (with the way they split up television these days we never know what that really means), so it made us get a lump in our throat thinking about no more Glee.
6. Quinn and Sam-"Lucky"
Quinn has such a wistful voice and a sweet nature about her–when she is actually being nice. A lot of the tear-jerking romanticism behind her duet with Sam is the innocent way she holds his guitar strings, looking up at him with hope that she is doing it right.
It's those intimate moments that make all the horribly cheesy moments of Glee worth it.
5. Kurt and Blaine-"Baby, It's Cold Outside"
Remember back in the day when everyone was waiting for Blaine and Kurt to finally stop flirting with each other and actually make-out? Everything they did together was full of sexual tension, despite Kurt's apparent lack of knowledge in the birds and the bees.
During this episode where they sang "Baby It's Cold Outside," we were sitting on the edge of our seat whispering frantically, "Kiss each other! Kiss!" They didn't. And we were so disappointed.
4. Rachel and Finn-"Faithfully"
The first song from their epic "Journey" episode at regionals, Finn and Rachel had either just gotten together, gotten back together, realized they loved each other, stopped fighting, or something. It's hard to keep up with the storyline.
Regardless, they were really happy and make our hearts leap with that sweet, blissed-out look they always give each other.
3. Rachel and Quinn-"I Feel Pretty/Unpretty"
We all have insecurities and in this case, a broken-nose Rachel was tempted into getting her nose fixed to look exactly like Quinn's nose. What is so emotional about this song is watching as these two differently beautiful women struggle with their delusional body images.
We've all been there. Let's just say our knowing response was borderline sobbing, at best.
2. Rachel and her mom (Idina Menzel)-"I Dreamed A Dream"
An episode with "I Dreamed A Dream!" And Rachel's mom! And Idina Menzel, the famous Broadway actress as Rachel's mom! We've been huge fans of Menzel after obsessively idolizing her in RENT when we were also high school musical Gleeks, so a lot of our reaction was personal.
The fact that Menzel and Lea Michelle actually do look alike makes the duet between the alienated mother and daughter that much more poignant.
1. Santana and Brittany (oh, and Holly)-"Landslide"
Ok, so this isn't technically a duet because Gwyneth Paltrow sings on it. Actually, she sings on most of it, but we just remember watching the beautiful eye contact between Santana and Brittany while Santana expresses how she feels.
We'd be lying if we didn't admit to breaking down and weeping while listening/watching it. It was a hear-wrenching duet of gorgeous emotional connection between Santana and Brittany, so to speak.
- What is your favorite duet from Glee? Let us know in the comments!


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Pocock injury throws nervous Smith into the deep end
It is Saturday, March 9. George Smith has just marked his headlining return to Super Rugby with a superb 70-minute performance for the Brumbies.
It is a sweet outcome for all of the Brumbies and their fans, too, with their 35-6 round four win against the Waratahs at Canberra Stadium.
In the Brumbies locker room, players are back-slapping each other, elated about their win over their arch rivals NSW and that Smith is back to share it.
The only tinge of regret is the knee injury that sidelined David Pocock after 10 minutes and fast-tracked Smith's call-up from the bench to play at No. 7.
Players start to circle in readiness to sing the team song, a song Smith had sung many times in his 10-year 120-game spell with the Brumbies that ended in May 2010 when he left Australia to play in France and later Japan.
In honour of his return to Canberra, Smith is asked to take centre place in the players' circle and lead the song once more. But the 110-Test veteran has forgotten how it starts and looks to hooker Stephen Moore to ask.
''It came back quite quickly; but I needed the first word to start it off,'' Smith laughs as he recalls the moment from New Zealand where the Brumbies will play the Highlanders at Dunedin on Friday night.
He looked like the Smith of old against the Waratahs; but the Tokyo-based Suntory Sungoliath backrower, who was allowed to play for the Brumbies on a short contract that ends on May 31, was more nervous than most ever knew.
His return to Canberra Stadium began awkwardly. Upon arrival at the locker room, instinct led Smith to his old booth in the corner, only to realise that it was no longer his, but winger Joe Tomane's. Graciously, says Smith, Tomane ''gave it back to me, which was very nice. I was happy with that''.
He reacquainted himself with the tribal atmosphere of a Brumbies crowd in the warm-up before taking his unaccustomed place on the bench for kick-off. He then watched every Brumbies pass, tackle, kick and step to fast-track his knowledge of game patterns and calls only given to him a week earlier. Smith, 32, was happy to play apprentice to Pocock, 24, who took his Wallabies No. 7 slot in 2009.
So when Pocock broke down against the Waratahs, Smith was taken aback. ''I wasn't expected to play the minutes I have had. I was surprised as anyone that 'Poey' didn't go on,'' Smith says. ''Obviously, we didn't know the [season-ending] seriousness of the injury. I was looking forward to working alongside David. I am not too proud to say that I wanted to learn off him. But to come on after 10 minutes, with the week I had … I was pretty uncomfortable with the calling structures and how the Brumbies play which is a completely different way to how we play at Suntory.
''But once I got out there, instincts took over. I followed the ball, fed off others and tried to search for information. We also played extremely well.''
So what brought Smith back to Australian rugby? It was not money, nor the lure of winning another Super title or the dream of pushing his way back into the Wallabies for the upcoming British and Irish Lions tour to Australia - despite calls he should be picked.
Smith's motivation was far simpler. He prefers to play rather than train for rugby. After the Japanese season ended last year, he played well for French Top 14 side Stade Francais in Paris. But even when Eddie Jones, a Suntory Sungoliath consultant, and Brumbies coach Jake White hatched a plan for Smith to play with the Brumbies for three months, he still had doubts. ''I had reservations,'' Smith says.
''I felt I had left a really good legacy in Australia in my Super and Test rugby and thought, 'Would I jeopardise that by coming back for the Australian public to see me in a different light?'
''But after a couple of days talking to my wife Louise, I was very confident of my ability at this level to make an impact rather than be a passenger.''
While Smith would still consider any opportunity to play for the Wallabies again, he intends to honour his Suntory Goliath contract and return to Japan.
''If I was considered for the Lions, I would think about it because it's such a huge occasion. But I haven't had - or made - any direct contact with the ARU in regards to that,'' says Smith.
As for Smith's ultimate future, one thing is sure. Don't expect another Brumbies comeback. As he says: ''I don't want to sound like Johnny Farnham''.
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Rupert Guinness is a Sports Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald
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IPOs are wildly profitable deals for Wall Street investment banks, and they come with huge bragging rights.
So it's no surprise that the biggest Wall Street banks fought over the Facebook IPO for years.
The inside story of the Facebook showdown reveals a lot about the relative status of Wall Street banks in Silicon Valley these days, especially Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.
And it also reveals a lot about Facebook.
Facebook's in its IPO "quiet period" right now, and no one who knows anything is willing to talk publicly about it. This story is based on background interviews with more than a dozen Valley bankers, investors, and executives over the past few months, all of whom insisted on anonymity. (Some details from this story were also excerpted in this week's issue of New York Magazine, which you can read here.)
The story starts, as most Facebook stories do, with 27-year-old CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who used to tell colleagues he never wanted to go public...
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In the Silicon Valley of the 1990s, not wanting to go public would have been heresy. Every tech startup in the Valley set its sights on an IPO, because going public meant getting pots of cash for the company, liquidity for shareholders, and a highly valued stock that you could use to scarf up other companies.
After the dotcom bust, however, the market for speculative IPOs evaporated, and many of the drawbacks of being public became clear:
- You had to fight bad press and lawsuits whenever your stock dropped
- You had to blow millions complying with SEC regulations
- You had to persuade analysts to set estimates low so you could "beat expectations" each quarter even though you performed as expected
- You had to explain your stock price—high or low—to your distracted employees, and,
- You had to please impatient public-market investors, instead of focusing on creating great products and investing for the long haul.
In short, after the bust, many tech companies realized that being public was mostly a pain in the ass. And the private market soon created ways for companies to get the benefits of being public without going public—via large late-stage private investors or new marketplaces for private stock sales.
This was one reason Mark Zuckerberg didn't want to take Facebook public: He didn't need to. Facebook was able to get all the money and liquidity it wanted in the private market. The other reason was about control: Zuckerberg worried that going public might mean selling stock to shareholders who wanted Facebook's first priority to be its business rather than its product—a fate he had spent Facebook's entire history trying to avoid.
So Zuckerberg wasn't kidding when he told early Facebook employees that he wanted to stay private forever.
And if a byzantine SEC rule hadn't required Facebook to begin filing the same sort of financial disclosure as a private company as it would have as a public company, Zuckerberg probably would have postponed the deal even longer.
But that SEC rule—which forces companies to begin filing detailed documents when they have more than 500 shareholders—hit Facebook this spring. And if Facebook was going to go through all the hassles of being public, it might as well also get some of the benefits. Namely:
- a highly liquid market for its stock, which would finally allow some of Facebook's large institutional investors to sell (Facebook employees have been dumping stock via the private market for years), and
- a public currency with which to make acquisitions (it's difficult to use private stock to buy companies because the target company often thinks the stock is worth less than the buyer does).
Over the years, Zuckerberg had also become more comfortable with the idea that, thanks to the company's dual classes of stock, which gave him 57% voting control of Facebook with only a 28% financial stake, he would never have to give up control: Public shareholders could squawk about the way he ran the company, but they would have no legal way to force him to run it differently. Thus, as he saw it, he would never be forced to screw Facebook up.
So, last year, Zuckerberg finally became resigned to the idea of going public and pulled the trigger.
Which is to say, he delegated the bank-selection process to his Chief Financial Officer, David Ebersman, and went back to focusing on Facebook's product...
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Discussion in 'Pro Match Results and Discussion' started by soyizgood, Jan 12, 2013.
Errani bites the dust
Come on, Caro, don't choke now!
Wozzer gets it done
Such a bummer for Sabine. Definitely should have won that match. The sooner Woz loses the better so hopefully she gets sent packing next match.
Possible choking by Kvitova? She's playing lousy and just got broken.
This girl aims for the lines every possible opportunity. Drives me nuts!!
Kvitova takes the 1st 6-4.
Serena rolled her ankle, trainer out. This doesn't look good.
I don't understand. After Serena rolled her ankle, she put in three winners in the game after.
Man.....the worst thing that can happen to this event is Serena retiring.
That FH lob by Schiavone was SWEEEEET
Gallovits couldn't move her around at all. Just put every ball right in the strike zone. Serena started going for huge forehands and big angles and got most of them in. She never had to do more than a light jog for 2-3 steps. Edina is putting everything in the middle of the court.
Thank you, OP, for putting up this thread.
Is Serena all right?
ReRe putting away the points quickly to minimize stress on her injury.
Go, ReRe, go!
Agree 100% all day errday
She's looking OK, but she's obviously going very easy on the ankle. Don't know how she'll be in the next day or two though. If she were playing a quality opponent who could hit side to side she'd be in serious trouble.
Ever heard of a drop shot GH? Serena is clearly struggling with movement, maybe you should try something other than medium paced flat shots down the middle of the court.
Kvitova just looks sloppy out there. She has about the same number of winners as Schiavone, but I'm sure she has a lot more UEs as well. I don't think Kvitova likes the heat.
Even commentators are mentioning Kvitova needing to get in better shape.
5-2 Schiavone in the 2nd.
GH has started trying to hit some drop shots, but they're bouncing at the service line. Not very effective.
And ReRe doubles down with the double bagel.
That was over so fast I didn't get the chance to switch back from Milos' match.
Kvitova 30
Schiavone 16
Triple set point for Schiavone.....
Tied at 1 set each after a Kvitova DF...
Kvitova up a break 1-0 thanks to Franny's DF....
Neither woman can land a 1st serve today... Ugh!
Kvitova up a double break 3-0.
Too bad the hoot owl won. Her swirly finger move, her screaming, and Redfoo all need to git and git fast.
LOL Shviaone jumping volley.
The guy with Tracy Austin is so annoying....Be Quiet about Twitter.
This match is almost as bad as the guy in the booth.
Why is it a bummer for Sabine? She is a class A head case. I for one am glad she lost. :twisted:
It's a bummer because I cannot stand Woz. Because Sabine blew it, I will be subjected to Woz for at least one more match.
Sabine is more talented but she is a much bigger head case than Wozniacki is. You can always count on Sabine to be a drama queen and blow matches. For that reason, I prefer Wozniacki.
Woz will lose eventually probably but she has a lot of head cases in her section--i.e. Svetlana, Pavlyuchenkova. I have a feeling Woz may lose to Pavlyuchenkova if Pavlyuchenkova can hold it together for once! (50-50 shot.)
Oudin/Robson match is an error fest....
"I haven't had enough time to assess it yet so we're just going to see how it is in a few hours from now," Williams told the media. "I'll be out there unless something fatal happens to me; there's no way I'm not going to be competing…I'm here to play."
What a boss
of course there's a natural curvature ... the guys have it too, but it's obscured by their loose shirts. some of the women look like theyre wearing bandage dresses, which emphasize the curves of the back as well as the curves of the front! :razz:
grats to Caro for advancing to the second round. didnt see the whole thing, but the announer was saying it was very hot, speaking of which, Caro was looking slimmer this season and showing off her new stella mccartny to wardrobe malfunction advantage ..... her next opponent is croatian Donna Vekic!
good call! Pavlyuchenkova lost in three tuff sets in the first round to an opponent i've never heard of before, a ukranian named Lesia Tsurenko.
It's only day three and already six of the 32 seeds are gone bye-bye in the first round
OMG she is ridiculously awesome.
I guess having literally faced down life-threatening injuries, it changes your perspective on things a little bit. And I know she really wants this.
A bit of a cakewalk for Woz until she potentially gets to Kuzy. Disappointing from Pavly, could have made a nice run. Another russian headcase!
She loves to compete. I love it!
Julia looking gorgeous, sigh
Julia now showering after a quick win, sigh
Madison Keys completely spanked Paszek in the first set of their match. She has HUGE groundstrokes and a good serve....I personally think she has a lot more potential than Sloane Stephens. I like this girl.
She is playing well but for a young girl I hope she stops growing, her athletic ability may be a problem.
While it's true she may not be as athletic as someone like Stephens I think she makes up for it with her superior groundstrokes and that great serve. Lets not forget lack of athleticism didn't stop players like Davenport from achieving success. Do I think she is a world beater and future goat? Probably not. But from what I've seen of her so far I think she definitely has top 10 potential.
All the commentators are high on Madison "Avenue" Keys (as Brad Gibert calls her). Watching her now I definitely see the potential. Great serve, willing to move forward, natural power.
Agree as well but when I saw her play before while she was loosing,her mental was not that strong... That's the only flaw I see though
Keys looks like she knows she can do it, unlike sloane and Mchale when they started out.
I say keys>Mchale>sloane> etc
Good win
Tiny Cibulkova got booted by a Russian whose name I have trouble pronouncing.
These Czech and Slovakian girls are the embodiment of brainless ball bashing. Kvitova, Safarova, Hantuchova, Cibulkova, Zahlavova-Strycova, Gajdosova, Vaidisova, Hradecka, Hlavackova.... no real difference in their play.
Any picks on Stosur-Zheng?
Zheng did make it to the SF here in 2010. Stosur hasn't convinced me she can overcome her fear of playing in her country.
I love Stosur. Cannot be unbiased when talking about her.
Ouch at that gimme miss by Stosur....
WOW at that 2nd serve shank! Made a 2.5 level hack proud...LOL Sammy getting nervous?
Stosur does hold. 3-2.
Looks Its going to be an action packed match
Stosur's backhand is more of a mess than Wozniacki's forehand. Zheng should just keep hitting it there.
Zheng holds to love. 3-3.
Good matchup. Can see either player winning.
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Quote: Well, I'm going to need a new title since there's no more judo in my future. Apparently the only one I was a danger to was myself!
Quote: Well you could call it Judes judo log seen as I still train.
Quote:Anyway at least now you will have more time to post even more of your thoughts on the forum.
Quote:And I hear not training can increase a persons body weight so something like tai chi might be worth your while considering. The health part not the combat part.
Quote:Hi Brian hows life?Well you could call it Judes judo log seen as I still train.Must admit though training takedowns is hard on the knees.
Quote:1) You don't train in anything but Youtube-Do and Forum Ryu dude.
Quote:Quote:1) You don't train in anything but Youtube-Do and Forum Ryu dude. Still typing, posting and it would seem not much physical training zach? Jude
Quote:So you can see me through da global innernets and know I'm not training enough hojo undo or what?
Quote:You really are a prize, I can't figure out why no one has banned you yet.
Quote:Brian: here's a suggestion for the continuation of the thread, maybe you could talk a bit about how you think your Judo training has informed your Karate, and vice versa.Did you take anything "permanent" away from your Judo training that has changed the way you practice Karate?
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I'm thinking Blondie here is Vladimir
How'd a wuff get in here... with a pack of llladies - playa!
Looks like the new vamps got a lil photo-booth happy at the Breaking Dawn after party... and there's no pics of a Robsten make-out fest becaaause?
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Volkswagen apparently is considering making a new, larger Amarok rather than importing the current truck. While the internal debate rages what exactly is wrong with offering a small truck? The American truck market is flooded with big truck options. Why not offer something different? Maybe a smaller, lighter, and more efficient truck with a diesel?
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The Southwest Times Record reports Sgt. Glenda Morrison, 44 is accused of lying under oath when Circuit Court Judge William Pearson questioned her Oct. 15 regarding statements she allegedly made to jurors during the murder trial of a Dardanelle man, according to charging documents.
In October, Tommy Bowden was convicted of killing his mother using a shovel and sentenced to life in prison. Bowden's sentence was later overturned by a judge "who found that a deputy sheriff exposed jurors to prejudicial information during the sentencing phase," the Associated Press reported. Bowden was again to sentenced to life in prison earlier this month after a Johnson County jury deliberated for about 30 minutes, according to the Southwest Times Record.
Below is a press release from Dorney's office.
On Friday, February 22, 2013, charges were filed against Sgt. Glenda Morrison of the Johnson County Sheriff's Office charging her with Perjury. The warrant was served by the Arkansas State Police. Sgt. Morrison was processed in at the Johnson County Detention Center. She appeared before District Judge Len Bradley and has been released on an O.R. bond. Sgt. Morrison has been placed on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of these allegations. She has a court date of March 15, 2013 in front of Circuit Judge John Cole on assignment by the Supreme Court of Arkansas.


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This is the official thread for Knicks tickets.
Discuss games you are going to see, meet up with other KO posters.
do you have tickets you want to sell, are you looking to buy tickets?
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Flat offense strands Twins in ALDS
Minnesota goes 1-for-19 with runners in scoring position
By T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com
OAKLAND -- Center fielder Torii Hunter went around the Minnesota Twins clubhouse after Friday's game, stopping at every locker and hugging every teammate. "There's no use in crying," Hunter said when he was done. "They out-played us. But this team isn't going anywhere. We'll be back. We have a batting champion (Joe Mauer), an MVP candidate (Justin Morneau) and a Cy Young candidate (Johan Santana). There is a lot of talent in here. This team is going to be back." The question is if Hunter will back with them after an 8-3 loss to the Oakland Athletics in Game 3 of the American League Division Series. He wants to be back, but with a long-term contract extension and not just one more year, if the club exercises a $12 million contract. If that's all that happens, he would rather not come back at all. "I'd rather have no years than one year, 100 percent," said Hunter, who has been a regular for the Twins since 1999 and will become a free agent if the Twins decide to exercise a $2 million buyout. "It's all up to the Twins," Hunter said. "One year doesn't mean anything. I've been around a long time; I want to end my career here. But that's not the way the game is played." Hunter would prefer a multi-year extension that would at least allow him to be with the Twins through 2010. "I just don't want to go through the one-year thing and be a distraction to the team, go through all the trade rumors if we don't get off good," Hunter said. "I don't want to be here just for one year and be a distraction. I want to be here longer. "Am I begging?" Who knows? But this is obviously not how Hunter wanted to leave the Twins and on Friday afternoon, he once again found himself in the middle of the most controversial play of the game. The Twins trailed, 4-2, when Morneau singled and Hunter doubled with one out in the sixth, putting runners on second and third. Rondell White followed with a single to right to score Morneau. Third-base coach Scott Ullger, perhaps realizing that was the Twins' first hit with runners in scoring position in the series, also sent Hunter. But Athletics right fielder Milton Bradley charged the ball hard and made a strong, accurate throw to catcher Jason Kendall.
Hunter tried to slide around the tag and thought he did just that. But home-plate umpire Mike Everitt ruled that Kendall made the tag before Hunter got the plate."I was safe," Hunter said. "That's my opinion. I can tell you I was safe, but the umpire said I was out, so I'm out. He did not tag me, 100 percent. I don't like crying at the umpires, but it's the playoffs. My intensity is up. That's why I went crazy. "But that's not why we lost." There were a number of reasons the Twins were swept, and their inability to hit with runners in scoring position has to be near the top of the list. Their lack of success in such situations reached near-historic proportions. "In a short series, you can't afford to miss chances like that," Morneau said. "We just didn't do it with runners in scoring position. We didn't play Twins baseball. This isn't what we set out to do. This isn't want we expected to do. It's tough not playing the way we have all year." All year, the Twins hit with men in scoring position. During the regular season, they batted .296 with runners in scoring position, the second-highest average in the league. But against the Athletics, they were just 1-for-19 after White's single on Sunday. "All year, we got those runs in," outfielder Michael Cuddyer said. "We'd get a broken-bat single or a 15-hopper up the middle. We just didn't get them this time." The Twins' .053 batting average with runners in scoring position was the fourth-lowest in the history of the playoff series. The Los Angeles Dodgers were 0-for-22 in the 1966 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles, the Texas Rangers were 0-for-14 in their 1999 Division Series and the Houston Astros were 0-for-12 in the 2001 Division Series. The Twins are tied with the 1990 Boston Red Sox, who were also 1-for-19 when they got swept by the Oakland Athletics in the American League Championship Series. That just happens to be the last time the Athletics won a playoff series, before Friday. "It just didn't happen for us," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "You look over at the other side, their pitching staff, they made a lot of good pitches. We obviously didn't swing the bats as well as we had during the course of the year. "You know what? We went through a lot to get here and I don't know whether the guys were worn down, they sure didn't feel like it. They felt good coming in." The good feeling didn't last long. The Twins face a long offseason and Mauer said, "I don't even know what I'm going to do tomorrow." Hunter doesn't either. He just knows he wants to be in Minnesota for a long time or not at all.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: Greetings everyone! It's that time of the year again.. when Charley and his gang [Motoaventures!] are ready to take off on a lovely 2+ weeks, 5k km adventure in South Africa, Namibia and Zambia. I'm participating as a rider - first time in Africa as well. The departure is in ~40minutes - everything is pretty much set.. I'll try to write more as Internet is available and fingers can still move in a somewhat coherent manner! (-: Cheers, Bogdan Alexander M [aproape] P.S. Pictures will be added shortly [well, shortly as in a quite relative/relaxed term.. Hakuna Matata!]


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Shanduka denies Molewa intervened in licence row
09 Nov 2012 19:54 | Sapa
Shanduka group executive chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa has never had a discussion with the minister of water and environmental affairs about water licences, the company said on Friday.
"Shanduka Coal made every effort to fully comply with all requirements for the consideration of its water-use licences," said chief executive Phuti Mahanyele. He was responding to a report in the Mail & Guardian that Water Affairs Minister Edna Molewa allegedly intervened to prevent action against mining companies linked to businessman Cyril Ramaphosa over water licences.
More than five companies owned or partly owned by Ramaphosa's Shanduka Group were listed by the department as having operated without water licences, the M&G reported.
Mahanyele said the delay in the granting of these licences for a number of Shanduka coal operations was the result of a backlog at the department of water affairs that affected mining companies across the country.
"Since 2006, Shanduka Coal has been taking over operations already in existence and, in each instance, embarked on a process to obtain the necessary water-use licences.
"The first licence applications had already been submitted by the previous owners, and Shanduka Coal continued with the process of updating and revising the water use applications in line with the department of water affairs' guidelines."
No legal action
He said no legal action was instituted against Shanduka group or Shanduka Coal, and they were not taken to court. "The department of water affairs issued a notice of intention to issue a directive early in 2012.
"To protect its legal position, the company indicated its intention to launch an urgent application to the high court to interdict the issuing of any pending directive, to review the unreasonable delay in making a decision on the licences, and to compel the department to take a decision within a time period determined by the court."
He said in its dealings with the department, the company maintained that it had provided all information necessary to facilitate consideration of its water use licences and had made every effort to fully comply with any and all requirements of the department to date.
"It became unnecessary for Shanduka to launch any application since, after consultation with the department, a timeline was agreed on the processing of the water use licences and they were subsequently processed and issued."
The M&G said two senior departmental officials had confirmed that the department had taken Shanduka to court. Molewa's intervention reportedly ensured an out-of-court settlement. "She instructed officials in the department to find a way of settling out of court," an unnamed government official told the newspaper.
Molewa reportedly said: "I never knew that Cyril had something to do with those companies until the deputy minister [Rejoice Mabudafhasi] in the department issued instructions that they [Shanduka companies] must stop operation," said Molewa.
Nigel Adams, director of compliance, monitoring and enforcement in the department, confirmed that it went to court to stop Shanduka from operating, but denied intervention by Molewa. – Sapa
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|Navajo Dawn Hale, 12, of Tohatchi, N.M., holds hands with other Tekakwitha Conference attendees July 24 as they pray the Our Father during Mass in Fargo, N.D. The gathering of Native American Catholics, held July 23-27, marked its 75th anniversary. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)
FARGO, N.D. (CNS) -- On the 75th anniversary of the Tekakwitha Conference, Native American Catholics came together again to review the past, plan for the future, and recharge their faith.
More than 750 people from 35 states and representing 135 tribes gathered under the theme "To walk humbly," a nod to namesake St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the gentle Mohawk-Algonquin woman canonized two years ago.
Gathering in "talking circles" on the conference's first full day July 24, groups of them agreed that young people were their top concern.
"Our youth are losing their cultural and religious connections," said a woman speaking on behalf of her small group. "And we're not encouraging them enough to go to catechism and to go to Mass."
Some of the other issues people brought to the floor included expanding evangelization and inculturation efforts and a need for more Native American priests, women religious and lay leaders. One group mentioned a desire for "spiritual healing centers" to help people overcome drug and alcohol addiction problems.
The talking circles were facilitated by Father Henry Sands of the Ojibwe, Ottawa and Potawatomi tribes. A priest of the Detroit Archdiocese, he heads the Native American efforts of the Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. He told the groups that he would share their concerns with the bishops of the United States.
Young people were not only on the minds of conference-goers, but they took part in the meeting activities, including leading some Native American rituals.
At a sunrise prayer service, a young man conducted the smudging — the Indian purification ritual using the smoke of burning cedar, sage and sweet grass.
Carmelita Sharpback of Winnebago, Nebraska, swaddled her 8-week-old daughter, Willow Rain, as she walked in the event's evening parade of nations with other tribe members.
Crow Creek Sioux Jaime Berens of Charter Oak, Iowa, was attending the Tekakwitha Conference for the first time with her 9-year-old daughter, Saige.
"I hope to learn more about St. Kateri and more about my faith," she told Catholic News Service. "I also want to help raise my daughter the best way I can in the Catholic faith."
During the opening Mass, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia called his fellow Native Americans to continuing Christian conversion.
"When we ask forgiveness, that means we can change and start over. And nothing is better than starting over," he said. "It gives us new energy."
The archbishop, who is a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi tribe, said true happiness is found in one's relationship with God, and pointed to St. Kateri as one who listened to the word of God "not just with her ears, but with her heart."
He said he hoped the Tekakwitha Conference would be a source of ongoing conversion for native people. "That we might listen, love and be saved."
Before his homily Archbishop Chaput also announced some news — that Pope Francis has accepted his invitation to attend the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia in September 2015, even though the Philadelphia Archdiocese still has not received official confirmation from the Vatican.
Fawn Antone, 32, of the Tohono O'odham Nation in Pisineno, Arizona, was attending the Tekakwitha Conference with several family members. She said she rarely misses the annual meeting.
"I come here to recharge my religious battery," she said. "You feel a lot of joy when you come here because everyone who comes here comes in the name of Kateri."
Copyright (c) 2014 Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
FARGO, N.D. (CNS) -- On the 75th anniversary of the Tekakwitha Conference, Native American Catholics came together again to review the past, plan for the future and recharge their faith.


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She was born April 30, 1928, in Nogo, to the late Lester Yarber and Sidney (Simmons) Yarber. She enjoyed quilting, gardening, shopping, cooking, holidays and flowers. She was an avid reader and a loving grandmother. She was a caregiver, an angel and the backbone of her family.
In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Casey; seven sisters, Ollie English, Faye Dorr, Sue Yarber, Rachel Snyder, Jackie Morphis, Dorothy Reynolds and Ruth Dillion; two brothers, Buddy Manuel and Kenneth Ray Morphis; three children, Maxine Taylor, Lester Mans and John Mans; and a grandson, Mitchell Taylor.
Jean is survived by one son, Junior Mans of Lamar; 14 grandchildren, Rodney Cameron, Shelia Olson, Lisa Mans, Richard Mans, Penny Mans, Lester Mans Jr., Teresa Mans, Regina Mans, DeNita Mans, Rachel Mans Courtney Mans, Candice Mans, Curgus "Busta" Mans and Lisa Bridgman; and numerous great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and many other family members and friends throughout the community.
Jean's funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. today at Roller-Cox Funeral Home. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow in Holman Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Curgus "Busta" Mans, Yaree Tillman, Jackie Olson and Bud Pearson.
Arrangements are under the direction of Roller-Cox Funeral Home, (479) 754-2201. Online guestbook www.rollerfuneralhomes.com.


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Reds to keep Cueto from Classic; Votto in limbo
By Mark Sheldon / MLB.com
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- It was learned on Wednesday night that Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto would not be permitted to pitch for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic. First baseman Joey Votto's status to participate for Team Canada still remained officially unresolved.
"Reds exercised right to disallow Cueto's participation in WBC as he finished on DL. Despite his desire to play, he respects their decision," Cueto's agent, Bryce Dixon, posted on Twitter
Cueto strained his right oblique muscle during the National League Division Series vs. the Giants last October.
The final Classic rosters were due to be submitted on Wednesday. Since both players are coming off of injuries last season, the league, team and the player's country have to approve the decision.
Reds exercised right to disallow Cueto's participation in WBC as he finished on DL. Despite his desire to play, he respects their decision.- Bryce H. Dixon (@brycehdixon) February 20, 2013
From Cincinnati's 40-man roster, only second baseman Brandon Phillips (United States) and reliever Alfredo Simon (Dominican Republic) are leaving camp next week to participate in the Classic.
Because of the event, Spring Training camps opened about a week earlier and Cactus League games start earlier, on Friday. The Reds have 37 exhibitions, which is more than usual. More camp and more games could lead to more injury, but Reds manager Dusty Baker chose the more optimistic outlook.
"Or it's a one-seventh chance that someone gets sharp," Baker said. "Or a guy who is a slow starter gets one more look. Brandon being gone, or whoever may be gone, that's more [at-bats] for someone to show us what they've got. There's a plus side to it. I will have to play Brandon more innings to get him ready for the WBC so he doesn't get hurt. Then I have to play him when he gets back so he and [Zack] Cozart and whoever the utility guys are can get together on their exchange for double plays.
"Guys who haven't played with Brandon might not know his range going out for fly balls. These are little things that can add to victories or lead to injuries. There are plusses and minuses. It all depends on how long they go."
Frazier opens Topps pack, finds own card on top
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- A representative from the Topps baseball card company dropped off dozens of its 2013 baseball card packs inside the Reds' clubhouse on Tuesday.
The rep handed a random pack to third baseman Todd Frazier, who opened it up and saw his own card leading that particular stack.
"Bam! A Todd Frazier rookie card right on top," Frazier said Wednesday morning. "We were laughing our butts off. It was right on cue."
Reds manager Dusty Baker recalled when he signed his first contract with Topps as a player.
"They gave you $500 or golf clubs. I took the $500," Baker said. "Everybody collected bubblegum cards. I was on a rookie card with Don Baylor and Tom Paciorek. It kind of means that you've arrived.
"As a kid, you kept the good players in a box and the bad players on your [bicycle] spokes."
Rain moves most of club's workout indoors
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Because of rain Wednesday morning, the Reds' planned workout was abbreviated. Players could still hit in the indoor batting cages and pitchers could work on some of the mounds that are covered by canopies.
"It's a good day to work in the weight room," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "It's a good day for maintenance work. You can always find something to do. It's not an off day by any means."
Only a couple of miles to the south of the club's complex, snow could be seen on a peak of the Estrella Mountains.
Mark Sheldon is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Mark My Word, and follow him on Twitter @m_sheldon This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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so i just purchased and d/l the ultimate helper the problem is i can't find any quests to start with im so lost can someone help me please
so i just purchased and d/l the ultimate helper the problem is i can't find any quests to start with im so lost can someone help me please
i seriously need help my arrow doesnt work at all and i still cant find any quests will someone please help me out
for horde death knight at level 75 you can begin Grizzly Hills, pick up all the quest at Conquest Hold http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=26860
ive done them all actually done most the quests up through zul drak i cant find any anywhere.
and my arrow doesnt work like if i set a way point any way to fix it?
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Have you downloaded carbonite AND tomtom? Mine work perfectly....
yeah the arrow just points in one direction doesnt move no matter what
If you done everything in Grizzly and Zuldrak and you're still level 75.
you can either go back to Borean Tundra or Howling Fjord (whichever you skipped) and level to 76 or... you can grind to level 76
once you're level 76 you should be able to pick up a lot of quest from Sholazar Basin, atm you can't see the quests because you're too low level
you can also set way point using carbonite by
/carb goto xx yy
tomtom is
/way xx yy
yeah i know how to set the way points its just that once i do my arrow points straight down all the time
should i have my old quest helper on?
ok so i finally found some quests in howling fjord but im sure there are some i missed in grizzly and dragspire etc. when i click quest givers the only ones that show up are howling fjord and most of them ive already done what should i do? im sorry im asking so many questions
i would rather find quests in grizzly or dragonspire or zul drak because the ones in howling fjord are very low level
ive done both of those as well ive obviously skipped alot though which i cant find and i thought this add on would show me where those quests are when i click the quest giver button it only shows quests in howling fjord and its showing quests ive already done how do i get it to show me quest givers in other zones? im sorry to keep asking so many questions i can tell this is a great guide if i could just get going with it


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The face of football
AS THE AFL and its clubs review the inaugural free-agency period, Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley says it's time to consider the next step - introducing a ''franchise player'' whose salary is paid outside the salary cap.
''It's a logical progression to free agency. It's mutually beneficial and happens incidentally at the moment,'' Buckley says.
The franchise tag would reward a player for his on-field ability, while also reinforcing his importance in terms of marketing, outside of additional services agreements.
The idea has been floated for years. Former player agent Ricky Nixon has long been an advocate, telling Fairfax Media in 2010 it was time to reward the game's superstars.
Nixon has long bemoaned the fact the likes of Jonathan Brown and Nick Riewoldt, because of the constraints imposed by a salary cap, are still paid as much as Wayne Carey was in the late 1990s when he was the league's million-dollar man.
However, other player managers are split, and believe it would disadvantage those clubs already struggling financially.
There would remain many hurdles to negotiate before it could be introduced. For instance, is the extra money funded by the AFL or do clubs have to raise all or part of it? Would there be a special cap?
But there is also precedence in Australian sport, with A-League soccer clubs allowed two ''marquee'' players per team. Each can receive unlimited riches but one must be Australian.
However, as one list manager pointed out, the salary cap of an AFL club is almost four times greater than an A-League counterpart, so footballers - of the AFL kind - already have a far better deal.
A-League clubs must generate money themselves for the marquee player; the trade-off is that this has allowed them this season to secure the likes of European stars Emile Heskey and Alessandro Del Piero in a bid to improve the standard of play and attract spectators and television audiences.
''They need to attract international talent and pay accordingly, we don't,'' said one AFL list manager. A-League clubs also have the option of not filling the role.
The franchise tag in America's NFL is used to restrict players from entering free agency. Once bestowed with the tag, a player must then be offered 120 per cent of his previous year's salary or at least the average of the top five players in the league at his position, whichever is the bigger pay day. If this model was followed, it could mean AFL player salaries would have to be publicly disclosed - something players have long bristled at.
Franchise players in the NFL fall into two categories - exclusive and non-exclusive. Exclusive means a player is paid an extra $1 million and cannot negotiate with other teams through the year.
Non-exclusive players can negotiate with other teams during the year and, should he decide to leave his former club, would receive two first-round draft picks as compensation.
The tag can be changed from season to season. How the system in the AFL would work remains debatable.
''It wouldn't exist in the same form here as the financial equality argument would win,'' Buckley said.
This argument is also a key issue among several player agents and football managers.
The Western Bulldogs, for instance, have already lost key players Jarrod Harbrow and Callan Ward to expansion clubs because they could not match the salaries. Would they be able to generate the added funds for a marquee talent?
It is only been since the new collective bargaining agreement was brokered last season that clubs must now pay a minimum of 95 per cent of the cap. The cap last season was $9.4 million, including total player payments and additional service agreement (ASA) payments.
Said one agent: ''If you look at the Bulldogs or North, there is no way they would ever be able to do it. It's another reason why the poorer clubs could cry poorer.''
According to another agent: ''A franchise player is great for the game. I could see the point of it, it keeps Lance Franklin at Hawthorn his whole career, it will probably keep a Chris Judd at Carlton, a Michael Voss-type at Brisbane, it helps with all that sort of stuff.
''But I am just an advocate for list management. I just reckon the AFL makes too many excuses for clubs who have poor list management, and I think if you do franchise players it's yet another grey area that can get clubs into trouble.''
The increasing gulf between the football-department spending of the elite clubs and those at the lower end of the market is what has prompted Swans chairman Richard Colless to organise a meeting of all club presidents early next year.
It's also a topic the AFL Players Association is investigating, although it would not comment about the merits of a franchise player.
AFLPA research conducted about a decade ago showed there were few players who had a ''brand currency'' worthy of special or franchise payment, but that has changed as the game has grown and is now represented in the use-of-image clause inserted in playing contracts.
Another possible issue, said one football manager, would be jealousy. While the best player has generally been the highest paid, elevating this player to ''a franchise level'' on uncapped riches could prompt friction, even disharmony and resentment, even in strong teams where three or four players are worthy of top billing.
''I don't agree with that. There are players already paid far more than their teammates,'' said one list manager, reinforcing Buckley's view that there already is an ''incidental'' franchise payment.
Who would be your club's franchise player? We nominate the contenders ...
Patrick Dangerfield: Explosive and tough-as-teak midfielder who can go forward
Alternative: Taylor Walker
Jonathan Brown: Getting on in years but still the team's heartbeat and face of Brisbane
Alternative: None
Chris Judd: The dual Brownlow medallist remains one of the game's premier midfielders
Alternative: Marc Murphy
Scott Pendlebury: Key midfielder and future leader
Alternative: Travis Cloke, Dale Thomas
Jobe Watson: Brownlow medallist, chief ball winner and leader
Alternative: Michael Hurley
Matthew Pavlich: Still the key forward, face of the club and inspirational skipper
Alternative: Aaron Sandilands, Nat Fyfe
Tom Hawkins: Matured and the key to the Cats' attack
Alternative: Joel Selwood, Jimmy Bartel
Gary Ablett: By far the Suns' best player
Alternative: None
Lance Franklin: Has become the face of the league and is its premier forward
Alternative: Sam Mitchell, Luke Hodge
Mitch Clark: A key forward who did well this year with limited ball supply
Alternative: None
Drew Petrie: Under-rated outside of North but vital as a key forward and relief ruckman
Alternative: Andrew Swallow
Travis Boak: Premier midfielder who resisted offers to return home to Victoria
Alternative: None
Trent Cotchin: Midfielder on the cusp of superstardom and captaincy
Alternative: Jack Riewoldt, Brett Deledio
Sam Fisher: Pivotal down back as a defender and rebounder
Alternative: Nick Riewoldt
Adam Goodes: Reinforced in the finals how important he is; the face of the club
Alternative: Josh Kennedy
Dean Cox: Getting on in years but crucial in ruck and up forward
Alternative: Nic Naitanui
Matthew Boyd: No-frills leader who is tough and gets the job done
Alternative: Bob Murphy, Ryan Griffen
• It is not compulsory to have a franchise player
• Salary is uncapped
Jon Pierik is a sports writer with The Age, focusing primarily on AFL football, cricket and basketball. He has won awards for his cricket and basketball writing.
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This isa recent purchase after getting sick of my old dishwasher not doing it's job. The very best thing about this dishwasher is the utensils storage. instead of an annoying basket that takes up loads of space in the bottom, it has a unique slide out drawer at the top where everything slots in. This means that the utensils get washed much better and you can fit bigger pots in the bottom.
It is also very quiet which is a plus with any white goods as I often try and put them on overnight to save money. The programmes are quite complicated but now i use the same one each time it is so easy.
So far there are no complaints with this dishwasher. It cleans well and there is little drying to do afterwards. Lets face it no dishwasher will get plastics etc completely dry. I would recommend this to anone who needed a new dishwasher - they are expensive but worth it. My last dishwasher was a cheaper brand and it hardly lasted any time at all and never really washed properly. i bought this after reading a review in Which where the brand came 2nd best for dishwashers (the 1st brand had items that cost £700!!!)
I have to say now that Bosch truely is a brand for home appliances that you can rely on, i've had my dishwasher now for nearly 3 years and just so long as i have it services once a year it continues to wash everything i through it perfect well.
by service i mean replace the filters and run a rinse 3/4 times. i've only once had to call an engineer out and that turned out to be an problem with the plug instead of the dishwasher.
i have a family of 4 that eat breakfast and dinner at home each weekday so it's heavily used(twice a week it's filled and run), i was expecting for the price that i would need to replace it after 2 years, however, here we are coming up to it's 4th anniversary with us and it's still going strong.
One difference between this dish washer and others that i have used or owned I find that this actually managed to clean glasses without leaving the stains on the side of the or leaving them needing a rinse once you remove them.
All in a tip top dishwasher that gives real value for money.
When I was a kid I use to think that a dish washer was magic, I just thought that you put your plates in the dishwasher dirty and they come out clean with no problems, well now I'm older I know that is not the case, let me tell you a story.
I had some friends over for a Sunday roast and it was great, after we had eaten we just sat there drinking wine and catching up, well when we finally got to clearing away the dishes we put them from the table to the dishwasher, put on a cycle and away it went, when it had finished there was still food stuck on the plate, I was later made aware that we needed to run them under the sink to loosen the tougher foods then put them in the dishwasher...doh!
The Bosch Logixx SMS69L is all white in colour (the only other colour that is available is Silver) and the measurements are 85 (Height) x 61 (Width) x 60 (Depth), the front of the dishwasher is a very plain looking front with nothing that really grabs you or is flashy in any way, along the top in the middle is the handle that opens the dishwasher door with "Bosch" written on the hand grip and a digital display screen above the hand grip that tells you what program you are using on the dishwasher.
There are quite a few programs to choose from that will suit your need including a quick wash, Pre-rinse (which I don't understand why you would have that option), Half load, Delay Timer Function- which allows you to set your dishwasher on a timer to run up to 19 hours after you set it and Half loads also The dishwasher baskets can be lifted or lowered depending on what you are washing, for example if you have bigger pots on the bottom basket then you lift the top basket higher, taller wine glasses in the top basket then you lower the top basket (a nice little feature not all dishwashers have), other features include- anti-flood device, a zone wash option, 3-1 detergent detector.
For such a little dishwasher it provides such a powerful performance but not using powerful energy or water.
This dishwasher is absolutely quiet and doesn't disrupt the silence if you are for example reading a book and further more the Bosch only uses 13 litres of water, yet it still gives you the power of a bigger model with a perfect performance for washing drying and energy saving, and is a lot better for the environment.
You can load quite a fair bit into this dishwasher, even though it may look small you would be surprised how much stuff you could get in there if you put them in properly and not just put them in any old how, it states that you can put in a 12 place setting but if done correctly you can get in 14 and it will still clean effectively.
While your dishwasher is on a cycle it will make you aware by informing you on the display screen at the front of what it's doing and how long it will take, There is also a function which reads "glass protection system in progress" don't be freaked out or worried, it's doing something to help glasses (now if it says glass smashing system in progress then you can panic).
If you open the door during a cycle everything will stop, like a safety cut off valve that once you close the door again will start up, but while the door is open the display panel will tell you to close the door so it may resume cycle.
You can get the Bosch Logixx SMS69L from:
John Lewis £619.00
Red Hill Appliance £512.00
Electro Centre £ 497.95
So as you can see they vary in places, but the usual price is around £450.00
Final Thought
I think this is a great Dishwasher and Bosch definitely live up to the reputation of being the best brand in their field, just remember that if you are going to wash dishes that have been sitting there for a while you might want to run it under the hot water so the residue comes of in the dishwasher.
Being one of the best dishwashers out there it is a definite buy, it is a bit pricey but you can probably shop around and get it slightly cheaper but I don't think it will be by much.
This really delivers the results that I want and expect from my dishwasher.
I find that if you want plates to come out squeaky clean with no residue or anything from the food that was on there, then you would have to put the dishwasher on as soon as you put the plate in, and if the dishwasher is already empty and its only you that's eaten then your not going to turn it on for one plate are you?
Only restaurants can fill up a dishwasher at the drop of a hat.
For me this is 10/10
Was there ever a more problematical appliance than the dishwasher? It has a virtually impossible job: washing brittle objects which can't be moved during the process and having to deal with food residue as well as water and detergent. It is accused of not being able to wash half the dishes and those it does are not properly washed. It takes forever to do a load. It's noisy and needs constant injections of fluids and powders like some sickly elderly relative. Add to this the high initial outlay and it's a wonder anyone bothers. Indeed, many don't. Dishwasher ownership is about 1 in 4, lower than any of the other white goods. I used to wonder if I could dispense with my machine next time it broke down. Then it did, and I (re)discovered my answer. Unless you convert to paper plates, washing-up is a continual chore with no redeeming features whatsoever. I am convinced that if we didn't have to wash up we could have cured all the major diseases by now and be well on the way to sorting out global warming. Talking of which, using a dishwasher is actually environmentally friendly, but more of that later.
So there I was, dishwasher defunct, or reparable only for an eye-watering sum, and soon persuaded I needed a replacement. Enter, to a fanfare of trumpets and sighs of relief, the Bosch SMS69L. Seven years after my previous dishwasher purchase, had the technology improved? Let's consider the problems I described above.
1. Noise. One thing that has been obvious as I moved through the years and models is the noise reduction. I thought my previous one (a Miele) was the tops, but this is better. It is simply barely noticeable, a background hum that merges with the other ambient household noise like PC hard drives and the central heating boiler. It's quieter than my fan oven. Bosch says it operates at 40 decibels, less than normal conversation. I believe it.
2. Does it wash all the dishes? Yes, in theory, if they fit in the machine and are not specifically non-dishwasher proof. In practice, all models recommend against crystal, wooden handles, hand painted ceramics and silver. Personally I would add to that non-stick pans. Then there is the vexed question of glassware. Over the years I found out the hard way that dishwashers will eventually make your glasses go cloudy. In the short term glasses will emerge looking sparkly clean, like the images on many dishwasher products, but gradually they cloud over, like a British summer day. You can either accept this, and replace your glasses every 6 - 12 months, or add them to the pile of to-be-hand-washed.
So how does this machine do? It has a glass protection system, but mark this. I didn't know it had one until it was in and operating. The digital read-out informs me at every full wash cycle that the glass protection system is in operation. Despite having researched this model and read the instruction booklet before using it (note that, chaps) this was the first I'd heard of it. Internet searching has since come up with nothing to say what it is and how it works. After several months the glasses still "ting" with sparkle. If it works long term then this alone would be a reason for selecting this model. But why is Bosch so coy about it?
3. Does it wash the dishes properly? No. Most of the dishes are fine most of the time, and it's better than my previous model. Dinner plates and cutlery are a problem. I am far from being ultra-fussy, but even I have to pull out items for further soaking and hand washing. I don't expect it to clean burnt on residue, but surely cleaning plates and knives is what it's for.
4. Fluids and powders. No advance on the add detergent every time, plus rinse aid and salt when needed scenario. Tablets, liquid and powder are all OK. What is new, is the ability to pre-set the rinse aid and salt levels to suit your water hardness. Living in a hard water area, I now find that I'm topping up with rinse aid and salt far more often than before. Will this prolong the life of the machine and ensure better results for longer? We'll see. I'll get back to you in five years.
5. Programme length. There are plenty of programmes, ranging from the auto intensive to express with a pre-rinse option. Times vary from 30 minutes to 2.5 hours so if you're in a hurry it's back to the washing-up bowl. But that's not the point. You set it going and forget about it while you do something more rewarding (like writing consumer reviews). You can even programme it to start at a particular time. Programme timings are also indicative rather than prescriptive. The model has some clever sensors which measure the turbidity of the rinsing water to sense how much cleaning is still required, and adjusts the timings accordingly. So if your plates only have a few crumbs on them the same programme will take less time than if it's trying to deal with congealed curry leftovers.
6. High initial outlay. This is one of the top end Logixx range and the price is around £425. Obviously it's worth shopping around. Generally I think you get what you pay for with dishwashers and with the complexity of their insides it's worth paying as much as you can afford.
There are other features worth mentioning although some come in the "bells and whistles" category, and would not necessarily affect your purchasing decision. Racks are varied and adjustable so you should be able to fit any combination of dishes. Having had a cutlery tray, as opposed to a box, in my previous model I was keen to have one again but couldn't find one in the Bosch range - until I opened the machine! Another thing they kept quiet about! Honestly, somebody needs to talk to their marketing department.
The control panel is neatly tucked away inside the door giving a smooth uncluttered front. The finger tip controls emit a beep to let you know they've received your instructions and will now get on with things. Also in the panel are warning lights if salt or rinse aid need to be topped up. I would rather these were more prominent as it's quite easy to set it going without noticing one of them is on. What's that red light, I thought the first time I noticed it, and how long has it been on?
Once it's going your machine will message you. Admittedly its conversation is limited to what it's doing, how long it's going to take and the fact that it's protecting your glassware, all in a digital read-out in a small panel. If you open the door while in operation it gets a little tetchy and tells you to close it. If this repetitive "aren't I a clever machine" spiel drives you crazy you can turn it off.
Other programmable features include half load, intensive zone and hygiene extra. Intensive zone is useful as you can put some really dirty stuff in the bottom and it gets more of a going over from the lower spray arms than the top layer. Hygiene extra gives a hotter rinse if you want items to be squeaky clean, like chopping boards or baby bottles. All the dirt has to go somewhere, but the three levels of filters (coarse, fine and micro) are easy to disassemble, clean and reassemble.
Of course it's white, but is it green? The water industry likes dishwashers as the more efficient modern appliances use less water than washing up by hand. This model's clever sensors detect turbidity, as I said above, and if the water's clean enough it gets re-used for rinsing. The variety of programmes means temperature and water volume can be controlled to suit the load, i.e. no overkill. With delayed programming you can take advantage of cheaper energy at night (and the noise won't keep you awake), and it's got a heat exchanger to help heat the water. It is, not surprisingly, recommended by the Energy Savings Trust.
So I think 4 stars for this. It wins on quietness, programme range, looks and energy efficiency; it loses on price and aspects of its performance. Less development needs to be put into features like hygiene extra and digital read-outs, and more into the basic cleaning operation. But on the whole I wouldn't be without one, and I'm getting along fine with this particular model. I wonder if I could teach it to hoover?
One of the little creature comforts of the modern life I really appreciate, is having a dishwasher. It is just so nice to be able to pack all those dirty plates away, shut a door, press a button and forget about it.
I had a slimline dishwasher before, but felt it was just never enough to handle the family's dishes, and invested in the Bosch Logixx SMS69L. This is a up to 14 place setiing dishwasher, and can certainly handle a lot.
The dishwasher is white or silver in colour, frontloading, and has the following dimensions: (H)84.5 x (W)60.0 x (D)60.0. I cant comment on the ease of installation, as that is the bit I normally leave over to hubby, but he reported no difficulties (so I will take his word for that).
The dishwasher has a LCD Control panel, that you control by light touch only, and I found it easy to select the necessary programmes, and was soon able to get a hang of it.
The dishwasher has 6 programmes, including a pre-rinse, quick wash (29 minute), and a half load, and can wash at 5 different temperatures.
What impressed me a lot was the absolute silence at which it operates. Furtehrmore the space is obviously remarkable as well. You have what they call the Vario drawer, in which you place cutlery, and smaller items. It takes a few more seconds to spread them out, as compared to my old washer where I just popped it in a standup basket. It has the 3 step Rackmatic height adjustable upper basket, and takes smaller plates in the upper and bigger plates in the lower basket.
It also has other unique features such as a 1-24 hour time delay, a special anti-flood device as a safety feature, a zone wash option and an auto 3in1 detergent detector (which means it adjusts the temperature throughout the cycle to give you optimum activation of the detergents.
It is also energy rating A, which is important in these credit crunch days. Furthermore it is also A reated in wash and dry performance.
I am very impressed with the perfromance of this dishwasher. It washes extremely well, and dries just as I would hope a dishwashe to do. You can pack away the dishes straight from the washer. I have found that even the more grubby oven dishes were not much of a challenge, but I wold recommend giving them a bit of a rinse beforehand. Add to that the space inside, and the silence at which it operates, and this really is a fantastic alrround dishwasher!
It retails at around £420 (bit more ofr the silver finish), but shop around as I have now seen it for lower deals.
This is just the best gift any busy mom can hope for!
Short name: Bosch SMS69L


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I really think that maybe the Romanians had something to do with Marcus' loss. (The cause for the Volturi to come to the Romanians fortress?)
I am really glad that Caius and Aro have Marcus, but I wonder what brings them together as a threesome. Marcus seems to be the holding character between the other two. Aro and Caius seem to have conflicting ideas and personalities.


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This is "Senior Weekend" for Tinkle and redshirt junior Mikaela Ruef. Both will be honored at Sunday's game, even though Ruef likely will return next season since she has a year of eligibility remaining.
For the 6-foot-3 Tinkle, however, this is it. Her parents, Wayne and Lisa, are expected to be on hand this weekend for the celebration of the Class of 2013.
Making the weekend all the more special is the fact Tinkle is just four points shy of becoming Stanford's 34th member of the 1,000-Point Club. She'll likely become a member Friday night.
The Missoula, Mont. native's push to 1,000 has been aided by her play over the past 10 games, as Tinkle is averaging 13.6 points and 7.3 rebounds while shooting 50.0 percent (55 for 110) from the field and 46.9 (15 for 32) from 3-point range.
This past weekend in Los Angeles, Tinkle averaged 13.5 points and 10.0 rebounds including a double-double of 17 points and 11 rebounds in a win at USC on Friday. This season, Tinkle is averaging career bests of 12.6 points and 6.2 rebounds a game with 48 blocks.
She ranks No. 2 in the conference with 1.85 blocks per game, No. 5 in 3-point field-goal percentage (35 percent) and No. 6 in field-goal percentage (50.5).
While Tinkle usually isn't mentioned in the same breath as junior All-American teammate Chiney Ogwumike, Tinkle has been a key member during yet another outstanding four-year run by the Cardinal.
Heading into the weekend, nationally No. 4 Stanford (13-1, 24-2) is 67-1 in conference and 128-9 overall during Tinkle's time on The Farm. And don't forgot those three straight appearances in the Final Four in her first three seasons.
Should Stanford win 10 more games this season, Tinkle will be a part of the most successful four-year run in program history — surpassing the 137 wins accumulated from 2008-11 and again from 2009-12.
Ruef has mirrored Tinkle's career time wise, even though she missed most of last season with a foot injury and thus has an extra year of eligibility. The 6-3 forward from Beavercreek, Ohio, has scored in double figures in three of Stanford's past four games and has posted the first two double-doubles of her career during that span.
In a 68-57 win over No. 15 UCLA on Sunday, Ruef battled her way to 10 points and 10 rebounds over a career-high 31 minutes. She is averaging 9.5 points and 8.0 rebounds while shooting 58.3 percent from the field over the past four games.
The recent contributions of Tinkle and Ruef have taken some of the pressure of Ogwumike, who nonetheless scored 26 points, grabbed seven rebounds and blocked four shots against the Bruins.
The game ended a string of nine consecutive double-doubles for the National Player of the Year candidate.
"I don't think anyone has done more for their team (in the country) than Chiney," said Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer, who is 15 wins away from 900 for her 34-year career. "Looking at her numbers she is having a spectacular year. I think the other thing is when you look at who other players are playing with, she has one senior on her team and doesn't have any other All-Americans on her team. She really is putting this team on her back and comes out every night and is so consistent."
That's hard to argue if you're not from Baylor. Ogwumike averages a double-double on the season, posting 20 of them, and leads the conference in both categories. She also is the only player in the nation ranked in the NCAA's top six in scoring, rebounding, field-goal percentage and double-doubles entering this week.
"I think there is a greater sense of urgency in February than there was in January," Ogwumike said. "These teams are tournament teams. I'm really excited that UCLA had a great game against us because it teaches us how to be able to win against an aggressive team that's physical and has a lot of weapons."
In 10 games against ranked teams this season, Ogwumike is averaging 21.3 points, on 53.5 percent shooting, and 11.3 rebounds.
Tinkle added 10 points and nine rebounds, one board away from her third straight double-double.
It's the time of the season for the Cardinal to be hitting its stride and Ogwumike has apparently lit a fire with her senior teammates.
Ogwumike, who draws the attention of everybody's game plan, still makes plays out of nowhere simply because she can anticipate so well and seems drawn to the offensive rebound. Ogwumike is a good reason Stanford has won all 15 games played away from Maples Pavilion this season. That gives the Cardinal a chance to eclipse the program record of 20 (Pac-12/Pac-10 Tournament and NCAA Tournament games included) set in 2007-08.
Against UCLA, meanwhile, Stanford's offense took a few naps over the course of the game by shooting just 39.7 percent from the floor and 21.1 percent from beyond the arc. That didn't seem to matter, as the Cardinal found other ways to limit UCLA. Stanford held the Bruins 13 points below their season average and out-rebounded them, 38-31, for its 15th straight win over the Bruins.
Stanford, which leads the Pac-12 in scoring defense, has held opponents under 70 points for 44 straight games.
That will be the game plan again this weekend for the Oregon schools. First up are the Beavers (3-11, 9-17), a team that is 6-50 all-time against Stanford and has lost the past 26 games in the series. OSU comes in riding an eight-game losing streak.'Should Stanford and California each win out over the final two weekends and finish tied atop the Pac-12 table at 17-1, Stanford would earn the tournament's No. 1 seed based on its higher overall winning percentage. Both the Cardinal and Bears have earned byes into the quarterfinals for the Pac-12 Tournament, set for March 7-10 at Seattle's Key Arena.
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Rookies Flaherty, Machado hit historic homers
Orioles' third baseman second-youngest to go deep in postseason game
By Adam Rosenbloom / MLB.com
Entering the game, no Orioles rookie had hit a postseason home run in the club's 58-year history. By the fifth inning, that stat went out the window -- twice.
Second baseman Ryan Flaherty's third-inning home run off Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda -- Baltimore's first postseason homer since Eric Davis went deep in Game 5 of the 1997 AL Championship Series -- put an end to the aforementioned drought, and two innings later, third baseman Manny Machado added another.
The pair -- occupying the bottom two spots in Baltimore's lineup -- became the first rookie teammates to hit their first career postseason home runs in the same game. In 2007, Geovany Soto (Cubs) and Chris Young (D-backs) hit their first playoff homers as rookies in the same game, but they were on different teams.
"The home runs and things like that, that's why they're here," manager Buck Showalter said. "They're capable of those things, and as we go forward, I know it's a big night for Ryan, when you think about it, a Rule 5 [Draft] pick that has had some big hits for us, especially in the last month, and he's been a contributor."
At just 20, Machado also became the youngest Oriole to go deep in the postseason, and the second-youngest player to homer in the playoffs, trailing only the Yankees' Andruw Jones, who was 19 at the time and playing for the Braves.
Machado's also the second-youngest player to hit a postseason homer against the Yankees. Jones, who homered against the Yanks in the 1996 World Series as a 19-year-old, is the youngest.
"It's great. Ryan's been swinging the bat well lately, and we made two good swings and got home runs," Machado said. "But the big story was we came out with the loss, and that kind of throws it out of the way."
Adam Rosenbloom is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Masai Mara National Reserve is the most popular destination on most Kenya safaris due to the quality and quantity of game viewed in the park. Lions, leopards, buffaloes, elephants and rhinos—known as the "Big Five"—may be spotted here as well as giraffe and a variety of antelope. And, over a million zebras and wildebeests migrate each year to Masai Mara from the dry Serengeti plains of nearby Tanzania (The Great Migration). Many Kenya safaris also visit local Masai villages, where travelers can engage with local tribesmen and buy their crafts.
In Samburu Game Reserve, located in Northern Kenya, visitors will find a small oasis that is home to many hard-to-find animals such as Grevy's zebras, long-necked gerenuk antelopes, Somali ostriches and reticulated giraffes. Amboseli National Park in Kenya is famous for its large game, including lions, cheetahs, baboons and big elephant herds that cross the savannahs in search of food and watering holes. Some Kenya safaris also take you to Lake Nakuru National Park, a smaller preserve that has been selected as a rhino sanctuary and is known as one of the top locations for observing birds.
Kenya safaris often visit Nairobi, Kenya's capital, which enjoyed its heyday in the early 1900s after the construction of a railroad to the Indian Ocean. While in Nairobi, travelers may see museums or the nearby farm of Karen Blixen, author of "Out of Africa."
Kenya safaris are available twelve months a year, though the top game-viewing occurs during the dry months of May through August and the hotter spring months of September and October.
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Watch Cookie Monster's Saturday Night Live Audition Tape
Here's the latest release from Sesame Street's YouTube channel—a tape of Cookie Monster auditioning to be a cast member on Saturday Night Live. Who knew that he had a passion beyond cookies?
While he's not Betty White, the internet has cooked up a Facebook Page to petition a hosting gig for Cookie Monster, too!


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Ok Lets Start. If you want to play just respond with "Playing".
If you want to know the rules here they are: http://www.narutobase.net/forums/sho...d.php?t=133591
Trust No one ........
Negative knight will wait till he has 10 then he will wait another 5 minutes for people wanting to play then he will start
The moderator is : Negative"Badass" Knight ill be making the games from here on out so i can delete them afterwards so the mods wont get upset
Have fun!


text: Trading for an all-starish player is the only way we wouldve got one! Yes his salary is high, but now we have a closer. No starts ever sign to come to toronto. When you have the leverage to pick an choose, you would never choose a different country with higher taxes and no ESPN. Great move in my opinion, and with a few tweaks, we have a consistant playoff team with a player who can close out games (which we havent seen since VC). Why do we need financial flexibility if we can't sign a star? So we can do more landry fields type moves? Come on. Teams don't give away stars with good contracts, thus this path was our ONLY way to get an elite player.


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If you don't find the keys in your
wp-config.php file, add the keys definitions with reference to Editing wp-config.php - Security Keys, and upload to your server.
Please review these resources to see what's new in WordPress:
When using the Fantastico upgrade process to upgrade from a pre-Version 2.2, Fantastico will use the wp-config-sample.php file to regenerate a new wp-config.php file. By doing this, two new values, DB_CHARSET and DB_COLLATE, are placed into the wp-config.php file. Those lines should be deleted from your wp-config.php if you are upgrading from a pre-Version 2.2 (like 2.0.10 or 2.1.3) to Version 4.8. A detailed explanation about DB_CHARSET and DB_COLLATE can be found in Editing wp-config.php.
|Language (english, native)
|Version (new to old)
|Chinese, 简体中文
|2.2.1 to 2.2.2, 2.1 to 2.2, 2.1.2 to 2.1.3, 2.1 to 2.1.1, 2.0.7 to 2.0.9, 2.0.6 to 2.0.7, 2.0.5 to 2.0.6, 2.0.4 to 2.0.5
|Hungarian, magyar nyelv
|2.1.2 to 2.1.3, 2.x to 2.1, none specified
|Italian, italiano
|fino alla 2.7, dalla 2.7
|1.5.x, 2.0.x to 2.1, 2.0.4 to 2.0.5
|Spain, Castellano
|2.2 to 2.2.1, 2.2.1 to 2.2.2, 2.2.2 to 2.2.3, 2.3 to 2.3.1, 2.3.1 to 2.3.2, 2.3.2 to 2.3.3, 2.3 to 2.5
|Thai, ภาษาไทย
|Vietnamese, Việt
|2.5 to 2.6
|Turkish, Türkçe
|none specified
|Russian, Русский
|old to new
|Ukrainian, украї́нська мо́ва
|any 2.0.x to 2.3.x, 2.0.5 to 2.0.6
If you are considering upgrading to WordPress Version 4.8, but you are at Version 1.2, then follow the 1.2 to 1.5 upgrade as describe in Upgrading From WordPress Version 1.2 to 1.5. Once you are upgraded to Version 1.5.x, then follow the instructions as listed above to upgrade from 1.5 to 4.8.


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