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Harlequins 40-13 Biarritz, Heineken Cup
Quins cement status as title challengers
Tom Hamilton at The Stoop
October 13, 2012
Chris Robshaw led from the front throughout Harlequins' win over Biarritz © PA Photos
Harlequins' 40-13 victory over Biarritz was the perfect example of the Conor O'Shea project. A team forged on promotion from within, backing lesser names who will in time become heroes and all brought together with that essential ingredient for any successful team - trust. An arm-wrestle of a first-half was out-weighed by a dominant, powerful and accurate performance from the Aviva Premiership champions in the second - and all this without talismanic fly-half Nick Evans who exited the field after 16 minutes.
The boardrooms around Europe are still hotly contesting the future of this brilliant competition but even the most corporate-hatted individual must have raised a smile at the swagger with which Harlequins dismantled Biarritz.
It was a day when the French sides had showed their pride in the competition. By the time the first tackle had gone in or the first Gallic chants of 'Allez Biarritz' or the more snarly 'C'mon Quins' had rallied from the stands, Racing Metro and Clermont Auvergne had already set the standard to the rest of the Top 14 sides embarking on their new European adventure. But while Clermont Auvergne downed 14-man Scarlets and Racing Metro embraced the awful conditions of the Stade de France and overcame a Munster side that snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, Biarritz came up against an altogether different proposition.
The last time The Stoop played host to a European match, Biarritz had their mitts on the Amlin Challenge Cup after defeating Toulon at Harlequins' ground back in May. Two of their key protagonists that day Imanol Harinordoquy and Dimitri Yachvili were missing in action and it showed. England scrum-half Danny Care had the run of the turf and Nick Easter out-powered a Biarritz back-row that missed the muscle and mind of Harinordoquy.
Quins boss O'Shea asked for a reaction from his team after two defeats on the bounce and even the ever-reserved coach must've raised a smile when academy graduate Rob Buchanan burrowed over for his side's second try of their eventual four. It is what the club is built around - promoting from within. They are two hookers down - with Joe Gray, mooted by many to be England's second choice No.2 behind Dylan Hartley, and Chris Brooker both sidelined - but Buchanan, in his first start of the season, rose to the challenge and personified the Quins ethos. And there was more joy for the home side's production line when Seb Stegmann grabbed the fourth try.
Before the game, when looking at the team sheet, there were 11 academy graduates in the 23-man squad. But whenever you talk or write about Harlequins, try as you might, you can't help but mention one of them - Chris Robshaw. Once again, it was a brilliant performance from the skipper. They say you can't fit square pegs into round holes but while Robshaw isn't built in your Neil Back mould for an openside, all the column inches, awards and praise levelled at his feet are worthy. He was a constant menace to Biarritz - superb around the breakdown, a reliable option in the lineout and the first man to any loose ball.
But while you can single out Robshaw for his consistent brilliance, it's difficult to not continue picking out other notable performers. From 1 to 15, Quins shone. And perhaps what O'Shea might take out of this match over and above everything else positive was that for 64 minutes, they did it without Evans. Easter took the man of the match award but Quins supporters could well look back at this match in a few years time as the game that launched a new Kiwi half-back hero.
Ben Botica - son of All Black Frano - kept the scoreboard ticking over with his contribution of 18 points and persistently pushed the tempo of the match - personifying O'Shea's pre-match wish that he wanted his side "to keep on playing". And post-match, O'Shea praised the fly-half labelling him "pretty special" in what was "the biggest game he's ever played in".
But while some might be quick to label him the potential successor to Evans' throne - if the fly-half opts for the lucrative contracts reportedly on offer in France and Japan - the proof will be in how he performs over the next couple of the weeks. "Like father like son" was O'Shea's post-match assessment of Botica but typical of the Quins ethos, it is unlikely whether the Harlequins hierarchy would have been surprised by the young fly-half's mature and accomplished showing.
Similar to Botica, the expectation will now be on Quins to continue in this manner and continue to cement their credentials as potential Heineken Cup champions next week against Connacht. O'Shea said at the beginning of the campaign that last season's Premiership victory was just the start of this team's success and it's hard to argue with him. Saracens have already made some noise with their 45-0 win over Edinburgh while Exeter rallied against Leinster but were eventually undone. But Harlequins' 40-13 win over Biarritz is likely to raise the most eyebrows around Europe.
And it was the same at The Stoop. The crowd rose every time Harlequins made a break, substituted a player, knocked over some points or crossed the try line and there's great excitement surrounding this side on and off the terraces. Their back-to-back defeats going into this match asked questions of O'Shea's side but the team responded superbly. Regardless of their Premiership title-holders' status, putting 40 points on a Top 14 side with the stature of Biarritz is impressive.
Next week sees them travel to Connacht, the team that ended their Heineken Cup charge last season, and the Irish province will be greeted by an entirely different prospect to the one they faced last season. This team is maturing by the game - with fresh-faces dropped in on a weekly basis - which should be a frightening thought for the rest of Europe.
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George Clooney Adds to Tesla's Bad News Month
Tesla shares took a little bit of a dive last week on news the company was investigating a report of a Model S sedan catching fire, the third such report to come out in a month.
The stock was back on an upward path today but not thanks to the efforts of George Clooney, who outed himself as one of the company's highest-profile ex-customers in an interview with Esquire magazine:
"I had a Tesla. I was one of the first cats with a Tesla. I think I was, like, number five on the list. But I'm telling you, I've been on the side of the road a while in that thing. And I said to them, 'Look, guys, why am I always stuck on the side of the f— road? Make it work, one way or another.' "
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MIIS Alumna Shares Her Kabul Experience in NY Times
January 31, 2012
Jaala Thibault (MATESOL ´07) was one of only two U.S.-sponsored English Language Fellows (ELF) in Afghanistan in 2010; the other was fellow MIIS alumna Tara Bates (MATESOL ´07). Being selected into the U.S. State Department English Language Fellows program is "one of the most prestigious positions a recent MA graduate in TESOL or TFL can receive," according to MIIS TESOL professor Kathleen Bailey.
In "Changes in Kabul Classrooms," an article recently published by the New York Times, Jaala talks about her experience teaching in Kabul, where she continues to travel regularly to conduct teacher-training workshops. "Though I always knew I'd become a teacher, I never planned to use my ability to educate as a tool for building nations. But then the attacks of Sept. 11 happened—and just as they changed many lives, they changed my life, too." She adds: "I desperately wanted to go there to help educate the girls and to learn about a culture that had been hidden for so long."
In her second article published by the New York Times, "A Teacher's Learning Curve in Kabul," Jaala writes about learning to be patient with the pace of progress. She had arrived in Kabul a year and a half before with the big plans to help reform an education system, but came to embrace the proverb: "Patience is bitter, but it has a sweet fruit."
By 2010, there was a mixture of boys and girls learning side by side in the classrooms at Jaala's school, and women teaching a variety of subjects. But the stories of a different time are still fresh in memory and being shared every day. Recently Jaala confronted a new problem—not the lack of heating or proper supplies and not the fear of retribution—but rather not having enough chairs for all of the students. For a teacher, that is a wonderful problem to have.
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Fantastic work, Anael, on the sheets and caps; love it. OksewGlad had 3 beautiful quilts she displayed. And DD also had a good story to tell and great sewing work to show us.
I called Creekside Quilting and no news there...the quilter got very sick at the end of December, so I suspect it may be awhile yet before I see my FWQ. They will call me.
Dh birthday so will go bake a cake and try to look cheerful; sinuses have my head roaring today. No sewing today. Snow forecast to move in tomorrow, so that might be a better sewing day. Everyone take care in the winter storm watch.
Received my first BB in the mail yesterday. Beautiful design, colors and block. Wow. Will show photo of it later. So impressive with hand work and all. Perfect block.


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PASCO, Wash. – The Puget Sound baseball team fought back to erase a deficit, but fell 5-3 to Whitworth on Sunday. The Loggers (4-3) erased an early three-run deficit, but couldn't complete the comeback in the final game of the Swing Into Spring Classic.
Nate Aguiar and Carson Blumenthal locked into an early pitcher's duel to start off the game. Blumenthal and the Pirates took the early advantage with two runs in the second and one more in the fifth.
Aguiar lasted six innings for the Loggers, while Blumenthal went 7.1 innings for the Pirates, but both starters came away with no-decision.
In the top of the sixth, Bobby Hosmer knocked in Christian Carter to get the Loggers on the board. The Loggers really got the bats going in the eighth with four hits and a pair of run to tie up the game.
Addison Melzer singled to drive in the first run of the inning, and Connor Savage drew a bases loaded walk to force a run home and tie up the game at 3-3.
However, Jeremy Druffel had the answer for the Pirates in the bottom half of the inning. He singled with two runners on to score both and give the Pirates the lead and eventually the win.
Hosmer and Lucas Stone each had a pair of hits to lead the Loggers at the plate.
The Loggers head south next week for three games in Portland, starting with a 5 p.m. game against Concordia.
PASCO, Wash. – The Puget Sound baseball team breezed past Lewis & Clark behind another shutout from the duo of Matt Robinson and Jarrod Beiser. The Loggers (4-2) took the game 14-0, highlighted by a six-run eighth inning.
Robinson went seven innings and allowed just four hits in the game, while striking out five. The senior has now tossed 14 straight shutout innings to open the season after tossing seven scoreless frames in the Loggers' season-opener at St. Martin's. Beiser did not allow a hit in the final two innings and struck out a pair.
Freshman Nathan Backes led the Loggers at the plate with a 3-for-4 performance. All three of his singles drove in at least one run as he had a game-leading five RBI. He knocked in both Logger runs in the third with a singles up the middle, drove in two more in the seventh with a single in to left and brought home another in the eighth with another single.
The Loggers gained the lead in the bottom of the first when Kaulana Smith scored on a balk. Backes' single put up two more runs in the third for the Loggers. By the sixth inning, the Loggers were up 5-0.
Backes drove in two more in the seventh after a Christian Carter hit brought in a run. The Logger bats then exploded in the eighth for six runs. Backes, Nick Cochran, and Ben Jones all had RBI hits while two more runs came across on Pioneer errors.
The Pioneers fell to 0-5 with the loss and had four errors in the game, coming from four different players. Ryan Strombom took the loss on the mound.
Game 2 vs. Corban – L, 0-16
Corban once again jumped on top early and cruised to the 16-0 win in the second game between the two in the last two days.
The Warriors were up 8-0 after three innings and never allowed the Loggers to get going offensively. The Loggers had six hits in the game, including extra bases from Kaulana Smith and Lucas Stone, but couldn't push a runner past second base.
Corban had a pair of four-run innings in the game in the first and seventh to fuel the win.
The Loggers sent seven pitchers to the mound in the contest.
They will wrap up the Swing Into Spring Classic tomorrow against the hosts Whitworth at 1 p.m.


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Vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan happened to be in the neighborhood campaigning Saturday when Ohio State hosted Miami-Ohio, his alma mater, in its college football season opener.
He also happened to get into the Redhawks' locker room, where coach Don Treadwell allowed him a brief pregame speech.
And it also happens that Paul Ryan isn't very good at giving pep talks. Unless of course you like your pep talks to have false statistics, awkward pauses and a decided lack of pep.
"They tell me that Ohio State hasn't beaten an in-state team in about 100 years," Ryan said in a video that has since been removed from YouTube. "Let's change that today."
Oops. Might want to switch those around there, congressman. Move on to the grand close!
"Your best is the best," Ryan said. "Your best is what we got. We're really proud of you. Go out there and make us proud and do your jobs, and make it … count."
Miami-Ohio subsequently went out and was beat 56-10.
Al Pacino and Gene Hackman, your epic locker room speeches are safe for another day.
Of course, Ryan isn't the first political figure to make a sports blunder. Joe Biden was left apologizing earlier this year after naming the wrong Giants team.


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The Outright Desperation/Paterernal Love/Private School Envy of Interview Publisher Peter Brant
All's fair in love, war, and the love-strewn war of getting your kid into private school around here. Interview's playboy publisher Peter Brandt knows this, and via an awesome Stalker Spy, went to new extremes in order to do so.
Brandt legendarily hates—hates—his super hot ex-wife, former model Stephanie Seymore. Their divorce wars have been legendary, especially as there's so much cash on the line.
The wars to get rich rugrats admitted into one of the Tri-State Area's legion chichi private schools are themselves so legendary—and such a wellspring of great material—that the New York Times found them one of many reasons to seek out their own reporter on the private school beat. In comes our tipster, with this gem:
My child is interviewing at private schools in Greenwich. Guess who was there for pre-K interview day yesterday? Peter Brant and Stephanie Seymour. Together. Don't they hate each other and are divorcing? [Ed. Correct.] He was unbelievable, everyone dressed casually and he's in a British shirt with purple velour (yes, purple) vest and jacket. He's big, his hair is dyed poorly (like black shoepolish), and he barreled around trying to impress the teachers there. Stephanie was right there with him. Smaller than you'd expect, but certainly there voluntarily.
It is the hypocrisy of Peter Brant (he is such a dirtball, and that is from personal family experience!) hating his wife but showing up with her to get a 3-year-old into a school is just too rich.
Now, credit where credit's due: in a war of the roses-esque battle, it's wonderful that two parents can come together to ensure their child has the richest, most moneyed edumacation one can find in the terrible, South Central: Atlantic Edition-esque hood of Greenwich, Connecticut. On the other hand, this just illustrates the continuing desperation of parents so patently insecure about where their kids are and what they're doing, even when they can ensure the guilt of neglecting them is off the table (school hours), that they'll do anything to make sure they get into the "best" one. Parenting advice for Peter and Stephanie, from someone without kids: send 'em to the School of Hard Knocks (AKA, Public School). They may not be given Spicy Tuna Crunch rolls for lunch, but if you send 'em off with a brown bag, they'll at least stand a chance of learning how to relate to the majority of humans on this planet, a fleeting, damaged capability amongst that set.


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Ryan Howard primed for second half
Slugger looking forward to Phillies' run at division
The way Phillies slugger Ryan Howard sees it, Jason Michaels owes him a run batted in. Either Jason Michaels or Andruw Jones. Maybe both of them.
Now for a guy who passed the career 800-RBI plateau earlier this season, one more or less RBI wouldn't seem to make a whole lot of difference. This, though, was a special RBI.
In the days following the All-Star Game, Howard was closing in on his 1,000th Major League hit. He doesn't remember them all, but he certainly remembers the first one. He was a September callup in 2004 when he came to bat looking for hit No. 1.
"It was a warm, humid day in Atlanta," he said. "Paul Byrd was pitching for the Braves. He had some nasty stuff going for him. I hit a ground ball up the middle. I'll never forget it. Jason Michaels was on second base. Andruw Jones threw him out at home plate. It was on all the highlight shows. It was one of the top 10 plays of the day. They talked all about the throw and the play at the plate and then they said, 'By the way, that was Ryan Howard's first Major League hit.' I was an afterthought."
Not any more.
Soon after that day in Atlanta, Howard took over for Jim Thome at first base for the Phillies. Thome was a mentor for the youngster.
"Jim was very helpful to me," Howard said. "He always said, 'Don't get too high when things are going good and don't get too low when they're not.' He was a great guy. I had some work to put in."
Now Howard is the cleanup hitter on the team that reached the All-Star break with the best record in baseball. He was the National League's Most Valuable Player in 2006. His 10 grand slams are the most in Phillies history. His 271 career home runs are the second most in Phillies history, trailing only Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt. Since the 2006 All-Star break, he has the most home runs (247) and most RBIs (752) among all Major League players. In the seven weeks before the All-Star Game, Howard was hitting .373 with runners in scoring position. He had 16 hits in his last 41 at-bats (.390) of the first half this season.
And he wasn't invited to the Midsummer Classic.
Fortunately for all concerned, Howard was not offended at the snub. "The first base position is so deep with Fielder, Votto and Albert [Pujols]," he said." And you have Gonzalez and Teixeira over in the other league. It's always nice to be part of it, the festivities and all. At the same time, when else can you get three days off?"
So Howard used the break to gear up for the second half of the season and the Phillies' run at a fifth straight National League East championship and third pennant in four years. "We've just got to go out and do what we do," he said. "It helps to have the best pitching staff in baseball. We've got to stay healthy and keep it going."
There is a theory that Howard is not invincible at the plate, that he is vulnerable to defensive shifts and the wrong pitching matchup. Every NL team has a left-handed specialist on call for Philadelphia's lefty-laden lineup that has Chase Utley, Howard and Raul Ibanez, all lefty swingers batting 3-4-5. Howard's numbers, though, don't support that theory. From 2006-10, he led all Major Leagueers in home runs (64) and RBIs (212) against left-handed pitchers.
With those kind of numbers, Howard does not dwell on the milestones.
"A thousand hits? It comes when it comes," he said."I got 800 RBIs, but I didn't get the first one."
Hal Bock is a freelance writer based in New York.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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America's most huggable teddy bear, Dick Cheney, has been working on his memoirs from his CIA-bunker house ever since leaving office. It should have been on bookstore shelves for a year or so by now, former vice president's rather serious heart problems got in the way. But now that's all over! In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir will hit shelves on August 30, so grab your sleeping bags and head over to the nearest bookstore entrance now.
Cheney's book is co-written by his clone daughter Liz, who tells the Associated Press that In My Time shows off her father's "sense of storytelling and sense of humor." Yikes! Did you hear the one about the guy hanging from his thumbs in an isolated prison cell in Cuba? He ate— well, we'll let Dick finish this one, but it's a classic.
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A NEW report shows Queensland is on the road to economic recovery and 2013 will be a year of growth, Premier Campbell Newman says.
The CommSec State of the States report shows that while Queensland is strong on construction work and engineering investment, a sluggish labour market is constraining the state's economy.
It ranked Queensland's economy as the fourth best in the nation, in terms of growth.
But unemployment in the state is 23.1 per cent above its decade average, the report found.
At the weekend, Treasurer Tim Nicholls said Queensland's jobless rate - 6.2 per cent for December - was "not acceptable".
On Monday, Mr Newman was talking up what his government was doing for jobs, after last year slashing 14,000 public sector positions.
"We are working hard to make sure we create jobs in Queensland and the things we are seeing in that Commsec report demonstrate the green shoots of recovery are there," he told reporters.
Mr Newman said the fourth spot ranking for Queensland on growth was an improvement.
"Queensland during 2011 was always in last place (in Commsec report)," he said.
"Now we are in the middle of the pack.
"In five out of eight indicators we are doing very very well."
The premier said there was an upswing in property investments and business confidence was growing, and "2013 is going to be a great year".
He said the state would be in a fiscal surplus in two years time for the first time in nine years and in a position to look at claiming back its AAA credit rating.
Mr Newman played down a new report by the Queensland Resources Council, which said at least 1000 more mining jobs were likely to go from the coal industry.
"There will be ups and downs in different sectors."
Opposition leader Annastacia Palaszczuk said despite Mr Newman's promise to deliver an unemployment rate around four per cent the figure was increasing.
"Whilst some of the results are positive in the CommSec report, it is very concerning about the massive impact his policies are having on the high unemployment rate," she told reporters in Brisbane.
"That's directly from the sacking of people throughout the public service, but also there's flow-on effects in rural and regional areas not just in the cities.
"And you'll actually see some of these people leave Queensland altogether."
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The 4 Moms are sharing book recommendations for preschoolers this week.
It is very important to read aloud to young children.
Not only are you encouraging a love of reading, imparting information, and developing a rich vocabulary, but the child is learning the habit of sitting quietly to listen attentively. That skill will come in very handy in years to come, and you will be glad to see it if you ever plan on instructing them in anything at all.
Short periods of reading aloud are best to begin with.
Eventually, after they have become accustomed to your practice of reading aloud, most preschoolers will be able to sit and listen for 20 minutes or so each day to an ongoing story, such as
Don't worry that the vocabulary is too advanced for preschoolers.
They will understand and even pick up more than you think! I allow my preschoolers to draw or play with a quiet toy while I am reading, as long as they stay quiet and still.
Be sure you are reading great literature to your preschooler.
He is developing his taste for the reading that he will prefer throughout his life. Just as you would not feed your baby a diet of junk food, do not feed your preschooler a diet of junk books!
Of course, short picture books are a favorite, too, and my children have loved all of these:
- Blueberries for Sal
- Curious George
- Dr. Seuss
- Goodnight Moon
- Little Golden Books
- Beatrix Potter's books
- Mother Goose
A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson is one of my all time FAVORITE books to read aloud to all my children, but specifically to my preschoolers. We all love the poems in this book and have a large number of them memorized.
We even have a cd of these poems set to music. (A Child's Garden of Songs: The Poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson in Song) Do you know how happy that makes me? Well, it makes all of us very happy, and we have played it so much in the van during our comings and goings that it is the only thing that will calm down the baby when she gets it into her head to shriek her lungs out to protest her car seat imprisonment.
There are so many more! These are just a few of our favorites. And be sure to check out what the other moms have to say.
What are your favorite books for preschoolers?


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+ Deficits, debt are the issues!
Dear Editor:
Gov. Mitt Romney has now stated he has not paid less than 13% in taxes. Not hard to believe; I'm guessing most of his income came from long-term investments, which are taxed at a maximum rate of 15%.
The deficits are the problem, not Romney's taxes.
When Barack Obama became president in 2009, the national debt was $10.7 trillion. This debt is an accumulation of debt incurred by the previous 43 administrations.
In the three years of the Obama administration, the national debt increased by $4.4 trillion to $15.1 trillion at the end of 2011. Current forecasts for 2012 estimated the national debt will be $16.2 trillion at year end.
In his four years as president, Obama has increased the national debt 50%.
As America is reducing its armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, which represents a diminishing cost in defense spending, where is the money being spent?
If this administration is given another four years, the debt will increase by another $5 trillion or $10 trillion over his eight years in office, adding as much debt as the previous 43 administrations combined!
Are we supposed to be more concerned about what Gov. Romney's finances are as opposed to what the Obama administration is doing with our money?
Ray Rajewski
Longboat Key
+ Keep it flowing
Dear Editor:
Long live the Longboat Observer and its advertisers!
I'll be sure to patronize all of them. Keep the truth flowing!
Trudy Mahoney
Longboat Key
+ You should apologize
Dear Editor:
I was saddened and disgusted by your editorial in the July 19 Longboat Observer. To declare that the president of the United States is anti- American is shameful.
I am an independent voter and have not been happy with a lot of what President Obama has done, but to stoop to this level of disrespect for the office of the president, and the Americans who elected him is disgraceful.
If you were in the military, as I was, you could be brought up on charges with this inflammatory language about the commander in chief.
As an American you have every right to strongly disagree with this or any president, but to me it is disrespectful of the American people and our way of life to bring the discourse to this level.
I can only imagine what the editorial would have been when Franklin Roosevelt introduced the Social Security Act.
I hope that enough of the true Americans have also expressed their displeasure with this editorial and that a retraction or an apology will be forthcoming.
Edward J. Rabin
Longboat Key


text: Well, they had all the original cast except Walter Koenig, but including Majel Barrett. And they brought back guest stars like Mark Lenard, Stanley Adams, and Roger C. Carmel, as well as occasional others like Ted Knight and Ed Bishop. But most of the guest voices were done by Doohan, Takei, Barrett, and Nichols, although some were done by uncredited voice actors and a few by Filmation producer Lou Scheimer (who passed away over the weekend). This is a myth. Roddenberry issued a memo in 1989 that basically distanced the canon from TAS, but that was because Filmation was going through bankruptcy at the time and Paramount couldn't make use of its shows. But once Roddenberry died, his definitions of canon were no longer binding, and Paramount/CBS resolved the copyright issues ages ago. There have been numerous TAS references in later canon works, like a mention of the Klothos in DS9, the various "Edosian" plants and animals mentioned in ENT, and references to Vulcan's Forge in TNG and ENT. TAS is included equally alongside the other shows on StarTrek.com's reference pages and on Memory Alpha, which limits itself to canonical sources. So there is no reasonable basis for the idea that TAS isn't canon. That was true for a couple of years, but that was decades ago. Actually it was on a par with the rest of Saturday morning animation at the time, allowing for the tight schedule constraints the first season was under. Filmation's art may not have moved much, but it looked a lot better than what Hanna-Barbera was doing at the same time -- the drawings on Filmation shows were a lot less sloppy, there were fewer animation and coloring errors (because, admittedly, there was less animation), and the background paintings were much more beautiful. At the time, this was pretty much the best you could get. The only better-looking animation on Saturday morning was on the Warner Bros. theatrical cartoons that got endlessly rerun on The Bugs Bunny-Road Runner Show. Not quite. At the time, in the early 1970s, most US animation was still produced in the US. The trend of outsourcing to Asia didn't begin until around 1980, give or take. It was in the '80s that Filmation became the sole animation house still producing its animation in-house -- although they did outsource once, with The New Adventures of Zorro in 1981, because they had too many shows in production that year to do them all themselves. On that one, they outsourced the animation to Tokyo Movie Shinsha, the best animation studio in Japan. Another common misconception. Although the sex and violence had to be toned down for the time slot, in other respects the writers aspired to the same level as TOS. I discussed this just yesterday in this post in another thread. Compared to the other Saturday morning shows of the day, TAS dealt with substantially more mature subject matter. The reason Roddenberry went with Filmation instead of another animation studio is because they were the only ones who didn't want to turn it into a formulaic kids' show with teen sidekicks and cute alien or robot mascots.


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When Stanford takes on visiting Washington at 8 p.m. Saturday, those expectations suddenly seem within reach again.
That's because Randle, who hit his low point of the season in a loss at USC last week, and Bright, whose season has resembled a rollercoaster to date, played well together in Stanford's 78-67 victory over visiting Washington State on Wednesday night in Maples Pavilion.
"We're back in school and it's time to get into the mode of the Pac-12 season," Randle said. "We have a chance to redeem ourselves. You always want to protect home court but just playing at home won't save you. You still have to play."
Randle has been one of Stanford's leading scorers, with Dwight Powell, for most of the season. After missing all six shots he took in a two-point loss to the Trojans last week, Randle had to take a good look at himself.
"I always look for something positive and something negative in every game," Randle said. "That definitely had a carryover affect but then all of us found something within ourselves to use as a springboard."
Coming into Wednesday's game, Randle and Bright had a combined shooting percentage of .350, part of the reason Stanford is ranked last in the Pac-12 in shooting.
Against the Cougars, the two guards combined to shoot 67 percent (10 for 15) from the field, including 5-of-7 from three-point land. It was the type of effort that produced headaches for the Cougars.
Dawkins said he never lost confidence in his guards.
"You could see signs of them coming around," he said. "You could see it in practice. They are both right there. They had a terrific season last year and they keep battling. They both still want to get better."
Washington State entered the game with the Pac-12's best defense. The 78 points Stanford scored matched the most allowed by the Cougars this season. That's certainly a good sign for the Cardinal while moving forward.
Powell, meanwhile, continued his productive year with 16 points and 11 rebounds against the Cougars. In four career games against Washington State, Powell has 46 points and 31 rebounds.
Washington, the defending Pac-12 champion, will be a different story. The Huskies average over 70 points a game, giving the Cardinal defense something to ponder. The Huskies have won eight of the past 10 meetings with Stanford.
It's been two years since Washington has played in Maples Pavilion, and Stanford won that meeting. Bright, a Seattle-area native, always seems to play well against the Huskies.
It's another pivotal game for Stanford, since an unbalanced schedule has the Cardinal meeting the Washington schools just once this season. This is when protecting home court comes to play.
On the other hand, Stanford only plays Arizona and Arizona State once, both on the road. The Cardinal does get a chance to avenge those losses to USC and UCLA.
Bright lost his starting job this season, but that may all change after his breakout performance.
Part of the reason for Bright's early season struggles was a sprained ankle that forced him out of action a total of four games. He says his ankle is about 90-95 percent healthy.
"It's starting to come around," Bright said. "My ankle is getting better and we just focused on running a lot of motion and pushing the ball."
Dawkins was just happy to see his team finally enjoy a good shooting evening.
"It was good to see the ball go in," Dawkins said. "You could see it coming. He's had good practices and he's been productive."
Bright reached double figures for just the fourth time. He entered the game shooting .319 from the field, including .222 from long range.
"Aaron always brings it on practice," said Powell, who also had four blocked shots. "I'm not surprised by what he did."
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OK, Mike, givie it up . Your pie looks great, and you say it taste good and the texture was good. So what are the particulars, ie recipe, methods etc? We are all dying to know. Mark
Mark,Nice to see another Northern Cali fellow on here. I'll post the numbers later because I don't have then with me here at work. But it was pretty straight forward procedure.
Mike,It can be difficult to make a really good emergency pizza but it looks like you were able to achieve that objective.Can you tell us what size the pizza was?Peter
Thanks, Mike, for the details. Since the. age of the member started showing up, I sometimes confuse it with the # of posts a member has. I will try to be more observant in the future.Mark
Mike,With your 17" pizza size, and a dough ball weight of 21.38 ounces, the corresponding thickness factor is 0.0942. Looking at your dough formulation in view of that thickness factor, I would characterize your pizza as a hybrid, or cross, between an American style pizza (because of the sugar and oil contents) and a NY style (because of the thickness factor). In fact, your dough formulation reminded me of the American/NY hybrid dough formulation posted at Reply 8 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,1707.msg15953.html#msg15953 but with a quantity of yeast to become an emergency dough and a softer flour blend (more on this below). Your version should serve as a good addition to the class of American/NY hybrid pizzas.I also used the Mixed Mass Conversion Calculator at http://foodsim.toastguard.com/ to calculate the protein content of your flour blend with 70% King Arthur bread flour (KABF) and King Arthur all-purpose flour (KAAP). It is 12.4%. That is a value that is common for the NY style.Since our members are always on the lookout for emergency dough formulations, this morning I added yours to the collection of emergency dough formulations at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,8297.msg71576.html#msg71576. It is under the General category.Peter
Crust was actually very good but lacked the obvious deeper notes of flavor that a longer fermentation produces. I also used a blend of KABF & AP in a 70/30 ratio to keep the crust somewhat on the softer side.
Nice work. Do u position your stone on the bottom of your oven? 8 min bake time seems like awhile? Was it moist or drier?Nate
Mike,I tried this recipe for dinner tonight and it turned out really well. It definitely has a better flavor then other same day doughs I have tried. Mine were only 5 minute bakes in case you are wondering.Nate
MikePizza looks excellent!!!!!! Yesterday, I tried a baguette recipe where a ripe sour dough culture made up about 34% of the total weight of the dough. Delicious bread was made in about 4 hours. I'd bet you anything, the same could be done with your emergency dough to add those deeper flavors!!!John


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WASHINGTON, D.C. – After Sunday's devastating 111-86 loss to the San Antonio Spurs, Dallas Mavericks forward Shawn Marion was not a happy camper.
Marion has watched as the Mavs have lost nine of their past 10 games, including the past six. And the losses don't have him in a good mood.
Especially those eight games this season where the Mavs have lost by 20 or more points.
"Sometimes you're going to lose games, but not lose by 20 points,'' Marion said. "That's a different story.
"A loss is a loss, but sometimes the deficit is what's killing us right now. You lose by three or four points, then so be it. That's a tough break some nights, but (bleeping) 20 points? (Expletive delete)! That's enough of that!''
-- Dwain Price
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