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Roy Halladay is handed his first no-decision of the season before the Phils lose in the tenth as they fall to the Rockies, 4-3.
Roy Halladay is handed his first no-decision of the season as he gives up two runs in the bottom of the seventh, tying the game up at three-all, before he is taken out of the game, ending his streak of ten straight games of pitching at least seven innings. The Rockies then win the game in the tenth inning on a lead-off walk-off home run, giving the Rockies a 4-3 win over the Phils.
The Rockies took the lead in the first as, with runners on second and third, and with one man out, Brad Hawpe hits a sacrifice fly, knocking in Carlos Gonzalez, who had earlier singled, moved up to second on a Seth Smith single, and moved up to third on a sacrifice bunt by Melvin Mora, giving the Rockies a 1-0 lead. The Phils tied the game up at one-all in the fourth as, with a runner on first, and with no outs, Jayson Werth hits an RBI double, knocking in Ryan Howard, who had earlier singled. The Phils then took the lead in the fifth as, with one man on, and with one man out, Chase Utley hits an RBI single, scoring Placido Polanco, who had earlier doubled, giving the Phils a 2-1 lead. Three batters later, the Phils added to their lead as, with the bases now loaded via a single to Howard, sending Utley up to second, and Werth being hit by a pitch, moving up a base both Utley and Howard, and with one man out, Raul Ibanez hits a sac fly, knocking in Utley, giving the Phils a 3-1 lead. The Rockies would then tie the game up at three-all in the seventh as, with two men on, and with one man out, Hawpe hits an RBI triple, knocking in Gonzalez, who had earlier singled, was safe at second on Howard's throwing error on a force out attempt on a Eric Young, Jr., grounder, and Young, Jr., who was safe on a force out attempt at second base. The Rockies then won the game in the bottom of the tenth as Miguel Olivo hits a lead-off solo home run, his sixth home run of the year, to give the Rockies a walk-off 4-3 win.
Roy Halladay receives a no-decision as he goes six and one-third innings, giving up three runs, only two of which were earned, on ten hits and two walks, while striking out four. J.C. Romero pitches two-third of an inning, getting out both men that he would face. Danys Baez pitches an inning, giving up a hit and a walk. Chad Durbin took the lost, as he pitches an inning plus one batter, giving up a run on one hit and a walk, while striking out one. His record is now 0-1 with a 2.16 ERA. Aaron Cook also pitches a no-decision, giving up three runs on eight hits and two walks, while striking out three. Randy Flores pitches two-thirds of an inning, giving up a hit. Matt Belisle pitches an inning and a third, giving up a hit, while striking out three. Manuel Corpas pitches two-third of an inning, giving up no runs. Joe Beimel got the win as he pitches an inning and a third, giving up a hit. His record is now 1-0 with a 0.69 ERA.
The Phils had eleven hits in the game, with Chase Utley and Ryan Howard both leading the team with three hits each, all singles, with Utley knocking in a run. Placido Polanco and Wilson Valdez then followed with two hits apiece, with the two both getting a single and a double. Jayson Werth had the other Phil hit, a double, knocking in a run. Raul Ibanez knocks in the other Phil run with a sac fly.
The Phils (20-13, 1st East) have an off day tomorrow as the second game of the day/night doubleheader was rained out. The Phils' next game will be against the Brewers on Friday night.


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REVELATIONS: Jewish me
Sept. 30, 2011 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Wednesday began High Holy Days in the Jewish Faith. High Holidays - or the 10-day period of repentance and reflection before Yom Kippur - starts each year with the Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah.
I attended last Wednesday's sunset Rosh Hashanah service at Temple B'nai Israel in Victoria to observe the The Ten Days of Repentance commence.
It wasn't the first Jewish service I've attended although many years have passed since I last entered a temple.
You see, I'm somewhat of an honorary Jew (and I use that term lovingly), so observing Jewish holidays is nothing new for me - even though I'm a practicing Christian.
When I say I'm an honorary Jew, I mean that I was secondarily raised by a Jewish family.
From the time I was in second grade until graduating high school, I spent most of my after-school and weekend days with my Jewish best friend Leah and her family. Leah and I spent so much time together that eventually our sisters and mothers also established lasting friendships. To say our families were close, would be a gross understatement. When I was a sophomore in high school, my parents bought a house four homes down from Leah.
After moving in the neighborhood, there weren't too many days we didn't hang out. If I wasn't at her house, she was at mine.
All the years I spent with "growing up Jewish" acquainted me with Jewish fare, Hebrew prayers and songs, Yiddish slang, discussions of the Holocaust, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, temple services, and of course, holidays. Thus, my honorary Jew-ness.
Whenever I'd say, or do something distinctively Jewish, Leah or one of her family members would always tease me, "Are you sure you're not Jewish?"
Even though it's a relatively insignificant Jewish holiday, Hanukah was always my favorite. Every year, no matter what, Leah's mom and dad presented me with a small Hanukah present so I wouldn't be left out of the celebrations.
Opening my gift on Hanukah every year, always made me feel like part of the family.
Sitting in temple last week, I thought about Leah and her family, and affectionately remembered the years we grew up together.
I also thought about how lucky I was that my parents were open-minded enough to realize religious sameness wasn't a friendship prerequisite.
In my lifetime, I've met people who are afraid of exposing themselves and their children to other religions because they think somehow, they'll be converted (either into or out of a religion).
But growing up an honorary Jew actually expanded my view and understanding of God and made me appreciate how he's celebrated and worshiped in other faiths. And when I decided to follow Christ later in life, I realized my knowledge of Judaism allowed me to appreciate and understand Jesus and the family he grew up in.
For this, and many other reasons, I'll always cling tightly to my Jewish roots, dating all the way back to my original Jewish father.

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Magic(12-17, 7-8 home)
Raptors(10-20, 3-15 away)
Magic(12-17, 7-8 home)
They are saying Hedo is going to dress.
Jesus the raps tv crew is awful. Why are they zooming in on shots
Twitter - @thekid_it
Calderon just got exposed
timeout raps, (score is really 15-13)
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ok that is weird must of cought a scoring error its actually 13-15
ouch, gray, but thank you pietrus
2nd stupid turnover from Gray, why he's still there?
Having someone who can knock down threes on the wing just helps the offence so much. Pietrus nailing those 2 threes, if only he could do it consistently.
just when it looked like we were in trouble, we come back with an overhand right and put the magic on their heels
Wow is Jose passing the ball well tonight. He is on his game.
Nice to see ED getting to the line too.
Best quarter played all season.
Watching this team play with smile on my face. This is actually a TEAM without Brickani.
derozan beating on the magic rim
Aaron Gray should not see the court again, he was awful. Everyone else is playing great!
Don't hate me because I'm an optimist.
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My puppies dug up this skull in my backyard and I was wondering if anyone had an idea what type of animal it was. I've never seen anything like it before. It resembles this picture
It's not a skull. It's a pelvis.
I agree, it looks almost like a cow pelvis. But of course, this is not the specimen in question. Better upload a photo of that one, give us an indication of size and some info on locality.


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Boutique computer maker iBuyPower has announced
the latest addition to its gaming desktop line. The new computer is called the Erebus and it is highly
customizable with a variety of options for RAM, processor, and storage among
other things.
The entry-level machine starts at $1,249, and has
an Intel Core i5-2400 processor and a liquid cooling system inside. It also features
4GB of RAM, GTX 550Ti graphics, 500GB of storage, and Windows 7 Home Premium.
The Erebus line gets much more expensive from that starting point, as most
customizable gaming machines are prone to do.
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- Quagmire goes "OOH!" "giggity giggity" or "ALL RIGHT!"
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- Peter drinks a beer/gets drunk
- Peter does something really stupid
- Peter says "Sweet"
- Stewie has a weapon
- Stewie says "Victory is mine!
- Stewie chatting with a random adult
- Lois makes dinner
- Brian is drinking alcohol/smoking a cigarette
- Quahog News
- Trisha Takinowa reports
- Scene driving in the family car
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- Peter talks on the phone
- Brian and Stewie fight/make fun of each other
- Joe says "All right, lets do it!"
- Scene that is intentionally dragged on
- Chris says a good one-liner/does something stupid
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- Someone falls down
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|The Day Project Magnet Detected a Flying Saucer
|Written by Wilbert Smith
|Wednesday, 05 August 2009 18:09
August 8, 1954 started out as a rather typical day at Project Magnet. Since the project had started it was hoped that the instruments on hand would sooner or later pick up an unidentified flying object and track and analyze its movements.
For months I and my tiny group of likeminded associates had watched the sensitive gravimeter in vain. On occasions when large commercial airlines would pass over, our hearts would skip a beat, as the instruments would register aerial activities.
But on August 8 at 3:01 P.M. the gravimeter began acting strangely. First it waved, drawing a thin dark line on the graph paper being used to measure the movements of the instruments. Without further warning the gravimeter went wild. All evidence indicated that a real unidentified flying object had flown within feet of the station.
Alarm systems connected to the instrument panel began to ring, alerting us to the UFO. After watching the instruments a few seconds, we ran outside to see what was causing the odd reaction.
Unfortunately our area was completely fogged in, and whatever was up there could not be seen visually.
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Something fairly incredible happened to Demetrious Johnson after he became a UFC champion this past September.
And that something, he says, was nothing, really. Nothing really changed. He had a fairly significant carry-on item to get through customs on the way back to Washington from UFC 152 in Toronto, of course – the UFC's first flyweight belt.
But other than that, Johnson's life didn't instantly transform. He didn't suddenly get a swollen champion-sized head. He didn't presume he was the best of the best with nothing more to gain and pack an attitude in his bag before heading to the gym.
As far as Johnson is concerned, he's basically the same guy who not that long ago was still working 40 hours a week in a warehouse for a construction company. And that's how he'd like to keep it, however long he holds the title.
Johnson (16-2-1 MMA, 4-1-1 UFC) on Saturday defends his flyweight championship for the first time when he meets top contender John Dodson (14-5 MMA, 3-0 UFC) in the main event of UFC on FOX 6, which takes place at United Center in Chicago. The four-fight main card airs on FOX at 8 p.m. ET following prelims on FX and Facebook.
While visiting Chicago for the first time this past November, "Mighty Mouse" told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that he wanted to be just a regular Joe – or regular "D.J." – prior to his flyweight title fight in September against Joseph Benavidez, and that's how he wants to be as champion.
"I'm still cleaning out the litter box, still making breakfast every morning, still washing the dishes and folding my underwear," Johnson said. "Even before I went into the fight against Joseph, I thought about it and knew two things were going to happen: 'I'm going to win, or lose. The one thing that's not going to change after this fight, regardless if I win or lose, is I'm going to go home and train and keep getting better.' Same thing's going to happen after this fight if I win or lose. I'm going to go home, and the litter box is still going to need to be cleaned, dishes are going to need to be washed and I'm still going to be training."
Johnson's fight with Benavidez wasn't his first title rodeo. Less than a year prior, while at bantamweight, he had a fun little five-round scrap with champion Dominick Cruz for the 135-pound title. But after that loss, with the advent of the flyweight division in the UFC, Johnson set his sights on becoming a champion at 125.
Johnson didn't let the loss to Cruz become a negative for him. Far from it. It just served as motivation to keep working.
"Coming off that loss to Dominick Cruz, it was a good learning experience," he said. "Dominick Cruz is a great champion, and that's when I obviously started training full-time. Previous to that, I was working 40 hours a week at my construction job. But I've got the belt at 125 (now), and I keep on learning and training."
When it comes to that training, Johnson believes Dodson, the Season 14 bantamweight winner of "The Ultimate Fighter" who dropped down to his natural flyweight division at the first possible moment, presents challenges to him in the standup game come Saturday night.
Dodson has won five straight, including two knockouts in his past three fights. So he has power – if he can get his hands on Johnson, who is known for his quickness.
"Obviously, he's knocked people out," Johnson said. "I feel every opponent is dangerous, but I would assume on the feet (he's most dangerous). He's quick, too. But it's just like with Joseph. He's rocked people, he's submitted people, and I just do what I do – and that's just fight."
That seems to be Johnson's secret to success so far. Just train. Just fight. And just winning has come along with it.
But there's one more "just" he might care about more than anything else.
"I don't want people to like me because I'm the flyweight champion," he said. "I want people to like me because I'm just a down-to-earth guy. I know I'm not going to be champion forever. When I'm 36 years old, I'm sure there's going to be some young buck who's 6-(foot)-1, and he'll come in and just work me and everyone will say, 'You suck!'
"I'm just a down-to-earth guy. Fighting's just my craft – and I seem to be good at it."
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Giants lose to Rox on Bonds' big day
Wright gives up six runs in fourth inning to former team
By Ryan Quinn / MLB.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- Before Sunday's game against the Rockies, manager Felipe Alou said that it was a "perfect day" for Barry Bonds to hit No. 715, saying the ball travels farther in the daytime. Well, 445 feet is a long way no matter what time of day it is or what ballpark it's at. That was the distance of Barry Bonds' 715th home run, and while it may have been a "perfect day" for Bonds, the same cannot be said for Jamey Wright and the Giants during a 6-3 loss against the Rockies. Wright had his shortest outing of the season, lasting 3 2/3 innings, and gave up six runs on 10 hits. "I know why I got knocked around and that's because I was up in the zone [with my pitches]," said Wright, who had two different stints with Colorado. "The pitches were all about belt high. And that's not the way I get my outs." Wright (5-4) gave up a hit in each of his first three innings, but got out of it each time with his defense. The Giants' infield turned two double plays in the first three innings and almost got a triple play in the second. With runners on first and second with none out, Clint Barmes hit a sharp grounder to third baseman Pedro Feliz. Feliz made a diving stop, tagged his base and threw to second to catch Garrett Atkins. Kevin Frandsen then hurled it over to first, but the throw was a couple of steps too late to get Barmes hustling down the first-base line. After the third inning, Wright didn't get to see any flashy plays from his defense. Instead, he saw seven hits in the fourth inning and a walk to the mound from Alou to stop the bleeding. The Rockies scored just one run in the last two games against the Giants, but unloaded against their former teammate for six runs in the fourth. They batted around and got hits from the slumping Barmes (.194 coming into the game) and pitcher Byung-Hyun Kim, who got his first hit of the season. Wright's last pitch was his 55th and resulted in a two-run triple to Ryan Spilborghs that scored Kim and Jamey Carroll to put the Rockies up 6-0. "They hit one right in the gap and that was the big blow," Wright said. After the game, Wright talked about facing the team he played six seasons with. "[Facing your former team] gives you a little extra adrenaline, but nothing that I can't keep in check," Wright said. "I had a little extra incentive to win that game and that might have been what got me. "Instead of being relaxed and making good pitches, I was up in the zone, and they made me pay for it." Bonds' homer on a 3-2 pitch from Kim made it 6-2 in the bottom of the fourth. Besides Bonds' homer to center field, the Giants' bats were quiet most of the afternoon. In the first three innings, San Francisco grounded into three double plays. The Giants were 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position and had just two extra-base hits. Kim (3-2) went 5 1/3 innings and gave up three runs on six hits. Besides the three runs, the Giants had just one runner get past first base against Kim.
Ryan Quinn 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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Sufjan Stevens' album Age of Adz, on Stevens' label Asthmatic Kitty, was understood to be one of the best albums of 2010. The New York Times put Age of Adz as number five in their Top Pop Anthems for 2010. As another year has ended it becomes clear that Stevens' depth of genius in Age of Adz will take more than a year, nay even a lifetime, to comprehend. Furthermore, Stevens' just recently finished his tour, mostly comprised of Age of Adz, which begs for further analysis "Now that we're done being shocked by the weirdness of it all…"
Reflections from Seminary Students
Listening Guide–Age of Adz
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Book Review–Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire: Book 1)
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Game of Thrones has be receiving increased popularity over the last several months as George R.R. Martin's series of novels (the first five are currently published) are being made into an HBO series. While the HBO series seems to be greatly exaggerating the number of scenes including sex, nudity and incest, it appears fairly accurate in terms of fighting, drinking and foul language. Religion plays an interesting role in the book as some, the Starks, pray to the old gods, while others have abandoned them for new, more relatable, and less creepy gods. The book itself is compelling, although very light on the fantasy particularly compared to The Lord of the Rings Trilogy or The Kingkiller Chronicle.
Instead of having a single protagonist there are eight point of view (POV) characters in the novel, which leads to a multilayered, though at times a frustrating read as storylines are picked up and abandoned for a time every chapter. The following is a short look at each of the POV characters and their role in the novel. » Read the rest of this entry «
Book Review–The Bluest Eye
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Toni Morrison's first novel, The Bluest Eye, centers around the complexity of race and how this determines beauty. While Morrison wrote the novel in the late 1960s, she was contemplating an encounter from her childhood. Morrison recounts in the preface that she was confounded as a child when her friend, another African-American girl, wanted to have blue eyes. Morrison, even as a girl, was disturbed that her friend could not see the beauty in her own natural features. Interestingly enough the only dark body with blue eyes in the novel is a cat who promptly, though accidentally, is killed after the main character Pecola sees the strange feline. » Read the rest of this entry «
Book Review–11/22/63
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If you could go back in time to change our current future, would you? And even more importantly what would you change? This is the very question posed to 30-something, divorced, High School English teacher Jake Epping by his odd frycook friend Al. Al discovers a "rabbit-hole" in the supply closet of his restaurant that leads to Tuesday September 9, 1958 at 11:58 AM. After Al sends Jake in the past for a root beer he explains a bit about the rabbit-hole. » Read the rest of this entry «
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One of my favorite theological concepts to study is eschatology. Eschatology, or the study of "last things," centers around what we as Christians believe will happen at the end of time, what happens to our souls and bodies after death, and what the afterlife might look like. While the questions that eschatology asks may seem nothing more than esoteric speculations for the future, I am fully convinced that our beliefs about eschatology deeply impact how we live our lives. As Karl Barth writes in Dogmatics in Outline eschatology is the most practical of theologies:
The Christian hope does not lead us away from this life: it is rather the uncovering of the truth in which God sees our life. It is the conquest of death, but not a flight into the Beyond. The reality of this life is involved. Eschatology, rightly understood, is the most practical thing that can be thought. In the eschaton the light falls from above into our life. We await this light.


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Mac market share
2.49 Million Macs worldwide is a 3.5% market share. Well up from the 3% they achieved this time last year. Congratulations!
During its last fiscal quarter, Apple shipped a record 2.49 million Macs, and even if you ignore a decent chunk of its Jesus Phone sales, it nabbed a record $7.46bn in revenues. But in typically coy fashion, the company says it has low expectations for the quarter to come. Naturally, those who play the Wall Street game sent …
2.49 Million Macs worldwide is a 3.5% market share. Well up from the 3% they achieved this time last year. Congratulations!
I think Wall St is full of shit maybe Apple will all just go home and not sell anymore billions of dollars worth of merchandise possibly if St Steve is sick they will all pine away and no more profits ever.
Paris because she is short appl.
Twa@t makes guess at earnings. Actual company earnings different (doesn't matter if bigger or smaller). Tw@t publicly embarrassed at guessing wrong, and thus stock price must be punished. Nobody gets away with making the tw@t look bad. Nobody. Got it!
Tw@t makes new guess, cycle starts again.
El reg, portal to the future....
It's good to see that the register is finallly reporting events from the future, i for one am glad to know what WILL be happening, now if they can tell me who will piss me off next week in order for me to avoid them, that'll be peachy.
Ankle-biting hackers storm net's overlords, hijack their domains
IANA and ICANN succumb to NetDevilz
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>>Published FRIDAY 27th JUNE 2008 18:55 GMT<<
For those who don't believe in the powers of time travel.
I for one welcome our time traveling overlords
Mines the one with K-9 on the back
Webster's voodoo doll is finally working!
how many of the Mac purchasers were closet Windows users who bought Macs just to be cool?
I would not wish anything bad on anyone, but if Mr. Jobs were to retire / step back in some other way, from Apple would they return to the beige old days, or more accurately not if but when, bets?
Purely speculation on my part, but could upturn in sales be actually due to nicely designed, easy to use computers that satisfy customers? We have a Macbook in the office, and I am always pleasantly surprised by its total reliability, quietness, instant-start-up and long battery life.
Compared to my 8-month old hi-end Sony laptop which really should have been a delight to own, but is hobbled by Vista Business - which makes it slow, unpredictable, struggles to find wifi network, short on battery life... All the 'cool' features of Vista we turn off to give it some decent performance. Same goes for the other Vista machines we buy.
So this morning, I made a decision to start buying Macs from now on, and keep the PCs around for legacy apps. I think we'll save money on productivity uptime from not having to keep loading updates. Put it this way, I feel unconfortable about buying a new Vista-based PC at the moment.
Dangers of samples of one obviously, but I wonder how many other SMEs are going through same decisions? I don't feel so sorry for Microsoft, but I think the decent PC makers like Sony, HP, Tosh and Dell are being (possibly) unfairly hammered by the poor quality of Vista.
What's the betting that Cade Metz uses a Mac.
He is sooooooooooooooooo anally retentive!
They warned that earnings will go down in the near future..... this is probably to do with the mobileme fiasco and all those free months they're having to give away.... I (and others on the apple discussion boards) are today again unable to access email. If they keep this up I won't have to pay for (a completely useless) mobileme for the next 50 years
What effect does the share of sales in one quarter of one year really have on anything? Whenever XP really does become unavailable for new purchases, will it suddenly be completely irrelevant three months later, having captured 0% of the interim sales share? If not then why don't you argue whatever your actual point is?
Apple are profitable. Lots of people like their Apple products. Jobs' ego is no larger than Ballmer's. So what's the problem?
Just get VMWare Fusion for the Macs, to run Windows on them and get rid of all the PC's!
Now use some of those profits and make a proper midrange desktop, dammit!
10:1 it's the Apple laptot catchup. Although they probably want to drop the mini they can't recycle so how about Apple reinvents the wheel and releases the MacBook Go?
Apple's laptot will be called the MiniMe.
We'll see what they'll bring.
Cannot think of anything wow, as we have more or less all we need.
A bigger touch, yes sure, but that isn't shocking.
Fuck! Why didn't think of that.
@El Reg Graphics Dept: NEW ICON NOW!
Hey, thanks for the heart attack. AAPL is down 10% not 17%.
everyone knows that. The Jobbie being surrounded by 1 million of them will not survive the year. His own fault really.
It's MikeRoweSoft *losing* market. OEM's were stupid enough to hammer Vista into consumers; they did it so well that people just stopped buying PC's. Then, when Average Joe wants to buy a new PC, well... they're forced to change to either crappy Vista, or MacOSX (Linux isn't quite there yet for the average user). Suddenly the Mac doesn't seem that bad anymore... you'd have to re-learn everything with Vista anyway!
Yeah... you're right. Macs are cool...


text: AirAsia Zest opens Boracay Island Transfer Service in partnership with Southwest Tours (Boracay) Inc. Enjoy seamless connection from Kalibo airport to your hotel, tickets now available onboard AirAsia Zest flights Manila, 24 February 2014 AirAsia Zest guests bound for Boracay Island from Kalibo International Airport can now enjoy affordable, convenient and seamless connection through Island Transfer Service under AirAsia Zest in partnership with Southwest Tours (Boracay) Incorporated. The new service provides exclusive land and ferry transfers for AirAsia Zest guests arriving at Kalibo International Airport directly to their hotel without the hassle of long queues and irregular public transits. Boracay Island Transfer Service is now available onboard all AirAsia Zest flights between Manila and Kalibo for only P520 one way, per guest. Upon arrival at the airport, a fully air-conditioned bus will bring guests to Caticlan Jettyport to embark on a ferry ride to the island, in which a vehicle is ready to bring them to their respective hotels located in stations one, two and three only. Additional charges apply for hotels located outside these stations. Joy Caneba, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of AirAsia Zest said, "Planning a trip to Boracay via AirAsia Zest is now easier and enjoyable. As soon as our guests hop off from the comfort of our Airbus A320s at the airport they would be able to reach their hotel's front door with ease via comfortable buses and modern fast crafts of our most trusted local one-stop transportation partner, Southwest Tours." Cedric Sazon, President of Southwest Tours (Boracay) Incorporated remarked, "Our partnership with AirAsia Zest is part of our continued effort to promote Boracay as a world-class destination, through the airline's vast regional network, more and more tourists especially those from China, South Korea and Malaysia will now have an easy and hassle-free access to the island." AirAsia, the world's best low-cost airline recently announced it will start direct flights from Kuala Lumpur to Kalibo, Philippines on 18th April 2014 with new 4x weekly route every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. AirAsia Zest has the most number of flights to and from Kalibo International Airport, the gateway to Boracay, with flights from Manila, South Korea and China. The airline also serves domestic destinations such as Puerto Princesa (Palawan), Cebu, Davao, Tacloban and Tagbilaran in the Philippines with international points in Asia including China and South Korea from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), Manila and Cebu. Find out more about AirAsia Zest's exciting destinations and promo fare announcements via Facebook (facebook/airasiaphilippines) and Twitter (twitter.com/airasiaph). Flight Schedule Route Flight No ETD ETA Frequency Kuala Lumpur– Kalibo AK 608 1040hrs 1435hrs Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun Kalibo – Kuala Lumpur AK 609 1505hrs 1850hrs Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun


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Decent space strategy games are few & far between - nearly all of the Star Wars clones etc are a real disappointment so its nice to find a game that looks like it could be a contender for the No. 1 slot.


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The Wilmington area's unemployment rate fell in May to 9.2 percent from 9.5 percent a year earlier
Readings on the area's unemployment rate were mixed in May, but the state's official figures show a modest decline in joblessness in the Wilmington area.
The metro area's unemployment rate slipped in May to 9.2 percent from 9.5 percent a year earlier, the N.C. Division of Employment Security reported Tuesday.
Jobless rates for the three area counties that make up the metro area also were down.
New Hanover County's rate inched down to 8.8 percent in May from 8.9 percent in May 2012. In Brunswick County, the rate slipped to 9.6 percent from 10 percent and in Pender County it fell to 9.9 percent from 10.7 percent.
Because of seasonal variations like tourist season hiring, year-over-year comparisons more accurately portray unemployment trends than do monthly movements.
But when adjusting for those variations, unemployment actually rose in the Wilmington area, said William "Woody" Hall, an economist at the Swain Center for Business and Economic Services at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
The Wilmington-metro area's jobless rate in May rose by about three-tenths of a percentage point from April's level, while New Hanover and Pender saw increases by about two-tenths of a percentage point, Hall said.
Brunswick's, however, was up a half of a percentage point and Hall said it may indicate that its tourist season got off to a slower start than in New Hanover and Pender.
Hall said that except for New Hanover County, the area's unemployment rate was more than the state's as a whole and North Carolina's was higher than the nation as a whole.
One observer saw employment stagnation in the state.
"What's clear is that North Carolina is continuing to struggle to replace jobs that it lost during the recession," said Allan Freyer, public policy analyst at the N.C. Budget and Tax Center of the liberal N.C. Justice Center. Those included jobs lost in manufacturing and construction.
"Even the adjusted number don't really account for" the changes.
"Over the last six to eight months the labor force has actually continued to contract in North Carolina. There are fewer people in the labor force than last August," Freyer said. "A lot of folks are not finding work, dropping out of the work force. The number of people employed at the state level is at the lowest since last November."
He added that cuts from federal sequestration have been a drag on the ability of regions to grow and create jobs.
Noting the heavy military presence in North Carolina, Freyer said "all those defense cutbacks are having a negative effect."
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After a season of f*ck ups and let downs (yes, there was the death of his brother, but that aside) STAT can't afford even a back to back outing of lackluster, unintelligent basketball on either end.
I hope it isn't necessary, but I think I'd be first on the picket line just crucifying him.
I wonder how tuned in he is to the fact that he's the qualm on everyone's mind?


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The story of black professional baseball provides a remarkable perspective on several major themes in modern African American history: the initial black response to segregation, the subsequent struggle to establish successful separate enterprises, and the later movement toward integration. Baseball functioned as a critical component in the separate economy catering to black consumers in the urban centers of the North and South. While most black businesses struggled to survive from year to year, professional baseball teams and leagues operated for decades, representing a major achievement in black enterprise and institution building.
Negro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution presents the extraordinary history of a great African American achievement, from its lowest ebb during the Depression, through its golden age and World War II, until its gradual disappearance during the early years of the civil rights era. Faced with only a limited amount of correspondence and documents, Lanctot consulted virtually every sports page of every black newspaper located in a league city. He then conducted interviews with former players and scrutinized existing financial, court, and federal records.
Through his efforts, Lanctot has painstakingly reconstructed the institutional history of black professional baseball, locating the players, teams, owners, and fans in the wider context of the league's administration. In addition, he provides valuable insight into the changing attitudes of African Americans toward the need for separate institutions.
Winner of the 2005 Seymour Medal of the Society for American Baseball Research
©2004 Neil Lanctot (P)2012 Redwood Audiobooks
"Lanctot offers a careful and balanced judgment on the Negro leagues, one that is likely to stand for some time." (The New York Times)
"Lanctot takes us beyond the ball field where the Paiges and Gibsons played in forced segregation, and into the commercial and social realities of baseball in black communities.... Lanctot offers a rich array of facts that history lovers can feast on." (Washington Post)
"A fact-filled and thought-provoking book that should be of interest and use to scholars and lay readers interested in sports history, business history, and African American history." (Enterprise and Society)
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Negro league baseball is a compilation of exhaustive research completed by the author. It is about the business of Negro league baseball and less about its players. It serves an important purpose as documentation of the business of the Negro league. However it is a long and not so entertaining listen. I would suggest it only for those Who are interested in learning about the business of the Negro league and not its entertainment value.
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Blackmagic Design today announced a new software update for its Blackmagic UltraScope and Pocket UltraScope waveform monitoring products. This new update includes new video gamut and audio error logging as well as customizable profiles so different post production and broadcasters can define their own operation standards for quality control.
This new UltraScope v1.5 is available now for both Mac and PC platforms.
With this new software update, Blackmagic UltraScope now offers an even better SD, HD and 3Gb/s HD-SDI waveform monitoring solution that broadcasters and post production facilities can use for quality control, edit suites, color correction, equipment rooms and video engineering.
The new error logging features help users save valuable time and money by enabling quality control throughout and automatically checking and logging all RGB gamut, luminance and chroma video levels as well as audio levels. This means UltraScope is perfect for monitoring camera output on set, eliminating guesswork about camera settings when location shooting and greatly reducing costly fixes in post production.
UltraScope 1.5 also lets customers create custom profiles for any individual operational standards. Custom profiles allow specific settings for generating errors based on various types of video level products, and all errors can be saved to a simple log file with timecode and time of day so all errors are recorded and can be easily referenced. Logging allows a single file to describe all errors in a television program in a completely automated way, so allowing multiple hours of time savings when quality control checking video content.
UltraScope's customizable error logging is the best way to ensure video meets specifications, and that video masters will not suffer from expensive and embarrassing rejections by broadcasters worldwide.
"The new error logging and customizable profiles are features that I feel will really help our customers quality control their work to ensure they are finishing top quality work that can be syndicated worldwide without any quality problems" said Grant Petty, CEO, Blackmagic Design. "I am excited that this software update adds all these new complex features, at no charge and on both Mac OS X and Windows platforms. I think it's going to be received well by our UltraScope customers!" About Blackmagic UltraScopeBlackmagic UltraScope is a combination PCI Express card and software designed to work for both Mac and PC. UltraScope has six waveform monitor displays that can show RGB and YUV parade, luminance, luminance & composite, vector-scope, histogram, eight channel audio metering, 2D audio scope, and picture view with video standard display and HD RP-188/SD VITC reader display. Display all six waveforms in a "Full Screen" view or for a more compact view use the "2-up" side-by-side view. UltraScope has advanced features such as a high resolution zoom and pan function for pixel accurate matching of blacks. UltraScope is available in both PCI Express and USB 3.0 models. UltraScope for PCI Express includes both optical fiber and BNC SDI inputs with loop out, while the Pocket UltraScope model features a compact USB 3.0 pod based design perfect for laptop use when high quality waveform monitoring is needed on set, at live events or in equipment areas.
Availability and PriceUltraScope for PCI Express is available now from Blackmagic Design resellers for US $695 and Pocket UltraScope for USB 3.0 is available now for US $595. www.blackmagic-design.com


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A SOAP application can use two error reporting mechanisms: SOAP exceptions and SOAP faults:
Use a SOAP exception to handle errors that occur on the client side during the generation of the SOAP request or the unmarshalling of the response.
Use a SOAP fault to handle errors that occur on the server side when unmarshalling the request, processing the message, or marshalling the response. In response to such an error, server-side code should create a SOAP message that contains a fault element, rather than a body element, and then it should send that SOAP message back to the originator of the message. If the message receiver is not the ultimate destination for the message, it should identify itself as the soapactor so that the message sender knows where the error occurred. For additional information, see Handling SOAP Faults.


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In the early 1990s, violence in the workplace was being addressed by a lot of major companies. It appeared that the violence was more along the lines of revenge by others in a leadership position. After working for years and watching other people getting promotions or different jobs, they would retire or be let go and return to get even. There were a few school shootings but they were not widespread.
Family issues would cause areas of concern. Employers started to have what they called "sensitivity classes" to go over some of the areas that could be an early sign of a person not thinking right, e.g. their work performance had changed. If the concern could be identified early, maybe the company could help. The only drawback was that some people did not want to come forward because they were embarrassed to admit their problems.
The company also considered hiring expert help to evaluate their gate entry system, which was changed for the better.
After I retired, I went to work for an insulation company. One day as I made my rounds at different work areas, I was approached by a worker who informed me that one of the younger workers had been thrown out of the house by his wife. At the time, the job was starting to come to an end and some of the extra crew was being let go each week. I asked the crew labor person how many workers we would be keeping in the next weeks and if the person I was informed about would be eliminated. He was scheduled to be let go on Thursday. I asked if we could keep him another week or two because of his issues. I told him I wanted to avert a problem if we could.
About a half hour later, he said he thought my idea was possible. I don't know whether anything happened after the two weeks. What I did know was that we might have averted a serious problem.
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text: While not a believer in too much guvmint and a sucker for feel good stories, I'd think it ought to be made pretty legally tough for this person to even get a motorcycle operator license. This group of people, obviously. MSF being so cash-strapped, I'd think it difficult for them to come up with reasonable criteria, which if they did ought to be "lobbied" to various governments. Or whoever else with scientific knowledge (and funded) and not just a bunch of us forum guys with opinions and anecdotes.


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Hey, all!
Yesterday I took the afternoon to head over to the Berliner Motorcycle Days show. BMW was , of course, there and featuring some new machines like the R1200ST:
and the R1200RT:
Mount up!
I didn't get to spend a whole lot of time sizing up these machines because it was so crowded, but I sat on them and I have to say they are comfortable. Also, for those concerned about looks, I think they are swell looking up close. Especially the red/black ST!
Here's an interesting quad that someone put together with a boxer engine!:


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CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) - A bicyclist has died in a crash with a car in north-central Iowa.
An Iowa State Patrol report that says 55-year-old Brian Guy Lauterbach, of Charles City, died after being hit by a car as he rode his bicycle Thursday night.
Investigators say Lauterbach was eastbound on Highway 14 about five miles west of Charles City when he was hit about 8:30 p.m.
Authorities say a 16-year-old boy from Rockford was driving the car that hit Lauterbach's bicycle.
Officials say Lauterbach was taken to Floyd County Hospital, where he died.
The State Patrol did not say whether the driver had been charged in the crash.
(Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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Do people in a crowd start to behave in some sort of collective way, in which each person is influenced by those around them to such an extent that the crowd seems to have a collective will of its own and acts like a single large entity?
This belief forms the basis for the way that authority figures react to large crowds, with police cracking down indiscriminately, and often brutally, on everyone in the group for what may be the actions of a few isolated individuals, thinking that such force deters the crowd as a whole, rather than making the effort to identify and apprehend the few who may have caused the problem. We often see this with mass demonstrations that often start out peacefully. But when a few people start acting violently, the riot police will then attack the entire demonstration, starting with the people nearest to them, and the situation then spirals out of control.
This article suggests that this is misguided and treating crowds as a single entity leads to the wrong kind of responses, and risks making the whole situation worse. Furthermore, it enables provocateurs who have no sympathy for the causes behind the demonstration to disrupt it by deliberately provoking the authorities.


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Who would have predicted, one year ago, that the Pac-10 would boast only two first-round picks in this year's NFL Draft? Furthermore, who would have predicted that both of them would come out of Strawberry Canyon instead of Heritage Hall? It would surely have been lunacy.
But there stood now-former Cal defensive end Tyson Alualu, in the middle of his living room, surrounded by family and friends as he got the call from the Jacksonville Jaguars, informing him that he would be the No. 10 overall pick.
"They had told me that they were interested, but I never thought that they would pick me in the top 10," Alualu said. "I thought that they would definitely trade down if they wanted to pick me. But, I'm just blessed to be here and to be part of the Jaguar family now … We came in thinking that I would be a second-round pick, so we were kind of more prepared for tomorrow, but God had different plans."
Twenty picks later, Bears running back Jahvid Best, who made the trip out to New York, was taken by the Detroit Lions, and will be reunited with Cal linebacking great Zach Follett. Round over. Bears: 2, rest-of-the-Pac-10: zippo.
"I just saw Jahvid get picked up, and I was so happy for him. He's definitely a steal, going to the Lions, and he should have been in the top five," Alualu said. "Just being one of the few chosen out of the Pac-10 is just a blessing."
Asked if he ever thought that he'd be drafted ahead of Best, Alualu chuckled.
"That's the crazy thing, man, just the type of athlete and player that Jahvid is, he definitely belongs in the top five," Alualu said. "He's one of the best players I've ever seen play the game of football. The kind of person he is, on and off the field, I definitely think, with his talent, he could have been No. 1 overall. To get picked before him, I'm just excited and blessed. I'll definitely take full advantage of what I have now. I can't explain it, but I'm just blessed to be here."
Best was unavailable for comment.
Alualu's selection was a surprise even to him, as he had expected to be taken at the end of the first round or in the first half of the second.
"It came as a shock to a lot of people, my family here, and also to myself," Alualu said. "I was just sitting around, and when I got the phone call, I wasn't thinking anything about them picking me up, and then they said that it's the Jacksonville Jaguars, and you're the 10th pick. It was crazy how it all worked out.
"I got the call, and they were talking to me for a little while, and I thought it was just another call, and then, at the end, they said 'Congratulations,' so it caught me off-guard."
But, instead, he beat out USC safety Taylor Mays and UCLA defensive tackle Brian Price as the first Pac-10 defender taken in the draft, with Mays even falling past his former head coach at USC-current Seattle Seahawks skipper Pete Carroll. Alualu is Cal's highest draft pick since Andre Carter was selected seventh overall by the San Francisco 49ers in 2001, and is the school's ninth top-10 pick in the history of the Draft.
"I thought that I was more of a late-first-rounder, but it's a blessing to be 10th overall in the whole draft," Alualu said. "I was with my family, just watching here, and it's just crazy how everything worked out. Everyone was shocked. I don't know how to explain it. Words can't express all the feelings I have."
Alualu will likely play defensive tackle for the Jags, who went 7-9 last season with a league-worst 14 sacks.
"They said that they want to use me more on the inside, but we'll see when I go up there in mini camp and how everything turns out," Alualu said. "I'm definitely ready to give it my all and show what I can do, and I don't want to disappoint anybody."
Alualu's ferocity on the interior should help to elevate Jacksonville's anemic pass rush, as he comes in with a career-high 65 tackles last season to lead all conference defensive linemen, along with 7.5 sacks and 11.5 tackles for loss.
"The No. 10 pick overall comes with high expectations as far as what kind of player I am," Alualu said. "Not being projected to go as high as I was picked, I've definitely got a chip on my shoulder, just wanting to work harder to show that I am worthy of the pick. I can't disappoint any of the fans or anyone else in the Jaguar family. I'm very excited to go ahead and get started with my career there. I just can't wait."
During the 2010 Under Armour Senior Bowl, Alualu laid a four-yard sack on 2007 Heisman Trophy winner and first-round selection of the Denver Broncos, Tim Tebow. During the NFL Scouting Combine in February, Alualu was one of the top performers at defensive end, posting a 4.87 40-yard time, 21 bench press reps and a 35.5-inch vertical leap.
"What definitely helped me out a lot were the Combine and the Senior Bowl," Alualu said. "It was definitely a blessing that I got to showcase what kind of athlete I was. It definitely helped me out, all that hard work, the long two months of training, I think it just helped put me in the right position to get where I am now."
Alualu gave a lot of credit to his defensive line coach, Tosh Lupoi.
"He's just been such a big help for me, Coach Lupoi, we've gotten so close, and I look at him like my bigger brother," Alualu said. "I'm just happy I met these coaches, and all the people who helped me get to the position I'm in now."


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Monday December 17, 2012
94' Throwback Special!
-vs- These Doofy MotherF*ckers...
The Knicks will be without...(*Melo scheduled to play)
The Knicks are perfect at home this season, and are 21-1 under coach Woodson at MSG!
NEW YORK (AP) - Jeremy Lin was barely hanging on to an NBA job when he stepped on the floor at Madison Square Garden last February.
He returns Monday having proven he's a legitimate starter and sometimes star, capable of energizing a franchise and a fan base, a player who saved his team's season and was rewarded with a lucrative contract.
Linsanity was short but spectacular, and even the New York Knicks' locker room is filled with Lin admirers.
Yet on the court, his old team hasn't missed him at all.
"What he did was amazing. I mean, I was watching every game. He was hitting game-winners, he was doing all that. He was amazing," point guard Raymond Felton said. "But it's time to move on. We're 18-5, whatever the record is, we're 10-0 at home, so no need to talk about that no more."
Lin makes his lone New York appearance with the Houston Rockets, who threw big dollars at Lin in July and were maybe just as surprised as so many others when the Knicks let them have him. They could have kept Lin simply by matching the Rockets' offer, which was widely considered to be a foregone conclusion, and the big-market Knicks certainly could have afforded him.
Instead, they traded for Felton, and signed Jason Kidd and Pablo Prigioni, and nobody can argue now. The Knicks are the best in the league in taking care of the ball - a Lin weakness even during his highest point - and they have the best record in the Eastern Conference with Felton and Kidd starting together in a two point guard backcourt.
The Rockets are 11-12 after Calderon messed around and got a tripple-double on Sunday.
TORONTO (AP) -- Add tight defense to a triple-double, and it was quite a game for Jose Calderon.
Calderon had 18 points, 14 assists, and 10 rebounds to lead short-handed Toronto over the Houston Rockets 103-96 Sunday, giving the Raptors consecutive wins for the first time in eight long months
Remember this?
I know... that was some bullsh*t!The series was hailed as a meeting of the two great centers who had previously played for a championship in college. In 1984 while Olajuwon was with the University of Houston and Ewing was with Georgetown University, Georgetown had beaten Houston 8475 in the 1984 NCAA Championship game. In this series, however, Olajuwon is generally considered to have definitively outplayed Ewing,[1][2][3] outscoring him in every game of the series and posting numbers of 26.9 ppg on 50.0% shooting compared to Ewing's 18.9 ppg on 36.3% shooting.[4] However, Ewing set an NBA finals record in the series with a total of 30 blocks, and he tied the single-game record of 8 blocks in Game 5...
In Game 6, however, Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon blocked a last-second championship-winning shot attempt by John Starks, giving the Rockets an 8684 victory and forcing a Game 7...
The Rockets beat the Knicks in Game 7, 9084, enabling the city of Houston to not only celebrate its first NBA and fifth professional sports championship (first in an existing league), but also deny New York from having both NBA and NHL championships in the same year. It is also the first time a Houston team won a championship in a league that still exists. For his efforts Olajuwon was named NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. For the Knicks, Riley had the unfortunate distinction of having become the first (and to this date, the only) coach to lose a Game 7 NBA Finals on two different teams, having lost to the Celtics in 1984. (wikipedia)
This is what dudes was doing in the club in 94'
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When you talk to people about what they want from government a word that often comes up in conversation is transparency. No matter the party affiliation, people want to know and trust what is happening in the offices of our elected officials.
As our mayor?s race was tightening by the minute Tuesday night, the Jacksonville Supervisor of Elections understood this better than most. Jerry Holland was charged with the task of making sure the closest Mayoral election in history was fair and correct. When we had questions about what was happening with the numbers, he was there. From early morning to late at night he clarified the law and kept the people of our city informed. The day after the polls were closed, and as provisional ballots were being counted, he brought all of us into the process allowing reporters and live TV cameras in the room where the votes were being tallied the entire day.
Why is this important? Despite the narrow margin of victory for Alvin Brown there was no controversy over the final results. No one challenged the numbers. No one doubted the integrity of the process.
If there was ever an election where every vote counted, this was it. WJXT salutes Jerry Holland. We suggest other government leaders take a look at how open and accessible Holland runs his operation. In the end, we?d all benefit.
Copyright 2011 by News4Jax.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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TEMPE, Ariz. – When Joe Blanton made his Angels debut earlier this week, he was finished pitching about 20 minutes into the game. And he was finished working about two hours later.
Blanton's work on the mound – two crisp innings of pounding the strike zone and letting his defense do the work – was just the tip of the iceberg. After he was done, he embarked on a marathon workout of cardio and stretching.
"He's got a tremendous routine," said pitching coach Mike Butcher, who is working with Blanton for the first time this spring. "It's a pretty phenomenal routine, and it shows."
It shows when the 6-foot-3 Blanton takes the mound at about 225 pounds looking nothing like the Blanton who pitched so many times at Angel Stadium in an Oakland A's uniform.
When Blanton pitched in Oakland, from 2005-08, he weighed as much as 260 pounds. Still, he pitched effectively, consistently working 200 innings, so he didn't feel the weight was an issue.
"I never looked at it like I needed to lose weight," Blanton said. "It just kind of happened."
Blanton, 32, who signed with the Angels as a free agent in December, said in his first few years in the majors he concentrated on lifting weights and didn't do much cardio. As he got older and moved from the A's to the Philadelphia Phillies in a 2008 trade, he added more cardio and more stretching. Now, he has an exhaustive routine of work that has few breaks. He'll spend at least 30 minutes simply stretching after a game.
"He's very, very diligent," Butcher said. "He knows exactly what he's doing. He puts in a lot of time getting his body prepared."
Although Blanton's performance has remained relatively consistent throughout his career, whether he weighted 260 or 225, he certainly looks and feels better now.
"If I was still at that weight, I would feel more sluggish," said Blanton, who will make his second spring start Friday. "I feel more athletic now than I did then. With my weight down it helps me feel more athletic and helps me repeat my mechanics. I think all the stretching helps me learn my body more. The more you know about your body, hopefully your mind can figure out what body part wasn't moving there, for that pitch-to-pitch correction."
Albert Pujols did not play in Thursday's game, as he had hoped, because the Angels wanted him to instead have a second consecutive day to test his knee running. "He could have played today, but the medical staff felt better with him getting a good workout on cuts and running," Manager Mike Scioscia said. Pujols is expected to play Friday. … Utilityman Bill Hall (strained quad), who has been out a week, will be able to resume playing in the next couple days, Scioscia said. … Catcher Hank Conger's throwing problems might be jeopardizing his chances of making the team. "On the practice field he's making a lot of strides," Scioscia said. "At some point you need to bring that consistency into the game. We're very confident he will, but he has to find it." … Former Angels left-hander Jarrod Washburn has been in camp this week as a guest instructor. Washburn is about to begin his first season coaching his alma mater, Webster High in Wisconsin.
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In terms of provocation, Beuys could certainly provoke viewers into reading a book on its subject instead.
In terms of provocation, Beuys could certainly provoke viewers into reading a book on its subject instead.
Frustratingly not-quite-there from start to finish, the paranoia-soaked railroad thriller The Commuter is the latest installment in the unofficial "Liam Neeson Late Winter Butt Kickers"…
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
A tribute to Brian Doan 1973-2017, Contributing Writer at RogerEbert.com
Chaz Ebert lists her favorite films of 2017.
The first Unloved of 2018 is on the second film of Guillermo Del Toro.
A compendium of every storytelling and pop music cliche of recent times, done with gusto.
Gerardo Valero tackles the latest "Star Wars" film.
A story on a new series on spirituality and social justice at The Chicago Sun-Times, featuring one of our contributors.
An article about scheduled events from The Blackhouse Foundation at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
A review of the truly odd new series from Starz.
* This filmography is not intended to be a comprehensive list of this artist's work. Instead it reflects the films this person has been involved with that have been reviewed on this site.
Remembering Joan Rivers; How the YA market killed "The Giver"; Chatting with Mara Wilson; 25 best films by women; Oscar obsession destroying film festivals.
A reposting of Roger Ebert's 2010 review of Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg's documentary, "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work."


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George, no advice as I'm still as new as you are to ultra running. I just wanted to pop in and say that I'm looking forward to running with you and others next fall.
I am a bit different and I am not one that likes the back-to-back long runs
I would rather do one really long run and recover
I tend to do a fair amount of 4-7 hour runs to train for the 24 hour race.
I do not do longer than 8 hour runs to train - They just tear me down too much.
Comeback #19 Comeback # 20 ... 5/12/18 Ice Age 50 Miler
Good Grief!
I am a bit different and I am not one that likes the back-to-back long runs
I would rather do one really long run and recover
I tend to do a fair amount of 4-7 hour runs to train for the 24 hour race.
I do not do longer than 8 hour runs to train - They just tear me down too much.
I'll have to try both approaches to see how I respond to each. Since I'm only planning for the 12 hour race, do you think 4-5 hours is a long enough training run? I was never a big advocate of 20-milers when marathon training. I rarely went over 16 but ran a lot of double digit days. This is making me rethink every aspect of training because I've always focused on speed and quality.
2018 Goals: taking suggestions2018 Races: D3 50K, Nun Run 5K, Rundle's Revenge 25K, NC 24
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I'll have to try both approaches to see how I respond to each. Since I'm only planning for the 12 hour race, do you think 4-5 hours is a long enough training run? I was never a big advocate of 20-milers when marathon training. I rarely went over 16 but ran a lot of double digit days. This is making me rethink every aspect of training because I've always focused on speed and quality.
But you aren't training for a marathon. You are training for a 12-hour. Start wrapping your mind around endurance, staying out there long enough to get learn how your body and mind will react to the stress that happens beyond four hours. Additional blathering:
I don't see where you have time to see which (B2B versus single long runs) will work for you. You are talking about the method for building the endurance base. That requires time, not a three-week sampler from this, then that, then something else. For someone already reasonably fit the endurance phase takes around twelve (12) weeks. That is just an opinion, nothing etched in stone anywhere.
Very few people I have met have ever taken the time to try one method this year, question it, and try a totally different method the next year. It takes too much time out of their running life (if racing).
-------------The back-to-back versus one long-run schools of thought, like most everything else in ultras is riddled with dogmatic sort of offerings. Part of the reason for this is the time needed to change training methods when there is no guarantee the new way will be better, i.e., why should I cope with the fear and anxiety of trying something that might not work?
When I started running ultras (100k or less) I used the "weekend total" (WT) method (that is not any sort of official name) for my mileage.hard weeks = WT of 35ish, Wednesday was about two hoursmedium weeks = WT of 30ish, Wednesday was about two hourseasy weeks + WT of 15ish, Wednesday was about an hour
Hard/hard/medium/easy for the sixteen weeks ending two weeks before the "target" fifty miler. If I needed a 35-mile weekend it could be split any way I wanted: 15/20, 35/5, 22/13, 0/35 ... whatever. If I got it all on Saturday, there was still a short easy loosen-things-up run on Sunday.
I ran a 6:31:04 50-miler off training that I had no idea whether, or not, it was correct. I knew it worked, but the question is often not about it working, the question is about improving either finishing time or physical/emotional well-being at the finish.
When it came time to get ready for that same 50-miler the following year I was ready to implement the many responses I had from veterans of ultras. For 16 weeks I did what the consensus seemed to be (close to the B2B idea), then I tapered, then I crashed at 7:24:18.
I had tried a program that my body and, more importantly, my head did not believe in. The only difference in the two training methods was the weekends. The first year I ran long on Saturday and just a short loosen-things-up 4-6 miler on Sunday. The second year I ran 25-35 on Saturday and 12-16 on Sunday. Both years had a stress and rest cycle of hard-hard-medium-easy periods.
I did the WT thing because I felt the B2B method kept me tired and beat-up, unrested, achy--perhaps age and foolish adventures played a part.
Nothing about training for ultras is etched in stone. It can't be, we are too different. Within our household (before my wife had her hip replaced) I believed in 5-day run weeks and midlevel (60-65 miles per week) while she was running seven days a week and often topping 100 miles per week. Who was right? She beat me once. I beat her once. We left it at that, an unanswered question.
You need to find something to get you through the base phase so you have the foundation. Then you transition through endurance to strength to the optional speed phase.
How I run has nothing to do with you other than being a possible place to start. If what you do seems to leave unanswered questions at the end of the year, then you try something else--and hope against hope it works. In the end what works for you might not work for me, but neither method will be wrong in a general way.
John M - I may not have any choice in which method I use or even whether I'll need to use a hybrid method. My work schedule is erratic and never the same from week to week. I may have one week with 3 consecutive days off and the next 3 weeks never have 2 consecutive days off. The traditional weekend as such does not exist for me since I work retail and that includes working weekends and some holidays. It's going to be a challenge and I appreciate all the suggestions. I'm also trying to see if there are pieces I can start to fit into my training now without jeopardizing my track season.
12 and 24 hour is all about staying upright and moving. And nutrition.
I would just say... run lots, mostly easy, don't worry much about "sometimes fast". Spend a lot of time on your feet.
And ponder the nutrition aspect. My biggest issue when I moved from marathons to 50 milers was (and remains) nutrition. Well, hydration too I suppose... but that's because I tied them together. First I went overboard. Then I scaled back.
My biggest issue when dipping into fixed duration events (not counting 6 hour ones) is just the totally different vibe at such an event. The temptation to take a siesta and a lunch break is strong. And if that's what you want to do, that's a-ok. Completely. But if that isn't what you want to do, the temptation is BIG. And getting started after a siesta can be hard. The mental game is just different here. For me.
Ray Krolewicz, one of the more successful U.S. ultramarathoners, has been
known to advocate never running more than 20, or is it 22, miles for any one
training run and doing as much as three short runs a day.
Pam Reed, overall Badwater winner, talks of doing multiple short runs because of busy days.
Reed's book, "The Extra Mile" is an interesting story of her training approach.
You have plenty of time, but at some point focus will need to shift to
the 12-hour or you will be introduced to the survival shuffle and its
later companion, the death march---all good fun.
John M - Now multiple short runs in a day sounds like something I could start incorporating now. That would help me establish a routine that I can build on later. Thanks for that pointer.
A brief progress report:
I've been consistently logging 30-33 miles weekly, sometimes up to 36 for a rolling 7 days, so I am getting in mileage increases. I also ran my first of several indoor track meets today and it showed some encouraging progress as well. I'd planned only a double in the mile and 800m, which is usually more than enough to leave me exhausted, but I "allowed" some other runners to talk me into running the 3000m after that. That I was even able to run that at tempo pace indicates I'm beginning to pick up some strength and endurance.
I've also begun reading Relentless Forward Progress. Not too far into it yet, but it looks like it offers as much inspiration as it does training tips.
George, I only have one 24-hour attempt under my belt last April, and just have a few simple, but important pointers that I learned:
-My 'racing' tendency kicked in, and I started out way too fast. A big key will be for you to stay at a pace much slower than you have been used to running all these years!
-Also, it was mentioned up above, but the hours of "time on feet" when training is huge. The more time on feet (even at quite slow speeds, to include jogging/walking mix) will help tons. It will really prepare your body for that longer duration type stuff and will certainly help the amount of distance you can cover on race day. Those 4 to 5 hour runs were mentioned and that sounds like a good amount of distance to cover in any single practice run in my opinion.
-Another tidbit is that the mind and body can do some really strange things after you have been on your feet 8+ hours! Things will ache that have never ached before, and on the mental side, there comes a point for many where your mind is telling you very strongly to "quit!" The above folks covered that one as well, but be ready for that part of the race if it comes!
Those are the main points I can add, or +1 to what was said above already. --- And assuming I have no injuries, I too will be at the NC-24 this fall and will see you there!
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Nice work, George. One of the things I've noticed over the years is that even shorter distance runners (or xc skiers) do better in their shorter distances as they do longer races and more. Most shorter distances have multiple heats, so it's not like running 800m and you're done. But you knew that. Enjoy your progress.


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Fight against marginalization of disabled children
ATHENS, 27 JUNE, 2011 – Against the backdrop of Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Special Olympics and UNICEF today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen their joint commitment to uphold the rights, dignity and inclusion of children with disabilities.
At a special ceremony, Dr. Timothy P. Shriver, Chairman and CEO of Special Olympics, and UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake pledged to deepen their partnership, working more closely together to combat the legal, social and physical barriers that exclude children with disabilities from full participation.
"Children with disabilities have the same hopes and dreams as all children, and the same right to make the most of their potential," said Anthony Lake, UNICEF's Executive Director. "The denial of that right is a loss, not only for those children, but for our societies. And it is unconscionable. By strengthening the partnership between Special Olympics and UNICEF, we will help to protect this right for more children with disabilities, and in so doing, enable them to contribute even more to their communities and countries."
Children with disabilities are frequently the targets of discrimination and neglect, and denied essential services such as basic healthcare, education and other social welfare provisions. Negative societal attitudes also expose children with disabilities to greater risk of violence, abuse and exploitation. Tackling the discrimination that keeps children with disabilities on the margins of society is critical to including them as equal and active members of their communities.
Since 2007 UNICEF and Special Olympics have worked together to raise awareness of the abilities and rights of children with intellectual disabilities, change perceptions and challenge negative attitudes. Together, the two organizations promote the participation and empowerment of children with intellectual disabilities and their families worldwide, and seek to build their self-reliance, confidence and advocacy skills through sport programming, and related health and social services.
"We are honored to welcome UNICEF to join us here in Athens at our World Games and with us to issue this critical call to action for inclusion," said Dr. Timothy P. Shriver, Chairman and CEO of Special Olympics. "As these athletes take the world stage, this is the perfect time to expand the partnership between Special Olympics and UNICEF, redoubling our efforts to achieve even greater results for our athletes and their families, and for all children with disabilities."
In recent years, UNICEF and Special Olympics have worked together to establish the first Family Support Networks for families with children with intellectual disabilities in Cambodia; to provide opportunities for children in Jamaica to participate in Young Athletes programmes; and to provide health screenings, counseling on nutrition, and family health education in several locations throughout Kazakhstan.
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Can Imaging Mesenteric Lymph Nodes Save Horses' Lives?
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Vaughan suggested they evaluate this structure as part of a complete abdominal ultrasound examination.
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If your horse is exhibiting signs of colic, weight loss, or diarrhea, your veterinarian might reach for an ultrasound probe to get a glimpse of what is going on inside the animal's abdomen. Some serious conditions, however, aren't easily visible on ultrasound.
Because lymphadenopathy (enlarged lymph nodes) is a common finding upon post-mortem examination of horses with infectious, inflammatory, or cancerous disease, Betsy Vaughan, DVM, assistant clinical professor of Large Animal Ultrasound at the University of California (UC), Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, set out to determine if this condition could be identified on ultrasound, which might help veterinarians reach a conclusive diagnosis and implement treatment before horses are euthanized. She presented the results of her study at the 2013 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention, held Dec. 7-11 in Nashville, Tenn.
"Mesenteric lymph nodes are not often visualized by ultrasound because of their location deep within the horse's abdomen," Vaughan said. "The cecal mesentery (connective tissue attached to the cecum, part of the large intestine), however, is located adjacent to the body wall in the right flank region and can be readily visualized with ultrasound in most horses."
Therefore, she proposed that using ultrasound to evaluate this structure might reveal signs of lymphadenopathy and direct further diagnostic testing.
In Vaughan's retrospective study she reviewed the records of horses presenting to UC Davis from 1999 to 2007 for a complete abdominal ultrasound. She included in the study horses that had multiple cecal lymph nodes visible within the mesentery adjacent to the cecal artery and vein.
Vaughan identified 42 horses, aged 3 months to 26 years, with cecal lymphadenopathy. These horses had presented with signs of weight loss, fever, anorexia, lethargy, colic, and diarrhea, and she categorized them according to whether they were diagnosed with neoplasia (tumors, 14), inflammation (16), or infectious disease (12).
On ultrasound, Vaughan said the lymph nodes appeared oval to round in shape, variably sized, and were often too numerous to count. Other visible abnormalities included thickened intestine (90%), abdominal masses (29%), and abdominal abscessation (9.5%). She said 64% of the horses had more than one abdominal structure affected. Twenty-one horses (50%) were euthanized or died within six months of diagnosis.
Based on the study results, Vaughan determined that veterinarians can easily image the cecal mesentery from the right side of the horse to garner information that could lead to a lymphadenopathy diagnosis. She suggested they evaluate this structure as part of a complete abdominal ultrasound examination.
"Finding enlarged lymph nodes in this area suggests that something significant is affecting the horses abdomen," she said. "If found, concurrent ultrasound abnormalities can then help veterinarians better diagnose abdominal issues," and hopefully save more horses' lives.
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Do You Know Nutrition: A grape by any other name is a raisin
Aug. 23, 2011 at 3:23 a.m.
By Phylis Canion
Are dried grapes raisins?
When most fruits are dried they keep their same name - unless you are a grape. When grapes are dried, they become raisins.
Raisins, primarily produced by sun drying in California's San Joaquin Valley, are the most popular dried fruit in the United States. California discovered the commercial potential of raisins by accident.
In 1873, when a freakish hot spell withered the grapes on the vine, a San Francisco entrepreneur advertised the shriveled grapes as "Peruvian Delicacies" and - as they say - the rest is history.
The most popular raisins, made from white grapes, are Sultana (known as Thompson), Malaga and Muscat, while the most popular raisins made from dark grapes are Monukka and Currant. Did you know that dried plums are prunes? Thought you did.
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Finger length may point the way toward understanding autism.
Scientists have long known that finger length is a characteristic developed in early utero. Unusually long ring fingers have been associated with higher levels of testosterone in the womb.
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In 1970, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that autism occurred at approximately one case per 10,000. In April, 2010, the CDC revised the autism prevalence to one in 110.
Researchers, physicians and family members are beginning to speculate that environmental factors may play a huge role in autism, according to resources and conferences on autism.
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Resign him and trade him January 2013 with Amare
I was reading this piece by Kelly Dywer which had the following quip which gave me a giggle
"Lee still owns the apartment, and is subletting it to Lin in the same way he did with current Knicks big man Amar'e Stoudemire last year while the All-Star looked for a Manhattan apartment of his own. This lineage means that Lin is clearly the best defender to have lived between these particular walls".
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Ranking Metta World Peace's tweets on Jeremy Lin
February 16, 2012
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Within a five-day span, Metta World Peace went from delivering punch lines about Jeremy Lin to forever singing his praises.
Just as everyone wondered if Linsanity would translate when the New York Knicks hosted the Lakers last week, World Peace had trouble resisting a few playful digs when he talked to reporters, including The Times' Mike Bresnahan.
First at his game: "I know he used to miss layups on the fast break at Golden State. I know he used to turn the ball over at half-court. He was trying to find himself. He must have had a lot of pressure on him. Now, he's playing ball."
Then World Peace made fun of Lin's appearance: "We think he needs a better haircut. I don't like that style. We're in New York, the fashion capital. You're a star now."
Lastly came World Peace's poking fun at Lin's personality: "Put down the nerdy Harvard book glasses. Put on some black shades with some leather pants. Change your style. Put down that law book. Stop reading the New York Times. Come to practice with your pants sagging and just tell them, 'I don't feel like practicing.' Come to practice with a cigar lit."
Yet, when Lin made a game-winning three-pointer en route to a 90-87 victory Tuesday over the Toronto Raptors, World Peace stormed out of the Lakers' players lounge yelling at the top of his lungs.
Based on his revelation that he wants to buy Lin's jersey and his frequent tweets about the Knicks star, World Peace's infatuation with him surely hasn't died down. Below are a few of his best examples.
1. God created earth in 7 days, Jeremy Lin created energy in new York city in 6 games...
2. Chinese currency should say LIN instead of YEN...
3. Jeremy Lin can score on anyone without a ProbLIN...
4. I will be holding a press conference on Jeremy Lin's play. My congregation is very pleased. The best point guard in the NBA is here...
5. The only reason Jeremy Lin is playing in the NBA is because he is blessed and its not a LINconvenience to him...
6. Jeremy aka 'Mr. New York' Lin will be purchasing half the empire state building. No autographs until after season; sorry for the inconvenience.
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Three of Michael Jackson's former bodyguards are speaking out about the late pop star's private life and revealing details about his girlfriends and what kind of father he was.
Mike Garcia, Bill Whitfield and Javon "BJ" Beard appeared on "Good Morning America" on Tuesday and called Jackson – who died on June 25 – an "awesome" dad.
"The kids were constantly saying, 'I love you, Daddy…They were like four buddies," Garcia said, explaining that one of the activities that Jackson loved to do was take his three kids – Prince Michael, Paris and Blanket – to fast food drive-throughs. The guards said the singer would often get a kick out of ordering himself.
Whitfield described Jackson's three children as "polite" and "well mannered"
Beard noted that Jackson and his kids were very isolated, explaining that at the kids' birthday parties, no other children were present and only Jackson, the nanny, the teacher and the bodyguards would attend.
Beard described some of the isolated moments of Jackon's life as "sad."
The three men were asked if they believed Jackson was as pedophile, to which all three said, "No."
"Being a man…men know men…and we [were] around him long enough to know…he was a man," Whitfield said.
Garcia said the singer had "desires of women like we do. He had lovers."
According to the guards, Jackson had two girlfriends from 2007 to 2009 and they often witnessed the pop star being romantic with them.
"In the cars that we had, we had a curtain that covered the back seat…you couldn't see in the back seat. They talked back there…they didn't do nothing out of bounds…you can hear the kissing," Whitfield explained.
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