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According to Edgar Cayce and modern psychology, your subconscious mind is extraordinarily creative and will follow the directions you give it. With the A.R.E. Presleep Series, your conscious mind will work in harmony with your subconscious. There are no hidden subliminal messages, only a safe and effective method of working with the power of suggestion.
Unlock your psychic awareness, develop your psychic sensitivity, contact the guide within, receive guidance through dreams and awaken your past-life impressions.
©2006 A.R.E. Press (P)2006 A.R.E. Press
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"This is great 4 self-hypnosis and self-development"
You are One
The script continuously reinforces several positive ways to access your subconscious mind to help you to live a better life for yourself and to help others around you too.
As a hypnotherapist myself I admired the pace and positive yet peaceful delivery of the narrator Charles Cayce. A first class delivery!
I learned that what many people think of as psychic is also very normal to many of us who believe we are intuitive. I confirmed my belief that what are perceived as psychic abilities can be trained, we all have them and can hone them.
This is not a story, it is a well written script by an early renowned master, to access the hypnotic state and achieve hypnosis during sleep. My tip is to make your own copy of it in your own voice and listen to it alternatively with Charles' rendition each night before you sleep. Hearing your own voice is very effective as hypnosis.
"Muy buen audio libro"
Me ha gustado el audio libro; el contenido es excelente y muy buena guía para conectar con nuestro yo superior y ayuda de nuestros guias.
"Woke up feeling good; first time in a long time"
For what this is, it has to be audio. I listen to it before and while falling asleep.
Another person pointed this out, and I agree. The book doesn't start from the beginning. I would have rated it lower if not for the fact that I woke up feeling so good! I plan to buy and listen to a couple of the others in the Presleep series. I just hope they aren't cut off either.
"Always a good night sleep after listening to this"
I'm not sure how to explain it, but I always wake up refreshed and with more energy the mornings after listening to this. I've been listening for about 4 months already and it's pretty great.
Weird side note, a few things have happened in the last few months that I've said to my self, "oh yeah, that's supposed to happen". One day i woke up saying to myself i need to get my kids another cat in case something happens to our current cat, which was totally healthy and only 5 years old... i didn't want to believe something would happen to her, but about a month later we woke up to her dead.
"Really awesome!"
I believe it's been working for me, and it helps me sleep very deeply! Worth the download!
"I find Edgar Cayce Fascinating"
But the narrative voice of this recording is anything but meditative. I realize it's the younger Cayce but it's just not the kind of melodic voice easy to meditate to for me.
"Really basic hypnosis, can find better on youtube."
Edgar Cayce's name is on this for a reason, right? He had some really interesting, specific information recorded, but this doesn't use any of that, really. I was expecting a hypnosis session that maybe used, I dunno, subconscious trigger words, a sort of pep talk about our purpose or something we've all forgotten, or just something that wasn't just a basic "we are one, and you can hear other peoples' thoughts".
That's really weak, you know?
Definitely, all of the "pre-sleep" series have got to be junk as well. There's good stuff up on youtube, for free, on the other hand.
His reading was fine. I'd actually say it's slightly more on the boring side than the soothing you to sleep side, but I enjoy hypnosis readings and am just spoiled by some really great readers.
It's 45 minutes long, but I think it's actually the same talk repeated twice. The difference is the second time it's with reaaaally gentle chimes in the background. They really don't make much of a difference, so I would've preferred cutting the price in half (if there must be a price), and just keeping the one with the chimes in.
Some direct quotes:
"the mind of your soul is able to see how to help others... and you use your psychic talent to help their lives feel better, and reach their goals", "you are at one with all time, past, present, and future are connected for you, you are at one with all time", "you can see back into your own far distant past, with the mind of your soul, you psychically can be aware of your soul's history", "you can become aware of past lives", "past life psychic awareness allow you to see and understand situations in your current life. You can see the person you used to be in your past," "you can see those conditions and events in your past lives that helped you live more effectively right now", "your psychic awareness is interested in only what would allow you to better understand the challenges you now face", "you are at one with all time, past present, future, and you can clearly see how the journey of your soul is one that runs through time with great purpose and meaning," "Sometimes, you are also aware of the past lives of others, just as their thoughts and feelings are connected to you, so too, are the memories of their experiences in the distant past, and your soul mind can see and feel the exact things you need to know in order to serve and help those people".
Etc, I think you get the idea. And that's the meat of it, after he talks you down into relaxing.
"This Book Makes no Sense"
I am judging this book as a stand alone because I purchased it to learn about my own psychic ability, but it does nothing as the title of the book described. It starts with meditation and that is all. I have other Edgar Cayce books and love them.
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Most churches will hold their regularly scheduled services on Palm Sunday. Other special Holy Week services will take place from Palm Sunday through Good Friday at area churches. A list of those reported to the Herald:
Christ the King Lutheran Church, 495 Florida Road. 6 p.m. Good Friday worship.
Faith Community Church of the Nazarene, 1400 Colorado Highway 172. 6 p.m. Good Friday worship.
First Presbyterian Church of Durango, 1159 East Third Ave. 6 p.m. Good Friday worship.
First United Methodist Church of Durango, 2917 Aspen Drive. Maundy Thursday Reverse Advent Service at 7 p.m. Thursday, depicting the scene from Leonardo da Vincis painting The Last Supper; Good Friday service at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 254 East Fifth Ave. Palm Sunday Masses at 6 p.m. today and 9 a.m. Sunday in English; Spanish Mass at noon Sunday; Youth Mass at 6 p.m. Sunday; Holy Thursday Mass at 6 p.m.; Stations of the Cross at 3 p.m. on Good Friday; Mass at 6 p.m. on Good Friday.
St. Columba Catholic Church, 1830 East Second Ave. Stations of the Cross at noon on Good Friday in Viles Park; Good Friday Word, Cross and Communion Service at 3 p.m.; Via Dolorosa at 6 p.m.
St. Marks Episcopal Church, 910 East Third Ave. Noon on Good Friday ecumenical community worship service.
St. Pauls Lutheran Church, 2611 Junction St. Divine Worship service at 10:15 a.m. Palm Sunday; Maundy Thursday Service at 7 p.m. Thursday; Good Friday service at 7 p.m.
St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, 1749 County Road 526. 7 p.m. Good Friday Mass.
St. Ignatius Catholic Church, 15449 Colorado Highway 172. 7 p.m. Holy Thursday Mass, 7 p.m. Good Friday Mass.
Pagosa Springs
Pope John Paul II Catholic Church, 353 S. Pagosa Blvd. Palm Sunday Anticipatory Mass, 5 p.m. today; Palm Sunday Mass, 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. today; Seder meal, 5:30 p.m. Sunday in the Parish Hall. To RSVP, call 731-5477.
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 451 Lewis. Palm Sunday Mass, 11 a.m. Sunday.

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Just how fast is Colorado?
Consider: On Friday afternoon, the Durango High School girls 4x400 relay team shattered a school record that had been in place since 1999. And the Demons, who broke the record by more than 2 seconds, barely qualified for todays finals at the CHSAA Class 4A Track and Field State Championships.
Those girls ran out of their minds, Durango head coach Mark Dutro said after the Demons ran an all-time best 4 minutes, 86 seconds in a super-fast preliminary heat Friday at Jeffco Stadium.
I thought maybe those girls could get there (the finals) if they all ran their best, said Dutro, marveling at the overall depth and speed of the Class 4A field.
Those girls are amazing to do what they did, Dutro said.
It would have been disappointing for the team to break the school record but not advance to the state finals as one of the top nine teams, he said.
That would have been ... bittersweet. But this is the best of both, Dutro said.
Durango got four solid relay legs from Hannah Hwang, Karli Foreman, Dominique Ward and Shannon Maloney.
It felt good, actually, Hwang said after her opening 400 meters put the Demons solidly in fifth place in the heat.
A 200-meter sprinter whos moved up to the 400 this season, Hwang said shes enjoying the longer race and her speedy teammates.
I just started 400s this year, she said.
Its fun ... its a good relay team, said Hwang, daughter of Jay and Karen Hwang. Were always there for each other.
Foreman, Ward and Maloney finished the record relay for the Demons, adding their names to a second school record in two days. Foreman, Ward, Maloney and Madeigh Winsor broke the DHS record in the 4x800 relay Thursday, when the Demons finished second Day 1 at the state meet.
The DHS girls will race in the 4x400 finals late this afternoon on the final day of the three-day track and field state championships in suburban Denver.
Theyll be joined in the finals by Durango senior hurdler Jared Blake. The senior qualified in the 110-meter high hurdles in a rocky prelim Thursday, then sailed into the 300 hurdle finals with a clean run and the fifth-fastest qualifying time (39.47) Friday.
That felt better, Blake said after earning a return trip to the state finals in both hurdle events.
They were hitting ... a lot of hurdles, Blake said after he had to navigate an obstacle course of hurdle carnage and tumbling bodies.
But Blake, who was not pleased with his technique Thursday, responded with a flawless pass no hurdles down. He started methodically, cruised around the curve and powered down the front stretch.
You just have to go over the hurdles, he said simply.
Blake, son of Brad and Janelle Blake, also recorded a 400-meter personal best later Friday in the opening leg of the boys 4x400 relay. He and Shane Bisogno both ran personal bests, while Devin Lewis matched his in the ill-fated relay.
A day that started like a bad dream for junior Joe Maloney ended up as a nightmare when he got tangled with another runner and fell on the first curve, dropping the Demons out of contention.
Earlier Friday, Maloney suffered a similar fate when he was knocked off balance and nearly fell in the open 800-meter race.
I was really worried that I would go down, Maloney said after the incident on the backstretch of the 800.
Several sprinting runners converged on the same inside lane without enough room to merge.
That was tough ... I just couldnt get through, said Maloney, who was spiked on the lower leg in the mishap. He still fought back and finished 14th in the 18-runner field.
Maloney, son of Melissa and Murdock Maloney, will get right back on the track today when hes scheduled to race in the Class 4A 1,600-meter run.
Sister Shannon, a freshman already a part of two DHS school records in these championships, will run in the girls 1,600 today. Shannon Maloney also owns the 400-meter school record, which she set last week at the Southwestern League Championships in Cortez.
After two days of warm, sunny weather, the forecast for todays finals is calling for thunderstorms with wind, rain and lightning. Officals announced they moved up todays event schedule with the weather in mind.


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Apple releases Flashback removal tool for Mac OS X 10.5.x operating systems
Date: Tuesday, May 15th, 2012, 05:21
Category: News, security, Software
If you've yet to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6 or Mac OS X 10.7, there's some good news.
Per Macworld, Apple on Monday released a pair of security updates for the older operating system: Leopard Security Update 2012-003 and Flashback Removal Security Update.
The Leopard Security Update disables older versions of Adobe Flash Player that don't contain the latest security updates, prompting you to upgrade instead. That mirrors an update Apple offered for Safari on Snow Leopard and Lion last week.
The Flashback Removal Security Update finds and removes the most common variants of that malware; the updater may need to restart your Mac to complete the removal of any malware.
Both updates are available directly from Apple's website or via Mac OS X's Software Update feature and require Mac OS X 10.5.8 to install and run.
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So they can back port the tool to detect if you have the trojan, although that is non-essential as several alternative methods exist, but they can't/won't update Java on Leopard machines to close the vulnerability? I realize this tool probably took them a trivial amount of effort vs Java, but why bother if you're not going to solve the problem?


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Two years after he started throwing the discus for Dallas Samuell High School, Jason Young was hooked. By age 17, he wanted to be an Olympic-level thrower. By 25, he believed he had it in him.
It took another six years beyond that, but his dream of a lifetime is at hand. The former Texas Tech all-American, who still lives and trains in Lubbock, is less than a month away from competing in the London Olympics.
"It's been a really long road to try to get here," Young said Monday. "It's been a really long road. More than anything else, I'm relieved that I'm finally on the team. It's something I've been trying to do for years, and I'm really happy just to be representing the USA."
At the Olympics, the qualifying round for the discus is Aug. 6, the finals Aug. 7. Young made the U.S. team by throwing 203 feet, 11 inches, good for third at the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore.
"Going through the trials is probably the most nerve wracking thing that you can do," he said, "because you know you're in position to make the team, but you've got to get it done at that time, on that day.
"Going into the Olympics is a little bit different situation. Obviously, you've got to get the job done competing, but you're finally at the point where you have the opportunity to actually do something major."
Young enrolled at Tech in 1999 and competed for the Red Raiders from 2000 through 2004, finishing fourth and second in the NCAA championships his last two years.
It was toward the end of Young's Tech career that Red Raiders coach Wes Kittley said he saw Olympic potential.
"I think maybe 2004 or '05," Kittley said, "when I saw him start hitting some bigger throws, I knew then, 'He's got a chance of making it if he'll just stay with it and stay injury free.'"
There's more to it, though, than good health and perseverance.
After his college career ended eight years ago, Young became an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Red Raider track and field team. Now he's a personal trainer.
Like many track and field athletes, he's had to work his training around the day-to-day of making a living.
"It's extremely difficult," he said. "Very few people can make a full-time living at track and field, so you have to be able to do something else fairly well in order to be able to survive in the business. For me, it's been important to be able to work, to be able to provide for my family as well as being able to train well enough to compete with the top guys in the world."
Nevertheless, Young has been on upward arc in recent years.
Maybe making his first Olympic team was a natural progression considering he finished runner-up at the U.S. outdoor championships in 2010 and 2011. Last year, he was ranked No. 1 in the U.S.
This year could be his one and only chance at an Olympic medal, but it doesn't have to be that way.
"Physically, I think I can throw really well for a long time," Young said. "I mean, the history for American discus throwers is usually our best performances come in our mid-30s. I'm 31, so I think I can compete for quite a long time.
"Financially, that's a different story. If you're competing at the top of the world, you can make a living and afford to do that. If you're not competing at the top of the world, then you can't.
"So a lot of that is determined by what happens for me at this Olympic games and probably next year going into the world championships."
Young has a few more training sessions before he leaves Lubbock on July 20. His wife Megan will join him in London. Young says he wants to do well not only for himself but for all those he represents: the U.S. because he's wearing the uniform, Texas because he's a Dallas native and Lubbock because he's lived here nearly 13 years.
"That's a big deal," he said. "There's a lot of people out there who are supporting me, rooting for me."
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Oilheat sidewall vent
Sideventing a water heater can save money for homeowners by eliminating the
need for a chimney. But the system must not permit backdraft to blow combustion
products back into a house.
Sold as a sidewall vent kit, this new system includes an air-deflecting device that changes wind direction at the flue outlet. An aerodynamic cowl positioned on the outer wall of a house, the unit controls natural and forced-draft emissions. It consists of two vanes and an inverted airfoil. The system requires flue gas pressure of 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch of water to work.
In operation, the aerodynamic cowl produces a venturi effect at the end of the exhaust line. Also, the combination of the airfoil with the two vanes diverts airflow laterally to enhance negative pressure.
If outside air does enter the vent, the system shuts down the water heater as a safety measure. Its designers claim the kit is the first oilheat sidewall vent kit available for home water heating. The complete package consists of a water heater, burner, and venting assembly kit. As for the venting kit, it includes a stainless steel vent system and an adapter that fits the heating unit on one end and attaches to the termination assembly on the other.
Mike Brunt, Flexmaster Canada, Etobicoke, ON 416-679-0045.
High-reduction gearhead
Called the Reduto(R), this gearing system operates on the cycloidal principal. It can operate at input speeds to 10,000 rpm and produce a high reduction ratio. Instead of standard gear teeth, the system uses gearing elements with a profile that relies upon an algorithm to determine the angle of the contacting surfaces.
The result is exact reduction ratios expressed in integral numbers. There are three models of the gearbox, each available in 11 reduction ratios that range from 20:1 to 265:1. Peak torque can reach 1,085 lb-ft at greater than 90% efficiency. Input eccentricity can be reduced, yielding a stronger and more efficient gearbox. Because angular disposition of the teeth is trigonometrically defined and contact area accurately matched, backlash reportedly amounts to less than three minutes of arc. This gearbox is intended for use with axial air gap servomotors.
Jim Kubis, Infranor Inc., Naugatuck, CT 203-729-8258.


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AP baseball writer
DENVER (AP) - They celebrated a mile up on major league baseball's loftiest infield, sky high again, a repeat of that raucous night at old Busch Stadium in St. Louis a few years ago.
Boston is baseball's bully, the example other teams seek to emulate. "Damn Red Sox," anyone? Three years after they ended the Curse with their first title in 86 years, now the curse is on everyone else.
What a tale to tell. Those decades of frustration that left their faithful doubting if their day would ever come are distant memories, stored up in the attic with sepia-toned photos from the original Red Sox dynasty, which won five World Series titles from 1903-18.
On another night to remember back at Fenway Park, Faneuil Hall and all over New England, Boston became World Series champions for the second time in four years by beating the Colorado Rockies - flattening them - in a sweep that ended with a 4-3 victory Sunday night.
"Pretty darn heavy," Jon Lester said after lifting the trophy that all of baseball had sought since pitchers and catchers reported to Florida and Arizona last February.
Lester was one of the stars, a 23-year-old who overcame cancer, returned to the Red Sox and won the World Series finale by pitching 52/3 scoreless innings in his first start since Sept. 26.
There was Mike Lowell, the World Series MVP, who hit .400 with four RBIs, including a solo homer in the finale that pushed the lead to 3-0. There was baby-faced Jacoby Ellsbury, who led off the game with a double and scored the first run.
There was the old guard from 2004, Manny and Big Papi, Curt Schilling and Jason Varitek.
And there were new faces such as closer Jonathan Papelbon, who got the final five outs to preserve the slim lead, then threw his glove up so high it seemed as if a gusher had splashed it toward the heavens.
"It took all 25 of us to get the job done," Papelbon said. "It's just phenomenal."
In the clubhouse, players wore blue goggles to keep the celebration spray out of their eyes. Daisuke Matsuzaka, who in Game 3 became the first Japanese pitcher with a Series win, bowed out on the field, celebrating with his own native style.
They came together from several corners of the world to represent a city that obsesses over its baseball like no other, and in a contest between Boston lobster and Colorado beef, the shellfish left the meat charred and scarred. Colorado, fourth in the NL West in mid-September, had a remarkable run of 21 wins in 22 games to reach the Series for the first time. But after an eight-day layoff, the Rockies were rusted and got routed.
With the second-highest average in Series history behind the 1960 New York Yankees, Boston outhit them .333 to .218, outscored them 29-10. Maybe any of the four American League playoff teams would have swept any NL champion. Sure seemed that way.
Colorado, in its 15th season, has not nearly the pedigree of Boston, which has been around for more than a century. Somehow, even though they failed to win a game, the Rockies seemed satisfied.
Boston was a loss from elimination when it trailed Cleveland 3-1 in the AL championship series, then finished with seven straight victories, a streak that dwarfs that of the Rockies' in significance if not length.
Lester, undergoing chemotherapy for cancer at this time last year, handed a 2-0 lead over to his bullpen. Ellsbury scored in the first on Ortiz's single, and Lowell doubled in the fifth - one of 18 by the Red Sox - and came around on Varitek's single. Lowell's homer off Aaron Cook, whose career was sidetracked a few years ago because of blood clots in his lungs, made it 3-0 in the seventh.
The towel-waving fans at Coors Field didn't get down. They kept screaming, hoping the Red Sox rooters who brought brooms to the ballpark would be denied, at least for one day.
Brad Hawpe's leadoff home run in the bottom of the seventh got the Rockies a run, but Bobby Kielty made the most of his first appearance in this Series, connecting for a pinch-hit homer in the eighth against Brian Fuentes and raising both arms triumphantly. Garrett Atkins' two-run shot off Hideki Okajima made it close in the bottom half and Boston brought on Papelbon, who pitched 102/3 scoreless innings over seven postseason appearances.
Boston fans celebrate World Series win
BOSTON (AP) - Police in riot gear cleared several large crowds gathered around Fenway Park early Monday after the Red Sox won their second World Series title in four years. Police said they made 37 arrests, mostly for disorderly conduct.
Thirteen people were arrested after they refused to leave the Kenmore Square area near Fenway Park, police said. After police told a large crowd to leave, several officers were struck by rocks and bottles. Sixteen cars in one area were vandalized.
No serious injuries were reported.
Young people sprayed each other with beer and some climbed street signs or utility poles.
"Two World Series in four years is pure heaven," said Andrew Dumas, a Boston University student from West Boylston.
Police shut down access to Kenmore Square as Game 4 neared its end in Denver Sunday night. The Red Sox won the game 4-3, touching off celebrations around New England.
Mayor Thomas Menino said the team will hold its World Series victory parade today.
The "rolling rally" on World War II-era amphibious duck boats will take the same route - beginning at Fenway Park and ending near City Hall - as the 2004 championship parade, except they won't go into the Charles River, he said.
The celebration will include relief pitcher Jonathan Papelbon's now-infamous wacky Irish jig, and the Dropkick Murphys also will play along the parade route.
Menino acknowledged having the celebration on a week day would inconvenience some businesses and keep school children away, but said players wanted to get home to their families and begin their vacation.
Boston authorities cracked down on rowdy sports celebrations after an Emerson College student was struck and killed by a pepper pellet fired by police into an unruly crowd celebrating the Red Sox's 2004 victory over the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series.
On Sunday, hundreds of police officers took positions on foot, bicycle and horseback around Fenway, hoping to discourage fans from congregating around the ballpark. The police department had announced it would have more than 50 cameras trained on the city to record any vandalism.
Elsewhere around the region, some 1,500 University of Massachusetts-Amherst students poured out of their dormitories after Boston won.
The university said on its Web site that the crowd was boisterous but peaceful, with no damage reported. Six people were arrested for disorderly conduct or for failing to obey a dispersal order that was issued at about 12:45 a.m.
One person suffered a minor injury when he fell to the ground while body surfing.
In Durham, N.H., several thousand University of New Hampshire students gathered on Main Street, many carrying brooms and chanting "sweep, sweep, sweep."
Several dozen police officers, some in riot gear, pushed the crowds back toward campus and no arrests or injuries were reported.


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Game 4 start allows Scherzer to build strength
By Jason Beck, Alden Gonzalez and Paul Hagen / MLB.com
The right-hander filled the role in the best-of-five AL Division Series against Oakland and the best-of-seven AL Championship Series against the Yankees. He'll do the same against the Giants.
Scherzer has allowed one earned run and struck out 18 over 11 innings this postseason. It's the type of pitching most teams would want to get as often as possible in a seven-game series. The Tigers are concerned about the flipside, not getting it at all. With three other starters pitching as well as they have all season, it's a luxury the club can afford to take.
"Some people have asked about, 'Should he pitch in the fourth game?'" manager Jim Leyland said on Tuesday. "But because of his little bit of setbacks recently, not too recently, but with the celebration and prior to that with a little tired arm, we decided this was the best way to go."
It all goes back to the right shoulder. No matter what the results for Scherzer, and they've been increasingly positive since his return at the end of the regular season, the Tigers aren't going to take a chance.
On one hand, team officials downplay the injury. When right shoulder soreness scratched Scherzer from one start after two innings and erased his assignment from another with a week to go in the regular season, he was diagnosed with deltoid soreness, not tendinitis.
"I know everybody keeps talking about that [as a shoulder injury], but it was definitely muscular," team president/general manager Dave Dombrowski said last week. "They identified it quickly, so it was really more a matter of making sure he got it where it was rested again.
"Like [doctors] said, it's just like a person that's tired. But I was concerned, as far as getting it up and going again."
Even so, shoulder fatigue is enough for the Tigers to use caution. It's not the injury itself, but the chance that trying to push too hard to pitch through it could lead to something else.
Tigers stick with Avila-Verlander battery
SAN FRANCISCO -- Tigers catcher Alex Avila hadn't started against a left-handed pitcher since Sept. 1. Tigers starter Justin Verlander hasn't thrown to a catcher other than Avila so far in the right-hander's remarkable postseason.
When it came time for manager Jim Leyland to fill out his lineup card for Game 1 of the World Series at AT&T Park on Wednesday night, the latter won out.
"We just felt like the combination of Avila and Verlander [has worked well]," Leyland said on Wednesday afternoon.
Avila's start against Giants lefty Barry Zito was the one real surprise in the Tigers lineup. Though there had been some speculation that Andy Dirks would start over rookie Avisail Garcia, Leyland went for Garcia's right-handed bat against Zito, who allowed a .281 batting average and an .823 on-base plus slugging percentage to right-handed hitters in the regular season.
By contrast, Zito held left-handed hitters to a .209 average and a .559 OPS during the regular season. Thus, the 21-year-old Garcia was starting in right field on Wednesday night, about seven weeks after making his Major League debut.
Normally, both Garcia and Dirks would be starting in the corner-outfield spots against a left-hander. With no designated hitter in a National League park, though, Delmon Young had to shift into left field for his first start there since August.
"It's not a perfect world," Leyland said. "If you want to get Delmon Young's bat in the lineup, you've got to play him [in the field]. It's pretty hard to leave the MVP of the ALCS on the bench."
Both Avila and Garcia went hitless against Zito. Two of the six hits surrendered by Zito came from Austin Jackson, who hit worse against left-handers than righties during the regular season.
Most likely, Garcia will be in right field again for Thursday's Game 2 (7:30 p.m. ET air time on FOX, 8:07 ET first pitch), when the Tigers will face another lefty in Madison Bumgarner. Gerald Laird, a right-handed hitter who had been behind the plate every time the Tigers faced a lefty starter this postseason, will most likely catch Game 2, though Leyland wouldn't commit to that after the 8-3 loss in Game 1.
"I'm not going to get too excited," Leyland said. "When I go back to my office when I'm through speaking with you folks, I'll take some time to think about tomorrow."
If Laird had caught Game 1 as well, that would've left Avila catching Saturday's Game 3 after 10 days of rest.
"That's one thing," Leyland said. "I think the other thing is he's had a very good rapport with Justin Verlander. He's caught him 23 times this year, as opposed to nine for Laird. Alex has caught every game in the postseason.
"I don't think that the offensive difference would sway you enough. ... I don't mean this as a criticism, because Gerald has done a great job. But if you thought you had a real offensive catcher from the right side, you'd probably do that. But I think when the numbers are what they are, I think this is a good time to slip Alex in there. So when I weighed all those factors, I thought this was a good day to play Alex."
Laird has hit right-handed pitchers better than left-handers this year.
Berry will be ready when name is called
SAN FRANCISCO -- For a while now, long before manager Jim Leyland revealed his lineup for Game 1 of the World Series, Tigers left fielder Quintin Berry has figured he wouldn't start either of the first two games in San Francisco. Not with the way Delmon Young swung the bat in the American League Championship Series, and not with Giants skipper Bruce Bochy starting back-to-back lefties, Barry Zito and Madison Bumgarner.
"Delmon's got to play," Berry said. "It's kind of like, I know my situation weeks coming in, so I had no expectations of [starting]."
But Berry also figures that somehow he'll be called upon to make a difference late, quite possibly with the game on the line.
"Definitely, so I try to keep my mind ready," Berry said moments before Wednesday's 8:07 p.m. ET first pitch. "I played in the NL in the Minor Leagues for five years, so I kind of have an idea how it goes. And our manager, he uses our AL roster even more than most NL managers. I know we're definitely going to be used. You never know when, but you have to stay ready."
With Young starting in left field in Game 1 -- and likely Game 2 as well -- Berry will be used as a pinch-hitter, pinch-runner or late-game defensive replacement. Sitting against a left-handed starter is nothing new for the lefty-hitting Berry, but pinch-hitting sure is.
Berry pinch-hit for reliever Al Alburquerque in the seventh inning, grounding out against Tim Lincecum.
Berry barely pinch-hit as he bounced through different organizations in the Minor Leagues, and this year, his first year in the Majors, the 27-year-old got just nine plate appearances as a pinch-hitter, with one single, two walks and two strikeouts.
"I'm still really new to it," Berry said, "but I think I'm starting to understand it and learn it a little better."
Andy Dirks, another left-handed hitter, was Leyland's first option to pinch-hit against a right-hander with Avisail Garcia starting in right field. Dirks grounded out in the ninth inning against George Kontos.
Dirks had only 10 career pinch-hit appearances, albeit with three hits, one homer and four RBIs. Berry figured he would be called upon, too, so he recently picked the brain of veteran backup catcher Gerald Laird.
His advice?
"Don't try to get a hit," Berry said. "Just do something productive. Move a guy over, sac fly, bunt -- just stay short and try to do something to help the team."
Leyland well aware of AT&T Park's quirks
SAN FRANCISCO -- It doesn't happen very often. But the nooks and crannies of the right-field wall at AT&T Park came into play during the 2007 All-Star Game when Ichiro Suzuki -- then of the Seattle Mariners -- lined a ball off the façade in the top of the fifth inning.
National League right fielder Ken Griffey Jr. expected the ball to bounce to his left. Instead, it caromed right and Ichiro ended up with an inside-the-park home run.
The American League manager that night was Tigers skipper Jim Leyland. The play made enough of an impression for Leyland to mention it to his outfielders before Game 1 of the World Series on Wednesday.
"The only thing that's dangerous about this field is where right field goes over and then that thing rounds and there's a crease there where Ichiro hit that home run in the All-Star Game," Leyland said. "I happened to be managing that game, so I talked to the guys yesterday about it to make sure that they took some balls off the wall to see what happens.
"You never know for sure how that ball's going to ricochet, so I told [center fielder Austin] Jackson, 'You've got to be careful you don't get caught over there watching. That ball could come over your way real quick, or it could go down into the stands.'"
Tigers prefer deep bench to bullpen in Classic
SAN FRANCISCO -- Tigers manager Jim Leyland said as early as Saturday that the club was planning on having the same roster for the World Series as it had for the previous two rounds of the postseason. He admitted, however, that there was some thought to carrying one more pitcher for an eight-man bullpen.
"The only question we were talking about was whether we would go to 12 pitchers or not," Leyland said.
The thinking went that with pinch-hitting situations potentially keeping relievers from throwing multiple innings, the Tigers could get some use out of the depth, especially in an extra-innings game.
In the end, though, Detroit opted to keep the versatility on its bench -- not just for pinch-hitting, but for defensive replacements and pinch-running.
Those factors all play into the challenge of managing an American League team in a National League park under NL rules.
"A lot of people have always talked about, 'It's much more difficult to manage in the National League,'" Leyland said. "I don't agree with that totally, because I think in the American League, you have to decide exactly when your pitcher is done. A lot of times in the National League, your decision is made for you because if you get behind in a game, you've got to pinch-hit."
Horton marvels at Tigers' path to World Series
SAN FRANCISCO -- Willie Horton hasn't been seen around Comerica Park much this season compared to past years. He wasn't going to miss the World Series.
"There's nothing like a World Series," Horton said on Monday in the Tigers dugout while Detroit took batting practice before Game 1, saying hello to everyone who passed by with well wishes.
As a hero of the 1968 World Series, Horton should know.
"The World Series today, I don't even have a word to express my feelings about it," Horton said. "It's something that's yours and nobody can take from you. Think about all the great Hall of Famers who never had the opportunity to play in the World Series. That's what makes you feel so grateful.
"It's tough now. Back when we played, you'd play and you'd win, and then you'd go and play [the World Series]. But now you've got the playoff divisions you have to go through. It's tough to get there. So, when you get there now, you have to appreciate it. It's a hard road.
Horton, who turned 70 last week, spent much of the season dealing with health issues, including a bout with pneumonia shortly after Spring Training. He's feeling progressively better now.
Worth noting
It's been pointed out that if Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera and Giants catcher Buster Posey win the American and National League Most Valuable Player Awards, respectively -- the results of the voting by 10-year members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America won't be announced until December -- this will be the first time the MVPs of their respective leagues have met in the World Series since 1988. But how about this? Cabrera and Posey both won batting titles this season, which makes it the first time batting average leaders have faced off since 1954: Willie Mays (.345) for the New York Giants and Bobby Avila (.341) for the Indians.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. Paul Hagen is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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NS dedicated the under-expansion yard in Lewis's name in a private ceremony on Oct. 31 attended by Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman, Pennsylvania Lt. Governor Jim Cawley, State Senator Tommy Tomlinson, Drexel University President John Fry, and numerous government and business officials, family and friends.
"Because of his experience and respect from both sides of the aisle in Harrisburg, Craig was a key part of our integration of Conrail's assets in Pennsylvania in the late 1990s," said Moorman. "He later led our passenger and transit policy team and managed many complex projects, including the sale of Conrail's Boonton Line to New Jersey Transit and the NS phase of the Lancaster Northwest Gateway Project. Craig brought energy, creativity, and humor to every initiative and was able to bring diverse perspectives together in a collaborative manner. Dedicating our yard in Lancaster in honor of Craig is a fitting tribute."
"As a state senator, Craig Lewis dedicated himself to community service and economic development," said Cawley. "That is why Norfolk Southern could not have selected a more appropriate project to dedicate to his memory."
"Craig was a fine man who honorably served his district and constituents," said Tomlinson. "I am proud to have followed his legacy in the Senate and to have called him my friend."
"Craig was a dear friend and a trusted colleague," said Fry. "He quickly grasped the strategic importance of the Northwest Gateway Project for the City of Lancaster, Franklin & Marshall College, and Lancaster General Health. He became our partner in addressing the many technical and logistical hurdles involved with making this project a reality. I am very pleased that Norfolk Southern has chosen to honor Craig for his service to their company and to this community by naming this rail facility the H. Craig Lewis Yard."
The expansion of Lewis Yard began in early 2009 following several years of studies and design and will be completed next month. The yard expansion is part of the Lancaster Northwest Gateway Project, a $75 million plan to remediate and redevelop approximately 75 acres of urban brownfields to enhance economic development opportunities in the City of Lancaster by connecting the city street grid system, creating urban green spaces, and providing campus development sites for Franklin & Marshall College and Lancaster General Health on land formerly owned by Armstrong World Industries and NS. The final segment of the Gateway Project will begin in the spring of 2014 when the railroad transfers ownership of approximately 28 acres of its yard east of Dillerville Road to Franklin & Marshall and Lancaster General. This work is expected to take 12 months to complete.
H. Craig Lewis was born in Hazleton, Pa., on July 22, 1944. He graduated from Millersville State College with a bachelor's degree in history. He attended the University of Nebraska graduate school and was a graduate of Temple University School of Law.
Lewis practiced law and served as a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Council, and the state Advisory Committee for Guidance Service. He was elected to the Pennsylvania Senate from the Sixth District, serving from 1974 to 1994. A Democrat, he was chair of the Judiciary, Local Government, and Ethics Committees. He served on numerous state commissions.
Before joining Norfolk Southern, Lewis was a partner in the Dechert, Price & Rhodes law firm. In 1998, he was named chair of the Philadelphia Foundation, which at that time awarded the Philadelphia Liberty Medal. He also was on the board of Aria Health, which operates three hospitals in the Philadelphia region, and the Philadelphia Zoo.


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Then + Now: The Cast of 'Sabrina, the Teenage Witch'
One of our favorite shows of the late '90s was 'Sabrina, the Teenage Witch,' starring former 'Clarissa Explains it All' actress Melissa Joan Hart in the role of Sabrina, a — you guessed it — teenage witch. Sabrina had to navigate the waters of high school, and later college, and try to use her powers for good. Of course, it didn't always work out so well. We're taking a look back at the show 10 years later to see what your favorite cast members are up to now.
Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina Spellman)
Then: The former 'Clarissa Explains it All' star played Sabrina, a girl who discovers she's a witch (and that her cat can magically talk) the day she turns 16.
Now: Melissa Joan Hart has appeared on 'Dancing With the Stars' and currently stars in the sitcom 'Melissa and Joey' with fellow former '90s teen star Joey Lawrence.
Caroline Rhea (Hilda Spellman)
Then: Caroline Rhea played Hilda, Sabrina's quirky and fun aunt. She is far more impulsive than her sister, Zelda.
Now: Rhea went on to host a couple of seasons of 'The Biggest Loser' when Alison Sweeney left, and is the voice of Linda Flynn on the long-running animated kids' show 'Phineas and Ferb.'
Beth Broderick (Zelda Spellman)
Then: Beth Broderick played Zelda, the more conservative and strict of Sabrina's two aunts. Zelda was a college professor and liked to do things by the (spell) book.
Now: Broderick appeared on shows like 'Lost' and 'Castle,' and currently stars on the CBS series 'Under the Dome,' based on the novel by Stephen King.
Nate Richert (Harvey Kinkle)
Then: Nate Richert starred as Harvey Kinkle, Sabrina's boyfriend in the first four seasons. They break up when he discovers she's a witch, but eventually get back together.
Now: Richert left acting in 2006, just a few years after the show ended, and now focuses on his music career. He released his first full-length solo album last year, called "Broken Bottles."
Jenna Leigh Green (Libby Chessler)
Then: In the first three seasons, Jenna Leigh Green played Libby, Sabrina's high school arch-enemy and a cheerleader who also has a crush on Harvey. Sabrina often practiced her spells on Libby.
Now: Green starred as Nessarose in the Broadway musical 'Wicked,' and also understudied for the role of Elphaba, leading her to perform the part over 40 times. She still occasionally makes TV appearances, popping up on shows like 'Castle' and 'Bones.'
Lindsay Sloane (Valerie Birkhead)
Then: In seasons two and three, Lindsay Sloane played Valerie, Sabrina's best friend. At the beginning of season four, Valerie and her family moved to Alaska.
Now: Sloane has had a very successful career in both film and television — you might have seen her in 'She's Out of My League' or 'Horrible Bosses,' and she's appeared on episodes of 'Entourage,' 'Weeds,' and 'The League.'
Martin Mull (Willard Kraft)
Then: The veteran comic actor and star of 'Clue' and 'Roseanne' played Willard Kraft, Sabrina's high school teacher and the love interest of both Zelda and Hilda in seasons two through four.
Now: In addition to acting, Martin Mull is also a painter, records music and has released almost a dozen albums. Mull has had recurring roles on shows like 'Two and a Half Men' and 'Arrested Development.'
David Lascher (Josh Blackhart)
Then: David Lascher had a pretty big TV resume under his belt before joining the cast of 'Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.' He had recurring roles on the shows 'Hey, Dude,' 'Blossom,' and 'Clueless' all before playing the role of Josh Blackhart, Sabrina's co-worker at a coffee shop and eventual boyfriend in seasons four through six.
Now: Lascher still acts occasionally, appearing in TV movies like 'Always and Forever.' He also popped up on an episode of 'Last Call with Carson Daly' to imitate Ryan Seacrest. Lascher is married to Jill London, and together they have two children.


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Luxurious Geek: Boeing Business Jets
Luxurious Geek: Boeing Business Jets
Boeing Business Jets has unveiled concept drawings that higlight luxury and comfort for its upcoming 787 VIP airplane. The renderings feature custom interior designs for the advanced-technology widebody VIP jet and were displayed at the Middle East Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition in Dubai.
It looks like the idea was to combine plush seating and party/business space as well as provide ample flatscreens and entertainment centers. I wonder if passengers on this jet will be able to use their cell phones.
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Pinnacle gets $130M in tax-exempt bonds for hospitals
Dauphin County commissioners on Wednesday voted to approve $130 million in tax-exempt bond financing to cover much of PinnacleHealth System's $150 million, three-pronged hospital project on the East and West shores.
The Harrisburg-based nonprofit in May announced plans to build a $100 million hospital adjacent to the Fredricksen Outpatient Center in Hampden Township's Cumberland Technology Park. Occupancy of that facility is slated for May 2014.
At least 200 construction jobs will be needed to build the new hospital, according to Harrisburg-based Quandel Construction Group Inc., the construction manager at two of the three sites.
The capital project also includes upgrades at Community General Osteopathic Hospital in Lower Paxton Township and Harrisburg Hospital.
The bonds are being issued through the Dauphin County General Authority, said Amy Richards Harinath, a spokeswoman for the county commissioners.
"The tax-exempt bonds will cover 70 percent of the cost of the projects. The remainder will be paid from PinnacleHealth's reserves and philanthropy," Bill Pugh, chief financial officer for PinnacleHealth, said in a statement.
Dauphin County is not obligated for repayment of these bonds.


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About Me:
I'm a fan of both HP books and movies. I was inspired by brilliant fanfic authors to write my own stories. I only write Harry/Ginny fics but I can read other ships too, if I put my mind to it :).
Ships I enjoy:
Harry/Ginny (my presonal favorite)
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Ginny, Lily, Hermione, Sirius, Dumbledore, Ron, and of course, Harry.


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I'm using v7 of zone suite. I am a developer and have local web server running listening on various ports (e.g. localhost:7001),
when I have the web server up and try to access the web server admin console, it won't let me pass thru the login page and return me to he login page.
If I shutdown the zonealarm, then everything works fine. Apparaently the zonealarm is blocking the cookies.
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n Bill Bailey, 38, felony possession of a firearm — $15,000.
n Timothy L. Huggins, 32, felony possession of a firearm, fleeing — $10,000.
According to a Pope County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) report, a vehicle traveling on Gum Street sped away at a high rate of speed after a deputy pulled out behind it.
The deputy turned on his emergency lights and pursued the vehicle until it eventually stopped at about the 800 block of the street.
After the deputy arrested Huggins, the driver, and his passenger, Bailey, Huggins said he fled because his driver's license was suspended.
Upon searching the vehicle, the deputy found a loaded Marlin .22 long rifle with the handle sawed off in the trunk, according to the report.
Upon question at the Pope County Detention Center, both denied ownership of the gun and blamed the other for it being in the vehicle.
Bailey is on parole for theft and forgery charges out of Mountain View.
n Ramond Holderer, 60, domestic battery — $5,000.
A deputy was dispatched to a residence on Pollard Cemetery Road in regards to a physical disturbance where he found a 32-year-old man sitting in the road in front of the house with a cut on his head who claimed his father, Ramond Holderer, hit him in the head with a brick.
Upon questioning, Holderer said his son, Justin Holderer, had been drinking all day and had been hitting him throughout the day, and the two were arguing when his son shoved him down onto a pile of bricks, after which he hit his son with the brick.
Witnesses said Justin Holderer had been slapping his dad and had also been dancing outside, waving a sword in the air.
Justin Holderer was arrested and accused of misdemeanor counts of domestic battery, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and fleeing.


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November 26, 2012
Hong Kong based streetwear brand Subcrew has teamed up with Converse to rework the classic Chuck Taylor All Star. The high top features a understated brick red leather upper, matching red laces and a subtle white Subcrew logo on the heel. The seemingly random numbers embossed on the tongue, decipher as the brands slogan "We are the Subcrew", followed by 2012, the year of production. The shoes are available only at select reateilers in Hong Kong and Macau.
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Female Jockey Trifecta Pays Big
Hawthorne Race Course's last race on Sunday, October 20 featured a rare racing event. For the first time in the track's history, and possibly the country's history, aside from female jockey challenge races, the top three finishers were ridden by female jockeys.
In a sport largely dominated by men, Hawthorne has seen some great female riders grace the Stickney oval. Both Zoe Cadman and Inez Karlsson cut their teeth at Hawthorne and currently the Hawthorne jockey's room has a large number of female jockeys for the Fall 2013 race meet. Six of the Stickney oval's thirty regular jockeys this meet are women and they are holding their own in the number of mounts they get each day. Five of the six female jockeys are apprentice riders, with Rosemary Homeister, Jr. being the one journeyman in the group.
On Sunday, one of the apprentice riders, Heidi Rose was having the best day in her young racing career. Winning two races earlier in the day, she went into the last race in high spirits. Aboard Scappare, Heidi Rose made a late outside surge to win by a length over King Fest. Ridden by another female apprentice rider, Samantha Colvin, King Fest had taken a clear lead around the far turn and maintained a four and a half length lead through much of the stretch but wasn't able to hold off Scappare. Wicenty, piloted by veteran female rider Rosemary Homeister, Jr., held on to finish third.
This rare trifecta paid $1,625.60 for those that played the female trifecta and capped off a phenomenal day for Heidi Rose. Her three wins on Sunday, Retour ($29.00, 2nd race), Silver Prince ($27.00, 5th race) and Scappare ($17.20, 9th race) more than doubled her previous career win total of two.
The other talented young women that hang their tack at Hawthorne are Stephanie Slinger, Aymara Rivero and Taylor B. Rice.
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Hey, 'Claws! This is our posting thread and we already discussed the rules but I'll brief you again.
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The Prompt:*hops on Firebolt*A group of friends are sitting in the Main Hall of Hogwarts during breakfast when there is a commotion in the hallway. Going out to investigate, the friends find a notice posted on the door leading to the outside of the castle. It reads:
Private professional Quidditch practices to be held on the Hogwarts Quidditch pitch for the next seven days. ONE DAY will be set aside for a group of seven lucky students to receive a once in a lifetime opportunity to learn first-hand from the professionals how to improve their game. The prize will be a match against the professional players played in front of the entire student body. If interested please see Professor McGonagall.
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Harper singles, plays three innings in rehab appearance
Nats slugger starts in left field, will also see time in center, right in upcoming games
By Daniel Popper / MLB.com
WOODBRIDGE, Va. -- For the first time since tearing a ligament in his left thumb nearly two months ago, Bryce Harper stepped to the plate Monday night batting second in a rehab start for Class A Advanced Potomac. On the first pitch he saw from Salem Red Sox right-hander Justin Haley in the first inning, the left-handed slugger took a massive cut and whiffed for strike one.
"I went up there hacking on my first pitch to try to just get that out of the way because I was so excited to hit again," said Harper, who started in left field. "Just that competitive nature going out there."
Harper worked himself back into the count in that first at-bat, and on a 2-2 count, he smacked a line drive the opposite way to left field for a single and took a grandiose turn around first base. Harper would get up again in the third inning and fall behind 0-2, but he battled back to work a two-out walk. Harper played three innings and finished the night 1-for-1.
"I just want to see pitches," Harper said. "So if I can work deep in counts and see more pitches, then that's huge for me. If I strike out or walk, then that's fine, too, because I just want to see a lot of pitches."
Harper said he felt some vibration when he connected on his single, which aggravated his thumb. But he noted that's part of the process of returning from such an injury.
"I got that knock to left, felt a little vibration, but not much," Harper said. "I think that's typical, feeling a vibration on the bat."
While on base, Harper wore a protective mitt on his left hand, similar to the one Ryan Zimmerman used during his rehab assignment. Harper said that eased some of the fear of re-injuring his thumb while sliding.
"Me and Ryan, we're going to go bake," Harper said, alluding to the contraption's resemblance to an oven mitt.
While Harper saw limited action in the field, he did catch the only fly ball that came his way off the bat of Salem right fielder Aneury Tavarez in the second inning. Harper initially turned the wrong way on the play but was able to recover and make the easy grab.
Harper said the hardest part about returning to the field was keeping his hand in a glove all game, where his thumb is spread apart from the rest of his fingers.
"That's just something I have to feel and deal with," Harper said. "And if it gets swollen or something like that, then take it easy a little bit more."
Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos started alongside Harper in his third rehab start since straining his right hamstring on June 10 against the Giants. Ramos caught nine innings and had a stellar night at the plate batting third, going 3-for-4 with a single, a three-run home run and a double in his last at-bat. It was the first time Ramos was forced to run hard for two bases out of the batter's box since his injury.
"After the double, I feel my leg is ready to go in the big leagues again," Ramos said. "I was trying to hit a double in that at-bat to try to see how [my leg] feels. And it feels great."
Harper was on first base when Ramos sneaked a line drive just inside the right-field foul pole for his second three-run home run in three rehab games. Harper had a tongue-in-cheek message for Ramos when the catcher crossed the plate.
"I just told him, 'You're terrible,'" Harper said with a smile. "It's good to see him doing well. We need Willy up there. He's one of the best hitting catchers in the league when he's hot. It's good to see him going."
Harper said he will start in center field for Potomac on Tuesday and play five innings. Nationals manager Matt Williams has said he wants Harper to play all three outfield positions during his rehab stint in Potomac, because Harper will likely move around when he returns to the big leagues considering the Nationals already have Zimmerman, Denard Span and Jayson Werth in the outfield.
And while Harper said he knows he will have to alternate positions after his return to Washington, it's not something he necessarily wants to do, especially after injuring his knee running into the outfield wall at Dodger Stadium last season, which limited him to just 118 total games, many of which he played at less than 100 percent.
"I want to get comfortable in one spot," Harper said. "I got in a little bit of trouble last year playing right field and getting hurt. So I think just trying to stay in one spot would be great. But with the outfield we have, I don't think that's going to happen. So being able to play left and play center and play right is something that I need down here."
Harper is set to play around seven games, including Monday night, for Potomac over the next week before his return at some point during the Nationals' upcoming homestand, which starts June 30 against the Rockies. For now, though, the 21-year-old slugger is just happy to be back on the diamond.
"I love this game, I love coming out here and playing," Harper said. "It's fun to get back out here and just get competitive and try to win a ballgame."
Daniel Popper 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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Gender Gap Gives Bustamente Edge in Recall Election
A significant gender gap favors California's current lieutenant governor over leading Republican challenger Arnold Schwarzenegger in the upcoming recall election in California. Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, a Democrat, is ahead in a recent statewide poll by 5 points, but among women voters he is ahead of Schwarzenegger by 13 points. The recent withdrawal of Republican Peter Ueberroth did not impact the standing of the leading candidates in the California gubernatorial recall election, according to a Field Poll released today. Bustamante is also ahead of Schwarzenegger in most racial/ethnic categories, most significantly leading by 39 points among African-American voters.
Schwarzenegger has received much media attention recently over derogatory comments he's made over the years about women. A recent Salon article detailed his history of misogynistic behavior, from a 1997 interview in Oui magazine in which he claims to have participated in group sex with an African-American (whether it was consensual or not he doesn't say) to his recent comments in Entertainment Weekly that he enjoyed his role in the recent "Terminator" movie because "How many times do you get away with this - to take a woman, grab her upside down, and bury her face in a toilet bowl?"
Sharing the ballot with Schwarzenegger and Bustamante in the special election on Oct. 7 is Proposition 54, an anti-affirmative action ballot initiative that would eliminate collection of racial data by most state and local agencies. Opponents of the proposal insist that without racial data, the progress of minority or disadvantaged groups in fields such as academics, law enforcement, and medicine is impossible to track. Bustamante recently announced that he would spend $4 million to defeat the ballot initiative with commercials depicting himself denouncing the proposition, according to the LA Times. Ward Connerly, the lead proponent of Prop. 54 as well as the driving force behind Prop. 209, which eliminated race- and gender-based affirmative action in state public works projects and college admissions, virtually conceded defeat upon hearing Bustamante's plan. He told the Times that this money "probably dooms" the ballot initiative, adding, "I'm never throwing in the towel. But I've been around the block. There is no way we can match that."
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Have you seen Cale's new library? It has some flexible spaces, lots of whiteboards for projection and teaching, comfy seats, cafe tables. It's come a long way!
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Along with her background as a professor, researcher, writer, and teacher, Joanne Meier is a mom. Join Joanne every week as she shares her experiences raising her own young readers, and guides parents and teachers on the best practices in reading.
Dreaming of school libraries
What does your school library look like? For many schools, it looks just like it did when the school was built, maybe 20, 30 or even 40 years ago. Heavy wooden tables and chairs, a "reading rug" for the read aloud portion of library time, and a big circulation desk for check out. Sound familiar?
So that's what the library probably looks like. But is that what it SHOULD look like? Today's learners are far different than they were 20, 30 or 40 years ago. Print encyclopedias? Reference books? They're probably sitting on a dusty shelf somewhere as the kids scramble for the computers for their research work.
I have the opportunity to work with a small group working to redesign a school library built during the 70's. As with many budgets, there isn't enough money to do what we'd really like, but there's enough that we hope to make some changes that will update the library and help make it more of a resource for today's learners.
To get us started, we thought about flexible learning spaces because that seems most in line with what the teachers need from the space. Then we each looked for pictures of libraries we liked. I used Pinterest to gather mine. I found some great examples of color and lighting, wall art, and some furniture that is much different than what we have now!
I'll keep you posted on the project, and try to take some before and after pictures!
UPDATE: To see pictures of some beautiful youth library spaces, take a look at the 2012 Library Design Showcase from American Libraries.
Thanks so much! We are also dreaming up plans for a new school library. Keep us posted!
I am also looking at changing the look of our middle school library by adding color and graphic art. I also have used Pinterest to collect images of libraries. My frustration is that many photos show I see only see creative spaces for elementary children...


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" Genre: Puzzle / Video Game for Nintendo DS / Release Date: 2008-02-08 / Published by Nintendo "
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I have been playing Maths Training lately and although I am not that fantastic at math's I am confident on the basics we all learnt at school.
This game aims to give people a good start to math's in my opinion and is aimed towards the teenagers and younger adults and your aim is to turn up daily like a routine and try and take part in various mathematical equations.
You begin with simple math's which is addition so the basics might include sums such as 1 + 1 and they are simple and at times irritating. You are given three exercises to do each day so turning up you know what you have to do and you fill in this calendar to report that you turned up for duty.
You then have some issues because if you find addition easy which I do you then have to put up with this for five days. So you cannot advance further until you have done five days of addition equations and they are similar each day and do not get any harder.
On day six you then take part in subtraction equations and again the same format appears where you have to take part for five days until you reach level three and things begin to get tougher.
I say they get tougher as a kind gesture because they rarely test you and you do have to try and complete the challenges as quickly as possible. You have a small leader board for each of the sections you do so you want to be at the top of that table if possible.
I am not saying it won't help people because I can seriously see that working for some people who might find math's difficult and some people really do even the basics. I think it has the potential to increase the ability of someone if they play it every day and concentrate and learn how to do the various equations.
If you're someone who is confident with maths then perhaps this game is not for you because you will be bored. I wanted tougher equations such as Algebra and other types of difficult mathematics which would challenge me and keep me interested.
I feel the game should have a time limited for people to pass each challenge and if you fail you have to retry and it would give people a quicker emphasis to complete the puzzles. Imagine if you had to do them quickly it means in my eyes you learn to challenge yourself and learn quicker.
This game is not easy to find and again this is not my game but a friends and I have been on level 10 so 50 days so far for me and I have to say I am bored but play it in the hope it might get better.
I bought this game because I enjoyed the maths games on Brain Training, but thought my brain could do with a bit of maths practice! It focuses on the basic skills of division, multiplication, addition and subtraction, which of course are the main skills you need when using maths in everyday life.
After just a couple of days playing it, my mathematical skills had definitely improved and I was much quicker. I've always found division particularly difficult, but Maths Training has helped in that area.
There's a daily test, which encourages you to improve on a daily basis, and the 'Kageyama' Method, which is basically a grid with numbers down the side and along the top to allow you to do multiple sums very quickly.
I would recommend this game to anyone who wants to improve their basic maths skills, and I stress basic because there's no probability or trigonometry etc! It definitely increases your speed and you can impress your friends!
Not bad...
I bought this game as I already had brain training and I love mathematics, so I wanted a game like brain training that had only mathematical problems.
However I really did not get on with this game. I found it monotonous and without challenge.
Bad points:-
1) No charisma.
2) No storyline, or incentive to improve.
3) Not enough variety in the challenges provided.
4) The cell square method this game uses, I found very confusing. I kept getting the answer squares muddled up as there are a lot of sums on one page using this method!
Good points:-
1) Its a very good game if your mental mathematics skills are not up to scratch.
To be fair I think this game was just not what I was looking for. My basic mathematical skills are pretty good and I wanted something with a bit more challenge, or speed to it.
I didn't get on with the game but other reviews show that some people have so its an open verdict!
I have used my daughters DS for a long time and have played Brain Training on it many times, which we all love. For Christmas this year I was treated to my own DS, and so I went out and bought Maths Training for myself.
Whilst the game was a very reasonable price... I am not impressed with the actual game play at all.
It's a series of 10 x 10 grids and the basic times table grids are fine, but, it often didnt recognise the number I was writing (and my writing is neat and my numbers are legible) and also it seemed that the makers had tried to make this about how fast you can complete a grid, rather than with Brain Training which was more about how you improve. I am extremely good with Maths but strugged because of the handwriting\speed elements. Whereas my husband is by his own admission less capable with Mathematics, yet was great at this as he treated it as a game and looked at the next column while writing in the first etc and was more than happy about the competative speed element. Neither of us though feel our mathematics ability has improved because of this game. I also got my 9 year old to try this and whilst she could answer questions, she didnt want to stay on this after a couple of tries because the speed element made her fell pressured and she made mistakes.
We all I want to help our children improve their maths skills, but not knock their confidence, and so I would definately recommend that this is not bought for a child as a maths aid.
After playing Brain Training non stop on the DS, I thought I'd give Maths training a go. I used to be a right bright spark when it came to Maths as a kid, but despite working for a bank my maths turned out to be awful and I find myself struggling on times tables.
So this was an excellent game for me - at first I struggled with some of the sums, but it's amazing how quickly you can pick something back up again, kind of like riding a bike I guess.
There's various different training methods in this game, from long division and long sums, to the hundred cell calculation method, which is the best part of the game, in my opinion. It's basically a grid of 100 squares, and depending on the type of maths you've chosen, you need to enter the answer for each sum in the grid. I've found myself playing this over and over again just to get better at it.
The controls are so simple, literally just handwriting recognition - the only problem I've had is it sometimes not recognising my 4s!
I've found this game a lot more beneficial than brain training and can honestly says my maths has improved from playing it.
My fiancée, as I am, is a massive fan of the self-assessment games on the DS and Wii, such as the hugely popular Brain training, Word Coach and Sight training games. In February 2008, for Valentine's Day, I treated her to Professor Kageyama's Maths Training... perfect romantic gift!
The premise of the game is to improve your basic numeracy skills, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Similar to the other brain improvement games on the DS, you will only benefit if you use Maths Training on a frequent basis. The game gives you twenty levels to progress through - and each level is scheduled to last a week, hence there will be some mileage for the consumer. Notably, though, Maths Training will not evolve into anything complicated such as Algebra or Trigonometry - this game is broadly designed to allow your mathematical side of the brain function more quickly and effectively.
When you turn the game on for the first time, you will notice that you will be using the DS vertically, rather than horizontally, meaning the screens will be left and right as opposed to top and bottom. You are firstly asked to create a profile. Having tapped in your name and stipulated that you are either left or right handed, the main menu will arise, which will greet you with three options, which are 'Daily test', 'Kageyama Method' and 'Practice Exercises'.
Daily test - this puts you through three exercises - which could be a simple 10 question subtraction exercise, or addition exercise, which is timed to give an indication of your progress level. The calculations will appear as "5 - 3 = " on the left hand screen, giving you the opportunity to write your answer on the right hand screen. There is also a flash card exercise, where on the left hand screen a card pops up momentarily with a number of items on it, and then on the right hand screen you have to enter the amount of items you've counted.
Kageyama Method - this is the main feature of the game. In essence, as opposed to the simple 10 question format you will encounter in the tests and practice games, the method will provide you with a marathon format of numerical calculations. When you select this option, you are able to execute this method alone, or with up to 15 friends, via download play. The method is split into two main parts - '100 Cell Maths' where you do 100 interlinked subtractions, additions or multiplications, and 'Division Marathon'. This will be, for some, a very challenging and stretching exercise and, for the supreme mathematicians out there, this will be fun.
Lastly, you have the Practice Exercises, of which there are forty you can choose from. The massive abundance means that there is plenty of variety to keep your brain stimulated. Typical exercises include simple addition, '9 Times Table', 'Fill the blanks Multiplication', 'Sentence Sums', which is expressed as "9 is 3 plus ?", and many many more. As it is timed, your top 3 best times are recorded, and the challenge will come from bettering your time until it is almost physically impossible to do it any quicker.
Very similar to Brain Training, this is a very quirky game. The music in the game is very easy listening, and almost Japanese sounding, with soft and gentle, but repetitive, melodies, meaning they can become quite annoying after a while. Essentially, it complements the quirkiness very well.
As with a lot of the 'fun' Nintendo DS games, the quality of graphics is not an important issue. With Maths Training, the illustrations are bright and colourful with the predominant colour on the screen being Orange - as indicated by the packaging of the game. Moreover, the characters and menu screen manifest in cartoony, almost manga-style, fashion.
This is a very playable game, and is useful for giving you a fun but good basic numeracy workout - hence it satisfies its premise. However, if you are looking for this game to make you Pythagoras or some kind of mathematical genius then it will certainly not do that. Any GCSE student would find this a bore after a while, and would undoubtedly rip all of your records to shreds. It will be a more relevant game to someone that left education a while ago and just wants to keep their maths skills in check or for children in latter primary school or early secondary school.
Personally, I like it - it's fun, colourful and harmless, and will be useful in keeping my noggin in working order. I have played it numerous times, and I constantly strive to beat my personal best performances. I find the best challenge to be the 100 cell maths exercise, and it has certainly been fun to try and better my time for the multiplications aspect. My only criticism is that, although there is an expansive multitude of exercises, the maths involved is of a very basic level, hence why I play this sporadically rather than frequently. This game would have benefitted from having advanced level maths, e.g. fractions and algebra for those who are either a) very clever or b) have progressed beyond the basic skill level. Nevertheless, this is an excellent game, and I fully recommend it.
This can be purchased in HMV and other good electronics retailers for £19.99
I bought this game as soon as it came out as I enjoyed the more brain training game I got for Christmas which I still play everyday.
The maths training game is brilliant. There is a daily test with three sections. There are 20 levels to this and you progress one level every five days of training, after that you become a master and continue with random tests.
As well as the daily test there are two other sections. The practice, which lets you try any area of the game and the 100 cells and division section. The latter really does give you a good work out. I have found my mental maths has greatly improved using this repeated type of training and it is fun to do.
I would recommend this game to anyone who wants to sharpen there maths skills, is well worth the money and is fun.


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Could a 'Heads-Up Display' in squad cars save lives?
A HUD projects vital information from a source onto a clear surface so the operator does not have to move his or her eyes away from a focal point
As police officers, we all know driving code through streets to a critical incident can be more dangerous than confronting a crazed person with a weapon. I personally have had drivers stop right in front of me, pull to the left instead of the right, and even turn right in front of me.
All of this activity requires the officer's full attention while en route to a critical incident. The officer is focusing on radio traffic, gathering important updates coming onto the MCT/MDT, and watching the traffic all around him/her. Officers can have a difficult time gathering vital information during this code run.
Often during a lull in activity, I have asked myself what would help my fellow officers gain important information without looking down on the MCT/MDT and taking their eyes off the road.
Heads-Up Potential
One of my conclusions is the Heads-Up Display. A HUD projects vital information from a source onto a clear surface so the operator does not have to move his or her eyes away from a focal point.
For many years, fighter pilots, some airline pilots, and even owners of some of the world's most exotic cars have used a Heads-Up Display (HUD). In fact, the HUD concept has been around since before WWII, when it was used to help bombers deliver their payload accurately.
HUDs slowly moved from the bomber to the fighter cockpit. In 1988, a HUD installed in a vehicle was first offered to the private sector (in the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme).
I recently conducted a quick Internet search for portable HUD units and discovered a portable unit is already a reality. Garmin is offering an affordable unit to the public. This unit sits on top of the vehicle dashboard and links to your smartphone via Bluetooth to gain access to a navigation app on the smartphone, thus providing you with directions to your destination.
I spoke briefly via telephone with a company representative from Garmin and was told that navigation is the only function at this time for the Garmin Portable HUD unit.
The display is currently capable of displaying one of two colors. The two colors will not function properly with Windows based systems.
The unit is capable of directing the operator by displaying the speed/speed limit of road or street, current time, distance to turn, and direction of turn.
For me, this is much better than a voice telling me to turn in one hundred yards.
While the Garmin unit is now strictly a consumer device, it's not difficult to foresee the potential for LE application of Garmin's technology. Instead of connecting via Bluetooth to a cell phone, this (or another) unit might be able to connect to PC-based units like our trusty MDTs.
This type of technology could prove to be an essential tool for officers in their patrol vehicles because it would allow the driver to maintain their hands on the steering wheel, and eyes on the road (as opposed to on the dashboard) while driving to a critical incident.
In addition, the computer could have talk-to-text software installed, allowing the operator to run a license plate without ever taking his/her hands off the steering wheel.


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Homeowners should have a color scheme in mind before they ever take a paint brush in hand. But it shouldn't be a rigid plan. Keeping things flexible allows changes to be introduced along the way.
Rejuvenating a room with color may be done in a variety of ways. Different hues can be introduced that will make a small room like a bathroom appear larger or a big room seem more cozy. Painting either walls or furnishings can create an interesting focal point in a room design.
Once the painting is done, homeowners will be able to furnish and accessorize more easily because the colors they've chosen will guide them. New linens and heated towel racks will accentuate the rejuvenated look of a newly-painted bathroom, not to mention the comfort of having warm towels ready after a bath or shower.
A New Look for Furnishings
Unless a piece of furniture is a true antique and difficult to replace, virtually any hard surface can be refreshed with a coat of paint that sets the tone for a decorating project, according to HomesGardenDesign.com.
Built-ins like vanities and shelves also deserve a new look. The inside of a cabinet may be painted in a shade that contrasts with the exterior color of the piece. Light-colored collectibles look better against a darker hue and painting a bold color on the wall behind open shelving will create that kind of display.
Resizing a Room
With the right color, homeowners can create the illusion of space. Light colors give a space an expansive look that makes them appear larger while darker hues create a cozy atmosphere for rooms that would look cold and uninviting in light neutrals.
Another way to add architectural interest is to use stripes in an otherwise solid-colored room. A stripe of painted color can break up a large, undistinguished space by mimicking the look of molding. For a less formal style, painting vertical stripes on a secondary wall or room divider adds a whimsical touch.
A focal point
To give a room an unexpected twist, homeowners might consider painting a functional item like a pegboard in a bright color to make it the focal point of a room.
Creating one colorful feature against neutral tones on the walls is one way to draw attention to a specific area. A bright red island, for example, warms up a kitchen that has dark wood cabinets and stainless steel appliances.


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Cheyney University's "Soulful Sound" Marching Band Competes in Honda Battle of the Bands
September 13, 2013
Cheyney University's Soulful Sound Marching Band hopes voters will put them on the map in the 2013-2014 Honda Battle of the Bands going on now through October 9, 2013. This year, Honda has re-structured the contest so that colleges with smaller bands, such as Cheyney University, have a chance at making it to the big stage. The final eight bands are chosen through a voting process incorporating online fan votes, band directors, the presidents of HBCU schools and representatives from American Honda.
For the eight participating bands, the journey to the Invitational Showcase involves months of intense practice and training, all in preparation for their Georgia Dome performance, where each band will have 12 action-packed minutes to showcase the musical excellence, distinctive style and superior showmanship that earned them a place in the 2013 Invitational Showcase.
"The Honda Battle of the Bands is a truly unique event that celebrates and affirms the great tradition of the HBCU marching band experience and the incredibly positive impact that these programs have on the lives of young people, their schools and surrounding communities," said Marc Burt, assistant vice president, Office of Inclusion and Diversity, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. "As we continue into our 11th year, Honda is happy to support these music education programs and looks forward to another amazing Invitational Showcase."
Bands with the most votes will participate in the Celebration Tour and Invitational Showcase. The 2013 Honda Battle of the Bands Celebration Tour runs now through October 9, and the 2014 Invitational Showcase, featuring an eight-band performance, will take place on January 25, 2014 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
The Voting for the Honda Battle of The Bands officially began on September 9, 2013. You can vote every day for the Cheyney University "Soulful Sound" Band Program by visiting this link
http://www.hondabattleofthebands.com/the-bands. You will need to input your email address and create a password in order to vote. That process ensures that participants only vote once per day.


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While most ladies tolerate the 'staches each Movember because it's for a worthwhile cause, don't be surprised to find us hovering over you with a razor at 12:01 a.m. come Dec. 1 to shave off those greasy upper lip plumages.
Let's face it — there aren't too many chicks who want to make out with a man who looks like Hulk Hogan or Chewbacca.
Vanessa Young, a business student at Mount Royal University in Calgary, said she can't stand her boyfriend's Movember moustache.
"I don't like the way it looks on his face. It looks just like dirt on his lip," the 23-year-old said.
According to a new survey by online dating site Match.com, the majority of single Canadian ladies — 62% — prefer their men clean-shaven, followed by 16% who like their guys with a little stubble.
Just 8% of women think moustaches are hot.
Even more of a no-no – at least in my books and seconded by the women I spoke to – are crumb-catching beards, hairy shoulders and gorilla chests.
Paige Olsen, a 21-year-old server in Calgary, said she's thankful her boyfriend is blessed with non-hairy genes.
"I think it's gross. Face hair, chest hair. It all has to go," Olsen said. She said she makes her beau shave his face at least three times a week.
Her hair hatred isn't just aesthetic.
"It tickles and I get rug burn on my face. Not a cool mix," she said of her guy's facial hair when they lock lips after a lull in shaving.
Kimberly Moffit, a relationship expert and psychotherapist in Toronto, said she's counselled couples who've had issues with the man's wayward facial hair.
"If it's really bothering her, it will affect intimacy. She will allow the sex life to drop off," Moffit said.
This disdain for man fur isn't just a Canadian thing.
A new study of nearly 350 Turkish and Slovak women found most, about 80%, liked clean-shaven chests the best. Researchers showed photos of men with hairy chests and photos of the same guys with shaved chests to see if females tend to choose smooth men to avoid lice and other bugs that can thrive in hairy areas.
That theory didn't pan out, but when the team from Trnava University in Slovakia asked women why they preferred the bare look they couldn't explain why, according to the study published in the September online issue of the Archives of Sexual Behaviour.
Couldn't give a reason? Young said moustaches and hairy chests remind her of her dad — and although I've never met her pops that would be a bit of a buzz kill.
In previous studies, women in China, New Zealand and California liked bare chests best.
But don't grab the Gillette just yet, my hairy friends. Researchers found the ladies in Cameroon swoon for dudes with chest pelts.
Are you a fan of fur? So is Sex Files columnist Rosemary Counter. Check back on Nov . 15 for her rebuttal.


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It was a little more than a guess.http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,10237.0.html
Can anyone tell me who in Naples that makes a Neapolitan pizza Anthony is trying to emulate? Or, asked a somewhat different way, is his pizza really a Neapolitan pizza?Peter
I don't know if Anthony is using a poolish as part of his methods but I once asked Marco if poolish was used in Naples. He said no: Reply 54 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,2088.msg24291.html#msg24291.Peter
Marlon - Was the outside crust crisp or tender/soft?John
Peter - Anthony is using a wild yeast levain.John
John, there was no outside crisp at all when you press the rim even right out of the oven. It was just really soft. Usually, there would be a very thin crisp shell right of the oven but his pie did not have that characteristic. I also noticed that since the rims were so massive, they were bordering on being underbaked.
John,Thank you.My recollection is that I have always been aware of the fact that Anthony used a wild yeast levain. In fact, I once asked Marco in early 2005 when he first joined the forum about what Anthony was actually doing, at Reply 6 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,861.msg8567.html#msg8567. Marco responded in Reply 10 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,861.msg8679.html#msg8679. Somewhere along the way, I started to use the expression "natural poolish", to mean a naturally leavened mixture of equal weights of flour and water. Moreover, the amount of natural poolish had to be fairly substantial, such as what one might use to make bread, and in excess of what Marco recommended for pizza dough, which was up to 5% of the formula water. Perhaps the better question I should have asked is whether Anthony used, and is now using, a natural poolish, or some other natural preferment, as opposed to an amount that would serve only as a leavening agent along the lines that Marco advocated. If the answer is the former, that might help explain the characteristics of the crust that Marlon was served in his visit to UPN.None of this is to impugn anything that Anthony has been doing. He always seemed to march to the beat of a different drummer, or as Henry David Thoreau of nearby Concord, MA once said: "If a man loses pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured, or far away." Peter
That is pretty interesting. I wonder if the oven temp is lower than normal.John
Peter - I remember reading in an interview that was done within the last few months that Anthony actually referred to his "starter" and getting the "starter" going. From the Naturally Risen videos, one can easily assume that he is using a levain amount somewhere in the neighborhood of 20-30% of flour, which corresponds to a bread workflow. Definitely a different beat from what they play in Naples!John


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Born in Santa Barbara, California, Jeff Wilson moved to Ventura when he was three years old and then later to Santa Maria, California. He graduated from Reghetti High School, where he also played football. He continued his studies at The National Academy of Sports Medicine. Wilson is certified and employed as a personal trainer and works as a brand representative for a major clothing company. He has previously been employed as a soccer referee, welder and petroleum distributor.
Wilson enjoys hiking, working out, fishing, horseback riding, jet skiing and kayaking. He describes himself as unpredictable, responsible and fun. He is a member of the National Academy of Sports Medicine and is certified by the United States Power Squad, which allows him to operate large boats.
Currently single, Wilson resides in Ventura, California. His birth date is February 9, 1983.


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Friday, August 12, 2011 - Danek and Danek - Screen Test - FULL CONTACT
Jan Mozis is from Frydlant. He is a good looking guy, with a slim build. Jan certainly made good wood in this casting and is well endowed. He also has a nice little pucker.
Marek Havlis is from Brno. He is a very good looking guy, and has a fine body too. Marek makes good wood with his thick dick in this casting, and shows his ass, with its nice hairy crack, off to perfection. I look foward to seeing him back for a shoot.
Jan Ledecky is from Brandys nad Labem. He is a good looking guy with a nice body. I love how his chest looks. Jan doesn't have the biggest cock, but it certainly makes very good wood. I also like his ass, as the cheeks spread to show us a nice sweet spot.