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Other headlines:
Lakers meeting with Dwight Howard in person
Sac King sign Aaron Brooks
Wizards to amnesty Blatche
Shout out to Dallas to signing OJ Mayo.
That's a STEAL, Mayo is a player and will show case his skill in Dallas.
Other headlines:
Lakers meeting with Dwight Howard in person
Sac King sign Aaron Brooks
Wizards to amnesty Blatche
Shout out to Dallas to signing OJ Mayo.
That's a STEAL, Mayo is a player and will show case his skill in Dallas.
Marco Belinelli nearing a decision
The Chicago Bulls, Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors and New York Knicks have interest
Both the Los Angeles Clippers and Marco Belinelli were interested in a deal but the Clippers had just their Bi-Annual Exception to offer. The Clippers, with the lobbying of Chris Paul, made overtures to the New Orleans Hornets but the Hornets refused to take on Ryan Gomes via sign and trade. Now that the Clippers have gone with Grant Hill, Marco is looking at other teams. The Chicago Bulls, Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors and New York Knicks have interest.
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If Felton and/or Kidd get hurt before shump gets backed were royally ****ed. Our downfall past 2 years have been lack of pg depth. Why on earth would you wear down Kidd at the 2??? So we can rely on the nbas oldest rookie??? Get ****ing real dude. The knicks better sign a semi legit 2(Not the flight white) or were taking a huge chance going into next season.
We need a guy who can defend and hit the corner 3 as our new SG, Shane Battier like
Raja Bell would be ideal but who knows, hopefully within a week we add a guy
Please enlighten me..DUDE
We have 3 point guards and 1 SG so it only makes sense to save the one SG on the bench in J.R. You need to spread the minutes for the point guards and we should expect all 3 to get minutes every game.
We used all of our assets on Camby and Felton. AS of right now we are going to wait until Shump gets back to refill the hole at SG and in the meantime, MOST LIKELY I can see Kidd being used at the 2 because of his size as a 6'4 guard that is older and will guard SG's easier than quicker PG's.
Wear down Kidd? This isn't a 66 game season with back to back to back games. Kidd will be fine as long as he doesn't play 40 min a game. He said he expects to play 20-30 min and that is exactly what he will play. Maybe a few times he will have to play more until Shump gets back.
Prigioni is going to get spot minutes so Kidd doesn't play too much and you know J.R is getting over 20 min a game since Woodson loves him.
So right now, YES I see Kidd possibly starting at the 2....if you don't start him at the 2 then you would have a bench backcourt of Prigioni and Kidd....I would rather have J.R off the bench with a PG since J.R is more suited off the bench so he can fill up his stat sheet when the stars are sitting and/or too tired to be as aggressive on offense.
Marc Berman also reported that Felton was promised a starting role on the team.
Kidd should start with the star players and J.R should come off the bench....so it makes sense having a lineup of:
"The Knicks are back" - Amare
Who know WTF grunwald is planning.... I got no faith in that GM. Pietrus would be a good pick Up though.


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Leigh Matthews says AFL does not fathom it has four expansion clubs in Queensland and NSW
In 2002 then-Brisbane Lions coach Leigh Matthews, frustrated at the prospect of his club losing its premier 1998 draft pick Des Headland to Fremantle, lashed out not at his departing player, but at the AFL – with a warning.
"We cannot survive as merely a developer of young talent which, when developed into top-grade players, are then induced to go home," Matthews said.
"If every one of our young players who comes up here for a couple of years, we develop them and they go home, quite clearly our club is consigned to the bottom of the heap."
Fast forward to 2014, with the Lions sitting at the bottom of the ladder after a crushing loss to Fremantle in which they kicked just three goals and had only 17 entries inside their attacking zone for the match, and Matthews' words look prescient.
Supporter group The Lions' Roar today has a graphic showing that since 1996,the Lions have lost more than half of their first-round draft picks since 1996 – 10 out of 19 – to "homesickness". The beneficiaries of the go-home factor have been mostly powerful Victorian clubs – Carlton, Collingwood and Geelong.
It's a staggering figure, even allowing for the fact that four of those – Jared Polec, Billy Longer, Sam Docherty and Patrick Karnezis – chose to leave at the end of last year during a particularly difficult time for the club. The Lions also lost a second-round pick, Elliott Yeo, to the Eagles.
The Lions, so dominant between 2001 and 2004, shape as the AFL's forgotten pride, and Queensland its lost frontier.
Brisbane lost its retention allowance at the end of 2003, not least due to pressure from Eddie McGuire, after the Collingwood was thrashed in the decider for the third of the Lions' famous "three-peat". Concessions to the club were deemed no longer required.
Yet the Gold Coast Suns, Greater Western Sydney and the Sydney Swans all have their retention allowances. GWS already has lost two players going home, Dom Tyson and Taylor Adams. The Suns have lost Josh Caddy.
Now McGuire is complaining about NSW and Queensland having priority access to the kids they develop in their own football academies. Collingwood has drafted the equal most players from those academies of any club, three versus the Lions' one. They were Jarrod Witts, Trent Stubbs and Tom Young.
Contrary to expectations, the Lions' hegemony in the early part of the noughties has not led to an upsurge in AFL talent from the northern states. Just four players have been drafted from Queensland since 2010. The average pick used for them is in the 70s.
Of draftees between 2011 and 2013, only 3 percent came from NSW, Queensland and the Northern Territory combined. Just 15 percent of players on the Lions' senior list are local.
Matthews, who has returned to the Lions as a board director in arguably their hour of greatest need, had a blunt reminder for the AFL, 12 years after his comments regarding the loss of Headland.
"I think one of the things that the AFL in Melbourne have failed to realise is that the four northern-states clubs are all expansion clubs, and at different periods of their evolution they will be more self-sufficient than others, financially and on the field," Matthews said.
"They're always going to be expansion clubs, because the northern states in the foreseeable future are going to be outside the AFL heartland, and any thought that we're going to take over from [rugby] league and [rugby] union is just ridiculous.
"People who live in the AFL heartland don't understand what it's like in NSW and Queensland. They think they do, but they don't really."
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(Katon: Kaen Panchi) Fire: Blaze Punch
Rank: A
Chakra cost: 30
Damage:60(direct hit with the jutsu)(+10 if combined with another fuuton or katon jutsu)(+10 on taijutsu)
Description:the user fastly preforms the tiger hand seal and then he starts collecting katon chakra in his fists, after he collects enough of it he can release it to create mid sized flames coming and collecting around his fists. He can use the flames to stronger his taijutsu, or too shoot it at a katon or fuuton jutsu the user used to increase its power. It can also be used to punch back the opponents Katon and Fuuton moves up to A rank.
~Can only be tought by me
~The flames dissapear after 2 moves of usage.
~can be used 3 times per battle
Declined, similar jutsu exists
(Raiton: Raikou X)Lightning: Lightning X
Type: Offence
Rank: A
Chakra cost: 30
Damage: 60
Description:The user 1. makes 2 hand seals and then he starts gathering up a huge amount of raiton chakra in his palms and as he collects enought of the raiton chakra he releases it creating a quite big amount of electricity come out of his palms, and then he uses the electricity to create a big X shaped lightning which he will push forwards at high speed, if it clashes against any other electricity this jutsu will explode destroying ewerything what is close to it.
~Can only be tought by me.
~Usable 4 times a battle.
~No other lightning jutsus the same move as this jutsu was used.


text: Students in Linda Brown's second grade at Ocean City Elementary recently celebrated harvest Hoedown Day. Using a scarecrow theme for reading, language, math, and map skills, the students do-si-doed their way through the past 4 weeks and then harvested lots of fun with dancing and art activities. Pictured, front from left, are Kylie Edgens, Bridget Buxbaum, Josie Beachley, Jesus Navarrete and Cory Braica; middle, Max Taylor, Julissa Astudillo, William Melgar, Nicole Saldana and McKayla Oates; and, back, Betul Yucel, Richard Poist and Brown.


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O's go with 11 pitchers on roster for Wild Card game
By Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com
Manager Buck Showalter, who tabbed veteran southpaw Joe Saunders as his starter, will have three other left-handed pitchers at his disposal, along with seven righties.
Showalter said on Thursday his club would "err on the side of pitching" and will be able to play matchups as needed with 10 options behind Saunders. Without the need for a full starting rotation, Wei-Yin Chen, Chris Tillman and Miguel Gonzalez were all left off of the roster. Showalter is uncomfortable using any of those starters on short rest, citing health reasons. Should the Orioles advance, they would be added for the Division Series roster.
Friday's roster also have a deep bench with infielders Robert Andino and Omar Quintanilla and outfielders Endy Chavez and Lew Ford as potential substitutions during the game. Taylor Teagarden will serve as the backup to catcher Matt Wieters.
The O's starting lineup is Showalter's typical lineup against right-handers with Chris Davis in right field, Mark Reynolds at first base and 42-year-old slugger Jim Thome at designated hitter against Texas' Yu Darvish. Second baseman and Rule 5 Draft pick Ryan Flaherty is batting eighth and rookie third baseman Manny Machado is ninth.
The winner will advance to face the Yankees in the American League Division Series, hosting New York for games on Sunday and Monday.
The roster breakdown will be as follows:
Pitchers: Jake Arrieta, Luis Ayala, Zach Britton, Tommy Hunter, Jim Johnson, Steve Johnson, Brian Matusz, Darren O'Day, Troy Patton, Saunders, Pedro Strop
Catchers: Wieters, Teagarden
Infielders/Outfielders: Andino, Chavez, Davis, Flaherty, Ford, J.J. Hardy, Adam Jones, Machado, Nate McLouth, Quintanilla, Reynolds, Thome
Brittany Ghiroli is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Britt's Bird Watch, and follow her on Twitter @britt_ghiroli. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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National Leaguers cast votes to determine this season's "best of the best" in the senior circuit, and the 2010 Players Choice Award winner for National League Outstanding Player is Colorado Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez.
On Wednesday, the Major League Baseball Players Association and ESPN Radio's Scott Van Pelt revealed the winner during the third in a series of daily broadcast segments highlighting the on-field performances and community leadership of Major Leaguers.
The 2010 Players Choice Awards are being broadcast exclusively this week on ESPN Radio and are presented by Majestic Athletic and 2K Sports and benefit the Major League Baseball Players Trust. The American League Outstanding Player will be announced later Wednesday afternoon during ESPN Radio's Doug Gottlieb Show. [See complete awards broadcast schedule below.]
In just his third Major League season, Gonzalez, 25, has established himself as one of the game's most promising young players. In a career-high 145 games this season, he led all National Leaguers in average (.336), hits (197), and total bases (351) and helped keep the Rockies' playoff hopes alive for most of the season. He finished second among National Leaguers in RBI (117) and slugging percentage (.598), third in runs (111) and fourth in homers (34).
Gonzalez was traded to the Rockies by the Oakland A's on Nov. 10, 2008, along with Greg Smith and Huston Street, in exchange for Matt Holliday. His performance in the 2009 postseason offered a sneak peek into the future, as he had 10 hits in 17 at-bats, and 15 total bases in 19 plate appearances. This is Gonzalez's first Players Choice Award, and he is a finalist (with Josh Hamilton/Texas Rangers and Joey Votto/Cincinnati Reds) for the 2010 Player of the Year award. Player of the Year will be announced on ESPN Radio's Mike & Mike Show (6-10 a.m.) on Friday, Oct. 29.
The Players Choice Awards annually honor the outstanding player, rookie, pitcher and comeback player in each league, and the Player of the Year and Man of the Year awards bestow top honors without regard to league. Balloting for the Players Choice Awards was conducted in September under the supervision of accounting firm KPMG.
2010 Players Choice Award winners in all categories will designate charities to receive grants totaling $260,000 from the Major League Baseball Players Trust, the charitable foundation created and run by the players themselves.
The complete list of 2010 Players Choice Awards finalists is below as well as the ESPN Radio broadcast schedule for the awards announcements.
2010 Players Choice Awards finalists (winners in bold, underlined)
American League:
Outstanding Player: Jose Bautista (Toronto), Miguel Cabrera (Detroit), Josh Hamilton (Texas)
Outstanding Pitcher: Felix Hernandez (Seattle), David Price (Tampa Bay), CC Sabathia (NY Yankees)
Outstanding Rookie: Wade Davis (Tampa Bay), Neftali Feliz (Texas), Austin Jackson (Detroit)
Comeback Player: Freddy Garcia (Chicago White Sox), Vladimir Guerrero (Texas), Francisco Liriano (Minnesota)
National League:
Outstanding Player: Carlos Gonzalez (Colorado), Albert Pujols (St. Louis), Joey Votto (Cincinnati)
Outstanding Pitcher: Roy Halladay (Philadelphia), Ubaldo Jimenez (Colorado), Adam Wainwright (St. Louis)
Outstanding Rookie: Jaime Garcia (St. Louis), Jason Heyward (Atlanta), Buster Posey (San Francisco)
Comeback Player: R.A. Dickey (NY Mets), Tim Hudson (Atlanta), Aubrey Huff (San Francisco)
Either league:
Player of Year: Carlos Gonzalez (Colorado), Josh Hamilton (Texas), Joey Votto (Cincinnati)
Man of the Year: Torii Hunter (LA Angels of Anaheim), Brandon Inge (Detroit), Troy Tulowitzki (Colorado)
ESPN Radio broadcast schedule for 2010 Players Choice Awards
Monday, Oct. 25 - AL/NL Comeback Players - Scott Van Pelt (1-4 p.m. ET)
Tuesday, Oct. 26 - AL/NL Outstanding Rookies - Scott Van Pelt (1-4 p.m. ET)
Wednesday, Oct. 27 - NL Outstanding Player - Scott Van Pelt (1-4 p.m. ET)
Wednesday, Oct. 27 - AL Outstanding Player - Doug Gottlieb (4-7 p.m. ET)
Thursday, Oct. 28 - AL/NL Outstanding Pitchers - Mike & Mike (6-10 a.m. ET)
Friday, Oct. 29 - Marvin Miller Man of the Year & Player of the Year - Mike & Mike (6-10 a.m. ET)
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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2006-07 Plan for Institutional Advancement
Over the past five years,
The next step in this new vision is to become a sustainable institution where each department can develop its potential for self-sufficiency, moving away from dependency on State and tuition-based funding. Each program has unmet needs, and assisting the units in identifying and securing funding sources is the responsibility of the Office of Institutional Advancement with help from the Horizons Committee of the Chancellor's Advisory Council and others.
Sustainability for the
(water, fuel,
food sources), economic development, health care, long-term care, hospitality
industry and outreach education centers as key areas in which to become increasingly
sustainable. Other perspective
sustainable economic development vectors may include technological and
scientific activities at the Maui Research and
In order for
The Centennial Campaign offers a
context within which to pursue educational excellence in
MCC Program Needs
Business Careers Computers, staff
Businees Tech Computers, software, evening courses
Food Service Work-based learning stations, facility improvements
Hotel Operations Staff, software, distance courses, video-streaming, professional development w/industry workers, and addressing transportation, leisure, recreational services
Admin Justice Leadership, program marketing
Human Services Facilities, staff
Nursing Facility
Ag Careers Equipment, bio-tech lab
Auto Body Combining credit/non-credit courses
Auto Tech Auto academy for Hawaiians at K/S and Alu Like
Building Main Facility
Carpentry Tech Instructors
Elec/Comp Tech Lab equip, distance learning
Fashion Tech Evening classes, sewing machines, computers
Sustain Tech Web-based delivery
Welding Staff, supplies
Looking at
These priorities also dovetail with the goals of the Centennial Campaign.
The development goal for 2006-07
is $2 million. Assuming the Leis' gift
counted in FY 2006, this represents a 35% raise over last year's total contributions
credited to
Solicitation Strategies
Personal Solicitation: Solicit members of the Chancellor's Advisory Committee
Solicit 15-20 top individual donors, family trusts, foundations
Special Events: Noble Grape Culinary Event
Distinguished Alumni Dinner?
Chancellor's Golf Tournament
Music Fair
Cultivation Events: Wailea function-Audrey MacLean/MHPCC
Kapalua/Kaanapali function-Bendons' Olowalu home
Upcountry-John Baldwin's home
Hali`imaile-Sugar House w/Bev Gannon
Central-Jimmy Haynes' Spreckelsville home
Alumni Homecoming (or fundraiser w/class compet. raise $)
Leadership Breakfasts for business people
Cooking demo
Ice cream social
Lecture series
Sports clinic
Music Fair
Haleakala Celestial Observation
Donor Recognition Events:
Scholarship Reception
HS Assemblies on Lana`i and Moloka`i
Communications: Thanksgiving
Christmas card
Birthday card for CAC members
Newsletter (w/solicitation) twice a year
Annual Report
in Ka`
Personal solicitations will be based on discussions with the Chancellor and the Horizon's Committee Chairman. The intent is to re-solicit current donors and to solicit major gifts from several new prospects. This will also include encouraging planned gifts as well.
The Office of Institutional Advancement will steward current donor foundations for continued support of MCC programs. The Office will also explore new prospects in family trusts and corporate foundations.
Cultivation events will include
use of the Class Act for a variety of meals/receptions and events which include
the major geographic areas of
Fundraising events will include the Noble Grape and the Chancellor's Golf Tournament. New events may be added to this mix.
Fund development activities will focus on sustainability and excellence.
July Noble Grape planning; sell tables
Class Act lunches
Annual report written/proofed (7/1)
Annual report graphic art design work completed (7/15)
Annual report printed (7/25)
August Horizons Committee
Noble Grape planning; invitations out
Class Act lunches
Annual report mailed (8/1)
September Chancellor's Advisory Committee
Noble Grape planning; sell tables
Class Act lunches
October Horizons Committee
Noble Grape event (10/21)
Class Act lunches
Mid-term private dining room reception
Newsletter articles written/proofed (10/1)
Newsletter graphic art design work completed (10/15)
Newsletter printed (10/25)
November Chancellor's Advisory Committee
Class Act lunches
Update scholarships
Scholarship applications completed
Newsletter w/solicitation mailed (11/1)—Thanksgiving theme?
December Horizons Committee
Class Act lunches
End-semester private dining room reception
January Chancellor's Advisory Committee
Class Act lunches
Wailea cultivation
Newsletter articles written/proofed (1/1)
Newsletter graphic art design work completed (1/15)
Newsletter printed (1/25)
Scholarship applications available at registrar (1/8)
February Horizons Committee
Class Act lunches
Golf tournament planning
Kapalua cultivation
Newsletter w/solicitation mailed (2/1)
March Chancellor's Advisory Committee
Class Act lunches
Golf tournament planning
Aipono Awards dinner
Upcountry cultivation
April Horizons Committee C
Class Act lunches
Golf tournament planning
Scholarship Reception invitations out
Alumni homecoming
Hali`imaile/ Upcountry cultivation
May Chancellor's Advisory Committee
Class Act lunches
Golf tournament planning
Scholarship recognition dinner
Moloka'i recognition assembly
Lana`i recognition assembly
June Horizons Committee
Noble Grape planning
Golf Tournament
2006-07 Plan for Institutional Advancement


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Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by Procutus, Dec 7, 2012.
It's going to be lonely here.
So I wonder why the Observers switched away from months as names?
A giant electromagnetic? Just like Breaking Bad.
It was TRUST.
That's right. I'll be here next week; no need to see 'The Hobbit' on opening week.
I think this guy might have spent too much time around powerful magnets.
Carlos looks like a poor man's Thor.
So, who else here has watched the trailer for Star Trek at least a dozen times?
The first glyph is P.
He reminded me of a young Danny Trejo.
Just a few times. But did you see the longer Japanese trailer?
I don't think Danny Trejo was ever young.
Try as I might I just can't get into nuTrek.
Good point. He looked the same in 'Con-Air' as he does now. He's definitely on the weathered side.
"He was just like this magnet...bipolar."
That makes two of us. Though I will say that the imagery of the trailer is quite awesome looking.
Sure did, that final scene was a clear homage to another Trek movie, wasn't it?
I lose more probes that way...
Somehow I see Walter wearing that brain like it was a beaver hat.
Uh oh, there be Darbituates in that water.
"I want my truck and my magnet and my complimentary nuts."
Yeah, I loved the new Trek trailer.
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Buck-a-gallon gas is gone, but Bucs are back
Much has changed in the 21 years since Pittsburgh's last postseason appearance
By Tom Singer / MLB.com
The common characterization of the Pittsburgh Pirates' return to Major League Baseball's postseason is to point out that a generation has passed since they last played meaningful baseball in October.
But a lot more has passed since the Pirates last mattered, in 1992. It was a different world, and the cultural compass spins wildly trying to pinpoint it.
You can start with MLB itself. There were four divisions -- two in each league -- and a total of 26 teams, the game having already gone through several waves of expansion, the most recent one being in 1977, when the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners joined the American League.
The first time this has been tweeted: @Pirates have clinched a #postseason berth. #WelcomeToOctober- MLB (@MLB) September 24, 2013
People were watching a new TV hit, "Seinfeld," grooving to Nirvana, jaw-dropping to Sharon Stone in "Basic Instinct," buying cars for an average of $16,000, and saying goodbye to Johnny Carson.
A gallon of milk ($2.78) cost more than twice as much as a gallon of gas ($1.13) -- but, to the best of anyone's recollection, Detroit was not looking into developing an engine fueled by milk.
Last time @Pirates in #postseason: Song of the Year: Unforgettable (Natalie Cole); Best Film: Unforgiven; highest grossing movie: Aladdin.- MLB (@MLB) September 24, 2013
One thing people were not doing was using cell phones. Well, not without some weight-training first. And the irony is, in those days they were called mobile phones.
People wanted something to carry in their pockets, not their backpacks. Motorola's first flip phone was introduced in '92 -- and could be pre-ordered for $3,500.
As for mobile-phone usage, the typical monthly plan was priced at $29.95 -- and gave you a whopping 30 minutes of talk. After that ... ka-ching!
A personal computer with 8 megabytes of memory and a 60-MB hard drive went for $2,800. Needed only a storage upgrade? You could get a 125-MB upgrade for $349.
(Now, eight gigs come on a keychain for the price of a good cup of coffee.)
To put @Pirates last #postseason berth in perspective: If you were waiting in line for an iPhone in 1992 ... you'd be waiting 15 more years.- MLB (@MLB) September 24, 2013
Miley Cyrus was born.
Bill Clinton was elected president.
Red Barber passed away.
TWA went bankrupt.
Los Angeles rioted, over Rodney King.
Magic Johnson came out of HIV-forced retirement to join Team USA's first Dream Team for the Barcelona Olympics.
The most-recent version of Windows was 3.1.
And, most obviously, Barry Bonds threw from left field to Mike LaValliere, but Sid Bream slid in safe and the Pirates slid out of focus for 21 years.
Buck-a-gallon gas is not coming back. But the Bucs have.
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A sports agency has filed suit against the LA Galaxy and Major League Soccer, claiming it is owed $385,000 for its role in LA's acquisition of Robbie Keane.
According to the news agency Reuters, the complaint, filed by Real Time International Ltd (RTI) states that the Galaxy and MLS "exploited information" given by the Agency "without compensation" to complete Keane's reported $5.7 million transfer from English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur. A spokesman from the Galaxy stated that it is the club's policy to withhold comments on pending litigation.
In the Reuters report, the lawsuit which was filed last Friday in a Manhattan federal court states that a senior member of the Galaxy approached RTI for aid in finding a player that the club could acquire in a ten day span. When RTI identified Keane, the Galaxy entered in negotiations with Tottenham. When the signing was completed, RTI claims that it sought a percentage of the reported $5.7 million transfer fee for its role in the signing, but the Galaxy refused to pay.
Keane has become a key member of the Galaxy since his signing, scoring three goals in eight games last season among regular season and postseason as well as 12 goals in 23 games during the 2012 season.


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BERLIN – Worries over
increasingly high electricity bills drove more than 200 Berlin residents to a
citizen meeting last week on electric rates at Berlin Intermediate School, but
they came away without the solution so many were looking for.
The meeting, organized by
resident Lisa Hall, featured a talk by Ron Birely, the former Berlin mayor and finance director who has a
stormy history with the town including an ongoing lawsuit. In January 2005,
recently deceased Mayor Tom Cardinale fired Bireley as finance director. At the
time, Cardinale cited philosophical differences over the town's huge debt load,
saying that he was not comfortable with Berlin's
multi-million dollars in bond debt incurred to improve its power plant and
electric system. Bireley subsequently sued the town for defamation. That
lawsuit was dismissed in July, but he has appealed that decision.
Bireley told crowds assembled in
the school cafeteria last Thursday night that the high electric costs can be
"It won't take that much to get
this turned around but it's not going to be with a consultant," he said,
referring the Berlin Mayor and Council's decision last week to hire
professional advisors for financial and practical advice for the electric
The town uses its power plant
for just 3 percent of its power needs, but Bireley says it should be used more
often. The strike price is too high, he said.
Berlin only runs the power plant when
the cost of generating electricity is less than the cost to purchase
electricity. According to Bireley, electric utility staff has calculated some
costs into the price to run the generators that do not belong in that equation,
which drives up the strike price.
If those costs were calculated
correctly, Bireley said, the strike price would be lower and the generators
would run more often and provide lower cost energy to electric customers.
The problem is not the
much-talked of Power Cost Adjustment (PCA) charge, Bireley said. The PCA is
simply the difference between the set rate and the actual cost of the power.
The electric rate has not
changed for several years. The change in the PCA has become more obvious since
the town opted earlier this year to change the PCA, up or down as necessary,
four times a year and not just once.
The PCA should be ignored when
calculating power costs, Bireley said. Instead, electric customers should look
at the entire cost of their electric bill, then divide that number by the
number of kilowatt hours (KWH) used, to give the per KWH cost.
Berlin electric customers are paying
19.5 centers per KWH, while Choptank customers are paying 14 cents per KWH.
Berlin purchases power from Conectiv,
most recently for 13.5 cents to 14 cents per KWH, according to Bireley.
Berlin Administrative Director
Linda Bambary said later that this figure is incorrect. Over the last three
months, Berlin
has purchased power at an average of 11 cents per KWH.
The other 8 cents goes for
electric employee salaries, plant maintenance and fuel, debt service, and the
general fund of Berlin
for overhead such as administrative and payroll services.
Berlin cannot simply leave the power
grid and power its own utility, Bireley said at the Thursday meeting.
"We do not have sufficient generation
in the town to supply our needs," he said.
The town needs reliable and
knowledgeable people to run the electric system, Bireley said, but the elected
officials are only in town hall for a few hours at a time twice a month and do
not know what they are doing.
The town needs a utilities
manager, Bireley told the crowd, but Berlin
fired the last one four years ago and never refilled that position.
Interim Mayor Gee Williams has
undertaken a staff reorganization since he took office in May and having already
filled several other outstanding positions, has said he will work with the
electric consultants to develop the right job description for the slot.
The town also needs a power
purchasing agreement, according to Bireley. Since Cardinale began pursuing, with
the support of the Berlin Council, the sale of the electric system four years
ago, Berlin
has been buying power on a month-to-month basis.
Berlin Councilwoman Paula Lynch,
the only elected official to attend the citizen meeting, stood up at the end of
the meeting to answer some of the questions and correct some of the statements
The last time Berlin sent out a request for proposals for
a power purchasing agreement, about six months ago, none of the bids were a
better deal than the month-to-month purchasing, Lynch said, adding that a
purchasing agreement should once again be explored. She cautioned that bidding
takes time.
"It's a long process with
government," Lynch said.
Bireley offered a list of
changes to make at home to save energy that met derision from the crowd.
Several audience members said they wanted answers, not to be told that they
were the problem.
Under deregulation, in Maryland, electric
customers can go to other power companies for service, Bireley said, but the
few in the audience who had tried it said they could not get service from
another power concern.
told the crowd to keep the high electric prices in mind in October, urging
townsfolk to vote in the mayoral and council election. As of the meeting, there
was only one contested race in the election, with interim Mayor Gee Williams
facing former Mayor Rex Hailey. Williams was part of the council that voted to
fire Bireley in 2005. That vote was split 3-2 and council members have been
reluctant to reveal the vote break down.
Less than a week after the
meeting, however, Hall entered the District II town council race, running
against fellow political newcomer Thom Gulyas.
Bireley urged the audience to
attend town council meetings and ask the same questions there, although he also
repeatedly said at the Thursday meeting that the Mayor and Council do not
understand the electric system and do not know how to manage it.
"If it was properly managed, our
costs would go down," he said.
Berlin Utilities Commission
member Erik Quisgard also addressed the crowd.
"They're doing what they can to
be more effective at the plant, but there's 'X' million dollars of debt. You've
got to pay the bonds," said Quisgard. "The money is spent. It's not as easy as
flipping a switch or hiring a different person … debt service isn't going away
no matter what you did unless you bring in $10 million."
About 2 to 2.5 cents per KWH
goes to pay down Berlin's
bond debt, Bambary said the week after the meeting.
While that debt is high, Bambary
explained that the town recently refinanced one bond for a lower interest rate
and that two bonds will be paid off in 2011.
Three vacant positions in the
electric utility also reduce the costs of the operation as those salaries and
benefits are not currently being paid, Bambary said.
"There is the reduction of the
debt going on," she said.
But there is a counterbalance to
the debt reduction, which is the loss of large industrial customers like the
Tyson chicken processing plant and the limited customer territory. Choptank
Electric can spread costs over thousands of customers, in contrast.
While the meeting was not the
acrimonious gathering many expected, some expressed some strong opinions.
"Why is the town continuing to
let people build and build and expand and expand when we don't have enough
electricity?" asked an audience member.
"Our future is being sucked up."
One man said that developers
should be allowed to put up more homes, which could then defray the cost of the
bonds to the rest of the customer base.
Surprisingly, several
townspeople supported selling the power plant, in order to pay off the major
debt incurred to buy generators over the last two decades.
"It's actions we need," said one
man in response to the suggestion that townsfolk push elected officials to
answer their questions. "No one's giving answers."
Quisgard remarked that he had
not seen the people at the citizen meeting at town council or BUC meetings.
"I don't know how you expect to
get answers from someone who doesn't go to meetings," he said.
"There's no question we have a
problem. That's a given," said Lynch. "You're asking for answers. We're asking
for answers."
Hall asked Lynch to see that the
electric cost question was put on the Berlin Mayor and Council agenda for the
next meeting on Monday, Sept. 8.
Lynch agreed to ask Williams to
add the topic and said that they would look at scheduling the meeting at a
different venue than town hall to accommodate a possible crowd. Staff could not confirm a venue change as of
Sept. 4, however.
"If you want the answers, show
up at the council meeting, Make them accountable," Hall said.


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The majority of the Longboat Key Town Commission took a stand against increasing the tax rate at its Monday, July 6 regular meeting.
Vice Mayor Robert Siekmann, following Commissioner George Spoll's stance at a previous meeting, led the charge Monday to adopt a maximum millage rate of 1.6 mills.
However, neither commissioner wants the tax rate's current millage rate of 1.5 mills to increase.
Five of the seven commissioners rejected Town Manager Bruce St. Denis' suggestion that the town adopt a maximum millage rate of 1.6750 mills at its Monday, July 6 regular meeting. The higher rate, had it been adopted in September, would have generated the same amount of tax revenues as last year.
But Siekmann and Spoll wanted no part of St. Denis' plea that a higher maximum tax rate be adopted while town staff worked to reduce expenditures before the official tax rate is approved in September.
"I don't want to set a maximum millage any higher than what it would take to balance the budget where we are today," Siekmann said.
For taxpayers, if the maximum millage of 1.6 mills is adopted in September, homesteaded property owners will most likely see a minimal tax increase. A Save Our Homes annual increase cap of 0.1% for 2009 exists for homesteaded property owners.
For example, a Longboat Key homesteaded property valued at $300,000 at the current millage rate of 1.5 mills received a bill of $450 for Longboat Key operating millage taxes last fall. This year, however, with a 0.1% Save Our Homes cap increase, that same property would receive a town operating millage tax of $480 at the 1.6 millage rate.
One mill is equal to $1 for every $1,000 of assessed valuation.
The majority of the commission, however, has no intention of setting the millage rate at 1.6 mills in September, ensuring minimal town property tax increases for most Key residents.
That's because Finance Director Tom Kelley explained that a millage rate of 1.5932 mills will cover the town's 2009-10 fiscal year budget, including a revised deficit that now stands at $478,000.
And, Spoll urged town staff to come back with a tax rate in September that's lower, with a goal of keeping the town's current 1.5 millage rate, if possible.
If the tax rate was left at 1.5 mills, town staff said most homesteaded properties would not see any significant tax increase because of the minimal Save Our Homes cap increase this year.
Mayor Lee Rothenberg, however, urged the commission to set the maximum millage rate higher.
"It seems to me as a prudent businessman, you would want to leave yourself with ample cushion," said Rothenberg, who warned that years of minimal millage increases while money is taken out of reserves would catch up with the town if a hurricane set its sights on the island.
Kelley, however, told the commission that the town had approximately $30 million in total reserves, which led Spoll to cut off Rothenberg's pleas and push for a vote.
"It's very clear we have a consensus for 1.6 mills," Spoll said. "I don't think we should spend more time debating the fantasy."
Rothenberg moved to set a maximum millage rate of 1.6750 mills, which Spoll quickly moved to amend to 1.6 mills.
Commissioners Spoll, Siekmann, Gene Jaleski, Jim Brown and Peter O'Connor approved the amended motion and a 1.6 millage rate. Rothenberg and Commissioner Hal Lenobel cast the dissenting votes.
The recommended budget will be presented to the commission in early August and the budget will be adopted on second reading at a special meeting at 5:01 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28.
The majority of the Longboat Key Town Commission took a stand against increasing the tax rate at its Monday, July 6 regular meeting.


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It cost more money than they had. But Vicki Sakioka bought it anyway. Just 20 years old, Vicki was newly married and the sole breadwinner for her student husband and herself but, still, she saw Lola – because she was such a Lola, really – in the little attic shop window and she knew she had to have her.
Vicki paid $60 for her, the hand-painted and worn, yet radiantly beautiful hula girl who dated probably from the 1940s, but was purely and truly Hawaiian. The young couple lived in Hawaii, after all, in a $285-a-month studio apartment "when that was a loooot of money," says Vicki, remembering the glorious '70s, and "my husband had a fit when I told him what I paid for her."
Thus began a lifelong, no-apologies collection, one of many, if truth be told, that has no real boundaries, no real rules. It's Vicki Sakioka's Hawaiiana collection, one that runs from the very enviable Lola to the recently store-bought kitsch of something Tommy Bahama markets to the world. Still, Vicki's got some authentic gems.
"I buy what I fall in love with," she explains, though she comes by it honestly enough. When the Costa Mesa woman was little, she lived near an elderly woman who was always outside with her roses. The woman had lived in Hawaii for most of her life and always took time to show Vicki pictures from her youth. It was as if the only Hawaii that Vicki knew before she got there was a vintage version that was untouched and uncrowded.
Her collection reflects that. Some things in it are expensive, some aren't. Many are still bought in Hawaii, though, says Vicki, that market is getting overbought. Better these days to hunt for the find, to shop around and then be struck by something you can't live without and pay what you must because you love it.
She knows the history of how she bought each piece, but, sadly, not their back stories. Take the 1930s hula lamp with the two-way switch, one for the light and another that operates her fringe-encircled swiveling hips. Wouldn't it be lovely to know whom she belonged to and how many lives she lit?
Vicki spent only three-and-and-half years living in the islands but she knows dozens of Hawaii stories from hearing them and knows that they belong as well to her voluminous collection of hula girl glasses and pineapple cookie jars, tour books and cocktail ware, hotel coasters, enormous bamboo trays and the exquisite McCoy pottery in the shape of banana leaves, hibiscus and palms.
Vicki's is not a passive collection. It's there to be used for entertaining, even everyday vase work. A few lighting fixtures – a magnificent sconce, for example, that sprouts handfuls of exotic anthurium has been retrofited for electric lighting – do real work in her home.
What Vicki has, more than memories or things, is patience. She has been known to wait 10 years for a particular Hawaiiana vase she wanted to come up on eBay. Finally paid $80 for it and was thrilled to death.
The Honolulu Advertiser newspaper made note in 2009 that a prized collection of Hawaiiana sold at auction for a record $809,943.
Vicki was astounded. She has no idea what hers is worth.
"Who'd do that?" she wonders.
Who'd do what? Put a value on it?
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Indiana Pacers swingman Paul George grew two inches this offseason and is now listed at 6-10, the Indianapolis Star reports. George is 21 years old.
George also put on 10 pounds of muscle and now weighs 224, according to the report.
George's length was already considered a strength. After Pacers coach Frank Vogel made a defensive switch in last season's playoffs, matching George against Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose, Rose went 18-of-57 from the field.
"That helped him tremendously," Pacers small forward Danny Granger said. "He was our best defender on (Rose). I think that showed what type of athlete he is. If he can stay with Derrick Rose, he can stay with anybody. That was a big confidence boost for him."
Vogel said George will be a bigger part of the team's offense this season, too.
"We haven't posted our wings much, but he and Danny say they worked extensively on their low-post game this year and he's a big-time threat on the break," Vogel said. "I'm looking for big things from him."
"I want to show that I can contribute on the offensive end," George, who averaged 7.8 points on 45.3 percent shooting during his rookie season, said. "That's really been a focus of mine, and at the same time, staying in the schemes of our offense. I also want to be able to create and make plays for others as well."


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There's nothing better than springtime in Laguna. Except for summer and well, then there's fall, which is really like summer for the locals. OK, so let's just say there's nowhere quite like Laguna whatever time of the year it may be.
However, in all fairness, there is nothing quite like the magical feeling we all get when our spring clocks move forward and our days get longer and longer all the way up to the summer solstice.
Last Saturday, Sup Co (Stand Up Paddle Company) enjoyed its three-year anniversary by celebrating with the community of Laguna Beach and all of its loyal customers. They celebrated with special discounts, a SUP contest and a live reggae band for everyone to enjoy. In my biased and hungry opinion it was the taco stand set up outside for the festive occasion that was the most unbelievable, not to mention very generous, while serving up some of the best carne asada and chicken tacos that I have had – complete with a table of all the freshest fixings you can imagine.
And if that wasn't good enough, my good friend Jon Monsun, who was cooking, broke out bacon-wrapped hot dogs for my brother John and me just as a little bonus to our already great day.
Laguna is a lot of things to a lot of different people. To me, Laguna will always be about the great tight-knit community and its beach culture, which is filled with great events and happenings, like Zero Trash's first and last Saturday of each month street cleanups, Laguna Surf and Sport's Spring Fever Surf-about, and everybody's favorite, and arguably the world's longest running surfing contest, the Brooks Street Surfing Classic.
It is great events like this that not only bolster our great community by bringing us all together for fantastic reasons, but it breathes continued support for the town we love to call Laguna.
– James Pribram grew up in Laguna Beach and wrote his first column for the Laguna News-Post in 1995.


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Drivers taking prescription tranquillisers were responsible for four out of five collisions in which they were injured, new research has shown.
Researchers led by Edward Ogden, of Swinburne University of Technology, made the finding after analysing blood samples from 1800 drivers treated in Victorian hospitals after a car crash over 15 months between 2009 and last year.
In a separate analysis, they used police records to assign injured drivers to three groups - those responsible for their collision, those who contributed to it and those who were not responsible.
The researchers found a high percentage of drivers affected by illicit drugs were responsible for their collision, including 88 per cent affected by stimulants including amphetamines and 83 per cent affected by cannabis.
But benzodiazepines - prescription tranquillisers commonly used to treat anxiety and insomnia - also emerged as a significant factor in collisions, particularly when combined with alcohol.
Dr Ogden said 184 drivers were affected by benzodiazepines and 84 per cent were responsible for their collision. ''When you look at people with very high or toxic levels of benzodiazepines, or benzodiazepines plus alcohol, 100 per cent were responsible,'' he said.
More than 5 million benzodiazepine prescriptions are subsidised each year through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
Of particular concern was the powerful and rapid-acting drug alprazolam (also known by the brand name Xanax), which drug and alcohol experts warn is being increasingly misused.
Dr Ogden said alprazolam was ''incredibly impairing'' in his study, which he will discuss at the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs conference in Melbourne on Wednesday. Of the 44 drivers affected by alprazolam, 43 recorded high or toxic doses or combined it with alcohol.
''These drugs have all got legitimacy in treatment but it raises the question: should people taking minor tranquillisers be held to a zero blood alcohol limit?'' Dr Ogden said. ''[Combining] minor tranquillisers and alcohol is a disaster.''
He said progress had been made in reducing the road toll through campaigns against drink driving but drugs were the next frontier.
Police conducted 40,000 roadside drug tests for speed, ecstasy and cannabis last financial year and issued 1500 fines for drug driving.
Dr Ogden's study found 508 drivers were affected by alcohol and 96 per cent were responsible for their collision. More than 900 drivers were unaffected by alcohol or drugs and 45 per cent were responsible for their collision.
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Discussion in 'Star Trek: Enterprise' started by Melakon, Feb 6, 2013.
Believe me, it was torturous watching it three or four times for the review.
I think Acquisition is an enjoyable romp.. you get the Ferengi who are one of my favorite races and you get Trip in his underwear. You get evidence of Starfleet's bad book keeping too. I have no problem with the Ferengi being, well, anywhere because we've seen the lengths they will go to attain profit, even wanting to remain marooned 70 light years away from their home to keep the profit coming.
Oasis shocked me that they used Rene to retell a story he was already in. A typical Trek story whose rehash was made worse because of rehashing the actual actor.
This is why I tend to single out Berman regarding Enterprise's weak spots. He was alongside Roddenberry at the beginning of TNG, and should have been aware of putting a high profile guest in a less than mediocre episode. He deserves credit for keeping the franchise running as long as he did, but he just wasn't a writer. And he wasn't a critical enough of a producer to recognize when his own stories were crap.
1:21 - Detained
TV Blurb: Sam leaps into a starship captain trapped in a concentration camp, and his interrogator looks just like Al.
Archer and Mayweather are imprisoned "for their own protection" with Suliban inmates who are not part of the Cabal. Teleplay by Mike Sussman & Phyllis Strong; Story by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. Directed by David Livingston.
I never watched Quantum Leap as the premise didn't interest me, so I miss the nostalgia aspect of this episode. But by the time of Enterprise, I already knew of Scott Bakula and particularly guest Dean Stockwell's work through other productions. I had seen some of Stockwell's films from when he was a child, like The Green Years, The Boy With Green Hair, The Happy Years, and from his later tv and film work, including an especially memorable performance crooning into a worklamp in Blue Velvet. So even as a non QL fan, it's fun to see these two guys working together.
Travis gets some good scenes involving racism and prejudice mostly in scenes with Vorta vet Christopher Shea as a pessimistic Suliban prisoner. Another Vorta vet, Dennis Christopher, becomes Archer's Suliban ally in planning an escape. David Kagen is effective as the sadistic guard that usually shows up in prison movies.
The story draws attention to the internment of Japanese-Americans into euphemistic relocation camps during WWII. This event was so glossed over in American history texts when I was in high school (late 1960s), it was a genuine shock to me when I saw the 1976 television film "Farewell to Manzanar". Mike Sussman is on record (at Memory Alpha) as not fully comfortable with the morality play aspect of the episode, and I understand his concerns. But if news of Manzanar surprised me 30 years after the fact, I think it's a story that needs to be told and must be told, so that all of us remember.
Next: Vox Sola
1:22 - Vox Sola
TV Blurb: Hoshi has another translating Fail, Travis is a better diplomat than Archer, Trip and Archer get all wrapped up in the problem of the week.
An alien lifeform stowaway takes over the cargo bay, engulfing members of the crew, as Hoshi tries to find a way to communicate with it. Teleplay by Fred Dekker; Story by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga & Fred Dekker. Directed by Roxann Dawson.
Another ship show, with minimal extra sets but a lot of CGI work, stage dressing, and actor costumes representing the creature. There are a few creepy moments in the cargo bay scenes, though the story mostly deals with Hoshi, T'Pol, Reed, and Phlox searching for solutions after Archer and Trip are incapacitated. Travis gets only one or two good scenes.
Connor Trinneer does a good job of writhing in agony.
Breezy plays Porthos.
The episode is slow and ponderous to watch with few real highlights. The text commentary by Mike & Denise Okuda points out a glaring weakness in the plot during the teaser, regarding how the creature manages to get aboard.
Next: "Fallen Hero"
1:23 - Fallen Hero
TV Blurb: T'Pol talks sex, Tucker goes Hawaiian, Hoshi goes without.
A planetary government expels a Vulcan diplomat, and Enterprise is ordered to get her to a safe location. Teleplay by Alan Cross; Story by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga & Chris Black. Directed by Patrick Norris.
Trekvet Fionnula Flanagan appears as V'Lar, one of T'Pol's personal heroes. Flanagan had previously appeared as Curzon Dax's bedroom alibi, and as Data's "mother".
I was a little disappointed with this one due to the story's primary focus on the guest star. Flanagan does a terrific job as usual though, with V'Lar's behavior surprising everyone including T'Pol. There are a few scenes for the regular characters, with T'Pol being one of the linchpins.
I'm somewhat surprised that Hoshi is asked to make a sacrifice that T'Pol didn't consider doing herself, in terms of offering her quarters for V'Lar's use. It's especially troubling due to T'Pol's reaction after the quarters have been vacated. She's like a little martinet (martinette?) bossing everyone around to be on their best behavior.
There's a nice look at a Vulcan combat cruiser, the Sh'Raan. Sh'Raan. Shran. With four writers, can't they be more imaginative?!
On a "historical" note, the Vulcan salute first appears.
Next: "Desert Crossing"
It was a good episode. V'Lar seems mostly free of Evil Vulcan Syndrome. She should've been Ambassador to Earth instead of Soval really. It's... logical... to respect the local customs about politeness isn't it?
As for the Vulcan ship? Good catch though. I'm sure Shran would tell you they named the ship after him because he's so awesome.
As for the Vulcan Salute? That was used right away when they landed on Earth and met Cochrane so... no "first" there.
Well, I meant first time in the series. Mea culpa. Mea Culpa would be a good name for an actress.
V'Lar kind of annoyed me most of the time. She failed to ring my older women bells.
I think maybe I did like Flanagan's earlier appearances better.
1:24 - Desert Crossing
TV Blurb: Archer and Trip take off their shirts and play some games, getting hot and sweaty.
Archer finds his reputation precedes him when charismatic tribal leader Zobral invites him to his camp, but doesn't reveal his motives until after arrival. Teleplay by Andre Bormanis; Story by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga & Andre Bormanis. Directed by David Straiton.
A good character study of Archer and Tucker's friendship. For beefcake fans, there's a shirts vs. skins game similar to lacrosse.
Due to the desert setting, costuming, and Zobral's agenda, it's easy to interpret his situation as similar to the political environment in the Middle East. I hope the story is more complicated than that, and that I'm missing something.
I was pleased to see guest star Clancy Brown, I've been a fan of his work since the early days of his career.
Next: "Two Days and Two Nights"
I always got the impression this episode was written on the premise of... what can we do to have Archer and Tucker nearly naked for the whole episode?
Yeah, that's probably it. Enterprise rarely did any shows with real subtext, everything's right on the surface.
One of the many things I liked about Desert Crossing was the theme of unintended consequences, held over from Detained. Nice to know that at least some of the Suliban escaped and survived to tell the story of Archer's assistance.
i liked that too. something that crops up within enterprise from time to time. the point i see beyond yeah the semi naked archer and trip good ness.
though one wonder where the cautionary trip went in a later episode. they really didnt have time to learn what was really going on with the conflict.
I would have liked to see Clancy Brown return as that guy, just to see whether he was captured or victorious, and if it changed him.
1:25 - Two Days and Two Nights
TV Blurb: Archer gets prone, Hoshi gets lucky, Trip and Malcolm get screwed.
Enterprise finally reaches Risa, the crew take shore leave, but not everyone they meet is what they seem. Teleplay by Chris Black; Story by Rick Berman & Brannon Braga. Directed by Michael Dorn.
An interesting series of character vignettes with romance, comedy, and drama, impressively directed by Michael Dorn.
Even Porthos gets to be more than a live prop.
Dey Young guest stars, and I always liked when they cast women near Scott Bakula's own age as Archer's romantic possibilities, rather than people twenty years younger.
This was Kellie Waymire's final appearance in Star Trek, and she gets a nice scene with T'Pol and Cutler trying to wake a hibernating Phlox.
Jolene Blalock after blowing a take, from the bloopers.
Next: "Shockwave"
Desert Crossing looked fantastic, so at least there's that.
Actually I'd say Two Days and Two Nights was the best of all the Risa episodes. Not that any of the previous ones set a particularly high bar, but this didn't try to be something it wasn't. It was just goofy fun with the fish out of water element.
It felt like Hoshi's boyfriend had probably used his routine hundreds of times, and Hoshi knows it, but the scenes are done so well that you never dislike the guy.
The place looked decent and not like some kind of swinger's club from a crappy movie. Definitely the best Risa ep.
It also cracks me up that they have a Chinese Crested as an alien dog. And T'Pol's light reading gift to Archer,
And Phlox!
I, too, liked Archer getting a female possible romantic interest who was actually within spitting distance of Bakula's age. What a concept - a woman with a line or two on her face who was, I dunno, sexy.
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From pizza maker to PGA champ, Popovic caps his unbelievable rise
THERE wasn't so much as an inkling that this would happen. The closest thing to a premonition of Daniel Popovic's extraordinary week at the Australian PGA Championship was that he was clubbing his drives in the final round of last week's Open.
''Off the tee, I think he missed one tee shot [at the Australian Open]. He's just fixed up his iron play a little bit. Simple,'' said a dejected yet sporting Rod Pampling, the unfortunate yin to Popovic's yang in a storybook final round at Coolum.
Popovic, a 26-year-old from Lower Templestowe, in Melbourne's outer suburbs, arrived on the Sunshine Coast as a 400-1 roughie virtually no one had heard of.
He left with the Kirkwood Cup, $225,000 in his back pocket, took phone calls from Greg Norman and delivered one of the most emotional and memorable victories in the past 20 years of Australian golf.
Popovic led from start to finish, laying down the challenge with a first-round 64 before ducking the various kitchen sinks hurled in his direction from the cream of Australian golf, as well as British Open winner Darren Clarke.
Everyone waited for his inevitable tumble down the leaderboard. And waited. Popovic was the feel-good story that kept on giving. The only way was up.
When he holed out for par on the 18th green, after Pampling had found the water in cavalier pursuit of an SOS birdie, he dared look at the scoreboard for the first time all week.
It showed him at 16 under, four shots clear of Anthony Brown and the experienced Pampling, who birdied the first six holes to head Popovic by the end of the front nine, only to falter on the run home.
''Unbelievable, just unbelievable,'' Popovic said. ''There are no words to explain how good it sounds … 2013 is going to be completely different from what I had planned two weeks ago.''
To say Popovic came from the clouds would be to vastly underplay the extent of his anonymity. The case against his winning at Coolum was overwhelming. He was a combined 38 over in his 12 previous tournaments, undercutting his decent cards with wild blowouts; he was No.1251 in the world; he spent part of his early 20s spinning road signs and making pizzas as he tried to pay for his golfing dreams; he battled bulging discs and broken wrists.
And he had put his career on hold for his father, Radi, who watched his son's victory unfold from Melbourne as he fights an incurable form of bone cancer that, along with a perilous fear of flying, kept him from witnessing the dream first hand.
Radi introduced his son to golf and was his constant muse as he kept the field at bay in the PGA. Even when Pampling was sinking birdies like he was buttering toast, Popovic kept his head, conjuring remarkable self-assurance for a man with so little on which to draw.
''For him [Radi], it's going to be everything. He said he's so proud of me. So did my mum [Mila]. I cannot wait to give him a big bear hug. I don't know what to say. He's going to be so happy. We're going to have a pretty good party when I get back,'' Popovic said.
''[I thought of him] all the time. That is the difference, because of my father. That is why I am so confident and do back myself and do push myself on the golf course now.''
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Officials say an inmate at Pelican [Bay] State Prison is under investigation for the death of his cellmate.
Officials at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced Tuesday that they believe 41-year-old David Martinez killed his cellmate, 51-year-old James Lambert. Lambert was found unconscious in his cell on April 19, and died on May 1.
Lambert was serving a 41-years-to-life third-strike sentence from Los Angeles County for assault with force.
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Our new house bunny, Hercules, (whom I've been discussing in the health care section) seems shy of our stairs. I never thought about it, until he approached, trying to follow me, and happily hopped onto the first one, then jumped back down. I'd rather he stay downstairs of course. lol But, can rabbits effectively climb stairs? Thanks.
Trigger and Oreo Cookie, two of our therapy bunnies, always climb steps. We have to keep the doors of our hallway closed or else they will run all the way up to the third floor!
My bunny from childhood, Elliot, used to run up/down the stairs w/ the dogs. I don't think he understood that he was a bunny.
Jessica stays put in the livingroom. That's just fine b/c there's too many nooks and crannies throughout the house that she may get lost in.
One of my buns, Booboo flies up the stairs! we had to get a special gate to stop her, and everyday without fail she goes to the gate and rattles it to see if theres a chance she can get up the stairs. If we do allow her to go up (when we're with her) she loves it, and will go up and down, up and down, until we tell her she has to go down, then she goes to the bottom step and tries to sneak up past us!!
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Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by kirk55555, Jul 30, 2012.
I had forgotten. Some of the wilder plot twists have fallen right out of my head!
Spoiler: Farscape
Exactly. He got sucked down a wormhole that happened to lead to Earth in "Unrealized Reality", only actually landed in the next episode because he discovered he'd arrived in the past and was afraid he may have altered the future by doing so (and he had, so he tried to fix it) and by the time he made it back to present-day, Moya had already been spotted and boarded by several humans, including his own father. Crichton even admits that going to Earth was an accident, and it doesn't seem like he spends more than a few days there.
As for the reputation of the episode, it's always been my understanding that it is well liked. My friends and I appreciate it, and on this website it is ranked 17th out of 90 for the whole series, and that's pretty damn high. This review also seems quite positive on the whole.
Dissenting opinions are welcome, of course, but I'm not seeing how they are the consensus here.
As most people on here currently debating what sounds like a fairly major plot point of Farscape with no end in sight, I think it's fairly obvious that the OP should choose B5.
I don't know. That depends on how much plot matters to you. There's also character, setting, mood, humor, visuals, music, dialogue . . . .
If plot was all that mattered, then reading a synopsis would be the same as watching the show!
^^^Correct. I value coherent plots and themes a lot, but the first time around the very original visuals and music and the Crichtonisms, and most of all, the shameless gusto in the series still made it an enthralling experience. I was shocked at how unwatchable I found it the second time. I didn't expect that at all. If you read the last coded plot point recapped, you'll see what I mean by plotting problems. But that sort of thing sure makes a strong first impression. It's just when you start to think about it...
As to the popularity of the Earth episode, it didn't get any praise on any of the bbs I looked at when it first aired. The sources cited probably give a better picture of its real popularity beyond the self selected sample of contemporaneous posters.
The episode also has a 9.6/10 with 194 reviews on TV.com. I also thought it was pretty good.
Honestly, I find this surprising. Farscape is a show I re-watch at least once a year. I've probably seen it at least a dozen times all the way through, and it never gets old. Most of the plots actually make more sense than you realize. The first half of Season 4 is full of tiny moments and explanations that I missed the first time around, and it's one of the reasons that it went from being my least favorite season when I first watched it to my favorite season of the entire show.
I've found it nigh impossible to rewatch Farscape, but then it's hard for me to finish rewatching B5 as well. For that matter for me aynway, it's hard to rewatch many of the '90s shows that I used to watch. On the other hand though I have little problem rewatching classic Doctor Who.
The episodes "Kasas" and "Terra Firma" both ended up becoming the name of two of the more popular Farscape fan forums around. Kansas shut down a while back due to some issues, but Terra Firma is still up and running. Ironically enough, there's a fairly recent discussion that went on about both episodes with favorable opinions of them.
I got Farscape yesterday. I've watched the first two episodes so far. I think I'll use this thread to post about my experiences with both shows. first, I'll compare the first episodes of B5 and farscape.
Farscape ("Premiere") - This had an interesting beginning. I'm not sure if slingshoting around the earth would actually make something go so fast, but its a sci-fi show, so you accept stuff like that. The show's theme song is a bit annoying, but that doesn't matter. I like Crichton. He has some funny lines (little yellow balls of light ) and he seems like an interesting character. The puppets took a little getting used to, but I like them. The effects are pretty good. Not mind blowing, but enjoyable (not that effects are super important to me, but its always nice for them to be good). The main ship looks cool, and I like the concept of a living ship. The Peacekeepers seem a little bland as an evil empire, and the revenge plot with the leader isn't anything new, but they play their role well. I like the characters. I'm interested to see how they develop and learn more about them. I enjoyed this episode.
Babylon 5 ("Midnight on the Firing Line") - I've mentioned what I thought of this before, so I'll just add a little bit. The effects/sets are not great, even compared to other shows of the time period it was on, but as long as the story is good bad effects can be ignored, and the story was interesting. I didn't see The Gathering, but I don't think I missed much. I wasn't confused during the episode. I may not know some of the back story, but I'm sure I'll be informed as the series goes on. The characters were interesting, and I liked the tone of the show, serious and, it seemed to me, somewhat dramatic, which seemed to fit it. I'm interested in seeing what comes next.
I liked both episodes, but so far I think I have to give the edge to Farscape. It just seems like a fun show.
I also watched the second Farscape episode, (I, E.T.). It was pretty good. I liked the concept, and I liked that we get more time with the characters and get some character development. Even the child actor wasn't horrible, and traditionally I dislike episodes of TV series that have a focus on child actors (not that he was really a focus, but he didn't annoy me). A solid episode.
Sorry for the double post, but I watched a few more Farscape episodes over the weekend.
Exodus from Genesis - This was a good episode.
Spoiler: the episode
The space bugs were interesting. I liked how you learn that the bigs weren't actually agressive, and that if John hadn't killed one, they wouldn't have tried fighting the crew. It was interesting to learn about some of the differences between Aeryn's race and humans. Overall, I enjoyed the episode.
Throne for a Loss - I liked this episode, and I'm starting to enjoy Rygel more as a character.
Spoiler: the episode
Rygel gets the ship and himself into trouble in this episode, but I like that, even though he acts like what he is, a spoiled monarch, he is resourceful and can get himself out of danger, he's not exactly helpless. Rygel's prisonmate in this episode had a great look, even if the character turned out to be a bit of a jerk. Aeryn/John's interactions in this episode were great, especially when she knocked him out. The wristband was a cool idea, seeing aeryn and D'Argo become agressive jerks, but John not really changing that much, was interesting. I didn't really know where Zhaan's plotline was going in the beginning, but it turned out well, with the guy going back to the wristband and the drug, even though she had spent so much time trying to rid him of his addiction. Another solid episode.
I expect B5 to come within a few days, so I'll post about its episodes when I get it. I'll probably split my viewing time evenly between B5 and farscape.
I enjoyed both shows.
Which is fine, since I was being semi-facetious anyway.
Ooh, Farscape commenting time!
OK, firstly, the puppets and special effects in general look ridiculously better in the third and fourth seasons, and the second has a firmer grip on things, too. But really, I think you'll be quite pleasantly surprised with the overall production value of the series going into its second half. There's a big leap between years two and three, and for the life of me I've never gotten around to asking anyone why. The show was never exactly a breakaway hit ratings-wise, so I dunno.
As for the theme song, it's so ingrained into me that I can't imagine disliking it, but I have a long history with the show! That said, I'll spoil for you that the theme song changes in the third year (there we go with big alterations again) and Crichton's narration changes every year, too, which is neat. Anyway, point is, I think the second theme is loads better, and sounds much crisper and higher-quality to boot.
If you liked "I, ET", I think you're in for a real treat with the show. Many consider that a pretty bad ep overall, and a really weak one to show as the second hour of the series, and I agree with them. But I do think it has some saving graces. Aeryn and D'Argo in a tree (thankfully, not K-I-S-S-I-N-G?) was great stuff in particular, I thought.
"Exodus from Genesis" is really good for the first half of the first season, which is certainly the weakest run in the show. (Which is always nice, because it means brighter pastures are ahead of ya!) The space bugs are actually kinda cool, and seeing someone so down-to-Earth (except not...) as Crichton handling sci-fi tropes is really fun.
"Throne For A Loss" is also solid stuff for its era. Rygel comes into his own in this ep, although I think the writers still struggled with him a little for several more episodes. Many would disagree with me, and I respect that -- I think they wrote him well for what he's presented as, but he's just not all that deep, yet. Yes, believe it or not, even Rygel gets deep!
As for B5, I guess you didn't miss too much without "The Gathering", and seeing all the cast changes is kinda odd, anyway. I'll try to remember to point something nifty out about a certain character's arrival on the station later on, though, as she'll in fact be familiar to all those who watched the pilot!
Yeah, I, ET was kind of weak, but I thought the concept was done well enough. Its probably my least favorite episode so far, but I still liked it. I just watched another episode today.
Back and Back and Back to the Future - The concept of repeating a future event has been done several times (like in ST:TNG's great "Cause and Effect" episode) but I liked how this episode did it.
Spoiler: the episode
Just haviong Crichton experience the future was interesting. I also liked how they manage to trick you near the end into thinking he's actually doing something, and then revealing it was just an extra long future vision. Overall a solid episode.
I think "Back and Back and Back to the Future" is my least favorite episode from the first season, but it does establish something that will become important later...
Having Crichton as the perspective so much especially early on really helps sell the idea that this is sort of an average human dude from 1999, who is, granted, quite intelligent and very genre-savvy, but otherwise, no bells and whistles. And he's surrounded by the other end of the galaxy, literally and figuratively.
Yep - caught snarking !
TBH I'm glad you called me on it. I'm now thinking I may have to give Farscape another go. It's not like there's a lot of new none Earth based Sci-fi to watch is there ?
Thank God It's Friday, Again - I didn't really like this episode, although its hard for me to be specific. It had some good moments, I liked Pilot and aeryn's scene, but overall its my least favorite episode. The white skinned woman with red eyes really annoyed me with the way she talked and acted. The story as a whole had an ok concept, but it just didn't feel quite right to me. This wasn't a horrible episode, but I didn't really enjoy it.
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With his personal interest in the economics of sports and his education in business, topped off by his Slovenian heritage, Clarkson University School of Business Instructor Gasper Sekelj is the perfect choice to share his perspective on the impact of the Sochi Olympics.
On Feb. 20, he'll be a member of a panel discussion sponsored by the Alexander Hamilton Society at St. Lawrence University. He and fellow panelists Howard Eissenstat of St. Lawrence and Jakub Grygiel of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies will each have a few minutes to talk about the economic, cultural and security impact that Sochi faces as a result of the Olympics.
The discussion is open to the public and begins at 7 p.m. in Hepburn Auditorium on the St. Lawrence campus. A question-and-answer period will follow the talk.
"The class I teach is economics and finance, but I have an ongoing interest in the economics of sports, and sports at the level we are discussing is a business. Micro economics and macro economics apply," Sekelj says.
For the Feb. 20 discussion, Eissenstat will talk about history of the Caucasus region and the foundations of Islamic influences, while Grygiel will look further into security issues and talk about Russia on the global scene.
"These Olympics are filled with all kinds of issues about Russia, politics and security, so advance publicity has focused on those topics. Now that the games have started, the leading stories are about the athletes, not the hotels," Sekelj notes. "The last winter Olympics were in Vancouver, where people were used to Western comforts. Now the games are in Russia. They do things differently."
That cultural difference plays out on an economic level as well because unlike Vancouver or other cities that hosted the Olympics, Sochi requires new infrastructure -- hotels, stadiums, etc.
"Sochi will see a very short-term bump in economic activity, with a lot of jobs being created, so hosting the Olympics is typically economically beneficial in the short term. The Olympics also create a big boost in promoting a specific country or region. They're good for PR and marketing, especially if they go without a problem," Sekelj notes. "The Olympics now are costing well in excess of $50 billion, compared to approximately $3 billion for the Vancouver games, so the Russians are potentially taking on a lot of long-term debt. The majority of venues already existed in Vancouver. In Sochi, they have to do it from scratch so it's expensive."
Also worrisome, there won't likely be a need for the hotels and huge sports venues after the Olympics, he said. Athens faced a similar situation regarding the summer games it hosted.
"They built 24 structures and now I think 21 of them are abandoned. They just don't have the need for facilities of this size," Sekelj says.
As a sports fan, he's watching the games every chance he can. Sekelj is a former hockey player for Clarkson, and his father played on the Olympic hockey team for the former Yugoslavia in 1984. Slovenia became an independent country in 1991, so Sochi is the first time, since then, that his homeland has qualified for the Olympic hockey tournament. (Slovenia has competed in all of the Olympics since independence; however Sochi is the first time they are competing in hockey.)
"With a population of only 2 million, it's a big accomplishment to have a team in the games," he says. "I'll be watching Slovenia's first game -- against the Russians."
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Astros did right thing in dealing Pence
By Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com
Ed Wade did the right thing. The easy thing? Negative. The popular thing? Lord, no. But the right thing? Absolutely. This is a message delivered conceptually, of course. Nobody ... not Wade, not the scouts and certainly not me ... can tell you with any sort of certainty that Jarred Cosart and Jonathan Singleton will be stars and that Astros fans will one day look back on what transpired Friday night -- the night franchise face Hunter Pence was shipped to the Phillies for Cosart, Singleton, Josh Zeid and a player to be named later -- as the birth of better days. Maybe this package, from A to Zeid, will someday rest alongside the likes of Grady Sizemore-Cliff Lee-Brandon Phillips for Bartolo Colon or Elvis Andrus-Neftali Feliz-Matt Harrison-Jarrod Saltalamacchia for Mark Teixeira or, dare I say, Jeff Bagwell for Larry Andersen and be remembered as a Trade Deadline triumph. Or maybe it'll be more like Carlos Beltran for Mark Teahen, John Buck and Mike Wood and rest alongside the Trade Deadline duds. If we're playing the percentages, bet on something somewhere in the middle. But without access to the aftermath, all we can do in the present tense is critique the concept, rate the rationale. And if you read my previous thoughts on the Pence trade proposition, you know where I come out on this one. Moving Pence now -- emotionally difficult as it might be -- is the right move.
It's the right move because the Astros are on pace to obliterate the franchise loss record, with even fifth place in the National League Central looking like a rumor.It's the right move because their top three farm teams are more than 50 combined games under .500, an indication of the talent level therein. It's the right move because Pence, due two more years of arbitration, is probably going to command upward of $25 million over the course of 2012-13 -- a time when the Astros ought to be going young and cheap. It's the right move because sometimes in sports, as in life, the hardest thing is the right thing. In no way am I dismissing the emotion involved here. Because even in an abysmal season for his team, Pence represents so much that's good about the game. He won't be outworked or outhustled, and he got to the big leagues through good, old-fashioned Texas grit. But Pence is at his peak, both in terms of his age and his value in the trade market. Wade, whose own standing with this organization is tenuous given the pending ownership transition, was rightfully opportunistic at a time when Pence's value will never be higher. Perhaps Pence is, indeed, the right-handed power bat Phillies manager Charlie Manuel has been craving since Spring Training. The thought of Pence rounding out a lineup that supports the most dangerous starting staff in the game is obviously an appetizing one for the Philly faithful. Yet Pence, even in the midst of his best season in the big leagues, has his faults, to be sure. He has an .882 OPS at Minute Maid Park, but just a .768 OPS away from it. His .356 on-base percentage and .471 slugging percentage are solid, but not what you'd consider elite. Pence looks best in perspective. He was clearly the rose of a thorny lineup, for one, and that adds to his appeal to Astros fans. As for opposing GMs, well, in an era of pitching prominence, at a time when right-handed power is at a premium and at a Trade Deadline with little in the way of impact talent, a guy like Pence -- especially given the status of his contractual control -- stands out. The Astros suddenly had a hot commodity on their hands, and there was no sake in letting sentimentality getting in the way of good business. Now, did Wade get enough for Pence? Way too soon to tell. And it'll be too soon to tell for a long, long while. Trades of this nature take at least several years to evaluate, sometimes more. And considering the two principle pieces in this deal are both in Class A ball, the jury's going to be in deliberations for the foreseeable future. All we can say for sure is that in Cosart and Singleton, the Astros hauled in the most highly rated prospects in the Philadelphia system -- a system Wade and company are obviously familiar with thanks to the Roy Oswalt negotiations a year ago and the Brad Lidge trade two and a half years before that. The Lidge trade netted Michael Bourn, who might well be the next asset sent packing for prospects. The Oswalt trade brought in J.A. Happ, Minor League shortstop Jonathan Villar and center fielder Anthony Gose, who was then flipped to the Blue Jays for Brett Wallace. The early returns on that series of swaps are hardly overwhelming, but, again, it's best to judge these things over time. For now, Astros fans, the best advice at this juncture is to read about Cosart's electric stuff and Singleton's projectable power and hope for the best, but, naturally, be patient with the process. The Astros are smart to be acknowledging not only their place in the standings this season, but their realistic contention hopes in 2012. They were right to dangle Pence at a time when his trade value is at its peak and his production is getting them nowhere. Wade did the right thing, conceptually. Here's hoping the results are as strong as the reasoning.
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