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B-17 Down: Not Many Left
When a link to that video of the Liberty Foundation's B-17 blazing away in a field near Aurora, Illinois arrived yesterday, I immediately suffered that sinking feeling that all of us have when seeing a crash that could involve loss of life. Happily, that wasn't the case. But my relief was short-lived when I realized this accident may revive a debate that waxes and wanes: Should we really be flying these historical treasures or should they hang in museums for posterity?
My answer is an unconditional yes, we should fly them. Or I should say the people who own them should fly them, if that's their wont. I didn't always feel that way. Up until a few years ago, like other people I've talked to, I was a waffler on the subject. Yes, it's good for people to see and hear these airplanes in action, but they really are irreplaceable treasures, especially the B-17, of which only about a dozen are in airworthy condition.
What changed my mind was watching the Collings Foundation's B-17 and B-24 arrive at Venice a few years ago on one of their yearly tours. They came as a two-flight and the effect that had on the bystanders clinging to the airport fence was electrifying. It was possible to look up and imagine what a 1000-bomber raid must have sounded like, a spectacle never to be repeated. When they taxied in, brakes squealing and engines farting, you could, without much effort, place yourself at one of the Eighth Air Force's East Anglian hardstands in 1943. You don't get the same thrill at the Air and Space Museum.
The tradeoff is the risk and it's not trivial. These airplanes were never intended to remain in service this long and when they were in service, they were attended by all the considerable care the U.S. military could muster. By mid-World War II, the parts supply chain alone was astonishing. But no more. The owners of these airplanes have to be resourceful, persistent and clever to keep them airworthy and the cost can be staggering. The payoff is that people can see and hear them fly and, in the case of the Collings airplanes, actually ride in them.
Unfortunately, we will lose one from time to time and that's the risk that the owners who fly them and the people who ride in them have to understand. No one should sugar coat this. Like everything else in aviation, it just goes with the territory. I don't buy the argument that the owners and associations who operate these airplanes somehow have a higher duty to posterity to preserve them and the rest of us have a vote in that. We don't.
I can only hope that the operators of these airplanes take the appropriate precautions, but that's up to them, not me. There are plenty of worthy examples safely tucked into museums and as long as there are, we're not in danger of losing the last extant airplane of any of these types. It's sad to lose one, that's for sure, but it would be far sadder still to never see one fly again.
P.M. Wednesday addition: UK reader Mark Jarrett kindly sent me these photos of Eighth Air Force base sites near his home in East Anglia.


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Nineteen-year-old Whit Conrad leaves her conservative Pennsylvania home for sunny California, looking for independence, a fresh start, and a place to stash her grief. She promptly finds a job at a tattoo parlor, a craptastic first apartment, and one friend - Ryan - who is a little less friend, a little more benefits.
Deo Beckett is a soulful surfer with a passion for tattoos and beautiful women. On the eve of his twenty-second birthday, he finds himself living with his grandfather, recently unemployed, and seriously adrift. He doesn't know much about what he wants out of life, but he does know his current situation isn't cutting it. When Deo meets Whit, she's all sexy makeup and fierce, smart-ass fun.
It doesn't take him long to see past her tough shell. And when he gets a good look at what's under all the superficial stuff that usually gets his attention, it leaves Deo wondering if there might be more to life than living fast and free. Too bad Whit has a past she doesn't plan on sharing - no matter how hot Deo is. She might want him, but she knows better than to let her guard down.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION CASE NO.: 55 2008 CA 002604 55 CITIMORTGAGE, INC., PLAINTIFF, VS. AJAY A. JOSHI, ET AL., DEFENDANT(S). NOTICE OF ACTION CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE TO: AJAY A. JOSHI AND MONICA A. JOSHI whose residence is unknown if he/she/they be living and if he/she/they be dead, the unknown defendants who may be spouses, heirs, devisees, grantees, assignees, lienors, creditors, trustees, and all parties claiming an interest by, through, under or against the Defendants, who are not known to be dead or alive, and all parties having or claiming to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the mortgage being foreclosed herein. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following property: LOT 447, JULINGTON CREEK PLANTATION PARCEL 57, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN MAP 47, PAGES 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, AND 55, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA. has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on DAVID J. STERN, ESQ. Plaintiff's attorney, whose address is 900 South Pine Island Road #400, Plantation, FL 33324-3920 on or before April 27, 2009, , (no later than 30 days from the date of the first publication of this notice of action) and file the original with the clerk of this court either before service on Plaintiff's attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint or petition filed herein. WITNESS my hand and the seal of this Court at ST. JOHNS County, this 17th day of March, 2009. Cheryl Strickland Clerk of the Circuit Court By Melissa Dukes Deputy Clerk In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), if you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the Court Administration Office at (904) 827-5617, 4010 Lewis Speedway, St. Augustine, Florida 32084. If you are voice impaired, call 1-800-955-8770. L896-9 March 23, 30, 2009
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Goes Gold
EA has sent word that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has gone gold and is scheduled for release on November 8, 2005 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Nintendo DS, GBA, and PC. Not to be left out, a PSP version of the game will hit stores in a couple of weeks. In case you were living under a rock, the game is being released in conjunction (albeit a little earlier) with the 4th movie in the series.
The Goblet of fire features characters based on the actors in the films for the first time. Another first for the series sees Harry, Ron, and Remione all playable. There's even cooperative play included for all you luck devils with friends.
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Manchester Police and Fire Logs: Jan. 20-26
Jan 20:
12:01 Responded to a false residential alarm on the West Road.
Jan 21:
02:51 Responded to Middle Ridge Road, Stratton to assist the Winhall Police Department.
03:37 Responded to Horace Road for a reported intoxicated male.
10:28 Responded to Virgil Road for a reported juvenile problem.
12:31 Responded to Flintlock Road for a false residential alarm.
15:06 Responded to Haines Manor for a juvenile male reported to be out of control.
Jan 22:
10:14 Received a request for a welfare check on a male from Eagle Rise Road.
11:00 Received a report of a theft of recyclables from a Side Road residence.
11:20 Received a report of an ongoing parking problem on Elm Street.
13:00 Received a delayed report of a property damage accident.
13:15 Investigated a burglary on Richville Road.
Jan 23:
00:42 Responded to a commercial false alarm at Kate Spade on Depot Street.
06:51 Received a report of a stolen truck from Upper Road, located, arrest warrant applied for.
08:51 Investigated a minor crash on Main Street by 5103 Main Street.
09:20 Received a report of a burglary at 278 Airport Road.
16:50 A subject reported that someone has accessed his debit card and used it in Texas.
20:21 Responded to a report of threatening by an ex boyfriend at Earth, Sky, Time.
Jan 24:
09:05 Responded to a custody disagreement on Town Shed Road.
10:15 Assisted with a vehicle lockout on Depot Street.
10:21 Responded to an animal noise complaint on Benson Road.
14:51 Received a report of unsafe operation of a vehicle on Seminary Avenue.
17:38 Assisted the Vermont State Police at a residential alarm on Dorset West Road.
18:20 Began an investigation into a report of an assault and an attempted sexual assault.
Jan 25:
02:22 Assisted the Winhall Police Department on Upper Taylor Hill Road with the arrest of two males, both for DUI and both for possession of marijuana.
06:29 Received a report of a possible burglary to a Depot Street business.
07:48 Received a report of a burglary overnight at the Gourmet Deli on Main Street.
10:51 A subject reported that someone had used her credit card in Pennsylvania.
11:06 Received a report of a dispute between two former roommates claiming each stole from the other on Homer Road.
15:11 Received another report of a debit card being hacked, this time used in Texas.
15:50 Received yet another report of a credit card being used, this time in South Carolina; the FBI has been notified about all of these cards being used.
17:18 Responded to a false residential alarm on Three Maple Drive.
18:43 Responded to a false commercial alarm at Northeastern Fine Jewelry.
Jan 26:
18:55 Received a report of a parking lot crash at Wood Fired Pizza on Main Street.
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Performer of the Game: Cards slugger Pujols
First baseman racks up three homers, five hits, six RBIs
By Anthony DiComo / MLB.com
He heard that Pujols became just the third player in history to hit three home runs in a World Series game, joining Babe Ruth and Reggie Jackson with his performance in Game 3. He heard that Pujols tied a World Series record with five hits, matched another with six RBIs, eclipsed one with 14 total bases and set still another with hits in four consecutive innings.
"I've had about an hour to put it in perspective," Holliday said afterward. "It's pretty good."
It is, all understatement aside, perhaps the greatest individual offensive performance in World Series history. With three home runs and five hits, Pujols added to his own considerable legend, crushing Rangers pitching in pacing a 16-run onslaught. He did things that have never before been done.
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"I didn't walk into the ballpark today thinking that I was going to have a night like this," Pujols said. "I walked to the ballpark with the attitude that I have every day."
He walked afterward trailed by cameramen and boom microphones, shuffling to his personal press conference in socks and shower sandals. Almost mortal, to the naked eye. And yet what Pujols did in Game 3 was less mortal than cartoonish.
His first home run threatened to short-circuit the same speakers that later caught Holliday's ear. Hit off Alexi Ogando, the blast struck the facing of Rangers Ballpark's club level, nearly putting Pujols in Mark McGwire's company as one of two opposing players ever to reach that porch.
His second shot flew to center field. His third, back to left. And with that, Pujols joined Ruth in 1926 and 1928 and Jackson in 1977 as the only players to hit three home runs in a single World Series game.
Those games have already assumed their places in baseball history. There is reason to believe that Saturday's will receive similar treatment.
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"That's something I'm going to be able to tell my kids and grandkids," Cardinals reliever Lance Lynn said. "That I actually witnessed that in person."
As accomplished as Pujols already was given his standing as one of the greatest right-handed hitters -- if not the greatest right-handed hitter -- of all time, his career perhaps lacked a defining moment. October had never been a problem for Pujols, who carried the Cardinals to the pennant in 2004 and steadied them to a world championship in 2006. But outside of his mammoth home run off Astros closer Brad Lidge in Game 5 of the 2005 National League Championship Series, Pujols' postseason achievements lacked definition on a stage as grand as this.
No longer. Until Saturday, no player had ever recorded four hits, two home runs, and five RBIs in one World Series game. Pujols amassed five, three and six, respectively.
Now, the centerpiece of his career is clear. Find a more defining moment than the ninth inning Saturday: Pujols crossing home plate, slowing his trot, his silver necklace jangling with every step, his feet stopping, his index fingers pointing to the sky, his teammates good-naturedly refusing to speak to him in the dugout, both understanding and hardly grasping the gravity of it all.
It is entirely possible, several Cardinals said afterward, that they had just witnessed the greatest night in the career of the greatest teammate they will ever have.
Well-oiled machine
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"He's a better hitter than Babe Ruth and Reggie Jackson, and there's no doubt about it," Lance Berkman said. "I'm dead serious. Babe Ruth, as great as he is, played in an all-white league. There were no Latino players, it was a diluted talent pool, guys didn't throw as hard. We're talking about the best athletes that there have ever been in the sport, the best talent pool that there's ever been, and he's doing it. He's the greatest."
"He's the best player in the game," Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz said. "If anybody is going to do that, it's him."
Afterward, Rangers manager Ron Washington admitted that he may shy away from pitching to Pujols going forward if he can help it -- and who could blame him? By the time Pujols came to bat in the ninth inning Saturday, the Cardinals were so far ahead that he considered asking manager Tony La Russa to pinch-hit for him.
"It's not about me," Pujols kept saying afterward, and yet it was. In the clubhouse, teammates yelled out his name without prompting, without Pujols even in earshot. They gushed about his achievements.
"It's deserving," Holliday said. "It fits. This guy's a once-in-a-generation type player. It almost seems like it should happen that way. He should do something in a World Series like this."
Universally flowed the praise, merely two days the national media vilified Pujols for not addressing his key error in Game 2. Debates have raged on both sides of that issue, and yet years from now, few will remember that Pujols did not speak publicly following Game 2. All will remember what he accomplished in Game 3.
La Russa, who has won two World Series and managed each of the first baseman's 11 big league seasons, struggled when asked whether it was the greatest single performance of Pujols' career.
"I mean, this is ..." La Russa said. He stopped.
"Yeah, I'd say it's ..." He stopped again.
"Well, I think the best thing to do is you make that statement and ask somebody, 'OK, show me one that was better,'" La Russa finally mustered. "I think it would be hard to do."
In that sense, Pujols redefined not only baseball's history, but his own.
"Hopefully at the end of my career I can look back and say, 'Wow, what a game it was in Game 3 in 2011,'" Pujols said. "But as of right now, it's great to get this win and just move on."
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Frog Bladders Hold Surprises
Australia's desert frogs are famously able to store up large amounts of water in their bladder to last them through the drought. But now researchers from Charles Darwin University in the Northern Territory have found that frog bladders can hold another, even more bizarre surprise.
Chris Tracy and colleagues report in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters that frogs have a unique way of dealing with foreign objects that become lodged in their bodies: They store and even expel them from the bladder.
After finding that frogs implanted with radio transmitters in the field became mysteriously separated from the devices, the researchers implanted small beads into the body cavities of tree frogs and cane toads to see what would happen.
Within nine days, all the tree frogs had expelled the beads completely from the body via their bladder, while the beads in the cane toads had migrated to the bladder and stayed there.
"The bladder of frogs appears to be a unique pathway of expulsion of foreign objects from the body," says Tracy.
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however what i don't understand where does the wage loss come in at?? As well as i can't go back to the same career ( i was a nurse ) i am on ssdi and ssi . I want to settle completely out medical and all but the amount isn't anywhere near
what i thought and the amount of the msa is 6 figures i was told i can self admin this account and could use part of the
money is long as i replace it though not sure about that?? My injuries are bi-lateral rotator cuff . 6 surgeries also
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Also i am on pain managment and still need surgery. So for a c & r what would be a good amount to settle everything out??? Pm me for the amount they offered me didn't want to post the award amount form the commissioner . Also if anyone else has settled there case and have done a medicare set aside can you tell me about how much they gave you??/
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Beating the heat isn�t just for humans.
Beating the heat isn�t just for humans.
As the peak of the summer season continues, canine companions and other pets can also be at risk of exposure to high temperatures.
Heat stroke and illness are a concern for dogs and pets that become overheated. And what may feel like comfortable temperatures to people may be dangerous to their dog, said Dino Einsig, supervisor for Onslow County Animal Services.
�They�ll retain heat a lot quicker than us,� he said.
While there was a break from sweltering 90-degree days this week, the hot days of summer aren�t over.
Einsig said the animal shelter controls temperatures at around 75 degrees and keeps the animals supplied fresh water and takes precautions to keep them cool throughout the year.
Pet owners are encouraged to take steps at home and when leaving their pets outdoors.
�On hot days, if they really should be outside, they should have shelter, shade and enough fresh water for them to drink,� he said.
Area animal control officials and pet advocacy groups also advise against leaving pets unattended in cars.
While in many cases a pet owner intends no harm, they say it takes only minutes for a vehicle, even with the windows left open, to become dangerously hot.
�On a warm day, even with the windows cracked, the temperature inside a car can get to 100 to 105 degrees pretty fast,� Einsig said.
He said they have been fortunate this summer to not have any cases of dogs harmed by being left in cars. In many cases, police officers are able to locate owners and resolve the situation before having to call animal control.
But in neighboring Carteret County, there have been at least two cases of animal cruelty charges recently against pet owners whose dogs were left in hot cars.
According to the Carteret County Health Department, which includes the county�s animal control office, said animal control officers have responded to three calls in recent weeks of dogs left in cars. In one case a dog died and in another, the pet owner is accused of repeated offenses.
Vanessa Nolon of Beaufort faces a felony cruelty to animal charges for the dog that died. She has a July 18 court date, according to court records.
In the second case, April Nicole Smith, 31, of Greenville has an Aug. 12 court date in Carteret County for misdemeanor animal cruelty after her female pit bull was removed from a parked car June 25 in Atlantic Beach after someone passing by noticed the dog left unattended and contacted police.
Atlantic Beach Deputy Chief Jeff Harvey said animal control officers were called and the dog removed from the car after attempts by police officers to locate the dog�s owner.
�The dog was in pretty bad shape and real lethargic,� Harvey said.
Smith was charged when she called police after returning to the car and finding her dog missing. Smith also has an upcoming court date in Pitt County on charges of animal cruelty after leaving the same dog unattended in a car in Greenville on July 2, according to media reports.
Harvey said they don�t always see such severe cases, but they do receive a number of reports of dogs left in cars. More often, he said, they find well-intentioned pet owners who come off the beach and leave their dog in the car while they run inside a store to buy a bottle of water for them and their dog.
While well-intentioned, it is not recommended.
According to the Humane Society of the United States, temperatures in a car can rise rapidly to dangerous levels even with the car running and air conditioner on.
On an 85-degree day, for example, the temperature inside a car with the windows opened slightly can reach 102 degrees within 10 minutes. After 30 minutes, the temperature will reach 120 degrees, according to safety tips provided on its web site.
The organization said it�s also important to watch the humidity and limit exercise on hot days.
If the humidity gets too high, it can be more difficult for pets to cool themselves.
Limit exercise on hot days to early morning or late evening and always carry water. Walk on grass if possible as hot asphalt can burn paws.
Even inside, there are tips to keep in mind.
Fans, for instance, don�t necessarily cool pets effectively as pets respond differently to heat than humans, the Humane Society said. Dogs, sweat primarily through their feet.


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Derek Jeter was back, and the New York Yankees felt a whole lot better.
But Jeter left the game early because of a tight right quadriceps, giving fans a whole new reason to worry despite his long-awaited return and a win over the Royals. Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Jeter will be sent for a test and that he thinks the Yankees captain will be ready to play Friday night.
Jeter singled on his first pitch of the season, scored a run and went 1 for 4 with an RBI groundout in his return from a nine-month layoff to help the Yanks beat the Royals 8-4 Thursday for a four-game series split.
Andy Pettitte (7-6) settled down after another shaky first inning to win consecutive starts for the first time since April, and Lyle Overbay hit a go-ahead, two-run single in a four-run fifth against Ervin Santana (5-6) as New York overcame a 3-0 deficit.
Jeter was the designated hitter and batted second in his first big league game since he broke his left ankle during the AL championship series opener Oct. 13. He said after the initial injury he would return by opening day, then fractured the ankle again in April during his rehabilitation and missed the first 91 games of the season.
New York cut short the 39-year-old shortstop's rehabilitation assignment in the minor leagues after just four games following injuries Wednesday night to Travis Hafner and Brett Gardner.
Jeter turned on a 95 mph fastball in the first and sent a three-hopper up the third-base line that fell from Miguel Tejada's throwing hand. Jeter didn't acknowledge the crowd of 40,381, which chanted "De-rek Je-ter! De-rek Je-ter!" as he ran up the line well past first base, then returned to the bag.
Jeter's ankle got more tests when he raced to third on Robinson Cano's single up the middle and came home without a throw on Vernon Wells' sacrifice fly to right.
The Yankees' all-time hits leader grounded out in the second and again in the fifth, when second baseman Johnny Giavotella made a diving stop to prevent an RBI single. Jeter hit a sharp grounder to shortstop with the infield in during the sixth. Alcides Escobar bobbled the ball as Luis Cruz scored from third, and Jeter was thrown out as he jogged up the first-base line.
Jeter had not been introduced at Yankee Stadium by Bob Sheppard's recording in 271 days, since he sprawled onto his stomach while trying to field Jhonny Peralta's 12th-inning grounder up the middle, immobile on the infield dirt and yelled out in pain. He hobbled off the field on his good ankle, one arm draped around manager Joe Girardi and the other around trainer Steve Donahue.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman made the decision to bring back Jeter when he was driving home after New York's 8-1 win Wednesday's and spoke with Jeter by phone. Jeter went 1 for 9 in his tuneup at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, including 0 for 3 with a throwing error during seven innings Wednesday night.
"I think it's easy to say that you would expect with his age and a double break that I think he'd lose a step or two or half a step, but I think he's moving extremely well from what I'm told," Cashman said.
Girardi said Jeter is likely to start at shortstop for Friday's series opener against Minnesota.
"I think Derek would run himself out there the next 70 games if it was up to him," Girardi said. "I mean, that's just who he is. He expects to play every day. So from that standpoint I think we have to guard against rushing him back too much, and we have to pick days off, and we have to pick DH days. In the perfect world, you have a month of spring training, but this has not been a perfect world around here this year."


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CUNA Books Madeline Albright for 2014 GAC
Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright will deliver the keynote address at CUNA's 2014 Governmental Affairs Conference in Washington.
"Albright has made countless contributions to the nation's international presence as secretary of state and in her other roles. Her remarkable story and experience will make an impact on the GAC stage," CUNA President/CEO Bill Cheney said in a press release on Monday.
Albright is currently a Georgetown University School of Foreign Service professor in the practice of diplomacy. She is also chair of Albright Stonebridge Group and Albright Capital Management LLC.
She served as the first female U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations under President Bill Clinton, wrote five New York Times best sellers, and received the U.S. Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in 2012.
CUNA's GAC conference will take place from Feb. 23-27 in Washington. The conference "gathers more than 4,000 credit union decision-makers in the nation's capital to hear from influential leaders and guide the credit union movement in building and maintaining America's trust," said CUNA's release.


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Sugar Shout Out October 31, 2011
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION No. CA04-67-55 Wachovia Bank, NA, as Trustee, PLAINTIFF vs. Mellissa Williams a/k/a Mellissa Williams, et al., DEFENDANTS. NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to that Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated March 31, 2004, and entered in civil case number CA04-67-55, of the Circuit Court of the 7th Judicial Circuit in and for St. Johns County, Florida, wherein WACHOVIA BANK, NA., AS TRUSTEE, is Plaintiff and Mellissa Williams a/k/a Mellissa Williams; Russell E. Thomas; Performance General Contractors of Florida, Inc.; Khorsow Taymouri; Unknown person(s) in possession of the subject real property, is/are Defendant(s), I will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash on the front steps of the St. Johns County Courthouse, St. Johns County, Florida, at 12:00 NOON on the 4th day of May, 2004, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment, to wit: IN THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE, THE EAST ONE HUNDRED (100) FEET OF LOT 3, BLOCK 9, GREENO TRACT, AS PER MAP OF CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE, AS RECORDED IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA. Dated the 1st day of April, 2004. CHERYL STRICKLAND CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT By Amy B. Mulligan Deputy Clerk In accordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceedings should contact the individual or agency sending notice not later than seven days prior to the proceeding at the address given on this notice. Telephone: (904) 819-3652; 1-800-955-8771 (TDD) or 1-800-955- 8770(V), via Florida Relay Service. L786-4 Apr 6, 13, 2004
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One of the frequent names that comes up in Razzball comments is Luis Scola.┬ĀHis 13 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists line is fairly on par with the season (12.7/7.0/1.7) and his career (14.4/7.7/1.9). He has 5 years in the NBA and is 32 years old.Please, blog, may I have some more?
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For those of you following my Nikola Vucevic┬Āsaga (for some reason), I was able to reclaim him off waivers. It took $5 of my $11 waiver wire dollars, but it was worth it, as I┬Āfound out I beat out at least one other claim.Please, blog, may I have some more?
With a dazzling 17 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, Nicolas Batum showed why he is the darling of the fantasy community. He also seems to be out of his recent "funk," averaging 19 1/2 points, 10 boards and 1 1/2 blocks in the past 2 games.Please, blog, may I have some more?
Orlando may contain the happiest place on earth (a meth den a mile from Interstate 4), but for the Magic, the season has been a little less than magical. Nevertheless, fans took some joy last night when the team flew into L.A.Please, blog, may I have some more?
Kris Humphries┬Ā(3/4/0 with 2 blocks) fouled Kevin Garnett (16/10/1) somewhat hard (his flopping made it look worse than it was). Rajon Rondo (6/1/3 with 2 steals) took exception to the contact, and since NBA players are mature, emotionally well-adjusted individuals, a brawl ensued, resulting in the ejection of Humpy and Rondo.Please, blog, may I have some more?
One thing I absolutely hate, I mean really despise, is when teams relocate. I think it's a giant middle finger to fans and a blemish on the legacy of the team. That also leads to bizarre team names, like the Lakers in L.A.Please, blog, may I have some more?
As mentioned earlier today,┬ĀAmar'e Stoudemire┬Āwill be back whenever he gets back. There is no time table for his return. I don't expect to see him start appearing on the waiver wire, although in shallow leagues there's no reason to have him on your roster.Please, blog, may I have some more?
It's that time of year when everything is predictable. You'll hear that Adam Sandler song as the token musical nod to Chanukah amidst an endless sea of long dead crooners and sentimal pop. Plastic nativities with blinking lights will adorn lawns like stars dotting the night sky.Please, blog, may I have some more?
The Pacers had an incredible night. Paul George scored 37 points, including 9 from downtown – yes, that's NINE – and threw in 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Roy Hibbert was unimpressed with George's performance, and decided to go with a very unusual triple double.Please, blog, may I have some more?
Arguably, steals are the most difficult stat to obtain. You'd think solid defense would lead to more takeaway opportunities, but this is a shooting league, so maybe there is no solid defense. Anyway, this is a look at the seven (eligible) players with the best steals ratios with under 50% ownership.Please, blog, may I have some more?


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Torre won't hesitate to call on Broxton
LA manager confident in closer, but 'pen options also scarce
By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
"Last night was last night," Broxton said before Tuesday's workout, having suffered the blown save and possibly the blown series in the Dodgers' 5-4 loss to the Phillies Monday night in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series.
"It's over. It's done. You come back tomorrow."
And manager Joe Torre said if the situation presents itself, he'll be handing the ball to Broxton on Wednesday night to close out a win when another loss means elimination.
Torre said he spoke to Broxton twice, once Monday night after the loss and again before Tuesday's workout.
"He didn't say much," said Torre. "All I could say to him was, 'You're going to get the ball tomorrow night.' Enough said."
Tom Niedenfuer knows how Broxton must feel. He not only served up Jack Clark's infamous home run that eliminated the Dodgers in Game 6 of the 1985 NLCS, but also Ozzie Smith's walk-off blast in the bottom of the ninth of Game 5 that year.
"It's even worse when it's the last game of the season," said Niedenfuer, who would know. "The best thing that could happen is he goes out tomorrow and is dominating in a 1-2-3 save like he did all year. It's just too bad. Relief pitching in the playoffs, everyone focuses on it. But guys in the clubhouse and the manager know there are a lot of pivotal points in a game. Everything adds up.
"Dennis Eckersley [who served up Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series walk-off homer] said it in the pregame show -- one pitch can ruin a whole year for a reliever. As successful as you are, you mess up at the wrong time and everything is magnified."
When it comes to postseason closers, Torre is the most spoiled manager in the game, having had Mariano Rivera for virtually his entire 12-year tenure in the Bronx. So Torre knows the highs, and now he knows the lows.
"In that role," he said, "there's no gray. Either you succeed or you fail. There's no in-between that you did alright. I think he's alright. The toughest part is, you don't know until he gets [the ball] again."
Broxton's ninth inning ended with Jimmy Rollins' two-run walk-off double. The real head-scratchers were what preceded it -- a four-pitch walk to a struggling Matt Stairs and a pitch that hit Carlos Ruiz when catcher Russell Martin was set up outside.
"It looked like he was trying to be too perfect, too careful with Stairs," said Torre, who conceded that Stairs' homer off Broxton in last year's NLCS was probably "in his memory bank."
"With his stuff," Torre said, "he shouldn't worry about anybody."
Then Broxton hit Ruiz.
"That was probably more than the Stairs walk, it certainly was something he could have done without," Torre said. "That one brought up the top of the order."
Sticking with Broxton is part confidence building, and part no realistic alternative. Although George Sherrill had a 0.65 ERA in 30 regular season appearances after his acquisition, he's still trying to work through a mechanical flaw that has resulted in his allowing eight baserunners in his last 2 1/3 playoff innings.
"That's his M.O.," said Torre. "He puts you on a tightrope. [Hitting coach Jeff] Pentland was with him in Seattle. He always does that but always gets the job done."
Sherrill got two outs in the eighth inning of Game 4, but also issued a walk and hit batter, forcing Torre to go to Broxton for a four-out save. He was 7-for-7 in those situations during the season.
"It's coming," Sherrill said of his mechanics, "but we're running out of time."
If there was one department coming into the series that the Dodgers seemed to have an advantage, it was relief pitching. The Dodgers finished the regular season with the lowest bullpen ERA (3.14) in the league and lowest opponents batting average (228), while the Phillies ranked ninth in ERA (3.91) and seventh in opponents average (.246).
And the Phillies have turned that into a big so-what.
"It's a different situation," Shane Victorino said of the postseason. "I'm not saying that you just flip a switch and I'll do better in the postseason, but I think preparing differently, being in the position we were in last year, helps the bullpen's confidence.
"Look at [closer Brad] Lidge. Everybody questioned him and questioned him. He's been absolutely what everybody expected him not to be. I expected him to do what he's done. That's why we brought him here. He's been great. Chan Ho [Park] was hurt and didn't pitch the last series, all of a sudden came out and shoved it."
Ken Gurnick 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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The big break needed for Blacksburg, VA's railroad hopes came with the Great Coal Strike of 1902 in Pennsylvania. William J. Payne and his associates in Richmond had become persuaded of the good prospects in coal at Price and Brush mountains.
They, in turn, persuaded men they knew within disgruntled coal and coal railroad management in the Wilkes Barre-Scranton anthracite fields. Soon both capital and expertise came to non-union Virginia through the efforts of L.S.Randolph, president of Brush Mountain Coal Company, and Payne, who became the driving force of two new sibling companies.
The first of these was the Virginia Anthracite Coal and Railway Company (VAC & Ry. Co. or VAC&R), chartered by Virginia's General Assembly on April 2, 1902. The very next day, the Virginia Anthracite Coal and Railway Company bought the already graded railroad right-of-way and other preliminary work at Price Mountain on Brush Mountain Coal Company land for $169,500.
Nine months later, on January 8, 1903, in Richmond, the Virginia Anthracite Coal Company (VAC Co. or VAC) also received its charter. This company took over the building and operating of the Merrimac Mines from the BMCC, which returned to landlord status, charging royalties on VAC Co. coal profits. Randolph's VAC Co. owned 87 percent of the stock of his VAC & Ry. Co.
Meantime, on July 3, 1901, in Blacksburg, word was received that a horseless buggy, the first to be seen in the town, was approaching from Christiansburg. About forty cars were registered in the state at that time, and one of them was coming to Blacksburg! In the bigger cities of Virginia, most people had seen automobiles, although few had actually ridden in one.
But in Blacksburg, where less than two years earlier the town council had voted to allow cows to roam at large in town provided they were dehorned, Main Street was lined with excited observers eager to see a spectacle pass by.
In April 1902, the same month as the birth of the Virginia Anthracite Coal and Railway Company, the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors voted to postpone for three months any discussion of the proposed "Blacksburg Rock Road." In other words, Blacksburgers' wails for better transportation were beginning to be acknowledged by the county, albeit with dragging feet. Early talks about macadamizing the Blacksburg Road had begun.
Railroad building was hardly going any faster. It took seven months merely to buy and go to court over the necessary right-of-way. Building finally commenced in mid-November 1902. Five months later, when the tracks were laid all the way to the Merrimac Mines, construction ceased. Building a large mining operation and a railroad at the same time was straining the resources of the sibling companies. Meantime, the April 8, 1903, issue of the Roanoke Times reported, "The long talked of macadamized road from Christiansburg [to Blacksburg] is an assured thing now as the $20,000 bonds are about ready to be floated, and as soon as that is done the work will be let to contract at once."
But by this time, Blacksburg's citizens needed convincing. Town council had long petitioned the county to no avail, and various companies had, for fifty years, promised-then failed-to produce a railroad. The town's people would believe in transportation when they saw it. In the spring of 1904, The Virginia Tech, a campus newspaper, mockingly commented that "a line of flying machines" had a better chance of fulfilling Blacksburg's transportation needs than a macadamized road or any of the several promised railroads.
Meanwhile, at a time before radio, when entertainment beyond the homegrown was meager in the area, the biggest show around was just a buggy ride away: the building of the mining community at Merrimac Mines. The soil there is preferred by plants of the heath family, such as the wild-growing lowbush blueberry Vaccinium, which had become gloriously profuse in the new sunshine along the stalled railroad's right-of-way and up the stripped mountainsides at Merrimac Mines. These "huckleberries" rapidly gained a wide reputation for the most delicious of pies, cobblers, and jams. It became popular in the summer to buggy out to the site, see how the building was coming along, and pick the berries.
Newspapers called the stalled railroad "the Christiansburg-Blacksburg Railroad" or "the Virginia Anthracite Line." But after several summers of berry picking, the railroad became connected in people's minds to the famous "huckleberries." This was certainly true of the junior faculty members at the local college who wrote and edited The Virginia Tech in those years before the students did. For in May 1904, when the good news was announced that the railroad building would resume after all, one such writer could assume that his readership would know just what he meant when, in that time of such great railroad empires as the "Gould system" and the "Harriman system," his news item read, "It appears that the 'Huckleberry System' will certainly extend their line into Blacksburg."
Sure enough, it happened. The tracks were laid in Blacksburg by September 7. Blacksburg celebrated the opening of its railroad on September 15, 1904. "Only those who are compelled to travel the nine miles of almost impassable mountain road during the cold, bleak, dreary winter months can fully appreciate what the opening of this new road means," said several newspapers.
Six days later, students arriving for the 1904-05 school year joined in the appreciative cheers for the new service. "Everywhere 'tis the same story, praises of the 'Huckleberry.' . . . Why, we are two hours closer to Christiansburg," reported the first issue of The Virginia Tech that school year. It was an exciting, promising time for Blacksburg and the region.
Source: A Special Place for 200 Years, Chapter 7, "Blacksburg Transported: From Wagons to Jet Planes, " by Patricia S. Neumann, 1998 by the Town of Blacksburg, Virginia.


text: On behalf of Doug Brott and myself, I'd like to thank everyone for their participation in the first two iterations of the HR20 WISH LIST. As you may know, DirecTV looks at this list, and has actually implemented several items from it! Version 3 of the WISH LIST survey may be found here: TAKE THE WISH LIST SURVEY As WISH LIST veterans will note, items in v3 have been regrouped into categories to make things a bit more manageable. I've consolidated similar requests, merged "Missing Promised Features" into their functional categories and eliminated some past items that scored low. If one of your favorite items is no longer on the list, have no fear... we'll discuss it in this thread. If appropriate, it will find it's way back onto the list, along with any other promising new ideas. I want to be very cautious about adding new items to the list, to prevent it from growing to overwhelming proportions. When I'm unsure an idea belongs on it, I will solicit your feedback before I decide to add it. NOTE: Before bringing a new idea over to the WISH LIST thread, it's often helpful if you run a separate poll/discussion thread on it first. The voting options have been changed to more fairly represent suggestions that are desired by a small % of users, but the majority may not care about. An example would be "Ability to remotely control more than two HR20/21's in the same room via IR." There are now only three voting options for each item: THUMBS UP, or "I would defintely use this feature, if implemented!" NEUTRAL, or "I might use this feature, but I don't mind it being there for others." THUMBS DOWN, or "I hate this idea. It will change the way I use my HR20 in a negative way." Before you vote a THUMBS DOWN, please be sure the request isn't just for an optional change! If an item gets a high enough % of THUMBS DOWN, it will be removed from the list on the basis that if it's inconvenient to a high-enough % of the user base, it shouldn't be there at all. You will need to be a registered SizeThis.com user to complete the WISH LIST, v3 survey. Don't worry! Doug Brott, our technical guru, has reworked the registration process to make it quick and painless. If you haven't already registered at SizeThis.com, please do so here. As in the past, I will try to update the list weekly. You may vote as often as you like, and change your votes at any time. Your old votes will be retained, so during each visit you'll only have to vote on suggestions added since your last "save". These will be identified with a blue "Value" field on the survey page. Our goal should be to send DirecTV the clearest message possible of what HR20 changes or improvements we'd like to see. To that end, I look forward to hearing your opinions of the WISH LIST, v3, and to a collegial exchange of ideas and ongoing discussion. "You can't always get what you want. But if you try sometimes, well you just might find you get what you need." - THE ROLLING STONES


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Big debate tonight.
Huge TV audience and lots at stake.
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A little more than a month and it will all be over - at least the campaigning.
Social media been buzzing since lunchtime. Debate parties have become the new Super Bowl parties. That says a lot!


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About the only "good" thing you can say about the Associated Press's coverage of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania judge Mark Ciavarella is that they have been consistent. That is, the wire service, led by reporter Michael Rubinkam, up to and including today , has consistently and disgracefully failed to tag the infamous "Kids for Cash" jurist and his judicial colleague in crime Michael Conahan as a Democrat. The consistent failure is all the more unforgivable because, as shown here , one the earliest AP reports on the topic clearly stated that "Both are Democrats." Shortly thereafter, the sentence disappeared. Since then, to my knowledge ( shown here and here ), in the 2-1/2 years since the story first broke, no AP report on what the it has described as "one of the most shocking cases of courtroom graft on record" has tagged either judge as a Democrat. What follows are excerpts from Rubinkam's report on Ciavarella's sentencing. Those who are unfamiliar with the case should brace themselves for the scope of the cruelty inflicted on juvenile first-time and light offenders: Pa. judge gets 28 years in 'kids for cash' case A longtime northeastern Pennsylvania judge was ordered to spend nearly three decades in prison for his role in a massive juvenile justice bribery scandal that prompted the state's high court to toss thousands of convictions. Former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. was sentenced Thursday to 28 years in federal prison for taking $1 million in bribes from the builder of a pair of juvenile detention centers in a case that became known as "kids for cash." … In the wake of the scandal, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court tossed about 4,000 convictions issued by Ciavarella between 2003 and 2008, saying he violated the constitutional rights of the juveniles, including the right to legal counsel and the right to intelligently enter a plea. Ciavarella, 61, was tried and convicted of racketeering charges earlier this year. His attorneys had asked for a "reasonable" sentence in court papers, saying, in effect, that he'd already been punished enough. "The media attention to this matter has exceeded coverage given to many and almost all capital murders, and despite protestation, he will forever be unjustly branded as the 'Kids for Cash' judge," their sentencing memo said. … Ciavarella, speaking before the sentence was handed down, apologized to the community and to those juveniles that appeared before him in his court. "I blame no one but myself for what happened," he said, and then denied he had ever incarcerated any juveniles in exchange for money. … Federal prosecutors accused Ciavarella and a second judge, Michael Conahan, of taking more than $2 million in bribes from the builder of the PA Child Care and Western PA Child Care detention centers and extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars from the facilities' co-owner. Ciavarella, known for his harsh and autocratic courtroom demeanor, filled the beds of the private lockups with children as young as 10, many of them first-time offenders convicted of petty theft and other minor crimes. Short of doing things to him that would themselves be illegal and therefore out of bounds, I don't see how this man or his colleague can ever be "punished enough." That the AP has been "successful" in its party-ID coverup is pretty clear. An August 10-11 Google News search done at 12:40 PM ET today on Ciavarella's last name (sorted by date with duplicates) returned 590 items (the first page says it's 615 , but it's really 590 . The number will likely grow throughout the next couple days, as the sentence story is only about 2 hours old. An identically designed search done at the same time on "Ciavarella Democrat" (not in quotes) came back empty . Don't try to tell me the judicial pair's party affiliation is irrelevant. There's little doubt that a pair of Republican judges engaged in such a pervasive, corrupt, and cruel conspiracy would have been properly tagged as GOP members all along. And besides, as noted earlier, AP did the right thing in its earliest report(s), and then stopped. The burden of proof is on AP, especially in light of its clear policy on party identification which would dictate that it should have been happening all along, as to why it didn't. "Because we could" is not an answer. Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com .
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SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Sen. Charles Schumer on Friday placed what could be the most important order in the 140-year history of the Saratoga Spring Water Co.
New York's senior senator announced the company's iconic blue-bottled sparkling water will be served throughout Capitol Hill during next year's presidential inauguration ceremonies, on Jan. 21.
The beverage will be available during the swearing-in ceremonies and the inaugural luncheon, which has a guest list that includes the president, vice president, cabinet members and Congressional leaders.
Some 232 dignitaries will fill the Capitol's Statuary Hall for the luncheon, said Schumer, chairman of the 2013 Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. The bipartisan committee is tasked with choosing food, beverage and entertainment options for the ceremonies, regardless of who is sworn in.
Schumer made the announcement after touring the company's Geyser Road bottling plant, saying it is the first time the bottled beverage will make an appearance at a presidential inauguration. The company was founded in 1872, when Ulysses S. Grant was president, and has seen
26 presidential regime changes.
Saratoga Spring Water Co. President and CEO Adam Madkour, who was only notified of the distinction Wednesday, called the news one of the most historic moments in company history.
"We're very hopeful that the exposure will give us a significant bump in sales," Madkour said.
The company's water is collected from a spring on-site and pumped through an underground line into the bottling plant. From there, it goes through a treatment process and the water is carbonated before the finished product is pumped into the company's signature blue bottles, with "Saratoga" in script across the front.
"There's an added benefit," Schumer said. "Not only does it benefit the spring water itself or the company, but it helps Saratoga County. It helps the racetrack. It helps anything with the name "Saratoga."
The plant can produce "hundreds of thousands of bottles a day," Madkour said, though actual production is based on demand.
The company has 22 employees, he added, plus a nationwide network of distributors.
Madkour said a good percentage of the company's sales are done in New York, while most of its business is focused on the east coast. There is a desire, though, to expand to the western United States.
The water is sold in 37 states and some Carribean resorts, Madkour said, and the company began shipping to China about three years ago.


text: Actually, I only posted one photo of the left side throttle body - the photo of the exterior. The interior photos, showing the left throttle plate from front and rear views, those weren't posted because they were pretty much the same before and after conditions as the right TB. On both left and right TBs, the throttle plate is much more carbonized on the front side of the throttle plate, the side that faces the cylinder. Not really surprising since that's where the gas gets ignited. The side facing the rear, towards the air box has much less buildup.


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Chinese slow down would hurt African growth
A slowing Chinese economy may weaken demand for Africa's raw materials, damaging a key driver of growth for the world's poorest continent, said Mthuli Ncube, chief economist of the African Development Bank.
"What could be a big surprise factor in Africa's economic growth is China," Ncube said by phone from Tunis yesterday. "If the slowdown in China reduces its demand for oil, copper and base metals, the question is how much will that impact on commodity prices. That could really hurt Africa."
China's commodity demand has helped propel economic growth in sub-Saharan African nations including Zambia, the region's biggest copper exporter, Nigeria, the continent's largest oil producer, and Congo and Gabon, which both produce timber. Economic growth in the region is forecast to accelerate to 5.5 per cent in 2013 from about 5 per cent this year, Ncube said.
China in 2010 consumed one-fifth of global non-renewable energy resources, 23 per cent of major crops and 40 per cent of metals, after increasing its market share "sharply" over the past decade, according to the International Monetary Fund.
While China's expansion cooled to a three-year low of 7.4 per cent in the third quarter, gages of manufacturing and retail sales have pointed to a recovery. Growth will probably pick up to 7.7 per cent this quarter and 7.9 per cent in the three months through March 2013, according to a Bloomberg survey.
European crisis
Africa is also withstanding Europe's debt crisis, though governments are failing to ensure the growing wealth reduces poverty, Ncube said. North Africa is seeing rising oil production and strong economic policies in East and West Africa are helping buoy growth there, while South Africa, the continent's largest economy, is facing challenges from mining- labor unrest, Ncube said.
The financial upheaval in Europe is creating an opportunity for African nations to sway Chinese investors to redirect their exports and investment, said Ncube.
"If China is looking for new markets for its exports then Africa could benefit, the same for investment," he said.
Trade between Africa and China is currently worth $166 billion after growing 30 per cent in 2011 and 25 per cent in the first half of this year, according to Jeremy Stevens, a Beijing- based economist at Standard Bank Group, Africa's biggest lender.
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Johan expects all to be 'normal' this season
Lefty hopes uneventful Spring Training becomes productive campaign
By Anthony DiComo / MLB.com
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Dressed in flamboyant shades of blue and orange, a slick pair of sunglasses wrapped around his head, Johan Santana was conspicuous as usual on Tuesday as he began to throw his routine long-toss session. Yet it turned out to be just that -- routine. About a half-dozen spectators stepped outside to watch. Most lost interest halfway through.
Contrast that to last spring, when throngs surrounded Santana every time he approached a mound. The left-hander needed only to step into a room to command full attention.
But this -- this was quiet.
"I'm expecting everything to be normal," Santana said. "There's no question about it."
Normal may be a relative term, considering all the two-time American League Cy Young Award winner has done to reach this point. Surgery on his left shoulder and more than a year's worth of rehab exploded into last spring's spectacle, which included daily concern over his health.
Though the Mets insisted at the time that everything was, well, normal, Santana admitted on Tuesday that the team had always planned to shut him down at some point during the summer. A nagging ankle injury and inflammation in his lower back finally prompted the club to do so in August, when it placed him on the disabled list somewhat against his will.
"It ended up in a way that I didn't want it to," he said. "But at the same time, I knew at that point I needed a rest.
"I didn't want to stop. I wanted to pitch, but then they put me on the DL and I wanted to come back from the DL. At that point, they said that that was enough. And enough was enough."
It was hardly the ending that Santana envisioned on the night of June 1, when he leapt off the mound, having delivered the first no-hitter in franchise history. At that moment, Santana was 3-2 with a 2.38 ERA and more than three times as many strikeouts as walks, a leading candidate to make the National League All-Star team.
But he also threw a career-high 134 pitches that evening, which may or may not have contributed to what happened next -- multiple injuries and an 8.27 ERA through the end of the season, including a 15.63 mark over his final five starts.
To this day, Santana swears that the 134 pitches had nothing to do with it. But how can anyone know for sure? He admitted himself that on the doorstep of his 34th birthday, "Just because I've been around a while doesn't mean I know everything."
Here's another thing Santana does not know -- what comes next. For now, he will follow his normal Spring Training progression, which included Tuesday's throwing session off flat ground. But he will not set goals, such as 30 starts or 200 innings.
He also will not consider what may happen at season's end, when the final guaranteed year on his contract expires. Though the Mets hold a $25 million option for 2014, they are certain to exercise Santana's $5.5 million buyout instead, making the left-hander a free agent for the first time in his career -- assuming they do not trade him first.
Either way, flamboyant shades of blue and orange may no longer be his to wear.
"That's something I don't think about right now," he said. "I'm worried about getting ready for the future and how it goes. Time will tell. I don't know what exactly is going to happen with me in the future, but as of right now, I'm just focused on getting ready for Spring Training and getting ready for the season. And as the season progresses, we'll see how everything goes."
If nothing else, the Mets have confidence in their former ace. Manager Terry Collins is prepared to make Santana his Opening Day starter, assuming he is healthy come April 1. Everyone around Port St. Lucie envisions him at least approaching 200 innings, knowing that the rotation and bullpen may be in trouble if he does not.
"Johan's the ultimate pro," Collins said. "The rest did him good. For the first time in three years, he doesn't have to rehab something every single day.
"Right now, as I sit here and I think about Johan Santana and where he fits, if he's the guy we know he can be, we're going to look up and he's going to have 190 or 200 innings, and give us a chance to win games as he always does every year of his career. That's how good he feels."
Santana could still represent his native Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic, though he is not currently on the roster. Insurance hurdles may be too great to overcome given his injury history, and he will ultimately defer to the Mets if they ask him not to play.
He is more interested in the regular season, and what lies beyond.
"I'm more about my health than anything," Santana said. "I just want to make sure I play throughout the whole season and help as much as I can. What's going to happen in the future, I don't know. I've just got to stay healthy and see what the future will bring."
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Many families are out of their homes after Jacksonville's code inspectors went in and shut down portions of a troubled apartment complex Tuesday.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and the city of Jacksonville on Tuesday morning sent their Drug Abatement Response Team to Shannon Ridge Apartments in the 5100 block of Shenandoah Avenuea in Northwest Jacksonville.
Eight of 19 buildings and a total of 63 apartment units were condemned. There were 36 households seeking temporary assistance from the city after being displaced.
Inspectors went into apartments to inspect the structural code of each unit. They didn't have warrants, so they had to receive permission from residents.
"(Inspectors) simply knock on the door. If (residents) want to let them in, they let them in. If not, we go on to the next apartment," JSO spokeswoman Melissa Bujeda said.
The issues inspectors were looking for included things like exposed wires and cracked walls.
"They got the health inspector or whatever that is with them, and they're just checking apartments, checking for leaks and cracks and all of that kind of stuff," one tenant said.
Tenants said they had no warning. Many people like Tyesha Williams had only hours to move all her stuff.
"We have to stay in a shelter," Williams said. "That's my main concern. I have kids. We have kids. You know what I'm saying? When they get out of school, how are we suppose to explain that to them?"
"They don't give a crap about us ," said Joshua Johnson. "People got kids out here, they shut the lights off. Some of us went grocery shopping yesterday, their food is going to waste. I have three kids, then they tell me a shelter."
A few residents showed up at a shelter set up by Red Cross Monday night. The Red Cross set up cots and made restrooms available for those who needed a place to stay.
The Red Cross said it doesn't typically get involved in similar cases.
"We were asked to cooperate with the city. We were happy to do it," said Red Cross representative Evelyn Penney.
Many people chose not to use the shelter because they didn't feel it was a safe place despite on-duty police stationed outside the building.
Chante Minnis' minister offered her a new home. Minnis said the short moving notice means she will have to take off time from work and her children will miss school Wednesday so the family can move.
"We have to make multiple trips -- getting a U-haul was out of the question," said Minnis. "My children are very young and they don't know what's going on. My son came home from school and said, 'Mommy, why are we packing up?'"
The city said the apartments have been a problem for years. The Sheriff's Office said last year it received nearly 600 calls about the complex. Of those calls, 123 were for disputes, 38 for noise complaints, 20 for suspicious people and 18 for discharging firearms.
Monica Kohn went to help her 47-year-old uncle move out by the 5 p.m. deadline.
"I just feel awful for the other people out here, though, especially with the small kids, you know?" Kohn said. "There are some people complaining about, they just paid their rent yesterday, so what are those families going to do? That's the sad part about it. You know, they don't have any more money."
"What do I do with my belongings? I'm scared to leave it in," Williams said. "If somebody sees the apartment vacated, they might come in and take everything, and I'm going to have to start over. It's kind of between a rock and a hard place."
Two people were arrested Tuesday at the complex on outstanding warrants.
DART inspections can often end in the condemnation of an apartment complex, forcing it to shut down. As a result of Tuesday's inspections, the city and the Red Cross were offering temporary assistance in case residents were displaced because of code violations. They set up a shelter at Legends Center near Soutel Drive and Moncrief Road, where one family stayed Tuesday.
Displaced residents who apply for assistance can receive aid for a deposit or utilities for another residence, up to $1,250. The Jacksonville Transportation Authority provided transportation assistance.
The Duval County Health Department said there was one active, non-infectious case of tuberculosis at the apartment complex. That person receives pills each day from the Health Department. Out of abundance of caution, free screenings were being offered to anyone who wanted them.
City Councilman Reggie Brown, who represents District 10 in Northwest Jacksonville, said he'd be happy to see the apartment complex go, but he's not happy to see all its families forced out on the streets.
"We're not just trying to displace folks. We do want to make sure they have a quality life, and that's not what's happening here," Brown said.
He said if he had his choice, he'd simply knock down the apartment buildings.
"As a district council person, I would level this down and several other areas in Jacksonville," Brown said of the apartments. "No one should be forced to live like this."
Brown said the apartment complex is a source of prostitution and drugs.
"If you're paying to live somewhere, then the owner of that property has a responsibility to maintain it, and clearly that's what is not happening out here today," Brown said.
Records show the complex is owned by a Miami-based company, Jorkin Jax LLC, that purchased the complex in June. Brown said the property is managed by American Management in Atlantic Beach.
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Book Report: Detecting in Botswana, viewing Blue Earth's basin on this week's list
My wife and I have several friends who are enamored of Scotsman Alexander McCall Smith, author of several series of books, including the "The Isabel Dalhousie," the "Portuguese Irregular Verbs" series, the "Corduroy Mansion" series and the "44 Scotland Street" series. Most especially they like his "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series.
Last year, HBO made the latter into a television series. After we watched the first episode, we never missed one.
And so when Smith's "The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party" (Pantheon, $24.95) came across my desk, I jumped right in.
Now I'm enamored. It's Smith's 12th book in the series and again features his African detective, Precious Ramotswe, a kindly detective who operates the first ladies' detective agency in Botswana.
Precious is a big woman, or, as she puts it, "traditionally built" -- so traditionally built that her new husband, the very likeable Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, the best mechanic in Botswana, has tired of replacing the shocks in her old pickup and has bought her a new vehicle, which she uses to get around the countryside as she pursues the cases that come her way.
Cases in this installment: Two cows belonging to Mr. Botsalo Moeti have been killed. Also, it appears that Charlie, her husband's mechanic apprentice may have gotten a girl pregnant and has run away.
One of the charming characters is the prim secretary in the office of Precious, Grace Matusi, who is very proud of her grade point average at the local vo-tech school. She's about to marry the well-off but shy Phuti Radiphuti. When she unexpectedly kisses him he jumps back. In typical fussbudget fashion Grace wonders if he may be gay, although no one in Botswana would ever bring up such a subject.
All good problems for Precious, whose heft is only matched by her kindness and sensitivity. She has had problems of her own, including a former husband who was a cad, nothing like the estimable Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, owner of Speedy Motors, the best repair shop in Botswana.
Entertainment Weekly explains McCall's charms: "The pleasure of these sweet books lies in the clarity and gravity with which the characters reason through everyday dilemmas."
That's nowhere more obvious in a passage in his new book when she considers her husband's question about why women like to shop and men don't:
"She smiled. There was much that men simply did not understand, but she had never been much concerned about this lack of understanding. Indeed in her view it was one of the things that made men so appealing. There were men's things and then there were women's things. The list of which was not written in stone, and it was quite possible for a woman to enter the world of men -- and the other way round -- but she saw no point in denying that women liked to do certain things and men liked to do other things. Nor did she doubt that these preferences were one of the reasons why women liked men and men liked women. So it was perfectly possible that there were men who liked shopping, and who understood exactly what it was all about, but ... Ramotswe had yet to meet such a man. Maybe they existed elsewhere -- in France, perhaps -- but they did not seem to be much in evidence in Botswana."
On the regional scene, we have a beautiful and thought-provoking book, "The Perennial Land," by Lansing Shepard and Paula Westmoreland (Perennial Land Press, $34.95 paper). The book is studded with wonderful, romantic pictures of woodlands and wildlife.
And where are the pictures taken? In Minnesota's Blue Earth Basin, not exactly my idea of woodlands and wildlife.
My wife's family is from the area and our trips there usually cause depression. Fields of soybeans and corn, corn and soybeans. No fences. No animals.
One of my wife's cousins has to retire his land every few years to plant Sudan grass, then plow it under in an attempt to add tilth to the soil, hardened by years and years of row cropping.
Shephard and Westmoreland are environmentalists who insist that parts of this breadbasket can be returned to an earlier type of farming, thus halting the spill of junk in to the Blue Earth River, which roils in to the Minnesota River and eventually ends up in the "dead zone" of the Gulf of Mexico.
A very inspiring part of the book comes at the end when the authors profile many area farmers who have come to see the advantages of slowing down.
Dave Wood is a past vice-president of the National Book Critics Circle and former book review editor of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Phone him at 715-426-9554.


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MEDIA RELEASE: Capping gas tax would delay repairs, weaken North Carolina's transportation budget
Lawmakers expected to place gap on gas tax, which accounts for more than half of all revenue for transportation projects
RALEIGH (May 23, 2012) – Capping North Carolina's gas tax would delay needed repairs and severely weaken North Carolina's transportation budget, according to a new report. Maintaining a gas tax that generates revenue is critical for building and maintaining a reliable transportation system that is efficient and safe for motorists.
The state's transportation budget already faces a funding gap, said a report released this morning by the Budget & Tax Center, a project of the NC Justice Center, and its system is under pressure due to aging infrastructure, increasing demand, and declining revenue. Despite these challenges, lawmakers are soon expected to place a cap on the state's gas tax, which accounts for more than half of state revenue dedicated for transportation projects such as repairing bridges, repaving roadways, and providing public transit.
The gas tax rate is currently 38.9 cents per gallon, the report said, with each penny of the gas tax yielding approximately $50 million each year. Capping the gas tax would prevent revenues from adjusting to rising construction costs, and a permanent or long-term cap on the gas tax would only delay much-needed upgrades at a time when bridges and roads across the state are in dire need of repair. According to the report, North Carolina currently ranks 48th in the country in spending per lane-mile of paved road, and poor road conditions cost North Carolina drivers $1.7 billion in additional repairs and operating costs.
Since the Great Recession, North Carolina has not experienced gradual increases in revenue collections from the gas tax as generally experienced in pre-recession years. However, during this time the price-based component of North Carolina's gas tax has helped the state sustain revenue to keep pace with transportation needs, the report said. As the price-based component of the gas tax is variable and therefore results in great volatility, placing a cap on this component rather than the overall gas tax would smooth volatility and lead to a more stable rate.
"It's important for lawmakers to maintain a gas tax that generates sufficient revenue to address growing demand and the current backlog of stressed roads, bridges, and railroads," said Tazra Mitchell, fellow at the Budget & Tax Center and author of the report. "If lawmakers fail to finance transportation investments responsibly, North Carolina may face a dramatic decline in its transportation system and experience more congested roadways that translate into significant costs to motorists."
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Halladay hoping to impress AL skipper
Toronto (43-43) at Tampa Bay (46-39), 12:08 p.m. ET
By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com
Maddon has yet to name his starter for the Midsummer Classic, and Halladay is a prime candidate. That aspect of the right-hander's next outing has suddenly been pushed to the side for the moment, though. On Tuesday, word quickly spread that Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi made it known that he'll entertain trade proposals for Halladay.
After learning about Ricciardi's comments, Halladay met with the media with the hope of addressing the issue and then getting right back to work. The last thing Halladay wants is for his situation to become a distraction for the Blue Jays.
"It's something I really don't want to get caught up in," Halladay said on Tuesday. "I understand what's going on, and if something comes up, I'll address it at that point. Really, other than this [conversation], hopefully it's not something that comes up a lot unless something came up and we had to make a decision at that point. I need to focus on my job here."
Halladay's current task is to figure out what went awry in his previous start.
On Saturday, Halladay endured a rough outing at Yankee Stadium, allowing five runs on nine hits in a no-decision. He surrendered three home runs for the first time since last September and issued three walks for the first time since last April. Halladay finished with three strikeouts in seven innings. In two starts since returning from a stint on the disabled list, Halladay has gone 0-1 with a 4.85 ERA.
That outing aside, Halladay has been fashioning another brilliant season. He's the type of pitcher any team would covet, and for the right package of talented players, some team might be able to pry the face of the Jays franchise away from Toronto.
Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston doesn't believe the issue will become a distraction for his ballclub.
"That's just part of the game," Gaston said. "It certainly makes news, but I don't think it's going to distract these guys here. ... I'd love to see Doc stay here myself, but it's certainly up to him, too. If they do go through with some sort of deal, the guys they bring in, I'll just do my job as a manager and hopefully we can get the best out of them.
"Doc's done a lot for this organization, and I hope that he sticks around. If not, it's just part of the game. Things like that happen."
Pitching matchup
TOR: RHP Roy Halladay (10-2, 2.79 ERA)
Halladay is 11-8 with a 3.72 ERA in 29 career outings against the Rays.
Price is 2-1 with a 3.38 ERA in five career appearances at Tropicana Field. Bird feed
Rookie outfielder Travis Snider, who was sent down to Triple-A Las Vegas on May 22, is back playing for Vegas after a stint on the disabled list with a back injury. In five games since being activated, Snider has gone 2-for-14 with one homer and two RBIs. Overall, since being sent down, he's hit .222 in 13 games. The Jays don't have a specific number of games in mind before considering calling Snider back to the big leagues. "He's going to dictate when he comes up with his performance," Jays assistant general manager Alex Anthopoulos said. "Really, right now, we want to get him a lot of at-bats against both right-handers and left-handers. We just want him to play, and he's going to dictate for us. If he gets hot and he starts to perform really well, and it's a sustained performance for him, then that's probably a good time for us to bring him back." ... Third baseman Scott Rolen extended his career-best hitting streak to 25 games with a double in the fourth inning against the Rays on Wednesday. The longest run in Blue Jays history belongs to Shawn Green, who collected at least one hit in 28 straight games in 1999. ... On Tuesday, Triple-A infielder Joe Inglett was named the Pacific Coast League Player of the Week after hitting .640 with five doubles, one homer and seven RBIs. ... On Tuesday night against the Rays, Jays rookie Marc Rzepczynski set a club record with seven strikeouts in his Major League debut. Rzepczynski, who gave up two hits over six innings, became the first pitcher to strike out at least seven with two hits or fewer allowed in a Major League debut since David Clyde accomplished the feat with the Rangers on June 27, 1973. Tickets
Buy tickets now to catch the game in person. On the Internet
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Friday: Blue Jays (Brett Cecil, 2-1, 6.23) at Orioles (Jason Berken, 1-5, 6.25), 7:05 p.m. ET
Saturday: Blue Jays (Ricky Romero, 7-3, 2.96) at Orioles (Rich Hill, 3-2, 7.43), 7:05 p.m. ET
Sunday: Blue Jays (Marc Rzepczynski, 0-0, 1.50) at Orioles (Brad Bergesen, 5-3, 3.59), 1:35 p.m. ET
Jordan Bastian 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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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Mike McCarthy wants to get more creative on defense. The Green Bay Packers' coach wants players who can juggle multiple tasks. That was lacking in 2013.
So this move should help. On Wednesday, the Packers re-signed linebacker Mike Neal.
Neal broke the news himself on Twitter, writing, "Hi Green Bay!!! I'll enjoy your winters for two more years!!"
The Packers did not sign any outsiders on Day 2 of free agency, but their defensive personnel did begin to take shape. In is Neal. Out is starting safety M.D. Jennings. The restricted free agent who was not tendered by Green Bay is off to the Chicago Bears on a one-year pact.
Neal generated early buzz in free agency with both the Arizona Cardinals and Chicago Bears reportedly interested. Instead, he'll stay north.
This is quite a career 180 for the 2010 second-round pick. His first three pro seasons were a prolonged nightmare.
A torn rotator cuff robbed Neal of his rookie season. The next year Neal — pegged Cullen Jenkins' replacement — needed knee surgery to clean up torn cartilage. And then in 2012, Neal's season started with a four-game suspension. The defensive end said he took Adderall through a personal doctor, instead of a team physician. He mustered only 13 solo tackles his first three years.
Meanwhile, the Packers drafted a pair of interior pass rushers one year and UCLA's Datone Jones in the first round the next.
On possibly his last breath in Green Bay, Neal was moved to outside linebacker. He lost more than 25 pounds, learned a new position in training camp and saved his career.
Neal finished second on the team with 30 pressures, in addition to his five sacks. His sack of quarterback Matt Ryan that caused Ryan to fumble was the difference in Green Bay's 22-21 comeback win over the Atlanta Falcons.
As a player who can rush from a two-point stance and stand up as a linebacker, Neal suddenly created a market for himself.
McCarthy would like to use Neal inside more this upcoming season. Injuries to Clay Matthews (thumb) and Nick Perry (foot) forced Neal to play predominantly at outside linebacker last season. He finished with 680 snaps standing up and 48 in the dirt.
Barring another season filled with injuries, expect more of a balance in 2014. McCarthy said Neal is best playing the three-technique.
Re-signing Neal also alleviates some pressure on Packers general manager Ted Thompson to draft another pass rusher. He may, however, have to find a safety. Top safeties have been flying off the board through the first two days of free agency, and now Jennings will not return as Green Bay's starter next to Morgan Burnett.
The restricted free agent Jennings, who was not tendered by Green Bay, signed a one-year deal with the Chicago Bears.
Jennings started 16 games last season. An undrafted free agent out of Arkansas State, Jennings endeared himself to coaches early with his knowledge of the playbook. His tackling improved a degree, too. Jennings finished with 74 stops.
But he was rarely ever around the ball (zero interceptions, one pass break-up) and he was beat for too many plays deep. Jennings allowed a team-high 4 1/2 touchdowns.
Jennings will now compete for a role in the division. Opposite Burnett, the Packers current safeties are Sean Richardson, Chris Banjo and, potentially, Micah Hyde.
The tidal wave of signings overwhelmed the league with Green Bay on the sideline. Still, the team is welcoming one big name in for a free-agent visit. Former Houston Texans and University of Wisconsin tight end Owen Daniels will visit the Packers, a NFL source told the Journal Sentinel.
Green Bay must decide just how much game the 31-year-old has left. A fourth-round pick in 2006, Daniels ranks second in Houston history with 385 receptions for 4,617 yards. The Texans saved $4.5 million by releasing Daniels this offseason. He played in only five games last season, suffering a broken fibula in October.
The 6-foot-3, 249-pound Daniels finished the season with 24 catches for 252 yards and three touchdowns. The previous season, Daniels had 62 catches for 716 yards and six touchdowns.
It's decision time at tight end. Free agent Jermichael Finley started his week visiting the Seattle Seahawks, and the Packers haven't said if they'd clear Finley from his neck fusion surgery. His 2013 replacement, Andrew Quarless, also is a free agent.
While five years older than Finley, Daniels could stretch the field. Of his 385 receptions, 56 have been for 20 or more yards and 29 have been for touchdowns.
Elsewhere, defensive lineman Al Woods had a visit scheduled in Green Bay this week but can cancel those plans. He signed a two-year deal with the Tennessee Titans late Wednesday.


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Electric cars may be the future, but the future looks pretty dim for electric-car maker Coda Holdings Inc., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy today.
Coda Holdings, parent company to Coda Automotive, plans to sell its assets to a group headed by a unit of Fortress Investment Group. The company said it will try to sell Coda Automotive, which has as much as $50 million in assets and as much as $100 million in debt, separately within 45 days.
Coda claimed that its electric vehicle was a "real world" car that had better battery life, range and acceleration than competitors such as the Ford Focus EV and the Nissan Leaf. But despite support from the president, who wants 1 million electric cars sold by two years from now, the market for battery-only cars shrank last year, according to Bloomberg. In fact, battery supplier A123 Systems Inc. also filed for bankruptcy recently, in October 2012.
For more InsideCounsel coverage of the automotive industry, see below:
Ford sued for unintended acceleration of some of its vehicles
Hyundai agrees to settle fuel-economy suits
Hyundai and Kia sued over gas mileage claims


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Leaving aside physical suffering and mental torture, there was another kind of deeper and more painful suffering which Babaji could not neglect. Many times it was to rescue the helpless that he had to run away like a vagabond. Sometimes unimaginable calamities come to people — someone has died, someone has been thrown out of another's heart, or a severe shock or disappointment from one's near or dear ones has unhinged them totally. Pain of the body or the mind can often be tolerated, but pain of the heart becomes killing. Faced with such a disaster or disappointment, they are stranded; there is no one to whom they can look for support.
Very few of us are so devoted to God that we truly believe that the help we need will come from there. We need some tangible response to our cries. Our cries reached Baba and made him rush to us — seen or unseen by others. He came and talked to us, not quoting from scriptures, but in his own sweet way. He consoled us with pats on the head, whispered words of cheer accompanied by his infectious smile, trying to bring a smile to our face. We do not know how many tears of men, women and children he wiped away with his sweet words, compassionate touches, and soothing smiles. Only Babaji knows…
His goodness to his devotees also expressed itself in the way he would fulfill their fond expectations, trying to save them from disappointment. This was revealed during the opening ceremony of the temple in Panki, Kanpur. Babaji was at Allahabad for his winter stay. Devotees coming from Kanpur requested him to bless the occasion by his presence, which he did not agree to do. They went back feeling disappointed and sad that all their efforts had failed. On the day of the inauguration, Babaji finished his toilet, and changing his clothes early, went back to his room. It was seven o'clock. He told me that he was not feeling well, covered himself with a blanket and asked me to bolt the doors, not allowing anybody to disturb him or enter his room. Hours passed, and the people waiting outside for darshan started speculating about his trouble. At twelve he opened his eyes, asked me about the time and said, "Oh, it has been five hours that I have been asleep, but such a nice sleep that I feel refreshed." The doors were opened, and people rushed in and had their darshan. Life began again as usual.
The next day, Babaji was sitting in the hall surrounded by his devotees when a person came with a basket of ladoos — prasad from the inauguration ceremony of the Panki temple the day before. Being handed a basket, I was told that Babaji had been there in the morning, but at twelve he suddenly disappeared. "We searched for him, but he was not there, so we brought the prasad for him."
Mr. Jagati, an old devotee, asked, "What are you talking about? Babaji was here lying on his bed feeling unwell, and we were waiting for him outside. The door was opened at twelve and we all saw him. So how could he be at Panki when he was in his room all the time?" While they were all trying to convince each other, Babaji was sitting silently with his smile. This incident reveals so much about his invisible movements to fulfill the wishes and expectations of his devotees.
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