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BERLIN- The Stephen Decatur boys' varsity lacrosse team gets its regular season underway next week and two local businesses will sponsor a Player of the Week award each week during the regular season with a new feature in The Dispatch.
The Bliss Salon and Spa in West Ocean City and WOC Fitness each week will spotlight a Player of the Week on the sports pages of the Dispatch with a combined $500 donation to the Decatur lacrosse program. The coaches will pick a player of the week at the conclusion of the team's two games honoring the Seahawks who best exemplifies the spirit of the award.
In addition, Decatur lacrosse supporters are also planning a series of giveaways throughout the season to reward the Seahawk faithful in the stands. At the first home game against Cambridge-South Dorchester next Friday, March 26, two passes for deep sea fishing aboard the "Judith M" out of Ocean City will be raffled off at halftime, as will a $50 gift certificate to Connor's Seafood Restaurant on the Boardwalk. Similar prizes will be raffled off at halftime of home games throughout the season.


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Stanford hopes to find some balance when No. 14 UCLA (4-0, 13-2) visits Maples Pavilion for an 8 p.m. tipoff Friday night. USC (4-0, 7-8) come to town Sunday for a 4 p.m. Start.
So far this year, Stanford ended defending national champion Baylor's winning streak and run at the top of the polls in Hawaii and won at Tennessee, ending a long drought.
Stanford returned to Maples Pavilion and had its 82-game home winning streak snapped in a surprising 61-35 rout by Connecticut on Dec. 29.
California ended Stanford's 81-game winning streak against conference opponents and the Cardinal lost back-to-back home games for the first time since Feb. 16 and March 1, 2001, against the Golden Bears and USC.
Losses to the current co-leaders could put Stanford's string of 12 consecutive conference titles at risk. The Cardinal hasn't lost three in a row at home since a four-game slide during the 1985-86 season, Tara VanDerveer's first year as head coach.
In fact, Stanford has had exactly two losing streaks of longer than three games just twice during VanDerveer's tenure and never since 1987.
"We're trying to be more aggressive in practice and trying to emphasize things that will make us more successful," VanDerveer said. "We're really learning how teams are playing us, how different teams scout us and what we need to do."
Getting production from someone other than junior Chiney Ogwumike would be a step in the right direction.
Against the Golden Bears, Stanford's points were its lowest at home in a conference game since a 63-54 loss to No. 18 Oregon on March 5, 1987. It also marked the Cardinal's first double-digit defeat at home in Pac-12 or Pac-10 play since losing 72-57 to Cal on Feb. 4, 2007.
Ogwumike scored 18 points against Cal, a third of Stanford's offensive output. She also scored 18 in the loss to Connecticut, just over half of the Cardinal offense.
Toni Kokenis and Amber Orrange added another 21 points against Cal, but on a combined 8-of-23 shooting. Ogwumike was 7 of 13.
Stanford needs people to step up, something that VanDerveer has been urging all year.
"We've been in worse situations than this for sure," VanDerveer said. "We've been 0-2 at the start of the (conference season). We just have to figure out how people can help us. How can Mikaela Ruef help us? How can Tess Picknell help us? How can we play people? They're not Nneka (Ogwumike), no one is. It's a puzzle that we're just working on and working on."
Men's basketball
Stanford's postseason hopes are on the line this weekend when California and former Cardinal coach Mike Montgomery visit Maples Pavilion on Saturday for a tipoff at 1:30 p.m.
The Cardinal (1-3 in the Pac-12, 10-7 overall) has gotten off to an awkward start in conference play and is looking to regain some momentum heading into the heart of the conference schedule.
Josh Huestis and Dwight Powell have been consistently providing Stanford with solid efforts all year. Guards Chasson Randle and Aaron Bright need to return to the level of consistency they displayed in the Cardinal run to the NIT championship last season.
The Bears (2-2, 10-6) have been struggling to gain some consistency this year as well, providing Stanford with the perfect opportunity to slide back into the Pac-12 race.
The Bay Area rivals each split their games last week, beating Washington State and losing to Washington. Stanford beat the Cougars, 78-67, and dropped a 65-60 decision to the Huskies.
Randle and Bright were exceptional against Washington State but not so much against Washington.
California, picked to finish third in the conference, started the year 6-0 but has won back-to-back games only once since then, with three losses over its last five games.
Stanford had two separate three-game winning streaks and were 7-3 after 10 games. The Cardinal has lost three of its last four games.
Men's volleyball
Nationally No. 2 Stanford travels for the first time this season when it takes on No. 8 USC and No. 4 Pepperdine in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation action this weekend.
Stanford (1-0 in the MPSF, 4-0 overall) is coming off a dramatic comeback victory over Pacific in an MPSF opener Saturday. The Cardinal fought off six match points after falling behind 14-11 in the fifth set, and rallied to victory, extending its home winning streak to nine.
Friday's Stanford-USC match marks the men's volleyball debut for the Pac-12 Networks. Stanford will appear four times this season and the Networks will air eight matches overall.
Stanford has stuggled in its MPSF road openers in recent years. Other than two victories over Pacific (in 2012 and 2009), Stanford has not won a conference road opener since 2002. The Cardinal is 0-7 in non-MPSF road openers in that span.
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Pittsfield man denies stealing from city church
PITTSFIELD -- A 52-year-old man who allegedly was caught on video stealing from a local church pleaded not guilty to felony burglary charges on Tuesday in Central Berkshire District Court.
Robert Serowik, of Curtis Street, is charged with breaking and entering in the daytime for a felony, possession of burglary tools, and larceny from a building for an alleged Sept. 30 burglary at the St. Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Church on Briggs Avenue.
The pastor, the Rev. Peter A. Gregory, told police that for several weeks he had been noticing money missing from the collection boxes at the church and decided to install a security camera.
A video taken at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 30 purports to show Serowik enter the church and steal money from a collection box. Pittsfield Police said they positively identified Serowik as the culprit based on the footage as well as the description of his car, which was seen at the church by a witness on that date and time.
On Monday, Pittsfield Police were called to the church, where they found Serowik's wife and children waiting outside the church in the car earlier identified by the witness. The woman allegedly told police that she was waiting for her husband, who was "getting food from a friend."
Moments later, police located Serowik as he "walked out from the Richmond Avenue side of the church" with a pry bar in his pocket, according to a police report.
Serowik denied any wrongdoing, allegedly telling police that he had gone to the church to pick up a program for Bingo. According to the police report, Serowik didn't have a program and there was no Bingo game at the church that day.
The report states that Serowik also told the police that he was looking for a truck he was told had side-swiped his car.
Serowik was arrested and held overnight for arraignment.
The sum of money that had gone missing from the church was not indicated in police records.
In court on Tuesday, the Berkshire District Attorney's Office did not ask for bail in the case and Judge Fredric D. Rutberg released the defendant on personal recognizance.
Serowik, who is being represented by attorney Michelle Mechta, is scheduled to be back in court Nov. 13.
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The Russellville Music Club will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Central Presbyterian Church Sanctuary, 400 W. Main St. (at El Paso).
Dr. Arlene Biebesheimer and Brian Conatser will present "Who's Afraid of Opera": a short recital of arias for the Russellville Music Club. The repertoire includes works sung in English, Italian, and German by Monteverdi, Mozart, Johann Strauss, Korngold, Dvorak, Celia, Douglas Moore. There is no admission charge. The performance is open to music club members and guests.
For more information call Brian Conatser at (479) 567-1660.
Donations sought for Raylen, family
Raylen Daniel, 8, was admitted to the Children's Hospital in Little Rock three weeks ago and has remained there while undergoing testing.
A special account for medical and travel expenses has been set up for her and her family at Simmons First Bank. The account is under Stephen and Tawana Daniel and donations are welcome and can be made at any Simmons First Bank location.
Street closure
B Street, between Frankfort and Greenwich, will be closed for sewer improvements Monday through Friday. A detour route will be provided.
Habitat benefit concert is Saturday
Habitat For Humanity Benefit Concert is scheduled from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday at Deport Park (Downtown, West C Street). Bands playing will be Summerfield Reunion and The Coffeys.
There will be no admission charge and food and drinks will be available (alcohol prohibited). Chair Rentals will be $1.
Books on sale for Equestrian Zone
Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society at Arkansas Tech University, will host a book sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 5 in the parking lot of Vintage Books at 602 E Parkway in Russellville.
Hundreds of donated books will be priced at $1 for hardcover and 50 cents for paperback. A silent auction of rare books will be held at 2 p.m. All proceeds will go to Equestrian Zone, a non-profit organization that provides equine therapy to children with disabilities.
Sigma Tau Delta is requesting your help with this project; they need gently used books. Books can be donated by dropping them off at Vintage Books from now until Oct. 5.


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Gnome-Gate Sickens Me to the Core
Did it really slip beyond our naive grasp of the obvious that some people just do not like to play fair in any thing, especially for FREE things. That there is a small segment of our population, no matter where they live whose souls have darkened to eternally have that evil,mean and nasty streak forever coursing through their veins.
Were you really surprised that adults formed stakeout patrols and possibly dressed in full camo regalia including face paint just to be the first to selfishly hoist a FREE giveaway skyward before it's contest even began? Sure some of the hidden items did have vouchers, signatures and even chances for tickets attached to them, but to hoard a bunch and stuff them into your rotting 1965 Pinto? Really?
All for the chance to embrace, caress and ultimately commandeer one of 1,400 Bernie Brewer lawn ornaments put put earlier this morning throughout this baseball crazy Wisconsin region. There has to be more of a realistic reason for the covert chaos. Could it really have been so insane that some conjured us such greed of wanting their own "Bernie" before it was time.
Does it make any real sane reasoning to go out in the darkness, whisk off a defenseless garden gnome to have and to hold forever, possibly adorned with Ryan Braun's signature. Maybe those religious group were wrong. Seems like a small fraction of a rapture happen this morning as 1,400 "Bernie's" seem to vanish before the dawn.
And this same scenario can play out anywhere in this country today, not just the city of "Laverne and Shirley" fame. This kind of callous pre-dawn commando raid mentality gives a permanent black eye to other MLB teams watching in the distance wanting to see success so they could implement such cunning events in their cities. But that kind of promotion can pretty much be squashed thanks to a small crusade of conniving culprits.
Thank goodness the MLB All Star game Mickey Mouse statues that graced the SoCal region were almost impossible to pilfer thanks to their huge size and weight, or they might have adorned a few backyard pools,fountains or even boardroom themselves before Major League Baseball party in Anaheim, California last season. But Bernie was easier to hide.
Stuck in a car trunks, hidden in large boxes or garbage bag and maybe even hidden within the confines of a refuse container for future apprehension after the chaos subsided. "Gnome-gate" as it has been billed is in full bloom in all it's rage and disturbing pathos.
Hopefully some took Bernie home to their family with little ones hugging Bernie "Good Morning" before they headed off to school. I know some ended up in the right palms, with the honest of intentions, but other have come with a price on their heads.
Ebay is awash with Bernie, some commanding upwards of $ 200 already where they can be purchased in the Brewers' Team Store for $ 48. No certificate of authenticity was wrapped on Bernie's body, no reason to think a $48 dollar model is now being portrayed as stolen Brewers' booty.
You want to blame the fact that cheese is considered an essential food group in Milwaukee or possibly use illogical thoughts like blaming the waifing smell of fermenting beer swallowing up the masses. For some reason I do not want to fathom the honest truth here that some among us simply get a kick out of skirting the lines of honestly and integrity like a ball down the foul lines.
Humanity could have showed its competitive and honest self today, but tri-faced myriad of greed,contempt and fraud reared its ugly head from a long night's nap. I truly hope no children were witness to adults doing bad things this morning. That somehow humanity at least sheltered her next generation who still believe in dreams, wishes and being honest. I believe in my soul most got their "Bernies" in the right frame of time (like the guy in the photo), and did not skirt their moral codes condemning them to be a stone cold as the statues themselves this a.m.
Saddens me a bit that it had to go down like this. That a darkened Lincoln Park within the community of Milwaukee was outrageously ravaged and scorched by a swarm of human locust hellbent on being the first to embrace the gnome figurine themselves.
Shame on you early morning dishonest thieves, shame on you people who have accosted Sir Bernie and are holding him for a financial payday. I got to go take a shower to wash off this filth that has gathered on me as I wrote this post. Maybe I will drive downtown, buy a homeless guy a burger or two, do something nice in reverse karma to the madness thrust on poor Milwaukee and all the "Bernie's" today. Maybe I will do it for the rest of the week…… WWBD? (What Would Bernie Do)


text: "Simpson works her habitual magic, showing how love travels, ownerless and unbidden, among children who need adults, and adults who need children. 'Children, they are dependent for their life,' Lola observed, back in Santa Monica. But so are adults. Sitting with her friends, drinking 'nonfat lattes, ice blendeds, a dozen small consolations,' Claire asks, 'For what, exactly, were mothers always being consoled?' Simpson gently suggests an answer: for their fear of failing in their responsibilities, to their children and themselves, the extent of which they'll only know when their children grow up and tell them what they were."NYTBR


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I am having the same issue as someone posted earlier, where the traffic indicator constantly flashes after loading BOINC 5.4.9Here is what I got from the BOINC / seti@home forum:
"It isn't accessing the internet. The lights on the ZA icon show the communication between Boinc.exe and Boincmgr.exe
This is happening on TCP port 31416 on the localhost network (127.0.0.1) and is done in real time. On BOINC 5.2.13 this was refreshed every 5 seconds. Now it's done every second. "
Thisproblem is kind of annoying, which now is impossible to tell if you are sending or receiving.
Is there a way to summit a problem report so there might be a chance someone will look at this an come up with a update to fix this? What I take from the message above, since it is being refreshed every second, ZA is now showing the communciation.
Operating System:Windows XP Pro
Product Name:ZoneAlarm Pro
Software Version:6.5


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CBS News/60 Minutes/Vanity Fair National Poll, April #1, 2013 (ICPSR 34997)
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This poll, the first of two fielded in April of 2013, is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicits public opinion on a range of political and social issues. Respondents were asked their opinions on legalization of marijuana, gun control, patriotism, voting behavior, relation to someone with cancer, parenting, consumer behavior, and least important right granted by the Constitution. Demographic information includes sex, age, race, marital status, education level, household income, type of residential area (e.g. urban or rural), political party affiliation, political philosophy, voting behavior, whether respondents were registered to vote, religious affiliation, and whether respondents thought of themselves as born again Christians.
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Although I understand the design of the Mercedes A class W169 was to enable it to be electric I have also read another claim. It is supposed to be a safety factor if unfortunate enough to be in a head on collision : your engine will not come through. However, does having the engine in front of you provide more protection in the event of a crash ?
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29-year-old Chicago-born R&B and soul singer, [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Jennifer Hudson[/lastfm], has a long resume of accomplishments–and she's only been active in the public eye for seven years since her audition on American Idol.
In that time span, Hudson has won an Academy Award, befriended huge public figures like President Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey, become the face of a giant advertising campaign for Weight Watchers, and tragically lost her family–including her brother and mother–to a senseless murder.
Hudson has been through a lot, which makes her live performances even more magical and powerful, especially her free streaming Live on Letterman concert from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York, on June 13th at 9 PM ET. You can watch the entire concert, live right here!
- Hudson auditions in Atlanta singing [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Aretha Franklin[/lastfm]'s "Share Your Love With Me." Previously, Hudson was a Disney cruise ship singer.
- Hudson makes it to the "Top 7," but gets voted off, allegedly due to a power outage in her hometown of Chicago.
- About a year and a half after her appearance on American Idol and after a pretty quiet year, Hudson is cast in November 2005 as Effie White in Dreamgirls alongside stars like [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Beyoncé Knowles [/lastfm]and [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Jamie Foxx[/lastfm].
- Hudson wasn't just handed her eventual Oscar-winning role–she had to beat out hundreds of other singers and actress, including F[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]antasia Barrino[/lastfm] who won her season of American Idol.
- Filming of Dreamgirls started on January 6th, 2006.
- Hudson sang her first single, "Over It," off her debut album on the Fox Chicago Morning News in September 2006.
- In November 2006, Hudson is signed to Arista Records.
- Dreamgirls went into limited release December of 2006.
- Dreamgirls goes into national release January 2007.
- Hudson's version of the lead song from Dreamgirls, "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going," debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on January 13th and became Hudson's first top 10 hit on Hot Adult R&B Airplay chart.
- In late February, Hudson tells Tyra Banks that she recorded a song called "Stand Up" for her new album. The song ended up becoming a bonus track.
- Hudson wins a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress, a BAFTA for Best Supporting actress, an Academy Award for Beset Supporting Actress and over twenty other awards for her performance as Effie White in Dreamgirls.
- On March 6th, the Mayor of Chicago declares that day "Jennifer Hudson Day."
- Hudson films her role as Louise in Sex and the City.
- In January 2008, Hudson goes back into the studio again to work on her début album.
- That May, Hudson appears as Louise in the Sex and the City movie–which includes some new tracks from the artist.
- A month later, in June, Hudson's first official original single called "Spotlight" is released and reaches #24 on the Billboard Top 100.
- On September 15th, Hudson becomes engaged to David Otunga, who was at that time known as Punk from I Love New York.
- Fifteen days later, on September 30th, Hudson's self-titled début is released.
- On October 17th, The Secret Life of Bees was released into theatres. Also starring [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Queen Latifah[/lastfm], [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Alicia Keys[/lastfm], and [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Dakota Fanning[/lastfm], Hudson was nominated for her role by the Black Reel Awards but lost to Queen Latifah.
- On October 24th, Hudson's 57-year-old mother, Darnell Donnerson, and 29-year-old brother, Jason Hudson, were found murdered by gunshot in her mother's home. Hudson's 7-year-old nephew, Julian King, from her sister Julia, was also found murdered after he was declared missing. Julia's estranged husband and Julian's father was indicted for the murders in December 2008.
- In February 2009, Jennifer Hudson makes her first public appearance after the murders to sing the Star Spangled Banner at the Super Bowl.
- Hudson tours with British R&B singer, [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Robin Thicke[/lastfm].
- Her debut self-titled album won her three 2009 Grammy Award nominations including Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "Spotlight", Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for "I'm His Only Woman" with Fantasia Barrino, and Best R&B Album for Jennifer Hudson. She won for Best R&B Album.
- Hudson sang "I Will Be There" at Michael Jackson's memorial service on July 7th.
- In August, Fragments, an indie film based on a novel, gets released to DVD. The movie is Hudson's fourth film appearance.
- A Christmas special airs on December 2009 called Jennifer Hudson: I'll Be Home for Christmas.
- In 2010, Hudson started filming an upcoming biopic film Winnie, a movie based on the South African politician Winnie Mandela. However, South Africa and Winnie Mandela herself threatened legal action over this film because Mandela wasn't consulted.
- In April 2010, Hudson announced that she was the official spokesperson for Weight Watchers, telling Oprah that she lost 56lbs. Hudson would later go on to lose about 80 lbs.
- Hudson starts working on her second album.
- On March 22nd, Hudson releases her sophomore album called I Remember Me. Debuting at number two, some of the contributors to I Remember Me include [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Swizz Beatz[/lastfm], [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Alicia Keys[/lastfm], [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Rich Harrison[/lastfm], [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Ne-Yo[/lastfm],[lastfm link_type="artist_info"] R.Kelly[/lastfm], [lastfm link_type=""]Harvey Mason[/lastfm], Jr., [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Ryan Tedder[/lastfm], and [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Diane Warren[/lastfm].
- It was recently announced that Hudson is going to play a nun in Farrelly brothers film version of The Three Stooges, released in 2012.
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WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to act for the first time to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that scientists blame for the warming of the planet, according to top Obama administration officials.
The decision, which most likely would play out in stages over a period of months, would have a profound impact on transportation, manufacturing costs and how utilities generate power. It could accelerate the progress of energy and climate change legislation in Congress and form a basis for the United States' negotiating position at United Nations climate talks set for December in Copenhagen.
The environmental agency is under order from the Supreme Court to make a determination whether carbon dioxide is a pollutant that endangers public health and welfare, an order that the Bush administration essentially ignored despite near-unanimous belief among agency experts that research points inexorably to such a finding.
Lisa P. Jackson, the new E.P.A. administrator, said in an interview that she had asked her staff to review the latest scientific evidence and prepare the documentation for a so-called endangerment finding. Ms. Jackson said she had not decided to issue such a finding but she pointedly noted that the second anniversary of the Supreme Court decision, Massachusetts v. E.P.A., is April 2, and there is the wide expectation that she will act by then.
"We here know how momentous that decision could be," Ms. Jackson said. "We have to lay out a road map."
She took a first step on Tuesday when she said that the agency would reconsider a Bush administration decision not to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from new coal-burning power plants. In announcing the reversal, Ms. Jackson suggested that the E.P.A. was considering additional measures to regulate heat-trapping gases. The White House signaled that it fully supported Ms. Jackson's approach, deferring to her to discuss the administration's response to the Supreme Court case.


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June 5, 2009
Ashley Greene @ Madame Royale Opening
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Love her necklace!ReplyDelete
What's Madame Royale?ReplyDelete
She's such a snazzy dresser!
Ashley is such a beautiful, old school Hollywood glamour girl. So lovely! She projects such class!ReplyDelete
If you open the photo # 1 on LLC it's very large so you can see that her nail polish is chipped.....LOVE it!! It's somehow very real and very endearing!ReplyDelete
Oops! I mean look at the photos as LLL....ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 5, 2009 at 7:53 PM
She is ADORABLE!ReplyDelete
Most celebs have chipped nail polish actually!
i admire Ashely Greene (Alice Cullen).I wish she were my Best Friend , I would <3 that. I think she inspired me to follow my dreams , working on my acting skills , trying to become a very good , talented person like her. U rox , Ashely!ReplyDelete
- thparkleJune 6, 2009 at 5:55 AM
Alice has such a good sense of style, oh er... I mean Ashely, LOL! She's still stylish without going overboard on fashion trends. She always looks timeless and classic. How can you not love her?!ReplyDelete
- thparkleJune 6, 2009 at 6:01 AM
PattinsonForever, you know that's funny that you mentioned the chipped nail polish. Because I was looking at a Coach catalog and the model had chipped black nail polish on. Weird huh?ReplyDelete


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Discussion in 'Odds & Ends' started by zapvor, Apr 24, 2007.
Could you PM or email me the shops you go to in Rockville? email@example.com.
Weather's looking to get into the 60's next week. I'm thinking lunchtime hit Thurs.
u got mail
where do you have in mind? Union Station don't have many tennis courts.
I'm working remotely Thursday. I try to stretch my legs during lunch, when the weather is good.
what's for lunch? @ home today with my bowl of 50c ramen.
Went to Shanghai Taste last week. Their Shao Long Bao (Little soup dumplings) were pretty good. Actually have soup inside. Their noodle soup is pretty good as well.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/sichuan-jin-river-rockville#query:Sichuan pavilion
lunch was panda express. it was about as good as i expected. i set the bar very low.
Homemade Chili and a salad.
Slept without moving much holding a sick kiddo all night. Feels like I've been hit in the back with an Isner serve. Ouch!!!
All I have to say is TGIF, I'm so beat.
i'll admit...i like to go to panda express from time to time...
Using ntrp levels...what was it?
Was it like the owner self described as 5.0, then people realized it was all a double and eventually the menu had to regulate. so it got bumped Down to 4.5. Is that temporary as the meal gets worse eating results to eventually get down to 4.0?
All the time patrons just remember the 5.0 rating which was owner rated.
Do tell tennis monkey?
it was just panda express. it's okay chinese food cooked by a lot of spanish speaking folks but with an asian guy or girl in the front taking the order. i don't think panda rates their food on the NTRP scale.
So it's a front.
thanks everyone for dashing my hopes to open a taco truck...
Huh? What? CB Tacos Truck?
BTW TM, remember that idea of having a food truck with food cooked by grandmas? There is a restaurant like that:
?????? i would totally go. esp if you hand out overgrips with each meal
Downs, why am I getting emails with your picture in them???
The art of seduction(seinfeld reference )
The downs convenient accident?
Zapvor lotion and shampoo moment of weakness?
it's just good old fashioned sexual harassment.
what's for dinner ppl.. i need ideas. maybe indian.
lol sup i bought some hot dogs last week. havent finished it yet
For some reason, I'm craving Spanish-made Chinese.
ask and u shall receive:
hahahha with cb and sappy around noone will ever need a resturant guide
I don't really need it, but I do like it... How did you hit with it?
where are u at? if ur home, hop across town and get fried fish at horace. when it is fresh, not bad. otherwise, u can use as a floatation device. but ur right, hit the right day, oil used in frying becomes pretty bad. I guess that's why it's so tasty.
sorry double post
HW, want lighter TFs ~12 oz vs your 14 oz bats? The new 315s are supposedly using your 325 molds & are standard 27 in frames...
Anyone wanna hit tomorrow?
Found some folks playing on a meetup site this morning. Went down to the courts at Howard University and left with a torn calf muscle, looks like I'll be out of the game for a while :-(
Bummer! Sorry to hear!
Man, it's so nice out. So bummed I can't get out to hit. At least I'm watching some IW tennis.
yikes, sorry to hear that. get well soon.
trying to buy a racquet down near Howard, from a guy, later this week.
Ouch! Oh no! Are you sure that is what it is? (hoping for something maybe not quite as bad!)
We had a girl in my class break her toe one semester, and they wouldn't let her stay in clinical. Be careful!!!
Woowww, that's crazy. I guess I'm lucky to be in the Army's program, at least I know I won't be going anywhere. I'm 99% sure it's a tear, heard a nice pop preceding my crumble to the floor, calf got tight and was (still) unable to dorsiflex.
finally tried chinto's burrito today. lot of food for 8 bucks. the chips were freshly fried and the sauces were interesting. i'm digging the spanish green sauce + wasabi sauce mix. beef was flavorful. i see how they are mex asian fusion using some of the asian prep and ingrediants. will visit again.
Oh ouch!!!! So sorry to hear that iRad.
Fatty Patty sighting! (For the old timers still here)
went to the new location of bobs 66 noodle. dishes were pretty good. was hoping that I could order my red fermented bean sauce braised pork picnic I had in SF several years back. the search continues.
I had a pop when I tore mine.
wheres the new bob66?
acrosd the street, nex to kam san.
My 55+ 4.0 team won today, taking all 3 courts, including my court (#2). First 4.0 match I've won since playing with my young buddy in Reston Tournament 3 years ago. Feels good. (We won 2&1).
X! Look at your post count!!! EEEEeeeek!!!
Congrats on the win!
Was readin the tennis magazine and they did look promising. If I hadnt just bought two Rd-ti 80's I would probably have copped the 315 18x20 joints. Although Im curious with the Silicones handles and everything to give them a shot. If I was playing alot I'd be all over them though.
I guess its the testerone bought i thought that said boobs
whew... got me to take a second look there. I've been known to have floydian slips online.
one time I wrote about how I punted a ball but i mispelled and it turned to... well, ahem, you know...
no i don't know. explain
Oh the humanity... this is a family forum. =)
btw, did u check out them five finger shoes yet?
CB -- what did "punted a ball" turn into?
xisbum -- congrats on your victory! a 6-2, 6-1 win is pretty solid. maybe you should stop sandbagging and play 4.5 or open? or join mcenroe on the masters tour.
what's for lunch people?
gyros in the cafe. or holding off till 2pm for half price food by lb.
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Sony and Nintendo would do better if they stopped making hardware and instead made games for iPhone and Android, according to Andy Payne - managing director of The Mastertronic Group.
Payne was speaking as part of a roundtable discussion at the close of yesterday's Develop in Liverpool conference. Halfway through the session, a member of the audience asked how long it would be before Sony and Nintendo realised that platform exclusivity was holding back their first-party titles from wider success.
"I think it's already happening," replied Payne. "I think it would be a massive relief to both Sony and Nintendo to become content-only. Right now, they might not even know it. You know that thing where you take drugs and you think it's the best thing in the world? Then you get off them and go, 'What was I doing?'"
Understandably, this last comment got a good laugh from the audience, at which point Payne added that he wasn't speaking from experience.
"To answer your question: Imagine any Mario or Zelda property being on the iPhone or an Android phone. They'd get £10 or £15 for it, because people would want to pay to have it on their phone. They would. And that would be amazing. And Sony's content is amazing. I mean, Uncharted... it's just brilliant!
"I'm not knocking those guys, because they really do make fantastic games. And when we kind of get that bit over, wouldn't it be refreshing to have Nintendo really making stuff for the iPhone, Android, and all the other stuff that's around?"
Payne's comments drew immediate support from Phil Gaskell, creative director at RebelPlay.
"I completely agree," he said "It's happening already. Their strength is in their brand and their content."
Earlier in the same discussion, Payne criticised the three major platform holders for their approach to production fees, arguing that lowered costs would result in a lower price tag for games, and an increase in sales.
"Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft [are] dinosaurs, because they're using these old-fashioned business models where you have to pay a royalty, tribute, tax - whatever you want to call it, it's quite a lot of Euros per unit, fixed, [based on] what you order as a publisher, not what you sell.
"If that was to come down, if those companies were to shave those right down to something more acceptable - let's say it's €1 to manufacture it, where the real cost is €0.20 - then that would put games into the hands of consumers, at retail, at circa £20. You'd have more people buying games, less of a second-hand market, probably a bit less piracy, and that market might carry on for a bit longer."
Would the likes of Uncharted 3 and Skyward Sword be as much fun to play if they were on an iPhone? Personally, I'm not convinced.
Nintendo's first party games are invariably built around their hardware, and their controllers in particular. It's hard to see how something as complex as Super Mario Galaxy could work on touchscreen alone. You could tailor the gameplay to match the platform, but wouldn't that limit what Nintendo could produce?
It's hard to find fault with Payne's argument about production fees, however. I'd wager that most of us would buy more games if they only cost £20 at launch.


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HTC Droid Incredible (Verizon Wireless) Review
Introduction and Hardware Overview
The HTC Droid Incredible has the same internals as both the Google Nexus One, and the HTC Desire (In Europe). However, HTC has made some tweaks, such as the addition of the Sense UI, and the expansion of internal flash memory capacity to 8GB from 512MB. Can these changes oust the Nexus One from the top Android phone slot?
As I mentioned before, the basic hardware of the HTC Droid Incredible is based off of the same platform as the Google Nexus One, also built by HTC. The most stunning feature of the Droid Incredible is the 3.7", 800 x 480 pixel Active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) touchscreen. The AMOLED screen provides for a more vibrant display, without the need of a backlight. This screen uses more power than a traditional LCD when displaying a white background, but saves power when displaying blacks and other dark colors. The dark tint to the HTC Sense interface helps makes this less of an issue.
Overall, the basic design feel of the Incredible is very industrial. Like the recently leaked iPhone prototype, this Verizon color scheme phone features hard lines and edges throughout most of the device. However, the back battery cover is a unique part entirely. Instead of just sitting flat, it has several areas where it is raised above it's surroundings, creating more grip, and makes for a more visually interesting design.
The Incredible features an ARM-based, 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, currently the fastest mobile phone processor in use. Along with the 1GHz processor, HTC has equipped this phone with 512MB RAM, doubling the RAM of the Motorola Droid. This may be due in part to the fact that Android apps run in the background, and for most apps, you need to terminate them manually using a task killer. While it is nice to have applications running in the background, having to use a task killer makes it a kludgy implementation. As this is an issue with Android in general, HTC did all they could by adding more RAM. Having a fast processor also makes tasks like dynamically animated wallpapers possible, something that we wouldn't have dreamed about in mobile phone computing just years ago.
An upgrade from the 5 Megapixel camera of the Nexus One, the Incredible features an impressive auto focusing, 8 Megapixel camera with a dual LED flash. The quality of this camera is more comparable to dedicated point and shoot cameras than 99% of camera phones currently on the market. The video features of this camera are disappointing however, since video is only shot at a resolution of 800 x 480. While the video still looks good, it seems there is wasted potential with the camera having such a high resolution sensor, and we would have liked to see 720p video capabilities.
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About a year ago, I was asked to give a keynote speech to the Alabama Home Builders Assn. The focus of my talk was to be wrapped around making some sense of what was happening in the industry and attempting to share what the future might look like.
When I arrived an hour before my speech, I noticed in the program that they had titled my speech "Getting Your Mojo Back." After a few minutes of reflection, I realized that my message was not only appropriate to this subject, but that my talk could be framed to make this a great experience for the audience.
While there have been significant changes over the last several years in consumer trends and behavior, the economic environment and the levels of stress in business, I believe how we deal with these has more to do with our success or failure than almost anything else.
The topic of "mojo" is very relevant to this. Those who have lost their mojo are depressed, struggling and breathing out of a straw. Those who have their mojo are making it happen and seeing some strong results.
Opening the talk with the Alabama audience, I asked: "How many of you know what mojo is?" Almost all of the hands went up. I then asked: "How many of you feel like you have lost or seen your mojo eroded over the last few years?" About 80 percent of the hands went up. I tried to focus on the other 20 percent to see what they were doing to keep their mojo. Following are some of the comments and suggestions, which should serve as a checklist to take your own inventory:
Stop Listening to All the Bad News
We have all learned the phrase "misery loves company." The more you listen to the bad news (from the media, friends, etc.), the more your mojo vaporizes. One fellow said he unsubscribed to the newspaper and does not watch the evening news anymore, and he has seen double-digit growth in his business.
Work Harder
I know this is not always popular, but I have asked many: "How much harder is it out there now versus five years ago?" Most say it is 30 to 50 percent harder. My follow-up question is then: "Are you and your team working 30 to 50 percent harder?" Those who have their mojo intact are working very hard. They are making that one extra shot or putting in the extra hours. It is hard to lose your mojo if you are working through it and seeing some "wins."
Know Where You Are Heading
Those who have their mojo have the "prize" in their sights. They may not know every twist and turn to get there, but they know where they are heading. Their longer-term goals are still intact, and they are controlling their day, not just reacting to circumstances. Just like the metaphor implies, if you know the destination (or at least the seashore versus the mountains), then the road map to get there becomes clearer.
So while you can't see or touch mojo, you know when you or someone else has it. The mojo (or confidence or enthusiasm or belief) is not just a gift at your doorstep. It is a product of your mindset and your action. While we cannot control all circumstances, we can control our day-to-day action. So get out there and get your mojo back!


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Tigers, Twins to go beyond on Tuesday
AL Central foes to decide division title in one-game tiebreaker
By Mark Newman / MLB.com
For the third consecutive year -- the longest such streak in MLB history -- the regular season will go beyond the limit and require a playoff tiebreaker to finalize the postseason field.
Detroit and Minnesota each won in its 162nd games on Sunday, leading to a one-game tiebreaker Tuesday at the Metrodome to decide the American League Central champion.
The Twins become the first club ever to play such a tiebreaker in consecutive years, having lost the AL Central tiebreaker against the White Sox in 2008. The Rockies beat the Padres for the 2007 National League Wild Card to start this now-expected extension.
Tuesday's winner will play Game 1 of the AL Division Series either Wednesday or Thursday at Yankee Stadium, and the Red Sox will be at the Angels in the other ALDS. The NL Division Series are all set, with Rockies at Phillies and Cardinals at Dodgers, both on Wednesday.
"It's going to be fun," Detroit's Curtis Granderson said. "I'm sure Minnesota is going to be rocking."
The tiebreaker is scheduled to begin at 5:07 p.m. ET and will be televised on TBS, which also will be showing all four Division Series plus the National League Championship Series. FOX will broadcast the AL Championship Series and World Series.
Somehow you just knew that in this season of such little day-to-day turnover atop the standings, there would still be a mad rush of suspenseful drama. Here we are again. The Metrodome is hot right now, site of a huge "Monday Night Football" rivalry featuring Vikings quarterback Brett Favre against his former Packers team, hence MLB's wait till Tuesday.
|Major League Baseball is the only major sports league that decides whether teams that are tied for a single playoff berth advance or go home the old-fashioned way: on the field. Other leagues, such as the NFL, NBA and NHL, deploy a series of statistical tiebreakers, such as head-to-head matchups and divisional records. Baseball's on-the-field solution has led to some of the sport's most memorable games.
Four tiebreaker games were to decide division titles, three were for the Wild Card and one was for the World Series.
To determine
|Sept. 30, 2008
|AL Central
|White Sox 1, Twins 0
|Oct. 1, 2007
|NL Wild Card
|Rockies 9, Padres 8, 13 innings
|Oct. 4, 1999
|NL Wild Card
|Mets 5, Reds 0
|Sept. 28, 1998
|NL Wild Card
|Cubs 5, Giants 3
|Oct. 2, 1995
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|Mariners 9, Angels 1
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|NL West
|Astros 7, Dodgers 1
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|Yankees 5, Red Sox 4
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|AL pennant
|Indians 8, Red Sox 3
Alex Rodriguez even stepped in to be a big part of the story, as he was when the season began, but this time he spoke with his bat, driving in an astounding seven runs in one inning on a three-run homer and grand slam. He is waiting on the tiebreaker, too.
It also was as if A-Rod reminded the Tigers and Twins pitchers about what could lie ahead for the tiebreaker survivor in the days to come. Remember in 2006, when the Tigers came in as underdogs against the mighty Yankees, only to see Rodriguez dropped far down the batting order amid a slump, and the Bronx Bombers dropped the series?
Justin Verlander, now unquestionably a real AL Cy Young candidate (no one in baseball has more wins or strikeouts), finished the regular season at 19-9 by beating the White Sox in No. 162 at Comerica Park. It came before a giddy crowd that hopes for the city's first World Series title in a quarter-century.
The Twins built a quick 7-0 lead against the Royals on what everyone in attendance knew could be the final day of baseball in the history of the Metrodome. Their team moves into outdoor Target Field next spring. As the game progressed, it became official that the Tigers had won and that the locals had to hold up their end in order to meet in a tiebreaker. Minnesota withstood a Royals rally and did just that, and can now wonder whether there will be a third and final World Series in that facility.
The tiebreaker will be in Minnesota because the Twins won the season series between the clubs. That is especially worth noting, because in the past it would have been a coin flip that decided where this game would be played. The rules were changed this year, so head-to-head decided it. In other words, it came down to what happened on the field instead of the pure chance of a coin falling on either side.
Detroit is trying desperately to avoid the ignominy of becoming the first team in history to be in first place on May 10 or earlier and remain on top until losing the title in the final week of the season.
A couple of right-handers will be the probable starting pitchers for the tiebreaker: Rookie Rick Porcello (14-9, 4.04 ERA) for the Tigers, and Scott Baker (15-9, 4.36) for the Twins. Two of Porcello's last three outings were against Minnesota, one a loss and one a no-decision, but both were quality starts. Baker tossed five solid innings, allowing no earned runs, to beat the Tigers on Thursday.
The only other time tiebreakers happened in consecutive years was 1998-99 -- and obviously the chances of it happening at all are greater in the Wild Card era. The Cubs eliminated the Giants at Wrigley Field for the 1998 NL Wild Card, and a year later the Mets won at Cincinnati to secure the same berth. The Yankees were the last to win a playoff tiebreaker and then win a World Series, thanks to Bucky Dent's unexpected homer at Fenway Park in 1978.
Right now, it is Beyond 162.
The regular season goes on -- again.
Mark Newman is enterprise editor of MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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NAFCU and CUNA say they've been called to Capitol Hill on Thursday to discuss the credit union federal tax exemption with the House Ways and Means Committee.
The committee's financial services working group, chaired by Reps. Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) and John Larson (D-Conn.), is gathering information through April 15 as Congress prepares to undertake tax reform, NAFCU said in a release.
The committee has announced in February that it had formed 11 bipartisan working groups to study tax reform issues.
"This meeting is part of our ongoing, non-stop effort to remain vigilant during the tax reform debate," said NAFCU Vice President of Legislative Affairs Brad Thaler. "We want to make sure the working group understands the value of credit unions and the credit union tax exemption."
Thaler said NAFCU will stress a 2012 study on the value of the credit union tax exemption that revealed the federal government would actually suffer a net loss of revenue if the tax exemption were eliminated.
CUNA Senior Vice President of Legislative Affairs Ryan Donovan said he's "delighted" credit unions will have an opportunity to make what he called a "great case" for the preservation of the industry's tax exemption.
In a Monday Wall Street Journal editorial, House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said they will provide the public with an opportunity to provide tax reform input via social media.
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Marsh and 11 players from the other Arkansas football playing schools will be honored by the Touchdown Club at its annual banquet Feb. 1 at the Embassy Suites in Little Rock.
Marsh earned his selection after becoming just the second quarterback in Arkansas Tech history to throw for over 400 yards in a game, and ranking third in the Great American Conference in passing yards (2875) and total offense (301.5 yards per game), racking up the third-most passing yards in school history, the second-best completion percentage in school history (60.5), the fifth-most touchdowns (19) in school history, and second-most completions (238) in school history (all single-season marks).
In addition to honoring the Player of the Year from Arkansas' 11 football playing colleges and universities, a most valuable player and coach are selected from each of the six high school football classifications. The club also recognizes, through a membership vote, the top players and coach in the SEC, the national player of the year, and the winner of the Paul Eells Award.
This year's banquet will feature a buffet lunch, which will be served from 11-11:50 a.m., and the program will run from 11:50 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tickets are $20 for members, $25 for non-members and $40 for VIP seating. Each award winner from the college and high school ranks will be honored with a video presentation and receive a plaque from the Touchdown Club.
For tickets and more information, contact Little Rock Touchdown Club Executive Director Kelly Lasseigne at firstname.lastname@example.com or (501) 590-3529.
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On the heels of a stellar freshman season where he connected on 33-of-37 points after and 13-of-14 field goals, Arkansas Tech kicker Trevor Pinkston earned a selection to the Don Hansen all-Super Region Three Third Team.
The freshman spent time as the Wonder Boys' kicker and punter this season, earning National Player of the Week honors for the first week of the season after going 3-for-3 on field goals, 1-1 on extra points, while twice pinning Bacone inside its own 20-yard line as a punter. Pinkston displayed some of his best punting during the season's final game against Southern Arkansas, pinning the Muleriders inside their own 20-yard line three times.
Yet it was Pinkston's accuracy as a kicker that earned him recognition. The most accurate kicker in the GAC this season (92.9 percent), Pinkston tied for third in total field goals with 13, one behind co-GAC leaders John Gay of Harding and Brian Gonzalez of East Central. The freshman ranked third in the league among kickers with 72 total points scored.
A total of 103 players earned some form of Don Hansen All-Super Region Three honors. Players from 38 of the 46 football-playing schools in Super Region Three earned All-Region accolades.
The Don Hansen team carries out the legacy of long-time small college football advocate Don Hansen, who passed away at age 75 on Aug. 29, 2010. Hansen, from Brookfield, Ill., started and published Don Hansen's National Weekly Football Gazette for three decades, selecting NCAA Division II All-America teams for the first time in 1988. Don Hansen's Football Gazette began selecting Division II All-Region squads in 2003.
Golden Suns cross country to host run
The Arkansas Tech women's cross country team will host a one-hour track run at the Danville High School track on Sunday.
The entry fee is $20 preregistered, or $25 on the day of the race. The price is reduced for kids 18 years or under to $10 preregistered, or $15 on the day of the race.
The race is split into two heats. The first race is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. and is for runners who run a predicted pace per mile for one hour over 8:20/mile (eight minutes and twenty seconds per mile). The second race is set for 3:00 p.m. and is for runners who run a predicted pace per mile for one hour under 8:20/mile.
Register online at www.arkrrca.com, or mail a check to Tom Aspel, ATU Women's XC Team, 1604 Coliseum Drive, Russellville, AR 72801.


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Joe Smith won the city's top post in a runoff election against former state Sen. Tracy Steele. Smith takes over for outgoing mayor Pat Hays, who has served as the city's leader since 1989.
Hays decided last year not to seek another term as mayor.
Smith was sworn into office Tuesday.
Smith tells Little Rock television station KLRT (http://is.gd/s0uYl3 ) that he plans to work closely with the city's aldermen to find out what residents are looking for from the city government. Smith says he also plans to dedicate a staff member to work directly with merchants to try to create vibrant areas throughout the city.


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After two failed starts, a U.S. version of Top Gear is finally happening.
Top Gear has been a smash hit in the UK, but a U.S. version is has had trouble getting off the line. Since 2007, the BBC has attempted to create an American Top Gear, but has went through two different revisions of hosts. Finally, the cast has been finalized and the History Channel has announced that they have picked up ten episodes of the show.
The current cast is "funnyman" Rutledge Wood, actor Adam Ferrara and professional driver Tanner Foust. The identity of the American Stig is a mystery and likely classified under the Department of Homeland Security. Can the three U.S. hosts match the charisma and humor that Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May have? One celebrity fears that an American Top Gear might not work.


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EA Slashes Prices
Electronic Arts has cut the price on a number of recently-released game titles. SSX On Tour, which went on sale last month, is now $29.99--a $10 drop. Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects, originally priced at $49.99, is now $29.99 (GameCube, PS2, Xbox).
Also receiving $10 price cuts were NASCAR 06: Total Team Control, NBA Live 06, and the mega-selling Burnout Revenge.
The lone PSP game to receive the discount treatment is Need for Speed Underground: Rivals, which is now priced at $29.99.
Price cuts like these aren't uncommon at this time of year. We expect more companies to follow suit in the aftermath of the Xbox 360 launch and the run-up to the Christmas holiday.
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Ansel Adams Wilderness > San Joaquin Mountain > Climber's Log
San Joaquin Mountain Climber's Log
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|From Fern Creek
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 1997
|Shorter distance but 2,000' more el. from June Lakes Loop
|Posted Jan 15, 2009 11:43 pm
|A Bit
|Minaret Summit
Date Climbed: Sep 28, 2008
|A nice dayhike with those great views almost the entire route. Went on over to Carson Peak & more great views.
|Posted Sep 29, 2008 11:03 am
|Dayhike from Silver Lake
Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2008
|Dayhiked from Silver Lake. Outstanding views.
|Posted Aug 9, 2008 2:13 pm
|Route Climbed: Minaret Summit
Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2008
|My wife and I got a break from the smoke, sort of, and hiked up San Joaquin from the Minaret Summit parking lot. Excellent views of the Ansel Adams Wilderness. We also bagged the lower "teet", which had one move that was probably like class 4. The hike to the teet took us about ~4 hours with breaks, the hike up to the summit of San Joaquin took another 15 minutes.
|Posted Jul 28, 2008 3:46 pm
|walk-up from Mammoth Side
Date Climbed: Sep 8, 1983
|Date is something of a guess. I was working on a drill rig in the Mammoth area, and did this hike on my day off. I had seen the mountain on various hikes up the SW side of June Lake, and was almost tempted to go from the lake.
|Posted Dec 19, 2007 7:26 pm
|Minaret Summit
Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2007
|Nice halfdayhike with excellent views the whole way.
|Posted Jul 31, 2007 12:10 am
|Yost Creek
Date Climbed: May 29, 2004
|Fun dayhike on Memorial Day weekend. Had a couple of fun glissades.
|Posted Sep 1, 2006 5:05 am
|Ridge Traverse
Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2006
|Did a ridge traverse from Agnew Pass starting with Carson Peak then on to San Joaquin Mt and finally Two Teats. Great views from each peak of the Ritter Range and the Sierra Crest from Rodgers to the Koip Peak area.
|Posted Aug 17, 2006 5:02 pm
|Matt Worster
|Route Climbed: Minaret Summit Date Climbed: 4 August 2005
|Warm-up for Sierra Challenge 2005. (Happy Birthday, Mom!) Sadly, the classic Sierra Club register box exists no more. It apparently disappeared within the last 2 weeks. I shake my head in frustration as these boxes become more and more rare.
|Posted Aug 10, 2005 1:27 pm
|Route Climbed: The Hourglass Date Climbed: January 2004
|Summitted in wind and cold. Rode from June Mountain and then snow shoed up. The ride down had NICE snow and was extremely memerable. Fun and convenient.
|Posted Feb 28, 2005 10:37 pm
|Matthew Holliman
|Route Climbed: North Slopes Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2004
|Warmup for a Goddard dayhike the next day. Went up via Fern Lake, returning via Yost Lake. To my surprise, this approach actually took longer than the hike from Minaret Summit. Yost Meadow was pretty and worth seeing, but apart from that I'd recommend Minaret Summit as the way to go.
|Posted Nov 17, 2004 11:35 pm
|Route Climbed: Minaret Summit Date Climbed: June 19, 2004
|An enjoyable dayhike with many small ups and downs. Great views of the Minarets, Ritter, and Banner. 4 hours 40 minutes car to car.
|Posted Jun 20, 2004 9:31 pm
|Bob Burd
|Route Climbed: Minaret Summit Date Climbed: July 15, 2002
|This was a very enjoyable outing with two siblings, the first peak of note for my youngest sister. Trip Report
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Town Square
Cash mob hits downtown Pleasanton at 6 p.m. tonight
Original post made on Feb 18, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, February 18, 2013, 7:35 AM
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 18, 2013 at 8:12 am
Just thankful we haven't had a flash mob out to rob at the Stoneridge Mall - thanks to the new BART extension - yet.
a resident of Birdland
on Feb 18, 2013 at 8:26 am
Wow. Just show up, they give you 20 dollars and tell you to shop? I'll be there!
a resident of Livermore
on Feb 18, 2013 at 8:55 am
What if somebody drops the $20 and has nothing to spend? duh...
i'll be there...
a resident of Foothill Knolls
on Feb 18, 2013 at 9:19 am
They aren't giving you $20.... They are EDUCATING you on the positive effects of spending YOUR $20.
a resident of Birdland
on Feb 18, 2013 at 11:18 am
What do you mean they don't give you the $20? What's the draw if not the free $20? I don't need help spending my own money!
a resident of Kottinger Ranch
on Feb 18, 2013 at 11:43 am
idiots......you missed the whole point!
a resident of Highland Oaks
on Feb 18, 2013 at 4:16 pm
Great idea!
You tell me where to spend my money, as opposed to, say, my deciding where to spend my money. This way we relieve our wonderful downtown businesses of the inconvenient burden, the added expense and effort of trying to attract and keep customers with outstanding products and services.
Here's what I usually do to contribute to downtown QOL. I visit businesses on my way to destinations that have already won my loyalty by providing me with outstanding products and services. In this way, I feel I give them the opportunity to impress me.
After all, it's up to the business to attract customers, not up to the customers to provide business.
a resident of Pleasanton Heights
on Feb 19, 2013 at 9:19 am
Dear Connie, Mike,
The goal is to build a bigger customer base for our downtown. The method is to have a social event where people get together and thus enjoy being part of the "event". It is to have fun, meet people, do good. It is easy to be a curmudgeon, a little harder to put a smile on, but a lot funner in the end!
Thanks, hope to see you there!
a resident of Ironwood
on Feb 19, 2013 at 3:03 pm
I love this idea. I support local business and appreciate what they all bring to down town Pleasanton. If we don't support our town who will and how would we encourage others if we don't.
a resident of Highland Oaks
on Feb 19, 2013 at 3:43 pm
I think you'll find that most people are highly social and usually up for a good time, especially if there is a chance that some benefit to self or other might come out of it. I also appreciate the PDA's desire to plan events that increase the customer population, albeit temporarily, in an attempt to help the business community. The uncomfortable feeling that the "Cash Mob" event in particular elicits stems from the apparent attitude that the market base must somehow work a littler harder to support local businesses by going out of its way to spend money that it might not otherwise spend at a business that may or may not inspire the gesture based on its own merit.
Instead of asking the good people of Pleasanton to "Come downtown and spend 20 dollars at a location that we tell you to," wouldn't it be nice if the PDA invited the good people of Pleasanton to "Come downtown, where many Main Street businesses are offering wonderful meals and merchandise for 20 dollars or less"?
a resident of Birdland
on Feb 19, 2013 at 4:14 pm
I personally think the event would be more popular if the merchants handed out $20 vouchers to shoppers who show up for the event. I'd even let somebody show me how I'm supposed to shop. The current pitch: Cmon to downtown and spend your $20 and be part of the fun of spending your $20 at your expense and our profits sort of sounds a bit forced. Maybe spend a 20 spot or two on somebody with some marketing sense? I'm kind of embarrassed for everyone.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 20, 2013 at 9:39 am
Seems simple enough to me.
For those that want to enjoy this event - get out there and have fun with it.
For those that don't - then don't show up
No need to moan about it. No one is forcing you to join in.
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Axford cherished time with Hoffman
By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com
MILWAUKEE -- John Axford only briefly saw Major League Baseball's all-time saves leader in top form. Axford was among Milwaukee's September callups in 2009, when Hoffman was putting the finishing touches on a 37-save season. By the time Axford returned to the Brewers last May, Hoffman was in trouble and it was up to Axford to take over as closer. Still, Axford spoke with reverence Tuesday after learning that Hoffman had decided to retire after 18 Major League seasons.
"I spent some time looking at videos on MLB.com of Trevor's first save and then No. 100, 200, 300, 400, 479, 500 and even 600," said Axford, who was on hand for No. 600 in September. "I was thinking about him a little bit."Axford remembered a fiery competitor and the leader of the Brewers' clubhouse. He also thought about "Camp Hoffman," the daily workouts for Brewers relievers organized by their elder statesman. Those workouts often took the bullpen corps outside Miller Park for cardiovascular work. "I'm going to remember everything from my time with him," Axford said. "He's a fantastic teammate, a great person, and in all honesty, the things I'll remember most are the things that happened off the field. He treats you fantastically. He took the bullpen out to dinner when we were on the road, and he invited us over to his home when we were in Milwaukee. He treated you like a friend, and respected you like a friend. "That's all he wanted back -- your respect. That's what I'll remember about him the most. I just sat there and tried to soak up his 18 years of wisdom." It was clear this winter that Hoffman's tenure with the Brewers was over. He hoped to find an offer to close on the free-agent market, but didn't get it. "I knew Trevor wanted the opportunity to keep closing, because that's what he's done his entire life," Axford said. "He wanted to put his heart and all of his effort into it." Hoffman logged the final 47 of his record 601 saves in a Brewers uniform and represented the franchise at the 2009 All-Star Game. His '10 season was a struggle from the start, as Hoffman converted only five of his first 10 save chances and lost the job to Axford, a 27-year-old rookie. Instead of sulking, Hoffman took Axford under his wing. "I don't think it would have done anyone any good to show any bitterness toward the situation," Hoffman said in July. "I created this situation. He was just sitting at the corner of opportunity." Axford seized the opportunity by converting 24 of 27 save chances. He'll be the Brewers' closer again in 2011. Hoffman, meanwhile, will take a front office position with the Padres, for whom he pitched 16 seasons. The Padres are planning a news conference on Wednesday at PETCO Park to announce the retirement and Hoffman's new role. Hoffman will finish with an all-time record 601 regular-season saves, 42 ahead of Yankees great Mariano Rivera who is in second place at 559. Hoffman turned 43 on Oct. 13. "It's time to retire. It's time to move on," Hoffman told MLB.com on Tuesday. "This is more of a self-evaluation. I expect to pitch at a certain level and I had to be honest with myself that I wasn't certain I could maintain that anymore." The decision means the Brewers won't reap a compensatory Draft pick for Hoffman signing with another team. The Brewers offered Hoffman arbitration in December with a gentleman's agreement in place that he would decline.
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brew Beat, and follow him on Twitter at @AdamMcCalvy. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. - The search for finding more fossil fuels comes with some serious consequences.
Oil and gas companies that want to blast sound pulses 100,000 times more intense than a jet engine into the ocean could injure and possibly kill an estimated 138,500 dolphins and whales, and put thousands of tourism and fishing jobs at risk, Florida Today reports.
The nonprofit group Oceana released a report Tuesday that highlighted federal estimates of wildlife and economic impacts from oil and gas exploration along the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf.
According to the report, the seismic airguns would put at risk more than $15 billion in economic activity and 400,000 tourism, recreation and fishing jobs in Florida.
"Imagine a rocket being launched out of your living room every 10 seconds, 24 hours a day, for days to weeks at a time," said Matthew Huelsenbeck, report author and marine scientist at Oceana.
Seismic surveys from Cape Canaveral to Delaware are being debated by the Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Though the surveys would be from three to 350 nautical miles out to sea, the geological surveys and impacts could cross into state waters closer to shore as well.
A decision on the tests is expected in October.
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Margie Shaw Boone
Missing since November 4, 1995 from Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina
Classification: Endangered Missing
Vital Statistics
Circumstances of Disappearance
Hoyle Smith was last seen on November 4, 1995 when he had repair work one on his car. His friend Margie Shaw Boone, was last seen the day before. She was a resident of Vass who spent much time with Hoyle Smith at his house in Stanford.
Police began looking for them after a friend reported seeing blood stains and signs of struggle at Smith's home. Hoyle Smith's car was also missing, and recovered from the parking lot of a Fayetteville bar.
A suspect was convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths of Hoyle Smith and Margie Shaw Boone. Their bodies were never found. The suspect claimed he buried their bodies at Spring Lake.
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Sanford Police Department
Agency Case Number: 95-019440
NCIC Number: M-884597441
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.
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