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We're entering holiday travel season when many of us will spend time in hotels. Others are already planning trips for spring break and renting beachfront properties.
If you're one of those people, you'll want to know the three things you should do whenever you check into a hotel to avoid checking out with bedbugs.
Itching Soon After Going To Bed
Martha Kraft recently checked into a motel with her daughter Cathy, and her two children.
While the four of them were expecting to spend quality time together, they soon found that their room was already inhabited by pesky guests.
"I started itching all over, my hands just kept itching all night," Kraft said.
It was only when they turned the room light on that they discovered bedbugs all over them.
"I woke up in middle of the night to feed the baby, and had them actually crawling on me," Kraft's daughter said.
The two women are among the thousands of hotel guests across the country bitten by bedbugs every year.
The pesky bugs don't discriminate, either. They've been found in all 50 states and have even been reported in expensive 5-star hotels.
What You Need To Check For
Kurt Scherzinger is the general manager of an extermination company, Scherzinger Pest Control. Even though after a potentially long trip people want to relax as soon as they get to their hotel room, Scherzinger said it's imperative that people take the time to inspect their room before they get too comfortable.
"They definitely need to inspect before they unpack or make themselves comfortable in a room," he said.
Scherzinger agreed to help inspect a local hotel room. He also provided three must-do tips for what to do when you arrive at any hotel, resort or guest house.
Tip #1:
Never lay your suitcase on the carpet by the bed. That's a spot where these bugs are known to hide.
Instead, set your suitcase on a luggage rack. Don't have a luggage rack? A clean table top will do.
"I recommend setting the luggage on the luggage rack right as you come in," Sceherzinger said. "Bedbugs do not stay on exposed places."
Tip #2:
While inspecting the room, start by pulling down the sheets and blankets, Scherzinger says. Inspect all beds (even those you don't plan to use), paying special attention to the white edging around the mattress.
"I would first pull (off) the sheet itself," Scherzinger explained. "And at that point I would look at the piping or the edging or the mattress," where they rest, waiting to feast on and annoy their next victim.
Bedbugs look like small apple seeds. They tend to leave little stains behind as well.
"You're looking for the bugs or for a reddish brown stain, which is the fecal matter of the bug itself," Scherzinger said.
During his inspection, Scherzinger found dark spots along an edge of one of the mattresses. Were they bug droppings? Possibly, but they also could have been black mold.
But these mattresses, while stained, passed the bug test.
Tip #3:
Once the mattress has passed the test, make sure to check around the headboard, behind the nightstands and in the dresser drawers. Bugs love warm, dark places to rest and wait before they decide to move on and call your clothing home.
"I would definitely do a thorough inspection of the dresser drawers and nightstand before you unpack a bag into the dressers," he advised.
What If You Are Suspicious?
What should you do if you suspect bugs? Scherzinger says demand another room immediately.
In his years of experience treating hotels, he says it's rare for several rooms in a hotel to be infected at the same time. Usually, if you move you will be fine.
Then when you get home, he says:
--Wash all clothing in hot water.
--Then dry for 30 minutes in a hot dryer.
--Place shoes and suitcases (that cannot be washed) outside in the sun in black plastic bags. The heat from the sun will kill the bugs.
The Krafts are still dealing with the itchy bites, saying "it took about four months to get rid of them."
How To Protect Yourself
While there are plenty of tips to help you once you've already gone on vacation, there are several things you can do to limit your risk in the first place.
One thing you can do is purchase bedbug resistant luggage. If you stay in what you'd consider "questionable motels," one these new travel tote models might be worth the price, which range in price from $20 to several hundred dollars.
One of these new type of suitcase heats the contents inside to a temperature that should kill any bugs that have made it inside.
If specialty luggage might be too financially out of reach, purchase a bedbug proof mattress covers. Although, there is always the chance the bugs are on a hotel blanket or somewhere else in the hotel room.
One thing you should do is check out review and reports of the hotel(s) you're considering. Websites like BedBugRegistry.com and BedbugReports.com are a little more to the point, if you will, but general customer review sites like TripAdvisor.com are beneficial as well.
Reputation Doesn't Always Speak For Itself
But remember: Bedbugs have been reported even at pricey resorts and new hotels. They come in with the guests. So, just because someone reported bugs at a hotel last year does not mean they are still there.
Hotels shut down suspect rooms immediately, and treat for bugs.
Wherever you travel there's no reason to let down your guard. That way you are safe and you don't waste your money.
Editor's note: We're not identifying the hotel we inspected in our report, because it did not have bugs during our check.
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Discussion in 'Star Trek: Enterprise' started by Melakon, Dec 20, 2012.
You don't see people complaining about the Space Nazis in Dr. Who now do you?
I've never seen Dr Who, so I can't comment. But Star Trek does try to take itself seriously most of the time and be original. Taking a cheap knockoff of an existing villain just to artificially force a villain into a given situation is pretty much the height of uncreativty and unoriginality.
All the space nazi eps I can think of were chock full of campiness. The most serious one was Patterns of Force and even that had the shirtless whipping scenes.
I firmly believe they would have stuffed Hitler in a closet if they could have in Trek.
But why it shouldn't it have some fun as well?
Okay maybe not everyone is laughing at this:
Or enjoying the utter campiness of this fellow (who as I have said before is straight out of The Desert Peach):
Or thinking this was all rather slashy before I knew what the word slashy meant:
But I am
And since this is the ENT forum.. Archer is in big troubles here.
Beaten up again and leered at, poor fellow.
And tell me you don't laugh at this. Really.
The desk, the VENETIANS!!
And this one is like some Greeting Card from Hell
I bet when you open up the Greeting Card from Hell there's a photo of a Doberman with a Christmas wreath round its neck.
You are so bad, teacake.
Memorable scenes? I give you...
And why do DS9 and TNG top my favorite list regarding Trek? Well it's a part of not having space nazi's.
I loved Enterprise sooooo much for not having Riker and then it stabbed me through the heart.
I like how Blalock described the Valentine.
*cough* Cardassians *cough*
Yes! Cardassians are Space Nazis without the swastikas.
Never got the interest in the Cardassians? I'd rather have Space Nazis with the swastikas.
But Cardassian have those rumored ridges.
Everything is better with ridges.
I'm thinking the Bold and the Beautiful now..
And you know the ridges featured in James Swallow's Terok Nor. Bajoran girls were giggling over this in the pre-Occupation days when the Cardies were masquerading as tourists.
Re-watched Twilight last night. Lots of memorable scenes in that one.
The scene in Carbon Creek when the kid's mom finds the money in the jar had so many levels of depth. That one stands out to me.
I'm not sure how many 'memorable scenes' ENT as a series has (though the ship getting f***d in Damage is pretty good).
But Twilight and Carbon Creek definitely memorable episodes, with lots of good scenes/screengrabs
Degra's death. Very memorable.
Also Lorian. Memorable for the excellent casting!
"Twilight" and "E(squared)" are the other two ENT episodes I have (Alternate Realities Fan Collective).
I too thought Lorian was well cast. His resemblence to Trip and his voice almost had me thinking the actors were related.
E2 is my favorite ENT ep. In all its fanwanky glory.
If this shot had included T'Pol's midrift, you don't want to know what you would have given me...
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Yes, that's the problem and because of that I can't open the ZA Control Center.
"Hide inactive icons" option is unticked from "Taskbar and Start menu properties" so that's not the case. I'm using the latest version of ZoneAlarm firewall version 6.5.722.000. I've tried re-installing and everything runs fine but after a few XP startup's I notice that ZA's Control Center is missing from taskbar notification area.
I've had no such problem with ZA firewall until now. I've tried Sysinternal's rootkit revealer and my machine seems to be clean. I've also scanned my machine with Avast antivirus and it found nothing. I've tested my firewall with www.grc.com port scan when the Control Center icon is missing and the firewall is working ok as the security test cannot connect to my machine.
At this moment there are three processes running which I think have something to do with ZA:
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A few moments ago there was only one zlclient.exe running and now there's two of them. Is it normal that there are two zlclient.exe's running? How can I start the ZA Control Panel if it's missing?
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The most recent tourism numbers demonstrate more than ever the critical importance of focusing on beach health and appropriate parking and lodging facilities for tourism.
Statewide, visitors increased 7% from April through June compared to the same time last year. In Sarasota County, June was up 11% from the previous June, according to the Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau. On Siesta Key, there are only anecdotal numbers available. The Palm Bay Club on Midnight Pass Road, for instance, has experienced a 20% jump this summer from last summer; others report similar increases.
Siesta Key can be measured by the fact that it collects the most tourist taxes of any region in the county — nearly one-third — edging out the entire city of Sarasota. Nearly $2.85 million was collected on the Key from October through June.
Some of these boosted numbers reflect Siesta Key Public Beach garnering the No. 1 ranking in the nation from Dr. Beach this spring. But the state numbers increased, and tourism in general has bounced back nicely from the valley last year caused by the weak economy and the negative publicity surrounding the Gulf oil spill.
This is a great reminder that tourism and giving tourists the best experience are essential to our economic vitality. There's nothing like return customers to maintain vibrant business.
All of which brings back to the forefront the ongoing parking issue, both in Siesta Key Village and at Siesta Key beach. It seems folly for Sarasota County to be pursuing an expensive overhaul of the public beach facilities that includes eliminating 100 precious parking spaces. The plan has all sorts of cool elements, then shoots itself in the foot by building an esplanade and taking out parking. Hopes of a trolley eliminating the parking need is truly a fantasy.
The tourism numbers reinforce why all the money and energy distractions on ancillary activities — such as having a sports commission and a film commission — dilute the focus from tourism. If we do tourism with excellence, other good things will follow.
At the same time as the strong tourism numbers are coming in, we are witnessing more problems with short-term rentals where they are not supposed to be — in residentially zoned neighborhoods. The problem suggests that there is insufficient capacity for tourists on the Key. Supply and demand strike again.
One commiserates with the county's code enforcement officer, John Lally. He must balance the importance of happy tourists with the frustrations of residents ending up with short-term, rowdy tourists rotating through the house next door. His job could be made easier.
Here are some steps Sarasota County and Key leadership should take:
• Parking. Ensure adequate parking for tourists, making this a priority. Siesta Key Village merchants need more visitor parking as well.
• Rentals. Assess whether there is an adequate number of short-term rental rooms on the Key to handle the tourist demand. There is a constant shortage of overnight rentals. If there is a chronic shortfall overall, then county and Key leaders are frustrating both visitors and residents and should find ways to expand short-term capacity on the Key, probably through zoning.
• We're No. 1! Yes, shout it from the rooftops. Or bridge tops. Take full advantage of the Dr. Beach ranking by enshrining it on the bridges to the Key and perhaps at the new beach pavilion.
The most recent tourism numbers demonstrate more than ever the critical importance of focusing on beach health and appropriate parking and lodging facilities for tourism.


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Sharks grill players for info on Dank
THE Sharks won't say it but they are conducting the most thorough of investigations imaginable to find out exactly what controversial sports scientist Stephen Dank did at Cronulla for two months in 2011, and most importantly, if any players continued with what they learnt from him after he was removed from the NRL club. At training on Thursday, the Sharks players were split into two groups - those who were at the Sharks in 2011 and those who were not. The class of 2011 was sat down and told to confess all in a probe conducted by the club. Football manager Darren Mooney had a chat to Trent Elkin - the club's respected former trainer, who is now at the Eels. He would have most of the information the club would be interested in - not because he did anything wrong, but because he was the trainer. No Sharks player has tested positive and I've been made aware that a couple of their players are the most tested - dare I say because they have been targeted - players in the NRL. The Sharks are lucky to have coach Shane Flanagan at the helm. Like the rest of the club, he just wants the truth and won't hide it when he gets it. Flanagan is hoping to go public and front the media this week once he has the results of their internal investigation. The reason the Australian Crime Commission wanted to go public with drugs in sport findings, they say, is based on fear. A fear that if they sat on the information they had that a player could harm themselves - or worse, be harmed. Harm themselves through the use of the performance-enhancing or illicit drugs, or be harmed because of those supplying them. The fear among the clubs is very real. Is there a political element? No doubt. And be sure that when blood-testing capabilities and funding are increased, ASADA will have got what they want out of this exercise. The ACC will be happy when it has nabbed more dealers. Sport is just the road kill.
Mistaken identity?
The Curtis Johnston story coming out of South Sydney's feeder team, the North Sydney Bears, is juicier than a body-building competition in the 1980s. Johnston was stood down by the Bears on Monday because of a series of text messages sent to the Bears, Souths and the Nine Network. But what has not been revealed is that another player, Brandon Dwyer, was sacked by the Bears after the messages surfaced. He was the other part of the message conversation - at least that's what Johnston thought. The Bears decided to investigate the matter after Johnston made drug-related statements in texts such as: ''I used to every off season. Used to run the risk. Now Im there n hopefully will be in the team so I rather not.'' Asked about the source of the substances, he texted: ''Gotta mate can give ya the number. He can get u anything witth in a couple if weeks.'' He also supplied a name and number for an alleged drug dealer - a mate of his who answered Johnston's phone when I tried to contact him. Then there are further boasts about drugs on Instagram which have been uncovered by this column. What has emerged are claims from Dwyer that he was not at one end of the conversation - instead he says his ex-girlfriend used his identity to have the conversation with Johnston - and set him up. It's a claim she clearly denies. Dwyer was sacked even before Johnston fronted Bears boss Greg Florimo. Dwyer has told his story to Redfern police, who contacted me after the story aired. Dwyer was punted, it would seem, because he was expendable as a player - he doesn't seem to have done too much wrong other than have his name mentioned as a part of the conversation. Johnston's mate that he referred to in the text messages is not a footballer but a well-known gym rat. After viewing my story on Nine News during the week, South Sydney co-owner Peter Holmes a Court messaged me via Facebook to say the drugs in sport story had taken a different turn now it was about a human. ''He's not at the top of the game, quite the opposite: he's one of many, many battlers and part-timers. He won't have a big defence fund or be able to get high-priced advisers. He may have made mistakes, he may have done illegal things, but he still deserves to be treated fairly, to be given a chance to defend himself. It's a chance to improve our game, not destroy people. We all just need to be careful at this time. It is an opportunity to improve the game and those people caught in the crossfire must be treated fairly. I am sure the game will come out better for this period.''
Polished performer
Stephen Dank's lawyer, Greg Stanton, is just as skilful a media player as his client. Dank was most impressive on the ABC program The 7.30 Report. He defended himself with poise and had an answer to every question and also managed to toss James Hird under a bus. Stanton was impressed with his client and warned he actually held back some views and facts. He is obviously preparing for the battle to get a whole lot tougher.
The real weapon
Trent Robinson has been putting on a brave face in recent days as his brother goes through hell because he was stood down by Essendon. Dean ''The Weapon'' Robinson was the high-performance manager and so far has been the only person who has been punished by the Bombers. Dean has been in a bad way but support from some of Trent's well-connected friends in the world of league has improved his outlook in a big way.
A hybrid cause
Rocky Elsom is sweating on the outcome of his case against Japanese rugby club Kobe, a dispute which arose when team officials claimed he wasn't fit to take up a deal. Meanwhile he has been working with Frank Gordon Management and NSW Police to support policemen and women who are hurt or injured on duty. They are organising a two-day rugby sevens tournament involving high-profile athletes from league and union. Corporate teams will be either in the rugby league side of the draw or the rugby union side. The top four teams will play a hybrid finals series.
Moses parts sea, nearly
Michael Jennings's deal with the Roosters almost didn't happen because of his manager's ongoing feud with Panthers general manager Phil Gould. Isaac Moses and Gould have been at each other for months - ever since Gould fined Jennings for off-field misdemeanours. Moses ran interference when Gould organised for Jennings to be transferred to the Dragons. He killed off the deal and he nearly did the same with the Roosters when he wanted to push for Penrith to pay a bigger part of Jennings's contract for no other reason than to jam Gould on the salary cap. The Roosters didn't want to get caught up in the stoush.
Glamour gone AWOL
The Roosters have scrapped plans for a glamorous season launch for Sonny Bill Williams. There was a line of thinking that they would parade SBW at the ever-fashionable North Bondi Italian restaurant to create a picture opportunity. The Roosters coaching staff put a stop to that - they are keen for him to have a low-key entry and be one of the boys.
Where's the love?
If Ricky Ponting's family thought they'd see more of him after his retirement they must be disappointed. ''I've been away from home more than normal in an Australian summer because of my Big Bash commitments and the Shield stuff with Tasmania,'' the 38-year-old Ponting said. ''I'm used to it and so is the family, but that part of my life has not changed.'' He must have an understanding wife - Ponting was committed to a CUB sponsorship appearance on Valentine's Day night.
The other Ricky has it
Parramatta coach Ricky Stuart continues to work hard to raise awareness for autism through his foundation. He will host a celebrity pro-am at the Royal Canberra Golf Club on February 25 and among a host of great auction items are two centre-court tickets for the men's singles semi-final at Wimbledon on July 5. The package includes Qantas flights, accommodation and access to the famed President's suite. Anyone wanting to make a pre-event bid can email email@example.com.
Feud gets uglier
YOU wouldn't know it by the huge smile on his face during the All Stars match, but Ben Barba has been through a difficult time away from the field. The Canterbury fullback and his childhood sweatheart, Ainslie Currie, have separated. He's be feeling the pain of being away from his kids – but he has moved on with a new partner – Lauren Tweddle and they have been declaring their love for each other in a very public way via Instagram. Currie has used the same forum to brand Tweddle a home wrecker. Barba has great mental strength and that will be tested as he copes with his new situation away from football.
Roosters suit up for success
The Rabbitohs are all about Armani but the neighbouring Sydney Roosters are going up-market with their suits. Apsley Tailors are now the official tailors for the Roosters and they will christen their new threads at their season launch. If you aren't a suit fanatic you won't know Apsley are also the official tailors for Fulham and West Ham. Renowned tailor Arshad Mahmood did a couple of fittings with the the Roosters team and board, including Mark Bouris, Mark McInnes, Mark Fennessy and Luke Ricketson. Fennessy and a couple of the players, including Mitchell Pearce were so impressed they purchased extra suits.
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Below is the full video of the competition which also brought us the Dream Drag Race video. The Carrera S simply gets superlative after superlative. Randy Pobst stated, ""That's what I'm talking about! Right there! Holy cow, it makes all these other cars seem stupid! This 911 is so good, it just blows my mind! What a great driving car!" High praise indeed. It also received only first place votes from everyone involved.
Porsche raises the bar yet again. Much respect to the company that continues to find ways to update its icon.


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Timberwolves draftee Robbie Hummel is close to an agreement with Spanish club Obradoiro, two sources told HoopsHype.
Hummel, a 6-foot-8 forward out of Purdue, was selected by Minnesota with the 58th overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft. Mostly known as a three-point shooter, Hummel averaged 16.4 ppg with the Boilermakers last season.


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A district court judge issued a gag order Friday in the first-degree murder case against a Farmington man suspected of killing an Ignacio man earlier this week.
Elijah Timothy Anglin, 18, is suspected of shooting and killing Joey Benavidez, 39, on Tuesday in Ignacio. A second suspect, identified by authorities as Tommy Lee Mitchell, 19, of Farmington remained at large Friday.
Public defense lawyer Faith Winstead asked 6th Judicial District Judge David Dickinson to consider several motions intended to protect her clients rights.
She asked that law enforcement not be allowed to speak with Anglin without first contacting the public defenders office. Dickinson denied the request.
She asked that her office be allowed to observe photo lineups involving her client. Dickinson granted the request.
She asked that lawyers and law enforcement be prevented from speaking to the public about the case. Dickinson approved the request in part: He limited what lawyers and law enforcement can say to the media.
A similar motion commonly referred to as a gag order was struck down earlier this year by District Judge Jeffrey Wilson, who said if legal professionals followed their code of ethics, there was no need for such an order.
The motions are considered routine in high-profile cases involving serious charges.
An arrest affidavit that details the allegations against Anglin remains sealed from the public.
Anglin appeared Friday in District Court for the second day in a row.
He sat next to his public defense lawyers and appeared to be attentive to every detail. Two women one middle-aged and one elderly and a man sat behind him in the courtroom gallery. A middle-aged woman mouthed the words, I love you, and blew him a kiss. They declined to comment outside the courthouse.
Anglin and Mitchell are suspected of shooting and killing Benavidez at his mothers house about 4:10 p.m. Tuesday.
District Attorney Todd Risberg characterized it as a drug deal gone bad.
An arrest warrant for first-degree murder has been issued for Mitchell, who is described as black, 5-foot-4, 136 pounds, with brown eyes and short black hair. Authorities said he should be considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information is asked to call La Plata County Sheriffs Investigator Dan Patterson at 382-7015 or Investigator Jim Hendricks at 382-7018.


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Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by nx1701g, Oct 28, 2008.
Found this on IMDB
Yes, films movies are very tricky, indeed.
A part of me wishes Nolan WON'T make a third...go out on top and all of that.
A third WILL be made, with Box Office like Dark Knight, of course it will be made....
The actual article, as opposed to the typical imdb butchering of movie news, is pretty interesting. One choice tidbit:
Of course there'll be athird movie, as to whether or not Nolan will be involved, sounds to me like it's all about whether or not there's an interesting story there. Which is just what it should be about.
With where TDK left off there has to be a third movie. Batman's on the run, we have no batmobile anymore and we haven't seen the new cave.
The liberty I'm taking with his statement (which are in depth and undoctored about the net) is that he is wanting to make sure its as artistically important to the character as TDK was for the character(s). I see Nolan as much more an artist in his field then I do say Michael Bay. I think if Nolan took a year and couldn't come up with an idea that pleased him he would pass on doing a 3rd Batman. Warners on the other hand would just get Paul Anderson or some other step down in talent director and make the movie.
There will be another Batman, count on it.
That's a great interview. On the second page Nolan discusses his favorite scene in greater detail.
A couple of years ago I finished my novel Two Minds, and it was important to me to not have the hero and villain meet up very much, and that their differences are philosophical, nad are exemplified by the world around them, and not themselves. TDK is the film that comes closest to what I was trying to capture.
Sure, there'll be a third movie, but will it be the right one?
After Batman Returns, it seemed obvious that the next film would involve the return of Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman. (Arguably, it was that portrayal that launched the idea of Catwoman as a semi-separate franchise.) But it never happened, and instead we got the Schumacher sequels and the much-later Halle Berry movie.
That doesn't seem very different from what he's been saying previous. The jist of it being that he's unsure about a third movie (as the thread title points out) and would have to wait until he's jazzed about a story. The success of The Dark Knight seems to have put the third one in a kind of hazy flux. Give it another year and see what he thinks...he probably wants a break.
You know, there is the go-to guy when it comes to making other people's third installments, that being the director of Red Dragon and X-Men: The Last Stand.
What I found interesting about this article though is that plainly he's ruminating on a third installment to see if there's an interesting story there.
But, just speaking personally, I never thought we'd get two such fantastic movies at Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. I'm prepared for this to be the peak of Batman movies for quite some time. Meaning, I won't be surprised if Nolan passes, or if, whether he passes or not, the third installment ain't so great.
I just figure it's good karma to be thankful for what you have and not get greedy.
I'm 90% sure Nolan will make another film. I'm 100% sure Warner will.
There is one more story for Nolan I feel and it doesn't matter that a 3rd movie will be below TDK in terms of quality as long as we get a good movie overall with a good end to Nolan's story.
A third Batman movie that is "not as good" as The Dark Knight? Wouldn't that still be in the realm of "better than almost anything out there?"
While I thoroughly enjoyed TDK, and felt that it did a pretty good job of capturing Batman as a character, I did find it too intense. There was no breathing time at all during the movie.
I think that a redemption style of movie would certainly work, which is perhaps how Robin could be introduced (hopefully becoming Nightwing by the end)--if anybody could pull off a "realistic" Robin, it is Nolan.
Warners will be doing a third Batman movie in the next few years whether Nolan agrees to do it or not. There is too much money at stake.
We can only hope that if the movie goes foward without Nolan that it will at least be half as good as TDK. Also Brett Ratner needs to stay the hell away from this franchise.
I remember reading in the other threads here that Nolan has three franchises fates resting in his hands.
WB is waiting for Nolan to sign on to Batman 3. Then WB can go ahead with Green Lantern and Superman
Somewhere JacksonArcher is having a coronary.
Which makes absolutely no logical sense.
I agree with everyone who says there will definitely be a 3rd Batman film. However, if Nolan does not feel he can match or top himself, then I would applaud him for sticking to his artistic integrity and walking away having made two of the best comic book films in ages.
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The Laguna Beach Art Adventure drew teams of players Sunday for a clue-solving trip through the streets of Laguna to discover dozens of works of art and architecture.
Starting at Main Beach, participants fanned out for three hours in the event presented by CityRace Urban Adventure Hunts as they tried to crack codes, solve puzzles, uncover little-known facts and more while racing to be first to the finish with the most correct answers.
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Jordan focuses on fastball command in solid start
By Bill Ladson / MLB.com
VIERA, Fla. -- Nationals right-hander Taylor Jordan, who is being considered for the fifth spot in the rotation, was solid in a 2-0 loss to the Astros on Wednesday night.
He lasted five innings, allowed one run and struck out five. The run came in the first inning. With one out, Jose Altuve reached base on an infield single, then he stole second before going to third on a throwing error by Jordan. Altuve then scored on a groundout by Jason Castro.
Manager Matt Williams noticed that Jordan was more aggressive with his fastball than he was in his last start against the Tigers. In that start, Jordan relied heavily on his breaking balls and allowed four runs in three innings.
"I was definitely focusing on my fastball command today more than my offspeed because that's the type of pitcher I am," Jordan said. "I'm a sinker-ball, ground-ball pitcher. I'm not a strikeout machine or whatever. So I had some good movement on my fastball today. That was nice to see."
Jordan said he is not thinking about competing with right-handers Chris Young and Tanner Roark for the fifth spot in the rotation. He talked about spending Tuesday's off day at home, collecting himself and relaxing.
"I just had a great day and did not stress and that's exactly what I did. I'm just not worried about [the rotation]," Jordan said.
Jordan said this spring has been stressful because he didn't know if he was going to be ready for Spring Training after breaking his right ankle this offseason. He hurt his ankle in a freak accident while coming out of a swimming pool and was in a cast for a month.
"I broke it in October and I had to really hurry up my rehab, my lifting and throwing," Jordan said. "I had to be on top of it this offseason. My ankle feels as good as new."
Shifted to bullpen role, Detwiler moving forward
VIERA, Fla. -- Two days after he was told that he was starting the season in the bullpen, Nationals left-hander Ross Detwiler didn't show any emotions with the media Wednesday.
"I've still got to go out there, pitch and get outs," Detwiler said. "I can't really dwell on the negatives. I take as much positives as you can and go out and prove that you can get outs."
Detwiler does not necessarily have a defined role, according to manager Matt Williams. Detwiler could be a long man, a lefty specialist or could pitch an inning or two.
"They haven't told me exactly my role is going to be. That's one thing we'll address once they tell me exactly where I fit in," Detwiler said.
Asked if he saw his new role as a demotion, he said, "I don't know. I have no comment on that."
Detwiler hasn't had much success this spring as a starter, allowing five runs in seven innings, while opposing hitters had a .412 batting average against him.
"I'm healthy. I thought I was throwing the ball well. That's kind of for you guys to decide how I'm doing," he said.
Detwiler considers himself a starter, but he is not hoping that someone gets hurt for him to allow him rejoin the rotation.
"We are in it to win. It's going to hurt worse if we don't win the whole thing," Detwiler said.
In Wednesday's 2-0 loss to the Astros, Detwiler entered the game in the sixth inning and didn't allow a run.
"We got him in there against three straight lefties, which was good," Williams said. "He was aggressive. He threw breaking balls for outs -- one for a strikeout, one for a groundout. The secret to his success there is his fastball is in the zone. I saw aggression. That's what I like. That's what he likes.
"[Pitching in] back-to-back [games] is not necessary at this point. We'll see how it ends up. It may be a back-to-back where he is coming in and facing one guy and come back the next day. I wouldn't necessarily think he was going to go back-to-back innings at this point."
Veteran reliever Ayala released
VIERA, Fla. -- The Nationals gave reliever Luis Ayala his unconditional release Wednesday. Ayala struggled this spring, allowing nine runs in six innings. Furthermore, opposing hitters had a .370 batting average against him.
"I want to keep playing. … I want to have a chance to play with another team," Ayala said. "I thank the Nationals for the opportunity, but it happens."
Ayala signed a Minor League deal with Washington in February. Ayala became the second player from the 2005 squad to reunite with the organization, following Jamey Carroll, who signed a Minor League deal a month earlier.
Ayala played with the Nats/Expos from 2003-08, and he was one of the team's most reliable relievers. Over the past three years, Ayala played for the Yankees, Orioles and Braves and recorded a respectable 2.58 ERA.
Manager Matt Williams believes Ayala can still pitch in the big leagues.
"He is a veteran guy that knows how to pitch," Williams said. "I don't think Luis, if you ask him, would say he [lights up] the radar gun, but he knows how to get people out. We want to give him an opportunity to see what's out there."
Reliever Barrett impressing Williams
VIERA, Fla. -- With less than two weeks left in Spring Training, right-hander Aaron Barrett is still with the Nationals -- and for good reason. He has pitched eight scoreless innings and held opponents to a .148 batting average.
"Every situation we have put him in, he has performed and that's all you can ask," manager Matt Williams said. "I think he has been aggressive. I think he has commanded the strike zone. He has had quick innings and has worked well."
Barrett said he is keeping a simple approach. Last season, Barrett pitched for Double-A Harrisburg and had a 2.15 ERA with 26 saves.
"I'm just trying to keep a simple mindset, just using the one pitch at a time mentality. It's kind of the thing I've been focusing on the last couple of years," Barrett said. "Ultimately, for me, I control what I can control. Outside of that, whatever happens, happens. I'm just trying to keep that simple mindset and attacking hitters."
Williams is familiar with Barrett, having managed the righty in the Arizona Fall League in 2012. Williams noticed the reliever's fastball is much better than it was then.
"He has a great breaking ball, he is aggressive and commands the zone," the manager said. "So far, it's been really nice to see."
Worth noting
• Starter Doug Fister will pitch three innings against the Marlins on Saturday afternoon. The last time he pitched in a Grapefruit League game was March 2. The right-hander has missed more than two weeks of Major League action due to elbow inflammation.
• Reliever Ryan Mattheus is expected to pitch in his first Spring Training game Thursday. He has missed most of the spring with chest inflammation.
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the time. He also could be found on Twitter @WashingNats. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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text: I've read this Tuvix argument and watched it go on for years and I find that people miss the point entirely. Janeway did not murder Tuvix. She did what any command bridge officer is supposed to do in emergency situations. Voyager is thousands of light years from home, with no chance, with the exception of the occasional stray along the way like Seven and Neelix, to have the ship restaffed with qualified personnel at a Starbase. In the TNG episode Thine Own Self, Deanna Troi had to learn that to command a starship, she may have to order a friend, or a member of the crew, to sacrifice themselves for the safety and the well being of the ship she commands. Janeway liked Tuvix. But when there was a way for her tactical AND second officer to be restored, the command descision to make would be to order Tuvix to be separated so Tuvok could be restored. It may seem ugly, or immoral, or even murder to some. But if I were captain and in her situation, you better damn well bet I would order Tuvix to undergo the procedure. My duty to the ship and it's crew comes before personal or moral implications. Voyager needed it's tactical, security and second officer restored. The needs of the many in this case, Voyager and it's crew, outweighed the needs of the one, Tuvix.


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DETROIT - The 12th annual NBA GM Survey was released Tuesday.
Thirty GM's responded to 56 different questions about everything from best team, players, coaches, fans, and front-office moves.
The Pistons were voted 'most improved' heading into the 2013-2014 season. They received 16.7% of the vote, followed by a tie between Brooklyn, Cleveland, Houston, Minnesota, New Orleans and Washington at 13.3%.
This could be attributed to the Pistons acquiring some big names this off-season, including PG Brandon Jennings and F Josh Smith, as well as bringing back Chauncey Billups.
Also in the survey, Andre Drummond finished in 2nd for 'player most likely to have a breakout season'. Perhaps the least surprising result, 76% of GM's think Miami will once again win the NBA Finals.
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Williams appears in line to be next Nats manager
By Bill Ladson / MLB.com
WASHINGTON -- The Nationals are looking to hire their sixth manager in team history, and they hope to make an announcement by the first week of November. As of Wednesday, D-backs third-base coach Matt Williams appeared to be the favorite to win the job, according to a baseball source.
If that's the case, the Nationals would like Randy Knorr to remain as the bench coach. General manager Mike Rizzo was not available for comment.
Rizzo was impressed by the way Williams managed the Salt River Rafters to the finals of the Arizona Fall League last year.
Williams and Rizzo also worked together when the D-backs won the World Series in 2001. Williams was the everyday third baseman, while Rizzo was the scouting director.
Orioles manager Buck Showalter is not surprised that Williams is a candidate for Washington's managerial job. Williams played for Showalter in Arizona from 1998-2000.
"He's a sharp guy, but he's also a funny guy -- a lot of people don't realize the sense of humor he has," Showalter said not too long ago. "It was a pleasure and an honor to manage him. I'm impressed with him at third base, he does a good job there. That's one of those guys that will figure out whatever he needs to figure out. He's a student, he'll be a good one."
While Williams looks to be the frontrunner for the Nationals' job, the source did not rule out Don Mattingly as a candidate if he were to be dismissed as Dodgers manager. The source pointed out that Rizzo has been a fan of Mattingly's as far back as 2010.
Mattingly guided Los Angeles to the National League West title this past season and lost to the Cardinals in the National League Championship Series. But during a media session Monday, Mattingly indicated that he might not be back with the Dodgers, even though his contract was vested for 2014 after the team advanced to the NLCS.
The Nationals have been looking for a manager since Davey Johnson retired after the 2013 season. Besides Williams and Knorr, the Nationals have interviewed Brad Ausmus, DeMarlo Hale and Trent Jewett.
Cal Ripken, Jr., Dusty Baker and Dave Martinez have been mentioned as potential candidates, but they have not been interviewed.
No winter ball for Detwiler this offseason
WASHINGTON -- Nationals left-hander Ross Detwiler is not going to play winter ball this offseason, according to his agent, Jeff Berry.
"He is going to have a regular offseason," Berry said.
Detwiler missed most of the 2013 season because of back issues, but he was healthy enough to go to the instructional league toward the end of the season.
In his last start, if fact, Detwiler threw 90 pitches and was able to perform bunt plays without any problems.
"It went great. It couldn't have gone any better. His velocity was outstanding. He feels great. He has worked extremely hard during his rehab," Berry said about Detwiler. "In terms of where his heath is at, his back feels better than it ever has."
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the time. He also could be found on Twitter @WashingNats. Steve Gilbert contributed to this report. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
National Justice Agency List, 1980 (ICPSR 7858)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics
The National Justice Agency List is a master name and address file created and maintained by the United States Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The file was first created in 1970, and the Census Bureau has continued to maintain and expand the file. The master file contains information for ten separate sectors: prosecution and civil attorneys, public defenders, law enforcement, courts, probation and parole, juvenile corrections, local adult corrections, state adult corrections, other justice agencies, and federal and Indian tribal agencies. ICPSR has separated the master file into ten subfiles, corresponding to the ten sectors in the master file. Each file has variables containing the names and addresses of agencies in that sector and information relevant only to the agencies within the sector. Court (Part 1) variables include court structure, type of jurisdiction, and the location of court records. State Adult Correctional Facilities (Part 2) variables include type of institution, agency employment size, sex of inmates, and funding code. Public Defender Agencies (Part 3) variables include type of agency, type of cases handled, agency employment size, and funding code. Probation and Parole Agencies (Part 4) variables include type of system, agency client caseload, agency employment size, and funding code. "Other" Agencies (Part 5) variables include type of services and agency employment size. Local Jails (Part 6) variables include sex of inmates, number of female inmates, inmate population, and funding code. Prosecution and Civil Attorney Agencies (Part 7) variables include type of agency, types of cases prosecuted, agency employment size, number of attorneys, and funding code. Federal and Indian Tribal Agencies (Part 8) variables include type of justice sector, employment size, and funding code. Law Enforcement Agencies (Part 9) variables include type of agency, employment size, and number of sworn police. Juvenile Detention and Correctional Facilities (Part 10) variables include type of facility, sex of residents, resident population, and employment size.
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United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics. National Justice Agency List, 1980. ICPSR07858-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1997. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07858.v2
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Mike Gundy finally got Oklahoma State over the Oklahoma obstacle last season. Now the Cowboys coach has joined the same monetary area code as Sooners coach Bob Stoops.
The Associated Press reports that Gundy's new eight-year contract that was agreed upon in January will pay him nearly $4 million over the length of the deal.
Nearly $5 million of the deal is in retirement funds, an insurance policy of sorts for Oklahoma State to keep Gundy in Stillwater. Should Gundy leave OSU before the end of the contract, he would only be entitled to a proportion of the $4.8 million in retirement funds – based on how long he stayed.
247Sports: Oklahoma State No. 39 in 2013 recruiting rankings
Gundy led the Cowboys to their first Big 12 championship – and first BCS bowl – last season, and set a school record with 12 victories. The previous record for wins in a season was 11, set by Gundy's 2010 team.
Oklahoma State has won 41 games over the last four seasons. Oklahoma, meanwhile, has won 42. Stoops is the second highest-paid coach in the Big 12 and makes $4,075,000 annually. Mack Brown ($5,192,500) is the highest-paid coach in the Big 12.
Gundy would owe Oklahoma State $3 million to buy out the contract, and the cost for firing Gundy (without cause) is 75 percent of the remainder of the contract. If Gundy is fired for cause, he receives the rest of the current month's pay.
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What's the biggest thing in the universe? That would be a cluster of quasars so large it would take a vehicle traveling at the speed of light 4 billion years to cross.
The structure, known as a Large Quasar Group, or LQG, is so massive scientists say it may challenge a fundamental principle of cosmology, laid out by Albert Einstein, which states that when viewed on a sufficiently large scale, the properties of the universe are the same for all observers.
"While it is difficult to fathom the scale of this LQG, we can say quite definitely it is the largest structure ever seen in the entire universe," astronomer Roger Clowes, with the University of Central Lancashire, said in a statement.
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text: Submitted by Brennan on Fri, 2013-11-08 06:39 Pennsylvania: Special Hunting and Fishing Places to Protect Vote Up Down +513 + pasp_sherman_creek_photo.jpg Across Pennsylvania, fishing and hunting resources are at risk. In recent years, Pennsylvania has become the epicenter for Marcellus Shale energy development in the East, as companies flock to the gas-rich area to drill for gas more than a mile below the earth's surface. Much of the shale gas development is happening in the upland forested headwater areas—the very places where sportsmen and women hunt and fish. With increased industrial development comes potential new threats to Pennsylvania's coldwater streams, including loss of forest cover and development on steep slopes, increased sedimentation from construction of new access roads, well pads and pipelines, and impacts to stream flows as a result of the significant water withdrawals for hydraulic fracturing and drilling-related activities. Trout Unlimited supports responsible energy development, as long as the right safeguards are in place and the development is occurring in the right places. Still, some places have such high resource value and are so special to anglers, that drilling should be limited or prohibited. Below are examples of these special places, why they are at risk, and how they can be protected. Log in or register to post comments


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I have never seen anything like this before. The above describes it very well. the abdomen looks like the top part of the pod, even with the characteristic beak and straw colour, and the wings look like pod walls that have separated in dehiscence. At the right time of year it would be fantastic camouflage. It sat for some hours on the outside surface of a door and when nudged did not want to fly - it just raised itself up on its legs. It has gone now.
Can anyone identify it, please?
It is a plume moth.
That's a general name referring to any of the species in the Pterophoridae family.
From your photo, we can't see enough to ID it properly.
It looks a bit like Adaina microdactyla, but that is not usually on the wing until May (http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=1849).
A bit more likely is Emmelina monodactyla
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plume_moth
- http://ukmoths.org.uk/search.php?entry=pterophoridae&thumbnail=true
(that shows the first 50 of 158 photos; click the 'Next 50>>' link near the top to move to the next page, etc.)
Thank you. Yes, I think Emmelina monodactyla is the most similar to what I saw. None of the other species shown in your references have both the abdomen shape and colour I observed.
Is it known to make use of the potential camouflage I described?
I shall look out for the larvae and pupae now.
Re "Is it known to make use of the potential camouflage I described?"
...Not AFAIK. But I keeping coming across bits of mimicry in nature that are novel to me.
In my garden (in Cyprus), there are some moths that, when resting, look exactly like a bit of lizard poo - a little black squidge with a white bit at one end.
I wonder if you have seen clearwing moths...
Some of them are excellent mimics of wasps. This is a good example, though not from the UK,
- http://www.felinepress.com/images/03-yellowjacket-wasp-clearwing-moth-batesian-mimicry-florida.jpg
(from http://www.felinepress.com/photo_gallery/03%20camo3.htm)
Both my examples concern one organism making itself look like something of no interest or to steer clear of (as far as a predator is concerned). Your example concerns camouflage: a slightly different strategy.
As adults, moths have some of the most superb camouflage in nature. As somebody who has been studying moths for about fifty years, I am still fascinated by the variety of patterns and colours on moth wings and bodies. Having seen so many excellent examples of their camouflage, I often find myself wondering, when faced with a moth new to me, "What snippet of the environment is this chap copying?" I was delighted to find the lizard poo to explain one instance. But there are so many to which I have not found the answer.
While we're on the subject, do a Google image search for moth camouflage. I think moth camouflage is amazing.
Some of nice examples:
- http://www.arkive.org/peppered-moth/biston-betularia/image-A7959.html
- http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/tutorial/Ecology/camo/pages/camo_moth.htm
- http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/tutorial/Ecology/camo/pages/lichen_moth.htm
- http://alexhyde.photoshelter.com/image/I0000msZAirfBmLo
- http://asapscience.tumblr.com/post/73233322155/the-best-camouflage-ever-the-buff-tip-moth
And, though not a moth, this is stunning
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Cook turning to Fuentes for guidance
By Jane Lee and Ben Estes / MLB.com
"I just know, when I follow him in the ninth, the other team is salivating because he's out of the game," Fuentes said, laughing. "This guy's coming in throwing 95 and snapping off all kinds of crazy off-speed pitches, and they're happy to see me come into the game. Maybe it gets them a little overaggressive, I don't know, but it's good to have a setup guy with electric stuff. It makes my job easier."
Since taking over the closer's job May 12, Fuentes has allowed just one run in the four outings that have followed an appearance by Cook, whose scoreless streak of 21 2/3 innings has been well documented. Cook, 24, repeatedly has credited Fuentes with helping him make the adjustments necessary of the eighth-inning role.
"Words don't even describe how I feel about him," Cook said. "He's been a big help to me, in helping me prepare, getting myself ready for the eighth-inning role. He's one of the first ones here every day getting his work in. The way he carries himself, just the way he goes about his business, the confidence he exudes and just the sure way to handle yourself in all situations, whether it be good, bad or ugly, it's all something I've taken in."
For Fuentes, 12 years older than Cook, it seems like just yesterday he was observing the routines of former Rockies teammates Todd Jones -- owner of 319 career saves -- and Steve Reed. From them, he stole some ideas to incorporate into his own routine, created some of his own, ditched others along the way and, now in his 12th year, is imparting the lessons he's learned along the way to Cook.
"More about routine, not so much how to pitch per se," he said. "Obviously he's done a tremendous job of that. I'm just trying to help him more with handling the workload. Being an eighth-inning guy, it's taxing on the body, and to throw as hard as he does, it definitely can wear out your arm quickly. I just try to give him advice on finding a routine and staying healthy, because obviously his talent is there. Eventually I think he's going to have a long career as a closer, if he can stay healthy."
For now, Cook is simply enjoying his job of handing the ball over to the closer, rather than acting as one.
"It's awesome. It's great," he said. "He's been there for me. I observe and see the way he does it, and I respect the way he does it, and I just try to draw from that as much as possible. I took a lot of pride in handing him the ball when he got his 200th save. Being here and being a part of that was big."
A's option Figueroa to call up Godfrey
OAKLAND -- Just hours before he was slated to throw the first pitch of Oakland's second contest of a three-game set against the Angels on Tuesday, right-handed starter Graham Godfrey's promotion from Triple-A was made official.
To make room for Godfrey on the 25-man roster, the A's optioned lefty reliever Pedro Figueroa to Sacramento, where he did not allow a run in five games to start the season. He made his Major League debut with Oakland on April 21 and posted a 2.00 ERA in just eight appearances since then.
"We just weren't getting him the consistent work he needs," manager Bob Melvin admitted. "He's probably better suited to get more innings down there, more regular work. Certainly we have very high expectations for him. We expect him back potentially at some point in time here. He really has a special arm. There were just some things in the way of getting him the regular work."
Godfrey's second stint with the A's this year comes in the wake of an injury to Brandon McCarthy, who is on the disabled list with a strained right shoulder, and it follows an impressive showing in Sacramento, where he was 3-0 with a 1.21 ERA, walking just five and striking out 22 in 29 2/3 innings.
"He's gone down and done exactly what we asked him to do, has dominated again -- deserving of the start, as he's been every time he's been called up," Melvin said. "I know he's fired up and excited about the start. We need him to throw strikes, get ahead, use his off-speed stuff. He knows that. It's just about consistency for him."
As for McCarthy, head trainer Nick Paparesta said Tuesday that the pitcher should be set to pick up a ball by the end of the week, putting him on track for his June 2 return date.
Cespedes swings bat in rehab for first time
OAKLAND -- Despite not coming off the disabled list on Tuesday, the first day he was eligible to do so, A's center fielder Yoenis Cespedes made significant progress in his rehab for the strained left hand muscle that has sidelined him since May 7.
The rookie took some swings in the batting cage with three different sizes of fungo bats -- the first time he's swung a bat of any kind since landing on the DL -- and reported no pain or discomfort. Barring any setbacks, Cespedes should be able to begin swinging a regular bat on Wednesday, and will continue to progress through the various rehabilitation steps.
"Over the last 48 to 72 hours, he's probably made the most progress that we've seen out of him, in regards to how he's feeling, his strength [and] his ability to do certain provocative tests without any discomfort," said head trainer Nick Paparesta.
Paparesta said the team would learn a lot about Cespedes' status when he begins dry swinging, because swinging and missing had caused the outfielder the most discomfort.
For a player with a powerful swing like Cespedes, hand injuries can be especially tricky, and there's still no set timetable for Cespedes' return.
"We need to take this the thing the right way because we want to be able to just let [Cespedes] go and do his thing, and swing the way he wants to swing," Paparesta said.
Recker, Godfrey developing solid bond
OAKLAND -- Right-handed pitcher Graham Godfrey, who was recalled by the A's to start on Tuesday against the Angels in place of the injured Brandon McCarthy, is looking to find a level of comfort in the Major Leagues after allowing nine earned runs in 16 innings in his initial stint with Oakland.
It had to help, then, that Godfrey had a familiar face for a battery mate.
Catcher Anthony Recker has partnered with Godfrey often over the past several years, both in the Minors and the Majors. He caught each of Godfrey's three previous starts for the A's this season and was in the lineup again on Tuesday.
The pair's history of success together was a factor in A's manager Bob Melvin giving regular catcher Kurt Suzuki the day off and starting Recker instead. Recker said that having that familiarity is a boon for both players.
"It makes it much easier, just having any kind of comfort level," Recker said. "Just knowing what a guy does, and what he does successful, is the most important thing, knowing what he can do and what he can't do and just using it in the game."
Melvin said that Godfrey has done everything the A's have asked of him in his time in the Minors. The key for the right-hander is to translate his success at Triple-A Sacramento to the big leagues, and nobody has a better idea of what's needed to do so than Recker.
"[He just has to] be himself," Recker said. "He's got great stuff, he's got good command, he pounds the zone, he throws a lot of strikes. As long as he does that, as long as he does what he normally does, what he's good at, he'll be fine."
Worth noting
Regulars Kurt Suzuki, Josh Reddick and Jemile Weeks all received a scheduled day off Tuesday and are expected back in the lineup for Wednesday's matinee meeting with the visiting Angels.
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Major Lee-ague, and follow her on Twitter @JaneMLB. Ben Estes is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Nazy Galoyan, currently dean of enrollment services at Foothill, was herself an Extended Opportunity Program and Services student until 2007.
"It was my family," she said of the program. "I was a single mother at the time. They helped me; at the holidays they provided gifts and activities. I would not have been able to go through school without EOPS (Extended Opportunity Program and Services)."
Galoyan also said she credits the program with contributing to her success in college and her current career. From Foothill, Galoyan transferred to San Francisco State University, where she majored in business management and minored in Russian. Galoyan graduated from San Jose State Univeristy with a masters degree in counseling and education before returning to Foothill as a dean.
"It's not just that EOPS provides; they also are empowering (students)," Galoyan said. "They are giving you hope. They are making it possible for you, expecting you to achieve your goal."
In addition to counseling, tutoring and community, the program offers textbook vouchers to enrolled students. Deeply affected by cuts to state education funds, the program now relies increasingly on community funding to support eligible students, said Alexandra Duran, who directs the Foothill program.
The Extended Opportunity Program and Services received a $4,000 grant from the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund this past year to supplement the textbook vouchers.
"In the past, we used to be able to support students with all of their required textbooks," Duran said. "But after the 40 percent cut in funding from the state during the 2009-2010 academic year, we had to just offer a monetary number instead of buying all books."
Currently, enrolled students receive on average $250 to offset textbook costs, but this amount does not cover all required books, Duran said.
"Tuition and fees run around $1,094 for the academic year," Duran said. "Books and supplies raises that total to around $1,710, meaning books and supplies cost well over $500."
The Holiday Fund grant allows the program to give vital financial support to students enrolled full-time who qualify for free tuition and meet the program criteria, Duran added.
Duran said that students have to meet certain economic and educational disadvantage criteria, such as being a first-generation college student or speaking English as a second language. Extended Opportunity Program and Services students often enroll in basic-skills courses — usually remedial English and math — when starting at Foothill, Duran said.
Iris Kula, who is studying to become an ultrasound technician and is also working towards a degree in communication, said the Extended Opportunity Program and Services gives her hope.
"When I started researching (going back to school), when I saw how much it was to register, how much the textbooks were, I was just going to turn around and leave," Kula said.
Kula — who cannot even afford a cell phone — said she talked with Extended Opportunity Program and Services counselors about the program and its resources.
"I'm opening my eyes to opportunities I never knew existed," Kula said. "EOPS is paying for my books. Without their program, I never would have come back (to start college)."
Angela Rosendo also is grateful for the textbook vouchers. Working towards a sociology degree, Rosendo said her goal is to transfer to San Jose State University and become a police officer.
"You get to take whatever class you want because you can get the book," Rosendo said. "It helps me a lot because I don't have to worry about not being able to buy the book."
Foothill's Extended Opportunity Program and Support has a record of success, Duran said.
"We create an environment that values each student's individual potential," she said, "so they may achieve their career goals and educational objectives."
Last academic year, the program served 433 students. As of November, 303 students were in the program, and Duran said 95 percent of students who start with the program stay enrolled in college throughout the year.
"The Holiday Fund has really helped in increasing the allocated textbook amount per year per student," Duran said. "Most of our EOPS students cannot afford the purchase of textbooks. If our department was not able to provide a reasonable amount, these students would stop coming to school."
Galoyan said she also relied heavily on the program's support when she was in school.
"EOPS played a huge role in my life," she said. "Book vouchers actually gave me the ability to stay in school."
To read more about the Holiday Fund, and to make a donation, see page 8.
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For my high school graduation, I asked my father to send me to recording engineering school in Appalachia. I packed my car, put on my Dylan CD, and blasted "Like A Rolling Stone" as I left my driveway. I drove four hours straight through cornfields to Chillicothe, Ohio, where I moved into a creaky house with three other women. The rest of the camp, some 70 people, were men, most of whom lived in small cabins up a hill. Each day we headed to a complex of buildings that housed studios, editing suites, and sheds of gear. I was 18 and this was my heaven. We'd record and splice and jam and do whatever til about 9pm ever night, then head back to our homes.
We'd gather on hill in the middle of the cabins and make a bonfire every night. And every night the guitars would come out, and we would sing and laugh and they would drink, which I never did because I was 18 and I only did psychedelic drugs. My four best friends were a guy named Steve, one named Nick, and another two whose names are now forgotten.The forgotten ones included a guy with lovely long black hair who was in a speed metal band from San Diego, and a short guy from Kansas had the most poetic sense of melody I'd ever seen. Nick was a lo-fi psych dude who wore a Swirlies shirt every three days and tried to make music only with children's toys, and Steve had a long pony tail and had just left New College.
Steve was a kind of native intellectual, a hippie sort who liked music purely, the kind of dude to stick his head into the speaker cone to laugh at some detail most people would never even hear. Every night he would get near the bonfire and not really get along with the bros, who mostly played grunge tunes or whatever lame originals they were working on. Steve would only play Neil Young songs.
At that time I associated Neil Young with Pearl Jam through "Rockin In The Free World," which was a staple of the cover bands in my hometown. I knew about Harvest and generally associated him with a.m. radio, country music, and those specks of dust you can see glinting when you stir things up in a streak of sun. It wasn't that he was uncool per se, but just from a completely different time, old in a way I couldn't understand. In retrospect, it might have been part of that 1960s utopianism that pulsed through alternative rock in the 90s, through quotations by Kurt and the brief if ironic return to guitars as a medium for a message.
Steve was maybe 21, 22, which seemed impossibly old to me at that time. Maybe he could understand the melancholy of Neil Young in a way I couldn't, and even though it didn't make sense to me I listened to his songs and only teased him nominally.You can't be 20 on sugar mountain, I could understand, it felt like an elegy for the childhood I was leaving behind and rang true where so much other music couldn't because I loved the softness, the gentleness, the high break of his voice. He was probably the first musician I truly understand could orchestrate with one simple instrument: how could just a guitar sound like a symphony? I could understand it when Steve would pick through the parts and sing.
Then I started dating Nick, who for some reason was sheltered in a house in the bustling downtown of Chillicothe, and I started going to the bonfires less frequently, instead sitting on the roof of his house with a guitar watching cranes drag logs into piles at the Mead Paper Plant that dominated the city. When it rained, the air was sick sweet with pulp, and the sky was always red. We'd play Nick's favorite songs by Leonard Cohen, who I'd also never heard before. These were different songs, not pastoral or filled with that mysticism that I'd later understand to be West Coast, rather filled with people and longing and stories of New York that already touched on the fantasies I'd had about life not away from but in a place I would love, a real city. I could understand the desperation for spirituality, and the solace in a weakness of an earthly self: we are ugly but we have the music.
Whenever summer comes, these two musicians come to my mind, however autumnal I feel their sound is. The still air of the night, sick with smell and humidity, is full of Cohen. The clink of bottles and crack of a fire and when you think of putting on a long sleeve shirt at night, it is Young. Summer is coming again, and with each time around I start to get these two men more than I did the time before. Is each summer is always shorter than the last? Is each winter longer? Do I notice less as the years go by? I am convinced that this one must include some bonfires, guitars, beaches, sun dresses coasters, grills, and the new sounds that come with them. What will happen? Will it be just like last time or some completely new thing? Is that possible? I feel like that girl leaving the driveway again. Nothing to lose.


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It is often said that our political system responds only to a crisis. If that turns out to be true, our children and grandchildren are in big trouble.
With the first of the 77 million baby boomers about to retire, the cost of Social Security and Medicare will place a rapidly growing strain on the budget and the economy.
What's the plan to pay for it? None, other than to borrow ever-higher amounts until a crisis forces corrective action.
No one can say when a crisis will hit, but by the time it does, the economy will likely be burdened with a debilitating amount of debt, leaving painful benefit cuts and steep tax increases as the only options. Doing nothing to avoid such a gut-wrenching outcome would be an act of fiscal and generational irresponsibility.
Oddly enough, this grim prospect is generating neither outrage nor action. Our elected leaders and many of their constituents seem to believe that if there is no immediate crisis, there is no problem. They need a fiscal wake-up call.
The truth is that current fiscal policy is unsustainable over the long term and that the time to do something about it is now. That is the blunt message that a group of budget experts, including U.S. Comptroller General David Walker, is bringing April 24 to Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley in Kansas City.
It is the next stop in the Fiscal Wake-Up Tour, organized by the Concord Coalition. It will include speakers with diverse perspectives from the Brookings Institution and the Heritage Foundation.
The basic facts are a matter of arithmetic, not ideology. Over the next 25 years the percentage of the population aged 65 and older will grow by 50 percent, while the number of workers is estimated to rise by only 13 percent.
This reflects a permanent transformation to an older population -- and a permanent rise in the cost of programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, which already comprise 42 percent of the federal budget.
Demographic change is only part of the problem. Health-care costs, which continue to outpace economic growth, also play a big role. If historic growth rates persist, by 2050 Medicare and Medicaid will absorb as much of our nation's economy as the entire federal budget does today. Without a change in policy, today's 20-year-olds can expect that by the time they retire the size of government as a share of the economy will be roughly twice its current size.
This raises an obvious question: How will we pay for it?
Borrowing is not a viable solution, because the rising cost of entitlements is not a temporary blip. It gets bigger with time. Incurring ever-rising levels of debt would result in staggering interest costs and ultimately a level of debt that would crush the economy.
The real choices require scaling back future benefit promises, raising taxes to pay for them or some combination of both. Economic growth alone will not be enough, nor will trimming everyone's favorite targets -- waste, fraud and abuse.
Because these options are politically difficult, the active involvement of the American people is critical. That is what the Fiscal Wake-Up Tour is all about. Without greater understanding of the problem among the public, community leaders, business leaders and media, elected leaders are unlikely to break out of their comfortable partisan talking points and unlikely to find solutions.
Concord's founding co-chairman, former Sen. Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts, said: "The bond between parent and child is nature's strongest. Providing for the well-being of the young is how every generation of Americans undertook their stewardship."
The question is whether we will face up to the challenge and fulfill our generational stewardship or put the future at risk by waiting for a crisis.


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text: I was happy, if a bit dubious, to read Matt Parkhouse's article in the latest ON, in which he says that the infamous unleaded gas valve seat recession issues are mostly a pre-1984 issue. I thought the 84s were equally affected? As the owner of an 84 (no issues so far, but I keep a watch on it) I'd love to think this is true but it's not what I've always understood. Thanks - B


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Baby Conner Suffers 100 Seizures Per Day At Times Because of Rare Condition
REDDING, Calif. - Karissy Doty was told that her baby wasn't going to make it because tumors were growing in his head and heart.
During Doty's pregnancy she was told that her baby boy would not survive after he was diagnosed with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC), a genetic disorder that causes multiple tumors to form in different parts of the body.
Karissa Doty nearly gave up hope saying,"I was planning on cremating him, so I was going to keep him next to me, next to my bed," said Doty...That was my plan. It was a constant battle [deciding] whether or not I wanted to hold him after he was still born."
Doty had lost all hope and thought she's never get to hold her baby when she was scheduled for an emergency C-section.
"Every time he was kicking me from the inside it just killed me inside because I knew that was the last time I would feel him kick me," said Doty.
Then, something changed.
Doty said she remembered waking up after the surgery and hearing a nurse tell her that everything was okay.
She was telling me, "You have a perfectly fine baby. I was in shock!" Doty said.
Doty's son, Conner had made it through the birth, but the fight for life had just begun.
Now, at seven months old, Connor has a total of 19 tumors with 15 in his head and fourin his heart.
Conner now deals with a variety of seizures every day. His mother says that sometimes he has up to 100 of them over a 24-hour period.
The family has to take him to the hospital twice every two weeks, sometimes having to fly out to Sacramento by helicopter.
Doty says that there is no cure for TSC. Connor takes seven different medications to alleviate his symptoms but his future remains unknown.
Doty said her family just takes it "day by day."
"Conner is normal for Conner," Doty said, "He's going to do what he needs to do when he needs to do it."


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CASSELBERRY, Fla. - A school bus carrying students slammed into a power pole in Casselberry after the driver ran a red light and crashed into a car, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
No injuries were reported in the crash, which happened around 7:45 a.m. on Red Bug Lake Road at Nodding Pines Way near Red Bug Elementary School, according to Paula Thompson of the Seminole County Fire Department.
Chrystele Lerouzic, the driver of the car hit by the bus, had just dropped off a child at Red Bug Elementary, troopers said.
Her car was totaled.
"The bus driver shouldn't have that job. Someone could have been killed," said Lerouzic.
Authorities have released the 911 calls of reports of the accident. Listen to the calls by clicking here.
"Everyone aboard the bus was able to exit safely via the rear emergency door," Thompson said.
Troopers said six students were aboard the bus, and teachers escorted them to classrooms. Seminole County officials initially told Local 6 that the school bus was carrying 25 students.
"They all gathered around and as soon as the kids came off the bus they comforted them and they kind of shielded them," said parent Susan Long.
According to the FHP, the bus driver, Jack Timmel, 66, of Casselberry, ran a red light, and the bus crashed into a brown Nissan Sentra that was leaving the school. The bus then slammed into the pole, which left live power lines dangling above the bus.
"There was an explosion that happened also from the wires and everything hitting stuff, it's just scary I was shaky all day today," said parent John Dorough, who told Local 6 he saw the bus crash into the other vehicle.
The FHP said Timmel was cited for running a red light.
Red Bug Lake Road reopened a couple hours after the crash.
Video from Local 6 helicopter Sky 6 showed the front of the yellow bus smashed into the base of the pole. Power company employees later restored power to two nearby subdivisions.
Timmel, who's been with Seminole County since 2008, was involved in a similar crash in January, according to troopers, who said Timmel told them after the accident that he thought the light was green. There were minor injuries associated with the wreck. The district saidi Timmel was forced to take classroom and driving classes.
Timmel has an upcoming review, and he will not be allowed to operate buses until then, officials said.
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When i download files from the internet, Zone alarm takes over and downloads them for me . This is great since on completion of the download Zone alarm checks to see if the file I have downloaded is safe. However i recently downloaded a huge file (586 Mb of Microsoft Office Professional). To my dismay at 90% of the download the downloader closed and saved an incomplete file which i could not run. Where I live we have Data download quotas and the 586Mb is my month limit. Is there a way I can continue the download from the 90% downloaded to get 100% with what is already downloaded? Also where is the file downloader GUI located in Zone Alarm so I can fidget around with it ?,
I run Home Vista Premium and Zone alarm extreme security.