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Get an overview of this hotelLandmark circular hotel with ocean-theme across from Waikiki Beach
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Diamond Head
Located across the street from Waikiki Beach, this ocean-themed, landmark circular hotel is home to Eggs 'n Things restaurant and within walking distance of the shops and restaurants on Kalakaua Avenue.
Exercise and play
Surfboard lock-up racks and a "lending box" with beach toys emphasize the ocean theme; guests at this Aston hotel have reduced-fee access to a fitness center 1 block away.
Compact refrigerators
The 104 wedge-shaped guestrooms at this Aston hotel offer lanais, compact refrigerators, video-game consoles, and in-room safes.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us! Opens in a new window.
Aston Waikiki Circle Hotel
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Overlooking the ocean and across the street from Waikiki Beach, this 14-story Aston hotel, built to resemble a Chinese lantern, offers guests a whimsical, ocean-themed atmosphere. Complimentary coffee and newspapers are available in the lobby during morning hours. Other amenities include beach toys guests can borrow, surfboard lock-up racks, and reduced-fee access to a 24-hour fitness center one block from the hotel. Breakfast and lunch are served at the onsite restaurant, which offers views of the ocean. WiFi and wired Internet access is available (included in amenity fee) throughout the hotel.
Kalakaua Avenue, which separates the hotel from the beach, offers an eclectic array of shops and restaurants. Four miles (6.4 kilometers) away, downtown Honolulu offers museums, Chinatown, additional shops, restaurants, and boating opportunities.
Self parking (surcharge) is available in the hotel's garage. Overflow parking may be available at a partner hotel.
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Elevator/lift
- ATM/banking
- Concierge services
- 24-hour front desk
- Restaurant
- Total number of rooms - 104
- Number of floors - 14
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Free newspapers in lobby
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Refrigerator
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Video-game console
- Pay movies
- Lanai
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Daily housekeeping
- Free cribs/infant beds
Where to Eat
Eggs 'n Things - Providing fresh ingredients, reasonable prices, and friendly service. Eggs 'n Things' fluffy and light pancakes are touted as the best pancakes in Hawaii.
Nearby restaurants:
Tiki's Grill & Bar
Oceanarium Restaurant
Seoul Jung
Ilima Restaurant
Shor American Seafood Grill
Seafood Village
Nearby Things to Do
Although the hotel has no fitness center on site, guests have reduced-fee access to a 24-hour fitness center one block away. Surfboard lock-up racks are available at the hotel.
Waikiki Beach, across the street from the hotel, offers fine sand and calm ocean within a breakwater. Various water sports are available, including surfing, snorkeling, boogie boarding, and kayaking . Kapiolani Park, two blocks away, has tennis courts and jogging paths. Ala Wai, an 18-hole golf course, is a half-mile from the hotel.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Resort fee: USD 25.00 per accommodation, per night
- Internet access
- Newspaper
- Phone calls
- In-room safe
- In-room coffee
- Lending library access
- Additional inclusions
Optional extras
- Self parking fee: USD 22.00 per day (in/out privileges)
Hotel Name
- Aston Circle
- Aston Circle Hotel
- Aston Circle Hotel Waikiki
- Aston Waikiki Circle
- Aston Waikiki Circle Hotel
- Aston Waikiki Hotel Circle
- Circle Waikiki
- Waikiki Aston Circle
- Waikiki Circle Aston
- Waikiki Circle Hotel
- Aston Waikiki Circle Hotel Hawaii/Honolulu
- Resortquest Waikiki Circle Hotel
We should mention
Construction is underway at a neighboring building and there may be noise disturbance from the construction work.


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Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by Mary Ann, Aug 10, 2012.
That's awesome!
and me behind the scenes while we were shooting a fetish model event
climbing last week
and the week before that
That looks like fun Mimic! I've always wanted to try climbing...but I don't think I have the upper body strength to pull it off!
It's mostly your legs. You're supposed to stand up on the footholds and limit the lifting that the arms actually do. That said, your forearms will hurt a lot the first few times. It's a ton of fun, though - I highly recommend it.
She's adorable. I miss my two grandmas. I've always had an affinity for elderly people, especially old women.
Me too, they always have interesting stories. I used to live next door to an old widow. I would go over and play Scrabble on a Saturday night. She couldn't spell too well, but she could drink me under the table.
Sometimes a sunrise is just begging to have a picture taken of it, city scenery notwithstanding:
Rhubarbodendron reminded me of a trip I made to London a few years back, and one of the peculiar things I saw through a window:
Here's a perspective shot that was fun to see in person. The blue "track lighting" ran all around the area, giving a cool mysterious glow to the night.
^Nice pics -very 'unreal'
This month I've been making three different bitters:
(Left to right)
Achillea millefolium.
Clusters of the flower is used.
Primary traditional uses: Reducing fever and/or enhancing appetite.
Hypericum perforatum.
The yellow, not yet opened, flowers are used.
(The essence is darker red).
Primary traditioanl use: Mild antidepressant.
Rosa rugosa.
Petals are used.
Primary traditional use: Mild sedative.
Yet to come is the 'bitter' produced with the hips from Rosa rugosa -and possibly hazelnuts -and maybe walnuts -and definitely whataretheycalled? small orange berries... I'll post about that at a later date...
Thanks, trekkiedane. Curious about those bitters you're brewing. Have you been doing this for a long while? How difficult and time consuming is it to do? I imagine it's easier than brewing beer.
Intermittently since I was old enough to buy the booze needed to make them with.
It's a thing around here, and these days you can find loads of pages on-line where groups of people into this sort share their recipes. It's all in Danish I'm afraid, but take a look at this list from Noras Street Snaps Guild (that's what they call themselves ).
The degree of difficulty and the time consumed varies enormously.
It takes some time to get out into nature and find some plants that are as far away from traffic and other pollutants as you dare venture of course, and some time to pick the parts you need but it mostly takes only very few minutes of 'actual' work (I won't count taking a walk and picking some leaves, flowers, berries or roots as 'work' (and some of those you can buy at any supermarket)).
The three in the picture are very simple: put in a jar, pour a neutral vodka (or other neutral alcoholic beverage of no less than 80 proof) over and close jar, shake it a bit about once in a while for two to three days and then filter (an ordinary coffee-filter is very good for this step). -That's it!
How you drink it is, of course, also variable: some of these infusions are essences that need more vodka before they're drinkable, some are very good with some sugar or honey; that rose-one in the picture is supposedly very good when sweetened and becomes something akin to a liqueur.
The Hypericum-bitter is ready to drink after those 2-4 days, but the Yarrow-bitter should be left alone for a couple of months.
Walnut-bitter (which is a wrong word as it isn't bitter) should be left to age for years and ages as well as whiskey (and tastes soooo much better than a cheap whiskey) -look into my T-BBS photoalbum to see how to make walnut bitter!
What planet were you on when you took this?
It's awesome!
^Yeah isn't it just?!? -looks like something right out of Cardiff - - Oh, sorry, I mean: It looks like something right out of Doctor Who
The fruits of Rosa rugosa in alcohol:
Personally I find this to be one of the best ways to counter an invasive species
Those will have to steep for 4 to 6 weeks before filtering -and might warrant some sweetening (according to taste of course).
Good against kidney- and bladder-infections and as an urinatory aid -well, according to ancient use.
I couldn't help myself, when I saw a pattern on Pneterest to knit I just had to! Now to find insignia for it!
(the orig pattern has you knit in the dleta but I couldn't get the shape right).
^^ R. rugosa rosehips are also delicious when you cut off a lid, scratch the seeds out and fill the rosehips with a mixture of buttercream and rosehip jam.
From the flowers you can make an incredibly yummy rose jelly: Infuse a few handfull of petals over night in cold water. Strain and press them out, boil the liquid with gelling sugar according to the instructions on the packacke and fill in jam jars.
Version #3 in your fight against invasive roses: rose syrup.
Simmer 1 kg sugar with 1 l water until about 1/3 of the liquid has evaporated. Leave the syrup to cool. Add a few handfull of rose petals and leave to infuse overnight or up to 24 hours. Strain and press out thoroughly, bring to a boil again and fill in bottles or jam jars.
It's very good as a longdrink or with pudding or ice cream.
Works with any kind of strong scented roses such as rugosa, muscosa, centifoloa, damascena, alba and a few old sorts (Henry Martin for example)
Theoretically, syrup and jelly keep well over a year. Practically, they are so good that they hardly keep till Christmas...
^Indeed, any rose could actually be used (as long as they haven't been chemically treated against pests - which most cut flowers, bought as such, have been).
A long-drink (soda, crushed ice and a shot of the infusion) is a fantastic thing on a hot summers day!
And, as you say, jellies and marmalades from those hips are also very nice. Plus: if you pick the hips before they're fully ripe they also contain large amounts of -whatsitcalled?- the stuff that stiffens the jelly/marmalade and thus only needs a bit of sugar. -but you'll need to remove the seeds for all that!
And wine made from those is also something that's good (but that'll need to rest for a few years before consuming)
Thanks a lot, John and trekkiedane. Yeah, it does look rather "other worldly". Believe it or not, this is the City Hall building in London England, designed by architect Norman Foster, and the blue lit banister can be seen to the left/west of it (google satellite view). A little bit of trivia--this isn't the London City Hall administratively speaking (that's located in the Guildhall). The name has caused so much confusion, that for the London 2012 Olympic games, the mayor proclaimed it would be temporarily called "London House." How crazy is that? They never should have allowed it to be named "City Hall"... although I suspect it may have been intentional by the building owner, because the confusion would just give the building more recognition.
And for even more trivia, which I find a bit hilarious:
Trekkiedane, thanks for the description about making bitters. Sounds really interesting--I'll have to give it a try at some point!
Here's a tiny selection of my mom's rosepetal-jelly ingredients:
and here our natural pest control They live in a hollow branch of one of our centennarian apple trees
Pectin! -right! Thanks!
Wonderful place your mum has there -my parents have a yard almost like that -but not with that opulent a display of roses
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In the United States, we have "safe-haven" laws in all 50 states, which allow children to be left anonymously in designated places (hospitals, fire departments, etc.). Taking a similar initiative, European countries are providing more and more baby "drop boxes" for parents to drop off unwanted babies. They have recently become a big deal in the news because the United Nations (which in my opinion is totally useless) has had the nerve to criticize them.
According to an article in Time, "At a children's charity in Hamburg, Germany, there's a steel door to a hatch where unwanted babies can be left anonymously. Once closed, it cannot be opened again from the outside. Established [12 years ago], this is the first of Germany's now 80-plus baby boxes or baby hatches." These are what the U.N. is criticizing. The U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child issued a statement saying that the boxes are "contravening the right of the child to be known and cared for by his or her parents."
Well no kidding! That's the whole point – there aren't two parents wanting to take care of the kid. Duh!
And guess what? Roughly 30 to 40 babies (that they know about) die each year in Germany because they've been abandoned, and about that same number have been left in the hatches since their inception.
It's an alternative to just letting them die. Are we really that worried about violating a child's right to a name, nationality, and parents?
We've had so many scandals here in the United States regarding this issue. Remember the teenybopper who went to a dance, gave birth, flushed the baby down the toilet, and then went out to finish the dance? A report by the Department of Health and Human Services showed that out of 4 million births in 1998, 108 infants were abandoned. Between December of 2000 and March of 2001, seven babies were found dead in New York City – one thrown out a window in Washington Heights, another dumped in a sewer in Queens, and a third left in a vacant Bronx lot.
So, in my opinion, arguing about whether or not this is a good idea is sort of silly. We're dealing with people who are not going to take care of their kids anyway, so what are the options? A lot of young women want the anonymity and a lot of babies are saved.
Some of you may take the side of the U.N. and argue back at me that the child has a right to be known by his or her parents because of medical issues that could arise. To that, I just say don't even bother. In this day and age with the technology we have, the scans we can do, and the blood and genetic tests we can conduct, we don't need family history to know what your problems are likely to be if you don't take good care of yourself. A lot of people have genes for a disease, like breast cancer, but they never get it. Some people don't have the genes for breast cancer and get breast cancer. There's no guarantee either which way. It's a specious argument.
Some people might ask, "Hey, but what about the dads?" Well, if the dad has a feeling he's knocked up somebody and he really wants his child, he can either talk to the woman who's carrying it, or he can go to the authorities to register his DNA. Some adoption agencies deal with the DNA matchup of the putative father. But I don't even know the number of fathers in these situations who want their kid.
One of the fellows who organizes safe-haven adoptions says that each year, his crisis line gets about 2,000 calls. Most – 70 percent – decide to keep the baby and raise it with the help of their family. However, 20 percent decide to place the baby in adoption, and 10 percent decide to leave the baby in a safe haven anonymously. That's one out of 10 kids that gets adopted out with anonymity through a licensed adoption agency. They are placed with mommies and daddies who want them. I say that if the law saves kids, it's worth it.
It would be nice if only responsible, sane, married moms and dads were the ones having babies, but that's not the case. I am all for anything which does not result in a baby getting killed for no good reason other than "oops!" That's why I think the U.N. is being stupid.


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Glaucoma is the second-leading cause of blindness in the United States, affecting an estimated 2.2 million Americans. Yet only half of those with glaucoma know they have the disease, which has virtually no symptoms until it has already begun to do damage.
Glaucoma refers to a group of eye conditions that increase pressure in the eye. The eye constantly produces a clear fluid called aqueous humor, which nourishes the cornea and the lens and helps keep the eye healthy. In a normal eye, excess fluid drains out of an opening known as the anterior chamber angle. If the angle is blocked or damaged and prevents fluid from flowing out of the eye, the fluid can build up and create pressure, which can damage the optic nerve over time.
Because a damaged optic nerve cannot properly transmit visual data from the eye to the brain, vision may be impaired or lost altogether.
Since early detection is vital to preventing severe vision loss, a glaucoma screening test is a standard part of most annual eye exams. After numbing the eye with drops, the optometrist or ophthalmologist will measure the intraocular pressure with a device that lightly touches the outside of the eye. Alternatively, a puff of air may be blown into the eye to test pressure. The doctor may also dilate the pupils to examine the back of the eye. If glaucoma is suspected, additional tests may be needed.
Glaucoma takes two main forms. Most common is open-angle or chronic glaucoma, in which eye pressure increases gradually and painlessly. Open-angle glaucoma first affects peripheral or side vision, and eventually may lead to complete vision loss. This type of glaucoma tends to run in the family, so people with a family history of it may be at higher risk.
The other form – angle-closure or acute glaucoma – develops suddenly when the anterior chamber angle is abruptly blocked and requires immediate medical attention. Pressure within the eye rises quickly, often causing intense pain and a sensation of the eye being swollen. Other symptoms include impaired or foggy vision, rainbow-like halos around lights, and nausea or vomiting.
While there is currently no cure for glaucoma, several treatments can help manage the condition and prevent vision loss. Open-angle glaucoma is most commonly treated with medicated eye drops to help relieve the pressure. If medications are not successful, surgical procedures may offer relief. Laser surgery treats the anterior chamber angle to improve drainage and consequently decrease the pressure. Canaloplasty drains fluid from the eye through a tiny catheter inserted into the drainage canal, which enlarges it to allow fluid to flow out. The catheter is removed, and a suture is put into the canal to keep it open. Trabectome surgery removes part of the clogged tissue from the eye to restore drainage.
Angle-closure glaucoma is usually treated with eye drops and oral or intravenous medications to lower the pressure. A laser procedure called an iridotomy may be required to open a new drainage pathway in the eye.
Sudden or severe eye pain, or any loss of vision, should be checked immediately by an eye doctor.


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Arsenal end trophy drought with FA Cup win
Arsenal ended its nine-year trophy drought on Saturday, coming from two goals...
Robert Griffin III posted the biggest win of his rookie season as his touchdown pass in the fourth quarter helped Washington edge New York, 17-16, in an NFC East battle at FedEx Field.
With the win, the struggle for the top spot in the division got a little closer as the Giants (7-5) now hold just a one-game lead over the Redskins (6-6) and Cowboys, who defeated the Eagles on Sunday night.
Griffin passed for 163 yards on 13-of-21 attempts and added 72 yards on five carries as Washington won its third straight, all against division opponents.
Alfred Morris carried the ball 22 times for 124 yards while Pierre Garcon caught eight passes for 106 yards and a touchdown in the win.
Eli Manning was 20-for-33 with 280 yards and a touchdown and Martellus Bennett had five catches for 82 yards and a score for the Giants, who have dropped three of their last four.
Ahmad Bradshaw totaled 103 yards on 24 carries along with two catches for 13 yards and Victor Cruz grabbed five passes for 104 yards in the loss.


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Living World Bird Pacifier
|The Living World Bird Pacifier gives your bird something to groom and pluck at instead of its own feathers. The pacifier provides hours of entertainment and satisfies your bird's natural urges to chew in a healthy matter. Interactive toy that helps prevent birds from feather plucking and chewing Keeps birds active and stimulated Features strands for birds to "groom" Keep your bird active and stimulated with this medium-sized toy that's perfect for cockatiels and lovebirds.
Living World Double-Sided Large Round Mirror with Bell
|This Double-Sided Large Round Mirror with Bell is a durable and safe toy that provides your bird with the visual stimulation of looking at itself as well as a bell to promote play encourage activity. By stimulating the senses and providing exercise, this toy is a welcome addition to virtually any bird cage. Double-sided mirror Provides visual stimulation Bell encourages play and activity Note: Ships in assorted colors - please let us choose one for you!
Living World 3 Toys with Balls
|The Living World 3 Toys with Balls pack consists of three assorted toys including athletic rings, a plastic Ball with Mirror, and a lantern with mirror. The variety of toys provides your bird with exercise and sense stimulating activities. Includes athletic rings, elastic ball with bells and lantern with mirror Multi-colored to provide visual stimulation Helps your bird stay engaged and fit The mirror allows your bird to see his or her reflection, stimulating your birds mind while the variety of colors provides visual stimulation.
4 Plastic Balls with Bells
|These 4 Plastic Balls with Bells feature a durable, safe design that will provide your bird with engaging activity and exercise. This brightly colored toy stimulates multiple senses of your bird, and helps provide both mental and physical acivity. The diameter of the balls is approximately 1 1/2". Brightly colored plastic balls with bells Fun toy keeps your bird engaged and fit Stimulates multiple senses
Olympic Rings Plastic Bird Toy
|Living World's Olympic Rings with Bells are a great toy to provide your bird with exercise and a fun activity to keep him mentally and physically engaged. The bells stimulate your bird's mind while the variety of bright colors provide important visual stimulation. Enriching toy for birds in the shape of 5 brightly colored athletic rings Contains no toxic material or chemicals Keeps birds exercised and engaged


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Jan 2014 Journal
Letters to the Editor
Sir - Jane Merkin's 'Suitcase: A story sadly relevant today' in your November issue is indeed sad and relevant today.
In truth, its relevance has no time limit. She is not the first to have complained in the AJR Journal about the attitude of members of the Anglo-Jewish population before the war. Surely we are not trying to assume that when it comes to morality, the Jews are different from the rest of human society? Our tribe is represented in all strata of behaviour.
It is quite likely that large numbers of human beings are willing, even keen, to pursue the moral alternative but when, at the lowest level, survival is at stake, morality becomes irrelevant. Moving up the scale, the not unreasonable desire for more than is necessary begins to compete with moral behaviour. It's my guess that greed becomes dominant quite early on the upward scale of economic and social behaviour.
There is, luckily, a core of human beings at all levels who are strong enough to put morality first, whatever the cost. They keep our hopes open. Looking around, the world shows that today this core is well in the minority, even though, I believe, its proportional influence is greater than its size. Unfortunately, even so, it is not large enough to make any radical changes. The greedy and the violent seem to be sufficiently in charge to prevent morality from making a real difference. Even religion has not succeeded – if it was ever meant to – in achieving a moral society.
We must applaud Jane Merkin for not just protesting but for doing something positive about it. There are many charities and many charitable people who take remedial action but, when you add it all up, the sum total of their actions only touches the fringe.
Personally, I cannot see much point in just complaining, especially about what is long past. I have been an optimist all my life but it does not allow me to disregard reality.
Sir – I was seriously upset by Mike Levy's letter 'We must save the children!' in your November issue, in which he asked for information about non-Jews who helped children like me after Kristallnacht.
I should so much have liked to give the Brown family my official thanks. Instead, they received only my love and affection. He was R. R. Brown, retired Commissioner of Burma, part of the Indian Civil Service, and had a truly Christian spirit, shared by his wife and daughter. The latter was exactly my age. Without them I could not have borne what happened to my parents and much loved elder brother.
Of course, I am still in touch with my English family. R. R. Brown's son-in-law recently became a great-grandfather.
Sir - With regard to the letter from Carmel Page and Sue Pearson (December), my uncle, a single young man, went from Ersekujvar (Nove Zamky) to Budapest, where he boarded the boat Erzsebet to make his life in Palestine.
The Erzsebet made several detours to Bratislava and Bulgaria, where more emigrants boarded, before making for Haifa.
It was hard for the Erzsebet to stop for refuelling as war had just broken out and no countries wanted to refuel it. Finally it stopped at an island called Erekli near Turkey, where many boats were queuing. One of the managers helping on the dockside was Jewish and found out that one of the boats was carrying Jewish refugees; he arranged for this boat - the Erzsebet - to be refuelled ahead of the others. He also made sure that extra food was loaded on and promised to send updated telegrams to relatives of the refugees that all was well. It had been rumoured that bad things had happened to some of the refugees!
The Erzsebet finally docked in Haifa on Shabbat 23 September 1939, which also happened to be Yom Kippur, but the religious passengers, of whom my uncle was one, were allowed to stay on board until after the fast.
Sir – Writing during the 75th anniversary year of the Kindertransport, I'd like to put on record that, after serving as a volunteer at Dovercourt, I'm corresponding with Alice Jaspars of Aberdeen – a fourth-generation descendant of a Dovercourt Kind! All praise to you for keeping everyone in this worldwide family in touch for so long.
Sir - I would like to contact Kindertransport survivors and their families in Scotland and the North East who would be interested in visiting schools to tell students about their lives.
I am developing a children's war museum to explore historical events through children's voices and memories.
The Wiener Library has a Kindertransport display which can be hired and I would like to take it to our area. There is certainly an interest in Kindertransport history. I hope it will help students to gain a personal understanding of what the war meant to Jewish families in Europe and of the experience of the Jewish child refugees.
Sir - I have just attended at Piccadilly Station in Manchester a performance of the wonderful play Suitcase (see review, page 9), which portrays the hard facts of the Kindertransport. I went with my mother, Ann Cohen, who is a Kind, and my husband. We didn't know what to expect but - to use the vernacular - we were 'blown away'.
The concept was marvellous and the acting and direction excellent. There were about a dozen actors and actresses who initially played the parts of the Kinder leaving on their journey. On arrival at the station, we were all given a numbered ticket to wear and ushered in different groups to watch vignettes being performed at various locations in the station.
The scenes which involved waving goodbye and letters to and from the children and their parents caused many of the audience to shed a tear or two.
My mother having been a Kind, I am used to hearing the story, but nothing prepared me for the raw emotion evoked by this performance. We are privileged to have seen it and congratulate Ros and Jane Merkin on this amazing piece of social history.
Sir - I recently attended a very moving AJR service at Belsize Park Synagogue about Kristallnacht 75 years on. Some of the people in the congregation had lived through it. My grandfather was arrested on Kristallnacht and spent three months in Dachau concentration camp. He was only allowed out as my grandmother obtained a work permit to come to the UK. My mother came with her parents aged 13 in February 1939. She was unable to attend the service as she lives in south London.
It is good to keep the memory alive for people who did not live through it and for people who are not Jewish.
Sir - Several members of my family in Vienna were murdered in the Holocaust. Through the Vienna Stones of Remembrance project, I am arranging to have stones laid next spring outside the home they shared as a family: see www.steinedererinnerung.net/ <http://www.steinedererinnerung.net/
There are several projects throughout the occupied area. The stones are often called Stolpersteine - 'stumble stones' - and can be found on the internet for individual towns.
As I had never heard of Stolpersteine before a few months ago, probably few others in the UK know about this project. The thought that my family will not be forgotten gives me great pleasure. They will hopefully remind a nation of the tragedy born of prejudice that must never be repeated; furthermore, my living family will have somewhere they can go to pay their respects.
I would be happy to help (via the Journal) anyone who would like to have a stone laid for their family but does not know where to start.
Sir - Congratulations to the AJR for organising the wonderful event in the House of Lords re-dedicating the plaque which thanks Britain for rescuing the Kinder. Not only was it an experience to be invited into the hallowed halls of government and provided with an elegant seated tea, but it was also a pleasure to hear John Bercow, Betty Boothroyd, Alf Dubs and our own Erich Reich speak.
Sir – I would like to thank the AJR for co-hosting the memorable ceremony at Liverpool Street Station on 1 December.
For me, it was very poignant as I was on the first Kindertransport, arriving in Harwich on 2 December 1938. And I was especially glad that the Chief Rabbi, whose speech was apt throughout, mentioned not only those who organised and permitted the transports but also the parents who let the children go, knowing - as they must have done by then - that the writing was on the wall. I was also very touched at having been asked to place one of the candles, which I managed to do for Berlin.
Sir - I read recently that a statue to Horthy, Hungary's controversial wartime leader and an ally of Hitler, has been erected in the centre of Budapest. As a survivor of the Horthy era, I feel outraged. In Prague, when rightists marched carrying anti-Semitic slogans, the head of the Catholic Church protested. Nothing like this is happening in Hungary. Why? Because anti-Semitism has been prevalent in Hungarian society for many years. Today, as a result of political intrigue, all common sense and humanity have been sacrificed. What will be next?
Sir – I don't really have a lot to go on: my memory of it all is extremely patchy. So what am I doing writing this? It must be the memory of that lively, little fair-haired girl, whose Christian name I can't recall, playing on the swings in St James's Park one sunny Sunday afternoon. It turned out that she was the daughter of the playwright John Osborne, mentioned in Anthony Grenville's recent article. Our young daughter Sarah found in her a little playmate. I also remember the two pleasant foreign nannies (French or Italian?) who were in charge of the little girl and whom my husband and I found interesting to talk to. They even all came to visit us one afternoon in our modest flat after our meeting in the park.
I couldn't help feeling sorry for that little girl although she couldn't have been treated better, but she did come across as the archtypal child of actors or professionals living their separate lives - father in England, mother in the States.
Now, 50-odd years later, I wonder what has become of the girl, what her name is, and if she remembers us.
Sir - In 1993, when collecting language data for my PhD on German/English bilingualism, I made audio recordings of informal conversations with Austrian, predominantly Viennese, Jewish refugees living in London. The recordings were made available to the participants at the time but unfortunately many of the participants are no longer with us. When I came across the Refugee Voices project on the AJR website it occurred to me that relatives and/or friends of these people might want to have access to the recordings as a form of audio-memory.
The list of names I have is: Anschel, Gerti and Klaus; Arie, Edith; Bronstein, Dorit; Bukowitz, Stefan; Caraco, Mrs; Charap, Ellie; Collins, Lizzy; Dutch, Josi and Albert; Eichler, Udi; Fensterheim, Tom; Fischer, Wolfgang; Goldie, Mrs; Gottlieb, F. H.; Grunberger, Richard; Hogan, Sophie and Fritz; Holland, Evelyn; Hull, Lore; Lane, Alfred; Motesiczky, Marie-Luise; Rosenow, Lilly; Singer, Mrs; Sloane, Mrs; Stern, Renee.
Sir - My husband, whose family came from Berlin and Tilsit, had two uncles both of whom were known as Uncle Box. Their given names were Max and Julius. I asked my late father-in-law about it and he said it was an old joke he had forgotten. But where did the name Box come from? I have wondered for 50 years now. I wonder if any of your readers know the answer.
Sir - We write in response to two correspondents, Walter Wolff (October) and Peter Wayne (November), who took exception to an article by Ruth David which appeared in your September issue. This article was a personal view of the 75th-anniversary Kindertransport event in June. Ruth quoted, but is blamed for, a remark that was 'let fall casually' by someone else - 'that we Kindertransportees … were the group of immigrants that had done more for Britain than any other immigrant group ever in the UK.' A bold and perhaps arguable claim, but to accuse her, as your correspondents did, of arrogance, having 'grand illusions', ego-tripping, boastfulness and denigrating non-Kinder sections of the community, is grossly unfair.
Neither of your correspondents knows Ruth as we have for close on 30 years. She is guilty of none of the above. She is the most modest, self-effacing, even self-denigrating, person one is likely to meet, who has for many years given an enormous amount of time talking to thousands of school students in Britain and Germany, as well as to countless adult audiences, about the Holocaust, how it affected her family and her own experience as a Kind. She is, of course, one of many who, for the sake of younger generations, have relived the painful past in this way and she would be the first to acknowledge the work of others, some of whom, like her, have deservedly been recognised and honoured by the German government for their tireless efforts. Your correspondents' comments were hurtful and quite unjustified.
Sir – A propos the article 'Austrian dentistry in the UK' (December), there was another category. From 1941 onwards Austrian dentists were allowed to work in the relatively poorly paid school dental service – a cynical move! My father, a qualified Zahnarzt, applied for, and soon got, a job with Derbyshire County Council; his brother, in a similar position, found employment in Leicester. My father was appalled at the low standard of dentistry and worked hard to maintain his high standard. His work was appreciated by patients and colleagues alike.
Sir - At the time of writing, a tragedy involving millions of people has happened - the greatest tornado ever to strike the Philippines. Britain, which originally sent an aeroplane to ascertain the magnitude of the catastrophe, is now sending an aircraft carrier, which will take a week to get to the opposite side of the globe. Whatever food and water it carries will take days to get to the people affected by the disaster. By that time, none of them will be alive any more if they depended on Britain. Even aeroplanes, taking 15 hours non-stop, would have been of greater help. Were they sent to the unaffected nearby islands and countries to pick up food and water, that would have shown enterprise.
We could have sent builders and engineers, emergency power plants and many other items. But, in common with other countries, the bureaucracy, inertia, hesitation, indecision and unpreparedness, considering the meteorological warnings of many days beforehand, highlight the inability of international aid provision in a disaster situation on such an immense scale. As always, the immediate request for money from the population comes as no surprise. All the money in the world could not buy a glass of water to still a thirsty throat! But food provided immediately by stores in the unaffected islands and, moreover, from nearby countries, could have saved millions of the stricken population.
It should be obvious that all the monies collected will never save one life by the time it takes to provide even one bite of bread. Money collected, if it were ever to provide help, would take a long time to get to the providers, who would be the only ones to gain from the disaster.
Practical help is needed on the spot by the unfortunate people, who stand without a roof over their heads, knee deep in water, having to bear the tremendous floods, getting hungrier and thirstier by the hour, seeing no hope on the horizon, hidden by the destruction of their mangled homes. Their future is in the hands of the Almighty.


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Melissa Etheridge will be taking time out from the road to record her new album. She recently told Billboard that more than 20 songs have already been written and she hopes to make it available for fans later this year.
She'll enter the studio this month to work with producers Jacquire King (Norah Jones) and Steve Booker (Stevie Nicks) before heading back out on tour here in the States. She admits though it was her return to playing for fans in Canada and Europe that inspired the material written for the follow-up to 2010's "Fearless Love."
"While I was there, I could see people were still coming out and singing the songs of 25 years ago." Etheridge told Billboard. "It gave me sort of a new inspiration of my own music and how I just want to write songs that people want to sing, that mean something to me and that people want to make their own. I got the sense of, 'Oh! This is what I do. This is what makes me special. I can do this.'"
The singer goes on to explain that a broad range of topics will be covered within her new music, more so than it was in her last album. "'Fearless Love' was a bit more focused; this is just really, 'OK, whatever's there, come to me. Let me pull it out and make the best of it.' There are a couple of fictional songs, too; there's one about, like, what if I was still living in Kansas? What would I be doing?'"
And when asked about the musical she's reportedly working on, Etheridge did confirm it's halfway done, but it's still a work in progress as she focuses on touring and recording her new album.
Melissa Etheridge goes back out on tour again starting April 21.
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Discussion in 'Odds & Ends' started by jamesblakefan#1, Mar 22, 2010.
I watched Tron Legacy a few days ago, it was pretty good.
watch "Incendies"
see if it does anything for you
I recommend watching a couple of Disney movies afterward.
watched The Help. It was really good.
Haha, thanks, I'll check that one out.
I found this channel on youtube that has a few pretty good short films.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIP2bq2n648 (be warned, it's no Disney movie)
I liked this one. New Boy is good also.
Just saw ' Schindlers list ' again .. the zillionth time. still great!
Inside man was really good.
Last I watched was Flypaper a heist comedy, pretty funny.
"The Ides of March" -- politics is dirty, in case you didn't know.
Scre4m and I loved it
Ride Lonesome
Dallas on dvd last night , 3 episodes . And today i saw Atlas Shrugged.
Brilliant in its own way.
Last movie I saw was Yacoubian Building. It was Egytian movie which was very interesting.
Scre4m....meh. Looking forward to seeing The Thing.
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
With James Arness?
^^^ the third rendition of "The Thing" is soon forthcoming...without Mr. Arness.
Wowow! Is it in colour this time?
Hanna. Excellent.
The Lincoln Lawyer = Great
True Grit = Funny and Great
Not sure...I saw the 80s version when I was a kid and it was really scary. I noticed there's a new version out at the theaters now.
Arness only died a few months ago, so he would have been an awesome cameo in the new version, but apparently wasn't. Trivia buffs will note that Peter Graves was Arness's slightly younger brother.
The original is a great flick.
Saw the original as a small kid, absolutely terrified me, probably would still today.
Saw the prequel this weekend. It was difficult to watch this with impartial eyes. I've seen the Carpenter version at least a dozen times and it's one of my all-time favorite movies. As such, it was difficult not to have certain expectations even after the lukewarm reviews from both critics and fans.
Not a bad way to spend two hours and it has its' moments, but ultimately falls way short of the rather high mark set by John Carpenter.
Tintin in 3D. Absolutely fantastic animations!!
In Time. Just didn't add up.
Bulworth. ..
(A candidate becomes honest)
Hilarious comedy!
I finally saw The Thing ...it had some scary moments. Not as good as the original but they never are.
Platoon (1986)
I haven't seen the prequel, but after seeing Carpenter's version, there's no way I would be impressed. There's just something about the effects from his version of the film that can't be replicated by today's cgi and such. The original is gruesome and horrifying, something I just haven't been able to feel while watching any current movie.
As for last movie I've watched recently, Rounders I think. It's a film I just really like, and I can identify with Matt Damon's situation in the movie. Just feeling like you're down and out with no hope coming. Edward Norton's also excellent as always.
Has anyone seen Zeitgeist ??
Was it good?
Anyone remember Sen. Jay Bullington Bulworth's posts?
OK, GS. What can I say? I'm a sucker for a baseball movie.
And since the last first-run movie I saw was Winnie The Pooh (as chaperone ) and before that it was the gosh-awful No Country for Old Men (yes, seriously, it was 2007)...I had the very rare opportunity to pick one -- and I chose Moneyball.
Is it an Oscar winner? No. But it's a good story told (and acted) well. Spring for the On-Demand 3-bucks and enjoy it for 2-hours. Pitt is appropriately cast and Aaron Sorkin did a fine job with the screenplay. He sure does know how to pick a good story. They also did a great job of intertwining acting footage with the real deal. Special effects guys really earned their money but probably won't get any credit for it.
Amazing that Beane has been with the As for as long as he has.
Watched "Puss In Boots" with friend after hang out at a mall the whole afternoon including dinner time. Oh yah and it rocks well...
Well, I know what my next movie is going to be. Apocalypse Now is going to be on AMC this Friday. I've watched a good chunk of it before, but have not seen the whole thing. Looking forward to that later this week.
The Sand Pebbles (1966)
Bodyguards and Assassins (Highly recommend)
Princess Mononoke
mononoke hime is classic!!!
check out tonari no totoro too if you havent
No Country For Old Men.
I think I liked the poem more. The movie was okay. I did like how it was a stripped down vehicle that effectively moved the plot line and highlighted the rawness of the tension. I think I jumped a little when the phone rang in the motel room with Bardem and Harrelson. I thought the TLJ character didn't add as much as what I presume was intended and what was the car accident scene all about? I know the ambiguities in the narrative are there for effect, but I think this device was overplayed.
So, good movie but why do some consider it great?
I have a friend whose father was a diplomat in Taipei during the filming. Most of the filming was in Taiwan. His family lived on the same street as the
McQueens and his mother took Neile McQueen to the PX and grocery shopping reserved for American diplomats and military personal. Their houses were surrounded by brick walls covered in broken glass and everyone had multiple servants.
Their kids went to Dominican School and Neile did volunteer work there. The actors would go to the American Officers Club for American food, as many of them were freaked out by Taipei at the time.
Water buffalos roamed the streets and there were open sewers everywhere. His mother says Steve liked to race motorcycles up and down the street late at night and shoot fireworks from his roof. His mom only met Steve a few times, but was good friends with Neile.
That's really interesting. The Taiwanese government actually held McQueen his family members and some of the crew hostage by holding their passports because of unpaid taxes. Seems they found some way to get out of there and finish filming in Hong Kong and L.A.
I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
Truly one of the classic lines.
And a classic movie, although I don't think it was really appreciated for its merits at the time. The real deal was still just a little too close and the logistical histrionics of getting the movie made (with all those personalities) was a bit much.
Could have won the Oscar that year but it was up against some real blockbusters with phenomenal individual performances. In today's PC Climate, it would be the winner.
Hubs and I hate, hate, hated it. If we hadn't be stealing some rare time away from two small kiddies with a free babysister (my out-of-town sister in for a holiday visit)...we'd have walked out on it. Come to think of it, we should have, demanded a refund...and had an extra drink before dinner (afterwards).
I hated the death from 1,000 cuts scene, I was just a little kid when I saw that, and it freaked me out.
Big Fish. Very charming, but by no means does that excuse the shot of Danny DeVitos bare ass xp
Horrible Bosses. Stole me a few chuckles, but nothing to be all WOW about. Enjoyable, yes
Idiocracy (2006)
I must say this dystopian satire is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time, and quite thought provoking. Don't think I'll ever look at mass entertainment the way I used to.
Would have been better if Bardem died a slow and painful death.
+1..awesome, underappreciated movie. Just the beginning scenes and Justin Long's part are enough to buy the dvd.
Some sort of showdown between the main characters would have been good. The whole movie was building toward that and they just leave things hanging to use the cool artsy ending. Shame because I really liked he movie.
Joy Ride
nobody died, it is bad in thriller...
'The Revenge Of The Electric Car '
Total poweroverload muscle vehicle flick.
I think we are being taken for a ride...
A traditional showdown may have been too cliched, but some movies try too hard not to be formulaic - and often the result is something overly ambiguous or self-indulgent.
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After a triple by Abreu and a homer by Fergus opened scoring in the top of the first, the Hornets (1-3) responded by tying the game 2-2 in the bottom of the frame. ATU (1-3) pushed its lead to 5-2 in the second inning on an RBI triple by Abreu, who later scored on a double from Josh Johnson.
Both teams traded scoreless innings until the seventh, when Emporia State scored twice. Senior Jonathan Finnegan drove in junior Zac Johnson for the Wonder Boys' only run in the inning.
The Hornets went scoreless until the end of the game. In the ninth, Arkansas Tech junior Jay Johnson doubled down the right-field line to bring senior Scott Sammons home, and Abreu doubled to right center and drove in Zac Johnson and Jay Johnson.
Junior Danny Parker took the win (1-0) for the Wonder Boys after he allowed four runs on six hits in 6.1 innings, two walks and struck out four. ATU will host its home opener at 1 p.m. Friday with a doubleheader against Ottawa.
Central Missouri 10, Arkansas Tech 4
Senior Thomas Biocic went 2-for-4 with a double and 3 RBIs and Abreu scored a pair of runs, but the Wonder Boys fell victim to a six-run inning for the second consecutive day and lost to Central Missouri on Sunday.
ATU jumped ahead in the first inning, as Abreu scored on a fielder's choice. However, Central Missouri plated six runs in the bottom of the third to take a 6-1 lead. Biocic's two-run double in the fifth cut the Mules' lead to 6-3, but a squeeze bunt by Central Missouri in the bottom of the frame pushed its lead to 7-3.
Tech cut the margin to 7-4 in the sixth on a Josh Johnson sacrifice fly, but the Mules tacked on one run in the sixth and two in the bottom of the seventh to extend their lead to 10-4.
The Wonder Boys threatened in the eighth by putting runners on the corners with one man out, but were unable to cut the UCM lead any further.
ATU junior Jake Bell suffered the loss after he allowed six runs on six hits and walked five in 2.2 innings of work. Dustin Thomas pitched a scoreless ninth in relief for Tech.
Incarnate Word 8, Arkansas Tech 0
Jonathan Finnegan turned went 2-for-4 performance and Mason Reynolds scattered four hits in four innings of work, but the Wonder Boys were unable to sustain any offense against stellar pitching by Incarnate Word, then UIW took advantage of a six-run fifth inning Saturday.
Cardinals pitcher Alexis Garza set the tempo in the first inning by striking out the side.
Reynolds matched Garza pitch for pitch over the first four innings, however, UIW's Derrick Walls led off the fifth inning with a double, kick-starting a six-run frame that gave the Cardinals a commanding lead.
UIW pitching did not allow another Wonder Boys hit until the ninth. Meanwhile, UIW added insurance runs in the seventh and ninth innings to extend their lead.


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MAYPORT, Fla. - The Navy says it will review whether to put the brakes on moving a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier from Virginia to Florida because of budgetary concerns.
In a letter to Virginia lawmakers, Chief of Naval Operations Jonathan Greenert says that dispersing the fleet still makes strategic sense. Norfolk is the only home port for all five East Coast-based carriers.
Defense department officials contend that's a national security concern because of the possibility of a natural disaster or manmade calamity. Aircraft carriers on the West Coast are home-ported at three bases.
Mayport, Fla. previously served as home to the conventionally powered John F. Kennedy, but it was decommissioned in 2007.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office estimated the cost of retrofitting the Florida port to accommodate a nuclear carrier and moving it there to be $258.7 million to $356 million.
"From a strategic standpoint, the rationale supporting the decision to disperse our East Coast carrier fleet remains sound," Greenert wrote in his Oct. 21 letter, which was released by Virginia members of Congress on Tuesday.
But Greenert says that in light of defense budgetary cuts, every program should be reevaluated, including funding to homeport a carrier in Florida.
Prior to the GAO report, the Navy had estimated it would cost more than $537 million to upgrade the Florida base near Jacksonville.
Greenert wrote the letter in response to the one from Virginia representatives - who don't want to lose thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue - urging him to reconsider the move. Greenert took over the Navy's top job in September, several months after Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said in a letter of his own that the Navy planned on sticking with its timeline of moving a carrier in 2019.
In addition to their fears of losing jobs, Virginia representatives contend that retrofitting the Florida port to accommodate nuclear-powered aircraft carriers is unnecessary because one East Coast port is sufficient. They also say it is too expensive at a time when the Navy has other needs.
Among other things, they believe the Navy should instead spend money on new ships and maintenance.
"Given the enormity of our nation's fiscal challenges, the Navy must continue to ensure every cent is spent wisely and appropriately," U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Va., said in a written statement. "In the face of so many unfunded, critical requirements for shipbuilding, aircraft procurement, and maintenance of ships and shore installations, the president and the Department of the Navy should abandon the Mayport home porting scheme and invest in areas where real risk exists today."
Both Virginia and Florida will be key battleground states in the 2012 presidential election.
For their part, Florida members of Congress want the carrier's planned move expedited by three years to 2016. Republican U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, whose district includes the Florida base, said in a written statement that every project should be subjected to the Navy's annual review.
"The Navy and Department of Defense review budget scenarios multiple times, and while the names and reasons for the reviews have changed, the facts have not," he said.
"Opponents of homeporting a carrier at Mayport stand opposite to the facts and viewpoints of our top military leaders," Crenshaw wrote. "The decision to homeport a carrier at Mayport has been made, military construction projects are underway, and the strategic rationale for Mayport grows stronger each day. Our national security warrants two nuclear-capable homeports on the East Coast - one in Norfolk, one in Mayport. I plan to be on hand the day that a nuclear aircraft carrier sails in to homeport at Mayport."
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Ex-UW frat president charged with rape, again
Published 10:14 pm, Wednesday, January 30, 2013
A Federal Way man accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a young woman during a date has been charged with rape.
The charge marks the second time in three years Edwin "Kevin" De Boer has been charged with sexually assaulting a young woman following a night of drinking.
The earlier allegations against De Boer saw him plead guilty to harassment in a plea agreement that did not require he register as a sex offender or admit to raping the young woman at a University of Washington fraternity, where he was serving as president.
This time, though, prosecutors claim to have evidence De Boer drugged a young woman before raping her. He is also alleged to have made a partial admission of wrongdoing in a text message to the purported victim.
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King County prosecutors contend De Boer, 26, spiked the woman's drink with a sedative during a date, then raped her at his apartment. He has pleaded not guilty to the rape charge.
According to charging documents, the woman agreed to go out for dinner and drinks with De Boer in November. The pair went to several Tacoma bars; the last thing the woman remembered was a table of beer and appetizers.
She awoke naked and in pain in the bedroom of De Boer's Federal Way apartment, she later told police. Confused, the woman spoke with De Boer briefly before leaving his apartment.
Shortly thereafter, the woman contacted her sister, who rushed home and ultimately took her to a nearby hospital for a sexual assault examination, a Federal Way detective told the court. The results of that exam were subsequently forwarded to police.
According to charging documents, lab tests showed the woman had ingested a potent sedative that also causes amnesia. Police contend photos taken during the examination support the woman's claims.
Concerned De Boer had drugged her, the woman sent him a text message asserting the same. Police contend De Boer denied drugging her but admitted to sexually assaulting her while they were together.
Speaking with police, the woman said she'd never blacked out before and had not planned on having sex with De Boer during their date. She was also able to describe his home to police.
The woman also recalled De Boer had complained that another woman he was seeing while he was president of the fraternity three years before had "gone crazy" on him, the detective told the court. He also mentioned he was enrolled in a graduate program at University of Washington's Tacoma campus; court records show De Boer's car carries a personalized license plate with the word "DAWGS" on it.
De Boer was enrolled at UW in Seattle as an undergrad in July 2009, when he was alleged to have raped a 21-year-old student during a fraternity party.
The night of the assault, De Boer prodded the woman to have several shots of liquor and then attempted to make out with her on the steps of Phi Kappa Theta fraternity. She rebuffed his advances while remaining at the house.
Charging De Boer with third-degree rape, prosecutors contended De Boer later pulled the woman into a room and demanded oral sex. She told De Boer she did not have sex with drunk men.
At the time, prosecutors claimed De Boer then pinned the young woman on a bed and raped her. She later underwent a sexual assault examination and testified in an "administrative hearing" conducted by fraternity members and alumni.
During that "hearing," De Boer claimed the young woman changed her mind after they were already having sex, a Seattle detective told the court. The fraternity subsequently voted to expel De Boer.
De Boer would later deny any wrongdoing through a statement to police, according to the detective's statement. He claimed she only protested because he did not take precautions to avoid impregnating her.
"The defense counsel and I together interviewed 11 witnesses," the Seattle detective told the court. "None of the witnesses saw (the young woman) kiss, touch or show any interest in Mr. De Boer, so it appears that Mr. De Boer is not being truthful."
De Boer ultimately entered a modified guilty plea to a harassment charge. Doing so, he refused to admit he had harassed the woman while agreeing that a jury would likely convict him.
Prosecutors withdrew the rape charge as part of the plea agreement. De Boer received a suspended sentence and probation, and was ordered to perform 15 days of community service.
Now facing a second-degree rape charge, De Boer is currently jailed on $300,000 bail.
Check the Seattle 911 crime blog for more Seattle crime news. Visit seattlepi.com's home page for more Seattle news.
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Your Day 8 prompt is...
Candy Cane
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Madam Russia xxxxx
(What? No I didn't just copy and paste Madam Caroleee's post. Well... maybe a little >.>) I love you, Russia.
Your Day 8 prompt is...
Candy Cane
Refer to the rules here
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Name: Lily/Padfoot11333
House: Hufflepuff
Title: That Filthy Thing
Rating/Warning: 1st-2nd/ none
A/N: Getting it done early...Carole closed the thread before I got home yesterday
"What. Is. That?" Walburga Black said to her son, disgusted.
"It's a candy cane," her son, Sirius, explained. "It's a candy that you hang on a Christmas tree."
"And where, may I ask, did you find out about this candy cane?" Walburga asked coolly. "Your Mudblood friends, I suppose."
"Well, it is really a Muggle thing, but Mother! Wizards don't always have to be separated from Muggles! James told me about it, and his family is completely pureblood."
Walburga sniffed. "The Potters…are not particularly concerned with their pureblood status. We, on the other hand, are. Get the filthy thing away."
Name: the opaleye
House: Sssssslytherin
Title: The Kitchen Table
Rating/Warning: 3rd-5th years; Sexual Situations
A/N: As much as it pains me to write this pairing, I just couldn't resist!
She was sitting on the edge of the kitchen table, legs crossed and smirking, when Harry walked through the door. Ginnys tongue swirled languorously around the end of the candy cane and she tried not to laugh as his mouth fell open in a comical O.
Hi, love, she said. Do you want something?
Harry cleared his throat and nodded.
Do you want some of this? she asked, sucking on the minty sweet. Harry rushed over to her, hands gripping her waist, lips at her neck. She swatted him away and hopped off the table.
Go get your own then.
Name: Alex/welshdevondragon
House: Gryffindor
Title: Bright Things
Rating/Warning: 1st-2nd/ mental disorders
She hoards bright things. Her favourite bright thing is a pale red and pure white stick, so unlike the off-white, the garish green and dull red suddenly everywhere. She holds this in her hand tight, not letting anyone take it, especially the woman whose always there, except at night.
But theres a boy with her, this time. Water is running down his face. Thats called crying, she thinks.
She wants to stop the water. How? Everyone likes bright things.
Smiling, she holds the stick out to him, and he accepts. His smile is the brightest thing shes ever seen.
Banner by Minna.
Name: Cheshlin
House: Slytherin
Title: Christmas Candy
Rating/Warning: 1st/2nd years, None
A/N: I hope that I caught Luna's Spirit right.
Luna danced around the kitchen, twirling as she went. Her father was in the next room, working on the next edition of the Quibbler.
Ribbons of every color were tied throughout her hair, and they moved behind her as she moved.
"Luna, you look like some lovely colorful candies, when you dance around like that," Xenophilius said as he entered the kitchen.
"That is what I want to look like, and what I am making," Luna laughed. "The twirling helps the candy canes bring more joy, and my friends need that as they remember those we lost in the battle."
Banner by Grangergirl from Slytherin
Name: TheCursedQuill
House: Gryffindor
Title: Christmas Sweater
Ratings/warnings: 1st-2nd/None. as always.
A/N: Lesson of the day: Where's Waldo is Where's Wally in the UK! Who knew? (other than those living in the UK.... ...)
"You look like a candy cane," Ron said when Seamus came down from the boy's dormitory. Seamus looked down at his red and white striped jumper, a confused look on his face. Ron snickered; evidently, Seamus didn't think his festive jumper looked all that bad.
Dean laughed and said, "I'd say more like Where's Wally?"
"Where's what-y?" Ron asked. Dean sighed and said, "Where's Wally? It's a muggle thing, he wears a shirt like that. Never mind."
Ron and Seamus rolled their eyes as if to say, muggles are so weird.
"Seriously though, Seamus, take that thing off," Ron said.
Name: Ariana/lucca4
House: Gryffindor
Title: Sickly sweet
Ratings/warnings: 1st-2nd/None
The smell of candy canes reminded her of him. He used to come home at Christmas time with a box full of them, insisting that they hang at least one or two on the Christmas tree. They would eat them all anyway, and laugh and dance and sing off-key to Muggle Christmas music.
He was too sick to bring home candy canes or a tree or any decorations this Christmas. And Cho wondered, as she looked at him covered in tubing hooked up to some kind of fancy Muggle equipment, why she always seemed to lose the ones she loved.
Name: MAPF
House: Gryffindor
Title: Sticky lips
Ratings/warnings: 1st-2nd/None. as always.
A/N: It was this or guys in top hats dancing with candy cane canes.
Hermione remembers the story well. She always wanted to know what things meant, and the origin of the candy cane was no different. She now tells it to Rose, who is so like her in that regard.
"They are shaped like the staff that the shepherd's carried, but some say it was bent so that they could hang on Yule trees. They say the colours represent duty of Christ, but there is no evidence for that."
Rose looked up at her mother with bright eyes as she sucked on her candy cane. "Tell me more," she said with sticky lips.
Name: tobeornottobeagryffindor
House: Ravenclaw
Title: Case of the Candy Cane
Rating/Warnings: 1st/2nd Years—None
Author's Notes: I fully acknowledge this drabble's boringness. I am tired and have to go to work. >.<
"What —" Draco asked as he plucked a curious object off the Ministry Christmas tree, "— is this?"
He glanced at Astoria, who merely shook her head, but young Scorpius groaned in annoyance. "It's a candy cane, Dad. You peel off the cello wrap and you lick it."
Squinting at the confection, Draco mused, "Then what does it do?"
"Er…nothing. You just eat it."
Hanging the candy cane back on the tree, Draco scoffed. "What sort of rubbish is that…Christmas sweets that don't do anything." Then a thought occurred to him. "Is this a Muggle thing?"
Figures, he thought.
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BERLIN – Excessive speed is being blamed for a fatal, single-vehicle accident on Assateague Rd. at its intersection with Route 611 last Sunday that claimed the life of a local man.
According to the Worcester County Sheriff's Office, shortly before 8 p.m. last Sunday, a vehicle driven by Robert A. Constant, 45, of Berlin, was traveling east on Assateague Rd. as it approached the intersection with Route 611. Constant was reportedly traveling at a high rate of speed when he drove through a stop sign at the intersection, crossed the yellow line, left the roadway and struck a tree, according to the sheriff's office.
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Sony and Microsoft are closing themselves off from key changes in the games industry, or so believes Mark Kern, the former lead developer of World of Warcraft.
Kern, who's now CEO at Firefall developer Red 5 Studios, believes that both companies are using out-dated business models, and that this is having a negative effect on developers. More specifically, Kern says that the high price tag of games is making it harder for studios to innovate.
"In order to stand out from the crowd you have to spend as much on marketing as you did developing it," said Kern, speaking to Eurogamer. "This is not a sustainable model. Teams have gotten to have to be larger and larger and larger to justify the $60 up-front model.
"It's killing innovation because no one can take those risks anymore or try something new with those kinds of numbers. I think that's bad for gamers and I think that's cripplingly bad for developers. And to be honest, I don't see Sony or Microsoft embracing the openness of the changes that are happening in the gaming industry right now."
Kern also believes that Sony and Microsoft should relax their strict controls on the way games are distributed, as this will make it easier to build large communities around new releases.
"Sony's not had a great track record with open models. They tried to compete with iTunes back in the day and they're heavy on DRM, which I think is a big, huge negative for our industry, and I don't think that DLC models of sort of unlocking content as you go is a way that gamers want to play.
"The reason we have no innovation left on consoles is because you have to spend so much money to make your game appeal to widest possible audience on that platform which is a closed platform, so that's a limited number of users, right? Versus a PC with a free or open distribution model you can build a community around your game."
As a result of this closed approach, the platform holders are shutting themselves off from developers and projects that are genuinely breaking new ground - like Minecraft, for example.
"Can you imagine pitching that to Sony?," Kern asked. "'It's going to look all 8-bit. And it's going to have these cubes.... you bang on these cubes and you get something out of it and you combine it and you can make another cube.' They'll say you're insane. That thing would have never been greenlighted on a Sony or Microsoft platform."
Given his stance, it's no surprise to find that Kern is a keen supporter of OUYA - the $99 Android console currently seeking funds on Kickstarter.
"For the price of the Kickstarter why not try it? Yeah, they may fail. Some people are saying 'oh, it's vaporware.' But I want to get behind people that want to challenge the status quo, who want to try something different.
"So I contributed personally at a level I was comfortable at and then my company contributed to at a level to get a dev kit and hopefully we'll see that and maybe we won't, but it's a risk that we take and it's for something better."


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West Face Gully Climber's Log
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|Nice views
Date Climbed: May 14, 2017
|Nice views.
|Posted Aug 2, 2017 3:12 pm
|West Face
Date Climbed: Jun 12, 2016
|No snow below Horse Camp. Traversing after Horse Camp is a combination of snow and talus traverse. Went up the 300' steep chute above Hidden Valley. The grade drops after that.
Glissaded back down from summit plateau. The first half till Whitney Glacier was icy at 10am. The chute was perfect corn for glissading.
Hidden Valley -> bottom of misery hill = 5 hrs
Misery hill -> summit = 2.5 hrs
|Posted Jun 13, 2016 4:52 pm
|Fun glissade!
Date Climbed: May 24, 2015
|Maybe I'll return someday to go up the route; it was certainly an enjoyable way to descend from the summit and return to Sand Flat after ascending AG from Sand Flat in the morning.
|Posted Sep 8, 2015 3:41 pm
|West Face from Casaval High Camp
Date Climbed: Apr 27, 2013
|Climbed this route with a team of eight from Casaval high camp. We left base camp at 4am and hit the top at 10am. It's a great alternative route when Casaval ridge is no longer in shape.
|Posted Apr 30, 2013 1:49 am
|perfect summit day!
Date Climbed: May 29, 2012
|Fantastic route, incredible scenery, almost no wind on the summit, and we had the whole route to ourselves!! All capped with an epic 4000' vertical glissade back down to Hidden Valley! Does mountaineering get much better than this?
|Posted Jun 8, 2012 5:22 pm
|May 2006, April 2008
|Sort of a slog I guess, but not as crowded as Avy Gulch. Nice views all the way. Getting to Hidden Valley from Horse Camp is the crux :)
|Posted Dec 20, 2010 11:26 am
|Super Route
Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2005
|This was my second to the summit and love this route- the glisside down is unbeatable. Tracked with a GPS and made it to a top speed of 18.2 mph.
|Posted May 4, 2010 2:42 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2009
|Great for mid summer, and the lack of crowds was a real plus (When compared to AG). Some really great camping spots in Hidden Valley also, with SHADE!!! The summit day is tough though, 5000 vertical is no joke. We had a beautiful (and hot) day. Couple stretches of rock, the stretch at about 13,000 before the headwall was hte most tricky. The crux of the climb was definitely from 9600 to 10000, pretty steep there.
|Posted Aug 4, 2009 12:20 pm
|WFG comeback
Date Climbed: May 24, 2009
|After getting shutdown last year at 12,800' due to weather, came back this year and finished the route. Great weather, great conditions this time around. Climbed with our group of 11: Emilie, Isabelle, Enrique, Anna, Stephanie, Susan, Sharon, Brad, Charles, Joan and myself.
|Posted May 27, 2009 5:44 pm
|Two Times a charm
Date Climbed: May 21, 2008
|Made the summit second time around. Route did not seem much harder than Avy Gulch except one steep section at around 13,000. No crowds and great views.
|Posted Apr 20, 2009 11:30 pm
|Altitude sickness at 12,500.
Date Climbed: May 18, 2008
|Avy gulch was very melted out, so made a last minute change to West Face, hiked into Hidden Valley overy lots of exposed rock and scree - were expecting much more snow. Had a early start for the summit, got some altitude sickness and topped out at 12,500 feet - will be back next year.
|Posted Jun 13, 2008 8:36 pm
|Shasta via West Face
Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2007
|Backpacked to Hidden Valley the day before. Raining at night and whiteout in the morning. We started 8am and soon the sky cleared up, went up to the summit, enjoyed sunset view at Hidden Valley before heading back to Bunny Flat TH.
|Posted Oct 31, 2007 3:48 pm
|AG-CR-WF Variation
Date Climbed: May 14, 2007
|Route: Avalanche Gulch-Casaval Ridge-West Face Variation
This year Mt Shasta had very low snowfall vs the average.
Solo. Left Horse Camp at 0800. Ascended AG to about 9000 feet then gain CR (1130). Stayed on CR til about 10500 feet, then traversed over to WF variation. (Stopped about 100 feet below Red Colored Rock /Red Banks elev (1600) then glissaded WF variation. Descended past horse camp. Had to backtrack and traverse over a couple minor ridges to get back to camp. Too tired to check watch or eat dinner. (Guessing on the elevations). I had fun none the less, and got a good survey of the other routes.
|Posted Jul 11, 2007 12:12 am
Date Climbed: May 27, 2007
|My 2nd time up the route; this time with friends: Pavel, Vendula, Mike, Maria, Steve, Gil. Almost all made it to the summit. The weather was pretty wild. Dense fog over the mountain in early morning, biting cold wind from the top of the face to the summit and finally gorgeous sunny weather down in Hidden Valley. Good times!
|Posted May 29, 2007 10:44 am
|west face surprise
Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2003
|We hadn't intended on this route but ours was a lot wimpier looking in person and melted out so we made a last minute change. Loved it.
|Posted Jun 16, 2006 2:35 am


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Swisher returns to camp from mother's funeral
By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Nick Swisher was back in camp with the Indians on Sunday morning, launching a string of batting-practice home runs and joking around with teammates. The first baseman was happy to be back at camp, given his trying week.
Swisher's mother, Lillian Marie Malizia, passed away from leukemia at the age of 63 on Monday.
"It's nice to get around the guys, man. It takes your mind off stuff," said Swisher, who spent the past couple of days in Columbus, Ohio, to attend funeral services. "It's nice to go back home and see everybody. It's such a bad time.
"It's just nice to be back here doing what I love, just getting back in my routine."
Swisher said this was his mom's second battle with leukemia.
"She was tough for the first one," he said.
Indians manager Terry Francona was willing to give Swisher as much time as he needed, but the first baseman returned to the team in time for Sunday's morning workout. Francona said it was good to see Swisher on the field and smiling.
"I didn't even want to call to check and see when he was coming back," Francona said. "You've got to take care of what you've got to take care of. But there's a little different vibe when he's around, and I mean that in a really positive way."
Cleveland signed the 32-year-old Swisher over the winter to a four-year contract worth $56 million. The deal includes a vesting option worth $14 million for 2017. Last season, the first baseman hit .272 with 24 home runs, 36 doubles and 93 RBIs in 148 games for the Yankees.
Swisher said he was excited to turn his focus back to baseball.
"The last thing I want to do is bring any more attention to this situation than what has to be," Swisher said. "It was nice. It was good to go home. The service was beautiful. We've just got to move on. We've got to do our grieving and just move on."
Tribe confident in Stubbs' transition to right field
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Drew Stubbs has never played right field in the big leagues, but Indians manager Terry Francona believes the former center fielder is so skilled on defense that the transition will be an easy one.
"I think it'll take him about 10 minutes," Francona said.
On Sunday morning, Stubbs smiled upon hearing Francona's comment. Stubbs still considers himself a center fielder, but he is more than willing to accept his new role. Such concessions must be made when a team brings in an elite defender such as Michael Bourn to patrol center.
"When you see they signed a guy like Bourn to the contract he got," Stubbs said, "it's kind of an understood. You see the writing on the wall. I still feel like center field is my position. This year, obviously, I won't be there, but who knows whether I'll be there for a year or five years or whatever.
"It's a thing that I think is going to make this team best and it's what I'm happy to do."
Cleveland acquired Stubbs from Cincinnati as part of December's three-team, nine-player trade that also included Arizona. At the time, it appeared as though Stubbs -- a speedy and defensively sound outfielder -- would play center field, forcing Michael Brantley (also a center fielder by trade) to left. That changed when the Indians signed Bourn earlier this week to a four-year deal worth $48 million.
With Bourn in the fold as the center fielder and leadoff man, Brantley will indeed shift to left and Stubbs will move to right. In 898 professional games between the Majors and Minors, Stubbs has played a corner spot on just nine occasions (five games in left and four in right in the Minor Leagues). He played center in his 481 career games with the Reds.
"I don't think it'll be too tough of a transition," Stubbs said. "I don't have a whole lot of reps out there over the course of my career. A little bit in the Arizona Fall League several years back and a few times in summer league in college. So, I'm not comfortable over there by any means yet. But I don't think it'll take long."
Francona plans to mainly use Santana at catcher
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The Indians have used catcher Carlos Santana as a part-time first baseman and designated hitter over the past two seasons. This year, the plan is to have Santana catch a lot. The rest will be sorted out as the season moves along.
The Tribe's revamped roster now has full-time options at first base and DH in Nick Swisher and Mark Reynolds, respectively.
"That's something we'll probably have to work through as I get to know him," Indians manager Terry Francona said of Santana. "Guys get nicked up from time to time and certainly things can change during a season. But the way we sit now, I've talked about having him catch.
"It's not quite as easy to move him over there [to first base], because you're moving somebody else out. And he understands that."
Last season, the switch-hitting Santana hit .252 with 18 home runs, 27 doubles, 76 RBIs and 91 walks in 143 games for Cleveland. He started 95 games behind the plate, but also had 27 starts as the DH and 20 starts at first. In 2011, Santana started 88 games at catcher and 63 at first.
There could be days when Swisher plays right field, if one of Cleveland's outfielders is given a day off. Under that scenario, Reynolds could play first base and Santana could serve as the designated hitter. That alignment could come into play against left-handed pitchers, with the right-handed Lou Marson starting behind the plate.
"You need to play Marson to the point where he can be helpful," Francona said. "These things have a way of working out. But the plan is to catch [Santana] the majority of the time."
Quote to note
"I think you're going to be hard-pressed to find another outfield that's more athletic and better out there than us. It's exciting to be a part of a trio like that. I think the pitchers are going to probably be happy with what they've got out there."
--Indians right fielder Drew Stubbs, on being part of an outfield with Michael Brantley and Michael Bourn
Smoke signals
• The Indians have Nick Hagadone, Scott Barnes, David Huff, Rich Hill and Giovanni Soto in camp as possible left-handed relief options. Tribe manager Terry Francona is hoping to break camp with at least one southpaw in his bullpen.
"We would certainly like to have a lefty," Francona said on Sunday. "Saying that, I think I've learned the hard way that, when you have a lefty just for the sake of having a lefty, as a manager, that can realy mess you up."
• Reliever Joe Smith used Sunday as a rest day in his comeback from a minor left oblique issue. Smith is scheduled to resume his throwing program (likely up to 120 feet) on Monday, with the goal of being ready to throw off a mound by the end of the week.
• The Indians open their Cactus League slate with a tilt against the Reds at 3:05 p.m. ET on Friday at Goodyear Ballpark. Last spring, Cleveland went 7-22-3 in Cactus League play, dropping their record to 53-65-11 in the team's four years at the training site in Goodyear, Ariz.
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Monday, Dec. 16
While traveling eastbound on 7th St. in Cortez an officer observed a Chevrolet Silverado's windshield was broken and had a large rock chip obstructing the driver's vision. The officer contacted the driver and had dispatch check the occupants for warrants. Dispatch advised that the driver of the vehicle had a warrant and she was placed under arrest.
Tuesday, Dec. 17
An officer was asked to call a man in reference to a stolen pistol. The officer called the man who said he left his truck parked at his work because it was broke down. He said when he returned to get the truck that his HiPoint 9mm pistol was taken from the center console. He also said he had two DeWalt Drills in a hard plastic case taken from the vehicle. The man stated that he thinks one of his coworkers might have taken the items. The man said while they were working his coworker went to get a pencil and noticed the pistol in the center console. The man said after he noticed the postil is coworker commented on how he wanted to get a HiPoint and that he liked the pistol. The officer tried to contact the man's coworker at his last known address listed. The officer will be doing a follow-up and try to contact the coworker in reference to the case.
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Yanks plate two on double steal, two O's errors
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
BALTIMORE -- The Yankees were racing aggressively on the basepaths and the Orioles were throwing the ball around the infield early on Monday night, in what was most certainly not a preview of what was to come later in Baltimore's 11-3 trouncing of New York.
A wild double steal resulted in two second-inning runs for the Yankees, as Chase Headley and Carlos Beltran alertly patched over a missed hit-and-run call and forced the Orioles to do their best impersonation of the "Bad News Bears."
With one out and a 1-1 count on Martin Prado, Yankees manager Joe Girardi put Headley in motion at first base, but Orioles pitcher Bud Norris threw a fastball too far inside for Prado to attempt a swing.
Hung up in a rundown, Headley drew a throw between first and second base, giving Beltran time to bolt from third base. First baseman Steve Pearce threw to third baseman Manny Machado, whose throw home struck Beltran in the helmet as the run scored.
"I just was trying to time the perfect time to go to home and hopefully make it safe," Beltran said. "It worked pretty good for us, but that wasn't the plan."
"There's a runner at third with two outs; you're usually waiting until the ball gets in the first baseman's hand and move him back that way," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "It was a little unexpected to see them try it with one out."
The ball shot to the screen behind home plate, where Norris fielded it. His underhand flip sailed wide of catcher Caleb Joseph, who was not looking, and rolled in foul territory along the third-base line.
That gave Headley a chance to race to the plate; Machado rushed for the ball, and the throw home tipped Norris' glove as Headley slid home safely.
"Just a funky play," Headley said. "If [Prado] swings at it, he's not putting it in play anyway. I was going to be out, so I figured, let's make them execute a couple throws at least. It got crazy there.
"Those things don't happen very often in the big leagues, but you put a little bit of pressure on them and sometimes they do. It obviously worked out in our favor that time."
Beltran was credited with a steal of home plate and Headley was credited with a steal of second base, while Machado was charged with a throwing error and Norris a fielding error on the play, which gave the Yankees a 3-1 lead at the time.
"We feel confident, of course, scoring those two runs right there," Beltran said. "By the end of the day, we've got to score more. Our pitching has been giving us an opportunity, and right now we just need to find a way to score a little bit more."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.