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John Singer Sargent's watercolors transports us to new realms and enflames the imagination.
After earning international fame as a portraitist, John Singer Sargent reinvigorated his career in middle age, devoting himself to watercolors with the passion of a neophyte learning to see the world anew.
Around 1900 the expatriate artist, who'd spent years painting English aristocrats and American swells, shed the strictures of prevailing artistic convention to embrace the freedom of vivid colors, fresh subjects and energetic brushwork as a watercolorist for the new century.
The reborn artist emerges with revelatory brilliance in "John Singer Sargent Watercolors,'' a landmark exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Visitors will see 92 luminous scenes, landscapes and figures that seem to have been painted with incandescent colors.
Born in 1856 to American parents living in Italy, Sargent was a rambunctious and precocious child who learned to draw and paint from his parents who were accomplished artists and illustrators.
Fluent in four languages, he studied at the prestigious Ecole des Beaux-Arts in France and earned prizes but remained open to new approaches that encouraged spontaneous use of color characteristic of his best work.
Throughout the 1880s and 1890s, Sargent painted hundreds of portraits, earning recognition for his ability to convey his subjects' character often with unusual backgrounds or lighting.
While Sargent's name evokes for many Bostonians and Bay Staters signature paintings like "Portrait of Madame X'' and "The Daughters of Edward Darley Bolt,'' these watercolors will transport them to less familiar realms such as Bedouin camps, private gardens in Venice and the Swiss Alps.
A superior craftsman blessed with a gift for drawing with his brush, Sargent imbued his watercolors with a dream-like intensity and richness of color alive as if glimpsed in the bright Mediterranean sunlight.
The bustle and beauty of life along a Venetian canal comes alive in the lambent tints of "Santa Maria della Salute," a gondolier eye-level view of travelers and ladies in shawls and wide-brimmed hats disembarking for the Catholic church and basilica along the Grand Canal. The largest canvas from one of Sargent's two American watercolor shows, it must have been special for him as it's the only one that's both dated and signed.
Just a year or two later, during a five-month journey through Jerusalem, Beirut and present-day Syria, Sargent painted "Bedouins,'' a twin portrait of men whose faces are partially hidden by their head scarves that accurately depicts nomadic desert dwellers as dignified individuals while also evoking them as figures of mystery.
While the two women in white shawls in "Simplon Pass: Reading'' appear to be casually relaxing beneath their parasols, a surviving photo reveals Sargent as a master of planned composition who posed some of his favorite models, Dorothy Barnard and his niece, Rose Marie Ormond, in postures to capture the wondrous mix of their white clothes and tinted shadows.
It is this year's "can't miss'' museum exhibition for several reasons.
Through these vivid watercolors, visitors will encounter a different Sargent from the one they thought they knew, a consummate craftsman, self-liberated to create, in the words of MFA Director Malcolm Rogers, "the most intimate and personal works of his career.''
Organized by Erica Hirshler, of the MFA, and Teresa Carbone, of the Brooklyn Museum, this landmark exhibit combines galleries full of lovely paintings, groundbreaking scholarship and the inspiring story of an artist who took a bold step that paid off with enduring works.
"These watercolors are full of joy and freedom,'' said Hirshler, senior curator of American paintings, Art of the Americas. "They show an artist recreating himself for a new century, rediscovering his creativity and his passion for making works of art.''
This exhibit features an audio tour narrated by Hirshler, Rogers and Sargent's grand-nephew Richard Ormond that provides an extremely informative historical context and fascinating details about individual works.
The current show represents a historic reunion of earlier landmark exhibitions when Sargent displayed his watercolors for only two times in the U.S. during his lifetime in 1909 and 1912 in New York and Boston.
The Brooklyn Museum bought the contents of the first highly praised show and the MFA bought all the works for the second show before it opened.
For the first time, the current exhibition unites work Sargent selected to represent his best watercolors.
At a time "accessible art'' is a dirty word for culture snobs, "John Singer Sargent Watercolors'' should satisfy both highfaluting fans of Damien Hirst and folks who like Frederick Remington and just about everybody in between.
After working several years to organize the show, Hirschler said the "most fun'' and scholarly reward came from documenting "a new aspect of Sargent's work as he reinvented himself'' as a watercolorist of stunning originality and power.
Observing that Sargent was an accomplished pianist, she said his "hand and eye seemed connected'' in ways that "can't be learned'' to create art of distinctive beauty.
"Sargent had an ability to capture scenes with such effectiveness,'' she said.
During the opening tour, Hirshler enthused over "Corfu: Lights and Shadows'' as "such a non-subject that Sargent made into a work of art.''
After visiting the Greek island around 1909, he captured the dance of light and shadow across the stucco wall of a nondescript building with such delicacy that Hirschler said the finished work allows viewers "to see sunlight captured and held.''
"Sargent has painted the highlights and shadows,'' she said, "and left the form to take shape in your imaginations.''
Chris Bergeron is a Daily News staff writer. Contact him at email@example.com or 508-626-4448. Follow us on Twitter @WickedLocalArts and on Facebook.
"John Singer Sargent Watercolors''
WHEN: Through Jan. 20
WHERE: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
INFO: 617-267-9300; www.mfa.org


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By E.J. Judge
For the past 30+ years, Bon Jovi has consistently released studio albums and taken that continually growing catalog of material on the road. Despite a hiatus in the mid-90s, rarely a year goes by without a new album or a world tour from the New Jersey natives.
Related: Richie Sambora on Rejoining Bon Jovi: 'Never Say Never'
The last three years have been different.
"Well, you know, when Richie [Sambora] didn't show up for work anymore that was quite the shock," says Jon Bon Jovi. "And we had to do 80 shows on the last tour; we didn't have the chance to deal with any of the emotions that were involved in that because there was a show that night."
During the Spring of 2013, Bon Jovi announced that longtime lead guitarist Richie Sambora had departed from the group, with Sambora citing personal issues as the cause, and the band would continue in his absence with touring member Phil X filling in.
Hear the full interview with Jon Bon Jovi now on 101.1 WCBS FM.

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40 miles of unspoiled sandy beaches along the Cape Cod National Seashore await your footprints. Out in the western part of the state, you can follow in the footsteps of Native Americans along the 63-mile Mohawk Trail. Or follow some nearby, but larger footsteps: the Nash Dinosaur Tracks dinosaur footprint quarry.
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I take Japanese and I enjoy it, but I'd enjoy it more if I knew what the teacher was saying most of the time.... Actually, Japanese is the only class I feel comfortable in along with ceramics. They're both pretty relaxed.
And I'm starting to wonder if I'm going to have to do something about my chemistry partner. At first, he wasn't that bad but now he's getting annoying. I'll have to handle him myself, most likely, so I hope I can work up the nerve to tell him off.... Especially about him asking me certain things.... -_-'


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Cuddyer expects rehab stint to be brief
By Thomas Harding / MLB.com
CINCINNATI -- Rockies outfielder-first baseman Michael Cuddyer said Saturday that he did not know when he would start a Minor League rehab assignment for his left hamstring injury, but he believed it would be a short one.
"Last year I went down to extended spring for two days, and I got seven at-bats each day," Cuddyer said. "Then I came back and went 2-for-4 the next day against [Giants pitcher] Tim Lincecum."
Cuddyer (.317, 3 HR, 10 RBIs in 16 games), who sustained the injury on April 17, took batting practice and ran for the first time on Friday, and he did slightly more intense running in the outfield Saturday after a heavy rainstorm blew through town. He hoped to run the bases Sunday, but that depended on the weather and if the grounds crew at Great American Ball Park believed the field was in shape for it.
Switch to NL has studious Morneau cramming
CINCINNATI -- Rockies first baseman Justin Morneau is similar to the student who didn't feel he had to study until graduate school. Now he's a smart guy who can retain even more information.
Morneau, who turns 33 Thursday, entered Saturday night's game against the Reds batting .338 with seven home runs and 27 RBIs. The success has come despite not having a long track record against many of the pitchers and catchers in the National League, as Morneau played in the American League with the Twins from 2003 until the end of last August, when he was dealt to the Pirates.
The strong start could be attributed to a change in study habits.
"I really started doing a lot more video in 2010," Morneau said. "Before that I felt I could use my first at-bat to gain information and try to plan the rest of the day with a plan.
"I wouldn't say I was giving up my first at-bat, because I was getting information, but sometimes in the first inning you can win a ballgame. You can drive in a couple runs early and give yourself a lead."
The information helps Morneau predict pitches he will see in specific counts.
"Pitchers and catchers, they all seem to have some types of tendencies and some types of patterns they can fall into," Morneau said. "If you can get into a count where there is a high percentage of seeing a certain pitch, then you can look for that pitch. You pay attention to that kind of stuff."
Morneau is able to use the information without becoming robotic in the batter's box.
"Obviously you can get so far into study that it affects your aggressiveness sometimes," he said. "You have too many thoughts in your mind. That's the last thing you want as a hitter. But to be able to formulate a plan before you've seen a guy, it's important for me to do that.
"You want to be aggressive throughout the count, but if you get into one of those counts where there's a tendency, that's the kind of thing I want to pay attention to."
Morneau's approach can serve as a blueprint for younger hitters, many of whom are also learning pitchers. The example set by Morneau is one reason the Rockies pursued and signed him for two years and $12.5 million.
"Ultimately, we're talking about his professionalism and how well he prepares," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "It's been amazing for us. He's got a knack for getting the big RBI. He's been everything we could have hoped for, and then some."
Former Rockie Burks giving input to '14 club
CINCINNATI -- Onetime Rockies star outfielder Ellis Burks, a special guest instructor during Spring Training, has joined the team at Great American Ball Park to observe the club and help with fundamentals.
Burks, a player for parts of five seasons in Colorado, spent several seasons as a special front-office assistant with the Indians, and he is doing similar work on a part-time basis with the Rockies. He will join the club when it travels to Cleveland next month, spend time in Denver and also lend a hand to the Minor League system. It is similar to the work manager Walt Weiss did a few years back and that Vinny Castilla is doing on a full-time basis.
Burks is around this weekend in case hitting coach Blake Doyle or first-base coach Eric Young need an extra set of eyes and ears. He is also available to critique players.
Burks said he respected administration and statistical analysis as being essential to an organization but that those were outside his skill set. However, he can provide a voice when it comes to talent and coachability.
"If you're a pretty good player and you've been around the game a number of years, you sort of know what to expect out of certain players and what to expect each and every day what an organization would like to see out of certain guys," Burks said. "That's what I do, so that ownership and management know exactly what I feel about a particular guy.
"If you don't have the talent to play the game, you're not going to play the game. Guys like me can go out and say, 'This is a player and he can help the organization.'"
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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San Diego pitcher Kevin Correia was scratched from his scheduled start in Houston on Sunday after the death of his younger brother in California.
Tim Stauffer was slated make his first start of the season in Correia's place.
San Diego manager Bud Black said Correia's brother died on Saturday, and Correia flew from Houston to California on Sunday morning.
Black had no other details. He said the team would consider later in the week whether to place Correia on the bereavement list. The Padres open a three-game series in San Francisco on Tuesday.
"It's still so early to know how this is going to sort out," Black said. "I think things will become more clear once we get to San Francisco, how Kevin is doing and what we need to do."
Correia (4-2, 3.97 ERA) is scheduled to pitch again Saturday against the Los Angeles Dodgers.


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A musician clad in a vintage tweed jacket sits alone on stage and delivers a soulful, rhythmic, jazz melody that envelopes the stage and carries the audience back to the glamorous roaring twenties. The lights dim and center upon a lone man. Thus, begins El Dorado's production of ""Theophilus North.""
Written by Matthew Burnett, "Theophilus North" bases its story on the novel written by Thornton Wilder in which a man in his 30s leaves his trite and conventional career in search of adventure. His journey leads him to the tightly knit community of Newport, Rhode Island, where he becomes entangled in the various lives of the residents.
Colby Hamann performs with refined authenticity as the adventure-hungry Theophilus North. Through his composed voice and upright stance, Hamann convincingly portrays an adult character with ease. His mannerisms — gazing dreamingly into the distance, folding his hands respectfully behind his back — are subtle, yet deliberate and contribute to his commendable performance.
Also praiseworthy is Natalie Leonard's portrayal of the fiery, patronizing and controlling Sarah Bosworth. Raising her voice in annoyance and lowering it in absolute abhorrence, Leonard commands the stage with her varied vocal intonation. She carries a haughty air about herself by glaring at others with razor-sharp intensity and furrowing her eyebrows in complete repulsion. Through her distinctive facial expressions and body movements, Leonard distinguishes herself as a noteworthy performer.
The set design by Jerome Lachapelle is minimalistic, yet complex in a figurative sense in that many of the pieces are symbolic of the themes in the play. Eighteen small compasses and one large compass are suspended in the air. These compasses act as stars in the sky, not only representing Theophilus's journey, but also the 18 individuals he meets along the way. These creative pieces and their underlying meanings enhance the show by giving depth and flair.
Engaging and insightful, El Dorado's ""Theophilus North"" reminds that true adventure resides in the bonds of human relationships.
Nikki Tran is a junior at Fountain Valley High School in Fountain Valley.


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i got my eye on Lin.
His stat line last game was 666 with the last one being turnovers.
If I keep seeing high volume of turnovers and lax defense his days as a starter are numbered. I envision a Linsanity and his band of brothers coming off the bench running and gunning sans STAT & Melo. It's a versatile approach but may fit our skill sets.
Roy Hibbert is a 7'2" version of Steve Urkel..
Gametime, im so nervous, i hope we have a statement game tonight.
I want 8 WINS out of the next 10 games.....
am I asking for to much???
I love Knicks Friday Night! I love RR and Knicks City Dancers! I love to watch my Knicks demolishing a bunch of scrubs that think they can make a playoff run!
@smokes: you British or Ozi?
Fields need to put a higher arc on the ball when he shoot from three..


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Kevin Correia cruised through seven innings and then all of a sudden, ended up with a loss.
Ervin Santana pitched eight strong innings, Alcides Escobar doubled home the go-ahead run and the Kansas City Royals rallied to beat Correia and the Minnesota Twins 3-1 on Monday in their home opener.
After throwing seven scoreless innings, Correia retired only one of the four batters he faced in the eighth.
``My pitch count was low,' he said. ``There's no reason not to go out there. Everything felt good. I threw all my pitches mainly for strikes. I had decent movement on my cutter and my sinker, and I got a lot of ground balls.'
Correia (0-1) limited the Royals to five singles before Lorenzo Cain doubled to right-center to open a three-run eighth. After Chris Getz's sacrifice bunt moved Cain to third, Alex Gordon singled to tie the score.
Escobar's double scored Gordon and knocked Correia out of the game. Jared Burton gave up a run-scoring single to Billy Butler, who tied a club record with seven RBIs on Sunday in Philadelphia.
``I made a couple bad pitches,' he said. ``I got behind on (Cain) and I didn't want to walk him. I threw a middlish pitch that he got enough of to get it in the gap. The pitch to Gordon, I tried to throw a fastball and it ran back over the middle.'
Correia was charged with three runs and eight hits in 7 1-3 innings.
``Your starter goes into the eighth without giving up a run,' Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. ``He had a five-hit shutout. He got one pitch up and it got to the gap. They got a big hit there. The hit-and-run (by Escobar) was incredible. That ball was almost over his head. That's a hell of job by Escobar to get the bat on the ball.
``Correia was in line to finish a ballgame it looked like. It just didn't work out. But he gave up (three) runs. That's a hell of an effort.'
Santana (1-1), acquired from the Los Angeles Angels on Oct. 31 for minor league left-hander Brandon Sisk, gave up a run and eight singles. He struck out seven, walked one and hit a batter with a pitch.
The right-hander allowed only four hits after the first inning, when the Twins scored their lone run.
``He really had his big slider working and he had a good fastball, too,' Royals manager Ned Yost said. ``After the first inning he really settled down. His slider was phenomenal. He was able to throw it at the back foot of their big sluggers and keep them off balance. Giving us eight strong innings was big.'
The Royals, who had the best spring training record in the majors, won their first home opener since 2008 when they beat the New York Yankees 5-2.
``It means a lot,' Yost said. ``Last year there was as much excitement, but we were down seven after three innings. We wanted to show our fans some exciting baseball. We wanted them to see in person what they have been reading about. We're very happy to win the home opener in front of a sellout crowd.'
Aaron Crow worked the ninth to earn his first save of the season and the third of his career - two against the Twins. His previous save came July 21 against Minnesota. The Royals, who have come from behind to win three straight games, have three saves from three different pitchers this season.
Crow walked Chris Parmelee with one out, but coaxed Brian Dozier to bounce into a game-ending double play.
Joe Mauer scored on Ryan Doumit's two-out single in the first for the only Minnesota run. It was the first time this season the Twins scored first after being outscored 9-1 in the first two innings during their first six games.
The Twins bunched four singles in the first inning, but managed just the one run after Doumit ended the inning by being thrown out scrambling to get back to second base when Justin Morneau stopped at third on Trevor Plouffe's single.
``He put his head down, anticipating that (Morneau) was going to score,' Gardenhire said. ``With Gordon out there we're not going to run too many times. He had the ball before Morny got to third. We're in a no-collision thing with Morny. We don't want to see him in any collisions.'
Said Doumit: ``I just didn't pick up the third base coach. We had a guy at second base. I didn't take into consideration that he wouldn't score. It was my fault. There's no excuse for it. You're taught to pick up the third base coach as you're rounding second and I didn't. I paid for it.'
Santana settled down from there and was glad his teammates rallied in the eighth.
``Better later than never,' he said. ``I know we are going to score runs.'
NOTES: The Twins are hitting .238 with 16 extra-base hits and 29 runs in their first seven games. ... Mauer has 1,278 hits, passing Gary Gaetti for sixth place on Minnesota's career list. Kirby Puckett is the franchise leader with 2,304. ... RHP Jeremy Guthrie, who starts Tuesday against the Twins, turned 34 on Monday. ... Chris Parmelee was thrown out trying to steal second base in the seventh inning. The Twins have been successful on only two of six stolen base attempts this season.


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HONOLULU (Reuters) - Farmers overwhelmingly support a Republican to be the next president, despite a strong farm economy during President Barack Obama's Administration, according to a Reuters survey released on Wednesday.
The farmers give a slight edge to Mitt Romney over Rick Santorum, as the best person to take on Obama and the Democrats in the November elections.
Some 74.7 percent of farmers and ranchers intend to vote for a Republican as president, according to a random survey of 462 farmers and ranchers at the American Farm Bureau Federation's annual meeting this week in Honolulu.
While traditionally socially and fiscally conservative, only 3.5 percent of the group said they would back Obama. Some 20 percent said they were still undecided, however.
"Barack Obama is leading the country to possible destruction," Danny Mills of Accomack County, Va., said, explaining that he believes government borrowing and spending got out of control under President George W. Bush but that Obama has not done enough to reign it in.
"This is totally unsustainable," he said.
In 2008 when Reuters conducted a similar poll at the convention, both parties were still going through the nomination process. But Obama and Hillary Clinton garnered support of only 5 percent each. Republicans Mike Huckabee got 30 percent and John McCain, the eventual nominee, came in at 29 percent.
Obama faces a tough re-election in a weak economy and would-be Republican challengers have decried his job-creating capability.
The farm economy, however, has been booming thanks to high crop prices and strong demand globally.
The government said on Friday the U.S. economy added 200,000 jobs in December and the unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent, but Republicans say huge spending efforts such as the 2009 stimulus package have not turned the economy around fast enough.
In the race to challenge Obama, 30.5 percent of the 367 farmers who said they voted or will vote in a Republican primary this year backed Romney. Santorum, who lost last week's Iowa primary to Romney by just eight votes, came in second in the farm survey with 25.9 percent.
Romney, the former Massachusetts Governor, swept Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, solidifying his front-runner status. Farmers at the conference expressed admiration for Santorum and former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich but said they viewed Romney as the inevitable winner.
"He's probably the last guy standing," said Gale Koelling of Illinois, who said he planned to vote for Romney. He said he likes Santorum but doubts the former Pennsylvania senator will last long past New Hampshire.
Santorum, Gingrich, Texas Governor Rick Perry and others hope a strong showing in the upcoming South Carolina primary will keep their candidacies alive.
Gingrich finished third in the farm survey, with 18.8 percent, followed by Perry with 9.3 percent and Representative Ron Paul with 6 percent.
Farmers in the survey also said they thought Republicans should control the U.S. Congress, although participants did not echo the anti-incumbent sentiment that has been talked about in the lead up to November.
About 77 percent of farmers said they think Republicans should control Congress. Fourteen percent said they did not know who should have power and 5 percent said they would prefer Democrats in Congress.
Republicans won power in the House of Representatives in a 2010 mid-term election strongly influenced by Tea Party activity and anger at Obama over the economy and health reform. The party now has set its sights on the U.S. Senate, which Democrats control by a narrow margin, in 2012.
"Republicans did a horrible job when they had control, but I think they're the lesser of two evils," said Mills, the Virginia farmer. "I think the entire spending structure of the government is going to have to be addressed."
The Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street movements, coupled with abysmally low approval ratings for Congress in 2011, have led experts to predict voters could throw incumbents out of office.
The failure of the deficit-reducing "supercommittee" and a stalemate on a payroll tax cut hurt voters' opinion of Congress.
Farmers in the survey did not support this prediction, with 56.1 percent of survey participants saying they plan to vote for their current representatives to return to Congress. Twenty-five percent said they would not vote for incumbents, and 19 percent did not know or did not respond to the question.
"I don't think, as a whole, politicians are doing that bad a job," said Shawn Harding of Chocowinity, N.C., even though he said he has never voted for his congressman, Democrat G.K. Butterfield, and will not vote for him in November.
"The American people think they can just go up there and snap their fingers and create jobs, and it just doesn't work like that," Harding said.
Reporting By Emily Stephenson; Editing by Bob Burgdorfer


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Shes not a wife
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Is her real name Gianna Michaels, or is that just her stage name/alias??
she is just porn artist
she really likes to be fucked
gianna is a very good woman... i want to fuck her every day!!!
Damn I love Gianna.. looks a little heavier in this movie, but her tits are even bigger than usual so I don't mind. She's a big girl too at 5'11 or something - can you imagine how that would feel bouncing up and down on your cock. I'd last about 15 seconds.. lol
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is it wierd of me to say that i like the house, too? :o
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Leach, Sullivan Waived
September 27th, 2010, 11:46 am
Per TSN. I'm perfectly fine with that. I think we both said on the podcast last week that we'd prefer Lilja to Leach.
As far as Sullivan goes, he did score that nice goal on Saturday, but in my terrible amateur scouting opinion, he made several gaffes during that game, not unlike our golden boy, Nick Petrecki. Lilja has to be the big favorite at this point to make the club.
Tags: Andreas Lilja, Jay Leach, Sean Sullivan


text: This thought occurred to me today as I am still excited about a Star Wars: Episode VII. So far, we know nothing about the plot, who will be involved, etc. All we know is that supposedly it will deal with Luke Skywalker resurrecting the Jedi Order and some adventures in a post-Empire galaxy. My question is, how would the New Republic react to a New Jedi Order? Shouldn't they be terrified? Take Revenge of the Sith. Chancellor Palpatine tells the entire Senate that the Jedi tried to assassinate him and overthrow the Republic. Everyone in the Senate chamber seemed to accept this with no argument and had no qualms with Palpatine's plan to exterminate any remaining Jedi. In fact, the only person who seemed to realize that the Jedi were innocent was Bail Organa, who, as far as we know, was on Alderaan when it exploded. So, in the view of the newly dissolved Empire, shouldn't there be some form of apprehension or fear in allowing an organization to reform that could have to potential to try to overthrow the new government again? In fact, to an average citizen, it could be argued that the Jedi finally succeeded in assassinating Palpatine when Luke blew up the Death Star II, therefore giving credibility to what he was telling the Senate. Also, I know from a movie standpoint we know that the Emperor was actually a Sith Lord named Darth Sidious, who was only in it for the power, but to an unassuming citizen, it could very well be the regional governors and Grand Moffs that were the evil douchebags going around blowing up planets and killing civilians and Rebels. It seems the people are trading in one form of evil for another. Did the public even know or care that Palpatine was a Dark Lord of the Sith, the enemy of the Jedi Order?


text: That's an interesting idea. This is what I really like about Voyager's journey back through the Delta Quadrant with the fleet. With the Borg (presumably) gone, the Quadrant has changed, and though the species that we saw during the show's run are still there, so many of the dynamics have changed, and I feel like that gives Voyager many new things to explore. I'd really like for Voyager reach Ocampa and see what Kes has done for her people, as well as encounter Kes again. I'm really curious to know how she was able to ward off the Kazon in the area, especially the Kazon Ogla that were residing on the surface of Ocampa in "Caretaker". It is fascinating, isn't it? I took a class once where we talked about this exact same topic, and whether or not our universe was expanding, contracting, or had the right balance of matter/dark matter to remain in equilibrium. Turns out that we are in an expanding universe. Though, what I really find fascinating is that our universe (to our current knowledge) is infinite; it has no finite boundaries that we have perceived. We can only see so far out into the universe, but there is more beyond that. I wonder if there is an end to the universe, but if there is, then what is beyond that? Is there anything beyond that? Can there be anything beyond that?


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Another Die for Halloween - looks great on a dark card - cut it in dark grey and wrote in a white pen on some of the grave stones. Dates and that kind of thing.
Again a good purchase and great to use - I like to prepare things in advance so that when I have some Grey or Brownish paper I cut out several for future use and "file" them away for future use.
I purchased this for a specific purpose - I wanted it as a border for a page. I need to cut 2 of the pieced for the entire page. I was able to put the pieces together so that I was really pleased with the way the border turned out. I used grungeboard and the die cut the grungeboard perfectly - even the tiny holes in the crosses.
Love this die-it was just right for my Halloween card


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San Francisco stacks up well these days compared with Silicon Valley.
With the exception of Manhattan, San Francisco may well be America's most expensive city. But when it comes to high-tech industry, the City by the Bay now actually has a cost advantage over nearby Silicon Valley.
Take the recent news that social media start-up Pinterest is hoping to move to San Francisco. As Om Malick writes at GigaOM:
[O]ffice space is to be had in San Francisco for about $3.55 per square foot per month versus $5.78 per square foot per month in downtown Palo Alto or $4.81 per square foot per month in the Palo Alto-Stanford Park area. Menlo Park rents are running at $5.21 per square foot per month.
No surprise that Pinterest is now looking to move to San Francisco. Friends in the real estate market say that it has been toying with the idea of taking over the spot previously occupied by Digg. The rising office rents are only part of the story for startups. The tech boom is boosting demand for housing for tech workers and that is causing civic discord.
Malick points to this infographic by Justin Bedecarre of the real estate company Cushman & Wakefield, which compares the locational advantages of Silicon Valley and San Francisco.
Click on the infographic for a larger image
In addition to its possible cost advantage in office space, San Francisco also offers the walkability, transit access, vibrancy, and urbanity that are attractive to a growing number of tech professionals.
As The New York Times reported earlier this month:
Even more than the dot-com bubble of the 1990s, this boom could transform the fabric of the city.
This time, Twitter, Zynga, Yelp and other social network companies favored by venture capitalists have made San Francisco their home, creating jobs and raising commercial rents. At the same time, a growing number of young Silicon Valley workers, drawn by San Francisco's urban charms, are also moving into the city as commuters and further raising rents.
In a city often regarded as unfriendly to business, Mayor Edwin M. Lee, elected last year with the tech industry's strong backing, has aggressively courted start-ups.
Silicon Valley has, for years, tried to recreate the vibrancy of a dense city in its office parks. Now more and more tech companies are looking for the real thing. Any cost advantage will only help accelerate this process.
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Millions at risk from high blood pressure
EXPERTS issued a health warning over high blood pressure last night after it was proved to be biggest factor in most deaths.
Millions of sufferers are at risk of an early death simply because they do not have the condition under control.
High blood pressure is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease and death in Britain – causing 60 per cent of strokes and 40 per cent of heart attacks.
And a new global study has revealed that high blood pressure – or hypertension – claims nine million lives each year across the world, making it now the single biggest risk tooverall health.
Even though it is easy to spot and treat, millions in the UK remain undiagnosed which has helped fuel its relentless death toll, meaning high blood pressure now claims more lives than smoking and alcohol.
Graham MacGregor, who is professor of cardiovascular medicine at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry and chairman of Blood Pressure UK, said: "There are 16 million people in the UK with high blood pressure and many are totally unaware of it.
"People are scared of having it measured but it is the best thing they can do.
"If it is raised, it is quite easy to lower it with medication and cutting down on salt."
A major new report, undertaken by an international consortium of scientists as part of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010, which is published in The Lancet, revealed the true toll of high blood pressure.
Over nine million people died as a consequence of high blood pressure in 2010, making it the health risk factor with the greatest toll worldwide.
Smoking and alcohol use have also overtaken child hunger in the last two decades to become the second and third leading risks globally, according to a study.
Professor Majid Ezzati of the School of Public Health at Imperial College London, one of its authors, said: "To bring down high blood pressure, we need to regulate salt content of food, provide easier access to fresh fruits and vegetables and strengthen primary healthcare services."
Natasha Stewart, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: "If your blood pressure is too high it can increase your risk of having a heart attack or stroke."
"Anyone over 40 is entitled to a health check by their GP, where they can get their blood pressure – as well as other health risk factors – checked."


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Pearce makes whirlwind return back to O's
By Brittany Ghiroli and Derek Wetmore / MLB.com
BALTIMORE -- Steve Pearce was activated from the 15-day disabled list on Wednesday, but since the Orioles' roster reshuffling happened right around the time of the 4 p.m. ET non-waiver Trade Deadline, there was plenty of urgency for the call.
Pearce, who was rehabbing from multiple wrist injuries, was getting set to take batting practice with Class A Advanced Frederick, was notified at about 3 p.m. that he'd be needed in Baltimore that night.
"When you're down in the Minor Leagues that's a great call to have," Pearce said. "It was going about a million miles an hour yesterday. The bottom line is, I'm healthy, I'm able to play."
The designated hitter/outfielder has been on the shelf since June 20, after trying to play through wrist injuries for part of the season. Pearce went to Sarasota, Fla., to work his way back at the team's medical facility, where he received a cortisone shot.
Frederick is about 50 minutes west of Baltimore, so Pearce hustled to the ballpark and was the DH on Wednesday, delivering a single in his first at-bat. He batted ninth and went 2-for-3 with a pair of singles and a strikeout in the Orioles' 11-0 loss to the Astros. The original plan was to have Pearce play two games in Frederick and then graduate to Double-A Bowie for three games before being reevaluated.
"It was very surprising, I was getting ready to go to Bowie. Excited to get the call," Pearce said.
Pearce said the difference between his swing now compared with before he went on the disabled list is "night and day."
"I was hoping the pain would just go away [without a DL stint]. I kept playing through it," Pearce said. "The pain was addressed when I went down to Sarasota and now it feels great."
Including Wednesday's 2-for-3 effort, Pearce is hitting .250/.323/.393. An occasional player early in the season, Pearce said he used to take a lot of swings to stay fresh and he said that negatively affected the health of his wrists.
"It took a toll on my hands. At first, I just thought it was sore, but I kept doing damage to it every day," said Pearce, who plans to cut down on his work between game action. "Less is more. That's going to be my approach."
Showalter says A-Rod comments off record
BALTIMORE -- The big news at Camden Yards on Thursday surrounded Orioles manager Buck Showalter, who found out earlier in the afternoon that recent comments he made -- thinking they were off the record -- about the ongoing Biogenesis investigation were published in USA Today.
Showalter said earlier this week if Commissioner Bud Selig suspends Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, it's not fair that the Yankees would benefit financially from the salary relief.
"If Bud lets them get away with that, they're under the luxury tax," Showalter was quoted by the newspaper. "If they can reset, they can spend again, and I guarantee you in two years [Orioles catcher] Matt Wieters is in New York."
Showalter spoke with Wieters on Thursday and explained that the comment boils down to the fact that the Orioles organization would like to keep Wieters in Baltimore for the long haul.
"It wasn't meant for public consumption," Showalter said of his printed comments. "You guys know, we sit around and talk all the time about baseball issues because we all kind of love our game. We look at things and talk about it. Unfortunately, somebody decided to put it out there publicly. I said it and someone decided to print it. So, it's unfortunate. What are you going to do?"
Wieters didn't seem bothered by the comment and said, "Buck's got his way of thinking about things and being able to get across his point of view. I'm happy to be here right now and I am not thinking any at all about where I'm going to be playing in two years."
Rodriguez is the most high-profile player under investigation, and New York signed the three-time Most Valuable Player to a 10-year, $275 million deal -- including another $30 million in bonuses -- after the 2007 season. There are reports that MLB will have more news regarding suspensions on Friday.
"I have a lot of confidence in our leadership and baseball. There are finally some things in place where they can do the things they are going to do," Showalter said. "I can tell you that locker room, our locker room and I think most locker rooms -- I can't speak for other ones but I think it's the case -- the common denominator is they welcome this."
Worth noting
• Jason Hammel is scheduled for an MRI on Friday morning for his right forearm. The right-hander was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Wednesday with right forearm tightness. Showalter said it affects Hammel most on his slider and Hammel said he's dealt with it since Spring Training.
• Orioles infielder Wilson Betemit (right knee) will begin playing rehab games, barring any setbacks, at the Orioles' Gulf Coast League affiliate on Tuesday. He's been out since Spring Training. Showalter said they'll "test drive" to make sure everything's OK before setting a final rehab schedule.
• Steve Johnson (oblique strain) will pitch for Double-A Bowie.
• Center fielder Adam Jones celebrated his 28th birthday on Thursday.
• The Orioles on Wednesday announced the launch of the O's Birds Nest rewards program. The interactive fan-engagement program allows fans to earn points and win prizes by using the club's digital programs and platforms, including Orioles.com, the official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages.
Brittany Ghiroli is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Britt's Bird Watch, and follow her on Twitter @britt_ghiroli. Derek Wetmore 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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Irish Genealogy and History Shownotes. week 121
From the Irish Roots Cafe at www.Irishroots.com
Advance shownotes for July 27
Among Todays Topics:
1) Porter is the Irish Family Name of the Day
2) Search for Arthur of County Antrim; McDowell
3) Grammys Brown Bread recipe
4) Audio Book excerpt: Early Irish Names in St. Louis
5) The Aylwards of Canada: Web Page
6) School of Canadian Irish Studies
7) New York Public Library online
Timeline for this weeks audio broadcast:
This Weeks Topics: 1:12
Notes from Mike: 1:44
Books of the Month: 6:10
St. Louis audio excerpt: 9:00
The Magnificent Seven: 13:28
Irish Name of the Day: 15:05
Websites of the Week: 19:26
Curious News and Notes: 21:39
Time: 28:43
Notes This Week:
1) Hey Mike! I've been listening to your podcasts on iTunes,
and have been inspired to research my family's history. But,
I've run into a problem. My last name is McDowell, and I have
been told that the McDowells came from different places. Some
of my resources have said Scotland, some say Ireland, Wales
and I've even been told Norway two or three times. I was just
wondering if you could clear that up for me.
Also, I've heard you say that some names at are usually spelled
Mc, can be spelled with just a M'. If that's true, can I spell my
name M'Dowell?
Thanks for listening to my questions.
Nicholas McDowell
2) We have added a blog reader to this blog. The blog reader
is a computerized reader, that simply reads this blog, turning
it into audio. Our podcast is completely different ! I am the
host and it has some things not included on the blog.
To go to my broadcast page for podcasts go to Irishroots.com
3) The New York Public Library is online and re-organized.
Definitely worth a check if you have business in the area !
4) www.Genealogywise.com is still up and running.
If you are researching your family check it out.
It's free, you get your own page.
Take a look at my group page, leave your search and join in !
Books of the Month:
1) Audio Book Excerpt #2. 'Missouri Irish' or Irish Settlers
on the American Frontier. By Michael C. O'Laughlin. 1984. 2008.
Listen to this weeks podcast for excerpt read by Molly Nickle (4)
Irish in St. Louis from 1770
Mullanphy, Brady and McKnight, O'Reilly, O'Conor,
the Kerry Patch, politics, organization and education.
The Irish were the largest foreign born population in
St. Louis. The population at the time was small and
growing. (1817 – 1820 ).
Pre-famine Irish in Good numbers.
Gentlemen of education. Our first and second sheriffs,
justices of the peace; Moses Scott, Thomas Maguire,
justices of the peace. Lawless the attorney, Charless and
Cummins first and second proprietors of the Missouri
Gazette, Patrick Dillion, James Arnold, Hugh Rankin,
James Timmon, Michael Daly…….. all merchants,
Thomas Forsythe U.S. Indian agent; Maj. James McGonnigle, quartermaster, Patrick Sullivan professor at the College;
Rochford…… all here in the territorial days
of St. Louis, before statehood and well before the famine
era in Ireland.
Jeremiah Conor was a leading citizen of St. Louis from
County Cork, Ireland in those times. He was sheriff,
justice of the peace and much more.
For more about this book go to:
2) The Irish Palatines in Ontario: Religion, Ethnicity, and
Rural Migration –
(note: this is not our book, go to web address below)
By Carolyn A. Heald. Published by Global Heritage Press.
This new book provides a broad history of the Palatines in
Ontario, where they came from, where they settled, and what characterized their communities.
ISBN: 978-1-897446-37-9 www,globalgenealogy.com
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Coming Up:
Words you should know if you are going to Ireland.
Time to raise our eyes skywards, give thanks, and ask for help !
Here are todays "Magnificent Seven" :
1) Molly Arthur Canter, of Murray, KY, Welcome as a member.
Arthur from Co. Antrim late 1600's
2) Grenville Hall of Co. Antrim, Ireland, welcome as a member.
No surnames given.
3) Patricia F. Jarrett of Athens, Georgia, your Co. Cork
Genealogy book and Passenger Lists have shipped.
4) William Bodkin of Silves, Portugal, your Families of Galway
has shipped.
5) Hubert Walbaum, of Marne, France, your County Antrim
Genealogy has shipped.
6) Cynthia Tanchyk of Winnipeg, Canada your Families of Co.
Cork book has shipped !
7) Ann-Marie Joy of Berks., United Kingdom, your Kings and
Queens County Genealogy Book has shipped !
Check out our online search list at:
Thanks to all of our members – without you these
podcasts would not be possible – !
Irish Family Name of the Day:
Todays family history in honor of an Irish Roots Cafe member.
Related Spellings of the Name
le Porter, Portre
Varient Spelling Groups:
(Taken from the Master Guide to the Various Spellings
of Irish Family Names) http://www.irishroots.com/id4918.htm
History of the Name
The name from which Porter can be taken was 'le Porter'
and as such it is a well known English name. In modern
times it may be considered a name of the province of Ulster.
When of English origin it is found in Ireland quite early, with
the exception of the province of Connaught, in the west of
Ireland. It is a fairly numerous name throughout Ireland
today, and is found as both a Catholic and Protestant name…..
The census of 1659 finds the name as a principal one of
County Donegal, and Milesian Families gives the name as
English, arriving in Tyrone in 1640. The Porter……..
copyright 2007, IGF, based in part upon
The Book of Irish Families, great and small
Irish Family Coats of Arms
Here is some of the information given in the Irish Book of Arms
1) The Porter family of Belle Isle, Co. Longford shown.
2) The Porter family of Clogher Park, Co. Tyrone shown.
3) The Arms of Dr. John Porter (1806 – Clogher) also shown.
Coming Up Later in this episode:
Irish Village uncovered in the U.S.
The Free Master Index Search of Irish Names
at Irishroots.com finds the family name 43 times
including the following examples :
1) King James Irish Army List
2) The Families of County Dublin, Ireland. ( H. Porter also)
3) The Families of County Donegal, Ireland.
4) J. Porter found in 'Irish Knighthoods…'
5) Porter Arms in Co.Longford genealogy and family history
6) Farley Porter, v. 26 of the Journal of the IAHS
7) Names of Passengers from Ireland (9 listings)
Websites of the Week:
1) Irish Family Research a good place to search online
2) The Irish Aylwards of Shippagan, New Brunswick
3) School of Canadian Irish Studies
4) Irish Immigrant Villiage uncovered in Maryland
"An Irish village is being gradually unearthed in Baltimore
County in the first known survey of an Irish immigrant village
in the U.S. Archaeology students at the University of Maryland,
College Park, have been digging in the area which was called
Texas by the Irish immigrants who settled there."
Irish artifacts dug up in Baltimore County
Archaeology students help piece together history of immigrants' town
Curious News and Notes
1) What are the most far out Irish groups on Facebook ?
Well, we can't be sure, but take a look at the group names
like: Irish Mafia; Irish Jews; Irish Bowling, and there are
plenty more. Below is an article from Irish Central which
investigated this story:
2) Michael Flatley may take judge's seat on
'Dancing with the Stars'
Lord of the Dance Michael Flatley, the man who singlehandedly
turned Irish dance into the phenomenon that it is, may be joining
the judging panel of the TV hit "Dancing with the Stars."
3) The Legend of Gráinne Mhaol (Grace O Malley) – The Show –
Wesport, Co. Mayo – throughout July & August. Pirate, chieftain,
lover and mother in 16th century Ireland Gráinne Mhaol was one
of the last Irish clan leaders to resist the English conquest of Gaelic Ireland
4) How the Irish speak. What certain terms you should know
when visiting. Things like:
Bangers = sausage; Boot = Car Trunk; Chips = French Fries;
Craic = Fun; Lorry = Truck; Rashers = Bacon;
Half & Half = Half Guinness /Half Harp (don't call it a black and tan);
5) Grammys Irish Brown Bread (Margaret Hickey's)
Yield 1 loaf
3 cups extra coarse wholemeal flour
1 cup oat bran
3 tablespoons wheat germ
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 egg, beaten
2 cups milk
Mixing instructions below: (Hat tip to riverfrontirish and Diddlyi)
6) Boston will host the World Irish Dancing Championships
March 24-31, 2013, at Hynes Memorial Auditorium.
This will be the second time the event has been held in
the U.S. (The first was in Philadelphia this year).
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text: Finally installed RaquetTune on my iPhone and iPad and measured tensions of string beds on 3 identical Head Prestige's, all with Babolat BT7 guts. #1: measured 52# (requested 59/60# a few month ago, played a few weeks). #2: measured 56# (requested 58# 2 weeks ago, have been playing since then) #3: measured 66# (requested 62# 6-7 month ago, played only once) I know these are only reference tensions but #3 clearly was a bad one, I concluded. I requested 62# but I think the stringer( person or machine ) probably pulled it at 70+ lbs. It felt dead and I stopped playing with it. BT7 with this high tension is probably unusable. There goes $43(string) + $22(stringing fee) wasted.


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DETROIT - Detroit's top attorney has asked a judge who threw out her lawsuit challenging the city's consent agreement with the state of Michigan to reconsider.
Thursday was the deadline for Corporation Counsel Krystal Crittendon to appeal a judge's ruling to dismiss the lawsuit. The judge said Crittendon lacked legal standing to sue without the approval of Detroit Mayor Dave Bing.
Read: Crittendon's lawsuit
Crittendon argues the consent agreement is a violation of the city charter which prohibits Detroit from contracting with entities in debt to the city.
The state of Michigan denies it owes Detroit any money.
On Friday, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing released the following statement:
I am disappointed the Corporation Counsel has chosen to prolong the needless litigation over the Financial Stability Agreement.
By filing this motion of reconsideration, on the last possible day to appeal Judge William Collette's previous ruling, she keeps the legal challenge of the FSA alive and she keeps the Detroit's financing at risk, making it harder for us to stabilize the city. This lawsuit does not fix a street light, does not put buses in service, and does not put more police officers on the street.
Moreover, the Corporation Counsel's lawsuit has already caused the City to pay higher interest rates on its borrowed money and damaged the City's credit rating. It has caused our lenders to call in a portion of our short-term financing. And, it nearly caused the City to lose a $28 million dollar revenue sharing payment this month, which was avoided only by the efforts of City Chief Financial Officer Jack Martin and the State Treasury Department.
It is my hope the Court rules swiftly on the motion and that the Corporation Counsel abandons the lawsuit. We need to put this behind us so we can move Detroit forward.
More: Detroit city in crisis
Bing has asked Crittendon to resign from her position, arguing she exceeded her authority when she penned the lawsuit aimed to derail the city's agreement with the state. However, Bing has not gotten the support from City Council which he would need to get Crittendon fired.
City Council members praised Crittendon's courage and have called the mayor's move to remove her rogue. That's after Bing labeled Crittendon's lawsuit action a rogue maneuver.
"I think it's bull****," said City Council President Charles Pugh. "I do. I think that this is unfortunate. The Corporation Counsel was doing her job."
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Short Final
We had lost our autopilot and advised the local ATC controller in the Kyrgyz Republic that we were not RVSM-compliant. This prompted the following exchange:
Aircraft 1234 (us) :
"Aircraft 1234, Osh control. State nature of the problem?"
Osh Control:
"Osh Control, Aircraft 1234. We have lost our autopilot."
[long pause]
Osh Control:
"Aircraft 1234, which pilot doesn't work?"
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Clint Hurdle is the man for the job
In what Pirates President Frank Coonelly called an "exhaustive search process," the Pittsburgh baseball club has their man.
Hurdle comes to the Steel City after being a part of two of the last three World Series. The batting coach for the Rangers, who happened to have the league's highest team batting average is notoriously known for his tenure as manager of the Colorado Rockies. He was at the helm of the Rockies from 2002 until the beginning of 2009. In that time span he oversaw the development of young prospects such as Brad Hawpe, Troy Tulowitzki, Clint Barmes, Garett Atkins and Matt Holliday. That litany of potential is rivaled by that of the crop of youngsters the Pirates currently have now and the likes that are rising through the system.
The experience and track record of Hurdle are one thing, but there are plenty more characteristics to attribute to this well rounded man.
Hurdle exudes confidence.
Even the harshest critics of the Pirates buy into the demeaner of Hurdle.
Ahem, Ron Cook.
Cook said, "He's better than the franchise deserves."
Hurdle has already implemented catchphrases that the Pirates marketing team needs to play on.
Describing his team as a "wolfpack," Hurdle said he plans for everyone involved with the organization to go "all in."
I've been all in 21 years of my life, Clint. I'm ready for more to join me.
Aside from his on the field duties, Hurdle is a family man.
His family of four is a tight-knit groupe for good reasons. His daughter suffers from Prader-Willi
syndrome, a disease with 1 in 25,000 probability. Hurdle said a big reason why he chose the Pittsburgh job was to be close to specialized medical facilites in the city that cater especially to patients with the rare syndrome.
All in all, Hurdle took the job to meet objectives. He wante dto get back into managing and had a chance to take the Mets job. Both New York and Pittsburgh are in rebuilding situations but there is just something lucrative about bringing a forgotten team back to prominence. Hurdle sees that and wants to be the man to right the ship.
He has already began a grassroots campaign in Pittsburgh since it was announced he would be hired. Hurdle was seen Sunday at the Steelers game and Monday at the Penguins games. The Pirates play third fiddle in Pittsburgh so its good that Hurdle is petitioning for some noteriety. In the business thats called good public relations.
The Pirates really haven't seen that in the last three, make the 18 years.
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Cedric Dozier's arrival in Washington State four years ago turned out to be an eye-opening experience.
He had grown up in the small Alabama town of Roanoke (pop. 6,500).
At 13, when he came to Lakewood, Wash., for a change of scenery and a fresh start, it was like he had traveled to another world.
"I was like, 'Man, this is different,'" Dozier recalled. "Everybody talks different. Everybody dresses different. Food tastes different. I need to go back to the South."
Dozier, however, stuck it out , and is glad he did.
He's made a big impression at Lakes High School as the football team's star quarterback, and his infectious smile, polite nature and charm has won over many admirers.
Lakes football coach Dave Miller took a gamble last season when he started Dozier at quarterback as a sophomore and then watched him use his speed and athleticism to help Lakes reach the Class 3A state semifinals.
This season, Miller has seen Dozier mature into a more composed player. He's become a team leader who has improved his passing game yet still frightens opponents' most when he tucks the ball away and takes off down field.
He's led Lakes to a 6-1 start.
"Last year he was just a guy that we counted on just to hand off and not do a lot," said Miller, whose 2009 Lancers team sent three players to the Huskies: Sione Potoa'e, Jamaal Kearse and Willis Wilson. "This year, he's just carried us. I mean the weight of the world is on his shoulders. I don't know where we'd be without him on offense."
Dozier is part of a stellar junior class at Lakes that also features national recruit and offensive tackle Zach Banner.
Dozier's athleticism caught the eye of the University of Washington early on as he was offered a scholarship by Huskies coach Steve Sarkisian at the end of his sophomore year.
It remains his only offer as he's in the middle of a breakout junior season as a quarterback and free safety.
"I really like U-Dub," Dozier said. "I don't know what's going to happen in the next years, but I'll definitely keep my eye on U-Dub. I just like the environment."
Dozier said that Pac-10 and Southeastern Conference schools are showing interest in him. At 5-foot-11, 175 pounds, he's being recruited as an "athlete," with no clear indication of which position he might wind up playing in college, though quarterback seems unlikely.
"I see him as a Santana Moss kind of guy," Miller said. "A multi-purpose slot receiver, returner. He could play defense, safety or corner. Just a playmaker. In the right system, he could probably play quarterback. That would have to be some specialized systems, definitely not Washington's system."
What makes Dozier special is his combination of speed, explosiveness, strength and athleticism. He has been clocked at 4.4 seconds in the 40-yard dash at combines. He can bench press 300 pounds and has a 44-inch vertical jump.
He also plays basketball, which used to be his first love until he discovered how good it felt to have the football in his hands when the game was on the line.
His 50-yard run late in the fourth quarter set up teammate Levonte Littlejohn's winning touchdown in Lakes' 38-31 victory over Enumclaw last week. Dozier ran for a season-high 212 yards and a touchdown in that game and has accounted for 19 touchdowns this season (nine passing and 10 rushing).
He's rushed for 100 or more yards four times this season.
"He's one of the most amazing kids I've coached of all the kids I've coached in 30 years," Miller said. "He's just a great competitor, a great kid. He never gets down. He battles. He's a leader. He's one of those kids who makes everyone around him better."
"I've always just wanted the ball in my hands," Dozier said. "I just like leading my team. I really love leading my team and knowing that they trust me."
He's also grown fond of his new environment.
Raised by his great aunt, Barbara Thomas, in Roanoke, Dozier got a chance four years ago to spend the summer in Lakewood with her two sons, Quentin and Gerard Thomas, whose military careers brought them to the Evergreen State.
Once he got past the culture shock, Dozier learned to love his new surroundings and his great aunt allowed him to stay.
"He wanted to go," Barbara Thomas said. "He thought I was too tight (strict) on him. I told him one ball at a time: basketball or football. I told him I didn't want him to play both in the same year. 'You've got to do your (school) work. He thought I was too tight. So, he wanted to go out there and I let him."
Dozier lives with his cousin, Gerard, though Quentin and his family live next door in the same duplex. He calls his two cousins his brothers.
"I come from a very humble background," Dozier said. "In Roanoke, Alabama, there's not really much to do around there. My aunt and my brothers, they always raised me to be humble. And that nobody's going to give you anything. So you've got to go out there and get it."
Dozier stays in frequent contact by phone with his great aunt.
"I love that lady like my mom," said Dozier, whose parents also live in Roanoke.
By phone, Dozier tries to advise his great aunt on how to find Lakes football news and video highlights on the computer.
"I don't know too much about the computer," Thomas said. "I can get on there and play solitaire. I just can't get that computer."
But she is comforted by listening to the excitement in Dozier's voice that he's doing fine nearly 3,000 miles from home.
"I said, 'You be careful. Please be careful,'" Thomas said. "I never wanted him to play football. I let him play basketball. I was scared that he'd get hurt. But that's up to him who he wants to play with."


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I have a resource file with x number of strings.
I need to pull out single strings in a random order, so I obviously need to know how many strings are in the .rc file at any given time.
How do I find the number of strings stored from within my code?


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For LittleBigPlanet fans, September 25 cannot come fast enough. Not only did our recent preview of the upcoming Vita title impress as a handheld title, we fully believe that SackBoy's return could be the best entry in the series yet. Since the preview launched, developer Tarsier Studios has been hard at work squashing gameplay bugs and adding final touches. Today, though, the developer announced on their blog that the game has officially gone "gold," meaning it's finished and ready for final production.
"All story levels are designed, made pretty and filled with bubbles for you to collect," the post reads. "All tools work as intended – though we are sure you'll find ways to make completely unexpected things with them – and thousands of pesky bugs were squashed. In short, the stage is now set for you to play, create and share levels on the go to your heart's content."
As we stated in our hands-on preview, "from our short time invested in the puzzle-platformer, we can certainly say that it's shaping up to be the system's best title yet – the "killer app." The game sticks to the formula that's made the series popular, while opening the page for gameplay and creativity enhancements that can only be done through the Vita itself." In short, LittleBigPlanet fans have a reason to be excited for the Vita installment. The fans' creative skills will be spectacular to see with the Vita's capabilities – something that will keep players playing for quite some time.
Source: [IGN]


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Tower offense game, Anomaly Korea, will be out in time for Christmas, says developer 11bitstudios. The sequel to Anomaly Warzone: Earth will feature new weapons, new levels, and new game styles, as well as the dynamic tower offense game play of the original game.
The aliens are back, and this time, they're fighting in Korea. You'll get to command a squad of troops and use tactical planning touch controls to lead them through 12 new missions against the new alien enemies.


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Hours: 8 AM - 5 PM, Monday-Friday
Phone: 785-368-9484
Email: Tracy Paige at the Animal Control Office
24 Hours/Day Animal Control Dispatcher, Phone: 785-368-9203.
The Animal Control Unit is a support unit of the Topeka Police Department. The officers of this Unit are responsible for enforcing various city ordinances regarding animals, including the leash law, vaccination and licensing requirements, the cruelty ordinance, and checking on neglected or abused animals. The officers can issue citations for violations in these cases. They also pick up loose dogs, unlicensed cats, deceased animals, and injured domestic animals with no identifiable owner.
Animal Control Officers do not respond to "barking dog" calls. This type of complaint is handled by uniformed police officers under the noise violation ordinance.
Animal Control Officers are on duty from 8:00 AM-6:00 PM during the summer months and from 8:00 AM-5:00 PM in the winter months. For times when an officer(s) is not on duty, there is a call-back procedure in place but only for cases of an injured or sick animal, a vicious animal, or an animal that has bitten someone.
The Animal Control Unit is also responsible for the issuance of dog and cat licenses. These licenses may be obtained by contacting or coming by the Animal Control Office at the Law Enforcement Center, 320 S. Kansas. The office is open to the public on normal business days Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM. They may be mailed to the Animal Control Office.
The annual license fee for a sterilized dog or cat is $8.00. For an non-sterilized dog or cat the fee is $20.00.
Animals which are picked up by Animal Control Officers are generally taken to the Helping Hands Humane Society Shelter, 5720 SW 21st Street. To claim an animal taken to the Shelter pursuant to charges, such as violation of the leash law or no tags, the owner should contact the Shelter to verify their animal has been picked up and to obtain the citation number and date of the ticket. They should then go to the Animal Control Office located at 320 S. Kansas Ave to claim their ticket. Once this is done, they have 14 days to either pay the fine(s) or set a court date. In most cases, except cruelty cases or dangerous dog violations for example, the animal can be returned to the owner after the ticket is served.


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Christian Wilhelmsson is now officially eligible to make his LA Galaxy debut in Friday night's match against the Colorado Rapids.
The club confirmed on Thursday that they have received Wilhelmsson's International Transfer Certificate, clearing the final hurdle for him to become eligible for Friday' game. Wilhelmsson has already received his P-1 visa after traveling to the American Consulate in Tijuana, Mexico on Tuesday.
Wilhelmsson, who has been training with the club since last Friday has already made a pair of Reserve League matches for the Galaxy, but will now be officially eligible to play in MLS and CONCACAF Champions League matches.


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In wide-ranging remarks during an appearance Monday evening at the Clinton Presidential Library, Gore said journalists should have done a better job questioning the 2012 presidential candidates about climate change. He railed against what he called the corrupting influence of money in politics.
Gore also defended the recent sale of his television network, Current TV, to Al-Jazeera. He said the Qatar government-owned network had a better track record of climate change reporting than some of its U.S.-based counterparts.
Outlining his new book, "The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change," Gore said the U.S. is uniquely suited to continue leading the world but needs to address, among other things, rising income inequality.
The talk was sponsored by the Clinton Foundation, The Clinton School and AT&T.


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He was born Dec. 11, 1953, in Russellville, to Joe Orlander and Ruby Daniels Dixon. He was a former production worker for Valmac (now Tyson Foods), and was an active spectator of the rodeos and barrel racing events. He liked to visit with his friends at the Walmart McDonalds.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Etta Moore. Survivors include three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Tony Mathis of Pottsville, Terry and Shirley Mathis of Pottsville, and Rick and Lorna Dixon of Harrison; numerous nephews and nieces, including a special niece and her husband, Robin and Tom Goins of Salem, Ore.; and several aunts, uncles, cousins and many friends.
The funeral service will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, at the Shinn Chapel, officiated by the Rev. David Downum. Burial will be in Pisgah Cemetery near Pottsville, by Shinn Funeral Service of Russellville.
Active pallbearers will be Rick Dixon, Terry Mathis, Tom Goins, Houston Townsend, Kyle Jones and Don Pennington. Honorary pallbearers will be Tony Mathis, Paul Devore and Joel Bell.
Memorials may be made to Arkansas Hospice, 2405 East Parkway, Suite 3, Russellville, AR 72802.
The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. today at the funeral home. The online obituary and guestbook are available at www.shinnfuneral.com.


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2 officers killed in Okla. pursuit
The Okla. Highway Patrol says two officers and a suspect have died during a pursuit
Duty Death: Kristian Willhight and Brian Beck - [Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]
End of Service: 01/23/2014
By Kristi Eaton
Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY — Two law enforcement officers who were killed when their cars collided during a police pursuit in western Oklahoma have been identified by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
The patrol said Burns Flat police officer Kristian Willhight, 36, of Foss, died in Thursday's collision along with Washita County Undersheriff Brian Beck, 39, of Canute. The patrol said neither officer was wearing a seat belt.
Authorities said Beck was attempting to serve a suspect with a felony warrant about 9:40 a.m. in Sentinel when the suspect fled in a vehicle. The suspect, identified as Quentin Lee Johnson, was killed in a crash about 30 minutes later near Dill City, investigators said. Beck and Willhight collided a short time later.
The crash remains under investigation, and authorities have not yet said what led to the collision.
Both accidents happened in an area about 110 miles west of Oklahoma City. It's not clear how the Burns Flat officer became involved in the pursuit, officials said.
Washita County, where Dill City and Burns Flat are both located, has about 11,600 residents. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. Brian Orr said both the sheriff's office and police department are small and their officers are well-known in their communities.
"It's very tragic for not only the police department but the community itself," Orr said. "You just lost two officers that keep you safe at night. It hits home, not only for these agencies but for law enforcement in general for the state of Oklahoma and nationwide."
According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, a database of slain law enforcement officers, before Thursday's deaths 16 officers in Oklahoma previously died in vehicle pursuits.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press


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What are the job responsibilities of a Bakery Delivery Person ? What does an individual in this position get paid in Missouri?
Here is the position summary for Bakery Delivery Person as found in BLR's Salary Finder:
Drive truck or other vehicle over established routes or within an established territory and sell goods, such as food products, including restaurant take-out items, or pick up and deliver items, such as laundry. May also take orders and collect payments. Include newspaper delivery drivers. Exclude "Truck Driver, Light or Delivery Service" and "Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicer and Repairer".
In Missouri, the midpoint of salaries reported for the position (50th percentile) is $19,919. The 75th percentile (the rate below which 75% of salary data falls) is $32,384. The 25th percentile (the rate below which 25% of the data falls) is $16,187.
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Compensation.BLR.com, a leading provider of compensation data, scores this job as nonexempt (entitled to overtime). According to Compensation.BLR.com's rate ranges, grade 3 has a minimum of $18,935. The midpoint is $25,253, and the maximum is $31,571.
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Technology Quotes and Sayings
We live in the era of smart phones and stupid people.
That awkward moment when you see a 10 year old child with a better phone than yours.
I will not be impressed with technology until I can download food from the internet.
Technology changes the quality of life. Technology cannot replace human intelligence.
– Dr T.P.Chia
Life is what happens to you while you're looking at your smartphone.
I think people spend too much time staring into screens and enough time drinking wine, tongue kissing, and dancing under the moon.
The human spirit must prevail over technology.
– Albert Einstein
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
– Albert Einstein
Now that nearly everyone has access to a computer, could we possibly be turning from the rat race to the mouse race?
If an ancient man saw planes two thousand years ago, he would've thought they were birds or angels from another world.
– Dejan Stojanovic
Telephone calls have begun with the question "How are you?" but with the mobile phone revolution, it is always followed by another. "Where are you?".
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
– Albert Einstein
Dear cellphone companies, please make a "Unsend my text" option.
We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.
– Douglas Adams
Even with all the science and technology, I still thank the mysterious.
– Brandon A. Trean


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Roll on race video - Porsche 997.2 GT3 RS 4.0 versus Audi R8 V10First of all, we want to point out the disparity in the engines here. The Audi has a 5.2 liter direct injected V10 that revs to 8700 rpm and is rated at 518 horses. The GT3 RS 4.0 has a comparatively small 6 cylinder at 4.0 liters that puts out an amazing 500 horses. The Audi should win but does not even with the drag from the aerodynamic enhancements on the GT3 RS 4.0. Why? Well, the GT3 is lighter and routes its power to the rear wheels and not all four. It also puts out a lot of power to the wheels despite only 6 cylinders and 4.0 liters. Very, very impressive vehicle.
This article was originally published in forum thread: GT3 RS 4.0 vs Audi R8 V10 started by onurleft View original post12 Comments
Sledgehammer - 03-23-2012, 07:30 AM
ItalianStallion - 03-23-2012, 10:13 AM
Very impressive, I didn't think the RS 4.0 would be that fast on a highway pull. For street duty, you still can't beat the Turbo/Turbo S though. But the RS looks mean as fawk.
silvergray545 - 03-24-2012, 03:33 AM
The RS 4.0 and Turbo S are both my dream cars. I don't know which one I would get if I had the choice.
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Emotions finally let out after sweep
Clubhouse filled with laughter and tears
By Jesse Sanchez / MLB.com
In the middle, Steve Perry, an Astros equipment manager, handed out bottles of bubbly.
The aroma was of champagne. The air was of cigar smoke and the sounds were of cheers 88 years in the making.
Following Wednesday's 1-0 victory in Game 4, the Chicago White Sox celebrated their first World Series championship title in the bowels of Minute Maid Park with smiles, tears, hugs and a lot of song. It was a family reunion and everyone was invited as long as they knew the words to "Don't Stop Believin'." The party started with the final out in the ninth inning and a little boy running the bases not long after.
"I don't think there is any better feeling that what I am feeling right now," White Sox third baseman Joe Crede said. "I'm going to soak it all up while it's here and not even think about anything. I'm going to enjoy it."
An emotional Ozzie Guillen watched the initial celebration from the third-base line. He later fought back the tears during the presentation of the World Series trophy. It was the first time, likely since birth, that Guillen did not say a word. He couldn't. Every time he started to open his mouth, he would stop for a second and then wipe his eyes like he had been poked in the eyes.
The thing is, he had not even been sprayed with champagne yet. In fact, the first thing Guillen did once he was presented the trophy was call out to his family. In a scene reminiscent of the movie Rocky, Guillen called out to his own "Adrian," but her name was Ibis -- his wife. He searched for his sons and then he looked for his family members. He stopped long enough to give a few handshakes and hugs to White Sox officials, but it was clear the manager had something else on his mind -- sharing the experience with his family.
When Guillen found them, he took them to the visiting managers' office for a private moment, only he and his loved ones know about. He emerged teary-eyed again and moving around the clubhouse like he was on a mission to congratulate everybody he could.
And he did.
"It's a great feeling. I think it was a great competition," Guillen said. "The four games here it could go either way. They played real tremendous baseball against us."
In another part of the clubhouse, Frank Thomas, the lifelong slugger, leaned against a wall with a child-like smile and talking to everybody who approached him. This was a happy Frank, happier than anyone had ever seen him. In another corner, third-base coach Joey Cora stood soaking wet and in disbelief. His eyes were still watery, but from the way his voice cracked, it was easy to tell the redness was not from the champagne or smoke.
In the center of the locker room, the White Sox cheered. They jumped. They danced and they sang all of Perry's words they could remember. Freddy Garcia, the winning pitcher, stopped clapping only long enough to kiss the World Series trophy and had appeared to go into a euphoric trance until Carl Everett put the trophy in his face and screamed for a "beso, beso," which means "kiss." Garcia finally planted a wet one on the trophy. The hardware disappeared only to resurface in the infield during a team photo.
In the stands, the White Sox faithful shined. For at least 30 minutes, the fans chanted, "Bring that trophy over here," "Paulie, Paulie," "Ozzie, Ozzie," "Thank you, White Sox," and "Thank you, Ozzie" in no particular order. This was their moment, too.
Near the pitcher's mound, Ibis Guillen sent a message to Venezuela and told her countrymen and women to celebrate. Today was not only a good day for the White Sox, she said, it was a great day for Venezuela. Longtime White Sox Minnie Minoso almost started to cry when he thought about how much his good friend Chico Carrasquel would have enjoyed this moment. Tim Raines also needed a moment to compose himself.
"I love this," Raines said. "I'm so glad to be a part of this for Ozzie, for the city, for everybody. I don't have the words. It's amazing."
The White Sox never stopped believing and now had a World Series championship to show for it. It was a glorious day for the South Side of Chicago.
"We are the world champions," Thomas said. "This is our time. Things happened and the momentum kept building."
Jesse Sanchez is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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He was born Nov. 22, 1945, to the late Earnest and Ruby Capps Bledsaw. He was preceded in death by one infant grandchild. He was retired from Entergy and was a member of the Danville Masonic Lodge. He attended the Ascension Life Church in Danville. He loved to fish and camp.
Survivors include his wife, Evelyn Gillihan Bledsaw; son, Mark Bledsaw; daughter and son-in-law, Michele and Wally Mady; granddaughters, Amanda Amador, Arin and Kaitlyn Hutchinson; five sisters-in-laws, Lois Walters (Richard) of Oklahoma, Vivian Berry (Kenny) of Ivan, Phyllis Hood (Arless Don) of Havana, Rosemary Kenney (John) of Mountain Home, Connie Bell (Wayne) of Havana; one brother-in-law, Robert Gillihan (Mary) of Mountain View, and many other relatives and friends.
Memorial services will be conducted at 1 p.m., today at Moore's Chapel in Havana. Arrangements are by River Valley Cremations in Dardanelle.
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