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3 June 2012 7:39 pm
Do you have an old classic car which Guy could restore?
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One Direction Scores No. 1 Album
The group One Direction scored their first No. 1 album the second time around. According to Nielsen Soundscan the band's "Take Me Home" sold 540,000 copies and will debut in the top slot on the charts in the U.S. The band, former contestants on "The X Factor" U.K., have been on a steady climb to becoming household names in the states. The new album by Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson is the third-highest debut this year. "We just want to say a massive thanks to all the fans who have supported us," Styles told the Associated Press. "We can send tweets and thank them, but 140 characters is never going be enough to say how much it means." [AP]

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Myrmica discontinua
Sagehen Creek, California, USA
Myrmica sp. "AF-evanida"
This ant belongs one of North America's most common Myrmica species, but it has not been formally named (currently, sp. "AF-evanida"; often misidentified as M. americana). The taxonomy of North American ants is still a work in progress.
Urbana, Illinois, USA
A Myrmica worker carries her sister in typical nestmate transport. This behavior is thought to increase colony efficiency. Raven Run Nature Sanctuary, Kentucky, USA.
Myrmica sp.
A worker ant gathers nectar from a milkweed flower. Homer Lake, Illinois, USA.
Portrait of a common Myrmica species, not yet formally named ("AF-evanida").
Urbana, Illinois, USA
Myrmica sp. nr. americana ("AF-evanida").
Urbana, Illinois, USA
Myrmica incompleta
Myrmica incompleta is found in bogs and wet meadows of north temperate and boreal North America.
Sagehen Creek, California, USA
Myrmica punctiventris
Clinton Lake State Recreation Area, Illinois, USA
This Myrmica punctiventris forager has found the carcass of a Lasius queen.
Urbana, Illinois, USA
Myrmica striolagaster
Portal, Arizona, USA
This ant is one of several yet un-named Myrmica species. Even though North America's ant fauna is relatively well-studied, new species and even new genera are still occasionally discovered.
Champaign, Illinois, USA
South Bristol, New York, USA
A young Myrmica queen searches for a nesting site following her mating flight.
Clinton Lake Recreation Area, Illinois, USA
A Myrmica worker ant rests on a leaf.
Sand Ridge State Forest, Illinois, USA
Urbana, Illinois, USA
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Jeter's last ride: A subway story
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
NEW YORK -- This marks Derek Jeter's final ride for a regular-season Subway Series game, but if you want to track the Yankees captain's last trip on an actual New York City subway, you'll have to roll the clock back much further.
Jeter has been on subway trains for commercial shoots in the recent past, but asked to produce a date for his last paid ride, Jeter thought for a few moments in the visiting dugout at Citi Field and offered: "1996 -- the day of the ticker-tape parade. [Jim] Leyritz told me he'd give me a ride, and we wound up taking the subway. It was us and three million Yankees fans, going to the parade."
Leyritz says that the story is true. It was the morning of Oct. 29, 1996 -- three days after the Yankees celebrated their championship over the Atlanta Braves. The teammates both overslept, and Leyritz told Jeter to meet him in the lobby of his apartment building at East 64th Street and 2nd Avenue.
Surveying the scene on the street, Leyritz said that they quickly realized Manhattan gridlock would not allow them to reach the Canyon of Heroes by vehicle.
"We walked out and told the cops, 'Look, we've got to get to the parade,'" Leyritz recalled. "They said, 'You're not going to get down on the street. The only way you're going to get down is the subway.'
"So they escorted us down to the subway; it was my wife, my 2-year-old, Derek and I. We got on the subway, and the best thing was when we got on, people looked at us and were like, 'Why are you guys on the subway?' I said, 'This is the only way to get there!'"
Leyritz said that they boarded at 59th Street and Lexington Avenue, then rode the 4 train all the way downtown to City Hall. The commuters on board probably noticed Leyritz's cowboy hat first, but attention quickly turned to Jeter, who would soon be named the American League's Rookie of the Year.
"They didn't bother us bad," Leyritz said. "They were doing chants and having fun with it. It was packed. People were used to seeing me on the subway, because I took it every day. I think he was a little nervous. It was an extra-long ride; we got delayed a few times because of train traffic.
"This was before he became Derek Jeter -- he was just starting to be that. His notoriety, people were more enamored then, not obsessed. I always say to Derek, 'Dude, you can't go out in public anymore.' Back then, they were embracing it more. It was really fun. We were part of the fans."
Hot-hitting Solarte keeping eye on the ball
NEW YORK -- Yangervis Solarte doesn't want to look up. The numbers are blasted in high definition, each one taller than his 5-foot-11 frame, and they scream this fact: Solarte is the top hitter in the American League, owning a .336 batting average coming into play on Thursday.
"I don't even want to talk about it," Solarte said, waving off a questioner at his Citi Field locker. "If you want to go to the stadium, you love to play, you don't worry about the numbers. If you see the numbers, it's like, 'Oh my God.' It's difficult for me. I don't want to see the screen."
Solarte's average is the fourth-best in the Majors coming into Thursday, trailing the Rockies' Troy Tulowitzki (.391), the Phillies' Chase Utley (.343) and the Padres' Seth Smith (.336). Solarte also leads the Yankees with 23 RBIs and has a .414 on-base percentage, good for third in the AL.
"It's become a running joke pretty much in our dugout about [Solarte being] the best player I've ever seen at this point," Brian Roberts said. "It's a great story. It's fun to watch. To do what he's doing, it's tough to do. It's tough to hit .350 in this league for two months. He's been huge for us."
Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that his initial scouting report on Solarte was that he "could have an impact as an extra player," being a switch-hitter who played second and third bases well. Wearing No. 89 as a non-roster invitee in Spring Training, the Yankees were thinking of Solarte as a utility player, not a league-leading hitter.
"I'm not sure anybody would have predicted the impact he's had in the first six weeks," Girardi said. "But if you watched him day in and day out in Spring Training, we're seeing a lot of the same of what we saw."
And now Solarte's biggest challenge may be keeping his focus on the pitcher, ignoring the larger-than-life numbers being broadcast above.
"The screens, they're so horrible," Solarte said. "I love to just play. I want to play."
Bombers bits
• Ichiro Suzuki (sore lower back) was considered to be available off the bench for Thursday's game. Ichiro has not played since he attempted a diving catch on Sunday against the Brewers at Miller Park.
• With Wednesday's shutout of the Mets, Masahiro Tanaka joined Andy Pettitte as the second Yankees starter with a shutout in the Subway Series. Pettitte's came on June 30, 2002, at Yankee Stadium, in an 8-0 victory.
• On this date in 1941, Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak began with a single off Eddie Smith in a 13-1 loss to the White Sox at Yankee Stadium.
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.


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I have an events table the date is separated into 3 columns.
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `wc_events` (
`event_id` int(5) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`event_day` int(2) NOT NULL default '0',
`event_month` int(2) NOT NULL default '0',
`event_year` varchar(4) NOT NULL default '0',
`event_title` varchar(200) NOT NULL default '',
PRIMARY KEY (`event_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM;
I am trying to format the date using MySQL's DATE_FORMAT function. The trouble comes when I try to combine the three columns together to put into the function.
Something like this:
SELECT DATE_FORMAT(`event_year``event_month``event_day`,'%Y-%c-%e'') as format_t FROM wc_events
But this doesn't work. If anybody could help I would be very greatful.
out of curiousity, why are you storing the date in 3 columns to begin with?
It's part of a calendar. It makes it easier to display the calendar if they are split up. So when you browse January 2012, the script just looks for events where the month column is January and the year is 2012.
Additionally, events can recur every year, so if the day and month columns have data and the year is blank then we know it is an annual event.
If you could think of a better way to layout then data then I would not be against changing it.
Try CONCAT(event_year,'-',event_month,'-',event_day).
Since you're not using actual date fields, DATE_FORMAT isn't appropriate.
PS - You should always store dates as dates, for proper (and simpler) chronological comparison of records... use DAY(event_date), MONTH(event_date) and YEAR(event_date) to return the integer values for scalar use.
I would just use a DATE field and use mySQL's inbuilt functions to slice off whatever parts of it you need (YEAR() MONTH() DAYOFMONTH() etc)...
But to stick to your format...You're putting three field names back to back... and my guess is mySQL has no idea what you're trying to do. You probably need to CONCAT them together.
EDIT: transio woke up while i was sipping coffee and spending 15 minutes making a post!
Thanks for that. Is it possible to index the date field in such a way that you can use those functions?
Haha, pretty awesome that we said almost the identical thing on both parts, though!
Need more info... what are you looking to do with it?
What I mean is if I put the whole date in one column and use a query such as this:
SELECT event_id, event_title FROM wc_events WHERE MONTH(event_date)=1 AND YEAR(event_date)=2012
Can MySQL still make use of an index on the event_date field?
a DATE field is stored as YYYY-MM-DD. This particular format allows a string-comparison indexing of the field. (2012 will always come after 2011, because 2 comes after 1).
Functions dont destroy field structure; You can have WHERE YEAR(event_date) = 2012 ORDER BY event_date without issue.
actually, no it isn't
year-month-day sequence is mandatory for specifying a date string in query syntax (insert values, comparisons, etc.), but dates are stored in a completely different format
without any issue in correctness, yes, but definitely there is a deleterious issue in performance
the only way to allow an index on a column to be used, is to specify all conditions with the column on one side of a comparison operator
e.g. for january 2012 events, the only way to have the index on the date column to be used, for optimum efficiency, is...
WHERE datecol >= '2012-01-01'
AND datecol < '2012-02-01'
Thanks for confirming my suspicions about using indexes and functions. The solution I am going to go for is to store the whole date as well as each component separately.


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I am developing a website which enables users to make video slideshows. After rendering the videos, the videos will be available to view on the same website. The question I have is what kind of hosting would i need for such a website? Would I need to have a separate server for the video rendering component or is it sufficient to have the rendering and streaming occur on the same server? Would I need a dedicated server or is a VPS sufficient? Or would it be better to use cloud based rendering, leaving the dedicated server free for streaming?
I am sure you are going to ask how many concurrent users are expected to use the website. At this point I am not certain.
A lot depends on the volume of incoming videos. A VPS or cloud solution for rendering will be more scalable while keeping costs down. As video encoding is cpu intensive, you'd be best to isolate it from other site functionality for consistency (though you can have queuing and encoding priority processes that can mitigate overload to a certain extent). Another option for encoding is to use a third party encoding service such as heywatch where you pay a small unit cost per file processed. You can also use cloud services to stream, but bandwidth is a lot more expensive than what you'll get on a VPS or dedicated server.


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OCEAN CITY — While an online poll on the future of Ocean City's Boardwalk surface rolls on, extensive repairs to the famous promenade continued this week.
According to Ocean City Public Works Director Hal Adkins, the town has around $127,000 in its current budget for Boardwalk maintenance and the funding is being used to repair several trouble spots to safely get through the upcoming season in advance of a major rehabilitation project likely to begin next fall.
The Ocean City Mayor and Council is currently mulling three proposals for the extensive Boardwalk renovation including an all-wood surface, a wood surface with a plain concrete train lane down the middle, or a wood surface with a concrete train lane down the middle stamped to simulate a real wood surface.
In the meantime, certain sections of the Boardwalk need immediate attention prior to the upcoming season and in advance of the major repair coming later this year. To date, a section of the Boardwalk from 19th to 20th streets has been replaced with new wood decking, along with another 100-foot section in the area of 18th Street.
This week, crews were working in the area of 5th Street on a section that will continue to head south to an area just north of 3rd Street. Adkins said this week the funding was in place and the projects could not be delayed.
"The money was allocated and there are certain sections that just need to be repaired right away, regardless of what's decided with the long-term project," he said. "We had no choice. Come next October, we might be undertaking a major repair and rehab of the Boardwalk, but these areas needed attention immediately."
Work in the 5th Street area this week revealed why the larger rehabilitation project is needed in the first place, according to Adkins. When workers removed the top decking boards, they found significant damage to the substructure.
"That area of the Boardwalk is particularly bad in terms of the substructure," he said. "When we got under there, we found some seriously deteriorated sections that we're piecing back together to get through the summer season. We're going to keep going until we run out of the boards we purchased with the money that was budgeted."
Meanwhile, the online poll continued this week with 12,729 votes cast as of yesterday. The nostalgic favorite all-wood surface is leading with 5,690 votes, or nearly 45 percent, while the stamped concrete train lane is in second with 38 percent of the vote. The plain concrete train lane had garnered just 17 percent of the vote as of yesterday.


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Presidential Range > Mount Monroe > Climber's Log
Mount Monroe Climber's Log
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|Quick Detour
|Some time in Summer 2010
|Posted Feb 9, 2011 6:11 pm
Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2008
|Part of a Presidential Traverse..
|Posted Dec 5, 2010 5:08 pm
|great sunset views
Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2010
|It's a short hike from Lakes of the Clouds. I climbed it to watch the sunset, and then ran back down with my headlamp on.
|Posted Oct 5, 2010 9:50 pm
|Night Time Right Time
Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2009
|Easy stroll from Lake of the Clouds
|Posted Aug 20, 2010 5:27 pm
|up and over
Date Climbed: May 30, 2010
partial presi traverse
|Posted Jun 1, 2010 8:10 pm
|Presi Traverse
Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2009
|A beautiful clear morning, all alone!
|Posted Mar 13, 2010 4:07 am
|Always a great hike if you still have energy after MtW and Lakes of The Clouds.
|Posted Jul 30, 2009 1:10 am
|Crawford path
Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2009
|Day hike up Washington on Crawford Path
|Posted Jul 21, 2009 3:14 pm
|Right out the door of the Clouds Hut
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2008
|Steep summit, great alpine garden all around summit base
|Posted Jan 12, 2009 11:18 am
Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2008
|Left Lakes of the Clouds Hut and headed up Monroe. Cool, breezy morning with great views of Washington and the upcoming peaks like Eisenhower.
|Posted Sep 8, 2008 8:59 am
|Mount Monroe
Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2007
|Climbed with Pierce, Eisenhower and Franklin via the Crawford Path from Highland Center. Great weather and fantastic views for most of the day. By the time we reached Monroe's alpine summit the clouds over Washington had disappeared and we could finally see the Northeast's most infamous mountain in its entirety.
|Posted Aug 12, 2008 12:55 pm
|Part of my Crawford Path Hike
Date Climbed: May 24, 2008
|Climbed this during my Crawford Path hike. Initially, I bypassed this, thinking I would need my remaining energy for the summit to Mt Washington. After reaching Washington and a hot bowl of soup at the summit, I had plenty of rest to make it up Monroe. Nice view looking down the eastern face.
|Posted Aug 5, 2008 9:53 pm
|winter in September
Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2006
|I had climbed this before with my son, using the Ammo trail. Had great views. But on this trip the weather really turned bad, with 80 MPH winds, sleet and freezing rain so Jay and I hightailed it to the refruge under the Lake of the Clouds hut. Eventually there were 3 through-hikers and 5 others also packing in. I got one of the top bunks and shared it with several mice who would wake me up by running over my chest. What a night. We did not summit this trip.
|Posted Mar 21, 2008 3:58 pm
|hut to hut trip
Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2006
|Did Eisenhower and Monroe on leg from Lake of the Clouds to Mizpah Springs huts
|Posted Feb 17, 2008 7:45 pm
|Mayhey Kid
|Cold & Windy
Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2007
|Cold temps, 14F with wind chill, when we stopped at Lakes of The Clouds for coffee before the summit. Great day. Hiked the Boot Spur from Hermit Lake. Cool hike.
|Posted Dec 24, 2007 8:42 pm
|Windy, wet, and cold
Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2001
|Hiked in conjunction with Eisenhower.
|Posted Dec 1, 2007 10:34 am
|part of half traverse
Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2005
|good hike, nice views from the top.
|Posted Nov 22, 2007 3:16 pm
|Seth Maciejowski
|Presi Traverse
Climbed a bunch of times. This is a great peak!
Presi winter traverse '01
From Pinkham december '04
Presi traverse '00
Presi traverse in a day '04
|Posted Aug 23, 2007 5:51 pm
|Presi Traverse
|On the home stretch on a beautiful clear sunny day.
|Posted Aug 10, 2007 7:12 pm
|Presidential Traverse
Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2007
|Third peak on a South to North Presidential Traverse. It was so foggy/cloudy that we had no idea where we were in relation to the summit. Almost got fooled by Little Monroe in the clouds. A little under 3 hours from Crawford Notch. Very windy also, seemed to be the story of the day.
|Posted Jul 23, 2007 11:42 am


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All the while, they will exhibit proper manners, manners they've learned their Cotillion class, which hosts the dance, called the Winter Ball.
The ball allows Cotillions — the name given to Cotillion students — to apply and practice the skills they've learned from their classes this fall, which were taught from September through November. While Cotillion is known for teaching table manners, the class covers a broader range of etiquette as well.
"People always think table manners, but it's more than that," said Joan Caughman, director of the Russellville Chapter of the National League of Junior Cotillions. "It's also manners in the public place and in the home, on the telephone. It's all areas of manners."
The class teaches manners such as how a man helps a woman into her coat, and how to properly introduce one's self.
And in Cotillion, the rule is to never say no.
"So if someone is asked to dance, they know that," Caughman said. "We work to build up confidence and self-esteem in the age group and to treat others with respect. We don't want anyone to feel bad."
At the ball, which is semi-formal, students will practice different dances they have learned, including the foxtrot, the cha-cha, and the swing. Later in the night, they will eat and drink refreshments, and the boys will escort the girls to their tables.
Following the Winter Ball, students will take classes in January and February in preparation for their Spring Ball, which is held in March.
In that class, they will learn formal place settings and the proper positions for china, silver, and glassware. January offers an opportunity for Caughman to teach a lesson on how to behave at someone else's house or at a party, which coincides with the Super Bowl, an event known for large get-togethers.
In the second year of Cotillion classes, Cotillions will participate in a five-course formal dinner.
With news outlets reporting an increase in attendance classes across the nation, Caughman says that her numbers have stayed consistent but that she has seen growing trends nationwide.
"My numbers hold pretty steady," she said, saying she averages roughly 70 participants each year. "One thing that is increasing is doing more corporate etiquette, like interviewing, for college students before they go out into the world."
"I think that's something that is growing and should be growing more," she continued. "In our technical age, when lots of interviews are online, you need to still know how to handle yourself when you're approached. I think it's very, very important."
Caughman said that Cotillions are more uptight during the Winter Ball, but that they grow more comfortable as the year goes on.
"They're still pretty nervous at the winter ball, but by the spring ball they're more relaxed, and they're talking and laughing," she said.


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Skip to comments.Jews and Evangelicals stand with Church against contraception mandate
Posted on 01/05/2012 4:51:06 PM PST by SJackson
D.C., Jan 5, 2012 / 06:11 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Evangelical and Jewish leaders are supporting the Catholic Church's opposition to proposed federal rules requiring contraception and sterilization coverage in most new health care plans.
In a Dec. 21 letter to President Barack Obama, more than 60 religious leaders affirmed that religious organizations beyond the Catholic community have deep moral objections to providing abortion-causing drugs and other controversial services.
Authors of the letter included Orthodox Jewish representatives, along with figures from various Christian organizations, including National Association of Evangelicals President Leith Anderson, Ron Sider of Evangelicals for Social Action, and Christian Legal Society Executive Director Fred L. Potter.
They expressed solidarity with the Catholic leaders and organizations that have already spoken out against the contraception mandate proposed by the Obama administration's Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
The rule, published in August 2011 as part of federal health care reform, would allow a religious ministry to opt out only if it has the inculcation of religious values as its purpose, and primarily employs and serves persons who share its religious tenets.
In their letter to President Obama, the Christian and Jewish leaders made it clear that Catholics are not the only groups opposed to the rule.
Most press reports on the controversy concerning the contraceptives mandate portray the opposition as coming only from the Catholic Church and Catholic organizations, they noted.
But this is wrong. It is emphatically not only Catholics who deeply object to the requirement that health plans they purchase must provide coverage of contraceptives that include some that are abortifacients.
They pointed out that many religious believers share the Catholic Church's objection to a narrow exemption that does not cover churches with a social outreach and other faith-based organizations whose work goes beyond worship and prayer.
Neither Evangelicalism nor Judaism holds a single consistent position on contraception, a fact the signers of the letter acknowledged.
Despite differences in their moral teachings, however, all of the authors said they were deeply concerned about the narrow exemption, including proposals made to expand it while still leaving unprotected many faith-based organizations.
The Department of Health and Human Services stopped accepting feedback on the proposed mandate at the end of September 2011. A Health and Human Services official told CNA Jan. 4 that there is no statutory deadline by which a final rule must be issued after the end of the comment period.
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Three-run sixth lifts Yankees to win over Red Sox
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Red Sox right-hander Ryan Dempster was crisp and effective in Sunday's start against the Yankees, firing three shutout innings. Dempster departed with a 1-0 lead, and the Yankees rallied back for a 5-2 victory.
Dempster walked none and struck out two, throwing just 28 pitches. The righty has not been scored upon in his first two Grapefruit League outings. Remarkably, Dempster threw just three balls.
"It was a good day of pounding the right part of the strike zone," Dempster said. "I got ahead of most of the hitters and just tried to execute pitches."
The Red Sox got a quick run in the bottom of the second when Mike Napoli hit a mammoth home run over the 420-sign in right-center. It was Napoli's first homer of the Grapefruit League, and it came in his second game.
That homer by Napoli was the only hit allowed by Yankees Minor Leaguer Adam Warren, who struck out two in three innings of work.
For Boston, Napoli's homer held up until the top of the sixth, when the Yankees capitalized on two errors by third baseman Drew Sutton.
Closer Joel Hanrahan was on the mound for Boston in that sixth, and he gave up an RBI single to Eduardo Nunez. Hanrahan went two-thirds of an inning and walked two. Of the three runs he allowed, just one of them was earned.
Lefty Andrew Miller turned in a dominant inning for the Red Sox, striking out all three batters he faced. Righty Koji Uehara was also solid in his scoreless inning.
Though Dempster looks forward to joining the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry, he didn't get much of a taste of it in this one, as most of New York's star players are either at the World Baseball Classic or injured.
"I've always enjoyed it from afar, being a baseball fan," Dempster said. "I'm sure we'll have lots of good games against each other. I think for us as a team, we just want to play hard and play right, no matter who we're playing. I know that rivalry is different than any rivalry in baseball, and pretty much one of the best ones in all of sports."
Up next: After an off-day on Monday, the Yankees return to action on Tuesday evening, welcoming the Braves to George M. Steinbrenner Field for a 7:05 p.m. ET contest. Right-hander David Phelps will make his third start of the spring, and the Yanks hope to have Ichiro Suzuki in the lineup for the first time since his traffic accident on Saturday. Left-hander Paul Maholm starts for Atlanta.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Discussion in 'General Pro Player Discussion' started by MurrayisBEAST, Aug 4, 2010.
He finishes his shot and then jumps with joy
Sorry for the double post.
bulges posted, then reposted by others, inevitably other bulges will follow ... one good bulge deserves another ...
lol! How can he even play with a tent pitched? That would be most uncomfortable.
A couple I took yesterday at a money tournament in Phoenix, Arizona:
Nick Monroe:
Brian Battistone mid-flight:
Another of Battistone:
After Davis Cup..LMAO
Gotta love Novak
^^ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!! Novak is the GOAT of being silly.
AHAHAHHA this was hilarious...
Now that's cool
Björn is way too cool.
Wimbledon, First Round, 2010 :arrow: :arrow:
You can't be cooler than that
Borg looks really hot here.
He should cover that thing up..:twisted:
Actually, looks like Federer's without the biceps bulge.
where was this? thanks for the pic
Lol, that was a lot of text in my post, but that Fila info is interesting. On the topic of spell check, I try to spell check each post. I feel like with all of our technology (computer/spell check), we're getting away from good spelling. Thanks for the kind words.
dont let spell check get you down. I love the photos you upload. Many thanks
This might be one of the rarest photos, you almost never see Roger sweat that bad or at all.
Thank you zak425. I'm glad you love them! Yes, you're right about Federer. That picture above must be from Davis Cup. The "Ice Man" was like that too. Fans talked about that often. Strange. I guess sweating does vary person to person.
Yeah great pics man. Actually, I the sweaty fed one is from olympics '08. I remember watching highlights of him against Blake and he was sweating more than I'd ever seen him before. Maybe just the occasion and pressure to perform, combined with longer hair, but even so he still seemed to be trying much harder than usual in that Blake match. He did look similar at the Open, so maybe it was just the longer hair.
Fed looks sweaty here too.
Its all for show my poor boy.
And that "was" might as well be "is" (cuz supposedly it'll be there until after Christmas)
Roger Federer doesn't sweat. Roger Federer's shirt sweats. Rogisexibestclassalwaysdryneversweatybetterformetolickhim
Not like nadal. Nadal Spanish bull always wet of the sweatsalivaspit.
I notice Rafa's right pinky finger often sticks out like that... it reminds me watching The Birdcage, where Albert was trying to practice to look more like a macho man and he held up a cup of coffee with his pinky finger sticking out just like how Rafa did it on that photo above , then Robin Williams slaps his pinky finger so that it wouldn't stick out like that
Thanks zasr4325. You're right, that was the Olympics, not DC. Good call!
Past Orange Bowl champs Lendl ('77), McEnroe ('76), Borg ('72) and Connors ('64).
I love this one, although I doubt they were actually friends!
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(2012-05-11, 07:33)Beer40oz Wrote: [quote='lagledavid' pid='1100512' dateline='1336714078']
hey guys just wanted ad something about my limited experience. My asrock board started crashing on me about 3 days after setting it up. Iwent into bios and noticed that my memory which is 1600 was set at 1033 anyways i had asroch set to auto and no problem. i went back in later on and manualy set it at 1600 and it started crashing again so i set it to auto and havent had a problem sinse.
Witch power supply you are using?
Mine was also at 1033 or 1333 .... its in manual mode at 1866..... ummm ill test it to stock....
My build is my sig. Not the same build but same maker of motherboard. Your symptoms are identicle to mine which made me think to let you know about my experience. put it back to auto and hopefuly everything shoud be fine


text: Well I have had my studio now for a little over a year. I have power running out to it now. I have also added a few more ladies out there that call it home. I can't wait to get it finished with paneling and ceiling. I have gone back and forth on what I want to do with the floor..I know I am crazy, but now I want a part of it to be carpeted. Eventually I will be adding more windows, a sliding glass door and built in around the door and where my mother in law's machine is. It is a work in progress that is slow going at times, especially now that I am working on my degree to become a Physician Assistant and with my son being in school. But it is all mine and I love the peace and quiet out there...Well sometimes, I do have a stereo set up to play my mp3 player hehe.


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Celebrities on Set | Week of Feb. 22, 2012
Jennifer Connelly, Colin Farrell, Lucy Liu, and More Stars on Set
Jennifer Connelly, Colin Farrell, Lucy Liu, and More Stars on Set
Some Hollywood stars spent this week prepping for the Oscars, while others were busy working away on set. In NYC, Jennifer Connelly filmed scenes with a young actress for Winter's Tale, while her costar Colin Farrell took a dive into the East River for the film. Lucy Liu was also in NYC, smiling as she strolled to the set of Elementary, and Stephen Amell showed off his stunt skills while shooting Arrow in Vancouver. Click through to see all of this week's stars on set.
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Digital Wallets Still Searching for Foothold
SAN FRANCISCO — Nobody is in a rush to toss out their leather wallet and replace it with a digital wallet on their phone.
That point was made by several speakers at the Open Mobile Summit.
"It's anyone's guess how many wallets are out there. There clearly is no winner," said Gloria Colgan, managing director of consulting firm Market Platform Dynamics, who moderated an opening day Wallet Wars panel at the event. "Consumers have to love it and merchants have to adopt it. And plastic works very well. What exactly is the problem we are trying to solve with a digital wallet?"
Panelist Stefan Happ, a senior vice president at American Express, added that merchants need to be onboard as much as the consumer.
And Malcolm Nunes, senior manager of financial services at retailer Home Depot, said digital wallets have to be more than just a payment channel.
When I can have my Passport, my driver's license, and other documents in my digital wallet, then the utility will increase," he said. "There needs to be more non-payment factors involved."
Nunes shared an intriguing fact from his company's involvement with PayPal. Consumers can use PayPal to make purchases in multiple ways, by keying in their mobile phone number, showing an app or swiping a plastic card.
"We had not anticipated this, but what consumers prefer is the convenience of paying with a phone number. They don't have to pull out anything," he said.
And, Nunes said, mobile presents an opportunity to take costs out of the payments system.
"Interchange is our number three expense, after real estate and human resources," he said.
Dodd Roberts, a senior executive with Merchant Customer Exchange, a new payment channel championed by WalMart and others, said in his view, there is plenty of room to slice costs from the payments processing system, much of which was created 40-plus years ago when credit cards were just taking hold and merchants actually used an imprinter to create paper copies of transactions.
Roberts also stressed that a key issue with digital wallets is who owns the transaction data.
"We believe the merchant's data is the merchant's data, and the bank's data is the bank's data," he said. "No third party should monetize that data."
Later in an interview with Credit Union Times, Roberts disputed rumors that MCX was seeking to disintermediate Visa and Mastercard from payments.
"We have had talks with them," he said. "We are open to working with all the payments networks."
As for why American Express had staked out turf in the emerging digital wallets space, Happ said during the panel discussion, "We want to democratize our base."
He elaborated that American Express had a reputation as serving older and white customers, but with its involvement in Serve and Bluebird, the company hoped to broaden its reach.
"We can do this because the mobile efficiencies are so strong," Happ said.
He added that the purpose of a digital wallet is unclear.
"The problem to be solved is clear if it is the consumer without a bank account," Happ said. "An electronic wallet can solve that, and do it without an enormous branch network that no one wants or needs. But I have yet to see any other use for a wallet."


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It felt like it would never come, but the farcical ESPN special finally got to the point around 9:30 Eastern time and confirmed what everyone had heard during the day on Thursday: LeBron James is joining Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh with the Miami Heat.
The reasons why James made the choice are evident right in that sentence. It's about playing with Bosh and Wade and creating a basketball version of SuperFriends. That's something we've never seen before. The best player in his sport has passed up what could be a better chance to win a title (Chicago), the biggest stage in the world (New York) and his hometown (Cleveland/Akron) so that he could hang out with his friends.
The NBA has changed instantly, with the Heat suddenly going from just another team to the most hated enemy of every other team in the league. They may even be more hated right now than the Yankees, which is really saying something for a team that has existed for a blink of an eye, won one championship and hasn't elicited any emotion from an opponent since Jeff Van Gundy was riding Alonzo Mourning's leg.
That's a lot of impact from one decision and it hasn't even really sunk in yet. This is a game-changer in every way imaginable.
What it isn't is a decision fit for a man who proclaimed himself the King. Kings are rulers and they are leaders, LeBron is a guy who looked around at the prevailing winds of the NBA and asked for help. For years we've been waiting to see him mature into a 21st century Michael Jordan. What we wound up getting is a poor man's Scottie Pippen.
Seriously. Remember in 1994 when Pippen refused to go into a game when Phil Jackson drew up the last shot of a playoff game against the Knicks for Toni Kukoc? It was a childish reaction but it was the childish reaction of a guy who wanted to be in the spot and wanted to have the deciding moment in his hands. LeBron isn't that guy. He proved through his whole Hamlet routine and his ultimate decision that he'd be just fine with someone else doing the heavy lifting.
That's not what we've been conditioned to expect from great athletes. We've been conditioned to expect them to rise to the occasion and approach every challenge with fangs bared and caution thrown to the wind. James didn't do that on Thursday night. That's the biggest disappointment of all of this.
It's not the only one, though. Every NBA season that features James, Bosh and Wade in Miami will come down to one of two storylines. Either it will be the inevitable superiority of a team stocked with quality players or the monumental failure of a team stocked with quality players. Everything else, from the intriguing Thunder in Oklahoma City to Kobe's unyielding quest for more rings to whatever this means for the Knicks, will be, at best, secondary to the fortunes of the Miami Heat.
This is where you make the argument about how hard it will be for this team to win titles even with a big three, how you need guys like Derek Fisher, James Posey, Robert Horry and Steve Kerr to actually succeed in the biggest spots. It's all true and it won't make a whit of difference to the narrative that will play out every season.
This free agent class could have been the best thing to happen to the NBA in years. It could have reshuffled the deck to make new contenders, revitalize old champions and put a new face on a product that hasn't sold all that well in recent years. Now, though, that dream is dead and the league will exist in the shadow of the Miami monolith that cowardice built. What a massive letdown.
James said on Thursday night that this was about the best chance to win a title. That's a lie.
What James has done is try to take out the blood, sweat and tears involved in winning titles. What the NBA and the people who watch it and care about it must now live with is this prepackaged simulacrum of a great team. If it works out for the Heat, bully for them.
Hopefully, it won't work though. The journey is the part that's truly enjoyable to watch, whether it is the journey from a group of individuals to a true team or the journey of one player from neophyte to champion. We'll never see that from James, which is a huge loss for the game of basketball. It might be the biggest loss if not for the fact that Erik Spoelstra is now racing to Heat headquarters to clean out his office before Pat Riley returns to coach and erases Spoelstra's keycard.
On the plus side, fans of the league's other 29 teams now have a new pillar to bear the weight of their loathing. Anyone who found James's self-aggrandizing behavior -- question to ponder, how could someone with such a desperate need for attention be so lacking in self-confidence? -- in the last few weeks despicable, particularly the way he chose to publicly diss Cleveland two months after letting them down in the playoffs, should take great joy in the fact that by choosing the path of least resistance, he has done far more damage to his blessed brand than anything short of triple homicide could have done.
A silver lining on a dark cloud of missed opportunity.
Josh Alper is a writer living in New York City and is a contributor to FanHouse.com and ProFootballTalk.com in addition to his duties for NBCNewYork.com. You can follow him on Twitter.


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Is no one disturbed by the lateness of the annoucement? It took them until December last year. I've posted over on the RA forum too and whle there was a few comments, there has hardly been dissent.
Is no one disturbed by the lateness of the annoucement? It took them until December last year. I've posted over on the RA forum too and whle there was a few comments, there has hardly been dissent.
And there is the problem: only Charleston had shuttle buses. If all rallies had them, everyone would be happy and served (with beer!).
Never saw a shuttle bus & they SURE didn't go to the RV park at the baseball stadium.
RA home pages states that the location will be announced on Side Stand Up, Tuesday 11/18 @8pm.
I'm a bit... disappointed in this choice.
First, this pretty much guarantees that I can't attend because getting vacation through a two-ish week period is likely out of the question, plus I have other trips I'd like to take around that time. Aside from having the rallys spaced out a bit time-wise, I liked having different locations to choose from - that gives more riding opportunities.
I know not everyone will agree with me, and I HAVE read the post explaining why they chose these dates. I guess we'll see if people stick around from the MOA to attend the RA rally or not. Hopefully it will be a good turnout for them, as I had fun with the RA at the Biltmore rally.
Oh well.....
I think it's a great date, at a great location (spent several days at Canaan Valley last summer - riding in the area is great, and the park is wonderful, with very friendly people running it.)
I've already got my plans - do MOA from Thursday to Sunday, ride out into TN, then KY, then back towards WV and arrive at Canaan Valley on Weds, rally on until Sunday and ride home.
Sounds like a plan to me! Whoopie!
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I'm going to try like heck to do 'em both, but it's not looking good right now. I've got the MOA in pen on the calendar, but the RA will have to go on in pencil. Would love to do the MOA >>> BRP >>> RA.
here's a very good site for info on it, with servcies, history of the building of it and points of interest, including a 4 section detailed map that print out nicely http://www.blueridgeparkway.org/
Then upwards and onwards to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland (or so Voni has informed me )
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"There's no use fighting him. He's the Legendary Super Saiyan!"
Name: Broly
Nickname: The Legendary Super Saiyan
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Clan: Swift
Broly has spiky golden hair with bangs.When enraged Broly tends to use the Transformation Technique to transform into a form he calls, Legendary Super Saiyan. As a Legendary Super Saiyan, Broly's hair retains the golden color from his normal form while gaining a faint green tint and his pupils turn white. In addition to this, Broly's muscles become engorged to extreme levels and he also grows taller by a few feet after ascending to this form. The rest of his attire consists of white pants and a red sash.
Broly's personality is similar to that of a psychopath, as he generally exhibits tremendously uncontrollable rage, and is uplifted by the very idea of bringing destruction and inevitably crushing his enemies. He loves nothing more than to destroy things, as shown by his wanton destruction of planets for little more than intimidation. Broly also has a tendency to toy with his victims, as evidenced by his statement that, and "If you'd just let me kill you all before, you wouldn't be dealing with this pain now," Broly enjoys playing with his feeble foes with sadistic sarcasm, often teasing his opponents with a plethora of "free punches". Broly himself rarely has anything to fear from any opponent he faces, which may have contributed to this. It is implied that Broly might have grown insane from living with the pain and fear endured by him and his father for so long.While Broly is able to converse with his enemies when he has just transformed into LSSJ, when he is completely enraged he starts chanting his opponents name in an obsessive manner. However, while in a non transformed state in, as besides grunting and yelling, he also displays a noticeably larger dialogue as he constantly talks about killing his opponents, taunts them and displays dark humor.
VILLAGE INFOVillage of Birth | Sunagakure
Village of Alliance | Konohagakure
Ninja Rank | Sannin
水遁 |Suiton
| Swift | Suiton | Katon |
Growing up within the walls of konoha, Broly practiced his ninjutsu by all the nearby lakes in the forest and learned to manipulate the water to his liking. Under the teachings of Jacob Moore and Lili he learned the great power of water and used it to its full extent. He's become so proficient with the water element that he learned to perform all of them with a single handseal and is extremely deadly with it.
火遁 |Katon
Being in the land of fire, as well as being around the Uchihas who have an excellent usage of Fire style, Broly too learned how to wield the burning hot element in a way that was better than most of his fellow villagers. Under the teachings of Gin-San and Coyote he floursihed under this element, almost matching the prowess of the uchiha in his village. As such Broly can perform Fire Style techniques' handseals at an accelerated pace.
Broly, is able to use the KG known as swift which allows you to move at extreme speeds across the battlefield. Coupled with his taijutsu usage, this makes Broly extremely dangerous.
Other Training
根 Genjutsu: C- Rank
拳 Taijutsu: B-Rank
寄 Summon: Cardinal
萬 Ninjutsu: D rank (Rasengan and Shadow Clone learned)
To Konoha
Broly was a happy baby born into the wastelands of Sunagakure he started out in one of the sands villages daycare centers where he was placed near another baby named Asch, but Asch's incessant crying snapped something inside young Broly that, deep down inside the caverns of his mind would lead him to go completely insane upon hearing his name and make them eternal rivals. But a few weeks after this started happening the Kazekage Deadpool got word from his sensors of Brolys amazing chakra and saw the potential in him to take the throne. Deadpool grew scared of his potential and ordered his subordinate Naruta to kill him. With his father in deep desperation young Broly somehow felt this and used his swift abilities for the first time, whisking them away from sunagakure into Konoha. Paragus, his father told his plight to the Hokage Yamato and begged of him to let him reside in the leaf for protection from the Kazekage's wrath and eventually was allowed to stay. He grew up a normal boy with a very special ability that made him the envy of most ninja in Konoha especially a young kuniochi named Wendy. Whenever Broly would advance Wendy would as well, trying to outmatch him every step of the way and Wendy was the first person to battle Broly in a match which Wendy narrowly won. Masters from all around wanted to train him and as a result he mastered all the elements faster than anyone ever heard of.He also met many good friends in Konoha such as Light, Coyote, and Levy
A Fated Meeting
The time came for Broly to go on his first mission, he was to go to Iwagakure on a simple C rank mission. He harnessed his special ability and traveled to Iwa in the blink of an eye and met a young pervert named Hoenheim peeping in a womens spa. After reprimanding him for his unsavory actions he found that Hoenheim also had a special ability like him, he could harness his chakra and manipulate it in ways like no other shinobi he had met before. Broly became friends with the young man and they brought peace between the two nations of Iwa and the Leaf. The duo together completed many S rank missions and became famous throughout the land.
The Group
Soon enough Broly was recognized enough to join the assasin group Pyokyoto thats hq was in the Hidden Asch. To get in he had to slay the former memeber Mugetsu and he did so, crushing him into the dirt. Here Broly turned into the malevolent killer he is known to today, the group made him cold, sadistic, and dark. When he returned from this group to Konoha it seemed as if a wave of fear had flown over the former shinobi he called friends, his friends turned to rivals and anyone that couldnt compete with him was cast away as trash. He enjoyed crushing whole platoons on his missions even when killing was uneeded. Then he recieved his fatefull mission to go to Amegakure.
The wind and rain
When Broly got the call to go to Amegakure he swifted there in a flash like usual expecting the usual massacre and bloodshed that he had grown to love. When he got to Zetsu, the Kage of Ame's mansion a lone shinobi stood in his way amidst the others he had killed behind him. Broly asked
"Soon to be dead shinobi, what be your name?"
with hardly a notice of Broly he said
That name... The very mention of that name..... Broly snapped.... With the mention of that Broly instantly appeared in front of him and an hour long fight ensued. The battle raged back and forth with each shinobi giving it his all. It was a true fight to the death and both men were severely wounded. At the end of the battle when the smoke settled Both men were crawling to try to land the final blow knowing pride and glory on the line. Suddenly Zetsu knew he had to save Asch or else have his best shinobi die so suddenly spores appeared all around Asch and he was pulled underground into an unknown area. Leaving Broly in the rain to die, when suddenly a man by the name of Geralt saved him and took him into his home. He tought Broly the art of rain jutsus because he wanted to help Broly defeat the evil empire of Zetsu, as well as help the shinobi grow stronger. All the while Broly kept thinking
"Asch... We will meet again... And I will kill you "
To be continued
THEME SONG and BACKGROUND MUSIC
Won: N/A
Lost: N/A
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General Discussion / self-guided support on lewis and clark« on: December 21, 2012, 12:03:46 pm »
i am new to this. i hope this is an appropriate question. 3 of us want to road bike for a week (60+ miles a day) somewhere along the lewis and clark trail - probably montana, idaho, WA state part but we are open - and 1. don't know particularly great areas/routes and 2. would like to not take panniers and have our (modest) luggage moved from town to town as we go along. they do this and we have done this in europe but i do not know of it in the US (or this part of the US). can anyone help with suggestions on support or particularly great sections to road bike on the lewis and clark trail?
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Pause your game of Calvinball for a minute, please.
Today is a special anniversary, not just in the world of comics, but for friendship, too.
On November 18, 1985, 30 years ago, the first Calvin and Hobbes comic strip was published.
That first strip (below) shows the moment Calvin first met his friend Hobbes, by catching him in a tiger trap after using a tuna fish sandwich as bait.
Because, as we now know, tigers will do anything for a tuna fish sandwich.
From their debut in 1985, through their final appearance on December 31, 1995, cartoonist Bill Watterson brought life to the curious 6-year-old Calvin and his anthropomorphic stuffed tiger pal, Hobbes. In 2013 Watterson told Mental Floss he has "zero interest in animating Calvin and Hobbes," or to license his creation in any form. "As a comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes works exactly the way I intended it to. There's no upside for me in adapting it."
In the strips Calvin and Hobbes were inseparable, had their ups and downs, and taught their readers, of all ages, many life lessons, including what it means to be a good best friend.
This is why we consider Calvin and Hobbes to be two of the best besties of all time...
1. They were always exploring. Whether embarking outside on a snow day, or diving deep into their imaginations, the duo understood that a new adventure was a thing best shared with someone special.
2. A true pal is always willing to join your club or activity, even if you're the only two members. Like G.R.O.S.S., (Get Rid Of Slimy GirlS), which consisted of just Calvin and Hobbes, and met in Calvin's tree house. They had special officer positions, passwords, and everything.
3. Friends aren't afraid to tell you the truth. Or, as Hobbes discovers after giving Calvin a little constructive criticism, they're also not afraid to disagree with you. "Resolutions? Me?? Just what are you implying? That I need to change??" Calvin asks Hobbes in one strip. "Well, buddy, as far as I'm concerned, I'm perfect the way I am!"
4. They'll help you procrastinate when you need a distraction. Though Calvin was a super-smart kid, it didn't always translate into how he was as a student. It didn't take much urging for him to get Hobbes in on his games when he probably should have been focusing on schoolwork.
5. A friend will support your crazy business ideas. Like when Calvin enlists Hobbes to help him with his insane cardboard box science experiments, like the Duplicator, which he uses to duplicate himself. Sometimes you just need a person to press a button for you and stand back. That's what pals are for.
6. A BFF will stay up all night with you, for lots of reasons. That includes if one of you is stupid enough to ask "do you believe in ghosts?" before bed, and then you both stay awake, holding a baseball bat, until sunrise.
7. Hobbes could always tell when Calvin needed a hug. Like after losing a little baby raccoon that he hoped his family could save, Calvin talks to Hobbes about what he's learned about loss. His tiger reassures him he's not going anywhere, as he pulls Calvin into an embrace. Sometimes you just need someone to be there.
"Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend," Calvin once said about Hobbes.
The duo showed us you can do nearly anything with your closest pal at your side. Happy "friendiversary," Calvin and Hobbes.
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March 2011 Books Plus Discussion [1]
The seasons are turning again, and it's almost time for our 2011 One Book One Bloomington selection--Colum McCann's Let the Great World Spin [2]. Set in 1974, this National Book Award winner chronicles the day Philippe Petit tightroped across the space between the two World Trade Towers. In masterful prose, McCann chronicles how various strangers reacted to this event. It's a book about the interrelationships between the residents of a great city, and how one man's quest for adventure brings hope, fear, and wonder to the people standing below. Jonathan Mahler of the New York Times called it "one of the most electric, profound novels I have read in years."
Come share your thoughts, questions, and reactions to this compelling novel. For more information about this and upcoming programs, including films related to the One Book, One Bloomington selection, please see below. Hope you will join us for this year's community discussion of Let the Great World Spin.
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Books Plus meets the first Sunday of each month. All are welcome. Join the discussion or simply come to listen. No registration necessary. Drop in.
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March 6 -- Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann -- One Book One Bloomington Community Read!
Discussion Leader: Wendy Rubin
"In McCann's wise and elegiac novel of origins and consequences, each of his finely drawn, unexpectedly connected characters balances above an abyss, evincing great courage with every step." - BookList
April 3 -- Framing the Silence: The Myriad Forms of Poetry
Discussion Leader: Dory Lynch
"Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn." - Thomas Gray
In honor of the 16th National Poetry Month, we'll celebrate poetry in various forms including: haiku, villanelles, sonnets, and sestinas. Please bring a poem or two that you really enjoy in any form written by you or your favorite poet. Reading poetry out loud is the best way to experience poetry; it will touch both your mind and heart.
May 1 -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [4] by Mark Twain
Discussion Leader: Elizabeth Gray
"All modern literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. It is the best book we've had." ~Ernest Hemingway
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I think reason is a fine 'arbiter of truth'. Whilst I agree that Buddhism points at a realm beyond discursive reason, that has to be understood carefully. I think if we dismiss reason it is actually easy to fall prey to irrationality. This happens in religious cultures, when they become ritualized or used to 'create good fortune' or 'ensure propitious events in the future' and so on. Buddhism is not immune to that. In such matters, I would always appeal to reason.Monktastic wrote:It seems to me that concepts are simply empty displays of rigpa, just as any texture or color is. Whether we decide to reify them after that is our choice. The Buddha showed that we can get on "just fine" without doing that. Hence my suggestion to leave reason in its proper place, instead of using it as an arbiter of truth.
(Obviously I am not arguing against the use of concepts in a relative sense, just as I wouldn't argue against the use of emotions or other appearances. But in a deeper sense, it seems to me that reason is no more meaningful than emotion or color.
So I tend to side with the scientific analysts when it comes to dealing with questions within the domain of science. I see that as an implication of 'the two truths'. The two truths doctrine recognizes that there are conventional or empirical truths and that within this realm scientific analysis and reason are appropriate. There is also a realm beyond conventional truth (which, incidentally, is not really understood at all in traditional Western philosophy,) which is the subject of the 'higher teaching' and the subject of wisdom, rather than knowledge in the form of scientia.
But 'mistaking the relative for the absolute' is one of the pitfalls of this worldview, and a very easy thing to do. So I think being dismissive of reason or science is a consequence of 'mistaking the relative for the absolute'. Within the context of relative or conventional truth, science rules. And indeed you can surpass reason but I don't think you can deny it (a very difficult point, I acknowledge.)
I do see that in our day and age science is treated as 'an aribiter of what is real' - and I think we both are criticizing that idea. Therefore you will read, for instance, that researchers who study topics such as past-life memories, or psychic phenomena, are regarded as pseudo-scientific because of what they study. There are certain kinds of explanations, theories and ideas that are regarded as respectable subjects for scientific analysis, and other types of explanations and theories that are not. So science will happily consider 'the multiverse' or 'the many worlds interpretation' but it will never consider 'other realms of being' because this is said to be a 'religious concept'.
I personally accept that there is a hierarchy of types of understanding (similar to Plato's). In a very simplified diagrammatic form it is like this (from Ken Wilber):
With Plato, I would put mathematical reasoning on approximately the same level as 'soul' or 'the subtle realm', as this is the realm of the pure ideas and forms.
Excellent point. This is why 'the criterion of objectivity' is held in such high regard in modern thinking. What is said to be 'objective' is understood to be 'really existent'. However as I pointed out above, physics itself has undermined this through such discoveries as the Uncertainty Principle, and also through the speculative nature of current cosmology. It seems the question of what is 'really there', which before Einstein seemed almost resolved, has become more mysterious than ever. Now many are are simply left clinging to the hope that science will deliver the answers, even if there are these many massive conundrums around the nature of matter/mind/life.PadmaVonSambha wrote:What the term "objectivity" refers to in science, is that an event can be experienced by two or more witnesses and the description of what is witnessed is the same, and furthermore, that various mitigating circumstances can be eliminated from that observation in order to determine the actual cause of that event, and the same event can be replicated using the same circumstances repeatedly.


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"This is a major milestone in the development of our commuter rail project that will provide service to thousands of riders across Tarrant County from southwest Fort Worth to Grapevine and into DFW Airport," said President Dick Ruddell.
An email from FTA to congressional offices stated that "FTA has received sufficient project justification and local financial commitment information from The T to determine that the project meets the eligibility criteria and all other New Starts requirements to advance into PE."
TEX Rail's 37-mile route includes 14 stations and would provide direct service to and from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport as well as transporting commuters and other riders to other locations across Tarrant County. TEX Rail also would offer transfer connections from D/FW Airport to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Orange Line for trips to Irving and Dallas.
The T has commitments for a 50% local match of the rail's projected $758 million cost through its funding partner, the City of Grapevine, and funds committed by Tarrant County, the City of Fort Worth, the State of Texas, and the North Central Texas Council of Governments.


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The commercial is accessible for viewing via YouTube, and also on GE Transportation's home page.
The spot is the fifth in a series of similar "GE Works" narratives celebrating employees at GE Aviation, Healthcare, Energy, and Appliances, and their products in action, the spokesman said.


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The Washington Post tells us there are some eccentric petitions on the White House's petition site. That's not really very surprising.
There's a petition to designate the Catholic church a hate group. Yes well that's not going to happen, but the idea itself isn't crazy. The Catholic church does foster certain kinds of hatred. It's silly to deny that.
The "We the People" petition was filed on Christmas Day and was prompted by Pope Benedict XVI's Dec. 21 year-end address to Vatican administrators in which he denounced gay marriage as a threat to Western civilization.
The petition blasts Benedict for "hateful language and discriminatory remarks" and for implying "that gay families are sub-human."
Well? Is that inaccurate?
Atheists and secularists could file a similar petition. What about Protestants? Muslims? Jains? Would that fly, or has the pope's interfaith work immunized him?
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Very few of us like to worry about our retirement plan, but that could be a huge mistake that could tarnish your golden years.
Adding to the problem are some common myths about financial planning that could interfere with a successful plan.
Recently, nbcnews.com assembled some myth-busting information to help you focus on a successful strategy for your retirement.
Myth No. 1: It's OK to postpone saving for retirement until other needs are taken care of.
That's a big mistake that can cost you years of savings. No matter what you do, there will be important expenses that will need to be paid, from college loans to weddings to home repair.
"The best time to start saving for retirement is when you were 22 years old," says Stuart Ritter, a certified financial planner with T. Rowe Price in Baltimore told nbcnews.com. "The second-best time is now."
Myth No. 2: Medicare will take care of almost all your health care needs.
The truth is Medicare covers about half of all health care costs for those enrolled in the program. That means you'll be on the hook for out-of-pocket costs for uncovered services such as long-term health care as well as dental, hearing and eye care, along with supplemental insurance costs.
According to a study of retiree health costs, A 65-year-old couple retiring this year is estimated to need about $240,000 to cover medical expenses throughout retirement.
Myth No. 3: You'll need far less income in retirement to maintain the same standard of living.
Surveys of retirees have found that many spend as much or more in the early years of retirement than before they retired.
Because retirement spending habits vary so widely, many financial advisers frown on the traditional rule of thumb that you need 70 to 80 percent of your pre-retirement income to maintain your lifestyle. If you reach retirement and find that was a bad guesstimate, "you may quickly find yourself looking for work," says Tim Steffen, director of financial planning for Baird Private Wealth Management in Milwaukee.
Myth No. 4: You can claim Social Security early and still get full benefits later.
Applying for benefits as soon as eligibility begins at age 62 will entitle you to monthly checks immediately. But when you claim early, your benefits will be 25 percent less than if you had waited until your full retirement age and 75 percent to 80 percent less than if you'd been able hold off until 70.
"This myth is not only so wrong but also dangerous," says Jean Setzfand, AARP vice president for financial security. "When consumers claim their Social Security benefits, they lock in those benefits for life."
Myth No. 5: You should rely heavily on bonds rather than stocks as you get older.
That common advice made sense when retirements were shorter and inflation didn't have as much time to erode savings. Planning for a 30-year retirement, as you should do now, changes the thinking. So does the fact that the outlook for Treasury bonds isn't as bright, with the government loaded with debt and future inflation fears high.
To figure out what percentage of your investments should be kept in stocks, advisers now recommend keeping 110 or 120 minus your age in stocks, updating the old guideline of 100 minus your age. And consider high-dividend stocks that can replace some of the income that is often sought from bonds.
Myth No. 6: You'll be able to make up a savings shortfall by retiring later or working part-time in retirement.
Forty percent of retirees surveyed by consulting firm McKinsey & Co. said they were forced to stop working earlier than they had planned, citing health reasons, having to care for a spouse or family member, or a layoff.
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Help please on the identification of this beetle. The picture was taken in September on nettles on marsh land in Essex UK. I have looked in all my books but to no avail. help will be appreciated.
Try Anthocomus coccineus (rufus), Malachiidae.
This is a beetle in the Melyridae family, likely Anthocomus rufus.
This species lives in marshy areas on late-flowering sedges. Adults fly from August to October.
Thanks for sharing the photo!


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Very funny! I know you were joking around but remember that some of the people reading this forum really don't know what is a joke and what is serious.
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jander14indoor wrote:Don't know about source of smaller pipettes, but there are other options.
For applying very small amounts of superglue (I assume that's what you want it for). Two pins stuck through a stick. See: http://www.gryffinaero.com/models/ffpag ... yaapp.html
If you aren't using superglue, then something like this might work. http://www.gryffinaero.com/models/ffpag ... ement.html
Finally, you should be able to thin out a plastic pipette with careful application of heat and a little stretch. That's how they used to be made classically. Actually, used to be glass, but plastic will work too.
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Quote:Im doing a security course, and a lot of swat police and whatnot use people in my course for general testing. we we're given rubber knives with felt on the edge, and told to attack the (trained) police and try to "kill" them. they had to disarm us. we did it about 100 times. and out of that, every single officer got cut, and 60% of them we're cut fatally.Then we did something with replica glocks which shot paint, they would start 5 metres away, charge us and try to get the gun. (none of us have gun training) anyway, at close range like that, we hit the officer about 40% of the time. at over 8 metres we could not land a hit except by chance. Point being, for what we did, at close range, knives are far more dangerous than guns, and I would question any knife disarm techniques safety and effectiveness, as for guns, if someone points one at you who doesnt know what they are doing, theres a fair chance of being able to leg it if your over 8 metres. Interesting stuff to consider and weigh up
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I'm Dennis, aka Ibleedunionblue. Huge hockey fan and season ticket holder of the worst team in the NHL.
I post once a week in the 40x40 thread for accountability, otherwise I consider the internet a huge timesuck.
And I've ran 4 marathons, about 35 half marathons, but havent done as much as a 5K since I had a knee scope in 2009. I just run for enjoyment now and without the pressures of training for a race.
Philippians 4:13.
I'm Dennis, aka Ibleedunionblue. Huge hockey fan and season ticket holder of the worst team in the NHL.
Hey, it's December and they're still tied for first.
Hi! I'm Ginny, another refugee from RW, though I have been mostly a lurker there. I'm 56 and a newish runner. I started running in August of 2011, ran for seven months without problems, then developed a pelvic stress fracture four days before my first attempt at a HM in March. I've been attempting to start running again since August, but every time I do more than 7 minute intervals, I start hurting again and have to back off for a while. In my head, I am still a runner, but my body has other ideas. I do walk every day, but haven't done any big hikes since before my injury. I continue to read the forums, learning what I can about running, in the hope that one of these days I'll be able to go back to training again. I'll start a running journal/log here January 1. I'm hoping that by that time I'll be able to run more than 3 days a month.
Favorite running weather - spring or fall. The weather we've had the past couple of days was perfect: high 50s with sunshine. I did get on the trail yesterday, though it was only a 2 mile walk with my husband and the dog. I don't like hot humid weather or icy and snow, which is why I have a treadmill, since PA has both.
I'm another RW refugee, but mainly post in the women's forum. I'm another Alaskan although after more than 30 Fairbanks winters, I've become a snowbird. It was about 100 degrees warmer here today than Fairbanks. Alaska still wins on beauty though and I'm always anxious to head back in spring. I'm 61 and have run for many years, though I was a very casual and intermittent runner until 9 years ago when I became interested in longer distances. I've done many halfs and 10 fulls since then. I'm not fast, but I enjoy the race atmosphere and the journey.
My favoriter running weather is clear and cool with temps mid 40's to low 50's and low humidity.
Not exactly a refugee, as I have been over here for a couple of years. I manage the Big Sur User Group - http://www.runningahead.com/groups/BigSurMarathon/ It has been pretty quiet over the last couple of years as I have not really been pushing it because the Marathon itself pushes a Forum on Realbuzz and Facebook. I have run all 27, henceforth the handle GRZLDVT, it is also my license plate.
My favorite running weather is the 70's - 80's and sunny skies.
32 Big Surs working on number 33
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Hiya.I just spent the last half hour reading about everyone. It was fun.I have run most of my life. Back in the fall of 2004, I started training for a marathon in Tampa, FL. I found the Cool Running site and used it for the running log. Then I found the Boomers and Beyond forum and busted in there in early 2005 as "irunslowly". Tired of folks calling me "IRS" and confusing me for the tax man, I changed my name to Rose Colored Glasses or RCG. I enjoyed this handle at Cool Running and then at Kickrunners but for some reason had trouble being RCG here on Running Ahead. So I am Buehrle.I have run ~ 21 marathons. I have not counted all of the halves I have run. My husband, The Rocket Scientist, is trying to run a marathon in every state. He has 35 states so far but, has been having hip and back problems for the past few months. He got a shot of cortisone for his trochanter bursitis this past Friday. The doc is more concerned about the arthritis in his back. I sure hope he can get well and finish the last fifteen states.
Anyway. Welcome old and new. I am not known for anything special and I have a poor attendance record. I do like to pop in and catch up every once in a while. And. I have enjoyed meeting a lot of these fine athletes all over the USA and Canada.
Trails are hard!
Anyway. Welcome old and new. I am not known for anything special and I have a poor attendance record. I do like to pop in and catch up every once in a while. And. I have enjoyed meeting a lot of these fine athletes all over the USA and Canada.
Well, maybe irregular attendance here, but you couldn't ask for a more diligent cheerleader if you happen to be running by her during Boston. No, it wasn't for me--I was just watching in awe.
Need a fast half for late fall. Then I need to actually train for it.
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I guess I haven't done a formal intro here for the RW folks. I'm "rochrunner" since I run in Rochester, Michigan, at the far north of the Detroit metro area (yes, home of the hated Red Wings, Dennis!). My handle is often abbreviated "roch", but there are a couple of special people here who are allowed to call me "roachrunner" or "roach" (right, Mariposai?).
I'm also one of the seniors among seniors here, being 66 and retired. I ran casually off and on starting when I was about 30, but never ran more than 5 miles at a time until I was over 50 and then ramped up quickly to do a few marathons. Those are well in the past, but I continued to get more competitive in distances from 10Ks to half-marathons and set PRs in most of those in my late 50s. Since then I've started slowing down but can usually finish in the top third of my AG, which is good enough for me considering where I started.
In addition to running I'm also a fairly avid cyclist and have done a couple of duathlon events for fun. If I could swim without sinking to the bottom I'd like to try a triathlon as well.
I started my online posting like most of the others here at CoolRunning, then split my time between Kickrunners and RA after that folded, but found that most of the people I liked were over here and have stuck with it since then. In my CR days, I also went to the RW boards a few times and may have made a post or two, but that was quite a few years ago.
Anyway, it's quite a friendly and enjoyable group here and after posting a few times to test the waters I think you'll find that it's easy to fit in. And by the way, Spareribs acts as our Sergeant-at-Arms here and will collect fines for violating any of the forum rules (such as complaining too much about the weather, etc.).
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i am janie. i migrated from coolrunning. i hardly ever post anymore. not sure why, as i still run what i call regularly. i keep a running log at another site, but lately the log site keeps going down, so i've decided to start using my RA log again (beginning in 2013)... i happened to log in today to make sure i still knew my password and HOLY BATMAN, HELLO LOTS OF NEW PEOPLE!
i run about 18 mpw... don't like going long... never race... love martinis... and rarely, if ever, worry about my pace (if i can't breathe, i slow down... MORE).
i'm not picky about the weather. i will run in almost any weather/temps (25* to 90*). i live in the midwest and welcome the change of seasons!
WELCOME to all of you!
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Hi, I'm Hemerocallus (aka Heme)! I haven't posted here in quite some time, but still lurk a bit once and a while. A former CR lurker and current KR poster (can I say that here?), I admit I have difficulty keeping up with all the goings-on here on RA.
I'm 56, female, been running for the last 8 or so years and live outside of Toronto. Also an avid gardener....hence my on-line handle (miss-spelled Latin for daylily).
While currently on the DL for plantar fasciitis, trail running is what's keeping me going these last few years. Have never run an official marathon, but completed my first 50K at Haliburton Forest back in September. Am not sure if I will try to train for another one or just stick to the 25Ks from here in.
Berthaslayer, the Vulture Bait 25K was on my must do list for this year, as I really wanted one of those shirts, and I managed a distance PR on the course. Maybe if the heel heals up soon, I might go back for the 50 this next season.
.....Nancy The road to hell is paved....... run trails!
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I can't believe this thread is this long and so many RW folks. Welcome.
I'm shadow runner. Came here when CoolRunning fell apart like others here. I never joined RW but have searched or lurked multiple forums at times. Though I do like RW's what to wear...or at least I used to before they broke it. {It was a good tool though it seem to overpromote tech shirts on warm/sunny days. } I also use Athlinks to track my races but do most of my logging and comments here on RA.
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Power Move in Support of Lowering Power Plant Emissions
Power plants are the largest concentrated source of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the U.S., accounting for about one-third of all domestic GHG emissions. Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued new proposals for carbon pollution standards for new power plants. Twenty-two major companies signed a letter in support of the proposed standards. The companies include Unilever, Levi Strauss, Symantec and Patagonia. All of the 22 companies that signed the letters have signed the Ceres Climate Declaration, which calls for a coordinated effort to tackle climate change. In fact, the 22 companies are the largest companies among the over 600 that signed the Declaration.
Other companies signing the letter include: Acer Inc., Akamai Technologies Inc., Annie's Homegrown, Aspen Skiing Company, Ben & Jerry's, Dignity Health, Eastern Bank, K2 Sports, L'Oréal, Method, New Belgium Brewing, Portland Trail Blazers, Saunders Hotel Group, Seventh Generation, Stonyfield Farm, The North Face, Timberland, and United Natural Foods Inc.
In the letter the companies express their strong support for the new standards and urge the EPA to "finalize the rule soon." The letter also urges the EPA to proceed with a program to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants as a critical next step in reducing the impacts of climate change and catalyzing the burgeoning clean energy economy. The companies support the proposed rules, according to the letter, because investing in cleaner technologies will "create jobs and economic benefits."
The letter mentions a recent Ceres report with the World Wildlife Fund and Calvert Investments which revealed that almost 60 percent of the Fortune 100 and almost two-thirds of the Global 100 have set greenhouse gas emissions reduction commitments, renewable energy commitments or both.
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Most Blatant Ghostwriting Job of the Year
Noted social media evangelist MC Hammer "wrote" an op-ed for Adweek today called "It's Twitter Time." In this op-ed he "wrote," Hammer included this paragraph, which "he" "wrote":
According to Guy Slattery, senior vp of marketing for A&E, who I talked to for this column, the watercooler has been virtually replaced by social media. "Word of mouth all starts online these days, and for a new television series to succeed, it needs to become part of that conversation," he told me. "For Hammertime, we had the Hammer pants, the Hammer dance and MC Hammer the Twitter feed. We knew that if our campaign was done right, people would be buzzing about the show before it even hit the air."