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|July 30, 2012, 06:47 AM
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New to reloading? See this thread. (Warning: Lots of pictures pending)
After being a firearm owner for 4 years, I've finally reached a point where I shoot enough to justify the start up cost of reloading.
Getting started can be a very scary thing, especially when looking at the prices of the necessary equipment and accessories. But after a few simple calculations and answering a few questions to yourself, it really isn't that bad.
I'll be updating this thread as I go through every single step, so those of you who want to get started have an idea of what you're getting yourself into. By every single step I mean from setting up the bench, the press and relevant accessories, to loading my very first cartridge.
Those of you that already have a reloading setup, feel free to share your experience as well.
Happy reading/viewing
|July 30, 2012, 06:51 AM
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The Bench (Part 1 of 2)
Here's the setup for the Bench:
-Frame is made of:
-Table top will be Pine/Particle Board/Pine Sandwich
-Stain/Polyurethane (3 coats)
-Held together by screws
Coating of the 2x4s:
The completed frame in its rough form:
Completed bench will follow soon.
|July 30, 2012, 09:46 AM
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Looking good so far. I've built a couple of work benches using a similar construction. Every time I move residence (which has been a loooot) I end up leaving them for the new owners
If I may be so bold as to offer a piece of advice, you might want to add a couple of cross braces...say one at the back angled say from top left to bottm right, and a similar type brace on the sides. Even glued and screwed, this type of constuction can work loose and become unstable.
Anyway, good luck and I'll be following your progress.
|July 30, 2012, 10:35 AM
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Thats what I was going to suggest.
Some gussets will add a lot of strength to base.
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|July 30, 2012, 11:54 AM
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For a bit of added strength, attach the bench to a wall. I was very cost conscious when I started reloading (I was broke!) so I started very simply, much like this; http://www.beartoothbullets.com/tech...h_notes.htm/51
This got me started without breaking me even more and developed a good basic understanding of the process. I soon up-graded, but this is still a good start. Of course the prices have changed but the idea is still the same...
My Anchor is holding fast!
I've learned how to stand on my own two knees...
|July 30, 2012, 02:26 PM
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Looks just like mine, except for a full width drawer, and a shelf on the lower support beams.
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|July 30, 2012, 07:15 PM
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Combination of 2x6/8/10's across the bottom stringers will let you store REALLY heavy boxes of bullets, etc and lend stability to the entire bench. One screw at each end of each of these 2x's will hold them in place.
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|July 30, 2012, 07:50 PM
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I went the opposite direction
In 1975 I did not have enough room for a dedicated reloading area, so used a 2x6 wedged into the drawer of an end table in the living room to mount my press on.
I still use the same 2x6, though a different press mounted on a folding portable workbench. It takes about 5 minutes to set up.
Everything (but my tumbler and the components) to load 7 calibers fits into 3 toolboxes and I can even go over to my friend's house to load. I can load up the car with only three trips.
The top two pictures are of the boxes. Left is how I store them and on the right arranged so you can see them.
The next three are 1) the press, mounting board and small box for small tools and accessories, 2) the dies and 3) accessories (scale, powder measures, primer dispensers, etc)
The bottom two pictures are of the mounted press.
Everyone has their preferred way of doing things. I was talking to a fellow yesterday who has completely dedicated loading area. All he has to do is walk in, flip the light switch on and everything is exactly the way he left it, ready to start cranking out cartridges.
Hank15, thanks for sharing and for giving me the opportunity to do the same. Your plan is an excellent one and it is very generous of you to document it.
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|July 31, 2012, 08:36 AM
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Lost Sheep - I've done a similar thing with my press and powder measure bolted to a board that can be clamped to a table/work bench and quickly moved when I need the table area for cleaning my guns or whatever.
Although I pretty much have a "dedicated" corner in the basement, it's still not a lot of space so it's nice to have some flexibility.
|July 31, 2012, 09:18 AM
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this last time i moved, the house had an "L" shaped utility/pantry/laundry room 8'X24'X12' , there were two heavy duty benches, the former owner used the bigger and heavier one for reloading, it would take a tank to destroy it he must have had similar equipment, as my RCBS Rock Chucker fit one set of holes perfectly.
Hank15, good start on your bench, as others have said, you need to beef it up a bit, mine is 10' long,30'' deep, has 2X8's for the top covered, glued and screwed with 1/4" Masonite the bottom has 3/4" plywood where i store my brass in plastic stackable containers that hold about 500 cases of 5.56mm and well over 4,000, 55 Gr. bullets, i too suggest you anchor it to a wall, also beef up the top, it appears from the pic that the top is 1/2'' particle board, that is not strong enough, i would suggest you remove it, put 2X6/8's for your top then put the particle board on top of that, screwed & glued.
i'll follow your progress and offer suggestions.., if you don't mind. i have been reloading for nearly 60 years and still have 10 fingers, two eyes, never had a mishap, i.e. "primer detonations".
enjoy the wonderful hobby of reloading.
|August 1, 2012, 02:02 AM
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Listen to powderkeg.
|August 1, 2012, 06:08 AM
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Here`s a bench I cobbled together from some recovered 3/4" plywood.
24"x86" I store some cast bullets on it to give it stability , the other bench is similar but a shelf under neath holds the ballast.
|August 1, 2012, 08:29 AM
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good looking set up you have there GP100man, what is that blue top on the bench in the first photo ?
in the second photo, is that a pistol sticking out of the green can on the top shelf ?
|August 2, 2012, 12:57 AM
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Thank you for the feedback guys!
I will be sure to address each of your posts. But for now, see below:
Completed bench, short of a few coats of stain and poly:
Gusset as suggested:
3/4" Maple + 5/8" Particle + 3/4" Maple sandwich:
Screw holes covered with wood putty, then sanded, blended, and stained (first coat only):
|August 2, 2012, 01:19 AM
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when I first started reload (this year) I was broke, still am! ok not that broke, I reload at my kitchen table (solid maple) with my press and powder thrower mounted to a pine sandwich, which attaches with this handy clamp!
|August 3, 2012, 09:13 PM
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good looking set up you have there GP100man, what is that blue top on the bench in the first photo ?
in the second photo, is that a pistol sticking out of the green can on the top shelf ?
The blue top is 3/4" plywood that was used for doors (recovered/recycled)
It sure is a gun , a hot glue gun .
|January 21, 2013, 03:47 AM
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Hi All,
I've been very busy post graduation, but I finally have some time to contribute to the forum.
I took your suggestions and beefed up the bench.
I've loaded about 5000 rounds so far on my 550, on this setup:
Sorry for the poor lighting, will take a better picture during the day.
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Notes: Rockies finalize bullpen
Martin placed on DL; Ramirez and Corpas both make club
By Owen Perkins / Special to MLB.com
Martin was placed on the disabled list Thursday, a day after watching his spring ERA climb to 15.19 during an outing of two-thirds of an inning that featured back-to-back home runs by the Cubs' Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez.
Following Wednesday's performance, Martin emphasized questions about his mechanics, rather than his health. He had dropped down from his three-quarter delivery to alleviate some tension in his shoulder, but difficulty finding his release point prompted him to consider returning to three-quarter.
"I'll sit down with [pitching coach Bob Apodaca] and look at some tapes and try to come up with a game plan," Martin said Wednesday. "I absolutely have to do something different from what I'm doing now. It's terrible."
The Rockies have identified a strained left groin as the source of Martin's struggles, and the southpaw will start the season on the DL.
"We've never seen Tommy like that," manager Clint Hurdle said Thursday, trying to explain whether the groin strain was related to his mechanical issues. "I don't know if one affected the other. I'm just going to stay out of that area."
The 36-year-old southpaw was 2-0 with a 5.07 ERA in 68 appearances for the Rockies in 2006, throwing a career-high 60 1/3 innings. His dependability led to a commitment from the club in the form a of a one-year contract agreement in December, but his erratic spring meant losing his mainstay standing.
"We're taking the best available seven, as far as I'm concerned," Hurdle said of his bullpen's makeup. "They all have pitches to get out both [left-handed and right-handed] hitters."
In addition to second-year pitchers Corpas and Ramirez, the 'pen will feature two-time All-Star Brian Fuentes returning as closer, veteran acquisition LaTroy Hawkins as the primary setup man, left-handed specialist Jeremy Affeldt and long men Taylor Buchholz and Byung-Hyun Kim, both candidates for the starting rotation when camp opened.
The 25-year-old Buchholz came to Colorado as part of the Jason Jennings trade, and he went 6-10 with a 5.89 ERA in 19 starts for the Astros last season. His final spring outing was shaky, going 2 2/3 innings Thursday and yielding four runs on six hits while striking out five, leaving him with a spring ERA of 7.36.
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"We have to get him over that break period where there's good and there's bad," Hurdle said. "You saw a really sharp breaking ball, especially to left-handers. Little challenge getting the breaking ball to his glove-hand side to the right-handers. He had some good sequences and then some sequences where he made mistakes. We just have to keep working with him."
Kim was a member of Colorado's rotation for most of 2005 and all but a month of 2006, when he was 8-12 with a 5.57 ERA while pitching a career-best 155 innings. He made his mark as a closer early in his career, winning World Series rings with the Diamondbacks and Red Sox and earning an All-Star berth in 2002. His initial dissatisfaction with moving to a middle-relief role has led to trade rumors, but Hurdle is determined to keep Kim in his plans.
"He's on our club," said Hurdle. "His challenge is to embrace [his role] and run with it and know that this is a part where he can help his club."
On tap: A half dozen pitchers stood in the empty ballpark outside the clubhouse at Hi Corbett Field, each speaking into their cell phones to pass on the latest news. Though the team was preparing to head north to Colorado later in the day, these pitchers had just learned they were to stay in Tucson.
The news was not as bad as it might have sounded. They'd all made the club, but despite closing their big-league camp Thursday, the Rockies figured the best chance these pitchers had of getting their work in Friday was to stay in the Arizona sunshine one more day.
The Rockies are scheduled to play an exhibition game with the Triple-A Sky Sox in Colorado Springs at 2:05 pm MT on Friday, but with over six inches of snow already fallen by Thursday morning and continued cold and wet weather in the forecast, the outlook for getting the game off was growing iffy.
The club decided to leave all of Friday's scheduled pitchers in Tucson, where they can be guaranteed of getting a "camp" game in at the Minor League complex. Scheduled starters Rodrigo Lopez and Brian Lawrence, along with scheduled relievers Corpas, Ramirez, Fuentes, Affeldt and Hawkins, all will pitch on the back fields at Hi Corbett Field at 11 a.m. Catcher Yorvit Torrealba also will stay in Tucson and catch the game, his first game action since spraining his ankle Monday.
"All the pitching we wanted to get done tomorrow will get done tomorrow," Hurdle said. "We'll anticipate going to Colorado Springs and playing the game there and using adjusted pitching that's available. We have a lot of options there."
The Rockies started most of their Opening Day lineup in their Cactus League finale on Thursday. It's unlikely that all of them will start back-to-back days, but Hurdle promised a representative group would be in Colorado Springs for the game.
Francis on fire: Jeff Francis had an outstanding final Spring Training outing Thursday, holding the White Sox hitless through 4 2/3 before yielding an infield single. He shut out Chicago through his five innings, lowering his spring ERA to 4.23.
"I was moving my fastball to both sides of the plate fairly well," Francis said. "I was changing speeds a bit with the two-seamer and the changeup. My curveball is always kind of a progress thing. I threw some good ones, but there's always work to be done."
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Dove Creek's baseball team cruised to a 5-0 lead Thursday over the Farmington junior varsity.
However, mental errors, physical errors and bad base running allowed the hometown Scorpions to come back.
In the end, the Bulldogs lost 6-5 in the first game of the Piedra Vista High School tournament at New Mexico.
"It just seemed like we stopped playing. I don't know if they thought they had it won up 5-0 top of the fourth," said 51st year Dove Creek coach Ken Soper. "We just quit hitting and start making errors. Of those six runs, only three were earned because of those errors."
Farmington got on the board in the bottom of the fourth with two unearned runs. The Bulldogs (3-2) left eight men on base in the game.
"When it became 5-2, I got worried because I thought they were on their way back. Those errors really cost us," Soper said. "I thought we were a better team. They (Farmington) played really sound, but I thought we were better. We felt we should have won it. That's what I called a 'Bad loss.'"
Dove Creek did bat .313 for the game off of 10 hits. Senior first baseman Klancey Krafka blasted a three-run home run in the first inning to start the Bulldogs scoring. Tyler Ebberts hit 3-of-4 with an RBI. Jordan Ernst went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Dove Creek plays again today in Farmington to conclude the PVHS tourney.


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Discussion in 'Pro Match Results and Discussion' started by Tammo, Feb 6, 2013.
Who will win?
Rafa, of course.
I was surprised to see that Monaco got bounced out in straight sets in the second round (I assume he had a bye in the first).
Tsk tsk, Monaco.
Monaco has wrist problems, he had to be infiltrated to play davis cup, and ruffin is a really good player, he will be top 40 I think this year or more.
Bub looking good.. will win the Golden Slam
I'm looking forward to this, it's been far too long since we last saw Nadal.
I'm also interested in seeing how well he adapts to the rule changes regarding time between points. I suspect it won't be as big a deal as we might think, but it'll be interesting nonetheless.
I think "some bub" has a chance. From what I saw of Nadal yesterday he was less than impressive.
Nadal in 0 (guy is too afraid). That's how most of his opponents react anyway.
Just ask Fed. 8)
damned... you got me: i thought that he was really back and was playing against the nadal. :?
now we're talking about non-fake injury:
coming back to viña del mar... delbonis ?
i saw him playing tipsarevic in madrid last year... this young lefty argentine didn't look bad. might not the easiest opponent for the nadal in a 1st match...
hopefully peak delbo will show up and tear the nadal into pieces as peak delpo would.
Sergei is NO easy win for Nadal. He is very talented and has a promising career. He is SON OF Sergey Bubka who is the GREATEST pole vaulting in history of pole vaulting. He is the GOAT of pole vaulting.
So this guy has some good genes. Also I saw him play on hard courts. He plays a lot like Marat Safin. Very powerful and precision game. Not sure how he will do on clay courts though.
And do you guys know if this Match will be LIVE streamed anywhere ?
I'll be watching from here at work if I can find a stream, when does this start?
Edit: yes, there are streams on livescorehunter
What time does it start, eastern or pacific time ? and I like this guy Sergei. Its gotta be tough to live up to his father's expectations. His father is the GOAT of his sport and National HERO in Russia.
Can you post one here?
Everyone lets remember this brilliant prediction and tell her about it every single time she makes another one.
You must be psyched man
It's great to see Rafa on court again.
Well he just walked onto the court. No sign of a limp.
left knee has a support
You have no idea man, it's about freaking time!
Would you still be psyched if Rafa loses to this Talented player with GOAT of pole vaulting as his father.
Great stream here:
I hope that Nadal destroys this kid 0 and 0, its good to see him back playing.
Tennis channel has only one announcer for this.
Stadium looks 100% full. People are still coming in to sit.
Be quiet Fedace.
I'm so excited to finally see him play again!!
He might a lose a single game at the start of the match due to some early jitters but yeah 6-1 6-0 sounds about right.
Nadal isn't in body cast, seems to have full functionality of all his limbs, etc. so obviously injury was fake.
The mental part was real.
I was being sarcastic.
LOL @ depth of Nadal shots!
uh oh Nadal down 0-1
I knew Nadal will lose the 1st game. Ok 6-1 6-0 it is.
It's too bad Nadal just wasted 6 months of his prime and 2 Slam opportunities. These months don't ever come back. The window is small for physical players like Nadal to really accumulate the titles, especially with the intense level of growing competition. After beating Djokovic 3 times on clay, even with the Wimbledon loss, he should've been there at the USO and AO to try to crack Djokovic even more. Instead he had a 6 month holiday while Djokovic won a Masters, a WTF and a Slam and is now even more confident and playing better than before. On top of that, Murray's just made massive inroads on the top players, having won the Gold and the USO.
Nadal should've been there trying to stop both of these guys from gaining confidence and improving their games.
Now he has to not only work double hard to improve his own form but work even harder than that to try to gain any kind of edge on the younger guys who've elevated their games during his absence.
boner up a break
Come on Rafa.
Delbonis plays well
i wonder if rafa will retire if he loses this match
LOL Nadal GOATING!
Not looking good.
Nadal's just getting use to conditions. He'll wipe this scrub out easily.
Rafa esta muy inoxidable no?
He needs to use some pole vault to jump around. That would really help
Bad luck pal.
Great start from the Bub.
i don't know how psyched rafa is to defend points next year here
:lol: A moonballing exhibition. Crap tennis!
Ok early match jitters and nerves are done. Nadal in 6-2 6-0.
Wait, I thought this way supposed to be way better than entire AO.
I love Nadal's forehand in this match. I get the feeling he'll really make Delbonis pant today.
He looks a bit heavy footed out there today, but I'm sure he'll look a lot better as the match progresses.
I'm actually rooting for the guy today
Delbonis serving at 2-1 double faults twice...Nadal thrilled
Thanks for the stream!
Nadal with break point. It's all over for Delbonis.
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This one goes to 11!
I meant to do this after every 10 apps reviewed, but we just reviewed our eleventh, oh well!
Here are the
10 11 apps we've most recently reviewed, ranked in order of their rating, with highlights for each… enjoy!
1. Interactive Alphabet, Picky Kid rating: 4.7
This remains one of our favorite apps. It has great design, fun interactivity and teaches kids the alphabet in a highly engaging and explorable game. We don't have much to complain about! Best for picky kids ages 2-4.
2. Nighty Night!, Picky Kid rating: 4.4
We love the illustration style, the simple play (essentially all you do is turn out lights to put animals to bed) and the soothing voiceover. The drawback is there's not a lot to learn. Best for picky kids ages 2-3.
3. Fish School, Picky Kid rating: 4.0
Fish School is great for teaching toddlers the alphabet, numbers and shapes, and has several other activities, all illustrated with cute fish! Parents will appreciate the relatively mellow background music and the intuitive play. Best for picky kids ages 2-3.
4. Nursery Rhymes with StoryTime, Picky Kid rating: 3.9
This app scores high marks from us for design, sound and overall user experience. Parents will likely get more out of the sophisticated game physics than their kids, and this app has limited scope, but in general we like it. Best for picky kids ages 3-4.
5. (tie) A Present for Milo, Picky Kid rating: 3.6
The good: This book app has a fun story with really great illustrations and tons of interactivity. The bad: There are some VERY frustrating user experience issues — kids have trouble consistently turning the pages forward. The ugly: none, it's really great looking! Best for picky kids ages 3-5.
5. (tie) Spot the Dot, Picky Kid rating: 3.6
How strange that the two apps we reviewed by Ruckus score the same! Spot the Dot is a simple game where kids follow instructions to find dots. It teaches colors and fine motor skills, good for touchscreen beginners. Best for picky kids ages 2-3.
7. Once Upon A Potty, Picky Kid rating: 3.1
Once Upon A Potty is a book converted to an app that's probably better in its original paper form. The story is cute, and the subject matter (potty training) is top-of-mind for many parents, but the interactivity is not as rich or well-executed as it could be. Best for picky kids ages 2-4.
8. Bo's Bedtime Story, Picky Kid rating: 2.9
In this game, we help Bo the giraffe get ready for bed. There are some good concepts in the scenes (sorting, color matching and counting) and we LOVE the voiceover. This app would score better if it were more educational and had less technical glitches. Best for picky kids ages 2-4.
9. INKids Flashcards, Picky Kid Rating: 2.7
This game is a vocabulary-builder with tons of options. It includes vocabulary flashcards, a spelling game and word-match game. The games cover too wide an age-range to make it a favorite at home. Best for kids under 2 or 4+.
10. Toddler Counting, Picky Kid Rating: 2.4
This is a simple game where kids touch objects on screen to count them. It scores well for education, but poorly for design, sound and content. Check out the free version before committing, because you may end up deleting this one. Best for not-so-picky kids ages 2 or younger.
11. Baby Play Face, Picky Kid Rating: 1.7
Kids can touch the baby's face to hear the different parts labeled. We don't recommend this app. There are too many distractions, like in-app purchases, and you will likely be annoyed by the voiceover if your kid plays it much. On the plus side, it's free. Best for not-so-picky kids ages 2 and under.


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Holland's tremendous saves run ends at 31
KANSAS CITY -- Greg Holland's streak of 31 consecutive saves wasn't the only run that ended in the Royals' 7-6 win over the Mariners in 13 innings on Thursday. He also lost a string of 17 straight scoreless one-inning appearances.
The Royals closer entered the game in the ninth inning with a one-run lead. He retired the first two batters, but gave up a game-tying home run to pinch-hitter Raul Ibanez. Holland's saves streak, which was the second longest in franchise history, was halted. Joakim Soria holds the record with 36 straight saves.
"I just wanted to win," Holland said. "It's one of those things where you try to go out there and execute pitches, and I didn't execute one pitch and the game is tied."
It was the first time since May 6 against the Chicago White Sox that Holland hadn't converted a save. Since May 30, he's allowed just four earned runs in 40 innings for a 0.90 ERA with 61 strikeouts. Ibanez's homer was the first run scored against him since July 27.
"Ibanez is about a good a guy coming off the bench as you're going to find in baseball," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "He just kind of sat on a slider, got one and hit it out."
Entering Friday night's series opener against the Tigers, Holland's 38 saves ranked seventh on the Royals' single-season list and just one behind Jeff Montgomery's 39 in 1992. Holland is just the fourth Royals reliever to record 40 or more saves in a season -- joining Montgomery, Soria and Dan Quisenberry.
Salvy gets early rest in lopsided loss to Tigers
KANSAS CITY -- Royals catcher Salvador Perez left a game early again on Friday night but it had nothing to do with any concussion-like symptoms. He was just getting an early break from the 16-2 beating dealt out by the Tigers.
"Everything is good," Perez said after the loss. "Everything is fine. I'll go tomorrow again."
Perez played four innings and went 0-for-2 at the plate. With the Tigers ahead, 10-1, he was replaced behind the plate by George Kottaras.
"I took everybody out after four or five innings and everybody's fine," manager Ned Yost said. "He's fine, it was just one of those games where you get the guys that have been playing every day off their feet."
Perez left Thursday's 7-6 win over the Mariners in the fifth of 13 innings because of mild dizziness after taking the latest foul ball off the chin of his face mask. He had missed a week in August because of a concussion.
"When they did all of the impact tests that they do after that, he had score of 84 out of 85 so there was not that much concern yesterday," Yost said before Friday night's game. "He came back in and was absolutely perfect. We got him in the weight room, did some cardio to get his heart rate up and there was no change so he's a full-go."
Yost also indicated that Perez again would try the helmeted hockey-style mask to alleviate the risk of foul balls, but the catcher decided to stick with his usual mask.
"I've tried it before," Perez said. "I just don't feel comfortable. I feel fine with my old one. You can't do anything about getting hit by foul tips. It's going to happen to everybody."
Because of his big size, Perez also tends to crouch a bit farther back from home plate than normal and Yost is encouraging him to move closer to the batter.
"We're going to try to scoot him up under the hitters a little bit closer to see if maybe he can dodge some foul balls that way and just see what it happens," Yost said.
Often in a playoff chase, players will disregard injuries to stay in the lineup, but Yost said that would never happen with him in the case of a head or concussion-type injury.
"If he came in today with any symptoms then, boom, no he wasn't going to play. But he was totally symptom-free. It's totally black-and-white for me," Yost said.
Major League Baseball has taken a firm stance on such injuries, requiring concussion tests. Second baseman Chris Getz has passed those tests and was awaiting MLB clearance to resume playing.
Getz left Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Mariners after two innings because of mild dizziness and hasn't played since. He also has a history of concussions, missing the last three weeks of the 2010 season.
Center fielder Lorenzo Cain, who'd been out with an oblique pull, is able to hit now and got two at-bats after going into right field in the sixth inning on Friday night. He went hitless, but got in some game-action swings for the first time in nearly a month.
Royals aren't big on free passes for Miggy
KANSAS CITY -- Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera has been battling leg injuries and an abdominal strain, but he was in starting lineup on Friday night at Kauffman Stadium.
Don't look for the Royals to intentionally walk the dangerous right-handed slugger very often, though.
"You just balance it. You've got to be brave," manager Ned Yost said. "My philosophy is this and it's really simple. Because, I learned this when Barry Bonds was going through his heyday and was getting 200 walks a year. Every time I walked Barry Bonds, he'd come around and score anyway.
"So when you're hitting .350 like Miguel Cabrera is, he's going going to make 6 1/2 outs out of every 10. So is he going to hit a home run? Yeah, but what's the difference of me walking him and he scores anyway or he hits a home run? That's kind of my mindset. If he's making 6 1/2 outs out of every 10 and still hitting .350, the best hitter in baseball, you play the odds every once in a while.
"You pick your spots, you pick your matchups. With Prince Fielder and Victor Martinez behind him, you're just asking for trouble. Yeah, it's tough. They're tough decisions, but sometimes you've got to go mano-a-mano."
For the record, in 13 games this year preceding Friday night's series opener, the Royals had walked Cabrera eight times in 56 plate appearances but intentionally just twice. On each occasion, the Royals retired Fielder for the third out of the inning.
Cabrera took a .304 average with four homers and 11 RBIs in 13 games this season against the Royals into the series opener.
Storm Chasers sweep, will play for PCL title
KANSAS CITY -- Triple-A Omaha defeated Oklahoma City, 7-6, to complete a three-game sweep of the best-of-five series in the Pacific Coast League semifinals on Friday night.
Trailing by two runs in the eighth inning, Gorkys Hernandez hit a three-run homer and Maikel Cleto secured the victory with two scoreless innings of relief.
The Storm Chasers, who advance to their third straight PCL championship series starting on Tuesday, will face the winner of Las Vegas-Salt Lake series.
Crown points
• Double-A Northwest Arkansas manager Brian Poldberg has joined the Royals' coaching staff for the rest of the season. Tony Tijerina will leave on Saturday to resume his Minor League field coordinator duties. Bench coach Chino Cadahia remains on leave because of a family matter.
• Billy Butler's 5-for-5 performance in Thursday's victory was the third five-hit game of his career and his second this season. Only two other Royals had more than one five-hit game in a season -- Al Cowens in 1977 and Joe Randa in '99.
• The 13-inning, 4-hour, 17-minute game on Thursday was the Royals' longest this season by innings and time.
• The eight pitchers used by the Royals in Wednesday night's 6-4 loss to Seattle set a franchise record for most used in a nine-inning game.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. Kathleen Gier 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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Our Jambalaya, a traditional Creole rice dish, features smoked sausage, chicken, and vegetables cooked in a zesty, tomato-enhanced chicken broth. Serve a salad alongside dressed with a simple vinaigrette.
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Level: Moderate
- 8 oz. kielbasa (smoked Polish sausage) or hot smoked sausage links
- 3 tsp. vegetable oil
- 2 lb. skinless, boneless chicken thighs
- 6 clove garlic
- 3 large celery stalks
- 2 medium green and/or yellow peppers
- 2 medium onions
- 3 c. white rice
- 1 tsp. paprika
- ¾ tsp. dried oregano
- ½ tsp. dried thyme
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1¾ c. chicken broth
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 1 c. water
- ½ tsp. Hot pepper sauce
- In deep 12-inch skillet with oven-safe handle and lid (or with handle and lid handle wrapped in double thickness of foil for baking in oven later), cook kielbasa over medium-high heat 2 to 3 minutes or until browned, stirring occasionally. With slotted spoon, transfer kielbasa to medium bowl.
- Add 2 teaspoons oil to drippings in skillet, then add chicken, in 3 batches, and cook 5 minutes per batch or until browned, turning over once. Transfer chicken to bowl with kielbasa. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Reduce heat to medium. Add remaining 1 teaspoon oil to skillet. Stir in garlic, celery, peppers, and onions; cover and cook 12 to 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally. Add rice, paprika, oregano, thyme, and salt, and cook 1 minute, stirring.
- Return chicken with its juices and kielbasa to skillet. Add broth, tomatoes with their juice, water, and hot pepper sauce; heat to boiling over high heat.
- Place skillet in oven and bake jambalaya, uncovered, 15 minutes. Remove skillet from oven and stir mixture. Cover and bake 10 minutes longer or until rice is tender. Remove skillet from oven; let stand, covered, 10 minutes. Spoon jambalaya onto dinner plates or spoon desired amount into freezer-safe containers.
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Vol State at Livingston is a degree-granting center, offering more than 20 associate of science (AS) degree programs that can be completed on the Livingston Campus. We also offer classes that will apply to many different majors and programs, including general education classes in communications, humanities and fine arts, mathematics, natural sciences, social and behavioral sciences and general electives.
We offer Associate of Applied Science degrees many of them being in Health Sciences. Some programs may involve students starting with general education classes in Livingston, and then moving to program specific courses on the main campus in Gallatin. The number of classes a student may have to take in Gallatin depends on the particular program.
If flexibility is important to you, we offer a number of ways you can take classes. Traditional classroom courses are offered during the day and in the evening. We have a wide variety of online courses. We also offer hybrid courses that combine online work with a few on campus classroom sessions.
Vol State at Livingston offers a range of student support, including the Learning Commons, which offers basic skill testing and developmental help in English and math. Academic advisement in course selection, placement testing, counseling and sale of textbooks are also available.
College personnel are available Monday through Thursday until 9:00 p.m. (while classes are in session) and until 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
- Admissions
Staff is available Monday through Thursday from 8:00 am-6:00 pm and Fridays, 8:00-5:00 pm to assist with submission of applications for admission or readmission, receiving of additional paperwork such as immunization records, transcripts and identification documents. The Admissions office is located at the front desk area of the Oakley Administration Building. Phone 931-823-7065 Fax 931-462-5228
- Advising
Normal operating hours for Advising are Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm through the Office of Student Services in the Oakley Administration Building, room 204. Students may visit or phone 931-823-5238 for appointments. Advisement is also provided by faculty advisors during their scheduled office hours. An evening advisor is available by appointment, Monday through Thursday from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Students requiring evening advising should call the Student Services Specialist at 931-823-5238 to make an appointment.
- Bookstore
The bookstore is open for the first two weeks of each semester in room 110A during the hours of 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. Books for courses offered at Livingston are stocked in the bookstore. Students may order online and have the books delivered to the Livingston campus for pickup.. You may reach the bookstore by calling 615-230-3783 or through the web.
- Business Office
The normal operating hours are Monday-Friday 8:00 am-4:30 pm with assistance provided after 4:30 pm by the Student Services Specialist, room 139. Students will be directed to the portal to make online payments. Additional information concerning the Business Office may be found here.
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A representative from Career Services and Community Engagement is available to assist students with career placement advice, interviewing skills, etc. A representative from this office schedules a time to visit with classes with individual faculty members. Students may also refer to the Office of Career Services and Community Engagement for additional information concerning employment opportunities.
- Disability Services
The Student Services Coordinator, room 204, assists with providing accommodations for students. The Office of Disabilities Services staff work closely with Student Services staff at Livingston to provide testing accommodations and other required services. Livingston students may complete the intake/registration process through the web. Further, the staff in the Office of Disability Services mentors and instructs those students receiving accommodations toward self-advocacy.
- Financial Aid
Assistance with Financial Aid is provided by the Student Services Coordinator or Student Services Specialist. The Student Services Coordinator is available to assist Monday through Friday - 8:00 am - 4:30 pm in Oakley Administration Building, Room 204. Phone - (931) 462-5217 Fax Number - (931) 462-5228. Assistance for evening students is available from the Student Services Specialist, Oakley Administration Building, room 139 until 6:00 pm.
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The library is located in room 103 and the hours of operation are provided below. Books and materials housed at the main campus are available to be checked out at Livingston and will be delivered through the courier twice a week.
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Officers are available during campus operating hours. If you have an emergency, please call extension 5216 from an on-campus telephone, or (931) 462-5216. Emergency call boxes are located in the parking lots.
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Students have access to the College Success Zone through the student portal which allows the student to "raise their hand" to request assistance for a myriad of issues – academic, career, and/or personal. The College Success Zone also includes a services catalog which details and provides contact information for each of the services (academic and student support) provided for the students by the College.
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Student IDs are required of all Volunteer State Community College students and are made in the Office of Student Services, room 204, Monday through Friday from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm -5:00 pm. Times may vary between semesters and on college holidays. Limited Saturday dates are available near the beginning of each semester. Individuals may call 931-462-5217 to schedule a time outside of regular business hours. Validation stickers and parking decals can be obtained at the same times. Temporary tags can be obtained with Campus Police, Oakley Administration Building, room E202. Information concerning student organizations and activities can be obtained from the Student Services Coordinator Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm in room 204 or through telephone, 931-823-5238.
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The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks (MDWFP) Commission elected to continue their involvement in the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies' state grants program at their recent meeting. Contributions to the program support habitat conservation for waterfowl in Canada.
MDWFP will contribute $100,000 through Ducks Unlimited to conserve waterfowl breeding ground habitat in Saskatchewan. This contribution will be combined with other state contributions and matched dollar for dollar by DU Inc., DU Canada and North American Wetlands Conservation Act funds, resulting in a minimum $400,000 conservation impact.
"Waterfowl and wetlands are a continental resource," said Ed Penny, MDWFP director of conservation programs. "Mississippi hunters recognize that the ducks hovering over their decoys in the fall originate a long way from here. As such, the commission makes investments on behalf of hunters to help the resource. Revenue from state duck stamps and hunting licenses supports habitat conservation on public lands here at home and on the breeding grounds of the U.S. and Canadian prairies."
Breeding-ground habitat work is critical for the health of continental waterfowl populations, and Mississippi waterfowl hunters understand that. As such, the more than 8,800 Mississippi DU members are appreciative of MDWFP's continued contributions to the state grants program.
"Ducks Unlimited is very pleased to see the MDWFP continue making wise investments in waterfowl habitat important to the birds that wing their way to the Magnolia State each year," said DU Director of Operations Tom Moorman. "As banding data shows us, a large portion of the ducks harvested in Mississippi come from Saskatchewan, so investing the state's dollars in this region clearly provides the greatest return for Mississippi waterfowl hunters."
The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies' state grants program, launched in 1965, is funded largely through hunting license sales. Funds must be used for habitat conservation in Canada, but the distribution of available funding is decided by each state's wildlife agency commission following a request for funding proposals. Mississippi has been participating in the program since 1977.
"The importance of state grants contributions to Canadian habitat conservation and restoration projects cannot be overstated," said DU Canada's Director of International Partnerships Pat Kehoe. "Ducks Unlimited's programs in the U.S. and Canada are consistent with the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, and our prairie programs on both sides of the border are structured to protect native, highly productive habitat while also improving waterfowl production in working agricultural landscapes."
Ducks Unlimited Inc. is the world's largest non-profit organization dedicated to conserving North America's continually disappearing waterfowl habitats. Established in 1937, Ducks Unlimited has conserved more than 13 million acres thanks to contributions from more than a million supporters across the continent. Guided by science and dedicated to program efficiency, DU works toward the vision of wetlands sufficient to fill the skies with waterfowl today, tomorrow and forever. For more information on our work, visit www.ducks.org. Connect with us on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/DucksUnlimited, follow our tweets at www.twitter.com/DucksUnlimited and watch DU videos at www.youtube.com/DucksUnlimitedInc.


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The Girl Scouts Heart of the South council has kicked off pre-order cookie sales.
Girl Scouts are taking orders through Jan. 28. Cookies will then arrive between Feb. 16 and Feb. 21. Booth sales will begin Feb. 22 and run through March 17.
This year, Girl Scouts of the USA is celebrating the release of a new cookie box design. To celebrate, Feb. 8 has been designated National Girl Scout Cookie Day. The goal of this day will be to raise awareness of the five skills that Girl Scouts gain through the cookie program: Goal Setting, Decision Making, Money Management, People Skills and Business Ethics.
Jenny Jones, GSHS director of marketing and communications, said, "The Girl Scout Cookie Program supports girls in their development of leadership skills and so much more. We want to thank everyone for supporting the girls as they begin this year's program. Every time you support girls through the Girl Scout Cookie Program, you are increasing girls' abilities to make the world a better place in your own community."
The Girl Scouts are again be offering the "Savannah Smiles" cookie, which debuted in 2012 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of GSUSA. Other cookie offerings include the traditional varieties: Thin Mints, Samoas, Do-Si-Dos, Tagalongs, Trefoils, Dulce de Leche and Thank You Berry Munch. Find your local Girl Scout Cookie Professional (Girl Scout) at GirlScoutCookies.org to order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies. Girl Scout Cookies are priced the same as last year at $3.50 per box.
All proceeds raised through the Girl Scouts Heart of the South Council cookie program remain within the council and help to facilitate the needs of local Girl Scout troops. Buy cookies. Support girls.


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Soothing Painful Equine Patients
- Jul 1, 2012
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Q: What would you recommend for a horse with burns so severe the skin is sloughing off and they require wound cleaning and dressing with ointment every few hours? This necessary care is obviously very uncomfortable to the horse, and he is getting much less tolerant of people. He has learned when we are coming in to care for him and doesn't even let us catch him for awhile. He is starting to fight us and sometimes bites at us, so we have to get tougher with him, which only makes it worse as far as I can tell. Is there any way to better communicate with the horse that we are only trying to help him? All we can do is keep saying we are sorry to hurt him and that it is for his own good. We know he really can't understand what we are saying, but we wonder if the talking to him in a soothing voice is helpful. What else can we do to make this as easy as possible?
Jennifer B., veterinary nurse assistant
A: This is my standard behavior modification suggestion for cases such as this:
For each treatment session, first approach the horse and spend at least 60 seconds feeding him a highly palatable treat. I like the Equus brand German Horse Treats, which are muffins with molasses and grain baked to a soft candy texture. Each muffin can be broken into several smaller bits so that you can stretch one out for one to three minutes of continuous treating. At the same time, try to find a spot on the horse that it is not injured/burned to rub and scratch in a very slow, rhythmic, soothing manner. When the horse relaxes with the scratching and food treats, say a standard word in a very soothing voice using a consistent volume and tone. It could be anything; for instance, I say, "Goooo-uddd."
When all this introductory positive interaction relaxes the horse, transition to cleaning the more painful areas. Using the same applicator (gloved hand or gauze pad) you use to treat the wound, first rub around the margins of the wounds on uninjured and less sensitive areas where the horse is still comfortable with the touch--again in that same very slow, rhythmic, soothing manner. Then move into the burned areas, maintaining the same touch and rhythm.
If possible, recruit an assistant to continue rubbing, scratching, or grooming on healthy areas that the horse has responded well to, and each time the horse tolerates contact with the wounds, deliver those highly palatable treats and say "Goooo-uddd."
You can expect the horse's tension and movement to increase when you work on the more painful areas, but try to remain just as calm and as soothing as possible with your manner and touch. After you clean the wounds and dress them again with the ointment, return to the treats and the scratching or grooming in the horse's healthy areas until he relaxes again.
Try to use minimal restraint, and allow the horse to move a bit as he needs. Also be careful that the halter is not rubbing on an injured area. If you are concerned about the horse biting, you can put on a soft rubber and nylon muzzle (such as a grazing muzzle) during the treatment. This will allow you to relax more as well.
And yes, your soothing conversation with yourself can be very soothing for the horse as well.
About the Author
Sue McDonnell, PhD, Certified AAB
Sue M. McDonnell, PhD, is a certified applied animal behaviorist and the founding head of the equine behavior program at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine. She is also the author of numerous books and articles about horse behavior and management.
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The largest academic building at University of Wisconsin-Stout has closed for a 1½-year renovation project, although plans already are being made to celebrate its reopening.
Work at Harvey Hall will begin this month with asbestos removal and interior demolition work. Construction is expected to start in June and finish in summer 2015.
The $28 million project was approved in October by the Wisconsin State Building Commission.
Classes were held in Harvey Hall last fall. Faculty and staff moved out last summer.
Classes for the upcoming semester begin Monday, Jan. 27. To make up for the loss of Harvey Hall classroom space, more early morning and late afternoon classes have been scheduled in other academic buildings.
Harvey Hall upgrades will include new windows, reconfigured and upgraded classrooms, remodeled offices and bathrooms and new electrical, mechanical and telecommunications systems. The upgraded building also will meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards.
The project is the second part of an improvement plan that began with the 2011 renovation of Harvey Hall Theatre. The theater, on the east end of the building, also will be closed during the current renovation.
While Harvey Hall is closed, UW-Stout plans to use Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater to stage plays and other performances, just as the school did before Harvey Hall opened in 1916.
Harvey Hall originally was named the Home Economics Building. It was renamed in 1952 after Lorenzo Dow Harvey, the school's first president from 1908 to 1922.
Harvey Hall was one of the buildings listed in 1986 in the Menomonie Downtown Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.
Building celebration planned
A celebration is being planned in 2016 to mark the building's 100th anniversary and reopening.
Students, faculty and staff are working on a history project that will document the building's rich past. Several classes are doing research and gathering artifacts to create an online digital history site.
Part of the effort, coordinated by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, is an oral history project. The college is seeking to interview local residents and alumni with knowledge of the building and its history.
Harvey Hall houses the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and other offices.
To help fund the student research projects, donations are being sought.
Contact Juliet Fox, Alumni Association director at 715-232-1151 to be part of the oral history project or to donate.
A video about the Harvey Hall project has been produced by two UW-Stout students, Scott Fisher, of Rice Lake, and Stephen Nicksic, of Marshfield. The video features faculty discussing the building's legacy and centennial projects. It can be seen at UW-Stout's YouTube channel.
McCalmont Hall closed
A residence hall also closed for renovation during the semester break. McCalmont Hall is scheduled to reopen for the 2014 fall semester after a $7.9 million upgrade.
McCalmont Hall, built in 1963, partially was used for office space but after renovation will be used solely as a residence hall. The hall is at 220 10th Ave. E., west of the student center.
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I can't speak for Dave, but I am not about to tell a guy by the name of Bruno di Fabio that he can't call his pizza New York style .
6 eggs in a batch of dough made with a 50 lb. sack of flour is really like a spit in the bucket, so what the hell is the point of adding them anyways. I guess he felt a need to differentiate his dough from other's. That must make him the "champion" that he is!
I'll tell him for you, Peter Not that he'd really care, though. When you live in a world where you call yourself a 'world pizza champion' while selling pies like this:http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,23630.0.htmlyour connection with reality has to be tenuous at best.
Your link: That is still one good looking Pie!!!! A little darker crust than I like, but the sauce and cheese look delicious.
A 'little darker,' Tom? I've seen all the pizzas you've made, and you haven't come anywhere close to that level of blackness. Your pizzas are a thousand times better than that. You shouldn't be watching his videos, he should be watching yours.
Scott that's not a great looking crust for a commercial establishment. Is that a Bruno pie?
It is impressive how evenly he burned that pizza in such a short amount of time.
Really, Chau, 'not a great looking crust' is the best descriptor you can come up with? That's one of the worst looking crusts I've ever seen.Bruno, as Tom pointed out, owns a bunch of pizzerias, so I doubt he made it personally, but, it's his restaurant, so I'd definitely call it a 'Bruno pie.' If you own the restaurant, it's your pizza.
I am a Long way from NY, but has anyone ever had one of Bruno's Pizzas? With five pizzerias to his credit, I am guessing they are good?
I've eaten at the San Diego location. Omid made me a good pizza


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Kona Howler - size Large (16 inch) - 23.5 inch effective top tube
Geometry charts are here (large/16 inch and don't get confused with Lisa charts) - http://www.konabikeworld.com/bikes/2k7/HOWLER/index.html
Full bike looks like this -
Can do frame specific photos if requested.
Seat tube reamed out to 30.9 by 18Bikes so it's dropper compatible. 18Bikes also faced and chased the headtube and BB.
Shock is a Fox RP23 Kashima and is 190mm eye to eye to replace the standard 200mm eye to eye. This has slackened the angles and dropped the BB to make it a short travel woods razzer! Great fun!
LoCo Tuning revalved the shock to suit the bike and also added a couple of spacers to make sure the rear wheel didn't hit the seat tube at full travel, so travel is nearer 97mm now.
Headset is a Crank Bros Sage.
£350 posted - sounds a lot, but with the dropper post compatibility and shock change it's had some good money spent in the right places.
£250 posted with the Fox Vanilla shock that it came with.
I'm in Monmouth.


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Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council
October 13
Tone of the Week
Grave Tone
Fifth Orthros Gospel
On the Sunday that falls on or immediately after the eleventh of this month, we chant the Service to the 350 holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council, which gathered in Nicaea in 787 under the holy Patriarch Tarasius and during the reign of the Empress Irene and her son, Constantine Porphyrogenitus, to refute the Iconoclast heresy, which had received imperial support beginning with the Edict issued in 726 by Emperor Leo the Isaurian. Many of the holy Fathers who condemned Iconoclasm at this holy Council later died as Confessors and Martyrs for the holy Icons during the second assult of Iconoclasm in the ninth century, especially during the reigns of Leo the Armenian and Theophilus.
Resurrectional Apolytikion
Grave Tone
Thou didst abolish death by Thy Cross; Thou didst open Paradise to the thief; Thou didst transform the myrrh-bearers' lamentation, and didst bid Thine Apostles to preach that Thou art risen, O Christ God, granting great mercy to the world.
Apolytikion of Sun. of the 7th Ecumenical Council
Plagal of the Fourth Tone
You are greatly glorified, O Christ our God, who established our Fathers as luminaries upon the earth, and through them led us all to the true Faith. O Most compassionate, glory to You.
Seasonal Kontakion
Second Tone
O Protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the creator most constant: O despise not the voices of those who have sinned; but be quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession and speed thou to make supplication, O thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.


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Creedence Clearwater Revisited is set to bring bayou rock to the nature park.
Mention CCR and Dale Jensen recalls hopping into his '64 Chevy and driving from Omaha to Lincoln, Neb., to see the band perform.
It was 1969 and Jensen had just graduated from high school. Now a resident of Ocala, Jensen, 61, still remembers the excitement Creedence Clearwater Revival generated.
"I drove a little more than an hour to see them," Jensen said. "They came at a time when the British invasion was kicking up from England. They were a down-home, country-rock group. It was a different sound, and everybody loved it. They do songs I really like — 'Green River,' 'Proud Mary,' 'Bad Moon Rising,' 'Travelin' Band.' "
Those songs and other iconic tunes will be revisited Saturday afternoon at Silver Springs when Creedence Clearwater Revisited, formed by two CCR original members, takes the Twin Oaks Mansion stage.
In a telephone interview from his home in Texas, original member Stu Cook vowed Saturday's concert will be authentic.
"We're going to make it as Creedence-sounding as we can for the fans," Cook said. "We decided from the beginning that we wanted to make it as true to the recordings as we could, without resorting to digital enhancements. Everything you hear is being played and sung, with no tricks behind the curtain. People will recognize every single song.
"We want the audience to get involved, to react to what we're doing. I'll bet the band and the audience can create some great chemistry."
The rootsy Revival topped charts and scored gold and platinum records in the 1960s and early '70s before disbanding in 1972. John Fogerty, who wrote the majority of their music, embarked on a successful solo career. His brother, Tom Fogerty, died in 1990.
"The band broke up, we just quit," Cook said. "It left a big hole, for sure, but change is constant and life moves on, and you try and find things that interest you."
Bass player Cook and drummer Doug "Cosmo" Clifford formed Creedence Clearwater Revisited in 1995. After a couple of transitions, today's lineup also includes Kurt Griffey on lead guitar, Steve Gunner playing multiple instruments and John Tristao on lead vocals and guitar. Revisited's recent album, "Recollections," features old favorites.
CCR classics remain pop culture staples, particularly in films — from "Evan Almighty" to "The Expendables" to "Stolen."
But re-creating such a legacy wasn't difficult, Cook contends.
"When we got down to actually trying to do this, it wasn't as hard as we expected. There are lots of people who sing and can play the songs. We just had to find someone that has a good personality," he said. "That's the best thing about this band is we all get along tremendously."
Cook said today's venues are different from where the band played years ago.
"Back in the '60s and early '70s, there were very few community theaters or performing arts centers. You played where the basketball team played," he said. "Now, there are casinos, a lot of good showrooms to play in, theaters, fairs, festivals. The whole music field has grown up."
On Saturday, they'll play to an outdoor audience packed between the Twin Oaks stage and the Silver River. Brooks Jordan, the park's director of marketing and sales, said the moss-laden setting is an "excellent fit" with the band's bluesy bayou sound.
"I just think it's exciting to be able to get them here," Jordan said. "As far as the demographic is concerned and those who listen to rock 'n' roll, they are literally a classic. It's mom and dad bringing the kids and the grandparents. The kids are not only listening to their own contemporary music but what was their parents' contemporary."
For Jensen, Saturday's concert will be a deja vu experience.
"When the park opens," he said, "I'll be there, chair in hand and sitting up as close as I can get."


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SEASON ENDS . . . The Menlo College women's basketball team saw its fine season come to an end as No. 1-ranked Iowa Wesleyan had little trouble busting open a big lead en route to an efficient 65-44 victory on Wednesday in the first round of the State Farm-NAIA Division II Women's Basketball National Championship in Sioux City, Iowa. Erika Garcia made seven of 12 field goals and finished with 16 points for Menlo (16-14) while teammate Laurel Donnenwirth added 10 points and eight rebounds as the Oaks out-rebounded Indiana Wesleyan, 37-32. Menlo, however, got to the free-throw line for only eight attempts, making five, while the Wildcats connected on 17 of 29. The Oaks also turned the ball over 17 times while Indiana Wesleyan had only seven turnovers.
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Several country stars will make appearances at upcoming events for Gov. Mitt Romney and Congressman Paul Ryan's campaign for the White House. Trace Adkins, the Oak Ridge Boys, Jo Dee Messina, Lee Greenwood, Lorrie Morgan, Collin Raye, Baillie The Boys and more will all be making rally appearances. Dates and times of each rally will be announced closer to the event date.
"I am honored to be able to perform before Gov. Romney," Collin Raye said. "I haven't delved into politics much in the past, but I felt it was time to help speak out and support the GOP during this campaign."
"We have been performing for Presidents since Ronald Reagan was in office," said Duane Allen of The Oak Ridge Boys. "When we were in Tampa last month for the RNC, we performed for our people and we will continue to do so as long as we are asked."
Lorrie Morgan performed Monday in Denver, Colorado, at an evening rally event before Gov. Romney addressed the crowd. Former Denver Broncos famed NFL quarterback John Elway was also on hand. Jamie O'Neal also performed Monday in Henderson, Nevada, at a daytime event before Mrs. Romney spoke.
Baillie The Boys took the stage Tuesday morning in Clinton, Iowa before Congressman Ryan's appearance and Trace Adkins will perform Thursday, October 4, at an event in Virginia. More dates and artists will soon be announced.


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On April 1, Mount Nittany Physician Group kicked off a health education campaign called Do You Know Your Numbers?
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Well after getting a start here on the forums I did two pans last night. I used the dough & sauce recipe from goosen1 in my first post (sorry I'm not allowed to post links). We made two pans, one pepperoni and one sausage mushroom.The Bad:- First off, as you can see by the pics we screwed up pretty bad at doing Detroit style. Clearly we needed much more than 1 lb. cheese for each pie. The cheese should have spilled over the crust and browned on the pan.- We didn't implement the crust well. The flavor was there but the texture was NOT. Two things; the bottom was dry (should have used more Crisco I think) and the rest was too bready. I was shooting for a more cookie/shortbread type crust. Buttery and almost but not quite crumbly.- As I've always posited, there's only one place IMO for pepperoni, on top! If it gets covered by sauce/cheese it simply homogenizes with the other toppings. IMO pepperoni needs direct heat to slightly crisp and pool. The pepperoni was nearly undetectable.- Again on the crust; as you can see we didn't bring it up the sides sufficiently, it's closer to a Pizza Hut style dish than a Chicago deep.The Good:- Again, the flavor of the crust was good.- Love that sauce recipe, thanks goosen1- The sausage mushroom flavor was really stellar. I will do even more mushrooms next time as they pair so well with the sausage. I'm not even that much of a mushroom fan.- They cooked up beautifully
Nice pictures, Abouna.Don't be too harsh on yourself, I think you have a knack for making pies, something tells me you are well on your way,so keep trying and enjoy your eating your "mistakes"Keep notes of what you do, what you liked and what you didn't, and you'll be able to get the perfect pie for your taste.I don't know what the pizza tasted like, but it looks very very good. What size pans are you using there ?Try again, and make sure you keep us posted on your next attempt, with pix too
Thanks for the encouragement.We will keep at it. If only a person could eat what they are attempting for every meal until they get it just right!As for the pans, they flare slightly so I measured them at the bottom 14" with the sides at 2". These are a couple used Pizza Hut pans I bought from one of the local chians. I figured used already seasoned pans would be better.
This is the thin crust recipe that I posted the other day. I can eat a piece every morning for breakfast and not get sick of it!!Goose
Keep good notes during your testing and you will get to your goal much quicker. I like to save every tried recipe so if I get way off track I can back up and start again.Randy
Add sauce and toppings then bake at 475-500 for 8-10 minutes
Goose, Maybe you've said before, but what do you bake the pizza on? Is it a pan of some sort and, if so, it is oiled first? And what is the crust like--soft, chewy, crackery?Peter


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In Mexico, Enrique Pena Nieto of Institutional Revolutionary Party has taken the presidency. He inherits an economy that's on the upswing, and there are even indications that more of those "Made in China" items Americans buy may soon say "Made in Mexico" instead. Wild storms across much of the U.S. have left sweltering heat and massive power outages in their wake, and one of the casualties has been the Internet. And now that it's July, new regulations are in for for-profit colleges and other vocational programs.


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Clinitest poisoning occurs from swallowing tablets used to test how much blood sugar (glucose) is in a person's urine.
Doctors used to use these tablets to determine how well a person's diabetes was being controlled. These tablets are rarely used today. They are not meant to be swallowed but could be taken by accident since they look like a prescription pill.
This is for information only and not for use in the treatment or management of an actual poison exposure. If you have an exposure, you should call your local emergency number (such as 911) or the National Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222.
Urine sugar reagent poisoning; Anhydrous Benedict's reagent poisoning
The poisonous ingredients are found in Clinitest tablets.
Note: This list may not be all-inclusive.
This type of poisoning requires immediate medical help.
Do NOT make a person throw up. (They may do so on their own.)
If the chemical is on the skin or in the eyes, flush with lots of water for at least 15 minutes.
If the chemical was swallowed, immediately give the person water or orange juice. Do NOT give water if the patient is vomiting or has a decreased level of alertness.
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The National Poison Control Center (1-800-222-1222) can be called from anywhere in the United States. This national hotline number will let you talk to experts in poisoning. They will give you further instructions.
This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the United States use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
See: Poison control center - emergency number
The health care provider will measure and monitor the patient's vital signs, including temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure. The patient may receive:
How well you do depends on the amount of poison swallowed and how quickly treatment is received. The faster you get medical help, the better the chance for recovery.
Extensive damage to the mouth, throat, eyes, lungs, esophagus, nose, and stomach are possible. The ultimate outcome depends on the extent of this damage. Damage continues to occur to the esophagus and stomach for several weeks after the poison was swallowed. Death is possible.
Wax PM, Yarema M. Corrosives. In: Shannon MW, Borron SW, Burns MJ, eds. Haddad and Winchester's Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 98.
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10 Best Facial Dunks Of 2013 (Besides LeBron Over Jason Terry)
The facial dunk is very much en vogue, thanks to LeBron James' destruction of Jason Terry this past week, and DeAndre Jordan putting Brandon Knight in the ground earlier this season.
Of course, it's never been out of style to jam in someone's grill. So forget Bron and DeAndre for a second – who else has had the best facial dunks of 2013?


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Alomar agrees to stay with Indians on Francona's staff
By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com
Terry Francona offered Alomar a spot on his coaching staff shortly after being named Cleveland's new manager on Oct. 6. The rest of the staff might not be finalized until next week at the earliest, but Francona made a point to make sure Alomar knew he was welcome to stay in the fold.
"I reached out to him immediately, just because I thought it was respectful," Francona said at his introductory press conference on Oct. 8. "He's very aware of how I feel about him and his baseball ability and my relationship with him."
Francona and Alomar were once winter league teammates in Puerto Rico.
Alomar will presumably return as Cleveland's bench coach, which is the role he filled under Manny Acta until the former manager was dismissed on Sept. 27. Alomar, who has been a coach with the Indians since the 2010 season, served as the club's interim manager for the final six games of the regular season.
In a text message to MLB.com on Tuesday, Alomar confirmed that he has agreed to be on Francona's staff. Alomar -- who has interviewed for managerial spots with the Blue Jays, Red Sox and Cubs in the past -- might still be a candidate for another manager position elsewhere this winter.
The 2013 season will be the final season under Alomar's current contract.
Indians general manager Chris Antonetti said Tuesday that former Astros manager Brad Mills is also a candidate to join Francona's staff. Mills and Francona were teammates with the Expos, and Mills served as a coach for Francona in his previous managerial stops with Philadelphia and Boston.
According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, hitting coach Bruce Fields and third-base coach Steve Smith will not be back with the Indians for the 2013 season. It is still unclear whether pitching coach Ruben Niebla, bullpen coach Dave Miller or first-base coach Tom Wiedenbauer will be back with Cleveland next season.
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Discussion in 'Star Trek: Voyager' started by Tribble puncher, Feb 25, 2013.
Admit that you do find this.....a bit touching.
No no no no no no no no..
He can't handle Wildman, she is not naive enough, not dependent enough and not NEEDY enough. He wants to be needed.
Done that, been there. Exhausting. Time for a real woman.
I don't know, that Klingon woman seemed awfully needy
Need for pecker is different from someone who always wants a hug.
You know the sort of person.
They're circling on your horizon with their arms spread out like they're pretending to be a big bird ready to snap shut like a bear trap around your kidneys.
I hate over-huggers.
They believe they're magically transferring platonic intimacy and spiritual health but you're only trying to ignore that they're letting you feel up their body with your body because the ends do not justify the means.
You can tie a butterfly in a knot, but you do have to strip their wings first.
That's one.
One hug is not a problem.
Someone should have done that in the pilot episode.
The reset button on almost any VGR episode is the worst thing about this show, imho. It only worked that one time in the Year of Hell.
Personally I liked "Time And Again". One of my favorites. It came as a surprise when everything was back where it started.
Not to mention that I would have liked to see something similar to a reset button in "Threshold" with Janeway waking up in her quarters after having a nightmare. It would have been more logic and also made the episode more funny and understandable.
I'd have liked them to have missed Earth and carried on past...
I think it would have been great to see the fallout from YoH if they had left it intact (though with Voyager coming through the incident). The ship in pieces, the crew battered and bruised, Tuvok blind, etc.
Hell at least they would have a couple of allies for for a few episodes.
How did Tuvok get blind with two sets of eyelids?
By the plothole particles that the torpedo gave off, they get everywhere!
You hear people bitching about why no VISOR all the time.
it's a serious comment.
Then they um and err, because suddenly VISOR's ain't a blind thing, they're a black thing and it's racist to stick Tuvok in a VISOR because the possibility of some crusader getting reactionary is more fearsome than the self recrimination of writing a shitting inconsistent story.
But how about this?
Tuvok has a cat, or a puppy or a monkey?
He's constantly melding with it to use his helper pets eyes to see with.
Good lord.
Imagine Tuvok wearing a coat of rat-king live Tribbles?
(You can make DNA with technology available today, therefore you can clone anything without a real genetic sample.)
I would love to see Tuvok with a guide-monkey!!!!!!!!
There was always that sensor web that appeared in the TOS ep with the Medusan instead of a VISOR.
6 crewmen rush into Neelix'a quarters at night while he is sleeping, and drag the kitchen rat to sick bay.
The Doctor: "Neelix, the Captain has decided that you are less important than Tuvok so therefore he deserves your eyes more than you do. Somebody get me a spoon."
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Phillies starter rebounds after shedding uncomfortable shirt
By Joe Frisaro / MLB.com
PHILADELPHIA -- Was Cole Hamels overdressed for the occasion? In hindsight, the 23-year-old Phillies ace says yes. Wearing a long-sleeve red shirt under his white pinstriped jersey, Hamels found himself baking on the mound in an unseasonably high 81-degree and sunny afternoon. The sleeves ultimately became a problem. Sweating profusely in the second inning, Hamels' hands became moist, and it affected the feel of his changeup and breaking ball. The Rockies seized the situation and scored three runs, while forcing Hamels to log 40 pitches in the inning. When the inning ended, Hamels quickly removed the long-sleeve shirt, but the damage was ultimately done as the Rockies held on for a 4-2 win in front of a sellout crowd of 45,655 at Citizens Bank Park. "You know, I don't want to use that as an excuse," Hamels said. "It's something where it was definitely hot out." Understandably, Hamels was making every effort to keep his precious pitching arm warm. He had to battle through a mild left elbow strain that caused him to miss a month. But on a sun-drenched afternoon, the extra shirt made Hamels noticeably less effective. Catcher Carlos Ruiz picked up on it right away. "He was sweating a lot, and he couldn't feel that ball with all the sweat in his hand," Ruiz said. "It was only one inning. Other than that, he threw great." On Wednesday, one uncomfortable inning was enough to put the Phillies in a one-game hole in the best-of-five National League Division Series. "When it gets hot, I'm going to sweat a little more, and when I was throwing my changeup, the sweat was dripping down in my hands," Hamels said. "I wasn't able to get a good grip on the ball. A lot of changeups in the second inning, they took, and they obviously weren't strikes." The Phillies' top pitcher all season, Hamels carried a 15-5 record with a 3.39 ERA into the game. The left-hander was activated off the disabled list on Sept. 18, and his return provided a boost to the club that completed an improbable late-season run to reach the postseason. Hamels ran into immediate trouble in the second when Todd Helton opened with a first-pitch triple. Garrett Atkins' RBI double opened the scoring. Hamels ended up walking three in the inning, including a free pass to Troy Tulowitzki with the bases full to force in a run.
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"Going into that inning, my main focus was to throw strikes," Hamels said. "I know those guys are the types of guys that would definitely swing at the first pitch and ambush you."Once his clothing was in order Wednesday, so was his effectiveness. Hamels went on a roll, retiring 13 straight batters before he walked Ryan Spilborghs to open the seventh inning. Still, the lefty retired the next two before manager Charlie Manuel called it a day for his young ace, who finished with 115 pitches, with 72 for strikes. "He had just the one inning when he had a little control problem," reliever Brett Myers said. "But he showed you how good he can be, and how composed he can be as a young guy, to be able to get us into the seventh and rebound from that one inning and concentrate on keeping the game close. "With [our] offense, it can happen any time. Unfortunately it didn't happen today." While he suffered the loss, Hamels' ability to work into the seventh inning certainly took the pressure off the bullpen. "I was definitely focused," Hamels said. "When you go out there, you want to succeed, especially at this sort of level in the spotlight. You know, you can be a little hard on yourself, and I think that's what I do a lot of these cases." As the game progressed, the pitching settled as shadows played a factor in the hitters picking up the pitches. "They are a good ballclub," Myers said of the Rockies. "We have to come out and be aggressive [Thursday]. I think we got a feeling that we need to get on them early like they did us. You saw that when the shadows became a factor later in the game. There were several innings when there was nothing going on [offensively]. They got us in an inning they needed to get us, the second inning, before the shadows came in." From Hamels' standpoint, he was more at ease without his long sleeves. "I didn't want to have another second inning like that," the left-hander said.
Joe Frisaro 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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Summer--a great time for reading novels--is also a good time to catch up on more episodic reading. This memoir is perfect for a short period listening to the cicada orchestra from the porch swing, or a quick read before bed.
In twelve varied segments, poet and former New Yorker/Talk of the Town writer Zarin shares important milestones in her life as well as a passion for several material objects that she has become attached to over the years.
The strongest and most emotionally-charged piece is the title one in which Zarin describes a typical day on the Cape with her and her husband's assorted brood of kids, when the youngest gets ill. "It began with a cough. Her brother had a cough. And, after all, what was a cough?" By this time, Zarin had treated countless upset tummies and sore throats. But two emergency visits later, she found herself kneeling next to her daughter while the ambulance raced to Children's Hospital in Boston.
The diagnosis: the rare Kawasaki Disease, which is the leading cause of heart damage in children. This segment shows how quickly our ordinary lives can turn frightening and possibly tragic.
A lovely autobiographical piece is "Two Pictures." Here Zarin describes visits to the Metropolitan Museum with her grandfather fifty years ago where they often shared a Sat. routine. In the quiet galleries of the museum, her grandfather took her to see his favorites and then later, he accompanied her to view her own: Picasso's Guernica and one called Hide and Seek by Pavel Tchelitchew. The second one depicted a tree filled with the faces of children, who were trapped inside—a nightmare tree. For both of these pictures, the young Zarin discovered a way of looking at the horror portrayed, scanning individual objects one at a time.
In "Coats" she catalogs some of her favorite coats in life, including an old musty winter jacket of her father's, and an exquisite pale blue one given to her on the spur of the moment by a great aunt. But her favorite pair of coats came from Italy where on a cold late afternoon, she found a very expensive, but must-have coat. She bought it. Her husband, who had been out walking at the same time, found another coat that he thought she would love, so though they could barely afford one, they purchased both. She describes what befell this magnificent coat collection later.
Several of the essays really capture life in New York City, both now and in the last century, but my favorite geographically-centered ones are set on Cape Cod. Zarin describes this seaside with joy and love.
She's a gifted writer. If you like reading memoirs, you'll enjoy this book. In style, it reminds me of Gretel Ehrlich's writing but it is much more city-centered.