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No Opening Day win for Reds
D-backs' three solo shots too much for Cincy to overcome
By Mark Sheldon / MLB.com
CINCINNATI -- Dusty Baker came to town with 1,162 victories on his managerial resume. But Baker will have to wait a little longer for win No. 1 as skipper of the Reds. Thin hitting against Brandon Webb and a bumpy third inning for ace Aaron Harang ensured a downer of an Opening Day outcome during a 4-2 Reds loss to the Diamondbacks before a sold-out crowd of 42,498 fans at Great American Ball Park on Monday. "You want to start off 1-0," Baker said of his first game in Cincinnati. "It's always disappointing to lose. We'll get it together [Wednesday]. We'll come back smoking." The Reds managed just three hits in the game, none after Harang legged out a leadoff infield single in the fifth inning. With his sinker and changeup keeping everyone off balance, Webb (1-0) allowed two earned runs and three hits over his six innings with four walks and six strikeouts. Reds batters struck out 10 times overall. "He did his job. Give it to him," said second baseman Brandon Phillips, who went 1-for-4 with a triple that went as his team's only extra-base hit. "He's their No. 1 starter for a reason. He showed us today. We have to make sure we write down what he threw us this time, and then when we face him again later this season, we have to [get] him." It took one regular-season game before Baker had to take a player aside for a mental mistake, and it happened following the Reds' first hit of the game. In the third inning, Javier Valentin led off with a long drive to right field. Thinking the ball was headed over the fence, Valentin started in a slow trot. The ball landed short and rattled off the wall, and the Reds catcher was limited to a single instead of potential extra bases. "I thought it had a chance. Not today," said Valentin, who had another long drive to the wall caught in the seventh. The next batter in the third, Harang, did not get a sacrifice bunt down and struck out while attempting to bunt. Valentin would end up being stranded. His manager was left displeased. "Whenever you play close games, especially against these guys, you have to take advantage of almost every situation," Baker said. "Our pitchers bunted a lot, but they didn't see live action much in Spring Training. And I've addressed the other situation already." According to Valentin, it was a big 10-4 following a chat with Baker.
"He's right. If I run right away, maybe I'd have a better opportunity to get a double," Valentin said. "That's not going to happen anymore."What's also likely to not happen often is Harang giving up two home runs and two walks in one inning. With one out in the top of the third, Chris Young lifted a 2-1 pitch for a solo home run to left field. There were two outs when a first-pitch fastball away trailed back in. Byrnes sent it into the left-field seats for another Arizona homer and a 3-0 lead. "Those two were the biggest pitches of the game. They cost me," Harang said. "I was just missing in that inning off the plate -- my slider and fastball both. Luckily, they were both solo ones." Following Byrnes' homer, Harang immediately walked back-to-back hitters but escaped without more damage. The Reds' ace retired the next 10 batters in a row. "His pitch count got kind of high in that one inning," Baker said. "He found the center of the plate, which isn't typical Aaron. He lost his release point very briefly and then got it back. The damage had been done." An unearned first-inning run accounted for the first scoring against Harang. Third baseman Edwin Encarnacion made a nice pick on Orlando Hudson's sharp ground ball but threw the ball high to first baseman Scott Hatteberg for an error. Two batters later, Conor Jackson rolled an RBI single up the middle for a 1-0 Diamondbacks lead. Coming off of a 59-minute rain delay at the game's start, the infield grass was soggy. Even though Encarnacion has a history of ugly throwing errors, Baker didn't deem this as one of them. "That's not a fundamental error. That was a physical error," Baker said. "At that time, the field was extremely wet. When that field is wet, you hate for the ball to be hit to you." A two-run bottom of the fourth against Webb got the Reds on the scoreboard. Ken Griffey Jr. drew a leadoff walk and scored on Phillips' RBI triple that got past Young in center field. Phillips scored on Adam Dunn's groundout to second base. "The only chance to score runs, we scored them," Dunn said. "When a guy like [Webb] is on, he's as tough as there is. He made it very tough. He's obviously one of the premier pitchers in the game. He doesn't give you much to hit. He's very good."
Mark Sheldon 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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looking good small tits and up in her ass gets me hot..
Who is the other guy? Not Manuel but the sexy older one with mouth and lips that look like he's going to devour my pussy?
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Seen these two guys in a other video but a different girl.
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Kohl's Department Stores have added a Narciso Rodriguez for DesigNation collection.
The limited-edition, limited-time collection is the first in the company's DesigNation concept, which features fashions from premier designers based on international destinations. Inspired by a trip to istanbul, the Narciso Rodriguez collection melds the designers simple, sophisticated esthetic with the vibrancy of Turkish culture.
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State Tax Revolt Data Set, 1960-1992 (ICPSR 34273)
Principal Investigator(s): Weir, Margaret, University of California-Berkeley; Martin, Isaac William, University of California-Berkeley
The State Tax Revolt Data Set is a time-series, cross sectional data collection assembled from publicly available sources. It includes data on tax and expenditure limitation policies and selected covariates, observed annually for the 50 United States over the period of 1960-1992. Data were collected for variables both during the fiscal year and at the end of the fiscal year. Data collected at the end of the fiscal year include: (1) long-term and short-term debt of state and local governments, and (2) the total cash held by the state and its local governments. Data collected during the fiscal year include: (1) the total intergovernmental revenue from the federal government to the state and its local governments, (2) the total direct general revenue of the state and its local governments, (3) the total tax revenue of the state and its local governments, (4) total property tax revenue of the state and its local governments, (5) the total direct general expenditure of the state and its local governments, (6) the total direct general expenditure of the state and its local governments on "public welfare", (7) the total number of homeowners' associations in the state. Additional data were collected on: (1) the percentage of randomly sampled adults who said that the local property tax was "the worst tax--that is, the least fair", (2) the percentage of households in the state that were owner-occupied, the percentage of the state's population that the Census classified as "urban", (3) the estimated total personal income in the state, (4) the population of the state, (5) the estimated percentage of the state's population that was not White, (6) the estimated percentage of the state's population that was Black, (7) the total state and local spending on education during the fiscal year and, (8) the estimated number of union members as a percentage of the state's labor force.
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It's tricky when breaking down the best players in Florida - especially at the skill positions on both offense and defense. Cornerback is a position in Florida that has produced countless talent for both collegiate and professional - Deion Sanders, Antonio Cromartie, Brian Dawkins - the list goes on and on. The class of 2013 features four of Rivals top 250 players.
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Munich is the capital of the German state of Bavaria and is Germany's third largest city, located on the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. Black and gold - the colors of the Holy Roman Empire - have been the city's official colors since the time of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor.


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Hi, my Welsh poppies - Meconopsis cambrica, are being stripped to stems and leaf stalks by rapidly growing smooth green caterpillars with a thin paler side-stripe. Once the poppies have been devoured they will move on, but I seldom find them on surrounding Digitalis, Iris, Geranium etc till the poppies have been finished. If they will turn into desirable adults I'll leave them be, but I'd rather pick them off and squash them!There are 2 centrally, top and bottom. Another just below middle on the left. The stalks are all M cambrica. As they get older they fade a bit, to a more yellowish green colour and become 'cloudy' rather than 'bright green'. They vary from thin cotton to large caterpillars inch-and-half long. Hope you can help, thanks.
Hi Gill , I have these poppies too but nothing ever eats them , I think they are Angle Shades moth caterpillars ,but may be wrong .
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Thanks so much. They do match up with Angle Shade caterpillar pics! Ty again, Gill.


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Laminitis Rehab: 'If the Corium is Happy, There's Hope'
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This is an example of managing chronic laminitis case with a hoof wall bevel and a hoof wall grooving.
Photo: Debra Taylor, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM
The devastating hoof disease laminitis can have life-threatening consequences for affected horses, and successful rehabilitation can be challenging for even the most experienced veterinarians. However, said one veterinarian, there's a telltale sign practitioners can assess to gauge a horse's likelihood of recovering from a laminitic episode: the perfusion (or the amount of blood that fills) the hoof's corium.
At the 2013 Western Veterinary Conference, Debra Taylor, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, of the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine, described what the corium can tell us about an affected horse's chances of recovery.
The corium, Taylor said, is another term for the hoof's dermis: the middle soft tissue layer that connects the coffin bone to the rigid hoof capsule and contains the hoof's blood supply. If the corium is fully perfused with blood new healthier hoof growth often ensues; if it's not, however, "you're not going to get anywhere" with new hoof growth, Taylor said.
When laminitis sets in and causes lamellar failure, the corium becomes compressed between the coffin bone and the hoof capsule, Taylor said: "The corium is essentially between a rock and a hard place in a foundered horse."
This compression reduces or eliminates the corium's blood flow, she explained (which, as mentioned, prevents new, healthy hoof growth).
"Just because horses have laminitis doesn't mean the corium is done for," Taylor said. "Sometimes it is, but in case the corium might be salvageable, you need to give it some blood."
Minimizing compression is the only way to ensure the corium gets the blood it needs. However, before treatment it's important to determine how compromised the corium is.
Identifying Corium Compression
Veterinarians use two methods to identify and evaluate corium compression: a physical exam and a venogram.
If a horse has been laminitic for less than two weeks, Taylor said a venogram is the best diagnostic option. A venogram is a radiograph (or X ray) of the foot taken after contrast media has been injected into the blood vessels. This allows veterinarians to visualize any blood flow problems in the foot. If the corium fills well and uniformly with contrast, there is a better chance the horse
will be able to produce new hoof growth. Conversely, she said, the "corium regions that do not fill with contrast on a properly performed venogram are at risk of necrosis" if prompt steps aren't taken to correct the compression. The worst case scenario, Taylor said, is when parts or all of the corium fail to fill with contrast. These cases require immediate and aggressive treatment and often have an "unfavorable" outcome, she said.
If horses have been laminitic for more than two weeks, a physical examination of the hoof can reveal corium compression. Normal blood flow to the corium is demonstrated by new hoof growth visible on the outside of the capsule as smooth bands originating from the coronary band. Initially these will be narrow smooth bands emerging from under the coronary band hair, she explained.
Compression, however, is evidenced on upper hoof wall by a scaly or crusty appearance along the hairline, Taylor said, with little or no new hoof growth being produced from the coronary band. She recommended lifting the hair on the coronary band to check closely for any new growth at the hoof-skin margin, and she also suggested palpating the coronary band.
"If there is evidence of a ledge at the top of the hoof capsule, then compression is likely to occur," she said.
Once a problem is noted, Taylor stressed the importance of treating the horse early to achieve the best possible results.
Managing Compression
When it comes to managing compression, Taylor suggested veterinarians "work from the ground up."
Remove hoof wall's ground reaction force—The first option for managing compression is to remove the ground reaction force from the hoof wall by transferring weight bearing axially, Taylor said. In fact, she said, this might be the only necessary step if executed in a timely fashion. To achieve this weight transfer, Taylor recommended using corrective shoeing, impression putty and casts, soft hoof boots with pads, a hoof trim to bevel the hoof wall, a combination of these, or "whatever makes the horse most comfortable."
Taylor said she prefers options that avoid rigid or hard materials until quality new hoof growth emerges from the hairline. She said if there is less than eight millimeters of sole under the rim (or distal margin) of the coffin bone (which can indicate a risk of solar corium compression), she often uses pads with a custom cut-out air space under the rim of the coffin bone that are then secured to the horse's feet with elastic medical tape to relieve the solar corium compression.
If this option relieves compression, new hoof growth will be evident in a few weeks. Ideally, she said, veterinarians should use venograms to monitor treatment efforts' effects on relieving compression.
Another method by which to counteract the compressive effects of ground reaction force is to create hoof capsule grooves, Taylor said; however, she noted that controversy remains among some veterinarians as to whether this tactic is beneficial. It involves thinning the outer hoof capsule just below the coronary groove to minimize compression of the coronary corium, thereby increasing hoof growth. Taylor said that while grooves might need to be freshened a few times, they can show good—and relatively quick—results and eliminate the need for further treatment in some cases. Taylor suggested waiting about three weeks after removing the hoof wall's ground reaction force before moving on to this step.
Taylor cautioned, however, that complications can arise if capsule grooves aren't created properly.
"Improperly done, hoof grooves could theoretically allow the hoof wall to bend inward and make the situation worse," she said. This adverse effect is more likely to occur if the grooved section of hoof wall is receiving ground reaction force distal to (or beneath) the groove, she noted.
Hoof wall resection—If the first two treatment methods fail, Taylor recommended performing a partial hoof wall resection. A resection—literally removing the compression-causing part of the upper hoof wall—can relieve the pressure on the coronary corium and thereby allow the critical blood circulation to be restored. And with proper bandaging and aftercare, the foot's underlying tissues can repair quite quickly.
Taylor described how to perform the procedure and how to properly bandage a hoof with a newly resected wall (serious complications can ensue if resected hooves are bandaged improperly) and noted that horses that have this procedure performed correctly often "become more comfortable almost overnight."
"The horse doesn't care about the current hoof wall after it has become disconnected from it and the corium is being compressed," Taylor said. "If you have to alter the current hoof capsule to save the corium, do it."
Measuring Success
During treatment it's important to monitor the hoof for changes that could indicate success or failure, Taylor said.
Horses that produce new, uniform hoof growth are generally responding well to treatment, she said. However, "if hoof growth is still scaly or crusty with non-uniform rings, you are not reaching success," she noted.
Veterinarians can also perform serial venograms to determine how a horse is responding to treatment, she said.
And finally, Taylor noted that if treatments aren't successful and "if you know the corium is dying, sometimes the most humane thing for the animal is to euthanize."
Take-Home Message
Treating laminitic horses early is always a better option than waiting.
"Do whatever is necessary to establish uniform perfusion of the corium if you expect a favorable outcome," Taylor said. "If uniform perfusion cannot, has not, or will not be reestablished, then there is no hope for rehabilitating the horse and euthanasia is indicated. However if the corium is happy, then there is hope to rehabilitate the horse."
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Erica Larson, news editor, holds a degree in journalism with an external specialty in equine science from Michigan State University in East Lansing. A Massachusetts native, she grew up in the saddle and has dabbled in a variety of disciplines including foxhunting, saddle seat, and mounted games. Currently, Erica competes in eventing with her OTTB, Dorado.
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Allow me to confess right at the start — this is not your grandfather's Reuben sandwich.
The legendary Reuben of yore was built on corned beef, but I swap that out in favor of smoked salmon. And while I hold fast to the classic version's melted cheese, I lose the untoasted rye bread in favor of a grilled panini.
Smoked salmon has nowhere near the fat content of corned beef, but it's plenty rich for fish. Indeed, it's rich enough to cry out for some kind of acid for balance. Happily, sauerkraut does the trick.
As for the Thousand Island dressing, I slimmed it down and spiced it up by using low-fat mayo and chili sauce (instead of ketchup), then combined it all with chopped dill pickle and a squeeze of lemon.
Smoked salmon reuben panini
Start to finish: 30 minutes (15 minutes active)
Servings: 4
¼ cup low-fat mayonnaise
2 tablespoons chili sauce (the kind served with shrimp cocktail)
2 tablespoons finely chopped dill pickle
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Kosher salt and ground black pepper
8 slices rye bread
4 ounces thinly sliced Gruyere, fontina or Swiss cheese
4 ounces thinly sliced smoked salmon
14½-ounce can sauerkraut, drained, rinsed and gently squeezed to remove excess liquid
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, chili sauce, pickle and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Spread one side of each slice of bread with some of the dressing. Arrange half of the cheese on four of the slices. Divide the salmon, sauerkraut and remaining cheese among the cheese-topped slices of bread and top each with one of the remaining bread slices, spread side down.
In a large skillet over medium, heat the oil until hot. Add the sandwiches and something heavy to firmly press the sandwiches down. Cook for 6 minutes per side, or until golden and the cheese has melted.
Nutrition information per serving: 510 calories; 260 calories from fat (51 percent of total calories); 29 g fat (9 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 50 mg cholesterol; 39 g carbohydrate; 7 g fiber; 6 g sugar; 19 g protein; 1850 mg sodium.


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Random thought for a new insert set
You hear it all the time: What would team X be like if they had taken so-and-so in the draft instead of the other so-and-so. Look at this QB who was drafted in the 6th round by New England who is going to be a HoFer!
You hear the guys on ESPN talk about what a draft shaped up like, and how if they redrafted knowing what they know now... blah blah blah.
Well, what if one of the companies actually did a Re-Draft set? With all the things they can do to air-brush cards etc, wouldnt it be rather easy to have Adrian Peterson holding up a Raiders jersey? Maybe the Seahawks want a mulligan for Aaron Curry and draft LeSean McCoy? And then there's Tebow...
I think it'd be fun & interesting to take just the first round for the past 5 years and redraft with all the players from that draft to see what they'd look like in other jerseys.
Obviously we're looking at an insert set, maybe base cards /500. Then you could do various parallels, the typical /100, /50, /25, /1. But I think the real interesting part would be the autographed versions.
I'm saying all autos /50, but then there's a die cut version #'d to the players draft position. So in the 2007 version, most likely AP is a 1/1, Calvin /2, etc. Go all E-X Credentials style on this. I think this would add not only a HUGE collectablity to the autos, but an pretty high value as well. If the highest die cut auto is /32, and you know its going to be a decent name, dont you think those kinds of cards would bring in some decent $$ on the secondary market?
I do realize there are some logistical problems, as in guys who dont/wont sign, a really crappy draft class, etc. But I'm really just trying to think outside the box and throw an idea out there that I havent heard beaten to death a million times over.
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An array of colorful tipis adorned with Native American symbols sits just off the road, not far from a warehouse that once served as a bean factory.
Not exactly what one might expect in Pleasant View, Colo., yet there it is, a tipi dealership known as Moab Outback.
Located in Moab, Utah, from 1999 until 2008, Moab Outbacks was recently reopened in Pleasant View at the behest of owner Wayne Bower.
Specializing in tipis, yurts and tents, the dealership offers unique multipurpose products capable of a wide variety of needs.
Originally used by nomadic tribes in the Great Plains region, modern-day tipis are constructed from several wooden poles surrounded by a canvas wall.
Known for their versatility and portability, the conic structures offered by Moab Outback come in a variety of sizes, ranging from 12 to 28 feet in diameter.
Manufactured by Earthworks, Moab Outback's tipis are capable of serving a variety of purposes, including residences, guest homes, camping shelters or playhouses for children.
Built with durable walls and sanded wooden Lodgepole pine polls, Earthworks tipis are capable of lasting several years.
"They stand up real well in the wind," explained Bower. "They are not as tight as a yurt, but we used to set up camps for people and rent them to people."
Especially attractive for individuals on a tight budget, Earthworks tipis offered by Moab Outback range in cost from $644 to $3,297 depending on the size and type of wall fabric used.
Fabric and/or polls may also be purchased separately if an individual so desires.
In addition to the tipis offered by Moab Outback, a variety of yurts, manufactured by Colorado Yurts, are offered.
Originating in Mongolia, the round domelike structures are similar to tipis in that they utilize canvas stretched around a frame.
Unlike tipis however, yurts include rafters and higher ceilings, allowing for more space and greater protection against the elements.
Perfect to be used as a ski lodges, guesthouses or permanent residences, Colorado Yurts are offered in sizes ranging from 16 feet in diameter to 30 feet in diameter.
Cost effective and naturally beautiful, yurts provide the ideal option for individuals or families interested in living a comfortable, albeit alternative lifestyle.
Rounding out Moab Outback's offerings is a series of heavy-duty tents capable of providing shelter in even the harshest conditions.
Much like Moab Outback's yurts and tipis, the tents offered by the company range in size and price.
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Prior to this role, he was the Executive Director of the Republican Senate Steering Committee, which is comprised of the majority of Republican senators and works to advance conservative legislation.
He was featured in Roll Call's 2010 Fabulous 50, humble individuals who rarely get the spotlight but whose work makes Congress tick. He was also featured in Politico's 50 politicos to watch.
Mr. Corrigan is also one of the newest board members of the Leadership Institute and graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1991.


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I'd just learned that the blogs leader lists for May is now up, and I have discovered…
…that Phillies Red Pinstripes is listed at number 50 among the top 50 fan blogs. To say that I'm surprised to still be on the list is an understatement. I would like to thank everyone who have stopped by to look at my blog.
Anyway, here's the complete list:
1. The Baseball Collector
2. Rays Renegade
3. Red State Blue State
4. The AustralianBaseballDigest
5. TexasRangers_HQ
6. Cook & Son Bats' Blog
7. Counting Baseballs
8. A's Farm
9. Rockpile Rant
10. mlbblogger
11. The Ballpark Guide
12. Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend
13. BlueBattingHelmet
14. Beisbol 007
15. You're Killin' Me, Smalls!
16. Born on Third
17. Pinstripe Birthdays
18. Phillies Phollowers
19. Crzblue's Dodger Blue World
20. The Unbiased MLB Fan
21. Observing Baseball
22. swingingbuntz
23. The Brewer Nation
24. Blogging 'Bout Baseball
25. Brewers Rumors
26. Rockin' Redlegs
27. 3 Up, 3 Down
28. Collection of Baseball
29. This is a very simple game…
30. nybisons
31. Minoring In Baseball
32. If You Write It, They Will Come
33. La Pagina de Tony Menendez
34. Throwin' Heat
35. The Yankee Dinosaur
36. Fish Fry
37. I'm Not A Headline Guy…
38. gojays
39. Cream City Cables
40. DYNASTY League Baseball from designer of Pursue the Pennant
41. Unfinished Business
42. The Baseball Haven
43. Wrigley Regular
44. baseballqueen
45. Live, Eat, and Breathe Yankees
46. More Splash Hits
47. Royal Blues
48. Bjarkman's Latino and Cuban League Baseball History Page
50. Phillies Red Pinstripes
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TINLEY PARK, Ill., May 17 (UPI) -- An Illinois man who pulled a family of baby ducklings from a sewer said the mother duck stood calmly by and waited for the rescue.
Kurt Heersema, an automotive technician at Infiniti of Orland Park, said he was walking near Winston's deli in Tinley Park for his lunch when he saw the crowd gathered around the sewer grate and discussing the trapped birds, the Chicago Sun Times Media reported Thursday.
Heersema ran to his nearby workplace and returned with a pry bar, which he used to lift the sewer grate, and lowered himself down into the sewer to retrieve the ducklings.
Witnesses said the mother duck calmly watched the rescue and attempted to lead the saved ducklings across busy 159th Street. Witnesses stopped traffic to allow the waterfowl to cross.
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Tocllaraju Climber's Log
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|short summit day
Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2011
|Fun and short route done in perfect weather and perfect snow conditions. 4.5hrs up from our camp in the moraine. I would rate it PD+/AD- but certainly not D.
Less than 24hrs from trailhead to summit.
|Posted Jul 15, 2011 10:19 pm
|North west ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2011
|The hardest part of the route was gaining the NW-ridge from the glacier, which we did at around 5500-5600m or so. To get over a bergschrund blocking the way, a short, 5 to 10m, bit of 70-degrees snow climbing was required. Shortly thereafter was a much longer section of 50 to 60 degrees (two pitches required).
Finally, just before the summit ridge was another section of two pitches up to 60 degrees.
Fortunately, the snow was strong and in excellent condition, and climbing was pure fun! In this condition, I would rate the route AD, or AD+, but no D.
However, the very next day, there was a fresh bit of snow, so the route condition may be a bit different now ...
By the way, we camped at around 5200m on the glacier. In fact, there are many places to camp on the glacier at various altitudes before going on the ridge, and even some on the wide ridge itself. In fact, there was even a very nice and sheltered site on the summit ridge, above the final difficulties, only minutes from the summit!
|Posted Jul 2, 2011 7:26 pm
|Silvia Mazzani
|North West Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2002
|My first 6000, a fantastic route with a short technical pitch in upper part. For me a great satisfaction!
|Posted May 13, 2011 10:20 am
|NW Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2010
|Long but incredible day - morraine camp to summit and back to base camp. All the info we had on this route was indicating a moderate climb. Well, moderate my butt .... I don't think there are any moderate (AD and below) routes on any CB 6K peaks this year..
|Posted Jul 25, 2010 11:49 pm
|West face
Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2010
|After an unwanted shot of adrenaline, I dangled in the bergshrund, me and Pablo Puruncajas (ECU)summitted in perfect weather. Spectacular and steep face, the sting proved to be in Tocclaraju's tale with a nasty crevasse at the summit mushroom requiring great alertness.
|Posted Jul 13, 2010 7:06 am
|NW Ridge
Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2008
|Climbed with Dan...it's a long ridge climb except for the last bit which requires some belayed climbing.
|Posted Mar 26, 2010 10:34 am
|So Close
|Good climb up the NW ridge, just short of the bergschrund were able to look to the east and see the sun rise and then look to the west and see the moon set. Just past the bergschrund conditions deteriorated quickly and were unable to get a purchase in the snow. Great climb either way.
|Posted Nov 11, 2009 7:39 am
|NW ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2007
|Heavy snow the two days prior to our attempt stopped us around 3 hours from the summit. Bummer, probably should have waitied another day for some guided teams to break the trail.
Also, wouldn't waste my time setting up at moraine camp. I would opt to setup higher up on the glacier.
|Posted Oct 20, 2009 1:40 pm
|west ridge
|Climbed the west ridge with Tyler Appetito & Kaveh Kashani. Lots of snow, no tracks or other climbers. Tyler fell into a crevasse 2 times on the descend & weather got bad. Great climb!
|Posted Sep 1, 2009 6:16 pm
|Normal route
Date Climbed: May 29, 2001
|I never felt worse after catching a massive stomach flu on the layover day in Huaraz. Made it but did not enjoy it. Thanks to my friends! I would never have kept going on my own.
|Posted Aug 7, 2009 2:23 am
|via Normal Route variation
Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2009
|Reached the summit led by the guide in training (Aspirante Guia) Marco Pompeyo and with his brother Heimer (porter). Heimer asked me the night before whether he could join us as he had never climbed a 6000m summit, to which I agreed. He was lightly equipped thus I gave him my down jacket for the cloudy night outing. We started from the (first) high camp (5000m) on a rocky ledge at 01:15 and summited at 07:15 via a normal route variation (D), following the beaten path, with limited visibility and wind gusts up to 30 km/h. We were followed by a Spanish party (from Estramadura) and descended all together. The three other parties behind us turned back at different stages.
Normally, "aspirantes" are not supposed to guide clients on 6000m summits but my UIAA membership meaning no obligation of hiring a mountain guide made the point again!
|Posted Jul 7, 2009 3:48 pm
|Route climbed: NW ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2007
|Climbed with Derek, Oscar, and Carlos - very windy and cold on the way up, but lots of fun! Moraine camp just below the glacier is on of the most beautiful places to camp I've ever been.
|Posted Jul 22, 2008 6:18 pm
|Normal Route
Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007
|We slogged up the normal route from below moraine camp in a half a day. The top snow/ice pitch was fun, the rest was a slog. The most amusing part of our trip was my loosing my headlamp down a crevasse. The direct route looked more interesting, I wish we had done that…
|Posted Jan 14, 2008 3:09 pm
|west Face
Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2007
|Absolutly fantastic climb, rather long from high camp climbing face with group of 3, but quick and pretty esy descent.
|Posted Dec 12, 2007 1:21 am
|regular route
Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2007
|sketchy snow bridge, but other than that fun and not bad
|Posted Oct 24, 2007 1:27 am
|Highest point
Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2005
|Just beautiful, camped in a slighly lower spot than high camp, with great sunset views. Ice walls were stepped in and fun.
|Posted Aug 15, 2006 9:18 pm
|Tom Fralich
|NW Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2006
|Went up to high camp with Adam Jones hoping to climb the West Face, but opted for the NW Ridge due to very high winds on summit morning. It was a fairly long route with some interesting pitches, one being the summit pyramid and the other a 60m section along a rotten, icy cornice just after gaining the ridge. We spent a total of 5 days on the mountain.
Day 1...Hike from Pashpa (3600m) to Ishinca BC (4400m)...about 8 miles
Day 2...Move to High Camp (5100m) in 3.5 hours
Day 3...Storms and bad weather, waiting in High Camp
Day 4...Summit (6032m) in about 7 hours from High Camp, return to BC
Day 5...Hike out to Pashpa
|Posted Jul 20, 2006 11:30 pm
|Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: june '05
|Amazing climb!! Phenominal ice before the sun hits. Didn't actually summit. Got 7 piches up (all consistent WI4) and got very sick from the altitude and had to bail. Not hard to bail from the face as long as you know how to do v-threads.
|Posted Oct 3, 2005 9:31 pm
|Route Climbed: Normal Date Climbed: July 25 2005
|Nice climb!! Left at 2am and was on top by 8:30. The wait at the first wall can be tough. I got very cold, also watch out for local guides that climb over you and cross ropes. I got my pack stuck trying to climb up. Otherwise it was pretty smooth.
|Posted Sep 9, 2005 4:37 pm
|Route Climbed: Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: July 27, 2005
|We started several hours after everyone else (last to leave high camp) so we didn't have to wait too long on the way up, but had to wait on the way down. Leaving late made it so the sun was up as we got high on the mountain so it wasn't really cold at all.
|Posted Aug 8, 2005 1:05 am


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SAN MATEO — As the founder of Electronic Arts, Trip Hawkins is one of the all-time titans of computer gaming.
And even though his later companies, 3DO and Digital Chocolate, failed to reach similar heights, Hawkins hasn't lost his entrepreneurial zeal: On Wednesday, he's set to officially unveil If You Can, a new startup that uses video games to teach children "social and emotional learning skills" — including, appropriately enough, perseverance.
"From the time I was a child, I was intrigued with the learning power of games," said Hawkins, recalling long hours playing Dungeons and Dragons.
But as a father several times over, he noticed that while there's no shortage of "games that are fun and entertaining, they don't have any value in the real world."
Hoping to change that, Hawkins founded If You Can in late 2012 but kept it more or less under wraps until its first product was ready for launch. "IF," an epic narrative game for the iPad that's scheduled to debut Wednesday in Apple's App Store, centers on a universe where dogs and cats wage a galactic war from rival planets called Dogma and Catatonia; children playing the game try to heal the rifts and restore the universe's healing energy field.
Hawkins calls "IF" "a handcrafted, private, interactive movie for the student." To ward off parental fears about bullying or advertising, the game doesn't include a multiplayer element, and users pay $5 a month for each new chapter after a one-month free teaser.
Concurrent with the game's release, the company will announce $6.5 million in venture capital led by Greylock Partners. If You Can previously has garnered investments from the co-founders of Netscape, PayPal and Starbucks.
Hawkins admits that despite the gold standard he set with EA, raising money for his new company was a challenge after several high-profile flops. 3DO tried to introduce a new kind of gaming console but ran aground, leaving Hawkins to file for personal bankruptcy. He tried again with Digital Chocolate, an early entrant in pre-smartphone mobile games, but stepped down as CEO in 2012 as the company sank into layoffs.
Both startups may have been too far ahead of their time, but the experiences led Hawkins to his latest incarnation.
"I'd had almost 20 years of unlimited success, almost beyond my comprehension," he said, "then I went through 20 years where success was elusive. It was humbling."
Eventually, he said, he realized that "the path to real happiness has to do with self-compassion. And you can't really get to self-compassion unless you recognize you're connected to everyone else."
If You Can co-founder Jessica Berlinski, a veteran of several education-related nonprofits, called empathy, compassion and ethical decision-making "stronger predictors of success than content memorization."
The startup's advisers include the former heads of MTV and Juniper Networks, as well as education consultant Janice Toben, who spent decades teaching social and emotional intelligence at Hillsborough's private Nueva School.
Hawkins, whose children attended the school, said Toben provided mounds of lesson plans to help the game designers decide what's appropriate for kids in different grades at different times of the academic year. He likened the process to using a massive Oakland Raiders playbook from John Madden when designing EA Sports.
"I think the concept is brilliant," said Michael Pachter, a video gaming analyst with Wedbush Securities in Los Angeles. He called games a natural medium to teach kids, especially with tablet computers increasingly ubiquitous.
"Obviously, Trip's company has to execute," Pachter added, "but he's pretty good at that."
Contact Peter Delevett at 408-271-3638. Follow him at Twitter.com/mercwiretap.
To find out more about Hawkins' new company and about the "emotional intelligence" theory of learning, visit www.ifyoucan.org.


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Intro :
Yeah , you know ,In school of life I 've learned alot and I'm just doin' what I' ve learned (You Know what I'm sayin')
Just stick to the beat man! stick to the beat and make a dream
Verse 1 :
Comin' out my beat
Like a beast on his feet
To rise up by heat
Like a mothafuckin seeds
You know cobra
You know I'm crazy.k
You know the brother khalid
I sing it everyday
Brother khalid is here
I know you wanna hear
Forget about ya hate and fear
Don't ever drop a tear
Be like a russian bear
Its been along time
More than 5 years
I made a , I made a , I made a huge jump
I give ya , I give ya , I give ya one thumb
You know I , you know I , you know I don't stop
Cause when I hit , I hitcha perfect so you say I'm dope
It's the time to let go and move on
From everything bad have shown
I came to put it on
From the zone to the world that I'm singin on
I'm nothin but I god damn monster
I'm make you feel the best so you call me a Master
Verse 2 :
I'm singin' to the world so I think you gotta feel me
I prayed to my god so my god did reheal me
To y'all I'mma brother
And y'all are my famliy
I can't leave the earth
Cause my birth
Is one god damn curse
I can not just come out
Unless I caught ya on my verse
You know the deal
Brother khalid can feel
I'm breakin all the walls
I'm breakin all the seals
I'm the man who keeps it real
When they tryna roll the weal
Ain't just flesh and steal
I'm made of diamonds and chroum
I cross the storms
The deadliest ones
Cold or warm
Where you think I'm from ?!
Sudan is my home
Dubai is the bomb
Let them haters wait
I'm bout to break their bones
I'm the toughest
The illest and the hottest
I'm bout to touch ya heart to the fullest
And that day is comin
Bk's stunnin
Wait for me and stop runnin'
Verse 3 :
Well , I think that I won't stop
I'm risin' to the top
I'm being so much harder
And I think I'll win that cop
I drank the cup of hope
I wrote down all my dreams
It's harder than it seems
But I'm workin all my life
I can bairly see the beam
I'm going to that gleam
On a boat on the stream
I tried to make a team
I made it with a scheme
And till now I'm so right
I'm bout to win the fight
I see the people being left
But I 've choosed to walk right
I see the light from this highet
I see bad that won't hide
I see me on the flight
To the moon at the night
Yeah , nothing is impossible believe it or not
But you have leave your god damn spot
Forget about these fucked up thoughts
Love and swag and hoes
You know I could be the same as you
But god kept me awake and I'm thankful though
Outro :
To all the people around the world , I'm doin' it (you know what I'm sayin'?) and what I'm doin' is just to prove you that I can and I won't stop cause I'm the man who never back down , everybody can do what ever he want and I will do whatever I want! Just dream people .. Dream!
This is the first Music Video by The Upcoming Hiphop Sudanese Artist Brother Khalid who was born and raised in Dubai , United Arab Emirates Read more about Brother khalid at : http://www.facebook.com/TheDreamerBk/info
This song is just a normal Track by The Brother Khalid was released on the 8th of Jan 2013.
You can find the Mp3 Download link for the song in the video description.
Heavy Gunners hope that you like it and asking you to stay tuned for 2013's summer.
Support The movement by sharing , Retweeting and broadcasting this video.
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Now it's less than 3 months away ‒ need to get a passport RSN…
thank you for the feedback - that's the exact purpose of this post.
We will make a decision for the timing in few days.
Personally speaking, this time is also prefered because mid-September falls in the time frame of university summer holidays. November is not so good.


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why am i getting this in the last few days?
has support ended for older zone alarms? have you changed the domain for the update server and now the program is crapping out? i am using za security suite v9.3x. no, i will not upgrade to the newer ones. they look and feel ugly. half the options are hidden and some are now on autopilot. no way! i want total control of what happens.
anyway, that is not the point. i have a 2 year license (still have 143 days left) for 3 pc's. i use it on two. actually i use it on one pc, but i multiboot. so two instances. that is how i know it's not some issue with me. it happens on both setups, and one is a windows xp which is very clean and never used except to troubleshoot or if anything was to happen with my main boot. the last time i used that boot, za updated just fine. (of course, that was normal) now, it does not update there as well. that tells me it's not "something" that happened recently on my main system, rather something on your end.
edit: just to test some more, i forced myself to update to the latest version via the 9.3 update button. i now use 13.1x and i can update the av just fine. that too tells me it's something you did. are you no longer allowing older versions, specifically, 9.3x to update their av signature files? surely not. if not that, than what else could it be? i will get to the bottom of this. the live chat is closed so i will do that when open.


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Design Museum Collection: Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things
The Design Museum has the UK's only collection devoted exclusively to contemporary design and architecture. This new permanent collection display reveals intriguing insights in the most exceptional of everyday objects.
The opening of the museum's permanent collection marks an essential milestone in the journey towards the future of the Design Museum at its new home in Kensington, where the entire top floor will display the museum's collection of twentieth-century design.
The exhibition presents six key stories through hundreds of items, offering a diverse investigation into the impact of design on our everyday lives. The
exhibition will show the surprising origins of famous and lesser known designs, alongside contextual images and documents.
National identity is explored through objects that define a nation such as the phone box, road signage, the post box, the London 2012 logo and the Euro. The story of the development of the London 2012 logo tells how for the first time in the history of the Games, the Olympics and Paralympics embraced the same logo. The logo was created to be a 'design for everybody' – the exhibition will reveal the design process and thinking behind this symbol of Britain as a world stage and allow audiences to interact with it.
The dominance of plastic in our lives is examined with examples of luxury through to everyday plastics from the last 75 years, from small household items to the first examples of plastic furniture in the 1960s. Recent uses of plastic include high profile designers such as Issey Miyake using recycled
PET from plastic bottles to create fabrics used in his designs.
A section on Modernism provides a snapshot of a remarkable and dynamic period of design in Britain, shown through iconic pieces of furniture, products, textiles and architecture. The section will feature works by Marcel Breuer, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Erno Goldfinger, whose name Ian Fleming spitefully immortalised as a Bond villain because of personal antagonism.
Jasper Morrison's Handlebar Table, which was recently added to the collection with the support of the Art Fund, will go on display for the first time in a section looking at collecting.
Another section will profile a single iconic design – the Anglepoise lamp - telling how an experiment by a car engineer with an obsession with springs
resulted in an invention that was to become one of the most copied, parodied and collected in the history of design.
A display of fashion from the 1970s to the 1990s will throw a spotlight on six occasion outfits from a personal wardrobe of over 400 items belonging to fashion collector Jill Ritblat. The outfits chart the shift of style through a life in society, and champion the exquisite balance of form and function in the pieces themselves.
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The gold-leaf painted dome of the National Academy of Sciences Great Hall, depicting an early 20th Century view of science, was recently refurbished and cleaned. UMBC's Imaging Research Center is constructing an iPad app to help visitors understand and explore the icons of science on the dome. Part of the app development requirements extensive 3D photography of the dome.


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Just to be clear. I liked the part of Adquiring barbosa and Diaw (he's not my favorite player but at some point, we're recieving something). By keeping Jose we solve the problems of the ball handling dispute between him and Hedo. Jose making plays for everyone (like nash with diaw and barbosa) including the young guns. I Hope T.Chandler is part of another deal involving his expring plus banks or the TPE.
But after all it's another 9 new faces team, just like last season. 4 months of gelling time?


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The mines started laying off workers. Julia Varga had two boarders that had to leave because they were laid off. They left crying, owed money, and with promise to pay they left. Her husband Paul was laid off too; money in the bank was going down fast. Julia and Paul decided to invest in a small farm. Two other friends were looking into getting farms, too. Paul, Mr. Lavisco & Mr. Martin knew of a friend who left Berwind, WV for North Carolina years before for farming. The three of them left together for Castle Hayne, NC.
All three men invested in farms separately. Mr. Martin bought only land, near Burgaw, and decided to build his house. He did, but never moved into it because work had picked up by the time the house was finished. Paul moved down first. Mr. Lavisco about 6 months later.
Paul had bought a dog before leaving Berwind, a beautiful German Police named 'Lindy.' A very smart, loyal dog, which stayed by his daughter Helen's side without being called along, especially appreciated when she had to go to a small store to get something.
They then moved to St. Helena, NC, a small community that was friendly and helpful. Paul bought a one-eyed mule that knew how to plow and cultivate better than he. He learned to love that mule and dog, and it was a sad day when he lost each of them, especially the dog, Lindy.
Helen worked hard on the farm, helping Mom & Dad (Julia & Paul); we all learned how to "truck farm." First years were rough, but we all had lots of fun. Went to small church together on Sunday mornings and always a group going to the beach in summer, went for walks in groups, and had small parties. On Saturday nights (summer & winter) there were dances at the hall.
Paul bought a small truck from some "smart" salesman for $150, and an old cow he didn't know how to get rid of. "It was a pleasure to see him and the salesman bicker. Dad was calm and so sure of himself," according to Helen. The man left with a huff and puff. He didn't like Paul's offer, but Paul said, "he'll be back." Helen didn't think so, but he did come back. He took Paul's offer and walked away with the old cow and left them with the truck. Helen asked Dad, "Now who's going to drive it?" and Paul answered "You!" And Helen did. Helen was 14 or 15 years old when she drove her first motor vehicle.
New people came down from Ohio by the name of Tokoly's. Everybody would go to welcome newcomers, everyone was just friendly. One Sunday Paul asked Helen to drive him to visit them. Helen usually stayed in the truck. There were three young men there (Jimmy, Andy, and Steve Tokoly).
To Helen's surprise a young girl about her age was also there and came out to the truck to talk to Helen. The young girl limped. She was visiting the Tokoly's with her mother. She too, was from Ohio and had 4 older brothers and 1 older sister. The girls became friends. She explained to Helen she had polio. Her name was Margaret Jasper, sister of Jim.
Margaret would begin writing Jim about Helen in an attempt to "fix them up." She would tell Helen about all her brothers, so Helen had no idea which one Margaret was trying to set her up with. Jim, on the other hand, was excited to meet Helen and would soon make a trip to meet this wonderful girl Margaret was writing about!
Saturday before Christmas 1932 or 1933 Jim and close friend Frank Batko drove Jim's and his brother John's Dodge from Yorkville, OH to St. Helena to visit Ma (Katie) Jasper and Margaret, 550 miles away driving. (Jim and John had bought the 1927 Dodge together for $75.00.) They arrived and had dinner at the Tokoly's.
After dinner that evening, Ma, Margaret, Jim, and Frank visited the Barbely's. Helen Varga, the Barbely's step daughter, and Margaret, had become friends. The Jasper, Barbely, and Tokoly families were all Hungarian immigrants.
They didn't visit long that evening because the guys were so tired from the drive. After meeting everybody, Jim felt like he needed to leave. Helen wasn't too happy about this. At that first meeting, Helen wasn't at all impressed with Jim because he was trying so hard to impress her. Jim had heard a lot about Helen in his letters from Margaret and meeting her was part of the reason he drove all the way down there in a $75 car!
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Eastern railroads continue to be hit harder, with loadings down 16.3% for the week relative to year-ago levels; by contrast, loadings fell 9.3% in the West. Intermodal volume dropped 12.9% compared with last year. Total volume was estimated at 29.9 billion ton-miles, off 11.0% from a year ago.
Canadian railroads reported carload volume fell 8.4% for the week compared with the comparable 2008 period, while intermodal slipped 3.8%. Mexican railroads reported carload volume fell 6.1% for the week compared to a year ago, while intermodal declined 6.9%.
North American rail volume for the first six weeks of 2009 on 14 reporting U.S., Canadian, and Mexican railroads was down 15.9% from last year's comparable six-week period, while intermodal fell 12.9% during the period.
AAR noted Canadian National's recent acquisition of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. has resulted in some reporting changes that affect current totals and comparisons with last year.


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- agustina woodgate teddy bear skin rugsAgustina Woodgate is well known for using unconventional materials in her art -- like this castle built from 3,000 bricks made of hair -- but her latest creation turns a much less gag-worthy medium into plush rugs that burst with a kaleidoscope of color. In what she calls her Skin Rugs project, the artist has dissected dozens of stuffed animal toys and reconfigured them into murals with an aesthetic reminiscent of Rorschach inkblots.1
- augustina woodgate teddy bear skin rugsThe Skin Rugs series has taken Woodgate nearly two years to complete, and has involved a painstaking process that has her cutting up cuddly stuffed animals into various patterns, and stitching their synthetic, and often stubborn, fur into succinct designs. Woodgate used the "skin" of the stuffed animals the same way one would to create an actual bear skin rug.2
- augustina woodgate teddy bear skin rugsEven more surprising is that fact that the Woodgate had never sewn before taking on this project!3
- augustina woodgate teddy bear skin rugsEach rug uses somewhere between 50 to 70 toys that were either donated to her, found, or purchased from Goodwill.4
- augustina woodgate teddy bear skin rugsThe incredible patterns depicted in each rug not only show her knack for choosing complimenting hues, but creating eye-catching designs on a large scale -- her smallest rug measure 7'x9'.5
- augustina woodgate teddy bear skin rugsWoodgate admits the series was one of the more arduous undertakings of her career — from sourcing to sewing6
- augustina woodgate teddy bear skin rugsAlthough she also tells Sight Unseen this project is a personal favorite, and one she'll continue to explore.7
- augustina woodgate teddy bear skin rugsWoodgate's workshop and studio.8


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Pitching Matchup – Cubs (1-1): Travis Wood (0-0, 0.00) vs. Pirates (1-1): James McDonald (0-0, 0.00)
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA
When: 11:35 AM CST
TV/Radio: WGN TV / WGN 720
The Run Down: The Cubs look to win the first series of the year, but will have a tough test against James McDonald who really came into his own last season. It seems clear that the Cubs have to generate offense at the top of the order because the bottom part has not been close to adequate so far. The Cubs will look to get their first hit with men in scoring position today, of the year. Obviously that has to improve, but looking at the big picture it really would be nice to start the season with a series win.
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I guess my problem needs a firmware update, so I hope that someone at Philips is reading this. Here's the problem:
I'm trying to watch a mp4 video with external subtitles in Bulgarian. To view them properly I need to change the "Character Set" to Cyrillic which is normally done from the options menu during playback. The problem is that the character set option is missing when playing an mp4 video. I curently have the latest FW for BDP5100/12 (1.62). The same player had exactly the same problem with mkv files an it was fixed with a FW update some months ago. Hope this one is resolved soon, too. The best solution IMO will be to make "Character set" a "global" option under Setup > Preference.
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text: The way I see it, the ones who have changed the least basically boils down to McCoy, Sulu, and possibly also Captain Pike. As follows: KIRK: Wasn't born on Earth, didn't even get to meet his father, elevated to the rank of Captain without all that messy business rising through the ranks on ships like the USS Farragut (though, yes, I suppose there's nothing to say he didn't serve on it as part of his exams or something, before the later events of the movie took hold). By contrast, the series bible for TOS makes a point of mentioning that Kirk's dad got to see his son become Captain of the Enterprise before he died. I have no doubt that Kirk Prime is a much more secure personality for having had his father's guidance all those years. Kirk Prime was also described as being a exquisite student at the academy, whereas NuKirk seems to be a bit brasher and less likely to be "a pile of books with legs" (as Gary Mitchell desribed Kirk Prime). VERDICT: the same Kirk, but with broader personality issues. SPOCK: He's close to our Spock Prime, but I'm not sure Spock Prime would have had that kind of relationship with Uhura (they flirted in TOS, but it wasn't serious - I wonder what it was that pushed New Spock and New Uhura into taking it to the next level?). The death of his mother undoubtedly makes an impact on his life though. VERDICT: as with Kirk, broadly the same but with a few 'issues'. UHURA: Same as above, really. She's arguably more assertive than TOS Uhura, although "The Search For Spock" shows Uhura Prime in a light that is considerably sassier than anything we got to see her do in TOS itself. VERDICT: Hard to call on this one. She might not have a different personality at all, it's just expressed better in the Abrams movies. BONES: The same old Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, albeit just a smidge younger than we ever saw him before. Stuff that is only canonised in the new movies (all the stuff about his divorce) was always there as character background in the TOS series bible, it was just never mentioned on-screen (although it was heavily implied at times, and got very close to being canonised in early drafts of "The Way To Eden"). VERDICT: Identical in virtually every way. CHEKOV: Older (by, what is it, about 4 years or something?) than TOS Chekov, so by extension he hasn't got the same birthday. He's also a bit of a whizzkid, which was kind of implied with Chekov Prime but also kind of denied (Chekov Prime was a bit of a knockabout character at times, happier canoodling with pretty girls than doing his job). VERDICT: I'll call him different. He shares an accent with his Prime counterpart, but not really the same personality as far as I see it. SCOTTY: Contentious, but Scotty Prime was a very specific character pretty much created by (and influenced by) Jimmy Doohan himself. Likewise, the new Scotty is more or less just a typical Simon Pegg character, but with a Scots accent. He's obviously got the brushstrokes of Scotty Prime, but I can't really see much comparison between the two. VERDICT: different. SULU: What do we learn about Sulu in the 2009 movie? He's the helmsman. He's oriential. He likes playing with swords. So far, so recognisably Sulu. I'm not sure there's anything different about him other than he's obviously being played by a different actor. Unless the sequel does something major with his character I don't see any divergence at all from his Prime counterpart. VERDICT: same old Sulu. Finally... PIKE: he's sketched out a bit more than Jeff Hunter's version, but on the face of it I think he's pretty accurate to how I imagine Hunter's Pike would have been most of the time. We saw Pike in "The Cage" at a particular point in his life, dealing with insecurities and wondering if he made the right career choice after all. But underneath it all, I think they are basically the same character: a noble and heroic architype, who is given the added benefit in Abrams' Trek of also being a surrogate father figure to Kirk. VERDICT: not too different. Your thoughts, ladies and gents?


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Right wing calls hypocrisy on drones
Conservatives greeted the drones debate this week with a sense of vindication even as they leveled charges of hypocrisy against the left.
"[Surely] Senator Obama would now be denouncing the ways that President Obama has embraced the unilateral, even pre-emptive powers that George W. Bush used in prosecuting the war against Al Qaeda," an editorial from The Wall Street Journal opened on Wednesday. The editorial continued, "Yes, this crowd doesn't arrest and interrogate suspected terrorists. It merely blows them away with missiles from the sky."
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That sharply worded piece was one of several examples from conservatives to surface this week as Washington's attention turned to the Obama administration's use of drones, especially to target U.S. citizens abroad. The heightened scrutiny came amid Thursday confirmation hearings for John Brennan, President Barack Obama's top counter-terrorism adviser nominated to serve as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Obama on Wednesday turned over some classified Justice Department documents — which outlined the legal advice pertaining to drones that kill U.S. citizens abroad — to congressional intelligence committees after an earlier leak on the subject.
Rich Lowry of National Review, writing in POLITICO, said the author of the white paper in question "sounds like he could have worked for Dick Cheney."
"If he served in the George W. Bush administration, someone would already be agitating for his extraordinary rendition to The Hague," Lowry snarked. He added later, "Democratic partisans might be confused. They considered Bush a threat to America's liberty because of his defense of his war powers, yet their hero stands on similar ground. How to resolve the contradiction? Easy. Conclude that they were wrong the first time."
Commentators argued that if Bush was in office, congressional and media reactions as the drones story unfolded would stand in stark contrast to how those responses are playing out under the Obama administration.
Joe Scarborough, the co-host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," known for his center-right perspective, blasted the use of drones to kill American citizens, but said that if this happened on Bush's watch, he would be the focus of calls for impeachment and congressional hearings.
"This is one of those times you can't even say, 'If George Bush were doing this,' because if George Bush were doing this, everything that was going on in Washington, D.C. would stop today," he said on Wednesday. "There would be congressional hearings called, articles of impeachment. All of Washington, all of Manhattan, the entire press corps would stop and focus its intention on this unprecedented overreach."


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The Biopic on jazz singer Nina Simone has hit a sour note for India.Arie. The R&B singer recently came out against the film's producers for casting Zoe Saldana to play the role of Simone, whose dark skin and wide nose stands in contrast to Saldana's features.
India.Arie posted her thoughts to Ninasimone.com after seeing a picture of Saldana in costume for her role in the film, Nina.
"SO TODAY I saw the images of Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone…" she wrote (caps hers). "AND I THINK THEY ARE RIDICULOUS!"
The image that sent India to the internet to express her feelings showed Saldana in what appears to be a prosthetic nose as well as makeup to make her skin darker. [See image here]
"Yes there should be a movie made, and YES they should have chosen someone who LOOKS like Nina Simone, ESPECIALLY since her RACE played such a PIVOTAL role in WHO, WHAT and WHY, she was.
THAT ASIDE for a second, this just looks WEIRD, it looks like a person in Black(er) face with a fake nose … REALLY?!!!!"
While Arie called herself "Nina Simone's physical heir apparent," she said that she didn't feel like she was the best person to play Simone either.
"If I ever FELT I was truly CALLED to play her, I would," she wrote. "And maybe Zoe Saldana REALLY is BEING CALLED SPIRITUALLY TO PLAY THIS ROLE …
But I DO NOT LIKE these PICTURES. AT ALL."
Although Arie made a point to say that she trusts that Saldana could pull of Simone "energetically," she still nominated another.
"I will END this by saying I think VIOLA DAVIS should be playing Nina Simone," she said. Viola Davis was nominated for an Academy award for her roles in Doubt and her role as Aibileen Clark in The Help. –Erik Parker, CBS Local


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Flashback: Seven Memorable Songs of Summers Past
Holding the unofficial title of Song of the Summer has officially become a big deal in the music business. Love it or hate it, Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" ruled the 2013 summer season, with Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" close behind. The jury is still out on whether this year will produce a defining track. Here are seven memorable songs of summers past.


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It's almost that time again! The 2013 Moonshiners Reunion & Mountain Music Festival will be held Thursday October 3rd through Saturday October 5th.
We are NOT accepting any new food vendors at this time!
3 Day Tickets are only $75 per person. Friday/Saturday Tickets are still just $55 per person, and One Day Tickets are $30 per person. Ticket prices are for all ages.
** NOTE: we do not manufacture, distribute or sell any alcohol (moonshine) at our venue. We do not allow anyone else to sell alcohol. If someone is caught selling alcohol at our venue, they will be banned permanently. Thanks in advance for your cooperation! We want this to be a fun-filled music event that it always has been and are just watching out for everyone's safety.
No GLASS, No PETS, No FIREWORKS, No 4-WHEELERS, No PROBLEMS!
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If anyone is interested in renting a golf cart for the Plum Hollow Festival, please contact Robert at Golf Cart Services. Although we are not affiliated with him, he is our official vendor of golf carts. PLEASE make sure you rent a cart with working lights. We do not allow golf carts to be used at night without working lights. Plum Hollow Farm is and will not be responsible for fixin' your golf cart during the festival….please note that we just allow this vendor to rent to you at our venue. Keep this number handy in case you need it-Golf Cart Services: (864) 574-4616.
Campsites are on a first come, first serve basis. Band members, sponsors and other special guests may enter the festival grounds early (but PLEASE contact us at 864-680-0225 to make these arrangements). All other guests may enter beginning on Thursday, May 23rd at noon. RV's are welcome, and we will direct you to our open field where you can enjoy the beautiful mountain surroundings. We have a separate primitive camping area for our tent campers. Please be respectful of everyone's space and share the woods! Only 1 car allowed per campsite so we make sure to have plenty of room for everyone. While we do not have RV hook-ups at this time, we do have a ladies and men's bath house with indoor bathrooms and showers that you are welcome to use. We also have portable bathrooms throughout the festival grounds. Camping is included in your ticket price.
Call us at 864-680-0225 or at 864-680-2027 or visit the festival page for more information. Hope to see ya'll there!


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What set some San Francisco Giants fans off about the reporting of Aubrey Huff and his anxiety disorder
San Francisco Giants fans finally got news regarding Aubrey Huff's absence from the team.
And some reacted by getting angry — not at Huff, but at those charged with reporting the news.
After the Giants placed Huff on the 15-day disabled list because of an anxiety disorder, the three major media outlets covering the Giants took three different approaches with blog posts on the Huff news.
Hank Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle put a post that was sympathetic toward Huff and cautioned restraint and understanding from those on the internet. Schulman even shared a personal note about his own mental health issues for context. You can read it here.
Alex Pavlovic of the San Jose Mercury News took a more middle-of-the-road approach, simply reporting the details as revealed by team, but also including a statement that anxiety can be a debilitating condition. You can read it here.
But the post that really caught the ire of some fans was the one by Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com. You can read it here.
Baggarly dug a bit deeper, revealing some personal info on Huff, including the fact that Huff's wife had filed for divorce this offseason.
Some fans felt that the reporting of such personal issues amid a report that Huff is battling anxiety issues showed a lack of class on Baggarly's part.
MoreSplashHits does not necessarily agree with this. In fact, we felt that the added details of his divorce, while personal, made Huff a more sympathetic figure in this story.
Without that information, Huff comes off as a baseball player making $10 million a year who is having anxiety because he's not hitting and may lose his starting job to a younger player.
With the information, you see a guy who has anxiety over losing his family. Huff has two young children. Then the on-field issues seem more a by-product of the anxiety, instead of the cause.
Where Baggarly got in trouble, at least with some fans, was the general tone of his post leading up to the revelations about his personal life.
The tone, whether intended or not, painted Huff in a negative light. Baggarly poorly strung together phrases like when Huff left the team by "simply leaving a text message for Bochy," that the team was "in the dark for several days," and that his teammates still don't have a full explanation.
But the smoking gun came when Baggarly added "the timing was especially curious" coming after Huff's rough day Saturday when he had a mental lapse while playing second base for the first time in his career.
The "especially curious" comment seems to minimize the anxiety disorder diagnosis.
And the statement that the team was "left in the dark for several days" is not accurate. For one, the timing is exaggerated. It was more like two days, a little more than 48 hours from the time we found out that Huff wasn't with the team to when we found out why.
If by "the team" Baggarly was referring simply to the players being in the dark, that wasn't entirely Huff's fault. But if Baggarly is referring to the team as in the players, coaches and front office, the statement is inaccurate.
Bochy said he didn't know what the issue was on Monday. But on Tuesday, he said Huff had a legitimate reason to leave the team, implying that the Giants knew what was going on.
This was further confirmed by the report that Huff has already spoken to a specialist in Florida which the team helped provide him.
So the Giants knew what was going on. They just weren't telling anyone. Why? Because it's a personal health issue, and they didn't want to say anything until they had some answers.
And that's exactly why they didn't say anything to the players.
That's how management in any other work field would have handled it. We just tend to forget that in the got-to-know-now world of pro sports.
Given the context of Baggarly's opening tone, the reporting of Huff's personal issues gives the appearance of piling on. And that's why some responded negatively.
Baggarly's structure also seems to imply a cause-and-effect that may be inaccurate — that baseball struggles led to anxiety.
It may have been the other way around.
It could be that Huff's anxiety led to a lack of focus on the field, leading to his recent hitting woes and to his mental lapse when he broke to cover first base (and not second base) when he was playing second base on Saturday.
In fact, that could have been the final straw for Huff, a sign he needed some help.
But the bottom line is we don't know, nor should it be our place to figure it out.
Speaking from experience, Schulman posted this: "Everybody will have an opinion about what set this off, but you can't know, and it's possible Huff doesn't know. Sometimes a panic attack just happens."
He added: "It's foolish to try to play psychoanalyst … and try to pick a cause."
Well said, Hank.
Baggarly was brought to CSNBayArea.com for his ability to provide analysis along with news details. But we aren't talking about the decision to put on a hit-and-run play, or the development of a young prospect here.
This is a serious and complicated mental health issue.
Baggarly's attempt to link details in an effort to provide answers that are not yet available was unfair at best, reckless at worst.
All we really need to know is Huff won't be playing for the Giants in the next two weeks. When he's ready to tell us more, we'll be ready to listen.
And let's leave the analysis to the professionals.