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Town Square
Share your thoughts on Super Tuesday
Original post made by Tyler Hanley, digital editor of Palo Alto Online, on Feb 5, 2008
Comments (14)
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 5, 2008 at 12:50 pm
I already feel for those who sent in their ballots by mail sometime ago and feel that they have wasted their votes as they voted for Edwards and Guiliani.
They must be feeling pretty sick by now.
a resident of Midtown
on Feb 5, 2008 at 12:52 pm
All of the poll workers at Fairmeadow Elementary were great this morning! Thanks for volunteering your time! I haven't been to that school before but everything was really clearly marked so I could find the multi-purpose room.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Feb 5, 2008 at 12:56 pm
My uncle felt his vote was wasted since he sent an adsentee ballot for one of the candidates who dropped out. One of hte problems with absentee voting...
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Feb 5, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Where were the high tech computers that leave a printed record of your vote? Have we gone back to old style paper ballots for good? And, how much did all those computers cost anyway? Will Santa Clara get their money back?
a resident of Midtown
on Feb 5, 2008 at 2:44 pm
I had to chuckle at the return of the old fashioned method today.
The great rush to use computers to fix the non-problem of a very rare and occasional human error in voting that we have lived with since the USA began voting created a much more unreliabe method..as predicted by those of us who asked everyone to slow down and really think this through, not just knee-jerk it through.
I am so grateful we are back to receipts and a way to track down MY vote as a way of random checking to make sure everything made it to where it should have gone.
By they way, weren't any Democrats insulted that Democrat leaders were saying that the old method was a problem for DEMOCRATS, that somehow they weren't capapable of figuring it out? If I were still a Democrat, I would have been furious at the implication.
a resident of Community Center
on Feb 5, 2008 at 5:03 pm
The center of the technical universe and we're using paper ballots--sheesh! Next thing you know, we'll be having our thumbs dipped in ink!
Seriously, our polling location was changed, but by 8AM they had a sign up re-directing the stupid (me) to the right location and it went very smoothly. Kudos to the great staff working to record our votes.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Feb 5, 2008 at 5:08 pm
It's inside the beltway corrupt back room politics today as McCain and Paul instruct their supporters to vote for Huckabee who trailed the front-runner Romney by a considerable margin in West Virginia earlier today. The real winner in the state of West Virginia was Romney. How sad that business as usual politicians are able to destroy our voting system so easily. Tell McCain, Huckabee and Paul what you think about their dishonest and self-serving behavior by voting for Romney in your state.
a resident of Midtown
on Feb 5, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Unless you think you might be out of the country or truly disabled, I've never understood the absentee ballot appeal. I want to see what happens up until the last day in case I need to change my strategy. Even though I've usually made up my mind, I just don't want to vote too early. Perfect case in point is Edwards, Kucinich, Guiliani dropping out after people voted absentee.
a resident of Ventura
on Feb 5, 2008 at 8:22 pm
re: absentee ballots - maybe not the intended use, but I filled mine out yesterday and that way I could just drop it off today. I work at a polling place, but not the one where I live, but I could just bring the envelope into work. Nice.
More importantly, I love the interest level and energy, even if the folks on the street were a tad annoying, great to see the involvement. Do you think it's something about this election in particular, or is that Californians are finally learning what it means to vote in a meaningful primary?
And now that we see we can shape the national race, doesn't it feel like a shame we had all those years when that wasn't the case? Does anyone hate the Iowa/New Hampshire tradition as much as I do? All primaries need to be later, and on some rotating schedule that clusters the dates but distributes the regions and population centers. Screw Iowa! Kiss it, New Hampshire!
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Feb 5, 2008 at 11:18 pm
So, they run out of paper ballots. It's time to return to voting machines, they are always there and don't run out of paper!!!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 6, 2008 at 9:19 am
Had to drive by a couple of voting places last night just before 8.00 pm. I found it interesting to see just how many people were arriving at the last minute to vote. By that time, I could understand how some who had voted earlier in the day may have wanted to change their votes.
It seems that yesterday there was definitely an advantage to voting later in the day when results were coming in from the East Coast to use a vote here with a little more strategy. It probably didn't make a difference in the long run, but if the races in California had been closer, then there could have been a later voting advantage which could have made a big difference.
It would certainly seem fair in the future if the results in the East could be delayed until the polls had closed in the West.
a resident of Ventura
on Feb 6, 2008 at 9:45 am
All those tax hikes passed. The time has come to revise prop 13 so over generous voters can't subvert it and raise our taxes.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 6, 2008 at 9:46 am
I've never been a fan of "absentee ballots", they count them after the regular ballots, and I want my ballot to count, before the results are known.
a resident of Fairmeadow
on Feb 6, 2008 at 11:08 am
Another Voter,
Sorry but you have been misinformed. They count the "Vote-By-Mail" votes the same time they count all the other ballots. If you look at the election results for Santa Clara County they break down the votes into two catagories:
Vote-by-mail turnout
Precinct reporting turnout
The vote-by-mail crowd had a larger turnout than the folks who voted at their precinct.
If you like to vote at your precinct that is fine but please do not spread false information.
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Who's Bad? Well, Michael Jackson is once again, as Epic/Legacy Recordings and the Jackson Family Estate release a 25th anniversary special edition of the singer's 1987 album Bad.
Out September 18, Bad 25 will come to fans in a whole collector's set, featuring a remastered version of the album that includes hits like "The Way You Make Me Feel" and "Smooth Criminal," two additional CDs, a DVD and two booklets of unseen photos from the recording sessions, video sets and concerts from that period.
The bonus CDs will feature previously unreleased materials from the King Of Pop. One will feature demos from the Bad recording session while the other will be the first live concert recording from Jackson, featuring the audio from his July 16, 1988 Wembley Stadium show in London. The DVD will also be of that same concert — seen by 72,000 fans, one of them being Princess Diana — releasing for the first time ever Michael's own personal recording of the performance from the JumboTrons that night.
The Bad World Tour was MJ's first concert tour as a solo artist and included over 123 dates in just 16 months. The tour was a phenomenon making its way into the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest tour in history, the tour with the largest attending audience with more than 4.4 million fans seeing the singer live and the most sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium.
Watch a teaser for the Bad 25 DVD below.
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The annual fall color display along Colorado Highway 145 to Lizard Pass and beyond will again amaze locals and surely cause tourists to stop their RVs in the driving lane to marvel at nature's brilliance.
The annual tradition gives tourism a boost as well.
"We're seeing the leaf peepers coming through town," said Stuart Hanold, director of the Dolores Chamber of Commerce. "It's a nice time to take a scenic drive."
Annie Belaska, of High Ground Coffee Shack in Rico, reports peak conditions for fall colors.
"This is the week to come on up. It is really beautiful right now with the sun shining brightly making the green, yellow and orange really vivid," she said. "It is really going off up here, so stop in for a latte and snack, and enjoy the drive to the pass."
The Ryman Creek Trail is especially nice right now for fall colors. Also, the Priest Gulch Trail meanders through shimmering aspen forests creating a luminescent, colorful aura seen only in fall.
The more technical aspects are explained by Forest Service scientists. Color changes are primarily regulated by the calender as nights become longer, triggering biochemical processes in the leaf. Carotenoids produce yellow, orange, and brown colors, while chlorophyll gives leaves a basic green color.
The amount and brilliance of the colors that develop in any particular autumn season are related to weather conditions that occur before and during the time the chlorophyll in the leaves is dwindling. Temperature and moisture are the main influences.
A succession of warm, sunny days and cool, crisp but not freezing nights seems to bring about the most spectacular color displays. During these days, lots of sugars are produced in the leaf, but the cool nights and the gradual closing of veins going into the leaf prevent these sugars from moving out. These conditions - lots of sugar and light - spur production of the brilliant anthocyanin pigments, which tint reds, purples, and crimson. Because carotenoids are always present in leaves, the yellow and gold colors remain fairly constant from year to year.
The amount of moisture in the soil also affects autumn colors. Like the weather, soil moisture varies greatly from year to year. The countless combinations of these two highly variable factors assure that no two autumns can be exactly alike. A late spring, or a severe summer drought, can delay the onset of fall color by a few weeks. A warm period during fall will also lower the intensity of autumn colors. A warm wet spring, favorable summer weather, and warm sunny fall days with cool nights should produce the most brilliant autumn colors.
But it can all be ruined with one storm.
"Get up here before the high winds hit," Belaska said. "I've seen it happen. One wind storm and its all gone."


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Today's Song: Tweet 'C 4eva'
It's been 10 years since Tweet's hit masturbation ode "Oops (Oh My)," with little chart activity in between ("Call Me" went Top 40, so she isn't technically a one-hit wonder, but still...). In another era, there would be no Tweet to speak of a decade later, but thanks to the magic of the Internet, she remains a presence who's taken to releasing a series of barely commercial R&B songs accompanied by the #TweetTuesdays hashtag. These kicked off with an impressively sung remake of Aretha Franklin's "Day Dreaming." The third in the series, "C 4eva," is below. Beatless but propelled by rhythmic cricket sounds, the song finds Tweet oozing delicately over an acoustic guitar. It's equal parts Deniece Williams and Aaliyah. It's so ethereal, it's practically ambient. It sounds like it blew right past the shackles of pop aspiration.
In other, non-embeddable news, RollingStone.com is streaming Matthew Herbert's latest EP of remixes from Björk's Biophilia. Ingenious stuff, particularly "Sacrifice," which benefits the most from Herbert's organizing.
Oh, and that anticipated remix of M.I.A.'s "Bad Girls" featuring Missy Elliott and Rye Rye is finally available for listening.


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Home-roasted fresh chestnuts for holiday snacking
I was in New York City earlier this month and one of the first things I did before heading over to Rockefeller Center to see the Christmas tree, was to buy a paper bagful of fresh roasted chestnuts from a street food vendor whose other specialties included foods like Sabrett hot dogs, potato knishes and super-sized soft pretzels. The chestnuts stayed hot long enough to make peeling them easy (a cooled down chestnut is near impossible to peel) and as far as street food goes, eating warm chestnuts, in the middle of Manhattan in December, is about as glorious as snacking gets.
If you can grab hold of some fresh chestnuts (I found some at Krogers in Belfair Village) and don't mind skipping the part about a New York City street food vendor roasting them for you, it's pretty easy to roast chestnuts yourself in your own kitchen. Here's how:
First, cut an "X" in the skin of the chestnut, slicing through the hard outer shell and into the inner skin. (This is done to prevent the chestnut from exploding while steam is being created inside the shell.) Place the scored chestnuts on a baking sheet in a single layer and bake in 400-degree oven for 20 minutes, stirring every five to ten minutes. Remove chestnuts from the oven and using a kitchen towel to help handle the hot chestnuts, peel away the outer shell and thin brown skin to get to the nutmeats. (Do not allow the chestnuts to cool too much before peeling, or the shell will be impossible to remove. In the event they become to cool to peel, reheat the chestnuts for a few minutes in the oven.)
Chestnuts are very high in tannic acid that can upset the digestive system if eaten raw – so do not eat raw chestnuts. Roasting (or boiling) chestnuts neutralizes their tannic acid.
Store in-shell, fresh whole chestnuts in a perforated plastic bag in the refrigerator for up to a week, or freeze, in a tightly sealed container for up to three months. You can freeze cooked, shelled chestnuts in an airtight container for six months.


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DiMarzio first heard about Paul Gilbert in the 1980s. Billy Sheehan reported about an amazing 18-year-old who had recently arrived in California and had blown everyone away with his musicianship, speed, and awesome technical ability in Racer X. DiMarzio immediately asked Paul to become an endorser. It was the start of a great relationship. Recently, Paul has been heavily into DiMarzio Area pickups. He's also been playing a lot of Racer X-style instrumentals, so the time was right for signature Paul Gilbert single-coil sized DiMarzio pickups. The outcome of this teamwork is the new Injector Neck and Bridge Model pickups.
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The Injector Neck Model has a modern rather than a vintage sound. It's warmer and louder (160mV output) than a typical vintage single-coil - and of course it's hum-canceling. It's also faster. The Injector Neck Model tracks high-speed solos at high gain without becoming either thin or muddy, and has a very full, well-balanced, clean sound. It has about 40% less magnet-pull than standard single-coils, and this is essential for the superior speed and dynamic range with which this pickup responds to pick attack.
Paul's setup on the guitar he played on Fuzz Universe was Injector Neck Model in the neck, Area 67 in the middle, and Injector Bridge Model in the bridge. The Injector is a lot louder and warmer than the Area 67 but the combination produces varied tonal colors in the 2 and 4 positions, with the Area 67 alone providing vintage tone and the Injector Neck & Bridge for heavier sounds.
Area 67 (middle)
The Monterey Pop Festival of 1967 was a watershed event in American music. When it was over, the world had heard and felt the sound of a Strat in the hands of a master. Single-coils in 1967 were bright and very clean. And, of course, they hummed. DiMarzio captured the classic bright and clean sound but totally eliminated the hum with their patented Area technology. They also reduced magnet pull by 40% for improved sustain and clarity. The Area 67 has the chime of 60s pickups, and the 2 and 4 positions are light, bright and quack-happy.
Strat pickups in the late 1960s used full-strength Alnico 5 magnets. The patented magnetic field of the Area models is more efficient and focused than it is on "true" single-coils, which allows us to use Alnico 2 instead. There's much less magnet pull, but no loss of output. This is a major advantage in the neck and middle positions, where sustain and intonation can both suffer if the strings are exposed to strong magnetic fields. In the bridge position, the patented technology of the Area '67 produces a sound that's very bright but not brittle.
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The Injector Bridge Model is one of DiMarzio's hottest hum-canceling models (185mV output) with six individual Alnico magnets. The sound is not like a vintage single-coil - highs are bright but not glassy, and lows are solid and defined. It was designed to work equally well with rapid single-note arpeggios and power chords without becoming muddy or compressed. It has about 40% less magnet-pull than standard single-coils, and this is essential for the superior speed and dynamic range with which this pickup responds to pick attack.
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- Wiring: 4 conductor
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Comments about DiMarzio PS422 Paul Gilbert Injector '67 Pickup Set:
I really like these. They have opened up my Stat. More power and NO HUMMMM at all. The tones are nice. Highs are not at the "hurting" point like the stock pups. They retain the "strat" tones and give you the bite of a humbucker and everywhere between. Very hard to explain the tone in the bridge only position. It is like a humbucker with a slight single coil undertone. All three pups have warmth now. The thin has fattened up somewhat. Don't get me wrong...you can still tell it is a Strat when you hear it but, if you didn't see the guitar,you may question what it is. I have been playing for more than 30 years and I have 8 guitars (PRS USA models, Jackson Soloist USA model, and Fender American) and three half-stacks (Mesa Triple Rec, Marshall JVM, and Peavey JSX. These pups sound very good through the JSX. I can't wait to hear them through the Tripe Rec. & Marshall. I couldn't find any reviews on these. I hope this helps you decide. I am pleased with my purchase and I am sure you will if you like your Strat tones but want a little more. I play in a few diferent bands. Christian Rock and Praise & Worship at my Church. These fit the need for both. Our Christian Rock band has light to heavy rock. Somewhat like a 80's hair metal.
Another feature I really like: They keep the appearance of the classic Strat. They look like a stock single coil. I really hate those pups that stick out looking like the focus point of the guitar.
These will fit any style music you throw at them. You will be wishing you got them earlier. I never give any piece of music gear a 10 this early into the game but, since there were no reviews on these, I am. These pups need to be looked at!!!!
These are are good pickups. Versitle in normal set up with 5-way switching. Coil taps would increase the options. I may look into that later. Currently, I have them set up as: 5-Bridge; 4-Bridge/Middle; 3-Middle; 2-Middle/Neck; 1-Neck.
Since they are 4- connector, coil taps or mini switches will pen the options. We'll see.
Quality is right on track. I got these in "Aged White" and it matches my Strat. I ordere these from MF and installed thm in my Fender American FSR "thin-skin" Strat (surf green). The Stratocaster also came from MF several months ago. Installation was simple. They match great, fit great, and look great. NO HUMMMMMMMM at all even with high gain.
An ok price for three pickups. Maybe a little over-priced but acceptable now that I installed and played them. I may play my Strat more than before.
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Comments about DiMarzio PS422 Paul Gilbert Injector '67 Pickup Set:
These are a real good set of pickups. I found that they retained my strats tonal characteristics while canceling the hum. I put these in an 08' american strat, ash body with a maple neck. These were easy to install in the normal strat format, options for coil taping will require more effort. I used my standard tone pots and they work great with these. It's still a classic strat sound with a bit more mid out of the bridge than before. These are crisp and clear pickups that sound great with a lot of control with little setup. The only downside is that I was expecting a little more volume, like out of a double humbucker. (since these are stacked) These are more like the originals, IMO, with just a touch more punch. All in all, I am very pleased with the clean and distorted sounds from these. Great set of pickups, and comparable in price to others in their category. It's nice to play and not have that hum anymore
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paid over 200 for these ...one was missing screws and springs...Musician friend? said they would send some...never received...had to assemble guitar with screws that don't match...for over 200 they should have been better about it...after over 20 years I will shop elsewhere as there is no shortage of internet music companies...


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June 22, 2010
- Yeah... this is my room. - No bed?
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Looks to me like Edward has a big boy room now. *giggles* I wonder if he was planning on doing big boy things in there, too.ReplyDelete
@Kerri, LoL XDReplyDelete
That bed does look very nice, or maybe it's because of who will be in it *wink wink* ;)
Haha! i love these comments! plus how did he take off the Shelf so fast?ReplyDelete
I love how some stuff is the same.. but that bed does look pretty comfy:)ReplyDelete
I wonder how can I managed to sleep in that room with my loving boyfriend?lol nice room so hot:PReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 23, 2010 at 9:17 AM
If ya hear it rockin', don't come knockin'...ReplyDelete
OMG!!!! New goal, buy a bed like that!!!! Heck yes!!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 23, 2010 at 5:13 PM
there is a door in the eclipse set on the right, but not in the twilight set.....FAIL! Luving the bed though ;)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 24, 2010 at 4:11 PM
Not really fail....they have obvs had some work done, and perhap added an ensuite for Bella.ReplyDelete
Great pic, thanks for posting.....
I so want to duplicate that room, wish my bedroom was a little bigger...ReplyDelete
Don't think my hubby would be too impressed though. lol


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(Please visit the website of Assistant High Commission of India, Kandy at ahcikandy.org for updated information)
The Assistant High Commission of India in Kandy was established in 1920's as the Office of the Agent of the Government of India with the objective of looking after the welfare of the Indian labour which were brought by British to work at the tea, coffee and rubber plantations set up in upcountry region. The consular jurisdiction of the AHCI, Kandy extends to Central Province (Kandy, Nuwara Eliya and Matale Districts), Sabaragamuwa Province (Ratnapura and Kegalle Districts), Badulla District of Uva Province and Kurunegala District of the North Western Province.
There is no other foreign Diplomatic Post in Kandy. British Council and Alliance Française have branches in Kandy. Kandy is 115 Kms from Colombo.
There are about one million persons of Indian origin in the jurisdiction of AHCI, Kandy. Most of them are still working in plantations. Some are traders and teachers also. A few have progressed to set up manufacturing units and large business houses. According to rough estimates, the persons of Indian origin, commonly called Indian Tamils constitute 7% of Sri Lankan population and a majority of them are residing in the consular jurisdiction of AHCI, Kandy. Approximately 2900 OCI cards have been granted to persons of Indian origin by AHCI Kandy. AHCI, Kandy issues about 100 visas every day on average.
Visas & other Consular Services
The Indian Visa Application Centre is located at:
701/A, Peradeniya Road,
(From Kandy direction, it is on left hand passing Arpico Supercentre and from Colombo side, it is on right hand passing Mulgampola Junction)
Normally all visa applications except those in respect of diplomatic passport holders, urgent cases*, members of Provincial Council and for citizens (including dual nationals) of Bangladesh, China, Israel, South Africa and Nigeria are to be submitted at India Visa Application Centre.
Visa applications are accepted from 0800 to 1300 hrs on all working days.
Please refer to relevant link on main page of the website www.hcicolombo.org or www.vfs-in-lk.com for more details on visa services.
Applications for India passports, miscellaneous consular services, permission for re-entry into India on a valid visa and those for registration as Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) are accepted at the AHCI, Kandy only. Kindly refer to information under 'Contact Details' for timings.
There is a well stocked library with good collection in English and a small collection in Hindi and a reading room in Chancery, which are both open to public. Hindi classes are organised on all week days, starting from last week of February every year until January the succeeding year. Separate batches are run for first 4 levels (out of 8) of proficiency in Hindi; curriculum of Dakshina Bharatiya Hindi Prachar Sabha is followed. The examination for Hindi students is held in February every year. Hindi films (with English subtitles) are shown in the auditorium of AHCI, Kandy once a month on a Saturday afternoon. Bharatiya Kala Kendra of AHCI is also conducting dance classes in Kathak and Bharatnatyam dance forms 2/3 days a week from 1500 hrs to 1700 hrs. Any Sri Lankan national above 6 years of age can enrol for the classes for which only a nominal fee is charged. Please contact us for further information on Hindi classes and dance classes.
If you wish to receive information on cultural programmes held under aegis of AHCI, Kandy, please register your address with us for inclusion in mailing list for invitations.
Contact Details
The Chancery (Assistant High Commission of India) is located at
31, Rajapihilla Mawatha
which is about one Kilometre from Kandy Railway Station / Main Bus Stand. If lost for directions, please ask for Indian High Commission as this office is popularly referred to. One can walk up from the Sangharaja Mawatha/Mosque Road junction from where it is a stiff climb of 10 minutes or drive/ride up Rajapihilla Mawatha from this junction passing YMBA, Mayor's bungalow and Royal Palace Park (West Park) before encountering the office on left.
Tel: 00-94-81-2222652 / 2223786 (PABX numbers; available 24 hrs. Assistance in English/Sinhalese/Tamil/Hindi is available during office hours and in English/Hindi after office hours for emergency cases)
Fax: 00-94-81-2232479
Working hours: 0900 to 1730 hrs (Mon-Fri)
Public dealing time: 0900 hrs to 1230 hrs
Holidays remaining in 2011: 31/08, 09/09, 02/10, 06/10, 26/10, 07/11, 10/11 & 25/12.
*In case of urgency beyond public hours or on a holiday concerning medical emergency or bereavement in the family, please contact the PABX number. Kindly understand that issue of visa or grant of any service beyond office hours or on a holiday is at the discretion of officer on duty who may satisfy himself/herself of grounds on which an emergency service has been sought. Extra levies apply.
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LMAO- like I said, further embarrass yourself.....and right on cue.....
yes- i'm losing credibility....you on the other are gaining credibility with every post...You are absolutlely clueless. You need to watch more NFL Network because you are very quickly losing all your credibility as a half-arsed amateur scout. You need to TIVO more or visit more mock draft sites or whatever you spend most of your day doing besides listening to tools on the radio.
right- so lets draft a guy who can't cover, can't change direction, can't backpedal and can't do anything but move in a straight line in round one....Mays is not the optimal player to have in coverage but he loves contact and that is the kind of player Rex wants on his defense. Rex made Eric Smith look decent in coverage he can do the same with Mays who is 10X the player and athlete.
like I said earlier- you are gaining credibility with every post....I could give a sh*t what your stupid Ricky Martin loving ass thinks.


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Scott expected to come off DL by Tuesday
By John Jackson / Special to MLB.com
CHICAGO -- Barring a last-second setback, it appears that Rays designated hitter Luke Scott is likely to be activated from the disabled list before Tuesday night's game in Kansas City.
"He's on track to play tonight," manager Joe Maddon said of Scott before Sunday's game against the Chicago White Sox, referring to Scott's Minor League rehab assignment. "Once that happens, then we'll see. He's kind of on track to join us in Kansas City. We'll know more after today."
Scott has been sidelined since Spring Training with a strained right calf, so the Rays are excited to get back a player they counted on being a run producer in the middle of the lineup.
"This guy's a good RBI guy," Maddon said of Scott. "Now what James Loney's doing is a little interesting, because it's a little different than what we intended. Again, it goes back to that swarming offense I've been thinking about. You saw it last night and that's what it has the ability to look like."
With the hits and RBIs spread throughout the lineup, the Rays produced a season-high 10 runs and 19 hits Saturday. Maddon doesn't expect that kind of production on a nightly basis, but believes the potential is there for more games like that with Scott -- who had 14 home runs and 55 RBIs in 96 games last season for Tampa Bay -- in the lineup.
"What it means from Scotty's perspective, putting him in the middle somewhere and getting him hot, getting him driving in runs like he can, it just makes us even better," Maddon said.
"I don't know where he's at right now. Getting a guy off the DL is nice, but it doesn't necessarily mean he's ready to contribute like he can after he's been playing on a consistent basis. What I think it means overall is a lot of RBIs in the middle. Is he ready to do that now? I'm not certain, but it definitely makes us better."
Rays hope Molina, Escobar can play Tuesday
CHICAGO -- After being hit just above the right knee by a pitch on Saturday night, Rays catcher Jose Molina wasn't in the lineup Sunday against the White Sox, but was available in an emergency.
"Molina is sore today, but he's able to play if we need him," manager Joe Maddon said.
The Rays have a day off Monday, so the hope is Molina will be back in the lineup Tuesday night in Kansas City.
In other injury news, shortstop Yunel Escobar continues to progress from tightness in his right hamstring and remains day to day. His return to the lineup is unknown.
"Escobar took some ground balls earlier," Maddon said. "I don't know. He's doing well. Hopefully, he'll be able to play Tuesday night in Kansas City."
Maddon feels club has been on road all year
CHICAGO -- Before Sunday's series finale against the White Sox, the Rays had played 24 games with an equal number home and on the road. That was news to manager Joe Maddon.
Perhaps Tampa Bay's 3-9 road record before Sunday made the road trips seem longer.
"We need to be a good road team," Maddon said. "We're very capable of being a good road team. We've been that in the past, so we're just trying to right ourselves."
John Jackson is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Museum of Military History is set to open sometime in May, giving Arkansas River Valley residents an opportunity to view memorabilia from different wars throughout America's history.
"The purpose of this museum is to preserve and to display information about our country's military for our children, and their children, to always be aware of the sacrifices our veterans made for them," a museum newsletter stated. "The National Guard in Russellville and Paris have been very instrumental in helping us get items for display."
The museum, which will be located north of interstate 40 near Dover in a 1,000-foot area of a warehouse the organizers have begun renovating the area for use.
The museum is about to begin accepting memorabilia from local residents after generating a growing interest in donating to the project.
The museum will be divided into sections, and each section will be dedicated to a specific American war, from the Revolutionary War to the War in Afghanistan. Organizers have promises from local residents to bring memorabilia, papers and books, and also uniforms, weapons, and helmets.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned for around Veteran's Day.
Organizers don't expect to charge admission to the museum, but they will have a accept donations.
For more information, contact director Lee Fields at (479) 331-0399. For people interested in donating, send donations to The Museum of Military History, P.O. Box 1957, Russellville, AR 72811.


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Officer Jeffrey Vasquez, 48, returned to duty in the Menlo Park Police Department late last year, following an internal-affairs investigation triggered by the bust. He had also been charged with misdemeanor solicitation by the Santa Clara County District Attorney. What internal sanctions he faced remains unknown; the state's confidentiality laws prevent discovery of penalties levied by his employer.
Under California law, internal-affairs investigations — even the fact that an investigation has occurred — are confidential personnel matters. So are complaints of misconduct and police disciplinary records.
But the investigation came to light anyway more than a year later. On Oct. 17, 2012, Menlo Park City Manager Alex McIntyre sat talking about city business with his predecessor, Glen Rojas, at a communal table near the bar at the Menlo Hub, a Menlo Park restaurant. Their conversation carried to an Almanac reporter sitting at the other end of the same table.
Part of their discussion involved the city's binding-arbitration policy, invoked when a police officer appeals a disciplinary penalty after failing to convince city management to reverse it. Apparently the city "lost royally" during arbitration, McIntyre said, forcing Menlo Park to reinstate the officer. The city manager said he told the council that paying the officer to leave instead of returning to work would be "a million dollar check."
He expressed frustration that some members of the City Council wanted to discuss the matter publicly despite regulations prohibiting disclosure.
Without naming Vasquez, the city manager mentioned the officer's length of service and gender. Only two current officers matched the description; a painstaking search of employment data, police logs and court records led the Almanac, the Weekly's sister paper, to a Santa Clara County Superior Court file that detailed the case against the officer.
"You overheard a conversation between two colleagues," McIntyre told the Almanac during an interview this month. He said he didn't remember precisely what he said at the Hub and stated that it's not unusual for a city manager to consult his predecessor.
As for the case itself: "(City Attorney) Bill McClure said I can't say anything."
Vasquez said he'd been ordered not to talk about it by the interim police chief. At an hourly rate of $52.40, his annual base wage is approximately $109,004. Should he retire at age 50 with at least 25 years of service, he'd receive 75 percent of his final salary as a pension; that increases to 90 percent if he retires after 30 years.
Vasquez's attorney did not respond to requests for comment. Neither did Bryan Roberts, who was serving as Menlo Park police chief at the time of the incident.
Vasquez jeopardized his 24-year career with the Menlo Park Police Department when he went to the wrong place at the wrong time on Feb. 18, 2011.
According to court documents, a Sunnyvale police officer acting on a tip was watching a motel room for signs of 32-year-old Natalia Ramirez, who had two outstanding bench warrants. He knocked on the door. Once inside, the officer asked Ramirez what was going on.
"She replied that it was what it looked like. I asked her if it was prostitution; she replied by saying 'yes,'" the police report stated. Her male companion did not reveal himself as a fellow law enforcement officer until a check of his driver's license alerted the Sunnyvale police that he was.
Vasquez was in Sunnyvale to serve a subpoena related to a Menlo Park sexual-assault case, he told the officers, "and this was not the first time he had solicited a prostitute for sex," according to the filing. Upon learning that the target of the subpoena wouldn't be home until later, the report states the detective said, "I had an hour to kill," so he called "My Redbook," a site listing local escorts and their phone numbers.
Ramirez confirmed that she advertised on Redbook and said that Vasquez had called her, asking to come over later, according to the Sunnyvale police report. She didn't remember what name he had used.
The Menlo Park police officer "admitted that he was there for sex" and that he had found her on Redbook. They hadn't engaged in sexual activity before Sunnyvale police arrived nor had they discussed specific prices or services, according to the report.
Ramirez, who has a criminal record for drug possession and prostitution, was arrested on the bench warrants. The report noted that Sunnyvale police turned a "distraught" Vasquez over to his Menlo Park colleagues and forwarded the case to the district attorney.
Charged with misdemeanor solicitation, Vasquez hired Redwood City attorney William Rapoport to handle the case and pleaded not guilty in June 2011.
A month later — on July 11, 2011 — the prosecution asked to dismiss the case. The problem? Prosecutors were notified the day of Ramirez's trial that the officer who had interviewed her was unavailable to testify. According to Deputy District Attorney Rob Baker, who supervised the case, the officer was caring for his wife as she endured a life-threatening medical crisis. A Sunnyvale officer confirmed the circumstances related to the dismissal to the Almanac and said his department had hoped the case could have gone forward.
Losing a key witness left the case against both Ramirez and Vasquez dead in the water. "We couldn't prove the case against the cop because the (officer) who actually observed him in the room with the prostitute wasn't available," Baker said.
The court would regard the confessions recorded in the police report as inadmissible hearsay, he explained, without the testimony of the officer who took the statement.
Compounding their dilemma, Ramirez had not waived her time to a speedy trial. Baker said, "We literally had to go to trial on that day or within 10 days."
His team looked for work-around strategies, but the Sunnyvale officer was key to both cases.
"What's the jury going to think when the primary officer doesn't show up to testify? If I was to dismiss the case against her, his defense attorney would then know we couldn't prove the case against him," Baker said.
In the end they asked the court to dismiss the case for lack of evidence.
The dismissal of the criminal case sheds some light on how Vasquez was able to return to duty. The City of Menlo Park's administrative mechanisms also contributed to his reinstatement.
Personnel procedures separate criminal proceedings from administrative hearings, according to the city's human resources director, Gina Donnelly. "You have to be careful not to impede a criminal investigation," she said.
As with all other city employees interviewed about the case, Donnelly said she couldn't talk about Vasquez and could answer only general questions about the disciplinary process.
"An employer can't take disciplinary action based solely on an arrest. It depends on what they're arrested for, if there's a nexus to their employment and whether there's a conviction. All city employees are held to a very high ethical standard, and police officers are held to an even higher standard."
The standard of proof for an administrative hearing is lower than that for a criminal trial. "It's 'more likely than not,' similar to the standard in a civil case," Donnelly said, as opposed to "beyond a reasonable doubt" in a criminal case. But while court proceedings generate public records, administrative hearings don't.
Three levels of discipline exist: a letter of reprimand, suspension, and the most serious, dismissal. An officer may appeal the decision within the department and then to the city manager, Donnelly said. If challenged again, the case goes to binding arbitration.
Binding arbitration is written into the city's contract with the police unions, according to City Attorney McClure. The contract spells out the steps: The union and city first try to agree on an arbitrator. If they don't, the State Mediation & Conciliation Service supplies a list of five names, and the union and the city take turns eliminating names until one remains; that person then serves as arbitrator.
The contract states: "The award of the arbitrator shall be final and binding." In other words, that person can overrule whatever disciplinary decision the city made.
Many jurisdictions in California, including San Jose and Palo Alto, use binding arbitration. Sources familiar with the process said it makes removing a problem police officer nearly impossible.
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Anyone want to join my NBA fantasy 15 team league?
Anyone want to join my NBA fantasy 15 team league?
Not that I don't want to... but it's August dude, NBA doesn't start til late October.
Just one year away... Bruno is almost here!
I want in, i have never made a fantasy draft on the internet, you are gonna have to walk me through this lol...
sure, walk through:
1) im the best GM ... jk
1) pm me your email so i can add you to the league
2) there is an exact date where you have to go to the website and draft players (hopefully your in the eastern time zone)
3) When you fill in your roster...there will be a time when you must sub in a player that will be playing at that time...you must sub out the players that aren't playing (there will be a limited of times you can sub in players called "max pace")
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we need 7 more people to join the 15 team league. This will be epic
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The Glynn County Medical Squad responded about 10:30 a.m. to a call of an unresponsive man on the floor of apartment at 2801 Altama Ave. Paramedics determined the man had died and called for police and the coroner.
The cause of death was not immediately determined and the man's identity was withheld pending notification of next of kin.
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CARSON, Calif. -- William Hesmer will not be joining the LA Galaxy in 2013, LA Galaxy head coach and general manager Bruce Arena confirmed to reporters on Tuesday.
The 31-year-old former Columbus Crew goalkeeper was selected during Stage Two of the 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft, but did not join the Galaxy when preseason opened in mid-January. On Tuesday, Arena put an end to any speculation.
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The death this week of Ronald Coase, one of the world's most-cited economists, comes at a time when there is lively debate about the very issue he raised: why neither markets nor government are panaceas.
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Obamaloney vs. Romney Hood: WHO YA GOT
So, okay. This is where we are, as a nation. On Monday, Barack Obama addressed a crowd in Stamford, Connecticut and described Mitt Romney's tax plan as "Robin Hood in reverse. It's Romney Hood." Yesterday, Romney told a Fox News reporter that Obama's terms are "Obamaloney." Everyone in America now has free rein to address both candidates as "Beavis."
Please, for the love of God, shut up, Beavis.
Obama's comments referred to the Tax Policy Center analysis of Romney's tax cut plan. Romney has called for slashing tax rates 20 percent, across the board, which he claims could be paid for by eliminating deductions. The key here is that Romney's proposal hinges on revenue neutrality. Using a complex mathematical formula symbolized by the variable ???, Romney says that getting rid of those deductions zeroes out the tax cut in a way that's fair for everyone. But he hasn't outlined what deductions he would eliminate, for which income groups, or, anything else.
Enter the Tax Policy Center—evidently the last Washington institution allergic to analogies like, "Candidate #1 is a lot like Transformers, while Candidate #2 is a lot like Go-Bots"—who tried to estimate what ??? means (emphasis mine):
To estimate how average household tax burdens among different income groups would change as a result of this shift, we assume that the available tax expenditures are curtailed "from the top down" in order to make the tax plan as progressive as possible…. Even after eliminating all available tax expenditures for households earning more than $200,000, this group still faces a net tax break. Americans making over $1 million would see an increase in after-tax income of 4.1 percent (an $87,000 tax cut), those making between $500,000 and $1 million would see an increase of 3.2 percent (a $17,000 tax cut), and those making between $200,000 and $500,000 would see an increase of 0.8 percent (a $1,800 tax cut).
Because taxpayers above $200,000 as a group have received a net tax cut, revenue neutrality requires that taxpayers below $200,000—about 95 percent of the population—experience a tax increase.
Remember, this is the most progressive estimation of how Romney's plan could work, and it sees a net tax cut for the top 5 percent and a tax hike for, basically, you and everyone else. As Think Progress notes, "All taxpayers making less than $200,000 would see their taxes go up by hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars. In particular, families with children would see their taxes go up by $2,041, on average." This is the rosy version of a tax cut plan that projects to cost the government $10.7 trillion in revenues over a decade—while somehow accommodating anywhere from $2.1 to $4.6 trillion in expanded defense spending. And, since Romney won't explain how this "works," it could always be much worse.
All of which Obama might have focused on in a sober way without the gimmick. This wasn't a 30-second ad; it was a campaign stop. Most of the people in attendance were probably adults. He might have instead turned GOP rhetoric on its ear, talking about an upward redistribution of wealth. Instead, he made this about Robin Hood.
Unfortunately, the anti-Muslim seer and Fatwaing-American Limbaugh Rushdie pointed out how this can backfire. After playing clips of other Democrats using the "Romney Hood" line in the past, he said, "Everybody misunderstands the Robin Hood story. Robin Hood was stealing from the government. Robin Hood was a tea party activist. Robin Hood was anti-taxes."
It's not even a new talking point, but it's an easy, memorable and distracting one. Here's famous cosplayer and internment camp enthusiast Michelle Malkin saying that Robin Hood was really a conservative and quoting someone making the same argument in 2002. Here's Tucker Carlson's race-baiting "CLICK HERE TO WIN A GUN" Daily Caller making the same argument in 2010.
The idea that anyone has a goddamn clue about the "real" Robin Hood is preposterous, because there is no real Robin Hood. Even if there were a real Robin Hood, nobody can agree who he was, and the experts offer only guesses. There isn't even an ur-text about him to which we can refer, the way we can cite the three good Star Wars movies and say, "This is what Han Solo believes."
Whatever original ballads about Robin Hood might have existed, they are lost to history. Lyrics and plays written hence disagree with themselves on almost every point. Robin Hood was anti-clerical; the text is mostly irreligious. Robin Hood stole from the rich and gave to the poor; Robin Hood stole from the rich and didn't give shit to anybody. In some cases he's a Saxon hero fighting Norman invaders; in others, he has no politics. The GOP's favored narrative of his stealing taxes unjustly collected by the tyrannical King John was invented centuries later. In earlier texts, he outwits that mean local Sheriff because he's more of a prankster.
This is like arguing with a bunch of bronies whether the mid-1980s My Little Pony animated series or My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is the real canon text. Our political discussion is on the same level as weird internet dudes who want to fuck underage horse animes. This is what happens when you aim low with a gimmick. The gimmick takes over. Over the next few days, people who get paid six figures to make a thinky about the politics are going to argue about a TOTALLY FICTIONAL dweeb in a kelly green banana hammock who used to frolic in tree forts with a bunch of dudes and occasionally made out with somebody given the unisex name Marion. He's all yours, conservatives.
Of course, the Romney campaign initially fired back at the Tax Policy Center's analysis by calling it a biased liberal source. Unfortunately, they'd described it as producing "objective third-party" analysis just months before. So out came the "Obamaloney" line. Eric "The Campaign Is Just Like an Etch-A-Sketch" Fehrnstrom was so proud that he tweeted about it. And, surely, pro-Democratic pundits will get all bent out of shape and make the debate about that—after we straighten up Sherwood Forest.
Considering that the last four years have seen countless GOP officials describe Obama as a Kenyan anti-colonialist baby-genociding Mao Hitler Stalin Pol Pot crypto-Bin Laden determined to enslave the white race at the hands of one-world United Nations Nazi Communism, maybe likening him to a snack beloved by millions of children and adults can slide.
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Ireland v England, Dublin, August 27
England out to change recent history
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August 24, 2011
Jonathan Sexton proved to be the difference between the two sides back in March © Getty Images
England will be going out against Ireland on Saturday hoping to put to bed a poor run of results in Dublin.
The match will be both sides last warm-up Test prior to the World Cup and the rivalry dates back to 1875. The fixture is the second oldest on the international calendar - behind England v Scotland - and England lead the all-time stats with 70 wins to Ireland's 45. The last of the eight drawn games was in 1968.
It will be England's second visit to the Aviva Stadium and they will be hoping for a change of luck having lost on five of their last six visits to the Irish capital the most recent of which was their 24-8 loss to Ireland back in March. The result ended England's Grand Slam hosts while it racked up Ireland's 29th win on home soil against their rivals.
England's last visit to Lansdowne Road ended in a 19-13 defeat in 2005 while the most recent meeting between the two sides at Twickenham last year also went the way of the Irish - 20-16.
England's highest score to date is 50-18 at Twickenham in 2000. Their 46-6 win in Dublin in 1997 is the biggest winning margin of the matches. Ireland's best result is 43-13 at Croke Park in 2007.
England scored a record seven tries at a windy Lansdowne Road in their 36-14 victory in 1938. Their skipper that day, Peter Cranmer, was however relieved of the captaincy for the rest of the season. Ireland's best try total is five: in 1905 at Cork, and in freezing conditions in Dublin in 1947, when they won 22-0.
England's Paul Grayson set the record for most points in a match, scoring 23 at Twickenham in 1996. Ollie Campbell established the points record for Ireland by scoring 21 in Dublin in 1983 and Ronan O'Gara matched that achievement at Croke Park in 2007.
The only try hat-tricks scored in the series were by Henry Taylor for England at Manchester in 1881 and Chris Oti at Twickenham in 1988. A dozen Irishmen have scored two tries in a match - Shane Horgan's brace at Twickenham in 2006 being the most recent instance.
The overall record for scoring most tries in the fixture belongs to Rory Underwood, who scored seven for England between 1984 and 1996.
Jonny Wilkinson is the leading overall scorer in the fixture with 97 for England in nine games between 1998 (when he made his Test debut as an eighteen-year-old) and 2010. Ronan O'Gara holds the Irish record for the series with 86 points from 10 matches.
Mike Gibson, who played in 15 successive matches for Ireland (1964-78), set the record for most appearances in the games. Rory Underwood appeared 14 times for England.
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Colonie resident Jill Starling just released her first novel, "St. Agnes' Place," about a group of women affected by child sex trafficking in the United States. For more information on Starling and her book, visit www.jillstarlingnovels.com.
Q Why did you choose this subject?
A I was in church years ago and Rob Morris from Love 146 was speaking about child trafficking in other countries, and it was awful. It always stuck in the back of my head, and I always had this desire to write. I wanted to somehow make it a story to bring more public recognition (to) what's happening in other countries. Once I did my research I realized this is happening in our own backyard.
Q What do you hope readers take from the book?
A Although it does deal with child trafficking, and that is a dark subject, that's not the theme of the book. It's also a love story, and it's about the camaraderie between all the girls in the story, they're all pulling for one another and rooting for one another. The major underlying theme is redemption and forgiveness and learning how to love again and getting rid of shame and guilt. It's very uplifting, and the feedback I'm getting so far (is that) women my age are reading it with their teenage and tween daughters. Put down "Fifty Shades of Grey" and read this.
Q What do you like best about writing?
A The research that goes into it. I love going into the library and getting out old books and reading the statistics and finding out different things, things that make me go, "Ooh, I didn't know that." It's almost like I'm back in school again and I'm doing homework.
Q Do you plan to write another book?
A I am working on one as we speak. It deals with how all these different lives come together, from a Julliard dancer to a gang member to an ambitious builder to a blind child.
Q What are some of your other interests?
A I love reading biographies. I love documentary films; I could sit in a chair all day and watch documentaries on Netflix. I have a core group of girlfriends that are like family to me, and my mother -- I like spending time with them. But most of all, I have a wonderful husband who supports me 100 percent and two young boys, and what I love most is just spending time with them. We're each others' best friends, and they're the people I love the most.


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Read an in-depth analysis of Billy Pilgrim.
Some things that are significant about this book (in my view) that were not mentioned in the SparkNote are this:
Billy Pilgrim's last name
A religious connection in the book
The colour of his feet again
As to the first, I think that since 'Billy' was obviously chosen with care, 'Pilgrim' was too. Pilgrim could refer to his otherworldly journey through time, although it's uncertain what he would be making a pilgrimage too - possibly death. Or, it could just be his journey through the war.
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Do you know where in the book the christianity references are? The chapter might be more helpful because the pages are probably different.
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I think that BIlly Pilgrim's journeys through time could instead be a social commentary on Post-Traumatic Stress disorder. Billy isn't skipping through time, instead he's an old man sitting at his home, his daughter is taking care of him, and when he closes his eyes he suffers his wartime flashbacks and delusions about traveling through space in which he lives in a dream with elements from his life, like how Montana Wildhack was the Porn Star from the book store that Billy visited to see the Kilgore Trout novels. It also explains why the boo
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September 23, 2009
Peter U. Bergmann, President and CEO for Sisters of Charity Hospital, part of Catholic Health, has been recognized by Modern Healthcare in its list of rising young healthcare leaders in the magazine's annual "Up & Comers" recognition program.
His profile is featured in the September 14 edition of the healthcare industry's leading business publication. He was one of 12 healthcare executives, age 40 and under, selected for the recognition from among 139 applicants across the country. Click here to read the article.
"Peter is a progressive healthcare executive with demonstrated success in business strategies, efficiency improvements, and solid financial management," said Joseph D. McDonald, president and CEO of Catholic Health. "We are certainly proud that his work is nationally recognized."
Bergmann joined Catholic Health as President and CEO of Sisters Hospital in September 2006. He was appointed President and CEO of both Sisters and St. Joseph Campus in January of this year, becoming the leader of the team that helped bring the two campuses together under an extremely challenging New York State deadline.
"This is a wonderful honor and I will continue to raise the bar as to what patients can expect from a hospital in Western New York," says Bergmann.
This is the second consecutive year a Catholic Health executive received the honor. Last year, James Dunlop, executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer, was named to the "Up & Comers" list.


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I was talking to an old co-worker and he might have an old recipe for a Pizza Inn thin crust. Back before they then went to flour mix add water and oil.
The ingredients are only a portion of the recipe along how long to mix, proof time, etc., which are equally as important and equally as proprietary. Ingredients and training materials are only available to franchised Pizza Inn owners. Thanks again, Ward Olgreen Senior Vice President Concept Development Pizza Inn, Inc. 5050 Quorum Suite 500 Dallas, Texas 75240 972-701-9955
Thanks, DKM!! Here's that recipe scaled down and converted to volumetric measurments:1 pound flour3/4 cup water (actually 0.7 cups or 5.6 fluid ounces)3 1/2 tsp. vegetable oil1 1/2 tsp. yeast2 1/4 tsp. "premix" -- I'd guess 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar.Funny, it appears to be even drier than my recipe... only 5.6 fluid ounces of water vs. 7 fluid ounces in my recipe. This jibes with what Tom Lehmann says about thin crust -- that there should still be raw flour in the bowl after everything has been mixed and kneaded. When I use 7 fl. ounces in my recipe, there is raw flour in the bowl, but it eventually incorporates into the dough ball. Sounds like I should be using even less water!Also, I wrote to Pizza Inn several years ago asking for their thin crust recipe and here's the response I got:
DKM...How about the Pizza Inn sauce recipe??
Steve, did I understand you right? You let the dough rise for 24 hours in kitchen not in the Fridge.Randy
Steve, did I understand you right? You let the dough rise for 24 hours in kitchen not in the Fridge.
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Hi Mike!
The title of this thread says it all. A big congratulations to you. We like your style!
Way to go Mike! Another class act joins the pinnacle of clad acts, Foot Joy Ambassadors!
Mike - I've been watching the number of your posts getting closer and closer. Congratulations. How will you commemorate you ascension? A new pair of MyJoys?
Have a great trip to Ireland.
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Thanks to all! It's been really fun over the past months getting involved in the FJC. I have been fortunate to meet a number of people though this group, both virtually and in person, and it has been a blast. Here's to making many more friendships in the years to come!
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Cinnamon Orange Recipe
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On FW Alvaro Saborio's goal:
"He's big-time, just big-time. I thought he had a really nice night. Everything he did with the ball was fantastic – his touches, his holding [the ball] up for our players to get forward, the run he made and to get the play finished off was great. We're really pleased with how he played, just in time to send him back to Costa Rica.
On DF Abdoulie Mansally's red card in the first half:
"That's an ejection. No, I don't have any issue with [the call]. It was a really rash tackle that was poorly timed, and it really endangered the safety of our opponent. That's a red card for me, and I don't have any issue with it."
On Mansally's attitude after the red card:
"These guys are such good character guys – they don't hide from something like that. We came into the locker room, and the first thing he's doing is apologizing to all his teammates. We all make mistakes and it was an honest mistake. He was just trying to make an aggressive play. Would I have liked to have him not do that? Sure, but hopefully next time we learn from it."
On the team's defensive performance after Mansally's red card:
"It was massive. We got to about halftime and I thought 'this could be a really good thing.' We've been under so much pressure to try to play, to create attacking chances and score goals and be dominant over our opponents. Maybe now, it'll give us a chance to say 'okay, we'll work hard and stay together, and the objective would be done.' You try really hard – you get one point, that's fantastic – and anything more than that is cake."
On RSL's renewed attack during the second half despite playing down a man:
"We recognized opportunities. A lot of people do a lot of talking about what we do with the ball, when we have the ball. We like to keep reminding ourselves that almost all of our best attacking chances come when we're committed to defending and making the right response at the right time. Perhaps tonight we learned that; perhaps we learned that we need to work extremely hard. We'll still get them – the attacking chances are necessary to win games."
On DF Chris Schuler's performance:
"I thought he was super. He was johnny-on-the-spot on a few crosses in the first half, and in the second half he was calm enough to adjust the ball back to his keeper in the [six-yard-box]. He looks like the old Chris Schuler."
On MF Luis Gil's performance:
"Luis is in really good form, and has been since before the Vancouver game, where he was electric. I was really disappointed not to have him for the Open Cup Final – I really think he would have made a difference. Tonight, again, he put in a ton of work defensively, and was so very close to doing really special things."
On whether he is pleased with Saturday's result:
"I think you'll never see me coming here and be in good spirits after a draw at home. Usually that's a failure, in my eyes, and there's no other way to look at it. But, when you go down a man early, what else can be said. A draw, sometimes, is good enough, and it was definitely good enough tonight."
Overall thoughts:
"It was obviously a bit crazy. We were in a difficult circumstance again. The red card comes out and you feel like things haven't been going your way lately. But having said that, maybe that was good that that happened for this team. To be under adversity like that and tough conditions and having to battle all night and fight, maybe we need that a little bit to right the ship. Without question the guys that came on made a huge difference. Lovel Palmer and Chris Schuler were brilliant in the back, as were the other guys. I thought that we competed for the whole night."
On the response after Tuesday:
"Tuesday night's come and gone. It is what is. I thought that we were relaxed and ready to play tonight, but the game changed early on. We had to switch formations, take a guy off, and put another guy on. This was probably not the way that we thought it would be a response, but it's a response nonetheless. I think that maybe that red card happened for a reason. To sit there and say, 'Now we have to play 75 minutes. We need to get something from this match.' For everyone to compete and battle like that the whole game long, it says a lot about the group, and it's a positive."
On the team's defensive effort:
"I felt the defensive effort tonight was good. Everyone worked their butts off from Saborio to the midfielders to the backs. We were down a man for 75 minutes and that's always tough. There's always going to be situations where things break down, but I thought that we covered well for each other and worked our butts off."
On how the teams bounced back from Tuesday:
"I think that this was a bounce back night for us. We did a good job as a group. We didn't cower back in our own end of the field. The whole game we were able to put pressure on them and get that goal, which was huge. Unfortunately we couldn't maintain the lead, but I think that overall we put out a really good effort.
On the goal
"I just got away from the defender and got myself in a position to make a good shot. Thankfully, the ball went in the net."
On how he had three defenders on him while scoring:
"I was focusing on the ball and got in a good position. I used my body as a shield and put the ball in the net."
On being the only striker for most of the game:
"We know that when we are a man down we have to kick the ball high. I am the only player forward so we have to make sure that we kick the ball well and make good passes."
Thoughts on switching positions between RSL and National team play…
"I feel pretty comfortable. You saw the Vancouver game where that was my first time I think this year, a couple times this year that I've played that position. I felt comfortable in it, but you know versatile I can go out wide, I can come in the middle. It's good that I can always have that option."
On having Morales' position down the road…
"Yeah hopefully. Like I said, I'm versatile. You can really put me out wide anywhere where the open is, which is a good thing."
Thoughts on coming back from playing Sunday and playing full 90 today…
"I feels good. It wasn't too big of a surgery, so I thought I feel good."
Thoughts on going down a man tonight:
"I thought it was a lot of hard work. It was a tough game going down that early, but it was a good, good effort and wanted to kind of get back on the right track and something to build off of."
Thoughts on the draw being a positive thing for the team:
"Well I think at 0-0 I think you would be more happy I think, but when we went up a goal and I think we had some chances to win it, It's a little disappointing."
Thoughts on the team effort to get back into the game after Dallas scored:
"We kind of stayed at it, It happens during the game. It's a hard scramble a little bit. Guys were coming on who didn't know maybe they were going to play, so they have to get into the game. I think we just settled down eventually and tried to play when we could and just defend with our lives."
Thoughts on balancing RSL's final season games and national team World Cup qualifiers:
"Just got to keep on going like we all say. You just have to take it one at a time. The guys back here will be working hard and getting in the rest that they need and putting in the work. Then we will go and try and get it done for the U.S., then get back and ready to go."
Overall thoughts on the match:
"Well, I think for us it was disappointing being up a man for as long as we were and not scoring. Giving up a goal, I thought Saborio did a great job with the goal. I think it came off Rimando's foot. We had three guys on it and he still found a way to get a shot off and score, so that was pretty frustrating. We didn't create any corner kicks in the second half. We didn't create, really enough scoring chances and I think we got into trying to score so bad. Sometimes it's hard to score against a team that is organized and sitting back on you and playing off the counters. It was a game we wanted to get points but for Salt Lake a real gutsy performance and Nick Rimando made a couple of great saves. In the first half the header and then the shot from Jackson. Those were opportunities to go ahead."
Changes made after Real Salt Lake went down a man:
"We didn't make any changes until halftime. We felt that we needed a second striker. We needed two strikers we didn't feel like at the end of the first half we were putting enough pressure in the box so we put Kenny Cooper in and I think Kenny scored the goal. So I think the half also gave Salt Lake also a chance to organize. They went out of the diamond midfield and more into a flat midfield so they could cover the flanks a little bit better. We brought Peter on to give us some direction in the midfield…not lose as many balls. We brought Je-Vaughn on and the first time he touched the ball, he took it 70 yards and put a great ball across so I think we needed to score in the first half and it didn't happen."
On what they need to do to get into the playoffs:
"What we should have done today. We needed three points. We don't need ties, we need wins. We're so disappointed, so frustrated right now because Salt Lake gave us the chance to get those three points and we didn't capitalize on it."
On Saborio's goal:
"I don't know, I think he was doing a lot of pumping and pushing and no calls were being made. I think the ball bounced right for him, it put him in a position he could face the goal. Sometimes when you have that many people around someone they kind of get in each other's way. He was the more aggressive player in that situation and he made something out of nothing."
On the physicality of the game:
"Yeah it was a bit physical. I think every time we touched them they called a foul. I don't feel like that happened for us. I think sometimes a psychological thing is going on when a referee gives a team a red card he tries to somehow not favor a team. Or he tries – maybe not on purpose – but it just seems like a lot of the calls were going against us."
On if the team has what it takes to make the playoffs:
"We're going to do everything we can do get a win. We probably played better tonight 11 against 11. I thought we played better, I thought we created more chances. We had five corners kicks in the first half, second half we had zero. What ends up happening when it's an open game like that, teams are attacking, there's opportunities to get through. When we kept trying to go through eight players we couldn't do it. But it was very difficult to do. What do we need to do? We need to do what he hoped to do tonight and get three points. For us now, we gotta get wins. If we don't get wins, there's no playoffs."
Overall thoughts on the match:
"It's one of those things where they definitely tried to stay behind the ball and they picked their times to attack us. We obviously had some problems breaking them down tonight. We had some chances to score but give them credit, they countered us well and got one of their own.
On Saborio's goal:
"It's one of those things where obviously Nick's good with his feet and he picked up something in the middle of the field where we had cover. It was a one on one battle rather than a group effort. They got a flick on; it was just great work by him. He battled to get good position then he finished it well."
Tactical changes after RSL went down a man:
"I think there's little things that we did but at the same time we had a game and we weren't going to sit back and let them come at us. So it just kinda magnified that a bit, but really, we're in a desperate situation. We're going to be pushing for three points at all times."
On what needs to happen to get to the playoffs:
"I think you saw a little bit of it today. We gotta just continue to get better as a unit from all people, we need to work well as a team. We don't really have any chances we need to go out there and create our own. It's going to be a fight for the next three games."
Overall thoughts on the match:'
"I think we're all disappointed to not get two more points but I have to give RSL a lot of credit. They fought really hard with only ten men and did a good job to get a point themselves."
On his goal:
"Je-Vaughn came on and made an immediate impact. He ran down the sideline and managed to get a great ball across and it went right up to me, I was fortunate it came to my feet and fortunately it ended up in the back of the net."
On trying to make the playoffs:
"Well, you know, we're all extremely hungry to get in there with only three points. We know we have to get points. I think you're going to see a really determined squad over these next couple games and finally get some points."


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TROY -- College and high school students converged on The Children's Museum of Science and Technology on Monday with the hopes of igniting an interest in math and science in the heads of the younger generation.
The event was a partnership between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology's Lego League and CMOST. Three area high schools' FIRST teams to interact with younger children and chat with them about building, programming and operating robots at the museum, which Rose Barra, academic administrator for the elementary level math and science department at Shenendehowa, said is crucial.
"In this region, where we live, there's a shortage of employees to fill these nanotechnology positions," Barra said. "This is a way to start to fill that pipeline. The way to build that is to develop a dialogue between high schools and engineers."
Many of the robots present at the exhibit were built for competitions, said Deb Bigelow-Saulsbery, president of Capital Region Robotics, such as a robot built by Colonie Central High School's Team 250 that can play basketball. There were other robots Bigelow-Saulsbery likened to erector sets.
The high school students were seen teaching the children about the specifics of building the robots and even the programming of them, making sure they move the right number of steps to complete the objectives laid out before them. Even if they aren't on a sports team, Bigelow-Saulsbery said FIRST teaches high school students the "soft skills" needed in the business world such as interacting with strangers.
"For our kids, these kinds of events are very critical," Bigelow-Saulsbery said. "They're learning how to communicate well with strangers."
Eric Palmatier, a recent graduate of University at Albany with a master's degree in information science, said during his time in the FIRST program, it afforded him a lot of opportunities such as speaking in front of large audiences, interacting with engineers and CEO's of technology companies and teaching younger students.
"It's rewarding," Palmatier said. "It's a completely different experience."
The event came about after Deborah Onslow, interim CEO of CMOST, said she was approached by someone from Rensselaer Technology Park to do a program celebrating robotics. She jumped at the opportunity.
"We said yes because we love introducing kids to technology," Onslow. "I'm so excited to see high school students engrossed and involved in something like building robots."
It helped out the museum in two ways, Onslow said. The first was sparking the interest in robotics for younger children but also allowing them to see the rest of the museum where there are some exhibits on nanotechnology.
"It introduces some of the children to our museum," Onslow said. "It introduces kids to the idea that it is possible to explore new ideas and the possibility of even building something."
Paul Schoch, associate professor of electrical engineering at RPI, said Monday's event was one of many meant to prepare students for the workforce. The tasks include a lot of problem solving, Schoch said, and many students do math without even knowing.
"They have to be able to think thoroughly," Schoch said. "They have to figure out what went wrong and how it can be corrected."
A lot of the programming needed to make the robots work has been modified to be graphical, Schoch said, so instead of using coding language there are now icons representing different commands. It's something he said helps younger children better understand programming.
"We have kids that are 9 years old programming moving robots," Schoch said.
Andrew Beam may also be reached at 270-1294.