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Google HQ Installs First Wireless Electric Car Charger
The system is the first to offer consumers a simple way to charge their EVs with the ease of hands-free, automatic technology.
Google is famous for giving the digital generation what it wants, so it only makes sense that the search giant would branch out into other technologies it feels are worth of its attention. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that they would already be dabbling in smart grid technologies, and positioning themselves to be a leader in the future of both energy creation and distribution.
Recently, the interwebs have been all aflutter over the fact that Google is trialing a Plugless Power charging station for electric vehicles at its Mountain View, Calif. headquarters. Developed by Evatran, Plugless Power is based on technology similar to that of the electric toothbrush, which has been used in electrical transformers for more than 100 years.
The system streamlines the charging of electric vehicles and extended-range hybrids by eliminating the nuisance of the cord and the plug. For those that have been hesitant to purchase an electric vehicle because they fear what would happen if they stray too far without a charging station, Plugless Power could be the technology to sway their choice.
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Half & Half Lemonade Tea
The best of both drinks
We consider it the yin and yang of beverages — half organic black tea, half organic lemonade and wholly delicious. The idea was born on a golf course, but our recipe was born in Granny's kitchen.
Behind the goodness
Granny's take on this ol' golf favorite uses organic black tea leaves, organic lemonade and pure cane sugar. (And, of course, the secret ingredient — a little bit of love.)
Calories: 90 per serving
Sugar: 22g per serving
Caffeine: about 30mg per 16oz bottleSee nutrition facts & ingredients
Serving Size 8 fl oz (240 mL)
Servings per container 2
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Calories 90 Calories from Fat 0
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Sodium 0mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 22g 7%
Sugars 22g
Protein 0g
Not a significant source of other nutrients.
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Sweet & Sour Citrus Shooter
1 part Half & Half Lemonade Tea
2 parts vodka
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Pour vodka and lemonade tea into a shot glass. Coat lemon in sugar. Take a bite of the lemon and immediately wash it down with the shot. Then attempt saying "Sweet & Sour Citrus Shooter" five times fast.
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2 parts Half & Half Lemonade Tea
1 part vodka
1 strawberry per serving
Muddle strawberries. Add lemonade tea and vodka. Garnish with strawberry slice.
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text: I know I'm only one reader but I would be happier with the Trek line if Pocket worked on a little more balance every year. Six TOS books this year is just too many in my opinion. A couple TOS books a year I think is good and leaves enough months to do justice to all the other series and even make room for a new original series now that Vanguard is ended. I have been reading and collecting Trek books for over 20 years and in all that time the TOS books are usually the weakest and poorly written stories. I still buy them and I still read them but out of what is over 100 TOS novels ever published only a handful are anywhere near "classic" reads that I would call top tier books in the series. I have been really pleased with Ms. Beyer's approach to the novel series and think she has done an excellent job but I would like to see more authors produce some VOY material. They don't leave other series to only one author so why should VOY be so restricted? I understand that a new direction had to be taken with the series but now that that has been established there is really no good reason to leave the franchise only in Beyer's hands. Kevin


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Cap Metro officials revised their outlook as the authority gave some of its own staff members, along with media representatives, a demonstration trip on the route.
The authority had feared that some mechanical problems, including the timing of at-grade gates and glitches in the line's signal pre-emption, might curtail or postpone the introduction of service. Cap Metro initially plans to hire Austin Police Department officers to staff problematic intersections, and manually operate gates if necessary, until all problems are corrected.


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two cups carnaroli or arborio rice
one pound shrimp
half cup finely diced onion
half cup finely diced shallot
six large cloves finely diced garlic
salt and pepper
olive oil
one quart fish stock (bought at local fish market)
half cup pureed san marzano tomatoes
generous splash corenwijn
one cup gruner veltliner (or other dry white wine)
two tablespoons chopped italian parsley
generous pinch saffron
half cup grated parmigiano reggiano
Sautee shrimp with fresh ground black pepper until just barely done. Remove from pan and set aside.
Sautee onions and shallots until starting to carmelize.
Add garlic and sautee until the garlic is translucent.
Add rice and sautee until it is nearly translucent, about three or four minutes.
Deglaze pan with generous splash of motherfucken corenwijn and gruner veltliner, and then add tomato puree.
Turn heat down to low for the risotto cooking process. While all the sauteeing is going on, put the fish stock in a pot with an equal amount of water, cover, bring to a boil, and then keep on low simmer. To cook the risotto, add a ladle full of diluted simmering fish stock to the rice and cook will stirring until the liquid is absorbed, and then repeat until the rice is done (just barely al dente in the center). This will take between twenty minutes and a half hour. Add the saffron about halfway through. You should salt to taste while cooking, but be careful, because the stock and cheese both contain salt.
When the rice is done, add the shrimp, parsley, and cheese, and stir while cooking until fully incorporated (one to two minutes). Turn off heat.


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Former Bomber attacks ex-AFL teammate
Retired Essendon star Mark McVeigh has savaged former teammate Kyle Reimers over the AFL club's anti-doping crisis.
McVeigh has given the strongest defence yet of the club, a day after the Bombers announced they were under a joint Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) and AFL investigation because of supplements supplied to the players last year.
If it is found Essendon players took a banned substance under the world anti-doping code, it will become the biggest scandal in AFL history.
Former ASADA chairman Richard Ings is not nearly as confident as McVeigh about the outcome of the investigation, saying he suspects it is far more serious than players taking a supplement.
There are also unconfirmed reports that underworld elements might somehow be involved in the controversy.
When the story broke on Tuesday, Reimers said in a television report that they were using supplements last season that were "right on the edge".
McVeigh angrily denied there was anything untoward about last year's controversial fitness program at the club.
"Kyle Reimers has come out and said some things that are untrue," McVeigh told SEN radio.
"He's a disgruntled player who was delisted from the football club, who very rarely turned up to pre-season training in any sort of form that resembled a professional footballer.
"Every player knew what we were taking ... if you didn't know, you must have been asleep in the meeting, which Kyle probably was.
"Everything that I took, and I can only speak on my behalf obviously, I knew 100 per cent that it was within the WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) and AFL doping regulations."
McVeigh retired from the AFL last year and Reimers was delisted from Essendon at the end of the season.
McVeigh admitted to having off-site injections, but said these were to ensure a sterile environment.
He added they were for vitamins B and C.
The former utility backed key club figures such as coach James Hird, long-time doctor Bruce Reid and chairman David Evans.
He also denied the club made players sign waivers before they took supplements, with McVeigh saying they were consent forms that the players wanted.
"We were going on a different program (where) we hadn't been before ... we'd never really gone into some of the supplements that were being taken," he said.
But Ings is concerned about what the investigation might reveal.
"If this substance does come back and it turned out to be a prohibited substance, (then) it's a house of cards," Ings told FoxSports.
"This could be very serious for the players involved and extremely serious for the club."
Tim Watson, the former Essendon captain and father of current Bombers skipper Jobe, said he was angry when he learnt on Tuesday about the unfolding story.
He said regardless of what the investigation finds, his old club needed to look hard at its management.
"I was thinking about the gullibility of people who are in charge of a football club," Watson told SEN.
Sports scientist Stephen Dank left the club last year and it is understood the Bombers have suspended fitness coach Dean Robinson.
Essendon's new-look fitness regime spectacularly backfired last year, with the club plummeting out of the top eight as they suffered a string of soft-tissue injuries.
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and more young people are referred to me by their GPS with tinnitus
or hearing loss as
a direct result to exposure to loud music," said Dr. Robin
Yeoh, Epsom and St. Heilier NHS Trust consultant, in an interview
with BBC. "It's the sort of damage that in the old
days would have come from industrial noise. The damage is
permanent and will often play havoc with their employment
opportunities and their personal lives."
If music
listeners want to, they could increase the decibel limit up to 100
EU legislators will take a closer look into the
matter next month, with a final decision expected sometime in the
Critics say there must be some type of middle ground
between consumer safety and personal ownership, and note that 85
decibels is too low when background noise can still drown out the
music. Realistically, government officials must try to educate
children about the dangers, not try to prevent it without education,
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Apple's iPad continues to snare new
customers to around the world. Apple was happy to announce earlier in
May that it sold
over one million iPads in less than a month. Today, thanks to the
international launch of the "magical" device, sales have
the two million mark.
This past weekend saw the iPad launch
in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain,
Switzerland and the UK. Some stores even had customers lining
up for hours to get their hands on the device. And as always,
Apple CEO Steve Jobs was more than happy to gloat about his company's
latest creation.
"Customers around the world are
experiencing the magic of iPad, and seem to be loving it as much as
we do," said Jobs. "We appreciate their patience, and are working
hard to build enough iPads for everyone."
In other tablet news, Computex 2010
appears to be shaping up to be a showcase for iPad competitors.
Earlier today, we told you about two
new tablets from ASUS.
MSI is also getting in on the action
with the 10"
Wind-Pad. The device features a 1.66GHz Intel Atom processor, 2GB
of RAM, and a 32GB SSD. The device runs Windows 7 Home Premium with a
custom touch-focused UI running on top. Other features include USB
and HDMI ports, Wi-Fi connectivity, and a 3G wireless radio.
According to MSI, the device weighs
1.78 pounds and can operate for up to 8 hours on a charge.
MSI expects to make the Wind-Pad
available later
this year at a price of around $500.
Updated 5/31/2010 @ 11:48 am
OCW has some additional info on the MSI Wind-Pad. The device features a 1.3MP webcam, a GPS receiver, accelerometer, and a host of MSI-specific software to take advantage of the multi-touch screen.


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1. After having: "After looking around, I chose a seat" is fine, and so is "Having looked around, I chose a seat," but "After having looked around, I chose a seat" is redundant. "Having" means that the action has already been performed, so the context is clear that the writer is writing after the fact.
2. Aged: Identifying the age or age range of a person or a group with this word puts the subject(s) in a category with cheese or wine. Write "50 years old," for example, instead of "aged 50 years," or "ages 21-34" rather than "aged 21-34."
3. Aggravate: To aggravate is to make something worse, not to bother, annoy, or irritate.
4. And also: And and also are redundant; use one or the other.
5. Anticipate: To anticipate is to foresee (and perhaps act on that foresight), not to expect.
6. Anxious: To be anxious is to feel distressed or worried, not eager.
7. Approximately: How about using about instead? Save three syllables. For scientific or technical references, approximately is fine, but it's a bit much in most other contexts.
8. As to whether: "As to" is extraneous; use whether only.
9. At this point in time: Omit this meaningless filler.
10. Basically, essentially, totally: Basically, these words are essentially nonessential, and you can totally dispense with them.
11. Being as/being that: Replace these phrases with because.
12. Considered to be: "To be" is extraneous; write considered only, or consider deleting it as well.
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14. Due to the fact that: Replace this phrase with because.
15. Each and every: Write "Each item is unique," or "Every item is unique," but not "Each and every item is unique."
16. Equally as: As is superfluous; write equally only.
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18. Had ought: Had is redundant; use ought only.
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21. In the process of: This extraneous phrasing is acceptable in extemporaneous speaking but unnecessarily verbose in prepared oration and in writing.
22. Is a . . . which/who: If you find yourself writing a phrase like this, step back and determine how to write it more succinctly; "Smith is a man who knows how to haggle," for example, can be abbreviated to "Smith knows how to haggle."
23. Kind of/sort of: In formal writing, if you must qualify a statement, use a more stately qualifier such as rather, slightly, or somewhat.
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27. Oftentimes: An outdated, unnecessary complication of often.
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29. Renown: Renown is the noun (as well as a rarely used verb); renowned is the adjective. Avoid the like of "the renown statesman."
30. Thankfully: In formal usage, this word is not considered a synonym for fortunately.
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What time/date are the closing ceremonies?
What time/date are the closing ceremonies?
Closing ceremonies are on Saturday evening BUT you won't want to miss the Superstakes drawings on Friday night!
Live this day.
Thanks for the camping info. I know tents are the norm. Are mc campers welcome in the open tent area? We have a bunkhouse & would like to use it for the rally. We are really looking forward to our first rally!
Jane, your bunkhouse is welcome in any of the tent camping areas. See you in Sedalia.
Chuck Manley #12106
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Ambassador, Knights of the Roundel #333, IBA Member, Life Member NRA
Black '13 R12GSA (the Outlaw)
I may not have time to ride both ways, does anyone know of a good way of getting a motorcycle shipped from the greater rally area to Portland, OR.
Thanks, Ric
Ric... consider fly & rent, ride the Ozarks, rally & return bike, fly home.
Could be same money & time?
Or buy the R/T flight from MKC/STL & leave the bike a few weeks/month with somebody, till you have time to ride home.
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Will there be electricity available in the general camping areas? I know special needs and RV camping will have it available.
looking at the map/layout, plenty of buildings border/near general camping; likely to have outlet outside. many camp in stables/barns for the elect availability. enough cord... u git juice!
The policy is pretty simple. If the barn is closed, NO camping permitted. If an area is marked "No Camping" then no camping is permitted. Areas near and around the vendor buildings are No Camping areas. Look at the rally map in front of the rally program. Approved camping areas are clearly marked. If it's not marked "Camping" don't camp there. The rally map is also in the July issue of the Owners News and on the MOA website home page.
See you in Sedalia.
Chuck Manley #12106
2012 Howlin' at the Moon Rally Chair
Ambassador, Knights of the Roundel #333, IBA Member, Life Member NRA
Black '13 R12GSA (the Outlaw)
"You can do good or you can do well. Sooner or later they make you choose." MI5
Mod Squad
Camping guy
I can't find any info on rv's.
I got two option depending on work schedule so if more time allowed we will ride to the rally (2 day ride) but in worst case scenario I may bring camper with bikes and get to the rally in one day.
Big question is if campers are allowed and can i get electric hook up?
The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. Now, the guy who invented the second wheel... he was the genius.
shows a dedicated RV section in the NW corner of the site. Electric available.
Mark Neblett
Fairfax, VA


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The star-studded new album from Jennifer Lopez finally has a track list that confirms its collaborations, in all giving a clearer picture of what to expect on the pop star's eighth studio album.
Lopez and co. have revealed the track list to A.K.A., Rap-Up reports, shortly after she received the Icon Award at last night's Billboard Music Awards — the first woman to receive the honor.
The standard version includes 10 songs, two of which — "I Luh Ya Papi" and "First Love" — have already been released as singles. The remaining eight songs feature collaborations with T.I. (the lead title track), Pitbull ("Big Booty"), Rick Ross ("Worry No More") and Iggy Azalea ("Acting Like That").
Related: Watch Pitbull & Jennifer Lopez Get Psyched for Soccer in 'We Are One (Ole Ola)' Video
Additionally, Chris Brown is credited with co-writing one of the tracks, "Emotions," while in-demand producer Max Martin lends his hand to "First Love" and Diplo garners a production credit on "Booty."


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Hi. I keep getting a Suspicious Behaviour Alert from ZoneAlarm about a program OCR Aware. The alert states that the program is attempting to monitor user activities. The application is OPWARESE4.EXE and it's from a company called Nuance Communications. I think that it is part of the function of the scanner I installed but if so, why does it need to be able to "monitor user activities"?
Any help appreciated!
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Hey all,
New to this forum - I'm an amateur mapmaker myself (made http://macwright.org/running/ and http://macwright.org/superfund recently), but mostly I'm a developer who works on map tools.
So, what's up real mapmakers? What can I/we do to help you out with making real, cool maps?
Hello there from MapBox!
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Movie: Shirase and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition in Sydney
Research into some old photographs has uncovered details of the Sydney connection with Japanese explorer Nobu Shirase and his South Polar expeditions.
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- Susan Myatt, Archives and Records Unit
Research into some old photographs has uncovered details of the Sydney connection with Japanese explorer Nobu Shirase and his South Polar expeditions.
The photographer was Seizo Miisho, doctor on board the Shirase expedition schooner Kainan Maru, which by March 1911 had made it to Antarctica.
However, extreme weather forced the explorers to turn back and head for Sydney, where they planned to wait out the winter months before a second attempt in the race for the South Pole.
They dropped anchor in Double Bay on the 1st of May 1911 and Shirase and his team were given permission to make camp in Parsley Bay Reserve, Vaucluse.
At a time in world politics when imperial powers were jostling for influence, some contemporary newspaper reports were suspicious of the Japanese camping near the South Head fort.
But the local residents and their children by and large befriended the visitors, and supported them during their six month stay.
Seizo Miisho's Sydney photographs document these friendships.
In the scrub on the western side of the Parsley Bay reserve the explorers were able to erect their prefabricated timber hut and three tents for equipment, food and bathing.
Dr George Read, a local resident and public hygiene expert, directed the Japanese to build a drainage trench around their camp to divert the natural watercourse, and this is his family. He was a supporting voice for the visitors at local council meetings.
Miisho photographed local school children and expedition members on the Parsley Bay suspension bridge, the easiest route to the Watsons Bay ferry.
At the time there were less than twenty houses in the area, and some people lived only 200 metres from the camp.
Robert Hilliar, a young boy at the time, gave an account of the visit in his old age. He talked of practically living at the camp with his dog Derby, and being spoilt with Japanese biscuits and sweets.
Adam Forsyth was a surveyor for the Lands Department and a local alderman. He was initially concerned about the camp, but was soon won over, and on the eve of their second voyage his son William wrote an article praising the explorers in the Sydney Evening News.
Charles Grice lived with his family at "St Neots", and as president of the Vaucluse Debating Society he invited expedition scientist Professor Takeda to speak on Antarctica and Science. Sydney Japanese resident Mr Okimoka was on hand to translate.
By 1911 Parsley Bay was an established weekend picnic spot and Shirase and his crew recalled being distracted at times by too many callers.
They did however entertain the locals with martial arts displays, and to celebrate the coronation of King George they hosted a party and decorated the camp with British and Japanese flags.
Perhaps one visitor was actress Dot Miller, whose autograph book contains signatures and paintings by members of the expedition.
Her descendant loaned this exquisite book to the museum for copying, but the only known connection with the expedition is a friend William Borthwick, who went on board the Kainan Maru to farewell the Japanese in November 1911.
Other friends on board were two Antarctic heroes Professor Edgeworth David and Douglas Mawson, photographed here with Nobu Shirase. It was on this occasion that Shirase presented Professor David with the samurai sword as a symbol of gratitude for his support of the expedition.
The Shirase Sword is now in the care of the Australian Museum, and our link with this fascinating story.
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She Stoops to Conquer was first performed in 1773, and remains popular today. Written by Irish playwright Oliver Goldsmith, it is a comedy of errors spanning the events of one night.
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To all of the people who say there was something better we could have done against teams like Miami, Boston and the Magic, I have this to say: WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE HORSES.
It's okay to be disappointed after a loss, but you also have to try to maintain some modicum of realism.
For one, Chandler wasn't on Dwight that much. I saw Gallo on him a lot, getting baptized by God himself.. And if Chandler got caught on him a couple of times so be it. I'd rather have Chandler on Dwight than Moz or AR, because atleast w Chandler you know he's giving you something on the other end. In last night's case he gave em 30.. You can't argue w that. Moz and AR are useless on offense, and defense against Dwight for that matter. So you live w Chandler having to play D against bigger guys at times.
The reason you live w it is because n the NBA you have to play to your strengths. Our strength is offenze. It puts us right in the mix against the better teams and has allowed us to eat good against the average/bad teams thruout the league. You can't have it both ways.
Smh at you guys that are asking AR and Moz. They are both useless right now and would look even more inept against Dwight. You guys need to stop.
I dunno about that. 12 fouls for bench players is better than 12 fouls for starters. If we're gonna end up in the penalty anyway it might as well go to players who are deemed useless while our offensive "threats" stay in the game.
At some point you have to sacrifice a little of something for the greater good of the team. So throw the offensively "inefficient" Moz or AR out there to absorb some of STAT's fouls so that way he's not willingly playing matador defense or not being as aggressive on the offensive end...or hell, just not even out there cause he has 5 fouls in the first couple of mins of the 4th.
Out coach your opponent. Stop switching every damn thing, foul Dwight with useless bodies, force him to hit free throws, maintain your star's relevance on the court.
11 fouls between Moz and AR vs Dwight >>>>>>>>>> 10 fouls between STAT and Chandler vs Dwight, especially when they combined for like 60 points. I don't think AR or Moz would have prevented either from doing what they did on offense, so there's no excuse other than "if you don't have any offensive value then you have no value to Mike D."
Guess if I was simple in the mind...everything would be fine.
The coach thinks he can run a short rotation all the way thru the season. He will wear them out. What will happen if Stat goes down? He cant even use his bench because he dosen't know how to coach to players strength...It's not like we have a bench load of garbage. He rather hold onto his talent lacking Godson instead of upgrading. He plays a man 2 man defense with way too many double teaming around the arch. Wilson, Turiuf, Stat, should stay around the basket and paint...not assist on doubles...that crap always expose us to easy baskets in the paint. This coach is stubborn, arrogant and extremely overrated. Why in the hell do we need to find him specific players...I thought this game was about the Ballers...not the coach. He just can't adapt and will always blame others for his shortcomings.
If he would spend more time learning how to coach and designing plays for his roster instead of being on TV running his mouth all the time...he might just figure it out.
I was watching the Spurs Lakers game the other day and when Tiago Splitter came off the bench the commentator was saying that he hadn`t offered the Spurs anything in terms of his numbers all season.
the other commentator than said - and I`m paraphrasing here - "That is true, but he`s young and needs to leran to play at NBA level so even though he might not give you much now giving him minutes agianst the Lakers and other teams is very important because that experience will make him a better player".
This is something that no D`Toni doesn`t understand. He keeps saying that AR and Mozgov have to improve but how will they improve if they never get any minutes. Yes, maybe they won`t contribute much now but they must play to gain experience and to take some of the minutes from amar`e and give him some rest. No D`Toni is a complete idiot. He thinks he can go the whole season with a seven or eight man rotation. Our starters will be completely blown out.
We have to go deeper to the bench even if they do not give us much now. They have to be developed and the starters must get some rest.
This team was still a laughing stock going into opening night. Another playoff miss. Maybe lap dogs that squeek into playoffs as first round fodder.
A middling pg.
A 2nd round rookie starter.
No center.
An overpaid desperation- got star.
A few prospects.
I'll just state it: Mike D'antoni has spoiled everyone. Not that our success and surpassed expectations are entirely d'ant. But if you're going to give the man such control and responsibility for things, it'll include positives.
Man is that a joke ? You Guyz are happy with this team being mediocre for the next 3 to 5 years I' ain't man. We need to stop making excuses, if this team continues to look lost at the 4th quarter.. Man we gotta becareful with what we say, Because this team has a tough schedule..And there's No such thing as Good losses..I Feel you though. We SUCKED!! For many years. But it dosen't mean we must accept being mediocre For years. IN MY IMO.
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Yah people need to relax. This team is not that talented yet.. I agree that D'ant has these boys playing above their respective heads, w the exception of Amare. Hell, a case could be made that he's even exceeded expectations prolly..
But, we're not where we want to be talent wise yet. People need to remember that and temper their greedy little expectations down some.
And who said we'd be average year after year. This team is slowly being built up into a contender. Donnie is being patient so we're gonna have to be patient. Try to remember where came from people. This team was an insipid, hot mess.
I believe wholeheartedly there will come a time in the not too distant future, when we'll be able make a statement in games against the best teams. And by make a statement I mean send a message w an ass kicking that says, "We are not to be trifled w. We're to be feared mfs!!".
That time is comin'. But we're not there yet.. Slow, steady growth is afoot. Patience is key.
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Having said the above, I've still got to say that using our bench more and freeing AR are 2 things I would like to see happen. I also think that Gallo is being overused with Williams on the bench and Chandler at the 4.
As poor as the Gov and Randolph have been, it can't be left unsaid that every player in our starting 5 had a bad start to the season but eventually came around.
The only guy on our team that's playing an exorbitant amount of minutes is Felt, who's getting 39.0 per. We know we need a backup, but I wouldn't really worry about Felt that much because this is the first season he's really played big minutes (his average mpg for his career is around 35) and he was in fantastically good condition coming into the season.
Amare's minutes are normal, if not conservative for franchise player w help like he has, @ 37.7 mpg. I think D'ant is being careful of not wearing him down. And remember Amare came to camp in phenomenal shape aswell. His minutes are lower than Pau Gasol's (38.1) and Durant's (39.1). I could see Amare's minutes being a big deal if he was averaging like 41 or something like that, but he isn't. Gallo and Chandler both play around 35 per. So this "wearing players down" complaint really isn't valid.
On the defense, I think all of the rotating and switching can be effective w time and repetition. This type of D is right for getting just enough stops thruout a game, but there has to be a high level of commitment from the players along w consistency. They're just not there yet. The defense has looked somewhat better imo. I think they will get better and more comfortable w what's being asked of them as they get more experience w the schemes.
Why all of the frustration w coach? You didn't really expect us to beat Orlando did you?? You have to be realistic. We're not built to handle a team like that yet..
My thing is, w the team the way it is now, in games against the better teams I always have a little hope, but I try to keep my expectations low. That way I'm not too hurt and irrational if we lose.
Right now we're right where we're supposed to be, better infact.
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My dad said he heard Marcus Camby can be had, and all it would cost is Eddy Curry's contract...
If we can get Camby in here to play D and hopefully teach Mozgov and Randolph something, we HAVE to do it. No excuse for not doing it, if we can get Camby for Curry straight up.


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The winner of the District 2 county commissioner seat has yet to be determined after Tuesdays election results left a mere 78 votes between Democrat Gwen Lachelt and Republican incumbent Kellie Hotter. But Hotter, who trailed Lachelt, is not optimistic.
Hotter thanked her supporters in a post on her Facebook page and said, While we did not win the election we will continue the good fight. Throwing in the towel is not an option. The stakes are too high.
Hotter, La Plata County commissioner since 2007, said in an interview with The Durango Herald that shes not conceding the race. But she doesnt expect to win after the results of more than 700 provisional ballots come in because a high percentage of those ballots are from city voters, who traditionally vote more Democratic.
Lachelt agreed with Hotters assessment.
I think the trend is definitely in my favor, and historically, provisional ballots go in favor of the person in the lead, Lachelt said. But the ballots will be counted on (Nov.) 14, so we will know the outcome of the race on the 14th.
Most of the 723 provisional ballots come from inside city limits, which is standard for an election, said La Plata County Clerk Tiffany Lee Parker.
Precinct 30, which represents Fort Lewis College, has the most provisional ballots with 57.
Provisional ballots are those held until the clerks office can determine voter eligibility. If voters went to the wrong precinct or didnt have the correct identification when they went to the polls, they would have to vote provisionally, Parker said.
Its a way to ensure they didnt vote more than once, she said. Its almost like a fail-safe method of voting to make sure we dont disenfranchise anybody. That way everybody gets an opportunity to cast a vote, but on the day of the election they didnt vote the regular way.
The clerks office sent out letters to every voter who had an issue with their ballot and had to vote provisionally. Voters should get the letters today and have until Nov. 14 to get the issue resolved, such as show the correct form of identification.
Along with the provisional ballots, other ballots with signature discrepancies, identification issues or military ballots that have yet to arrive in the mail still need to be counted. Fewer than 60 of those ballots remain, and they will be tallied after an eight-day verification period, Parker said.
The results of the provisional ballots will be released Nov. 15. While the office can verify the ballots, it cannot begin counting them until Nov. 14 after 5 p.m., when all of states counties have verified the ballots, to ensure voters arent casting ballots in multiple counties.
Parker was planning on counting the ballots over the weekend and releasing the results early next week until the attorney for the Colorado Secretary of States office called Friday afternoon to stop the process so other counties with a larger amount of provisional ballots could catch up.
About half of the provisional ballots had been verified as of Friday afternoon, Parker said.
A recount will be triggered only if the difference between the number of votes cast for the two candidates is equal to or less than half a percent of the votes cast for the leading candidate.
As the numbers currently stand, the difference between votes in the District 2 commissioner race would need to be fewer than 70 for a recount to occur.
District 3 commissioner candidate Julie Westendorff had a lead of 244 votes over Republican Harry Baxstrom after Tuesdays results. It appears Westendorff, a Democrat, has secured the seat, but a recall of the race could be triggered if the difference in votes between the two candidates is fewer than 69 after the remaining ballots are tallied.
Candidates can request a recount, but they are responsible for paying the costs, which Parker estimated would be about $10,000.


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NEW ORLEANS - Beyonce faced the music at a news conference Thursday before the Super Bowl, admitting that she sang along to a prerecorded track when she performed the national anthem on Inauguration Day.
"I practice until my feet bleed and I did not have time to rehearse with the orchestra," she said. "Due to no proper sound check, I did not feel comfortable taking a risk. It was about the president and the inauguration, and I wanted to make him and my country proud, so I decided to sing along with my prerecorded track, which is very common in the music industry. And I'm very proud of my performance."
She opened her news conference in New Orleans with a live rendition of the national anthem that mirrored the one on Inauguration Day. She asked those at the conference to stand before she belted "The Star-Spangled Banner," and after, she said with a laugh: "Any questions?"
And despite her performance, there were. When pressed about whether any sound was coming from her voice when she sang for the president, she said she was singing along to the track and not mimicking. And when asked if she would be singing live at the Super Bowl, she said: "I will absolutely be singing live.
"This is what I was born to do."
The superstar hadn't spoken publicly since it was alleged that she lip-synched at the inauguration last week. Her critically praised performance came under scrutiny less than a day later when a representative from the U.S. Marine Band said she wasn't singing live and the band's accompanying performance was taped. Shortly after, the group backed off its initial statement and said no one could tell whether she was singing live or not. -AP


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In Antwerp, for the first time since the seventies unknown work by Pieter Bruegel the Elder surfaced. The landscape will be shown in the Museum Mayer van den Bergh.
The drawing of a mountain landscape with two passengers is the first unknown drawing of the artist to show up since the seventies. According to the Museum Mayer van den Bergh, the work "both in composition and drawing techniques has all characteristics of Bruegel's work from the period 1552-1555."
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Then there are those stupid dates - when will the U.S. use sensible date formats.
Big-endian dates avoid all confusion over what 03/04/2000 means, they sort trivially, and they are an ISO standard.
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Researchers at North Dakota State University say they've developed a way to make high quality paints and coatings from soy oil and sugar.
Most paints, coatings and glues are petroleum based, but there is great interest to develop plant-based products that are environmentally friendly. The worldwide market for biorenewable chemicals will reach $5 billion by 2015, says one industry estimate.
Efforts to develop plant-based alternatives and replacements have sometimes resulted in products that don't last or wear as well as their common counterparts.
North Dakota State researcher Dean Webster has been working on a solution since 2008, and he says a breakthrough in his lab created a soy and sugar based coating that's just as tough as petro chemical paints.
The base product looks like thickened cooking oil in a jug. It's sprayed or poured and then cured with heat or ultraviolet light.
Webster shows off what looks like sheet of plastic material, flexing it in his hands.
"This is a sample of a cured material. This is probably about 75 percent biobased and we're not aware of any biobased material that comes close to that stiffness."
Webster said his research is very basic chemistry. His team tried mixing hundreds of different chemical compounds with sugar and soy oil. The reactions make molecules bond together in different ways. It's called crosslinking and the result is a rigid but flexible material.
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The material could be used in paints, plastics and glues. NDSU has applied for patents on the material, and Webster said many companies have requested samples of the material to evaluate. Webster said the material has drawn interest from large companies that want high quality products that are also environmentally safe.
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Hello, all!
This is the thread where the Hufflepuff Quidditch team can post their drabbles! We've done a lot of planning, so now's the time to get going!
So, team-mates, you know who you are, and I have one question:
Are you ready for some Quidditch?
OK, so you all received details and planning through the PMs we did, but i'll just quickly refresh you of our prompt:
The prompt:
We've done a lot of planning, you know what to doA group of friends are sitting in the Main Hall of Hogwarts during breakfast when there is a commotion in the hallway. Going out to investigate, the friends find a notice posted on the door leading to the outside of the castle. It reads:
Private professional Quidditch practices to be held on the Hogwarts Quidditch pitch for the next seven days. ONE DAY will be set aside for a group of seven lucky students to receive a once in a lifetime opportunity to learn first-hand from the professionals how to improve their game. The prize will be a match against the professional players played in front of the entire student body. If interested please see Professor McGonagall.
Just remember:
-Help each other out – beta each other's drabbles and give each other tips!
-Keep the drabbles 100 words or less
-Enjoy yourself and have fun!
If you have any problems, questions or concerns, feel free to PM me
Remember, it's not about winning, but taking part and knowing we all worked together to make a smashing story!
Go Badgers
So, if anyone on the team wants to start us off, it's entirely up to you what happens first


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Discussion in 'Star Trek: Voyager' started by Qutluch, Apr 14, 2012.
Yeah, we have a second thanksgiving dinner in the spring...it kind of became an annual tradition.
I wouldn't mind a second Christmas. Or two birthdays like hobbits have.. or is that breakfasts. Thanksgiving just sounds like a lot of work though, NO PRESENTS!!! Totally not worth it
Christmas II was invented by John Litglow in 1985's Santa Claus The Movie.
Every damn movie.
Thank you for sharing the richness that is your vast mental library with us.
It is so worth it, but I love food! Plus, pictionary via the iPad/apple tv was hysterical!
Scorpion Part 1
Janeway and Leonardo Di Vinci, of course this would be Janeway's holodeck ideal…how romantic. This was immediately followed up by the Borg cube. They need to find a way through Borg space. They nicknamed the passage the Northwest Passage….wasn't the NW passage wrecked with chunks of Artic ice, which made it difficult to pass. Is this supposed to be a metaphor? It will be hard, packed with hazard, and you may need your safety raft at any given point??? Weapons, scanning, warning systems, medical issues, and food….yeah, they need to figure these things out because they will not be able to stop for a while…
Kes begins having telepathic visions of the Borg, and when Tuvok went to the bridge to tell them, they are intercepted by fifteen Borg vessels. The vessels go by VOY, except one which scanned them. When VOY caught up to the Borg vessels, they found them annihilated, which was Kes' vision. They found one life form in the Borg destruction, and Chakotay takes a team to investigate. Kes has another vision while the away team is in the cube, and Janeway orders them out, they get out just as the team encounters a new alien race (the praying mantis looking creatures). The creatures used telepathy to tell Kes, "the weak will parish". She tells Janeway to fear them rather than the Borg. Kim is infected by this new alien, and the Doctor is having a hard time stopping it. The crew cannot go through the NW passage because of the new aliens. They have to decide if they want to turn around and try to find a new way home, or settle on a planet. Janeway seeks Di Vinci for advice. Janeway decides to reach out to the Borg to make an alliance to fight the aliens. Chakotay offers one of his parabolas to help Janeway with her decision: a Scorpion Tale or Tail. The moral of the story was it is dangerous to create an alliance with the Borg because even if they negotiate a solution how can they trust the Borg to keep their agreement?
When Janeway tries to negotiate with the Borg they beam her onto the cube and she negotiates with them. Just as she is negotiating the new species attack the Borg and she is beamed onto her own ship.
Favorite part: When Janeway quotes Picard, and I liked the touching scene between Janeway and Chakotay when she tells him that three years ago she did not know his name and now she could not imagine life without him; the hand on his chest was very touching.
Least favorite part: When Janeway barked at Chakotay for offering different advice. She has always appreciated counter views and considered them carefully.
Picard would never use a word like evil or call the Borg evil unless it was in that mental period between Best of Both Worlds and First Contact... That's a really long period there son. Point is that he was unnaturally crazy in reference to the Borg then, and Janeway thought he was sane because she's crazy too.
The Borg are not evil.
To be Evil, you have to give a shit.
They're oblivious to the harm they are doing, but this a question of intent and motive.
Their intent is to help people, and their motive is to spread perfection.
They're no worse than any other fanatically religious missionaries.
Remember the Romans?
After they'd conquered your country, killing half of everyone you know, and you were lucky enough not to be a made a slave, if you didn't accept their gods, they would burn your village down and rape everyone in it... But the Borg are evil.
Even if Picard wasn't completely crazy, he could have been joking or trying to scare the cadets so that they would be suitably afraid not to be killed in their first engagement, and Janeway fell for it.
I just watched this episode the other day, and I found this a little odd as well. You'd think Janeway would be angry if he DIDN'T offer a different viewpoint or opinion about how they should proceed.
it was Chakotay who told B''Elanna to stop being disgruntled and accept that Captain knows best in the pilot.
That set the tone.
Spoiler: The Void
Chkotay and Tuvok say: "Dudeeeeeeee... Lets be pirates! We can kill everyone in our way and take what we want. Awesome?" And what was Kathryn's reaction? I'll (re?)read the Starfleet Charter to see if we can get away with being Klingons." And then she did! She spent hours looking for another justifiable loophole to be an asshole other than the one Ransom used.. HOURS!
Scorpion Part 2
Janeway is on the cube and has Tuvok come over to help. They have formed an alliance, tricky as it may be. The Borg tries to force a neural link onto Tuvok and Janeway in order to make them communicate more efficiently. Janeway threatens to back out of the agreement if they do that and she suggests that they choose a representative from the Borg to work with them and I finally meet 7 of 9!
Janeway tries to talk with 7 of 9, but she refuses to discuss anything that is not relevant to the creation of a weapon. The new aliens attack the cube, but Janeway, Tuvok, and a few Borg were beamed onto VOY before the cube was destroyed. Janeway was unfortunately injured and hands over her command to Chakotay with the insistence that he make the alliance with the Borg work in order to get the crew home. Eventually the other aliens….I forget their number designation….attack, a few Borg, Janeway, and Tuvok are beamed back onto VOY and the cube destroys the alien ship and itself in the process in order to keep the weapon that VOY is creating safe.
Based on a few discussions with the Borg they figure out that the Borg started the war, not the other species. However, Janeway still wants to keep her peace with the Borg and tells Chakotay to stay the course (when she was in sickbay after being injured in the previous attack). Chakotay disagrees with Janeway's decision and after the Borg demand he turn back, five days into Borg space, and meet with another cube he takes his own course of action and decides to leave the Borg at the next planet they encounter. In the meantime, Janeway miraculously gets better and awakens with perfect hair and makeup. Janeway and Chakotay have a bit of a disagreement and their discussion is left off unsettled.
Janeway meets with 7 of 9 again and tells her that she put Chakotay in the brig for his disobedience...(at this point I thought one of three things: 1. Somehow Janeway was corrupted by the Borg and that may have led to her increased brain trauma, 2. Her and Chakotay were plotting, or 3. She did not really put him in the brig, but had him stay in his quarters in order to appease the Borg and make it look like she was punishing him).
In the end, 7 of 9 is left on the ship by herself and she tries to assimilate the ship and Janeway tells Chakotay the word Scorpion through the com link and their back up plan goes into effect. Chakotay links with 7 of 9 and tries to convince her that she was once human and that her humanity is still there. It is just a decoy to stall her until B'Elanna has a chance to overload her circuits and separate her link from the rest of the Borg.
Favorite parts: I appreciate it that Janeway and Chakotay finished the 2-part episode by banning together. I did not like it when she barked at him in the previous episode for having a different idea. I also decided I ultimately like the title (even though I loathe, and I mean loathe, scorpions). The parable Chakotay offered was actually quite significant. I enjoy that aspect of his character. He does not share his Native American history and background often, but when he does it really is quite insightful and relevant to the episode. I am happy to see a new crew member too!
(Possible) Least favorite part: I know people love 7 of 9, but I am concerned that they have started her character with extreme limits. She has spent more time as a Borg than a human, and I feel like it is going to be a long road to recovery, and I question whether she will even be able to cope with her human emotions and instincts as her human physiology takes over. I just hope that her personality is not too limited, and that she does not bounce back too quickly, which I feel would probably be unrealistic.
Well, I don't think I'm doing a spoiler number by assuring you that TPTB will give 7/9 A LOT of space to "cope with her human emotions and instincts as her human physiology takes over."
Welcome to Season 4!!
Great to hear it! I am really looking forward to this Season!
Unfortunately, the parable is of West African or European origin, not Native American.
So he was not sharing his Native American background.
His tribe could have briefly conquered Africa during world war 3 when all the superpowers were in complete disarray from multiple nukings?
The real problem is that the writers didn't give a shit about actual Native American culture (starting with the Maori facial markings ...). They seemed to think that all they needed to do is make Beltran look soulful and spout some Hallmarkian inanity, and it would sell. ("Dances With Aliens", anyone?)
At this point it all becomes my most adored Trek.
My only issue with Displaced is that it took them way too long to suspect that the aliens, perhaps, were intentionally trying to replace their crew. It seems like any competent captain's first assumption.
Don't worry about 7 of 9, she's one of the things the series got right.
It's pretty clear the writers did not do any actual research about Native Americans.
I think it is so sweet she is worrying about 7 of 9, my favorite ever Trek character..
Well to be fair there was no google in those days.
All they needed to say was "Hey Rob!? Do you want a writing credit? tell us about yourself?"
IndoMexican... "My people were building cities of gold when your lot were Roman slaves."
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As interesting and useful to the public as were the time service and the weather service, the observatory qua observatory drew much popular attention as well. Astronomy was perhaps the most glamorous and exciting science of the late 19th century - solar eclipses, the discovery of new celestial bodies, controversy over life on Mars, and a persistent comet craze all kept people's imaginations churning.
Like the Cincinnati Observatory before it, the Carleton Observatory initially threw open its doors to all comers at all times. Minnesotans from all walks of life dropped in at the observatory to look through the telescope and examine the time-service apparatus. (During the Depression a meteorite collection was added to Goodsell's other attractions; the collection came from H. H. Nininger as payment-in-kind for his daughter's tuition.)
In 1881 Payne reported that "although something of the novelty of the Observatory has passed away, the number of visitors seems to increase. In order to do anything in the line of regular original work, it has been necessary to appoint 'visitors nights' as often as once in two weeks." These public viewing nights, which came to include brief lectures and demonstrations as well as supervised telescope viewing, have remained a regular feature at the observatory for over 100 years.
Setting aside special nights for visitors did help make time for "regular original work" at the observatory. But during the first ten years there were other obstacles to such work. One was the size and condition of the building. More important, however, was a lack of important pieces of equipment. A larger telescope certainly would have been useful. When the Cincinnati Observatory installed a 12" refractor in the 1840s it was the second largest instrument in the world. By 1884 there was a 30" telescope in Russia, and bigger continued to be better for many astronomical applications.
In addition, while one of Payne's colleagues at Carleton, Professor of Physics, Chemistry, and Biblical Literature Arthur Pearsons, was able to jury-rig a camera to the Clark telescope to photograph a partial solar eclipse in 1885, the important work being done elsewhere in astronomical photography required a made-to-order apparatus. The same was true of the need for a spectroscope - an instrument for viewing the light spectra emitted by atoms - which was coming into use as the means for determining the composition of planets and stars.
But as he himself seemed to realize, Payne, who had been "trained" as an astronomer before either the camera or the spectroscope were in general use in observatories, was probably not the man to best take advantage of such new equipment. He was one of the "Old Astronomers," though not nearly so fossilized a specimen as a few of his younger peers sometimes liked to claim. Old Astronomy, as it was labeled with some disdain by the New Astronomers, rested largely on mathematical precision for the determination of the positions, orbits, distances, and sizes of celestial bodies. New Astronomy, or Astrophysics, which was just becoming prominent in the 1880s, was and is closely linked to physics, and is concerned with such questions about astronomical objects as their composition, temperature, energy source, luminosity, and evolution.
Payne was not entirely enthusiastic about astrophysics, not so much because he was antediluvian, but because he realized that the new astronomy was so technical as often to be inaccessible to the public-and he was committed to educating and involving amateurs in the field.
On the other hand, he seemed to realize the legitimacy and importance of astrophysics, for he began importuning the Carleton Board of Trustees in the mid-1880s for a camera outfit, a spectroscope, a larger telescope, and an addition to the building. Payne got what he wanted-and more.
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Cards paradegoers have faith in Pujols' return
By Mark Newman / MLB.com
ST. LOUIS -- When the Cardinals won the World Series five years earlier, Tye Edwards was stationed in Iraq and could not be back home in Missouri for the parade. On Sunday afternoon, the 26-year-old Army sergeant from nearby Festus was on "R&R from Afghanistan" and stood proudly beside the Stan Musial statue outside Busch Stadium. Wearing a No. 5 Pujols jersey, Edwards watched along with many thousands of fans as the 2011 World Series championship parade roared by. "I got back two weeks ago, and I go back to Afghanistan Tuesday, so at least I got to come home to watch the Redbirds win and see the parade," Edwards said. "It's been just awesome." Edwards was accompanied by nine other fans, and toward the end of the parade he saw one of the best players in Cardinals history -- and in Major League Baseball history -- pass by. Pujols, officially a free agent with a handful of days to decide whether he returns in 2012 or tests the waters, waved at the throng as his truck made its way to the ballpark and the celebration inside. "I pointed at him and he pointed back. Once a Redbird, always a Redbird, man," Edwards said. "It's up to him to make his call. St. Louis has got his back no matter where he goes. Albert's the man. There is nothing you can take from that dude. He did a lot for St. Louis. He loves St. Louis, and we love him. He's always a Redbird." This was the moment all fans wait for -- the time-honored World Series parade. It is the true exclamation point on a Major League Baseball season. Last year, it meant so much to the city of San Francisco. The year before, it roared up the Canyon of Heroes in lower Manhattan, and the year before that, Philadelphia finally got what it had wanted for ages. They have some experience with this sort of thing here in St. Louis now. In 2006, it was the first year of new Busch and, they did it up right, starting the parade at historic Union Station and riding along Market Street toward the Arch and then twirling around Busch and right inside for the show. There was not much difference this time, some new faces and a Rally Squirrel. There was a commanding theme here, though, a giant elephant in the room wearing No. 5. What were fans thinking as they watched Pujols go by? What were they thinking when he said on the stage, "I love my fans. They're the best." They were here to celebrate a team title, and yet amid the cheers for David Freese's key to the city and so much more, the No. 5 question tugged. "It just goes to show that he was a big part of this team. I think I speak for a lot fans when I say we all want to see him come back," said Geno Halloran of Shiloh, Ill., who was there with wife Amy, 7-year-old son Brady and 10-year-old son Logan. "Hopefully they can make it work. I know the Cardinals organization is going to work really hard to make sure he gets back in a Cardinal uniform for the rest of his career. It would be extremely difficult to come to a game and not see No. 5 at first base." "He'll be back. He'll be back," said Mike Carbrey of Wildwood, Mo. "We hope to see him back here next year, and we'll be here again next October. I think we will see him back," said Eileen Mohesky, watching with her husband, Gil, and their three grandsons. Then Gil added: "It was very exciting. He'll be back. I'm confident." Ask 100 fans and 90-something will expect him back. That was a parade mindset. It was not a free agency kind of day in St. Louis. When Pujols was introduced on the stage, he took off his cap and then a prolonged standing ovation rained over him. He wheeled in circles on the stage, waving at all sections. Whether it was thanks or goodbye, no one knows, and in that moment, no one seemed to care. The biggest roar of the day was reserved for the highlight reel on the giant scoreboard, when it got to Game 6. Every moment shown brought chills, and you knew that this is how it would be for many years to come. Players like Carpenter and Pujols said the moment that meant the most this season was the last out of Game 7, but make no mistake, people will always talk about "Game 6." Freese, the hometown hero from Lafayette High, was in one of the first trucks, not far behind manager Tony La Russa, who rode behind the famous Anheuser Busch Clydesdales. It was a moment of a lifetime for Edwards and his family. His mother, Diane Edwards, sent him "a big box of Cardinals stuff" when he was in Iraq during the 2006 World Series run. Now she and all of them were soaking in the moment, appreciating having Tye back and able to enjoy this celebration. "The first games he got to see coming back from Afghanistan," his mom said, "were the last games in the World Series." Jason Wagenknecht of Kirkwood, Mo., was wearing a No. 99 Taguchi jersey as he watched the trucks and marching bands, a nod toward former outfielder So Taguchi, who played a role in helping the 2006 Cardinals win. On Wagenknecht's shoulders was a fan who came after the last title, so this was new to 3-year-old Chase. Also there was Wagenknecht's wife, Amy, and their daughters, Carrie, 7, and Chloe, 5. "Oh, man, it's awesome," Wagenknecht said. "My youngest wasn't around then. It's wonderful. It's almost getting normal in St. Louis, which is kind of bad. "And if Albert Pujols says he wants to go somewhere else for more money just to win championships? We've had three World Series here in the last 11 years. Where else can he go to get that? I think he's coming back. I think he's a good guy, and I think he'll get a bigger offer somewhere else, but I think he's coming back. He appears to be a man based on principle." Pujols was asked in the celebration, "Can we do this again next year?" "Hey, why not?" he said, and the adoring masses cheered and the wait began.
Mark Newman is enterprise editor of MLB.com. Read and join other baseball fans on his MLB.com community blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Not everything in the world, obviously, makes it into the paper. There are two more shows this weekend that caught my eye despite the fullness of the music section. Tonight, you might go see the charmingly monikered The Little Penguins and The Tea Cozies, whose bio, in part, reads as follows:
The three female member of Tea Cozies had been playing together for years before they found someone who was man enough to handle their brand of brit-inspired garage pop. Jeff joined Jessi, Brady and Kelly in December of 2005 and, like Doug Flutie's Hail Mary pass in Boston College's 1984 game against Miami, it was a miracle. Well, not a real miracle like curing lepers, but a minor miracle just the same. These Seattle-ites sound like the bastard child of Elastica and Talking Heads, but with their own twist. 75% of the band has seen Dave Matthews Band live, and 25% of the band liked it.
I'd be won over even if both bands hadn't sent totally charming records. (Can you tell I'm posting in a hurry? Hence the sad lack of elaboration.)
The Little Penguins, The Tea Cozies and The Arithmetic Danger Club (who dropped off their press stuff some time ago in a giant bubble envelope decorated with a drawing of an octopus which, yes, I still have around here somewhere) play tonight at Diablo's Downtown Lounge. Sorry, kids, that means it's 21+.
Then, tomorrow night, head out of the house (I know, I know — it's scary out there!) to see Conrad Ford, a band which gets extra super bonus points for being named after director John Ford and cinematographer Conrad Hall. Also, they have charming record art and stickers. But you should go because the sometimes spare, story-wrapped, big-sky-small-town songwriting is just right for the time of year when you're delighted that it's getting warm, but still finding it hard to leave behind the holed-up, hidden-away charms of crisp weather. Or maybe that's just me. (Also, they do sound a bit like Eels, as a KEXP DJ notes on their bio.)
Conrad Ford plays at ... OK, wait. I wrote all this up only to find they're not listed where they said they were playing. So maybe you should just keep this band in mind for the future...


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The fate of George Zimmerman is now in the hands of six female jurors from Seminole County, Florida.
After three weeks of impassioned arguments from both sides, Judge Debra Nelson ordered the jury to begin deliberating Friday at around 2:30 p.m. ET_ . _
During his passionate and sometimes boisterous closing argument, prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda implored the jurors to convict Zimmerman of second-degree murder for shooting Trayvon Martin.
"The law doesn't allow people to take the law into their own hands," de la Rionda said. "This defendant didn't give Trayvon Martin a chance."
De la Rionda also called Zimmerman a "wannabe cop" who crossed the line the night he shot Martin.
"A teenager is dead. He is dead through no fault of his own. He is dead because another man made assumptions," de la Rionda said.
On Friday, defense attorney Mark O'Mara said Martin's death was tragic, but that Zimmerman was forced to kill the teenager in self-defense. O'Mara said if the state didn't prove that his client did not act in self-defense -- beyond a reasonable doubt -- they cannot convict him.
"I think what you have to do is be absolutely vigilant, diligent in looking at this case," O'Mara said.
"You go back there [to the deliberation room], first thing you might want to consider doing -- do you have a reasonable doubt that my client may have acted in self-defense?" asked O'Mara. "And if you reach that conclusion you get to stop. You really do. Why? Because self-defense is a defense to everything. To littering, to speeding, to battery, to grand theft, to assault, to manslaughter, to second-degree… it's an easy decision."
Zimmerman sat looking straight ahead and showing no emotion during most of the closing arguments. Both Martin's and Zimmerman's parents were in attendance and both sets of parents remain composed as the attorneys gave their summations.
Zimmerman told police that on February 26, 2012, he noticed a "suspicious" teenager in his gated community in Sanford, Florida. The neighborhood had been victimized by several break-ins. The two got into a bloody fight, and Zimmerman said he was forced to draw his gun and kill Martin in self-defense.
On Friday, the 14th day of the trial, Nelson instructed the jury on the charges Zimmerman faces and how the prosecution's case is burdened with basically disproving beyond a reasonable doubt that Zimmerman didn't act in self-defense.
Zimmerman is now facing multiple possible outcomes as the jury deliberates:
If Zimmerman is convicted of second-degree murder
The former neighborhood watch captain could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted of second-degree murder. In Florida, the mandatory sentence for the use of a gun that results in the death of another person is 25 years. Therefore, if convicted of second-degree murder, Zimmerman would be facing 25 years to life in prison.
For a second-degree murder conviction under Florida law, the State doesn't have to prove Zimmerman premeditated killing the teenager, but it must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Zimmerman killed Martin with "ill will, hatred, spite or evil intent."
Zimmerman will not be eligible for parole if convicted, because it is prohibited under Florida law.
Nelson will schedule Zimmerman's sentencing for a later date.
If Zimmerman is convicted of manslaughter
Manslaughter under Florida law is defined as the killing of a person as a result of an
In order for the jury to convict the former neighborhood watch captain of manslaughter, it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove that he intended to cause death, only an intent to commit an act that was not merely negligent, justified, or excusable and which caused death.
In Florida, if manslaughter is committed with a gun, it can be punishable by up to 30 years in prison. If convicted, Zimmerman could be sentenced between 10 to 30 years.
Nelson will schedule Zimmerman's sentencing for a later date.
What happens if Zimmerman is acquitted?
If the jury returns a not guilty verdict, deciding that prosecutors did not disprove beyond a reasonable doubt that Zimmerman acted in self-defense, he will be a free man and be able to walk out of court because he is not in police custody. He is free to leave Seminole County. He may choose to resume his career in mortgage insurance or his undergraduate education. O'Mara has said his client will not be safe if he is acquitted because of the outrage surrounding Martin's death.
What happens if the jury is hung?
There is the possibility the jury will not be able to reach a unanimous decision. That would be what is called a "hung jury." If the judge declares a mistrial because the jury is hung, Zimmerman could face a retrial.


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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Mississippi Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a Monroe County man convicted of murder in the 2007 shooting death of his wife.
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the trial judge erred in allowing testimony from an incident reconstructionist and computer-generated images that relied on the pathologist's approximation of relevant angles and distances and failed to take into account the testing by the firearms examiner.
Parvin was arrested in 2009 and charged with the death of his wife, Joyce.
Parvin was convicted in 2011. He was sentenced to life in prison.
Parvin had claimed he tripped while walking with a shotgun in his hand and the gun discharged and hit his wife as she sat in a chair in their home.