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Ramos Gin Fizz Cocktail
The use of egg white and cream in this version of the fizz creates a unique experience. Velvet with a citrus background and a bubbly pop, the Ramos Gin Fizz.
1 1/2 oz gin
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
2 Tbsp cream
egg white
1 Tbsp powdered sugar
dash orange flower water
Dry shake all ingredients until thoroughly combined and frothy.
Add ice and shake vigorously.
Strain over ice in a Collins glass.
Top with soda water.
Serve with straws.
Josh Baugher 15 Apr 2008
2:34 pm
FYI: The recipe on the left and the recipe at the end of the video are missing Orange Flower Water.
What size eggs do you recommend using?
Can't wait to give this one a try!
bruce d kalina 15 Apr 2008
3:58 pm
this brings back memories of new years day past… my old man spiffed up these for the boys after the long previous eve, when i came of age i encouraged him to rekindle the spirits of nyd past… i encurage you all to give it a whirl.
Owen 16 Apr 2008
5:50 am
I can't wait to try this. I had to have one last week so I made one using this recipe:
and it was really tasty. I can't wait to try yours.
Martin the dutch bartender 18 Apr 2008
3:20 am
Hey robbert, nice video again.. always watching with a lot of plessure… One (little) tip… When I need a fresh egg (white or yolk) I take a tumbler and a strainer, put it up side down on the glass (springs up) and smash it in the glass… The white will go into the glass and the yolk will stay in the strainer… With this kind of handling you won't get dirty hands….
Keep on the good work… Greetz from the Netherlands
Robert Hess 22 Apr 2008
3:07 pm
Thanks for the tip, I'll give that a try!
Huhu 24 Apr 2008
5:48 pm
A Ramos Gin Fizz is traditionally serverd straight up, without ice.
And btw, your "old" ebay lemon squeezer was far better than this rickety kegworks thing…
greetings from germany
Thomas 28 Apr 2008
8:04 pm
Another true classic drink, one of my favorites. The Ramos Fizz makes a lovely and very light dessert.
I've been reading David Wondrich's /Imbibe!/ and held off on watching this until I'd finished his chapter on Fizzes. Your Fizz segments complement the book well.
On to the Bucks Fizz….
Thomas 28 Apr 2008
8:59 pm
BTW Robert, thanks for the tip about shaking "dry" first to emulsify the ingredients. Great wisdom there.
Oh, and why do you shake the soda siphon before using it?
Robert Hess 29 Apr 2008
1:34 pm
@Huhu - Correct, originally a Fizz was served in a "Delmonico" glass, without ice. But over time they have come to be served with ice as well. More often than not these days you'll see them served with ice, and personally I don't have a problem with that.
@Thomas - I give my soda siphon a shake to ideally increase the pressure a bit in it. Note that doing this in a normal twist top bottle isn't a good idea, but in a siphon it will increase the pressure thus also the force at which the soda will come out.
Alex 5 May 2008
12:53 pm
Doesn't the citrus curdle the cream? Or is that desirable in this drink? Just wondering.
Robert Hess 5 May 2008
1:00 pm
Now we are starting to get into the "Molecular Mixology" (MM) side of things. Not because curdled drinks are some new bit of MM 'flair', but because thinking through, and experimenting with, exactly what is happening as the drink is being made is what MM is all about.
And to be honest, figuring out what is going on with the cream and citrus isn't something I've looked into here.
But yes, citrus will curdle cream, in fact this is the process for making simple cheeses. Bring some milk to a simmer, then add some citrus, and you'll eventually get some curds which you can then compress into a simple cheese. Indian "Panir" to be specific, which is similar to Mozerella.
A Ramos Gin Fizz isn't a "curdled" drink. It has a nice foamy consistency. Does the chill inhibit curdling? Or is it the violent shaking which instead combines the milk and egg proteins such that they don't bunch up? Might be worth a little experimentation.
Wonder what Harold McGee or Alton Brown might have to say about this.
Stevi Deter 10 May 2008
4:25 pm
Having read the comments before giving the recipe a try, I kept my eyes on the shaker after adding the cream after the citrus, and it sure looked curdled! But once I shook, shook, and shook some more, I can't say it tastes curdled. More like having a soft citrus and orange water flavored whipped cream on top. Absolutely worth the effort.
Thanks for the encouragement to try another classic recipe, Robert!
Eugenia 19 May 2008
5:02 pm
Hi Robert,
I've been trying without success to make a foamy egg white drink (you can see my first attempt at: http://culinariaeugenius.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/april-showers-bring-may-flowers/ ). The second attempt was better, but not anything near what you accomplished here. I shook it more than you did without the ice, then only did a few shakes with the ice. I'm kind of wimpy and noticed your shaking was really vigorous—I wonder if that's the secret. I'm also using a small shaker (I have small hands). Maybe the likker needs more space? Any ideas would be appreciated…
Robert Hess 19 May 2008
5:43 pm
Eugenia, Have you ever tried to whip up eggwhites by hand? Essentially, this is what you are doing when making this, or other foamy egg-white drinks.
So yes, a very energetic and long shake is needed for this drink. I would also recommend something bigger than a "small" shaker. Not sure what size you have, but I often see steak restaurants making their Martini's in "half-size" shakers, which they bring out to the table and shake them up tableside with… Those shakers are worthless, there isn't any way you can really get the proper chill with them (and of course you shouldn't shake a Martini to begin with).
Remember, you can always use two hands to shake your drinks, in which case it would be hard to find a shaker which was "too big".
Eugenia 19 May 2008
9:27 pm
Thanks, Robert. I appreciate your comment. I'll give it another go. My shaker isn't half-size—I'd say more like 3/4-size. I've been shopping for a new one but haven't found the one that fits perfectly in my hand. I do think a larger one would work better, for precisely the reason whipping egg whites by hand works better with a big whisk, more aeration.
Ruben 30 Mar 2009
8:49 am
Video Clicks tells me you are using Fee Brother's Orange Flower Water. Isn't that the The Bitter Truth one though?
Robert Hess 30 Mar 2009
9:00 am
Yes. I'm using "The Bitter Truth" orange flower water here, but essentially any orange flower water will work. The purpose of the VideoClix links are two fold… a) provide easy access to where to buy the product, b) provide some "ad revenue" :-> so we can continue providing new episodes.
While you can buy products from the Bitter Truth online (http://the-bitter-truth.com/), shipping costs for simply a bottle of orange flower water to the US is rather prohibative. So linking to Fee Brothers Orange Flower Water on Kegworks.com provides our users with something they might actually purchase.
Mike 14 Feb 2010
6:59 am
If making drinks for two or more, can you use a whisk, electric whisk or even a blender to make the drink?
Robert Hess 14 Feb 2010
7:12 am
Mike, if I needed to streamline the construction of multiple Ramos Gin Fizz's, I think I'd try using a blender, but being careful to avoid turning it into a "blended" drink. I've also mischieviously wondered if the "Waring Electronic Martini Maker" (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VWAK6Q) might work well for this.
Nick L. 24 Oct 2010
10:28 am
Mike -
A simple electric microwhisk works perfectly for this drink and others that include egg white. Dare I say they work much better than shaking alone. Simply, you can emulsify the mixture and aerate it much more efficiently with an electric whisk (and you won't throw out your shoulder trying to shake it to death).
Benjamin D. 4 Jan 2011
1:54 pm
Going back to the conversation about curdling, I actually have some experience with cheese production in Africa (long story). Basically what I found was that the fresher the milk, the harder it would be to curdle. So, while an old bottle of milk could possibly go off with a few tablespoons of lemon juice (and even then heating was required unless it bordered on spoilage), I wouldn't be too concerned about it for fresh dairy. In fact, a common substitute for bakers who have no buttermilk is to take one tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar to one cup of fresh milk, then wait ten minutes. I've done this many times and although the milk thickens slightly, it certainly doesn't curdle. Just use fresh cream and your Ramos Gin Fizz will be fine.
jellydonut 5 Aug 2011
8:27 am
The cream definitely turned itself into chunks as I poured the ingredients. It didnt help that I poured the citrus juices before the cream - it ended up solidifying in my measure!
I poured the gin last, and cleaned out most of the cream left with it.
It didn't matter though, mixing and cold shaking turned it into a delicious frothy mix anyway. Best drink I've ever had.
My cream is not new, it's been in the fridge a while. Same for my eggs. It would probably have been much better with fresh stuff.. But still the best I've ever had. I also missed out on the orange flower water. I got tired of looking for it and decided to finally make this drink without it. It's a grand drink regardless. Can't wait to make a PROPER one.
How do people feel about orange bitters in the Ramos?
TheBalch 17 Jun 2012
1:09 am
Mr. Hess,
This drink looks exceedingly lovely. I'm going to try it as soon as I can order some orange flower water! The orange flower water you used looked like it was commercially produced—would you mind telling us what brand it is? I saw that Fee Brothers produces several flower waters, orange among them. I wonder if you or any of your other readers have used that specific brand of orange flower water?
This actually reminded me of something I've been pondering for a while. Why shake something with ice, only to pour it over more ice? I see a lot of recipes for the Tom Collins which call for this, and it seems redundant. Is there sometimes a practical reason to both shake and serve with ice?
TheBalch 17 Jun 2012
1:11 am
Ah, excuse me. I didn't realize that your recipe for the Tom Collins calls for just this kind of thing…if I had, I would have gone ahead and posted on that video instead…
jumbolia_woodrum 6 Sep 2013
3:00 pm
Hey Robert - LOVE your shows and website!!
I heard that you do not add ice to a fizz. Can you comment on why you would or would not want to serve on ice????
Thanks much!!


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One-Armed Drummer Returns to Kit Thanks to Amazing 'Cyborg' Prosthesis
This is truly mind-blowing. A professor at the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, who has built robotic musicians in the past, has created a piece of technology that can allow an amputee to play drums. In fact, the inventor himself claims that "the drummer essentially becomes a cyborg."
Drummer Jason Barnes lost his right arm below the elbow after being electrocuted two years ago. To help Barnes get back behind the kit, Georgia Tech professor Gil Weinberg equipped Barnes with a robotic prothesis that responds to muscle movement from the musician's arm.
Even cooler, the single arm has the ability to power two drumsticks, essentially creating a musician with the capabilities of a three-armed person. Only one of the two sticks attached to the robotic arm can be controlled by the musician's muscle movement, while "the second drumstick has a mind of its own," explains Weinberg. The second stick "listens" to the music being played and improvises all on its own.
"It's interesting to see him playing and improvising with part of his arm that he doesn't totally control," Weinberg adds. "If we are able to use machine learning from Jason's muscles (and in future steps, from his brain activity) to determine when he intends to drum and have the stick hit at that moment, both arms can be synchronized."
"I'll bet a lot of metal drummers might be jealous of what I can do now," Barnes says. "Speed is good. Faster is always better."
Watch this incredible footage of Barnes trying out the robotic arm in the video above!

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Comedian, talk show host, and all-around gearhead Jay Leno loves automobiles as much as a man can, and his all-encompassing passion is really something to be admired. From American muscle to steam-powered trikes, if they built it, Leno probably has it in his garage/warehouse. Recently, Leno got a special visit from Tesla Motors, who let him burn rubber in one of their new Tesla Model S sedans.Read more


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Cowboys' Brent reinstated, suspended for 10 games
Cowboys' Brent reinstated, suspended for 10 gamesFormer Dallas Cowboys NFL football player Josh Brent arrives at court for closing arguments in his intoxication manslaughter trial Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Dallas. Lawyers wrapped up their closing arguments Tuesday morning before the case went to the jury for deliberations. Prosecutors accuse the former defensive tackle of drunkenly crashing his Mercedes near Dallas during a night out in December 2012, killing his good friend and teammate, Jerry Brown. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Former Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Josh Brent is being allowed to return to the NFL, though he won't play right away.
The NFL on Tuesday outlined a series of conditions Brent must meet to be eligible to play when the Cowboys return from their bye week in November.
Brent retired last year and was sentenced to 180 days in jail after a trial in January in the intoxication manslaughter death of teammate Jerry Brown, a practice squad linebacker for the Cowboys. A 10-year prison sentence was suspended.
The league says Brent will be suspended for the first 10 games of the season and can't participate in team activities for the first six weeks. He won't be allowed to visit the team's practice facility for the first six weeks except to meet with people associated with his rehab.
The 26-year-old Brent must have ''no further adverse involvement with law enforcement'' and faces potential banishment for what the league called ''prohibited alcohol-related conduct.''
Brent's agent, Peter Schaffer, said an appeal of the suspension was planned.
Brent can start attending meetings and doing individual workouts in Week 7, but can't practice or travel with the team. He can begin practicing two weeks after that.
If he meets all the conditions, Brent's first possible game is Nov. 23 at the New York Giants.
Brent crashed his Mercedes sedan on a suburban Dallas highway on the way back from a nightclub in December 2012. Brown was in the passenger's seat. Witnesses recalled seeing Brent trying to pull Brown, his former teammate at Illinois and his roommate in Texas, from the wreckage of the vehicle.
Tests later showed Brent to have a blood-alcohol level of 0.18 percent, more than twice the legal limit for drivers in Texas.
Brent faced up to 20 years in prison for intoxication manslaughter, and prosecutors pressed hard for prison time, saying his case would send a message to other would-be drunken drivers. But Brown's mother, Stacey Jackson, testified she had forgiven Brent and that ''you can't go on in life holding a grudge.''
The Cowboys open the season Sunday at home against San Francisco with many questions about their defense, including the rotation among defensive linemen. They are trying to replace franchise sacks leader DeMarcus Ware, who was released during the offseason in a salary cap move.
Brent was mostly a backup in three seasons with Dallas, but was starting in place of the injured Jay Ratliff at the time of the crash.
The Cowboys took a step toward replacing Ware by moving up to get defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence in the second round of this year's draft, but the rookie will start on the season on short-term injured reserve with a broken right foot.
Lawrence can't start practicing until after the sixth game and can't play until Week 9 against Arizona on Nov. 2. Dallas filled Lawrence's spot by signing defensive end Jack Crawford, cut by Oakland last week, to the active roster.
Offensive tackle John Wetzel and defensive back Jemea Thomas were added to the practice squad.
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The Texas House attached an anti-abortion amendment on a Medicaid-related bill Thursday night that expressly bans any tax dollars going for abortion or "abortion related services."
But some legislators complained the phrase "abortion related services" is vague and confusing.
Even Rep. John Zerwas, R-Simonton, a physician and author of the Medicaid bill, conceded the phrase "is problematic" and suggested it be removed. But it wasn't, and the House easily approved the anti-abortion amendment, 90-44.
Republicans hold a 101-seat super majority in the state House and typically take anti-abortion positions.
But Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, told Rep. Jim Landtroop, R-Plainview, author of the anti-abortion amendment, that he understood the intent but warned the phrase was overly vague. Turner noted that a sonogram bill approved earlier could be considered an abortion-related service.
"The practical effect of your amendment goes far beyond the intent of your amendment," Turner told Landtroop.
Democrats complained but lacked votes to defeat the amendment.
"We have made abortion so difficult in this state. I predict that women very soon will be going underground," House Democratic Caucus leader Rep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston, said.
There will be botched abortions and women ending up in hospital emergency rooms.
"Is that abortion related?" she asked.
Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, said she was "getting tired" of men dictating women's health and how women treat their bodies.


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Hi all.
I use xfce on my laptop, with an Intel 945GM graphic card and all works fine.
I've configured dual monitor whit clone option, desktop is shown on both monitors but ... there is a little problem!
Whit xrandr, I set the resolution to 1280x800 on laptop monitor (native resolution) and to 1024x768 on external monitor.
The problem is that, for example, the panel is cut to 1024: a good choice for external monitor (it fits perfectly) but an horrible problem for the laptop monitor where the panel becomes too short!!
Moreover, if I open a pdf file on my laptop, it fits all the space on the internal monitor, that is 1280x800: of course, on the external monitor my pdf becomes shrinked!!
This is the main problem, a really strange behavior that I don't understand!! I don't know if it depends by xfce or by my xorg configuration, but I'd like to know that!
Please, there is somenone that can help me?
Thanks in advance.
I have never used dual monitor. I am assuming that the clone option makes the screens match - when a window opens or the mouse moves, the changes happen on both screens.
That would cause things to be a little weird when the screens are at different resolutions, especially different aspect ratios. When a window opens, it has to pick a size to open at. A pixel size if I am thinking correctly. The problem is, which pixel size should it use.
I am guessing that the software could handle scaling the size to make things work on different resolutions such as 800x600 vs. 1024x768. Scaling and distorting is beyond its capabilities.
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One of the risks to small and medium businesses is losing your bank credentials to bad guys by use of a key logger or other malware as Bruce Schneier blogs about. A particular threat is real-time key loggers as described in the NY Times. The bottom line is that with commercial bank login information, bad guys can wire money out of your accounts and there may be no recourse. Commercial bank account logins are truly the keys to the kingdom.
I've decided to substantially increase the security on the machines where these bank credentials are used. My standard security recommendations are Windows XP SP3 with patches being applied automatically nightly. Virus protection is on (We generally use ESET). Users are Limited users; they can't add software. Software restrictions prevent the user from accidently or deliberately downloading software and running it out of their user directory. We use IE8 because of the ease of managing it in a Active Directory environment, but I recognize this as a potential weakness. Unfortunately, the most likely vector of a zero day exploit is flash or acrobat, both of which we use.
Security is always a tradeoff of convenience versus safety, so answers and suggestions should give pros and cons. I'm going to answer with a few suggestions, so you can see where my thoughts are going.


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Lil Wayne to Tour with Eminem in 2012
Lil Wayne had a phenomenal 2011 career-wise and it looks like 2012 will be just as exciting. Weezy went on his Facebook page to announce that he will join fellow rapper Eminem on a world tour. The 'She Will' rapper stated he will be visiting Fiji, Australia and South Africa with Eminem on this supposed International trek.
No dates have been formally announced and there's no word if the rap duo will expand the tour to North America, as well. We expect that if Wayne and Em do embark on this journey, they will most likely hit several major U.S. cities but logistics and scheduling would have to be hammered out first.
Meanwhile, Lil Wayne's 'Tha Carter IV' album has been certified double platinum by the RIAA, which means that two million copies of the album have been shipped in the United States, so far. In actuality, Weezy has only sold 1.7 million units.
It's a safe bet that he will reach his two million plateau during the holiday season. Weezy's 'Carter IV' is the second biggest-selling album of 2011, behind Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way.'


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[Verse 1: Rob Sonic]
Diamond in the back, gun-proof top
Ironside metal mouth kung-fu chop
One-way ticket to a three-dog night
When there's six million ways to make these dogs bite
Carolina blue ruby-sequenced Tarheel
Karras try the soup green Jesus cartwheel
Tattoo of a scar, half a sleeveless arm shield
Make your girl wanna put 'em on the glass like Garfield
[Verse 2: Aesop Rock]
Staring contest: Go!
You win, I was never good at that
Always shook his head of any hooks attached
Spit the bait up, hide for days, track a trail of slime and waste
Catch you outside Kwik-E-Mart, the minimall, or time and space
Eye and tooth grouped in systematic moving patterns
Meticulously plotted with miniature pewter dragons
The dark heart news penny-ante necromancy
On to plan B: panic and channel the death of Bambi
[Hook (Aesop Rock)]
No name, no last known address
No age, no face, no magic
Key in the door and there's nobody home
Oven is on and there's mail in the box
Rocking the bells in the rotary phone
Something awry in the way of the walk
[Verse 3: Rob Sonic]
Bandit and the Smokey collide on the way to Sturgis
Melting down the silver from chains and then making stirrups
Turn up on the news in a segment of wasted purpose
When it's death before dishonor, words before trade insurance
Pygmy dart moistened, poison placed where the circle is
Wolf-pack legions and heathens, the breathe the virgin skins
Wool bomber fedoras complete and permanent
Purple Heart fastened to leafy Adidas turtle tips
[Verse 4: Aesop Rock]
Oh, what a tangled web like a hell-hole
So sick spiders tattoo it on they elbows
Death Star rebuilt, cozy inside the milk bar
Jukebox jonesing for the tone that break the bell jar
Zero mist lifting, split-screen, left side's friend died
Right side of witches, crypt-thrifting (Gross)
I'm cranky like nobody understands me
White tee, dagger in the back, nothing fancy
[Verse 5: Rob Sonic]
Mayhem of mosaic Passaic river of guppy grief
Cause and effect to the timid limb of your hugging tree
Cut in a three-way divided amongst a rugby team
Who can either take or leave em
Or feed em game like it's Chuck E. Cheese
Really rotten doctor shocks of the all stars
Newspaper letters that'll end in his hallmarks
Stuck in traffic stalled, stopped at the Walmart
While I beast and then maul cops like Paul Blart
[Verse 6: Aesop Rock]
While I feast, install bombs in doll parts
Pawn-shop stalwarts hawk hot broadswords
Foreign clocks, lawn darts, shock-and-awe sock-drawer porn
Drawn arms, jarred prawn hearts
My thrill-kill cult consult with raw matter
It mill spilt guts and drums from Thor's hammer
And document the war of the department-store Santas
From the POV of cameras hid in the dogs' antlers
Mayhem of mosaic Passaic river of guppy grief
Cause and effect to the timid limb of your hugging tree.
This whole verse seems to speak on the terrible conditions of the Passaic river, and how people who talk about being environmental activist and doing nothing is the cause of it's continued condition. May I also point out Garfield is a city in New Jersey along the Passaic.


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TORONTO -- By now the back story to "Gravity," Alfonso Cuaron's escape-from-space action piece that hits theaters next month -- is becoming almost as striking as the film itself.
There was the possible involvement of several stars -- Natalie Portman and Angelina Jolie were each in talks -- before the lead role went to Sandra Bullock. There were the years of development at Universal before it landed at current studio Warner Bros. There was the fact that Cuaron wanted to make it a long time ago but, in James Cameron-esque fashion, had to wait for four years for the technology to be invented, and even had to invent some of it himself.
"This film," Cuaron told audiences at the Toronto International Film Festival premiere Sunday night only semi-wryly, "is a big miscalculation."
That back story took on another layer at the event, which went over like gangbusters to the audience of 2,000 and helped paint the film as one of the commercial breakouts of the festival, if not yet an awards one.
To make the movie, Bullock told the crowd she spent long hours by herself being whipped around a sound stage with nothing but hundreds of cameras as company. The Oscar winner called the experience "lonely" and said there was "frustrating, painful isolation" on set, then quickly qualified it "but in the best way."
The actress, who is on-screen for long stretches by herself, joked that all the solitude gave her some resentment for the filmmakers, but she tried to put it to good use. "All your hate and your anger and your rage, you give it to the work," she said, perhaps only semi-jokingly.
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"Gravity" follows Bullock's Ryan Stone, a researcher on her first trip to space who, along with a veteran astronaut (George Clooney), is stranded outside her craft and forced to traverse the blackness to get to a space station that will offer transport home.
Cuaron acknowledged/reinforced Bullock's sentiment, noting that he was aware he was putting his actors under a certain kind of duress. "The challenge was gravity, both the film itself but also ... because the movie takes place in zero gravity," he said. "And the challenge was, how can actors perform under those conditions."
Written by Cuaron with his son Jonas Cuaron, "Gravity" takes place almost entirely in space, a place rendered so realistic it's possible for right-thinking people to wonder if some of it was shot there. The excitement comes from seeing humans cut loose in space in a frantic -- but also oddly poetic -- bid to get home.
Stone's isolation and personal arc, particularly in one melancholy scene, has a way of making audiences contemplate the vastness of space. But it also brings on a more intimate emptiness. Indeed, filmmakers say that despite the full-throttle genre aspects of "Gravity," they hoped for a psychological effect as well.
"We wanted to create a 90-minute roller-coaster ride that had you trapped to your seat," Jonas Cuaron said. "But while you were doing that, we wanted an emotional ride also."
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The Vancouver Canucks have hit 'rock bottom'. I'm not exactly sure how they got there, but they are there. Losing to the Islanders 7-4 after they went into the third period with a 3-0 lead, was nothing short of abysmal. I've never seen a team unravel as quickly as they did. The big money blue line, who were great through forty minutes, were nowhere to be found in the third. Even "Big Steady", aka Chris Tanev looked human. Perfectly inconsistent. The dramedy known as the Vancouver Canucks imploded right before our eyes. If there is one thing they have done one thing consistently this season, it's when they failed, they failed miserably and colourfully. So colourful in fact, if Canucks fans could paint a picture about their failures, it would be a Jackson Pollack. In no particular order, here are the Top 10 Epic Canuck fail moments of the 2013/2014 season, so far, it's not even over yet. I might have to make another Top 10 at the end of it.
- From an "Embarrassment of Riches" to a down-right embarrassment: The Canucks goalie situation last June had not one, but TWO legitimate starting goaltenders. In fact, together, they won the Jennings award a couple of years back. Cory Schneider and Roberto Luongo were the media darlings with their battle for the crease, but more so, their ability to be professional and good friends throughout it. You couldn't have asked for two better guys to battle it out. In the end, Gillis wanted to keep Schneider and trade Luongo, and what remained of his 12 year contract. Roberto waives his NTC and gives Gillis a list of teams he would be willing to head to and Gillis gets on the phone. The hot-wires were either Florida or Toronto. Gillis felt they weren't offering enough back, so instead of really gunning for what he wanted in keeping Schneider, Gillis doesn't buckle in the trade asking price and trades away, Schneider to NJD for a first round pick. That pick became Bo Horvat. Luongo stays, but the Heritage Classic dictated another scenario later on. Now, the Canucks have a rookie expected to be a starter, without grooming, without paying his dues, without a mentor. His back up? According to the head coach, he is not ready yet. Well done, Mike Gillis, well done.
- NTC's Up the Ying Yang: Sure it sounded good to few fans out there. Lock up the assets, have them retire with the team. Let's make sure they are happy here with their contracts and they are going be Canucks forever! Well played, if you're a player agent, but a bad move if you're a GM of a hockey club. Luongo, Hank and Daniel, Bieksa, Edler, Kesler, Garrison and Higgins…did I miss anyone? If I did I apologize, I've never seen so many NTCs given to one team in my life. I was speaking with Blackhawks fan, and I said to him that even Jon Toews and Patrick Kane don't have NTCs in their contracts, but Bieksa and Higgins do? What seemingly looked like a good loyalty idea, turned out to be a terrible for the Canucks as an organization. I think Mike Gillis forgot that loyalty is now to the team, more than the players.
- John Tortorella: With the December the Canucks had, I wasn't sure if I was right about Torts not being the right fit for this team. In fact, I was ready to swallow that pill and be wrong. I wanted it to work here in Vancouver with Torts, but after the meltdown versus the Flames, things really started to unravel for the team. My friends in New York City, who are Rangers fans, warned me about Torts. They warned me that he has a knack of losing players without even realizing he is losing players. I guess they would know. The lack of goals, the lack of winning, the lack of effort, the lack of confidence, oh hell, the lack of many things, including the lack foresight to start Roberto Luongo in the Heritage Classic left Vancouver with well, Lack. Canucks fans, we've been Bobby Valentine'd. If you don't know what that means, get out of your "Canucks hockey only" sports bubble and look it up.
- Alex Burrows: I am a little torn about this guy and his streak of luck lately. However, if there was ever an epic fail of a season for one of the core players, Burrows wins, hands down. Opening night, Burrows foot is broken blocking a shot. Less than two months later, he has his jaw broken and is out for another two months. He hasn't scored a goal and whenever seems to get a chance, luck has it, he doesn't. Last night versus the Islanders, he had an open net with a distracted Nabokov, he fanned on the shot.
- Revolving Door to the Infirmary: Yes, yes, I know, I know. All teams have injuries and the good teams find ways to play through them. The Canucks have had injuries before, but this is ridiculous! How many man games has the team lost to injury issues? In one game alone, one player took out three guys. The game in Phoenix where Hanzal took out Booth, Santorelli and Henrik Sedin. That happened with guys already, day to day and on the injured reserve list. No matter how I don't want to use this as an 'excuse', I don't think the Canucks have iced a healthy team this year, not once. Oh yeah, Richardson is now the latest victim of injury. When will it all end?
- Most Expensive Blue Line in the League: Well, it if isn't, it is definitely top five. With the exceptions of Tanev, Weber and Stanton, there isn't a guy on the Canucks defence that makes less than $4million per. Edler $5million, Bieksa $4.6million, Garrison $4.6million and Hamhuis $4.5million. Alex Edler is a -27 in the +/- category. A MINUS TWENTY SEVEN! Edler is your team's most expensive Dman and he has the worst +/- rating on the team! He supposedly is allowed to be listed to play defence? I know! Crazy, right? I don't have the words to describe how I feel about that, all I know it doesn't sum up to anything good.
- David Booth: When fans and media in your team's town know more about your hunting abilities than your hockey prowess, there is something wrong. First off, David, why show a picture of a slain bear in a market known for animal rights and that is environmentally conscious? When David Booth does get some time to play, fans have made bets as to when he is going to be out with another injury or how many days he will sit in the press box. Luckily for Booth, there are enough injuries at the moment to warrant him some playing time. $4.25million dollars of cap space wasted. Instead of getting a Ferrari, the Canucks got themselves a fickle Jaguar from the 60's.
- Third Period Meltdown- Islanders Edition: What should have been a sure two points, and with playing 40 minutes of nearly flawless hockey, only the Vancouver Canucks could fall in such epic fashion. In a game where, Henrik Sedin finally bumps his point slump and lead his team with FOUR hits, that's right, Henrik lead the team with hits, the third period unravelled like a church garage sale crocheted scarf. The Vancouver Canucks gave up, seven goals in 20 minutes of hockey. Seven goals, a franchise record, was tied. How the hell does a team with the Canucks roster fall apart like that in 20 minutes? Anyone? I've got nothing.
- Mike "Player Agent Man" Gillis: This could be an entire blog on its own, but let's summarize in as part of this Top 10. The team Gillis inherited was mostly put together by Brian Burke and Dave Nonis. Going into his first year in Vancouver, he had a nice start to a masterpiece. However, even before the blunders (that we see now) started to show, Gillis made some strange moves that had me questioning his train of thought or his vision for building a culture in Vancouver. First off, he didn't re-sign Naslund, not even to one year to retire a Canuck. In fact, he didn't even throw an offer sheet Markus' way. Loyalty? That would have been a nice gesture, Gillis, I'm sure Naslund would have taken a discount on his market value to stay in Vancouver. Second, he makes Roberto Luongo, the starting goalie, the Captain. Isn't being a number one goalie in a market known as a 'goalie graveyard' hard enough? More pressure, no worries. Good thing that was rectified and Henrik subsequently wore the "C". Offering Mats Sundin a $10 million contract, which he didn't get the player until the second half of the season. Sure it was pro-rated, but what that money could have bought and kept. Twelve year contract to Luongo and then all those NTC's to players that wouldn't even get a blink from other GMs for an NTC. Worst move he did, was losing two starting goalies, in less than 8 months, and having the team anchored with two Swedish rookies in the blue ice. Ah, I could go on, but it leads me to the biggest blunder of the year.
- Havoc at the Heritage Classic: What should have been the marquee game for the Vancouver Canucks and Roberto Luongo ended up being an epic failure that cost the team dearly. The Canucks were already struggling but the moment that defined their season was when head coach, John Tortorella did not start Roberto Luongo in the Heritage Classic. A game that Luongo has expressed he has looked forward to since its announcement. Coming home from Sochi, and winning his second gold medal with Team Canada, Lu posted a 6-0 shutout versus Austria in the prelims. It seems, it wasn't good enough to start the Heritage Classic for the team that deemed him the No. 1. Not according to John Tortorella anyway. Torts, whether he was here for the goalie controversy or not, should have had the sense to start Luongo in net. It was a big pressure game, a marquee event and even at its most basic, Luongo needed to get some playing time. Evidently, this was all over the head of John Tortorella. The season that has been unravelling has pretty much been ripped apart with that one decision. Luongo was traded after his agent talked to Mike Gillis and now he is a Florida Panther. Although, Gillis had enough respect for Torts to not interfere with the decision on a professional level, after all the ass kissing he and Aquilini had to do to get Lu to play here in Vancouver, why didn't he? It would have been the ONE time he would have had every right to do just that.
There are more failures, I am sure, but those are the 10 that stick in my head. It's always been tough being a Canucks fan. I've seen more losing over the years than winning, but I've never seen the Canucks fall so far down the ladder than I have this season. In my 33 years, this has been the hardest pill to swallow. For those players who plan on being here for the long haul, I hope they get a shot of redemption, but for that to be a valid chance, Torts needs to go, and Mike Gillis needs to follow him. I'm sure there are few people here that wouldn't mind driving both individuals to the airport, but with the price of gas these days, I'd tell them to take a damn cab.
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We mentioned earlier today that 49ers wide receiver Randy Moss declared himself the best wideout in the history of the game.
You'll likely see much more about him in the coming days, in many outlets, because he was so open and forthcoming and illuminating about many topics during his appearance at Media Day.
When Moss is on, he's extremely interesting, he just chooses not to be on often.
But among the gems today was a candid admission that he didn't particularly care for the way the 49ers used him this year.
In the past, it could have been a Keyshawn-level "Just Give Me the Damn Ball" routine, but Moss said it so matter-of-factly it was easy to miss.
"I don't like my role; I don't," he said. "I like to be out there playing football. One thing that I've always had to really understand was being a decoy. It was put to me, Coach Dennis Green just said, 'Even though the football is not in your hand, you're still out there dictating how the defense is playing the offense.' It took me awhile to really understand where he was coming from. Later on and now in my career, I understand that my presence out on the field, I don't always have to touch the ball to be able to help the offense score touchdowns.
"Like I said, I don't really like that, but it's something that I'm used to. I have to grow to understand and grow to like it. I've always been a team player. I've never been about self. Anything that is going to push our team to victory and hopefully win a Super Bowl, I'm willing to do."
No, that was Moss, who hasn't always been accused to giving freely of himself for the greater good.
But 49ers offensive coordinator Greg Roman said Moss had been nothing but professional.
"He's been great," Roman said. "I think he's a great team player, and a mentor for all the guys, really."
His love of competition has never been in doubt. Moss joked about past arguments, even fights, he's had with coaches and players. But his role with the 49ers, as much as he might not like it, remains a valuable one, as Roman insisted Moss could still "get behind a defense in a hurry."
"When I hear people talk about how talented I am and how easy I make it look, I can honestly tell you people that it's very hard work," Moss said. "I work out five times a week. I put the work in and for me to be able to go out there and have results it something I am proud of. It's not always the individual results that I'm proud of. For me to be able to talk to a Michael Crabtree or talk to a Frank Gore or Percy Harvin and for them to go out there and have a good game that week, that's something I can be proud of. That's just me giving back to the NFL.
"I've always said, I don't like what the NFL does for me because I'm very blessed. My family is blessed. I've always been the type of person to know what I can do to make the League better. At this point in my career, if I'm able to be vocal, to share a little knowledge and also to go out there and play, if that's what it takes to win a championship, then I'm willing to do that. I've always been that way."
Maybe so, but he hasn't been quite the way he was Tuesday too often, or the perception of his career would likely be very different.


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Postcard Art
Ours are in a box under the bed. Such a shame to have so many post cards from so many people and places put away where we rarely see them or give them a thought. Wouldn't it be much cooler to have them out in the open, displayed in some creative way? Here are a few ideas that got us thinking, literally, out of the box:
- Put them up on the wall. An organized grid will let the separate elements act in cohesion as one large piece.
- Nicely matting and framing a few favorites can take postcards from under-the-bed to wall-worthy.
- Here's a DIY Postcard Holder from Apartment Therapy Los Angeles.
- This postcard stand by Mocchi Mocchi is such a simple, elegant idea.
- Here's a vintage postcard used as a place card, from vintage Apartment Therapy, circa 2005.
(Images: Living Etc., Hobby Frames, final three via Apartment Therapy)


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Case 1: Loan Scam: Money for Nothing
- Norman Schmidt called himself an investment manager. He started the Denver based Capital Holdings firm and solicited investors, offering the deal of a lifetime. He claimed to invest clients' money in bank debentures and offered amazing high rates of return.
- Rocky Mountain High Life
- Schmidt lived a life of luxury. He purchased the famed Redstone Castle outside of Aspen. In his spare time, he managed a NASCAR race team, owned eight racecars and stored his cash in some 60 bank accounts around the world. But Schmidt was funding his luxurious lifestyle with other people's money.
- The Scam
- For Schmidt, Capital Holdings paid off and by the fall of 2002 he was making more than $2 million a year. But a secretary in his office became suspicious and contacted the FBI. She believed Schmidt was stealing investor deposits.
Case 2: Hawaiian Punched: Fraud in Paradise
- The Mortgage Broker
- In 2006, James Lull was living the American dream in paradise. He was a mortgage broker on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai. Lull knew which of his clients had money to burn and began offering side deals to make quick cash. Investors were promised a huge rate of return in a short amount of time. But there were no real deals.
- The Collection
- The charismatic Lull lured in more than 50 investors and made millions from his scams. He used the money to fund his collections of jewels, rare coins, sports memorabilia and jewel-encrusted pool cues.
- The Scam
- Lull stole millions but showed no regrets. Dozens of investors lost their life savings. The FBI closed in and Lull agreed to accept responsibility, pleading guilty to wire fraud. But when its time for sentencing, James Lull was missing from the court.


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Homemade tonic water is delicious. Homemade tonic water is also a real pain to make. The natural source of quinine, cinchona bark, usually comes in a very fine powder that's difficult to filter out of the finished product. It can take hours to drip through coffee filters and leaves a sticky mess on the counter if you're not careful. Difficulty of filtering is the number one reason many people I know buy commercial tonics, many of which are now quite good, instead of making their own. But there are still reasons one might like to make a homemade tonic, including lower cost and the freedom to flavor it exactly how one wants.
Happily, I recently stumbled onto a solution that makes filtering tonic water easy. One of the hit new products at this year's Specialty Coffee Association of America show was the Espro Press, a new kind of French press developed in Vancouver, Canada. Two things make this press unique. One is that the brewing chamber is enclosed by double wall vacuum-insulated stainless steel, so that it retains heat very well. The second is that it uses not one but two filters on the plunger. The primary filter is much finer than that on a standard French press and the secondary filter is finer still. This allows it to brew French press coffee without the "sludge" that the brewing method tends to leave in the bottom of the cup. It makes a nice cup of joe and I've been using it fairly often for my morning coffee the past few weeks.
I realized that the same things that make the Espro Press good for brewing coffee could also make it good for making tonic water. The heat retention should make it possible to brew the entire tonic in the press without need of a stovetop pan. And the dual filters, if they don't get clogged with cinchona, would be perfect for removing the fine powder. The Espro sold out quickly at the show but luckily I was able to buy their demo press. I brought it back to the bar to try it out. The experiment worked and I have to say that I was a little more excited than a grown man should be when the first runnings of nearly perfectly clarified tonic came pouring out of the press.
What follows is a sample recipe for making tonic with an Espro Press. The proportions aren't meant to be definitive, as this isn't something I've needed to make consistently for a menu item. My usual approach to tonic is to riff off a standard recipe with whatever citrus and spices I happen to have on hand. A couple recipes that I often work from are this one from Kevin Ludwig in Imbibe magazine and this one from Jeffrey Morgenthaler (whoever he is). Two notes before proceeding:
Note 1: Quinine has effects on the body and can be dangerous in high doses. Read up on the possible adverse effects before proceeding. I've never heard of anyone coming to harm from homemade tonic water but I'm a bartender, not a doctor. Proceed at your own risk!
Note 2: Contrary to what some recipes say, add the sugar and citric acid after you filter out everything else. These need to be dissolved but they don't have flavors that need to be extracted with heat. Adding them early just makes the mixture more viscous and more difficult to filter. Make life easier and add them at the end.
That out of the way, here's one of the recipes I used to make tonic with the Espro Press:
4 cups hot water
3 cups sugar
6 tablespoons citric acid
3 tablespoons cinchona bark
zest of one grapefruit
zest of one lime
6 oz grapefruit juice
2 oz lime juice
1 teaspoon brown mustard seeds
1 teaspoon dill seeds
Step 1: Pre-heat the Espro Press with hot water so that the temperature will remain stable when you brew the tonic.
Step 2: Discard the water and place the cinchona bark, citrus zests, citrus juices, and spices into the press. Add the four cups of hot water and stir. Place the plunger on top of the press to seal in heat and let sit for twenty minutes.
Step 3: Lower the plunger to filter the tonic. The bark will offer significant resistance so you can't just Hulk Smash the plunger into the chamber. Proceed slowly, using your weight to gently press the plunger down.
Step 4: Pour as much of the tonic out of the press as possible. When it stops flowing, rotate it and pour from a different angle; I think this gets around some blockage caused by the cinchona powder. Doing this a few times will maximize the yield.
Step 5: Beneath the filters there will still be some liquid remaining with all the powder and spices. You can filter this with some more labor-intensive method or simply discard it. This recipe being all about making things easy, I opt for the latter.
Step 6: Add the sugar and citric acid to the tonic to make a syrup. Stir to dissolve and pour into a bottle for storage.
That's all there is to it. The syrup is ready to enjoy with soda water or mixed into a classic Gin and Tonic:
1 1/2 oz gin
3/4 oz tonic syrup
lime wedge
Combine all ingredients in a glass with ice, squeeze in the lime wedge, and stir.
A few additional notes…
I've made two batches of tonic with the Espro Press. It's easy to clean afterwards and I don't think repeated use would be a problem. However I haven't put it up to the rigors of regular use in a busy bar, so if you're buying one for that purpose I can't guarantee that it will hold up. If you're buying one for home use it should be fine and you'll get a stylish coffee brewer too.
The Espro Press comes in two sizes. I bought the larger one, which at 30 oz is large indeed. The 8 oz one is intended for single servings of coffee. I haven't tried it out for tonic. A list of retailers selling the Espro Press is here. It's also available on Amazon (large; small). Cinchona powder can be purchased in bulk at herb shops such as this one.
Finally, in a surprising bit of synchronicity this isn't the only post published this week about using coffee equipment to filter tonic water. Camper English of Alcademics features a method from Kevin Liu for using an Aeropress to accomplish the same thing. Check out that post too and keep following Camper's blog for additional ideas.
[Photos of the Espro Press courtesy of Espro.]


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BROOKWOOD Baptist Church, 903 Henderson Drive presents the Wilmington Celebration Choir in concert at 7 p.m. Jan. 25. Free admission.
BROOKWOOD Baptist Church, 903 Henderson Drive presents the Wilmington Celebration Choir in concert at 7 p.m. Jan. 25. Free admission.
SWANSBORO Knights of Columbus sponsors its Free Throw Championship for youth ages 9-14 years at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 25 at Cape Carteret Aquatic/Wellness Center. Register at 3 p.m.
MARCH FOR Life at 1 p.m. Jan. 25 at Bayshore/Johnson Blvds., march to Infant of Prague Church with placing of memorial crosses and prayer service. Call 910-340-3142.
WASHINGTON Chapel MB Church, 347 Bell Fork Road hosts a singles/marriage seminar �Relationships� at 10 a.m. Feb. 8. Information call 910-455-4469.
UNITARIAN Universalist Congregation of Kinston hosts the Rev. Karen Matteson at 4 p.m. Jan. 26 on �Transcending Mystery and Wonder� at Temple Israel, 1109 W. Vernon Ave., Kinston.
APPRECIATION celebration for Theresa Robinson at 4 p.m. Jan. 26 at New Covenant Ministries, 352 Wardola Drive. Information call 910-382-2031.
PASTOR Anniversary service at 3 p.m. Jan. 26 at Morgan Chapel Holiness Church with speaker Bishop Antoine Bellamy Sr. and congregation of St. Luke Holiness Church.
GOSPEL SING at 6 p.m. Jan. 26 at First Baptist Church of Richlands featuring Steps to Glory and Emily and Molly-Beth. Refreshments. Free, love offering received. Call 910-324-4147.
OLD FASHIONED Day at 7:30 and 11:15 a.m. Jan. 26 at First Baptist Church, Broadhurst Road with the Rev. James Brown. Meals served after each service. Call 910-358-5279.


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Submitted to: Southeastern Peach Convention Proceedings
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/7/2008
Publication Date: 1/11/2008
Citation: Beckman, T.G., Chaparro, J.X., Sherman, W.B. 2008. 'Sharpe', a new Armillaria resistant rootstock for peach. In: Proceedings of the Southeastern Peach Convention. January 11-13, 2008, Savannah, Georgia. p. 1-2.
Interpretive Summary: Guardian is currently the dominant rootstock for the southeastern peach industry primarily due to its superior resistance to peach tree short life (PTSL). However, Guardian suffers one very significant deficiency and that is its high susceptibility to Armillaria root rot, the 2nd leading cause of premature tree death in this area, after PTSL. Sharpe is a clonal plum hybrid rootstock developed for use with peach varieties that provides superior resistance to Armillaria root rot compared to Guardian. It also provides resistance to PTSL comparable to that offered by Guardian and has demonstrated resistance to the most damaging root-knot nematodes typically found on peach growing sites in Georgia and Florida. Peach trees on Sharpe are semi-dwarf, approximately 60% the size of those on Guardian. This reduction in vigor will help reduce management costs and provide a more desirable tree size for homeowners and growers alike. Sharpe appears to offer the broadest package of disease and pest resistance available at this time. This will not only improve tree health and longevity but should also help reduce chemical pesticide applications that would otherwise be required to suppress these problems.
Technical Abstract: Sharpe clonal rootstock for peach is jointly released for grower trial by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (Byron, GA) and Florida Agricultural Experiment Station. Sharpe, previously tested as FLA1-1, was discovered in the wild and appears to be a hybrid of Chickasaw plum (Prunus angustifolia) with an unknown plum species. Sharpe is readily propagated via softwood or hardwood cuttings. In field trials in central Georgia, trees budded on Sharpe provided resistance to peach tree short life (PTSL) comparable to those budded on Guardian, the current industry standard. Trees of Sharpe displayed higher resistance to Armillaria root rot than did trees of Guardian. Trees budded on Sharpe displayed markedly lower vigor than those budded on Guardian. After 6 growing seasons, trunk cross-sectional area of trees budded on Sharpe was ca. 60% of those budded on Guardian rootstock. In field trials infested with root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne incognita and M. floridensis, respectively), Sharpe displayed no visible galling while in the same trials known susceptible rootstocks were severely galled. Sharpe has been tested for compatibility with a limited number of peach and nectarine scions. Graft unions with peach scions are typically smooth or may display a slight scion overgrowth as the trees mature. Sharpe is suggested for trial on Armillaria root rot infested sites where peach seedling type rootstocks often fail to provide satisfactory tree longevity.


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Questions for Photos 1 & 2
1. Based on what you learned in Reading 1, what desegregation plan was in effect when these pictures were taken?
2. Note the sole African American player, Cynthia Gaines, in Photo 1. How do you think it felt to be the only African American player on the team?
3. Cynthia Gaines would not have been able to play basketball at George W. Watkins--they did not have a basketball team. How did the athletic opportunities differ between New Kent School and the George W. Watkins School? If needed, refer to Reading 3.
4. In Reading 3, Mrs. Gaines recounts a story about the first time she traveled to an away game. What happened to her at that game? How do you think she felt? Could that happen today? Explain your answer.
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Among the blunter market commentaries on the jobs report Friday was an e-mail from an investment bank with the subject line "zzzzzzzzzz."
That seemed to sum up the way the markets read the report. The U.S. added 217,000 new nonfarm jobs in May, edging past the consensus estimate of 210,000. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6.3%, and the report overall conveyed a tone of steady, yet sluggish growth. (See the full rundown here.)
If you're tired of hearing those words to describe the economy, you might be getting tired of the payrolls report, which appears to be losing an element of excitement -- at least for now.
Even before the report, market commentators were saying they didn't expect big moves, since the report was unlikely to pack enough punch to change expectations of the Federal Reserve's policies. (Read more about that in this jobs-day preview: Why the Fed matters more for stocks than the jobs report.)
Steven Englander, global head of G10 foreign-exchange strategy at Citi, said via e-mail before the report that a surprise in nonfarm payrolls would likely only have one-half to one-thirds of the historical impact. After the report, U.S. stocks opened modestly higher, 10-year Treasury yields were down slightly on the day, and the U.S. dollar traded in a narrow range against the euro.
As Guy LeBas, chief fixed-income strategist at Janney Capital Markets, mused:
"Well that was thrillingly, scintillatingly, excitingly boring! Leave it to the good at-consensus number to take the fun out of nonfarm payrolls, which was already trending at about 25% of the entertainment level it used to be. Now that the Fed is defacto sucking all volatility out of the markets by pre-announcing what they'll be doing for the next few years, even the most sacred of high-frequency economic data releases seems to have lost its FOMC-imbibed holy luster."
Much of the lack of market excitement is due to the fact that it would take a lot of signs of change in the economy for the Fed to shift its tone. Market participants are pretty confident the Fed will keep reducing the pace of its bond-buying stimulus program until it's gone. At the same time, the central bank is in no rush to raise is key fed funds rates, which market participants largely expect to come sometime around mid-2015.
Furthermore, the Fed has broadened the set of indicators it uses to assess labor-market health, so the headline number is seen as a less-potent indicator of central bank policy on which to trade. (See: Wages may move markets more than job growth.)
So should we be mourning the death of the payrolls report as the market's favorite trading event? Maybe for now, but don't rule out good 'ol jobs-day volatility for good. After all, if the economy picks up pace, the central bank could raise rates earlier than expected. The Wall Street Journal's Jon Hilsenrath had this to say about the impact of the jobs report on the Fed:
"It will intensify their debate about when to start raising short-term interest rates, strengthening the hand of those officials who want to move sooner, but the question is far from resolved."
Looking ahead, here's what investors can expect, according to Rick Rieder, chief investment officer of Fundamental Fixed Income for BlackRock:
"The severe winter weather seen in 2013/2014 caused release-date sensitivity of 10-Year Treasury yields to nonfarm payroll surprises to drop by one half, but this reaction appears to have reversed... As the 'winter weather rationale' for data deviations has rolled off, we think investors can expect to see greater rate market volatility should we witness nonfarm payroll data surprises in the months to come, so they should take heed."
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Ducts and air handlers should be placed in conditioned spaces when possible. Ducts typically lose substantial amounts of energy from both conduction and leakage; keeping them in a conditioned space minimizes the impact of these losses. Ducts inside a conditioned space must be properly sealed, but are not required to be insulated.
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Are you sure that's not a uterus? I always thought the University of Texas' mascot was a uterus...
To the "decorator"'s credit, my first guess when I looked at it was "Texas Longhorn". But, I'm a big football fan, so I had a good idea of what it should look like.
That's just...wrong. In other news, congrats on being the Site of the Day on ew.com!
I'm SO glad you mentioned University of Texas or I would have been baffled all day wondering what could have inspired such a monstrosity!
...meaning that's supposed to be a Texas Longhorn, NOT a gouged out heart on a necklace.
This would be the prize winning entry in the "Poop a Texas Longhorn for Thanksgiving" contest. Oy Vey.
Or is it a Texas Long-Horn?
That is pretty hidious. I figured out that it was a longhorn right away but it does look a bit decayed.
Blech! If you hadn't identified what it's allegedly supposed to be, I never would have guessed. It does, indeed, look like the remnants of an autopsy dropped on a cake.
Ewww. That cake looks... just scary.
Wow it looks like a pile of oddly colored poo.
That looks more like something that came out the other end of Bevo!
University of Texas? Hmmm, I think that maybe it's meant to be a longhorn steer skull rather than a rotting heart dangling from two severed arteries. Sadly, it's better at conveying the latter rather than the former.
Poop with horns! Wow. Cut me a slice!
Angie (from over at www.HalfAssedKitchen.com)
Oh, dear, no. I know a whole lot of UT fans who just might pass out looking at that.
and the bleeding dye in the frosting in the.... um, "horns" ... just adds to the appeal, YUM! ewwwwwwwwwww!
Perhaps you are to slice it with a scalpel...
WV- pantop... opposite of pan bottom.
My first thought was that it looked like something my dog would leave in the back yard. Delicious.
Yay for first comment (in both respects!)
omg, on first glance, i thought that *was* dog doo. uck. then i thought, "maybe it's supposed to be the UT logo."
i pity the recipient of this wreck.
Hmm...looks like we have some left atrial enlargement. I suspect it's from too much buttercream.
(I just have to say that working at a med school, AND having grown up in Texas, this one amuses me to no ends).
The one right above the "heart" that's cut off in the photo looks disturbing too. Almost like the blue and brown "winter" cake.
OMG, that is just a disaster. I thought the same things: anatomical specimen, of what sort I could imagine at least three; taxidermy gone horribly wrong; and turned 90°, a snake or komodo dragon head in profile.
oh, so appropriate for a longhorn cake. I'm an aggie, of course!
It looks like a poop that grew horns.
i sure thought that was a uterus~ ack!
They missed off the ovaries.
is that what that's supposed to be? because i thought it was an anatomically correct heart made out of poop.
Where are the ovaries?
I go to UT, so I immediately knew what it was, but I really didn't want it to be... Maybe an Aggie did it?
Oh. My. God. That is disgusting!
It looks like the Texas longhorn steer massacre.
Haha this is so horribly wrong in every way. I love it.
I'm so glad I read the comments. I'm not the only person who thinks their mascot looks like a uterus. The Fighting Uteri.
Autopsy specimen cake! Yay! I'll have me a big ol' slice of ventricle please and we'll save the aorta for after dinner.
Priceless. Jen, you've outdone yourself as usual. Need an assistant?
Please stop it. I've run out of incontinence things and now I have to do another load of laundry!
A uterus! OMG - the funiest thing I've ever seen!
hmmm...who knew there were so many, many ways to make icing/frosting look like poo? Only here at cake wrecks are we free to explore the variety of colors and textures that give cakes that poo-esque feel. I agree with Andrea...the fact that the dye has bled into the frosting gives this particular poo attempt an added and unnecessary element of realism. Go U of Poo!
~Bonnie B~
This is marginally better than the year a co-worker brought our supervisor a frosting decorated cow-pie for Christmas.
Just, ... WHY?
o<\\\\\;^) Jan the Gryphon
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As a Texas Tech fan, I'm glad it looks like something a Longhorn with digestive problems produced.
Beautiful Wreck!
I couldn't decide if this was depicting a rather macabre necklace Angelina Jolie would have worn in her younger years, or if someone was paying homage to blossoming ob/gyns in med school.
I can hear the decorator talking to her buddies now, "Well since I trimmed them off and put them on this necklace, Steve stays home at night. No more divorce talk either!" Yikes!!!!!!
Being a non-sportsfan, I first thought it was a poorly executed reindeer. Well that was my third thought, the first two were obviously heart and uterus.
I wasn't sure what this was suppose to be. I thought it was a very bad attempt at a reindeer
What I want to know about all these cake wrecks, does anyone buy them? Ever?
http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2008/12/cakewrecks.html" REL="nofollow">Here is the EW site of the day link, in case you haven't seen it!
Eeeuuuwww! I can't tell if that's a vital organ, or some post-Halloween/Thanksgiving orange frosting poo!
wow I thought it was a uterus and fallopian tubes.
I was way off.
Looks like a Georgia O'Keeffe painting... except, you know, horrifying.
UT shall now be called "Poo T." Or is this a UT-erus?
Oh, the puns!!!
OKAY! He's under the floorbooooooards! You caught me red handed, you baking bastard!
I guessed it was a Texas longhorn but that's proably because i live in Texas
word- muness this cake in pure muness
Most definitely a uterus or a heart. Maybe both. What would that be? A hearterus? A uterart?


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Checking in on… the ACCPosted by Brian Goodman on November 30th, 2010
Matt Patton is the RTC correspondent for the ACC.
A Look Back:
The ACC looks out of sorts right now. Duke is the only undefeated team remaining (to put that in perspective, the Big East has seven undefeated teams and even the normally middling SEC has two unbeaten teams left); the conference is fifth in the RPI (behind the Mountain West, no less); and the ACC/Big Ten Challenge is shaping up to fall to the Big Ten for the second straight year. Admittedly, the strongest teams in the ACC have lost to respectable top 25 foes; the RPI is shoddy this early, since it's still nearly impossible to judge strength of schedule; and the matchups in the ACC/Big 10 Challenge favor the ACC enough where it should be an actual challenge as to which conference will win.
Team of the Week
Say hello to the Virginia Cavaliers. Yes, the same team I slated ninth last week just overcame a ten-point halftime deficit to shock upstart Minnesota on the road. That's a huge road win for the ACC in the Challenge (especially considering no one picked Virginia to even make this a game). The Golden Gophers were ranked 13th and 15th in the Coaches' and AP polls, respectively, coming into Monday night's contest. The Cavaliers were led by seniors Mustapha Farrakhan (23 points, 4-5 from three), Mike Scott (17 points, 12 rebounds), and freshman Joe Harris (24 points, 4-6 from three). Tony Bennett showed his team might not be the most talented squad in the ACC, but they can surprise some people.
Player of the Week
Kyrie Irving had a phenomenal week. He totally shut down All-American Jacob Pullen on the defensive end, while offensively he finished with 17 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists. Irving has a quick first step and the ability to create his own shot, which combines with very good court vision (especially for a freshman) to make him virtually unguardable. He can shoot the three, get to the bucket, or collapse the zone while dishing it to an open teammate with relative ease. Expect to see his name here multiple times this season.
Power Rankings
- Duke (6-0): Duke showed off a dominant performance against Kansas State to start the week. As mentioned before, Irving was phenomenal. Five Duke players finished in double figures, and the game never felt in question despite subpar performances from seniors Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith. This Duke team has a ton of offensive weapons. Especially when the threes start to fall, the Blue Devils put up points in a hurry. Huge game this Wednesday against Michigan State.
- Florida State (5-1): Florida State lost a closely contested game to Florida at home this week. Not surprisingly, the Seminoles' offense was the root of their troubles: they finished shooting an ugly 33% from the field and 55% from the charity stripe. Defensively, they held an explosive Gator team to under 40% from the floor. They'll need to score more than 50 points if they want to beat Ohio State this Tuesday night, but watch out if Chris Singleton can get this offense into a rhythm.
- Clemson (5-1): The Tigers needed overtime to take care of a pesky Seton Hall team in the Virgin Islands, but the bigger concern is on the glass. Clemson has only averaged 32.2 rebounds a game (good for 287th in Division I), and they play at a pretty good pace. While they might not need a dominant rebounding performance to beat Michigan, they'll need to improve before conference play rolls around.
- Maryland (5-2): After a tough 2kSports Classic, the Terrapins enjoyed a light week, taking care of Delaware State and Elon. Elon kept it a little close for comfort after a slow start, but a dominating 24 points and 13 rebounds from Jordan Williams sealed the deal. Maryland really needs Sean Mosley to step into a more involved role: last year, he averaged more points, more rebounds and less turnovers. It's tough to lose a player like Greivis Vasquez (who used 30.6% of Maryland possessions last season), but as this team matures, players should find their respective roles.
- N.C. State (4-1): The Wolfpack are still without Tracy Smith. Smith's role on this team cannot be understated: he's the best rebounder, senior leader, and first offensive option for an otherwise very young team. Not having Smith really showed down the stretch as Georgetown took over the finals of the Charleston Classic (not to mention in the nine rebound advantage). Smith is supposed to come back in the middle of December, and N.C. State will be a very different team when he does.
- Virginia Tech (4-2): The Hokies sport two quality losses (Kansas State and UNLV), but they weren't all that competitive in either game. So far, Seth Greenberg's squad relies too heavily on Malcolm Delaney and hasn't shown the ability to give him the support he needs to be successful. They have a real measuring-stick game at home against Purdue this week. This team has played a tougher schedule than last year's "snubbed" squad, but they haven't capitalized on any of the opportunities.
- Virginia (4-3): Despite Sammy Zeglinski's injury Tony Bennett's squad got the first quality win of the season at Minnesota. Don't think this punched a ticket to the Big Dance (or even the NIT), but it's a great sign for the Cavaliers going forward.
- North Carolina (4-2): North Carolina continues to underachieve. The Tar Heels were only up six on the University of North Carolina-Asheville with five minutes to play, and then barely eked out a win over the College of Charleston Sunday. Both games were at home. So far, no one has stepped up as the leader of this team. Tyler Zeller looks like the most likely candidate right now, but he needs to be much more aggressive if he's going to be the go-to guy this season (and avoid nagging injuries). There is plenty of talent to be found, but someone needs to take over and make this his team.
- Boston College (4-2): Boston College rebounded with wins against Texas A&M and Cal, but lost to a talented Wisconsin team. The Eagles seem to be getting more and more comfortable with Steve Donahue's style, but they are far from perfect.
- Georgia Tech (4-2): The Yellow Jackets played two impressive games this week. After beating a talented UTEP team they took a (slightly overrated) Syracuse team down to the wire. Paul Hewitt has got talent this year in Brian Oliver and Iman Shumpert. Now he only has to coach that talent to its potential.
- Miami (4-2): The Hurricanes are a mixed bag. Maybe the team is too caught up in Randy Shannon's recent firing. But I expected Durand Scott to be much more of a factor. They definitely should move up in the rankings as the season progresses, but the big three of Malcolm Grant, Scott and Reggie Johnson (who admittedly is averaging a very solid 12 points and 10.5 rebounds a game) will be expected to really step up. This week the Hurricanes get tests against Mississippi and West Virginia this week.
- Wake Forest (3-3): The Demon Deacons took care of Marist, but dropped a game at home to Winthrop. Tuesday night's game against Big Ten cellar-dweller Iowa will not be for the faint of heart.
A Look Ahead to the ACC — Big 10 Challenge (predictions included)
7:00PM Virginia at Minnesota: Minnesota (1-0, Big 10)
**Author's Note: Virginia already won this game, but I'd be lying through my teeth if I said I picked Virginia.
7:00PM Iowa at Wake Forest: Wake Forest (1-1)
7:00PM Georgia Tech at Northwestern: Northwestern (2-1, Big 10)
7:30PM Ohio State at Florida State: Ohio State (3-1, Big 10)
9:00PM Michigan at Clemson: Clemson (3-2, Big 10)
9:30PM North Carolina at Illinois: North Carolina (3-3)
Upset alert: look for North Carolina to at least temporarily find themselves on the road at Illinois.
7:15PM Indiana at Boston College: Boston College (4-3, ACC)
7:15PM N.C. State at Wisconsin: Wisconsin (4-4)
7:30PM Purdue at Virginia Tech: Purdue (5-4, Big 10)
9:15PM Maryland at Penn State: Maryland (5-5)
9:30PM Michigan State at Duke: Duke (6-5, ACC)
Call me a homer, but I like the ACC to win the challenge. Especially since Virginia was able to steal a win on the road Monday night. The games to keep an eye on now are Ohio State – Florida State, North Carolina – Illinois, Purdue – Virginia Tech and Michigan State – Duke. No games are gimmes for either conference (as Virginia proved), so it should be another great year of the Challenge. Don't forget to tune in for a couple of the games, though I'd suggest looking for games taking place outside of Winston-Salem.


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For 39 years, the Fine Arts Society of Sarasota's Creators and Collectors Tour has remained quietly popular despite scarce publicity. The self-guided driving tour, which spans two days and includes several stops at the homes and studios of Sarasota County artists, is the organization's largest fundraiser and plenty affordable — each ticket is $20.
The tour, which ran Friday, March 12 and Saturday, March 13, had art-lovers trolling North to South Sarasota, from the Indian Beach bungalow of painter and gilder David Piurek to the quaint Vamo Road hideaway of landscape painter Susan Klein.
Slightly different than previous tours, this year's bill included four Ringling College of Art Design graduates — Piurek, sculptor Scott Moore and s/ART/q founders and painters Joseph Patrick Arnegger and Tim Jaeger.
"I think this is wonderful," said Marjorie Hallett, who spent Friday bouncing from house to house with friend Cheryl Rudin. "The images are totally unexpected. Nothing is cliché."
Did You Know?
• Susan Klein uses a Sharpie marker to outline her landscape paintings.
• David Piurek works at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art as a conservation technician. He's currently working on John Ringling's Wisconsin railcar.
• Joseph Patrick Arnegger's grandfather flew a Cessna Skyhawk, which is why you see so many references to planes in the artist's work.
• When "Dreamcatcher" author Stephen King spoke last year at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, sculptor Scott Moore displayed his bronze dreamcatcher in the lobby.
• Tim Jaeger's rooster paintings were inspired by his grandmother's Paducah, Ky., kitchen.
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Alright gentlemen, as promised here is the redistro of nba legends thread (2nd Edition).For all those that want in, say so in this thread and within a week we will get the draft order and get this started
Guys in so far - migya, TMC, JPat, Thunder, Pest, xbay, coltraning, Eman (joined a bit late)
Everyone was given a number to be used in the random selection process by the generator on the random.org site and they are as follows:
migya (1)
coltraning (3)
Pest (4)
xbay (5)
Thunder (6)
JPat (7)
Generator result:
So the order of this years legends redistro is:
1.JPat - MJ, Nash, Lebron, George Mikan, Willis Reed, Bernard King, Nate Archibald, Adrian Dantley, Mutombo, Unseld, Amare, Carmelo Anthony: COACH - Red Holzman
2.xbay - Wilt, Maravich, Gervin, Walton, Drexler, Bing, Sam Jones, Jerry Lucas, Ray Allen, Dave Cowens, Webber, Blaylock: COACH - Don Nelson
3.coltraning - Magic, Kobe, KG, Rick Barry, Dwight Howard, Nate Thurmond, Bob McAdoo, Kevin Johnson, Vince Carter, Elton Brand, Billy Cunningham, Dennis Johnson: COACH - Popovich
4.migya - Bird, Duncan, Admiral, Ewing, Havlicek, Nowitzki, Paul Pierce, Tim Hardaway, Lenny Wilkens, Joe Dumars, Hal Greer, Ben Wallace: COACH - Chuck Daly
5.TMC - Kareem, Karl Malone, Isiah Thomas, Scottie Pippen, Iverson, Payton, Earl Monroe, Bob Lanier, Walt Frazier, Walt Bellamy, Shawn Kemp, Detlef Schrempf: COACH - George Karl
6.Thunder - Russell, Baylor, West, Barkley, Bob Cousy, Dominique Wilkins, Bob Pettit, Alonzo Mourning, Chris Paul, Sidney Moncrief, Dolph Schayes, Yao Ming: COACH - Pat Riley
7.Pest - Olajuwon, Shaq, Stockton, Dr.J, TMac, Wade, McHale, Alex English, Grant Hill, Arenas, Artis Gilmore, Spencer Haywood: COACH - Phil Jackson
8.EMan (joined a bit after the draft order made) - Big O, Moses, elvin hayes, kidd, Reggie Miller, Parish, James Worthy, Dennis Rodman, Richmond, Mullin, Larry Johnson, Baron Davis: COACH - Red Auerbach
Coaches are picked LAST in the order of the SECOND round.
Round 1:
1.JPat - MJ
2.xbay - Chamberlain
3.coltraning - Magic
4.migya - Larry Bird
5.TMC - Kareem
6.Thunder - Bill Russell
7.Pest - Olajuwon
8.EMan - Big O
Round 2:
1.EMan - Moses
2.Pest - Shaq
3.Thunder - Elgin Baylor
4.TMC - Karl Malone
5.migya - Duncan
6.coltraning - Kobe
7.xbay - Maravich
8.JPat - Nash
Round 3:
1.JPat - Lebron
2.xbay - George Gervin
3.coltraning - Garnett
4.migya - David Robinson
5.TMC - Isiah Thomas
6.Thunder - Jerry West
7.Pest - Stockton
8.EMan - elvin hayes
Round 4:
1.EMan - Kidd
2.Pest - Julius Erving
3.Thunder - Charles Barkley
4.TMC - Scottie Pippen
5.migya - Patrick Ewing
6.coltraning - Rick Barry
7.xbay - Bill Walton
8.JPat - George Mikan
Round 5:
1.JPat - Willis Reed
2.xbay - Clyde Drexler
3.coltraning - Dwight Howard
4.migya - John Havlicek
5.TMC - Allen Iverson
6.Thunder - Bob Cousy
7.Pest - Tracy McGrady
8.EMan - Reggie Miller
Round 6:
1.EMan - Robert Parish
2.Pest - Dwyane Wade
3.Thunder - Dominique Wilkins
4.TMC - Gary Payton
5.migya - Dirk Nowitzki
6.coltraning - Nate Thurmond.
7.xbay - Dave Bing
8.JPat - Bernard King
Round 7:
1.JPat - Nate Archibald
2.xbay - Sam Jones
3.coltraning - Bob McAdoo
4.migya - Paul Pierce
5.TMC - Earl Monroe
6.Thunder - Bob Pettit
7.Pest - McHale
8.EMan - James Worthy
Round 8:
1.EMan - Dennis Rodman
2.Pest - Alex English
3.Thunder - Alonzo Mourning
4.TMC - Bob Lanier
5.migya - Tim Hardaway
6.coltraning - Kevin Johnson
7.xbay - Jerry Lucas
8.JPat - Adrian Dantley
Round 9:
1.JPat - Dikembe Mutombo
2.xbay - Ray Allen
3.coltraning - Vince Carter
4.migya - Lenny Wilkens
5.TMC - Walt Frazier
6.Thunder - Chris Paul
7.Pest - Grant Hill
8.EMan - Mitch Richmond
Round 10:
1.EMan - Chris Mullin
2.Pest - Gilbert Arenas
3.Thunder - Sidney Moncrief
4.TMC - Walt Bellamy
5.migya - Joe Dumars
6.coltraning - Elton Brand
7.xbay - Dave Cowens
8.JPat - Wes Unseld
Round 11:
1.JPat - Amare Stoudemire
2.xbay - Chris Webber
3.coltraning - Billy Cunningham
4.migya - Hal Greer
5.TMC - Shawn Kemp
6.Thunder - Dolph Schayes
7.Pest - Artis Gilmore
8.EMan - Larry Johnson
Round 12:
1.EMan - Baron Davis
2.Pest - Spencer Haywood
3.Thunder - Yao Ming
4.TMC - Detlef Schrempf
5.migya - Ben Wallace
6.coltraning - Dennis Johnson
7.xbay - Mookie Blaylock
8.JPat - Carmelo Anthony
1.EMan - Red Auerbach
2.Pest - Phil Jackson
3.Thunder - Pat Riley
4.TMC - George Karl
5.migya - Chuck Daly
6.coltraning - Greg Popovich
7.xbay - Don Nelson
8.JPat - Red Holzman
NBA Legends 2nd Edition: DONE (DROPPING DOWN)
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I have no idea what you mean by redistro, should I feel like a loser?
nickdakoolkat wrote:I have no idea what you mean by redistro, should I feel like a loser?
Not really but you can if you want
Nah really, Redistro = Redistribution.
Basically we have a draft where you make a 12 man team picking from all the players in nba history. Look at the redistro of NBA legends we did last year and you will see that there was some 8 ofus and our teams were made up of nba superstars, past and present
xbaywarrior wrote:My teams sucked last time. So no thanks...
But then again there is always the possibility of trying to redeem myself and draft a better legends team. So actually... count me in.
Your team looked like it was picked by a ten year old
Good to see you are in and think about the players more before you pick them this time


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Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born 2 October 1951), more famous by the stage name Sting is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist, actor and philanthropist, known as the principal songwriter, lead singer, and bassist for the influential new wave rock band The Police and for his subsequent solo career.
- See also: The Police
- Dissent is a legitimate and essential right in any democracy and modern politicians must accept this fact with tolerance. A sense of proportion — and a sense of humour — is a sign of strength, not a sign of weakness.
- Joining with Amnesty International in condemning the Russian authorities' treatment of Pussy Riot, a Russian punk rock protest band. "Sting condemns Russia's treatment of Pussy Riot musicians ahead of Moscow concert" Amnesty International (25 July 2012)
- Jung believed there was a large pattern to life, that it wasn't just chaos. Our song Synchronicity II is about two parallel events that aren't connected logically or causally, but symbolically.
- On the song Synchronicity II, as quoted in "Official Police business" by Jay Cocks, in TIME magazine (15 August 1983), p. 50
Synchronicity (1983)[edit]
- With one breath, with one flow
You will know
A sleep trance, a dream dance,
A shared romance
A connecting principle
Linked to the invisible
Almost imperceptible
Something inexpressible
- "Synchronicity I"
- If we share this nightmare
Then we can dream
Spiritus mundi
If you act as you think
The missing link
- "Synchronicity I"
- A star fall, a phone call
It joins all
It's so deep, it's so wide
You're inside
Effect without a cause
Sub-atomic laws, scientific pause
- "Synchronicity I"
- Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration
But we know all her suicides are fake
Daddy only stares into the distance
There's only so much more that he can take
Many miles away something crawls from the slime
At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake
- Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance
He knows that something somewhere has to break
He sees the family home now, looming in his headlights
The pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache
Many miles away there's a shadow on the door
Of a cottage on the shore
Of a dark Scottish lake
- "Synchronicity II"


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Typhoon season hits Shanghai every summer, with heavy rains and massive flooding. Watch these two video testimonials to see why the Shanghai Disney Resort turned to Grundfos for flood control to help protect the theme park and visitors long after it opens in 2015.
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This fundraiserproject is dedicated to the thousands of animals that has been affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Cats, dogs and so many other animals needs our help today to survive.
Personally I have a cat Charlie that means the world to me, and my girlfriend has a dog Baileys which also means so very much to me. I can only imagine the horror it would be to see them hurt, lost or even dead...
In the news I have read so much about the human victims in this catastrophy in Japan, but seldom I see anything about the animals affected. I want to tell the world that the animals are also victims and they need our help to survive and get help through getting medication, care, to find back to their owners and feel safe. Today you can help these animals, through donating to World Vets.
World Vets is a non-government organization (NGO) providing veterinary aid around the globe in collaboration with animal advocacy groups, foreign governments, US and foreign military groups and veterinary professionals abroad. Our work spans 24 countries and 6 continents and addresses not only veterinary issues, but also human health issues impacted by zoonotic diseases in developing countries. World Vets is a 501c3 nonprofit organization.
World Vets is doing everything they can to provide aid for the animals that has been part of the earthquake, tsunami, floods, fires and more. World Vets is coordinating with a coalition of animal welfare groups near the epicenter.
World Vets has four teams of four volunteers -- veterinarians, translators and animal workers with experience of natural disasters -- on standby, ready to fly to Japan once it has identified where their expertise is most needed and will be most effective.
"But one of the really big issues is that there are a lot of people -- especially foreigners -- fleeing the country and leaving their animals behind."
"Shelters are getting calls from people saying 'I'm on my way to the airport, I'm leaving, I have four dogs left in my apartment and my neighbor has the key."
"The urgent thing right now is taking care of those animals."
- Cathy King CEO World Vets
To get daily updates on what World Vets is doing to help the animals affected by the crisis in Japan, go to World Vets homepage: http://www.worldvets.org
World Vets also have updates on the situation in Japan on their Facebooksite: http://www.facebook.com/WorldVets
Here is also an article that CNN has written about welfare-groups that now races to rescue abandoned animals in Japan: