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There's a little town about two hours from Tokyo called Katsuura, where one a year, dolls rule. 12,000 of them, to be exact.
So, how did Katsuura get so many dolls? The truth is, pretty much every Japanese girlbaby is given a set on her first New Year's, but if you run out of girls to hand them down to, they're really hard to throw away!
It's not just because they're hella expensive – these dolls actually have to be cremated. Yes, because they're invested with the power of Shinto gods, they fall into the category of sacred garbage. Which means you can't just bundle them into a plastic bag and kick them to the curb on burnable trash day, you have to pay priests at a shrine for a doll funeral. (Nevermind the shoot-me-now horror of throwing away dolls and beloved stuffed animals – admit it, you have a scruffy collection in a box in the closet too!)
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Post-coup Egypt gripped by nationalist fervor
CAIRO (AP) — While riots turned the neighborhoods of Cairo into deadly battlegrounds this weekend, Egypt's most powerful man — the head of the armed forces — enjoyed a star-studded show.
In a sports stadium, celebrities and pop singers lavished praise on the military in a televised extravaganza complete with dancers and an elaborate fireworks display.
The scene crystalized Egypt's situation since the July 3 coup that ousted the country's first freely elected president, Mohammed Morsi, and ended a year of rule by Islamists.
The new leadership has seemingly taken a two-pronged approach to building the future: On one hand, it pumps up a pro-military, nationalist fervor, while on the other it tries to crush Morsi's Islamist supporters and his Muslim Brotherhood. So far, the result has led to more turmoil.
The scenario raises doubts about whether Egypt can progress toward the democracy that those who supported Morsi's ouster say they want to achieve — or whether the leaders can tackle pressing issues like the damaged economy. Repeated bouts of violence since July have only worsened the slump in the vital tourism industry, amid high unemployment, low productivity and steep price increases.
"It is a cycle of violence at the moment from which there is no way out in the near term," said Michael W. Hanna, a Middle East expert from New York's Century Foundation.
"Where Egypt is now is where Egypt will be for a long time," he said.
A national holiday on Sunday commemorating the 1973 Mideast war was an occasion for authorities to further stoke the fervor for the military, which media and government officials have elevated to near-celestial status in their rhetoric.
A personality cult has grown around the army chief, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who pushed out Morsi. Calls for el-Sissi to run for president next year are gaining momentum.
The Muslim Brotherhood, in turn, used the occasion to accelerate its nationwide protests of the military. The result was mayhem, as demonstrators clashed with security forces and el-Sissi's supporters, leaving at least 51 people dead and more than 200 injured. The latest toll adds to more than 1,000 Morsi supporters killed by security forces since the coup.
The ongoing crackdown has also included the detention of at least 2,000 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, including most of its leaders, and a court order outlawing the group. The country is back under emergency laws that give police expanded arrest powers, and many cities, including Cairo, have been under curfew since mid-August.
The military-backed government appears uninterested in negotiating a way out of the crisis. It promises to restore order and put the country back on a democratic path by pushing ahead with a road map that will rewrite the constitution promulgated under Morsi and lead to parliamentary and presidential elections early next year.
The Brotherhood has shunned talks, for now at least, demanding that Morsi be reinstated and pursuing a policy of confrontation: It has sent his supporters, some of them armed, into the streets for protests that security forces have used deadly force to crush. Its losses enrich a narrative of martyrdom that it promotes in its rhetoric, hoping that will bring popular support back to its side.
At the same time, Islamic militants once allied to Morsi have waged a campaign of violence focused on the army and security forces. There were new attacks Monday, including a drive-by shooting and a suicide car bombing that killed six soldiers and three policemen, as well as an assault for the first time against key civilian infrastructure — Egypt's main satellite communications facility.
"The scene last night spoke of a nation with several peoples," Mustafa el-Naggar, a former lawmaker and a Brotherhood critic, said of Sunday's events. "We had people who came out on the streets to die, another happy and singing, and a third group watching everything from a distance."
Morsi was ousted after nationwide protests by millions of Egyptians who accused him and his Islamist allies of going beyond their election mandate and trying to monopolize power. Many who sought his removal saw the army as rescuing the country from the Islamists.
They still see the military as a necessary protector against Islamists — while expressing faith that it won't seek power for itself.
Hamed Gabr, a 60-year-old who joined pro-military rallies in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday, said the fervor reflects the "patriotism of the people, not a mandate for a specific person" — even el-Sissi. He said the state of emergency should last "until security is totally reinstated."
But there are worries the fervor will throw Egypt back into the authoritarian ways of longtime President Hosni Mubarak, toppled in 2011.
Liberal politician Amr Shobaki warned in the daily El-Shorouk that fear of the Brotherhood and its rise to power through elections "has led the state to return to its old ways."
"What the Brotherhood left is a lack of faith in elected institutions, within the state and among many Egyptians," he wrote. "Fear has led many back to the idea of the hero president and the benevolent dictator."
The concert Sunday night in a Cairo stadium recalled — and went beyond — the nationalist displays under Mubarak and confirmed the military as the country's dominant political force.
After a day when battles left fires in the streets and bodies under blankets, el-Sissi sat next to the interim president with other top brass to watch a fireworks display and the lavish performances. TV cameras frequently focused on the general, in his military garb, keeping a steady, serious look as he watched the festivities.
Hussein Fahmy, a leading man from Egypt's cinema in the 1970s and 1980s, was the master of ceremonies. Nancy Ajram, a Lebanese pop star and sex symbol, blew kisses to the crowd and sang a patriotic hit with the lyrics: "Watch out, this isn't any Egypt. This is Egypt the victorious, the Egypt we carry in our hearts and minds." Behind her were dancers wearing Egypt's state seal on their chests.
The finale was a song that played on el-Sissi's often-used phrase, "Egypt is the mother of the world and is destined to be as big as the entire world." Some of the lyrics were lit in flames in a section of the stadium.
When el-Sissi finally spoke, he used what has become a trademark mix of emotional rhetoric about ordinary Egyptians' special bond with the army and promises of a bright future for the country's 90 million people.
"We will never forget that you stood by us. We would rather die than see you suffer," said the U.S.-trained infantry officer.
Egypt, he said, "will truly be as big as the entire world. You will see that, and the young people among you will remember that I said it."
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I see these signs along the road in the mountains north of Broken Elbow. They look like a truck driving down a wedge of cheese with a percentage added. What do they mean? They always appear near the top of Donut Pass, which seems to be a very popular name for these mountain passes. They're everywhere!
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You must be a natural blond, Puzzled. The state highway department puts those 'truck on cheese' signs in places where mobile pizzerias will be located in the future, right after federal stimulus money reinvigorates the cheese mining business. As you're no doubt aware, many of our nation's mozarella mines were forced to shut down due to cheap imported cheese from China. But, as our balance of payments have shifted, so too the mozarella business has changed. Soon, American workers will be back on the job producing the very finest cheeses from those deep mines under the Gruyere Mountains in northern Wisconsin.
Also, I'm glad you've noticed the Donut Pass signs, because quite frankly the state DOT misspelled them and didn't notice until hundreds had been painted. As a cost-cutting measure, they kept the misspelled signs because as we all know, spelling is highly over-rated anyway. Just like the pizzaria signs, these ones indicate a good spot for a donut shop, and they too are another attempt to stimulate our economy by investing in the production of high-speed donut boring tools for making those nice, round holes, and the automated donut lathes used to produce wonderfully rounded donuts from crudely finished industrial billets.
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- Cartoon Characters: Lucky, Rolly, Spot, Cruella DeVil, Roger Dearly, Anita Dearly, Nanny, Jasper Badun, Horace Badun, Pongo, Perdita, Patch.
- Vocal Talent: Pamela Segall (Lucky), Debi Mae West (Lucky), Kath Soucie (Cadpig, Rolly, Anita Dearly), Tara Charendoff (Spot, Irma Chicken), April Winchell (Cruella DeVil), Jeff Bennett (Roger Dearly), Charlotte Rae (Nanny), Michael McKean (Jasper), David L. Lander (Horace).
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When the ending of a 'Thunderbolt, P.I.' episode gets preempted by the Cruella-thon, Lucky, Rolly, Cadpig and Spot each make up endings of their own.
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John Hagee, the charismatic Christian pastor whose 2008 endorsment of presidential candidate John McCain was disavowed by the latter because of Hagee's controversial statements about Nazis, Jews, Islam and Catholics, is back in the news again.
Guess what? He also doesn't like atheists (no surprise there) and he's not too happy with pagans in the military either (see video).
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...if our belief in God offends you, move!
Yo, Hagee! If OUR DISBELIEF in god offends you, why don't YOU move?
For all their prating about tolerance, what Hagee and others of his ilk really want is exclusivity, christians in first place, everyone else NO PLACE.
As to "pagans in the military," I would pay money to see a confrontation between that fat fart and an atheist service member who had done time in Iraq or Afghanistan. Hagee's ego has clearly run away with him and he desperately needs to be knocked down a notch or three.
How much money? :)
heh! Hugh can arrange that for ya!
About that much...! [wry chuckle!]
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On this site, the Tribal Benefits Officer and Tribal Human Resource (HR) Personnel will find resources to help with the day-to-day activities of the FEHB Program. A comprehensive list of other resources can be found on the References Page.
OPM will hold training sessions the second Tuesday of every month at OPM Headquarters, located at 1900 E St. NW, Washington, DC 20415. The sessions will cover such topics as FEHB 101, Enrollment, Eligibility, and Forms. Please ensure that you RSVP at email@example.com at least one week before the training date. Please contact email@example.com for any questions.
Each tribal employer must designate a person to serve as the Tribal Benefits Officer. The Tribal Benefits Officer is responsible for explaining the FEHB Program to tribal employees and other eligible persons, determining individual eligibility for FEHB enrollment and effective dates of health benefits actions, keeping the Contacts page in Tribal Insurance Processing System (TIPS) up to date, and other related matters.
A Tribal Benefits Officer can also delegate responsibility for counseling and advising tribal employees and inputting FEHB enrollment data to Tribal HR Personnel.
Any changes to the designated Tribal Benefits Officer (TBO) should be reported to OPM and NFC at your earliest convenience.
More information on the Tribal Benefits Officer can be found in Chapter 1, Introduction, of the Tribal FEHB Handbook.
The table below provides PDF links to the Tribal Benefits Administration Letters (BALs) from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) about the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program.
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OPM provides continual guidance and information to Benefits Officers via OPM's listserv (including the Tribal Benefits Administration Letters). OPM strongly encourages every Benefits Officer and Tribe HR Personnel to subscribe. To subscribe to the listserv, email email@example.com and type "Subscribe" in the email subject line.
The Tribal/Federal Workgroup meets once a month to assist with technical and operational details related to FEHB implementation.
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Previous generations of Geforce reference designs featured relatively noisy coolers, thus making non-reference cards with custom cooling a lot more appealing. Things have changed for the better, as the reference GTX 780 cooler is pretty good, as it doesn't compromise on noise over performance, at least not until you overclock GPU. An overclocked GPU generates more heat and the reference cooler starts to get louder while trying to keep temperatures below 80 Celsius, which is by the way desired threshold set in the GPU Boost 2.0 algorithm.
In order to keep noise in check while cooling factory overclocked GTX 780 card with a 104MHz factory overclock for the GPU Gainward slapped the new Phantom cooler on top of its card.
Gainward decided to use the baseplate to strengthen the PCB and provide better cooling for the memory chips and MOSFET.
A combination of 6-pin and 8-pin power connectors is necessary to keep the show going. The card uses an OnSemi NCP4208 voltage controller and the TDP for the reference card is 250W. The VRM features an eight phase PWM design for the core and two phases PWM design for the memory. Gainward also offers a workaround on the voltage limits.
The card has 3GB of GDDR5 memory, courtesy of Samsung (model K4G20325FD-FC03 specified to run at 6000MHz GDDR5 effective). All the memory modules at the front of the PCB are tucked away underneath the reinforcement plate. Sadly, the rear of the PCB features no backplate, which is not important for the performance but would make overall design much more visually appealing.
As far as video outs go, what we have here is the classic Gainward Quattro-port design, i.e. two dual link DVIs, HDMI (1.4a compatible) and DisplayPort out. Note that all four video outs can be used simultaneously. Nvidia included an HDMI sound device within the GPU, so there is no need to connect the card to your SPDIF out to get audio and video via HDMI.
The GTX 780 Phantom GLH is ready for multi-GPU action. In addition to standard dual-SLI, it can also be used in triple- and quad-SLI setups, as it features two SLI connectors. However the width (2.5-slots) of the GTX 780 Phantom GLH card may be its disadvantage.


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February 11-13 – HM Camping Trip
The Troop will be Cabin Camping at Hawk Mountain for the weekend. We will depart from the Troop shed on Friday afternoon (2/11) around 4:30 PM. The Adult leaders will be cooking for the Troop. Scouts should pack for this using a soft duffle or gym bag rather than backpacks to save on space for loading vehicles. The cost of the trip is $25.00.


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App Review: Red Bull Air Race World Championship by Artificial Life, Inc.
by Jeff on
May 11, 2009
Filed under Daily App Reviews, Entertainment, Games
Red Bull Air Race World Championship by Artificial Life, Inc. is a fast paced airplane racing game. There are two different types of games to choose from, either Quick Flight or Season Mode. In Quick Flight, a track will be automatically picked, and you will then start your race. In Season Mode, you get to start a campaign to try and become the top Red Bull Racer. You can do either a short or a long season. The only difference is that one has more races than the other.
The courses have been previously marked out with a series of Air Gates. There are four different types of Air Gates: Blue, Red, Quadro, and Chicane. Each of these represents a different way to pass through the gate. Blue gates you simply pass horizontally through. With Chicane gates, you must weave in and out of a series of air gates. Red and Quadro require you to pass through vertically or to knife. To knife or fly vertically, all you need to do is turn in the desired direction and press the knife button in the bottom left corner. In between each of these gates are red indicators to let you know the correct speed and angle to fly your plane. If you fly too low or too high, you get penalty points that are added to your overall time at the end of the race.
In the level editor mode, you can create your own outrageous courses and upload them online for others to play in the Lounge. You can also download levels created by other individuals. In the Hangar you can customize your plane from the internal details, to the paint job. All of these customization areas must be unlocked in the Season mode.
If you want to learn more about Red Bull Air Racing, you can enter the race facts mode and check out pilots, plane styles, and the history of air racing. Whether you want to glide above the water's surface, or shoot vertically into the air, this game is for you. The controls on this game are sensitive to maximize playability.
Red Bull Air Race World Championship is $4.99 in the iTunes App Store.
Developer's Website: http://www.artificial-life.com/alife/index.php


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Not sure if the signups are still open, but here goes:
Name: MU Amir
Club of application: Indiana (USA) since Illinois isn't available.
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Intentions: Brush up on my bowling.
Not sure if the signups are still open, but here goes:
Name: MU Amir
Club of application: Indiana (USA) since Illinois isn't available.
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Intentions: Brush up on my bowling.
Forever 63* at the SCG
Name: Manjunath Reddlpalli
Club of application: NSW
Email: hunterbhai @ hotmail dot com
Intentions : Improve allround skills
Member of the AAAS
Member of CW Green | Stedingham Jets Grade Cricket Team | Northside Power
Manager of South Australia (WCC)
Winner of AFL Tipping 2006 | Winner of Wimbeldon Prediction 2006
Before everyone starts writing themselves in: This is for "9-10" i.e. the offseason between 9 and 10. Since we're now up to Season 11, this season has been and gone.
So hold your horses.
A follower of the schools of Machiavelli, Bentham, Locke, Hobbes, Sutcliffe, Bradman, Lindwall, Miller, Hassett, Benaud and Thunberg
I had a glimpse of Eureka
Chewing me up, chewing me up and spitting me out
-jected, I was rejected
I wasn't good enough to be elected
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Moving through my body like fire
Hahaha i didnt even notice it.
I was wondering what those numbers meant.
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Captain for the Blues.
Code:FC : 129 matches 281 runs @ 1.76 650 wickets @ 28.86, S/R of 41.75 Best Bowling of 8 for 57 39 5-wicket innings, 7 10-wicket matches. Test : 12 matches 8 runs @ 0.62 68 wickets @ 27.99, S/R of 40.22 Best Bowling of 5 for 59 4 5-wicket innings, 0 10-wicket matches.
Funniest thread.
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i have an excellent skill of spin bowling
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I reckon it's time for the CWXI to be archived. It's clearly confusing for new members of CricketWeb.
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Also Supporting the All Time #1 Batsman of All Time Ever - Jacques Kallis and the much maligned Peter Siddle.
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If Liam put the same effort into this as he does into bloody tweeting we'd probably be alright.
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Hamilton Bids for 2010 Commonwealth Games - A Commentary
You have probably heard by now that Hamilton won the battle with Halifax to become the Canadian bid city for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. At about the same time as this announcement was made, Singapore withdrew their bid, leaving New Delhi, India as the only current bid competitor.
While we are pleased at the possibility of this major event coming to Canada, we were extremely shocked to find out that the bid does not include track cycling (it was not in the Halifax bid proposal either). The response from Hamilton bid people when we pointed out the omission to them was that track cycling is not a required sport (the required sports are athletics, swimming, lawn bowls weightlifting (paralympic) and table tennis). While this is technically true, it should be pointed out that track cycling has been a part of the Commonwealth Games since 1934. Ironically, the only Games not to have included track cycling was the first one, held in 1930 in, you guessed it: Hamilton!
Canadians have performed well on the track over the years, winning 7 gold, 6 silver and 9 bronze medals - 55% of the total cycling medals won by Canadians at the Games. Track has also proven to be a very popular sport with spectators and television. Track cycling is also an Olympic sport, and the Commonwealth Games are a key stepping stone to Olympic results.
The Canadian Cycling Association have already expressed their concern to the Hamilton bid group, as has Curt Harnett. To add insult to injury, I saw the bid group asked Curt to appear in a video for their bid, and then get completely baffled as to why he was visibly annoyed.
The Hamilton bid cannot point to the cost as a huge stumbling block. An outdoor track of the quality used for the Victoria Games (1994) could be constructed for under $2 million easily; not a drop in the bucket certainly, but relatively minor compared to the $75 million figure being thrown around for a sports complex.
The Hamilton bid has the audacity to say that the success of the Road Worlds next year (just prior to the awarding of the 2010 Games) will be a key factor in showing how well the city can put on a major event. What a backhanded compliment to use cycling to gain the Commonwealth Games, while ditching the sector of the sport that has the longest history in the Games itself.
Do you agree? Well, then it is time to start a campaign to get track cycling into the Hamilton bid. Write a letter stating your concern (attach this commentary, if you wish) and send it to:
Sheila Copps (Hamilton East MP and Canadian Heritage Minister) - email@example.com
Jogoda Pike (Hamilton Bid Chair and Hamilton Spectator Publisher) - firstname.lastname@example.com
Frank Klees (Ontario Minister of Tourism and Recreation) - firstname.lastname@example.com
Bob Wade (Mayor of Hamilton) - firstname.lastname@example.com
Commonwealth Games Association of Canada - firstname.lastname@example.com
Hamilton Supervisor of Sports & Scheduling (Greg Maychak) - email@example.com
John Kernaghan (Hamilton Spectator Sports Reporter) - email@example.com
Steve Milton (Hamilton Spectator Sports Reporter) - email@example.com
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The Plum Island Estuary in the largest wetland dominated estuary in New England (60 square kilometers) and drains a 600 square kilometer watershed within the Boston metropolitan area. It is part of the larger Great Marsh, the largest continuous salt marsh in New England, stretching from Cape Ann to New Hampshire. The majority of the wetlands in the estuary are permanently protected by the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge and local land trust.
Although the estuary is protected, the watershed is becoming more developed, and it is being assaulted by numerous threats. Many of the rivers that feed the estuary suffer from severe water loss. Increasing paved surfaces associated with development increases storm water runoff, which may be contaminated with pollutants. With climate change, we can expect more intense and frequent storms that will lead to more flooding and pollution input, along with hotter and drier summers that will lead to water shortages and low or no-flow situations. All these factors will degrade shellfish beds, fish populations, and salt marsh habitats, essentially creating coastal dead zones.
Landowners around the watershed are the key to a healthy estuary. By changing simple habits relating to water and fertilizer use, specifically in landscaping practices, these people can make a difference in the health of the Plum Island Estuary and its many users (both human and wildlife).
To contact us:
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
Slow the Flow Program
6 Plum Island Turnpike
Newburyport, MA 01950
Phone: 978-465-5753
Fax: 978-465-2807
Conserving the Plum Island Estuary, One Drop at a Time
Any images that are not otherwise credited are courtesy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service
The Parker River National Wildlife Refuge announces the "Slow the Flow" campaign and grant program. The program encourages landowners to make lawn care and landscaping more environmentally friendly. Five to ten grants, ranging from $500 to $1,000 will be awarded to landowners in the Plum Island Estuary watershed. One grant, for up to $2,500, will be given for a Low Impact Development project. Landowners must contribute a 50% match. The deadline for applications is April 20, 2012, with awards announced May 4th.Dig this
To coincide with the grant program, a kick-off workshop will be held on March 31, 2012 from 8:30am to 3pm at the Refuge Headquarters. The workshop will address why the Great Marsh needs our help, and what North Shore residents can do to protect their watershed. The workshop is free, but there is a $10 fee to cover a catered lunch. Reservation is required.
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge is also sponsoring a talk by on April 7th, 10:00am at Newbury Elementary School, 63 Hanover Street, Newbury, MA. Click here for the flyer.


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Jindabyne is a popular holiday destination, particularly in winter, due to its close proximity to Thredbo and Perisher Blue ski resorts. Jindabyne is 900m above sea level, and ocassionally receives light snowfall in winter. Summer is also a popular time to visit Jindabyne thanks to nearby Lake Jindabyne's fishing, waterskiing and wakeboarding activities. JASMAC gives you a great variety of accommodation options for your stay in Jindabyne Snowy Mountains, including self service apartments, houses, townhouse accommodation and more.Take advantage of discount accommodation packages when you book your holiday accommodation in the Jindabyne area of Snowy Mountains
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Juan Flores scored two goals, including the game-winner early in the second half, as the Houston Dynamo Academy U-16 team secured a 3-1 win over the Houston Dash in a preseason scrimmage on Wednesday afternoon at Houston Sports Park.
The match, played on a rainy, wind-blown afternoon, was the first scrimmage between the Dash and a club from within the Houston Dynamo Academy.
Flores received his first scoring opportunity in the 21st minute, breaking in behind the Dash defense and forcing a good save from Dash goalkeeper Erin McLeod, who dove to her right to parry away Flores' shot from 20 yards.
12 minutes later, Flores was fouled by Arianna Romero inside the penalty area and the Academy was awarded a penalty kick. Flores took the spot kick and drove it low and into the center of the goal for a 1-0 lead.
The Dash equalized just two minutes later from a corner kick. Nikki Washington sent a floating delivery inside the six-yard box and Dynamo Academy goalkeeper Johan Welch claimed the cross before a slight bobble allowed Tiffany McCarty an opening, and the forward nodded the loose ball into the net from close range to even the score.
Both teams made several changes to their lineup at halftime. One holdover was Flores, who struck again five minutes into the second half. The forward took a quality pass from Alex Quintanilla and drove a low finish past Dash goalkeeper Bianca Henninger from 12 yards for a 2-1 lead.
Flores' two-goal performance continues a strong campaign for the Dynamo Academy forward, who has 17 goals in 18 games this season, leading the U-16s, who are currently in second place in the Central Conference of the U.S. Development Academy.
The Academy added to its lead two minutes later. Moments after entering as a substitute, Academy midfielder Mason Schuster collected the ball 25 yards from goal and quickly drove a low shot into the bottom corner of the net, stretching the U-16s' lead to 3-1.
The Dash created two quality scoring chances late in the 75-minute scrimmage.
First, trialist Lindsay Elston played a short free kick to the feet of Jordan Jackson, who had a good view of goal from 15 yards and forced a quick reaction save from Academy goalkeeper Rene Chavez.
Then, a minute later, Romero intercepted a pass in the offense half of the field and played a nifty pass to trialist Sara Campbell, who drove a shot from the left side of the area but Chavez was on the spot again for another important save.
The Dash continue preseason on Saturday when they host Texas Tech University at 2 p.m. at Houston Sports Park. The scrimmage is free and open to the public.
The Dash open their inaugural season on April 12 at BBVA Compass Stadium against the defending NWSL champion Portland Thorns. Tickets are available by clicking here or by calling 713-276-GOAL.
Houston Dash vs. Houston Dynamo Academy U-16s
March 26, 2014 – Houston Sports Park
Scoring Summary:
Dynamo Academy U-16s: Juan Flores (penalty) 33
Houston Dash: Tiffany McCarty (unassisted) 35
Dynamo Academy U-16s: Juan Flores (Sergio "Alex" Quintanilla) 50
Dynamo Academy U-16s: Mason Schuster 52
Houston Dash – Erin McLeod (Bianca Henninger 46); Arianna Romero (Kika Toulouse 46), Emilee O'Neil* (Marissa Diggs 46), Holly Hein* (Dominique Richardson* 46), Nikki Washington (Arianna Romero 61); Becky Edwards (Tori McCombs* 46), Brittany Bock (Holly Hein* 61), Teresa Noyola (Jordan Jackson 46); Tiffany McCarty (Sara Campbell* 46), Kealia Ohai (Lindsay Elston* 46), Stephanie Ochs (Anisa Guajardo* 46)
Houston Dynamo Academy U-16s – Johan Welch (Rene Chavez 46); Cameron Walker (Kendrick Kwan 53), Giandemir Jaen (Mason Schuster 50), Noe Ochoa (Edwin Gomez 53), Sergio Mejia (Jorge Benitez 53); Andrew Giraldo (Nixon Urrutia 50), Christian Molina (Wilmer Baron 53), Sergio "Alex" Quintanilla (Roberto Marquez 53); Juan Martinez (Jacob Salome 53), Juan Flores, Deniz Sipahi (Efe Umaka 35)


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By Siddharth Srivastava
NEW DELHI: Indian e-commerce portal Flipkart recently announced it has clocked US$1 billion in sales. Others such as Snapdeal and Myntra are expected to follow.
These figures may be little compared when compared to Amazon or Ebay turnovers or Facebook's valuation of whatsapp, yet they are significant milestones for a country like India.
For one, they underline genuine Internet users in India, not just fake profiles, trolls, memes, hackers, spammers, Modi followers and those that regularly spoof Arvind Kejriwal or Rahul Gandhi in the run up to general elections in a few weeks time.
There is some serious money to be made in the online space. It is projected in the next decade India's e-commerce retail market would amount to US$60 billion. I count myself among very active Internet users, the numbers of which in India are expected to cross 250 million this year.
I operate my bank account, pay bills, purchase insurance, invest and plan my travel on the Internet. I buy online clothes that usually fit nicely, books much cheaper than at stores, music and movie CD's that work fine, even fresh groceries well within expiry date on the Internet.
I am one of many I am sure, evidenced by shutdown of most music, movie and book stores in Gurgaon, where I live. The only DVD's that continue to do brisk business are pirated. Good value for money, decent quality, only illegal. A popular music outlet close to my home that existed as long as I remember closed down recently to offer laundry services.
I spoke to the owner whom I have known. His answer: "In a progressive fast growing city like Gurgaon, everybody downloads music from iTunes. And we can't match the prices.'' However, my friend was not worried. He is sure his new business would do well, given disposable incomes floating around in a city such as Gurgaon replete with high earning professionals.
Change does open doors for newer opportunities. I would like to debunk any theory that my online usage makes me an anti-social person in any way. It saves me a whole lot of time that allows face to face interactions with friends and family, instead of just Facetiming or liking Facebook posts.
Visiting my bank to book a fixed deposit, for example, would otherwise be a nightmare, negotiating traffic, parking and sweet talking insurance agents masquerading as customer relationship managers. Is there any bank manager who has not tried selling an insurance policy when all one wants is a new cheque book or change of address?
I would also like to debunk any theory the Internet makes me lazy, akin to a TV couch potato. Rather, I am able to do more with greater efficiency.
I am, however, still not fully confident about buying electronic, or very high value items on the Internet, though there are many who do. I believe some of the redress-al mechanisms of Indian online retailers are still not world class, like say an Amazon.com.
I have heard some harrowing tales of damaged TV's, mobile phones, cameras and laptops that are usually not available on Cash on Delivery options. A friend recently narrated that it took almost a month to get a refund on a printer she ordered online, that arrived broken.
She was repeatedly told by customer care to send multiple pictures of the item, the courier company assigned to pick up the dysfunctional printer never arrived and finally the refund process itself got lost in a bureaucratic maze.
"It was so difficult to get through on the phone to customer care that I had to call many times. I was always in queue,'' she told me. We castigate government departments for red tape. Private entities can sometimes be worse.
E-commerce retailers need to trust their customers more, not focus on making money only. It is about putting in place an effective process that assuages an unhappy customer quickly. Maybe, it is a good idea to allow foreign players more leeway in the market to improve standards and customer deliveries.
I believe there is plenty more that can or should be possible via the virtual world. The government can surely make more efficient use of the Internet. Politicians such as Narendra Modi do. The Aam Aadmi Party does. I believe Lok Sabha candidate Gul Panag kept herself relevant via thousands tweets, even as her movie career nosedived.
So far most online state-backed services are mostly limited to downloading forms, which is not saying much. Any government document, whether passport or driving license involves layers of approvals and interactions that can easily be streamlined online, provided antecedents of an applicant are verified.
I believe even voting should be possible via a virtual click, thus saving the exchequer huge expenditures and avoiding deployment of security forces on such a large scale. E-democracy could re-define democracy.
There could be ways to minimize foul play, like it is with online payment gateways that encrypt credit card details. This can only be wishful thinking for now. But who knows. Did anybody imagine the power and reach of the Internet even a decade back?
(A former journalist with the Times of India in Delhi, Siddharth Srivastava is the author of best-selling reality fiction novel An Offbeat Story)


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ACC Noon 5: 12.30.13 EditionPosted by mpatton on December 30th, 2013
- CBS Sports: Terrific piece from Gregg Doyel on late Wake Forest coach Skip Prosser, leading up to the annual Xavier – Wake Forest game that is played in his honor. Doyel does a good job covering Prosser's work off the court, but what will always stick with me is how fun his teams were on the court. They never played any real defense, but that only made them more exciting. Hopefully one day that roaring motorcycle won't ring hollow off all the empty seats in the Joel because that's the only tribute to Prosser that would feel fitting.
- Yahoo! Sports: If not for Jabari Parker, Tyler Ennis would be a lock for ACC Freshman of the Year. Ennis is in the top 15 of the national assist to turnover ratio statistic at 4.7 as well as steal percentage. On top of that, Ennis has shown he can step up and score when needed, dropping more than 20 points in games against Cal, St. John's and Villanova. The key for ACC teams looking to unseat the Orange will be finding a way to disrupt what is currently the nation's most efficient offense.
- The Diamondback: Seth Allen is back for Maryland and played an amazing 21 minutes in the Terrapins' win over a pesky Tulsa team. Allen didn't light up the assist charts, but he did dish three while only recording a single turnover. Allen's return should help Mark Turgeon with some depth at point guard and take a little of the pressure off Roddy Peters' shoulders. That said, Maryland will be at its best as Peters comes into his own; he's a much better distributor than Allen or anyone else on the team. But it's nice to have a more experienced player to help in certain situations.
- Bleacher Report: This Jason King article about Roy Williams made the rounds a lot over the holidays. Both Williams' son and wife are actively pushing for him to retire. It's also clear that this season has been tougher than usual on the head coach. However, the most interesting part of the article for me was the further emphasis on Williams' disconnect with the North Carolina athletic administration. Great work by King catching up with former mentor Buddy Baldwin and friend Ted Seagroves to mine this information.
- Burlington Times-News: NC State lost a brutal game at home against Missouri over the weekend. The Wolfpack were up big at the half before letting the Tigers back in the game over the course of the second half. At the end of the day, Mark Gottfried's team lost out on a chance to get a nice win against a Top 25 team. For more detailed (read: GIF-filled) information on this one, check out the Weather Moose's recap.
EXTRA: Hendersonville Lightening does a good job rounding up some anecdotes about Dean Smith.
EXTRA EXTRA: The ACC planned to challenge the SEC's football dominance. What went wrong?


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Being Love Chapters:
1. Feel Abundant
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3. Attract
4. Feel Balanced
5. Beautify
6. Celebrate
7. Communicate
8. Complete
9. Be Courageous
10. Feel Empowered
11. Forgive
12. Receive Guidance
13. Heal
14. Listen
15. Persevere
16. Be Present
17. Feel Protected
18. Purify
19. Respect
20. Feel Restored
21. Share
22. Surrender
23. Trust
24. Understand
25. Unify
26. Be Willing
Strategies to "get love" are widely available, and yet our yearnings may still feel unmet. We may discover that the love we seek starts and deepens with the Presence, the godliness, within us. The need is often to expand one's capacity to perceive and express love rather than to change one's circumstance or partner. The heart of divine Love is as close to us as our own vibrating energy, as real and practical as our daily motives and life choices.
…we attract what we are…as barriers to love have been progressively removed.
…love is our design, our core, and our essential nature. Yet for love to shine forth, false belief systems, distorted perceptions, and ego-based ways of being that obstruct love have to be let go.
You're here as a vehicle for Divinity to show forth Its love through your heart.
An abundant life comes from loving abundantly, and there are always rich opportunities to love.
To expand relationships with other people, look only for the divine in them and leave their imperfections for Divinity to work out with them.
Perhaps life is a profound workshop for learning humility as we expand our capacity to love and accept ourselves and others.
If all you need is within you, then there's nothing to get, nothing to seek outside of the Divinity within you.
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Tress Montalvo of Houston gave birth to two sets of identical twins. They're all boys. That's a lot of little boys. The odds of birthing two sets of identical twins? One-in-70 million. Usually in cases of multiple births, fertility drugs are involved; that's not the case here. Besides, fertility drugs yield non-identical twins. Not that it matters one way or the other, but it's just another point in how rare this whole situation is.
Tress and her husband Manuel seem genuinely excited. They say they've "hit the jackpot", and that's good because they're gonna need that positive attitude when raising four boys. Er, five boys, when you include the twins older brother. All I'm saying is, Tress and Manuel, get ready to crack a lot of blankets in half.


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LOS ANGELES — "Call of Duty" is coming to life.
Fans of the shoot-'em-up franchise are converging Friday on the sprawling 12-acre compound where Howard Hughes built the Spruce Goose for the inaugural "Call of Duty XP" convention, a two-day event celebrating the Activision Blizzard military shooter with game previews, real-world recreations of "Call of Duty" levels and a performance by Kanye West.
"It's really in response to the strength of the 'Call of Duty' franchise and the passion of our fans," said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing, which organized the event. "We have fans who play our game every day — more than they go on Facebook — and enough fans in multiplayer every day to fill the 80 largest sports stadiums in the world."
Hirshberg expects 7,000 attendees at the sold-out event, which will serve as the unveiling for the multiplayer mode of the upcoming "Modern Warfare 3." Tickets cost $150 and include a special edition of "Modern Warfare 3." Proceeds will go to the Call of Duty Endowment, a nonprofit organization that Activision founded to assist military veterans.
Besides previewing "Modern Warfare 3" and the "Elite" online service, attendees will have the chance to zip around in a Jeep, spar on two paintball courses modeled after "Modern Warfare 2" levels, grab grub from an eatery resembling the game's fictitious Burger Town fast food chain, and meet some of the franchise's various developers and voice actors.
Hirshberg said the extravaganza was kept intentionally compact to avoid long lines and give hardcore fans "an A-plus experience." For those who can't attend but want in on the action, supermodel Marisa Miller will host streaming videos from "Call of Duty XP." Miller said she's no stranger to "Call of Duty." Her father and husband are both die-hard players.
"The way we play is my husband will show me what's up in the specific map that we're going to play through and then he'll give me the controller, and I'll have a go at it," said Miller. "My husband is really intense about it. He's really good. I'm just the type of player who likes to sit behind the wall with my sniper rifle and pick people off that way."
For the past four years, the immersive "Call of Duty" franchise has enjoyed unprecedented success. The latest title, "Black Ops," has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide since its launch last November, and more than 7 million people play online every day. The upcoming globe-trotting "Modern Warfare 3" edition is scheduled for release Nov. 8.
AP Entertainment Writer Derrik J. Lang can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/derrikjlang.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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The above warning appears on the front page of a popular pro-anorexia internet discussion group, Hard Core Anorexic (1). On this site and countless others, women separated by geography, age and lifestyle log in to share their struggles, goals, triumphs and failures in living a "pro-ana" lifestyle. Anorexia, long the staple of after-school specials and public service announcements, may have fallen off the national radar screen, edged out by public panic about obesity. Nevertheless with increasing access to new media, those with (or claiming to have) eating disorders have congregated outside of hospitals and clinics, crafting a thriving pro-eating disorder community on the internet. While some of those with eating disorders seek and develop recovery oriented spaces online, others, such as the members of Hard Core Anorexic, specifically cultivate "pro-ana" communities. As a result there is a thriving online subculture characterized by specific symbols, rituals and the identity of the "wannarexic." Together with Dr. Natalie Boero, I've been examining 15 pro-eating disorder online discussion groups, with about 35,000 members, the vast majority of whom identify as female.
One of the primary symbols in these groups is the "goddess Ana." Group participants personify anorexia and bulimia by giving them feminine nicknames - Ana and Mia. Members talk about praying or talking to Ana, frequently deified as a goddess or angel, and asking her for support. Nelly even posted a picture of the "goddess Ana" on one of her discussion groups. Toni, who finds herself struggling to maintain her goal of weight loss, posted a plea in the group Diseased and Dashing, "I have been so frustrated because I have hardly been losin' any weight lately and eat almost nothing. I used to eat like 300 calories a day and lose more weight. I dunno... any advice? I so need support right now." Hanna responded, "Has goddess Ana visited you yet?" Jessica, also in search of inspiration, then posted, "I NEED HER TO VISIT ME." Hanna concluded the discussion by telling the others, "You are nothing until goddess Ana has visited you. Until then....you're just another fatty." Participants wrote about Ana as a goddess, an angel and sometimes a friend who they wanted to "visit" them, so that they wouldn't end up as "just another fatty." While members personify bulimia, no one prays Mia or claims that Mia visits them in their dreams. In fact Mia plays the devil to Ana's angel. As Nelly put it, "Mia is a tormenter." Women in these groups regard bulimia as a fall back practice for when their ana practice of calorie restriction fail. For these women Mia represents a lack of control. Thus, Mia is not deified in the same way Ana is. Symbols such as Ana, Mia, colored bracelets, "thinspiration" pictures, poetry and songs provide common culture objects for participants in the pro-ana community.
Participants also engage in a series of rituals in order to grapple with tensions around embodiment and disembodiment particular to the pro-ana online community. Authenticity is a fraught subject in these groups because their topics revolve around offline bodily practices. Rituals such as weight check-ins, photographic verifications of body size, feedback requests, group fasts, and food reports help to make offline bodily practices evident in an online discussion group. In one post Nelly initiated a weigh-in ritual in which she asks "Who's Ana with me?" and then requests that participants engage in a "Stats check in" where they post their "Current weight, goal weight, highest and lowest weights." Participants in the group then obliged by posting the requested information. Some participants also post photographic verification of their body size. These posts are often accompanied with a request for feedback about whether the they have lost weight, gained weight or how much weight others think they have yet to lose. For instance, Sally posted "before" and "after" pictures of her legs and stomach writing, "I'm so self conscious. So tell me if you think I lost any weight. The first pic was taken a month ago. The second pic was taken today. I wore same thing for both pics so maybe people can tell if I lost any. Opinions? Oh Ana HELP ME I NEED TO LOSE MORE FASTER." Group members responded, some praising her on her weight loss and others criticizing her for not losing enough. Janet wrote, "From what I see, it's simply amazing! But your body's positioned a little differently. And in the first picture you might have eaten a lot that day or drank a lot or both and bloated up in a way... so I don't know how accurate those pictures are. How many pounds did you lose? Btw- you look beautiful now!!!!!!! <3 Keep it up." By posting pictures of themselves participants can bring the body online. Through rituals of sharing bodily statistics, bodily practices and bodily representations members of this pro-ana subculture signal to one another their offline practices and indicate that they are authentically pro-ana.
When a poster fails at verifying her authenticity other participants might label her a wannarexic, or someone who wants to be anorexic, but is not disciplined enough to do so and is thus simply a dieter. Posters on these pro-ana websites see themselves as more committed, more in control, and more dedicated to thinness than dieters who may go on and off diets or who are only looking to lose a few pounds. A wannarexic may want to lose a bit of weight for a special event, espouse conventional dieting wisdom or fail to restrict their eating enough to lose weight. The threat of being wannarexic informs the identities and fears of many participants. Emme, in an insecure moment posted on Hard Core Anorexic, "I go around saying that I have an eating disorder and that I am unhealthy. But the truth is that I don't even think I have one. I think I'm too fat to have one. I'm convinced that I'm just a 'wannarexic.'" Because she can't lose enough weight, this member fears she isn't a true anorexic. In other instances posters use the term as an insult to police group boundaries. Sally, angry at aggressive posts by new participants in the group Dying to be Thin, wrote "Why don't the moderators just DELETE these people so they don't annoy the others? Seems like if they're classified as wannarexic then they would be deleted to save all the REAL anorexics some grief...just an idea I dunno…lol..." The "wannarexic" is the primary figure of inclusion and exclusion deployed in these groups. For these women this term differentiates the true participants from those who are not serious about their eating disordered practices. Like other small groups they police these boundaries tightly, trying to ensure a cohesive group identity. Thus, in these discussion groups the wannarexic provides a necessary foil in the tricky business of deciding just who has an authentic eating disorder and who deserves the status that goes with that authenticity.
The national spotlight for the last decade has shone brightly on obesity and its presumed causes and effects. However, research out of both Britain and Australia indicate that anorexia and bulimia are on the rise. Whether or not these sites encourage young women to have eating disorders is debatable, what they do provide is a window in to a non-clinical population of people with eating disorders. These disorders have historically been experienced and treated as individual psychological and medical disorders. Women suffering from them usually came into contact with one another only in institutional settings. But with the rise of new media technologies and modes of communication, digital communities have provided new possibilities for connections between once isolated individuals. Thus these sites provide a glimpse into the meaning making practices of non-clinical populations. In this online subculture, participants often rework characterizations of anorexia as a disease by engaging in complex discussions of anorexia as a lifestyle choice in addition to or instead of a medical and psychological disorder. In crafting a complex community with unique symbols, rituals and identities these women provide a fuller picture of eating disorders and people who live with them, voluntarily or not.
(1) All group and individual names have been changed.
Citation: Pascoe, C.J.. 2008. "You're Just Another Fatty:" Creating a Pro-Ana Subculture Online. Digital Youth Research http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/node/104. January 22, 2008.
Hi CJ,
The question that one of the site members had regarding the moderators ("Why don't the moderators just DELETE these people so they don't annoy the others? Seems like if they're classified as wannarexic then they would be deleted to save all the REAL anorexics some grief...just an idea I dunno…lol...") is really interesting and raised a set of questions for me. On these sites, have you or Dr. Boero seen a lot of appeal to moderators? Is there a consistent role that moderators take across the sites? Do they respond to the appeals, and if so how? Anyhow, I am looking forward to hearing more about all of this. - Dan
Why arent these sites being shut down? many of the girls in them seem way young, with questionable pictures, and the fact that they are encouraging eachother to slowly kill themselves, i dont know, if I knew there were sites like this, I would want to know there was something I could do if they were encouraging my child to kill herself.
That is an interesting question. The discussion groups we studied for this project no longer exist. Presumably they were taken down by the owners of the social network site that hosted them.
Hi Dan,
Actually, we don't see a lot of appeal to the moderators. However, the groups that were around for the longest, seemed to have the strictest moderators. These moderators required that members keep their "groups" hidden on their homepages and regularly deleted people who didn't abide by the guidelines of the discussion groups (whatever those were). On the shorter lived groups, the discussions tended to be more freewheeling and involved less regulation by the moderators. Of course, this is a small sample, so make of these conclusions what you will!
I just recently learned about these websites and they really made me think about these girls, about how they think, why they do it. I have visited many of these sites and while some of them do say they dont promote it the things on these websites the things they tell each other the pictures the quotes, they don't seem like they are putting realistic ideals in these girls' and guys' heads. They seem to be promoting it making it go further, denoting everything these girls have probably been told by their doctors, teachers, families, and friends. Did this bother you as much as it did me when you first started looking at these sites? Is there anyone trying to stop these sites or are they just ignoring the problem as well? This is really bothering me that they can just post this and there isn't any sort of backlash to it. These girls are killing themselves. I don't think the help issue is debatable at all they have "thinspiration" and quotes telling these girls that if they give up the fight they are weaker somehow. Not only that but they help eachother hide their ED and what foods are best and what foods aren't. All I know is I am 18 and I could know these girls and I really had no idea. I'm extremely against this. How do i make this known to the right people?


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All-time great hitter wants to bring World Series championship back to Detroit
LAKELAND, Fla. -- So how does a guy follow up two of the great offensive seasons in baseball history?
"You've got to keep working," Miguel Cabrera said. "You can't lose your focus."
That's why Cabrera has reported to camp a week ahead of schedule, here with the Tigers' pitchers and catchers. He looks tremendous, as usual, after offseason surgery to repair a sports hernia. He's moving freely and has a simple goal.
"Try to be healthy," Cabrera said. "Try to play as many games as I can. If you're hurting, a lot of things can happen. [Staying healthy is] what we need."
Ah, that. Cabrera was flirting with a second straight American League Triple Crown last season when he suffered a pulled groin that eventually led to the surgery. He declined to discuss the injury last season, and neither would the Tigers. After they'd been eliminated by the Red Sox in the AL Championship Series, then Tigers manager Jim Leyland said, "Well, I feel bad that the world didn't get to see the real Miguel Cabrera.
Cabrera still hit .273 in the ALCS and homered once. But compared to the monstrous numbers of the past two seasons, he was a shadow of the guy he'd been. Still, as Leyland said at one point last season, "Take a good look at this guy. You're seeing something you may never see again."
Cabrera's production has been breathtaking. He has won three straight AL batting championships and bumped his career averaged to .321 in 11 seasons.
Cabrera has hit 44 home runs in back-to-back years and knocked in 139 and 137 runs. He has 10 straight years of 100-plus RBIs and nine 30-plus home run seasons. No discussion of baseball's great offensive players -- now or forever -- can take place without mentioning Cabrera, who is only 30.
"It makes you proud," Cabrera said, waving away the talk comparing him to the all-time greats. "But you still have a lot of work to do. Those guys are already done playing. Compared with some of those guys, I haven't done anything yet. I've got to keep playing and have the same mindset.
"I mean, our goal is to win games. I don't think we look at that [historical] stuff. It looks very good, you know. People talk about it. But I think to us, it's more important to try to win games and win the division and give ourselves a chance to go to the World Series."
Along the way, Cabrera has helped transform the Tigers. They've been to the ALCS three years in a row and won the pennant in 2012.
And Cabrera has helped make baseball cooler than ever in Detroit. The Tigers have drawn three million fans in back-to-back seasons and four times in seven years. In the long and proud history of this franchise, fans have never turned out in numbers like this.
"It's great," Cabrera said. "Go out there every day and see 35,000-40,000 people there every night. They make you feel good. You want to play good for the people of Detroit."
There's disappointment that three straight playoff appearances haven't ended with a championship parade, but Cabrera hopes fans don't lose sight of the overall accomplishments.
"We've been very good," he said. "Not too many teams go as far as we have the last three years. We've got to feel good about what we've got here. We've got another chance to compete, and we'll see what happens."
Tigers president/CEO/general manager Dave Dombrowski remade his club over the winter, trading first baseman Prince Fielder and right-hander Doug Fister. He acquired second baseman Ian Kinsler in the Fielder deal with Texas and signed free-agent closer Joe Nathan.
With Nick Castellanos, Detroit's No. 1 prospect taking over at third, Cabrera will move back to first base.
So …
The Tigers are again the consensus favorites to win the AL Central. They've still got one of baseball's best rotations, led by Justin Verlander, 2013 AL Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer and Anibal Sanchez.
And with Jose Iglesias, acquired last summer, at short and Kinsler at second, their infield defense should be better.
Nathan and second-year reliever Bruce Rondon could make the bullpen -- if the Tigers had a weakness the past two seasons, this was it -- a strength.
Finally, Brad Ausmus, who has never managed at any level, takes over for Leyland, one of the best who ever lived.
"You go into Spring Training hoping you've given your team a chance to win a championship," Dombrowski said. "We think we have a chance."
Leyland's huge presence will be the most obvious difference.
"I loved everything about him," Cabrera said. "He's going to be in the Hall of Fame. I'm proud to have played for him. He was my manager for six years, and I'm proud to know him."
As for how Fielder's absence will impact how Cabrera is pitched to, he shrugs.
"I don't worry about that," Cabrera said.
Moving back to first base?
"Again, you never know," Cabrera said. "They traded Prince and asked if I'd move, and I said, 'Yes.' I don't have any problem with that. I think you have to ask those questions to the general manager and the front office. We're here to do our job. Our job is to play baseball. Our job is not to talk about the moves. We just come here and prepare to play."
Few players have ever had two better back-to-back seasons or constructed an 11-year resume to match Cabrera's. He says it's about something larger.
"It's about us winning games," Cabrera said. "Right now, we're just getting started. All that matters is winning."