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Thursday Afternoon Visits: August 21
I find myself with a bit of time to spare this afternoon, and a few links saved up, so I thought that I would share:
- Regular readers know that I love Kim and Jason's Escape Adulthood website. This week, I especially appreciated a post by Kim about finding reasons to celebrate, and then celebrating them. The post starts with a couple of sad stories about loss, but Kim takes the positive view, saying "Human nature tricks us into believing that we'll all die from old age, but it's simply not true. Don't wait until a tragedy happens to realize that your life is meant to be lived to the fullest today. Don't wait until your anniversary to surprise your spouse with a night out on the town. Don't wait until your birthday to allow yourself the permission to pick up that ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. (Yum!) Don't wait until circumstances are perfect before you plan that spontaneous camping trip. Celebrate today!" I'm not always good about this, but Kim and Jason provide regular and excellent reminders, which I really appreciate. What have you celebrated lately?
- Betsy Bird shares ten children's novels that would make good movies at A Fuse #8 Production. She offers an exceptionally wide range of titles, all described with Betsy's trademark voice. Here's an example, on Kiki Strike: "So let us consider making a movie for tween girls, starring tween girls, and doesn't involve them wearing short skirts, shall we? Or indulging in bad movie banter. I know, I know. I'm probably asking too much with that latter requirement. Fine, if you make the film you can fill it to the brim with banter. Just show girls doing something other than teaming up with boys in an action movie and I'll never complain again."
- I don't generally highlight author interviews from other blogs, because I tend to focus more on the books than on the authors. But Jules and Eisha have posted a truly impressive interview with Jane Yolen over at 7-Imp, which I would like to bring to your attention. There is discussion, there are dozens of links to more information, there are interesting tidbits about the author, and there are fabulous pictures. This is the kind of interview that becomes a resource for the author herself, because Jules and Eisha have collected so much information into one place. Do check it out.
- At PaperTigers, Janet shares some examples from the new edition of Mem Fox's book, Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever. Janet says: "After reading her essays about the true magic that comes from reading aloud, I don't think this lady is exaggerating. If reading aloud to children can turn them into smart, inquisitive, creative people, then reading aloud may well hold the key to solving all of the world's woes." I just might have to pick up with new edition.
- For all you book reviewers out there, Steph at Reviewer X has a question: "which of the reviewers are also writers? There's some stereotype that says all reviewers (or book bloggers, or something like that) are aspiring authors. Accurate?" A brief perusal of the comments reveals that, as with many stereotypes, there's some truth, but by no means universal adherence.
- Colleen Mondor writes about the value of the color gray at Chasing Ray. The discussion is in the context of Colleen's review of two YA titles set in alternate futures: Cory Doctorow's Little Brother and Nick Mamatas's Under My Roof. Colleen notes that Under My Roof "is a book where the good and bad guys are never clearly defined" (in contrast to the more clear-cut Little Brother) and says that "Reading these two books had made me realize just how uncomfortable the shade of gray can be for most people."
- At BookKids, the BookPeople children's book blog (from the famous Austin bookstore), Madeline discusses modern mysteries aimed at kids. She says: "I have to admit that I think there is a lack of really great new kid mystery series. There are some good stand alone books like Elise Broach's Shakespeare's Secret, but not the kind of series where you just want to read nine or ten of the books in a row. In fact, I could only think of three current mystery series at all. However, I fortunately like all three series, and I can heartily recommend them as great chapter books for kids and teens." Click through to see what she recommends, and other discussion in the comments.
- Via School Library Journal, as "part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the U.S. release of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Scholastic, the U.S. publisher of the wildly popular Harry Potter series, is inviting fans of all ages to its New York City headquarters to take part in "Harry Potter Cover to Cover Day," an all-day muggle read-a-thon."
- A Guardian piece by Louise Tucker on boys and reading has sparked discussion between Tricia from The Miss Rumphius Effect (here and here) and Libby from Lessons from the Tortoise (here). Tricia asks (in direct response to the article): "Why are we so blessed concerned with the "right" books instead of the process of immersing kids in books that they will love? Shouldn't the goal be developing readers?" It's all interesting stuff - well worth checking out.
- Last, but not least, I've seen this in several places, but Jackie has the full details at Interactive Reader. Readergirlz have launched rgz TV on YouTube. Here's a snippet from the press release: "rgz tv is broadcasting interviews with Rachel Cohn, Jay Asher, Sonya Sones and Paula Yoo. The uploaded videos have been shot and edited by the readergirlz founders and members of the postergirlz." Pretty cool!
And that's all for today. Hope you find some tidbits of interest.
© 2008 by Jennifer Robinson of Jen Robinson's Book Page. All rights reserved.
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Parker has home, five RBI in Tiger romp.
Scoring early and often, the St. James High School baseball team clubbed the Owensville Dutchmen 16-0 in Four Rivers Conference action on Monday.
St. James improves to 5-13 overall and 2-3 in the conference. Owensville falls to 1-8 and 0-4.
The Tigers wasted little time, plating five runs in the top of the first inning. That was all St. James needed, but the visitors tacked on plenty more.
St. James got three runs each in the second and third frames and five more in the fifth.
The game was halted after five innings due to the run rule.
St. James outhit Owensville 11-2.
Troy Parker had a huge game, belting a homer, two singles and driving in five runs.
Also for the Tigers Justin Ray was 3-for-4 with an RBI; Jake Ford 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI and four runs scored; Jesse Hays had a hit, RBI and scored twice; Nathan Strait had a two-run double; Zack Russell had a hit, run and RBI; Zach Dean and Drew Lahnman each had a hit and RBI, and Austin Gibson scored three times and stole three bases.
Dean went the distance on the mound for the victory, allowing two hits, two walks and fanning four in the shutout.

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PLACARD waving protestors are as much a part of the Stroud architecture as the Subscription Rooms or the Slad Valley.
Stroudies are a passionate bunch and the citizens of this town have a history of protest going back to the Stroudwater Riots of 1825.
Here is a list of the top 10 issues Stroudies are most likely to take to the streets over so next time you see someone waving a placard in the high street you have a better understanding as to what they are upset about.
1. Javelin Park incinerator
A number of anti-incinerator campaign groups have been launched since the announcement of plans to build a £500 million waste-burning plant at the Javelin Park site back in 2012. After numerous protests and 4,000 public objections to the scheme Gloucestershire County Council's planning committee unanimously threw out the plans in March last year. However, the firm behind the scheme, Urbaser Balfour Beatty, appealed the decision and currently a planning inquiry is taking place to decide whether the council's decision will stick. So for now the fight continues.
2. Stroud Steiner Free School
As an application for a Steiner Free School in Stroud has only just been submitted to the Department of Education there has yet to be a full scale protest through the streets of Stroud. This has not stopped objectors to the plans taking every opportunity to express their views in the newspaper and on the website. Although it's still early days for this issue look out for numerous protests to come.
3. Housing
If there is any issue that could cause a protest without fail it's housing. For Stroudies – who are proud that the Stroud Valley is considered an Area of Natural Beauty – nothing makes their blood boil more than the threat of houses being built on green spaces. Slad Valley Action Group, Mankley Field Action Group and Rodborough Fields Preservation Group are just some of the protest groups which have popped up over housing in the last few years.
4. Store Wars
Stroud has a strong community of independent shops and cafés which provide the mainstay of the retail experience in the town. And when this independence is threatened by big supermarket chains a protest is likely to occur. In the last year alone supermarket giants ASDA and Morrisons have submitted planning applications to build stores in Stroud as well as an unknown store which is planned for Ryeford.
5. Farmers' market
Stallholders were in uproar after the district council announced controversial plans to put the town's award-winning farmers' market out to tender. However, after mounting pressure to withdraw the tender after 2,000 members of the public signed a petition against the move SDC decided to scrap the plans. It has now come to light that the council still plans to push forward with the tendering process and I am sure the public will continue to push forward with the protesting.
6. War
This year it was the threat of military intervention in Syria, but only a few years ago it was the prospect of going to war with Iraq. Whatever the country and whatever the issue if the word 'war' is mentioned expect a protest shortly afterwards.
7. Badger Cull
Nothing upsets a Stroudie more than a threat to wildlife hence when the badger cull started in Gloucestershire last summer anti-cull protestors patrolled the cull zones at night in an attempt to stop badgers being killed.
8. Privatisation of the NHS
Cuts to the NHS causes protests nationwide so unsurprisingly when Stroud General Hospital was threatened in 2011 as a result of Government cuts it wasn't long before demonstrators picked up placard and megaphone to save their local services.
9. Fracking
If a controversial issue is causing uproar across the country be sure that there are a group of people in Stroud wrangling support for a protest. Frack Free Five Valleys is the latest protest group to launch in the town and had its first demonstration in the high street this month.
10. Anything to do with the Post Office
Regardless of whether it's closing a branch or reducing the opening hours be sure that no change to post office facilities goes unmissed and the citizens of Stroud will make their displeasure known.
Not all of Stroud's protests have been successful and despite their best efforts Tesco opened a store near Stratford Park in 1989, McDonald's built a fast food restaurant at Rowcroft in 2005 and soon after the bus station was replaced with a cinema.


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Turns out, you don't really need a seat to race a snowmobile.
Which was perfect for Grace Mathews, whose black, mostly duct-tape seat worked well enough for her to take third in one race Saturday afternoon on Molas Pass.
Mathews, 12, didn't know the age of her silver and rainbow-striped John Deere, with a neon green 007 taped on both sides and even more tape holding together the handlebars. But she did know it was her grandpa's and that it was unlike every one of the 35 or so other snowmobiles against which she raced in every way but one: All of them were much older than her.
Well, maybe two ways; her seat situation wasn't exactly unique, either.
Mathews took the runner-up spot in the Vintage Junior race as part of the Xtreme Mountain Racing's final snowmobile racing circuit stop of the year Saturday at Molas Lake. And along with those 35 or so other riders on snow machines Polaris, Yamaha, Ski-Doo and more, Mathews took part in a vintage movement sweeping through snowmobile racing.
"Once you get out there, there ain't nothin' like it," said Greg Lonero, president of the Antique and Vintage Snowmobile Club of Colorado. "It just rocks."
Part Mad Max, part Battle of Hoth, part "stock cars racing on snow," vintage snowmobile racing can be heard and smelled before it can be glimpsed, and Saturday it stole the show away from even the semipro snocross racers.
Picture this:
As many as eight humming snowmobiles – none manufactured after 1986 allowed – lined up, wheezing bluish smog and petroleum odors with snow-capped peaks filling the deep blue sky above.
Few, if any, look much alike. There's the faded red and black, late 1970s model Scorpion Sting labeled "Old Trusty Rusty." There's Lonero's very antique looking Yamaha, with its near-perfect decals and its sponsorship labels. There's the ratty black and green 1984 Polaris that Garrett Neufeld and Shad Petersen bought for $150 dollars off the side of the road. And there's Mathews' duct-taped Deere.
"(Once) it was all we could do to get rid of them," Neufeld said. "Now, it's all we can do to find them."
"Them" being "old crap," as one rider put it.
"It's the most fun you can have for the money," said Edward Cave, "58 and ready to go," who bought his 1980 machine for $300 and raced for the fourth time Saturday.
Back at the starting line: With the wave of a flag, the hum becomes a snarl or a scream, and the snow machines leap into motion, plunging into their first turn into the flat, oval-shaped track.
"This track is the absolute best," said Mark Masker of Denver, who won two vintage categories Saturday aided by his helm, wind-proofed with pink duct tape. "This is like the exciting track" on XMR circuit.
Battering against one another, the riders and their beasts hit the gas on the 60-mile-per-hour straights and jockey for position on the inside curves, taking the bumps as they come and leaning hard into the turns lest they spin out onto the perimeter or even flip entirely.
At points, pieces fly off – "That's how we do it!" Lonero yelled – and the snow-spray murk from the treads adds an extra challenge.
The key to a racer's success, Mathews said, is easing off the gas into the turns to prevent rolling, keeping to predetermined lines and finding holes in opponents' cornering patters.
The key to vintage racing's success is its democratic nature.
Simply put: It's cheap, and anyone can do it, unlike snowmobile racing's most visible iteration – snocross.
A cousin to dirt-bike motocross racing, snocross courses such as the carefully crafted one at Molas feature technical, hairpin turns, big air and big machines. The spectator-friendly sport requires competitors to swing nearly 500-pound snowmobiles around corners, keep them level dozens of feet in the air and keep them from running over themselves or their fellow racers.
"You're constantly throwing the sled around," said Petersen of Capser, Wyo. "You kinda got to be on your game.
"That's a young man's game," he said.
Vintage racing has cross-class and cross-generational appeal – cool, cheap and small machines, high speeds, tiered competition for the whole family.
What more could a racer want?
Not much, if you ask Mathews, which is why what started as a niche, older-person sport on the XMR circuit last year has exploded. Lonero estimates vintage racing has tripled its riders in just a single season.
"It's loud; it's fast," Mathews said with a braces-filled grin. "I didn't like the jumps (in snocross), and like I said, it's fast."
Or if you ask second-year racer Lisa Wagner, whose 7-year-old son Tallyn won the 120cc Snocross competition.
"It gets your adrenaline going. Like right now, I'm already nervous, and I'm not even going," she said before one of her heats.
"So I go out there and scream the whole time."
Or ask Dean Charpentier, who's been racing snowmobiles for 44 years.
"I just developed a passion, a love for the machine itself," that vintage racing, with its barn-and-backyard pilfered beasts begging for tinkering and customizing, allows Charpentier to indulge. "Just the primitive nature of them: so simple; so basic."
And as for the rise in their popularity?
"Word's getting out," Charpentier said.
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Pair have created custom oyster shuckers
JACKSONVILLE � An Eastern North Carolina business created by a pair of Kinston natives that gives oyster shucking style has been chosen to take part in an online contest recognizing handmade products and celebrating craftsmanship.
Carolina Shuckers has been selected as a nominee in the 2013 Martha Stewart American Made contest now under way at marthastewart.com/americanmade.
For business partners Kirk Davis of Morehead City and Mike Waller of Hillsborough, friends who grew up in Kinston, the contest is an opportunity to keep the momentum of their business going.
�This is a great opportunity to get the word out. We just want to let people know we�re here. We�re a small business and want people to know all about us,� said Davis.
Davis and Waller are professional artists with their own respective art studios. Together they have created Carolina Shuckers, sculpting custom oyster shuckers from railroad ties and other materials.
It developed from their own love of oyster roasts and has grown from selling at trade shows to sales online and through catalog and retail locations.
�We�re getting so much great feedback,� Davis said.
A few votes online would be nice too.
Until Friday, people can vote for the favorite makers among all the nominees. The six nominees with the most votes in each category � food, craft, design, style, gardening and technology � receive an American Made gift basket and will be featured on the American Made site and on Sirius Radio. Carolina Shuckers is under the design category for the Audience Choice Awards.
From the group of finalists, another round of online voting will determine the grand prize winner, who receives $10,000 to further their business plus a trip for two to New York City for the American Made workshop. Grand prize voting takes place Sept. 17-23.
Vote up to six times per day. Every time you vote, you are registered into a sweepstakes drawing for prizes from Martha Stewart and sponsors.
To vote, go to marthastewart.com/americanmade/nominee/82160. For more information about the business, go to carolinashuckers.com.
Jannette Pippin writes for the Jacksonville Daily News.


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Her two brothers Irakli and Johnny both passed when they were very young, so Flora and her mother came alone to meet with her father, who was awaiting their arrival.
The family soon moved to a Greek neighborhood in Steubenville, Ohio, where they made their home.
"Oh, all the gossip; all the Greeks were gossiping," Galas recalled of the town she grew up in. "We had to be very careful of how we walked and how we talked and all the strangers in the street."
In 1931, Flora met her husband, Christ Galatoulas, who later changed his surname to Galas. The two left Ohio and moved to Manhattan to start a family of their own when she was 18.
Her husband, who passed away in 1975, ran a number of restaurants in Manhattan, including The Tux and The Lucerne.
Galas has lived in her Maspeth home for 61 years, and remembers growing a lovely sour cherry tree and baking cookies for the family on holidays and offering them to the neighborhood boys, who are now married with families of their own.
"You know, you remember when somebody's good to you when you were little," Galas said, sitting at her kitchen table and sipping on a glass of her own homemade cherry wine from 1971.
With a keen sense of humor, sharp memory and eye for good art and opera music, she says she feels much younger than 100.
She vividly recalls when Associated Press reporter John Wallace brought a young boy from Greece to the states for heart surgery and offering to house the boy's family during their stay.
She traveled with Wallace to Washington and met President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who wanted to meet the boy after he recuperated in her home for three weeks following the operation.
"He said, 'Mrs. Galas you did a good thing,'" she remembered Eisenhower telling her in the Oval Office when they met.
She traveled with the boy and his family throughout Washington to see the sites of the Capital, and though eventually he went back home to Greece, they stayed in touch for several years.
Over the years, Galas developed a love for painting and created dozens of personal masterpieces, some which still hang on her walls.
In 1981, she made a good friend in the neighborhood and the two traveled across the world, visiting Europe, Egypt and Israel several times over.
"He wanted me to marry him, but I said no," Galas recalls, laughing at the thought. "I told him, 'I don't want to cook and I don't want to wash. This is better. You have you're house and I have my house.'"
Today, she still reads, cooks and keeps her good wits and a positive attitude.
"I make my own food and everything," she said. When asked what she likes to cook, she is quick to fire back, "whatever you want."
Her children Claire, Christopher, Michael and Penny are all still living and well, often calling to check in on their mother, who in turn checks in on them as well.
"All my children are old," she said with a smile.
"I think that it's wonderful that my mother is this age and knows that she is this old," said Penny, who visits often, "but acknowledges the fact that she has all of her wits too."
When asked about the key to a long life, Flora points to her roots from the Aegean island of Icaria.
"They drink, they live moderately, but they live long," she said. "I have no secret."
Today she still lives in her home in Maspeth, often talking politics with her family, which now includes eight grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren, and remembering the good old days.
On June 22, Flora will celebrate her 100th birthday with them all.
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BAYBORO � Alazia Whitfield shoots a ton of free throws in practice.
BAYBORO � Alazia Whitfield shoots a ton of free throws in practice.
Standing at the charity stripe on Friday, Pamlico�s talented sophomore calmly converted 8-of-9 attempts. Most of them were in the fourth quarter.
Whitfield scored 16 points and pulled down 11 rebounds to lead Pamlico�s girls� basketball team to a 58-36 win over East Carteret in its Coastal Plains Conference opener on Friday in Bayboro.
�I saw a chance to drive and get some free throws. I just made them,� Whitfield said.
The Hurricanes won just one game last season. They already own a 7-3 record, and have their first conference victory.
First-year coach April Rose has put an emphasis in defense.
Pamlico forced East Carteret into 30 turnovers.
�We feel good about this,� Rose said. �This is what we�ve set ourselves up for, to do well in conference. We still missed a lot of lay
ups, but we are getting there.
�We will stay focused and we are going to take it one game at a time.�
The Hurricanes� starting lineup consists of three freshmen and a sophomore, giving Rose plenty of optimism for the next few years.
�Our potential is endless,� she said. �I have two or three kids in middle school that aren�t bad. Our future is bright.�
Freshman point guard Briana Jones scored 14 points � with 10 in the first half. Freshman Laichelle Sparrow contributed eight points and six rebounds, while freshman Nylaa Tutt grabbed five boards.
Jones also had nine steals and six rebounds.
�We have taller people, we have a new point guard and we worked hard over the summer,� Whitfield said.
�Since we are starting young, hopefully by the time I am a senior, we are going to be really good.�
Pamlico jumped out to a 32-10 cushion by halftime. The lead was extended to 24 points after a basket from senior Kenzie Davis with 55 seconds remaining in the third quarter.
East Carteret cut its deficit to 15 points in the final quarter before being outscored, 10-5, the rest of the way.
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Senior Kenya Midgette added eight points for Pamlico, while Davis and Ashley Johnson each netted four.
The Hurricanes won the rebounding battle, 42-33.
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East Carteret (4-6, 0-1 Coastal Plains) was led by LaShaunda Rogers� 17 points. Caroline Yeomans added 14.
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This weekend the Nascar circuit will be racing at Bristol Motor Speedway. The Nationwide race will be run on Friday night and the Sprint cup race will be run on Saturday night. To make things even more exciting, this one's under the stars baby!
Bristol used to be the race of the season to watch. Before they paved the track there was only one groove to run on; to pass a guy you had to lay on the chrome horn and do the "Bump and Run". Since they reconfigured Bristol and changed its banking, it has opened up a second groove which allows the drivers to be able to run a second line and pass more easily. This is great for the drivers but bad for the fans.
Many of the fans would love to bring back the old days of Bristol, the days of Dale Earnhardt Sr. vs Terry Labonte. The two of those guys always seemed to find one another on the track. At the end of the race not one car on the track would have a straight panel on it (back in the day). Tempers would flair, sparks would fly and the term "That's just Bristol!" was born. Maybe Bruton Smith could change it back to the way it was.
Even with the new configuration, the atmosphere at Bristol alone is pure awesome. It's like watching a stock car race in a football stadium. Bristol is completely surrounded by bleachers making it the loudest track on the circuit. So if you plan on sitting in the grandstand at Bristol, you'd better bring some ear plugs.
The noise is so loud at Bristol that, crew chiefs sometimes relay messages by writing notes on a piece of paper and passing them along, because the noise is just too great to communicate.
So if your trapped inside, turn on the tube and catch a great race. Bristol Motor Speedway is always exciting and different from any other track on the circuit.


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Mos wrote:I had the best luck the other night. Seriously collected 2 flawless battle stones in about 5 battles leveling my pets in Townlong Steppes. Granted this was after a few hours of leveling with 2 FFF's and my leveling pet of choice. Always make sure there is a Difficulty bonus, or else no stone will ever drop. Monotony is the key, just turn on some music, zone out and kill every pet battle you can. They will drop eventually......
Mos wrote:Always make sure there is a Difficulty bonus, or else no stone will ever drop.
Dash wrote:Hi all.
I'm still a tad confused about what exactly is the optimal situation for the stones to drop : if I battle 23-25 wild pets with a 25 and 2 other pets below that level, is it still ok, or do I have to have all pets have the difficulty bonus ?
What about farming Arcanic eyes (lvl 17-18 pets) with a level 25 and 2 low levels, do I still stand a chance to see a stone drop ?
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There is no sense of panic at Wigan Athletic despite a defeat that condemns them to a place in the Premier League's bottom three at Christmas. Arsenal's ups and downs are rarely viewed with the same perspective but three successive victories leave Arsène Wenger's side well placed in the league table after a difficult December.
Wenger said Arsenal's performance on Saturday was "more determined than dominant" after Mikel Arteta's 60th-minute penalty secured a win that puts the defeat at Bradford City firmly behind them. "Let's not go overboard," he said. "I believe, as much as we don't have to be over depressed after what happened, we have to keep our feet on the ground and focus on the next game."
"In the end the will was there to win it and the domination was not maybe convincing but we got the three points. It is important in the season that you win these kind of games as well."
An Arsenal defeat is often met with accusations of an effete approach while victories usually spark epithets of eminence. This display was somewhere in between, not a performance of vintage quality but one which demonstrated resilience when under pressure for large parts of the game.
Arteta's winning goal was the result of a challenge on Theo Walcott by Jean Beausejour. Wigan's injuries in central defence persuaded their manager, Roberto Martínez, to line up in a 4-4-2 formation, with Beausejour dropping to left-back, but the Chile international endured a torrid afternoon that was as miserable as the Lancashire weather. Often exposed by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Beausejour's natural attacking instincts left him woefully out of position on numerous occasions.
Oxlade-Chamberlain had the first opportunity of the match but his low shot was palmed away by Ali al-Habsi at the near post. The best chance of the first half fell to Wigan's Arouna Koné following a wonderful pass from Franco Di Santo but, despite running clear of Per Mertesacker, he dragged his finish wide of Wojciech Szczesny's goal.
The referee, Jon Moss, awarded the penalty after an hour in controversial circumstances when Walcott softly went down after minimal contact from Beausejour. Martínez claimed he "bought" the decision but afterwards was optimistic on Wigan's chances of another great escape this season.
"It is not a position that we want to be in but the truth is that in this league you have to fight for every game until the end of the season and that will never change for us," he said. "I don't look at the table until we get to February or March.
"Wigan Athletic is an incredible story, we're in our eighth season in the Premier League and we know what we've got in front of us but we're going to fight like we always do. We'll do it playing good football and playing the right way."
Martínez also confirmed that the Manchester United teenager Angelo Henrique, signed from Universidad in Chile, would be joining the club on loan. "He's a young man and his movement in the box is of a typical scorer," said the Wigan manager. "He needs to adapt to the British game but we are more than happy to be in a journey with him. What we did with Tom Cleverley in the past, it's something very similar."
Koné and David Jones both came close to equalising but Arsenal held strong in the closing stages. Following the postponement of their Boxing Day fixture against West Ham because of a London Underground strike, Wenger now has ample time to prepare for the match at Newcastle United on Saturday.
"I always said the group is very good mentally, that will come out in the end and hopefully we can enjoy that now. Our game is based on movement, technical quality and fluency, that demands confidence so it is very important that we have confidence to play," he said.
"We had some encouraging games and some stuttering ones. Now the team is more settled and the consistency will come out." On his Christmas plans he added with a wry smile: "At the moment we have a lot to do. There is always phone calls in football. I sit down with the family and we'll watch a game during Christmas dinner."
Man of the match Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal)
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Former mayor addresses 'big trouble' in China'
When former city of China Mayor and Councilman John Walker read The Examiner article last week titled "Big Trouble in Little China" (Feb. 23-29 edition, page 10A), he was appalled at the implication his administration was responsible for any of the city's financial woes.
In the Feb. 23 article, China Mayor Pro Tem Edwin Broussard said the city's financial hardship stems partially from an inherited problem due to former City Council panels allowing fiscal responsibility to wane in the years prior to the current board taking over. But, Walker respectfully disagrees.
"When I resigned from there last year," he said, "we had money."
Furthermore, Walker said should the city find itself strapped for funds, citizens should look no further than the leaders currently on the China City Council and Mayor Margaret "Peggy" Harkrider.
"I would like to share a number of facts with you and your readers, which may shed new light on the fiasco they call an administration currently serving in China," Walker said. "While there is much dodging of responsibility by the mayor and council in your article, what they and you fail to mention is that the mayor and some of the council members have been on the council for a number of years. Mayor Harkrider, for example, even served as Mayor Pro-Tem under both my administration and the administration prior to mine. If, in fact, there were financial issues so many years ago, why then were none of those addressed or even spoken of prior to now?"
Harkrider has been a staple on the China City Council, but this is her first run as mayor.
"When I left office," Walker continued to explain, "our budget showed an $80,000 surplus. Every year, council agrees upon a budget and votes to accept it. Every single councilperson has access to that budget all year and reviews every expenditure on a monthly basis. If there were discrepancies in that budget or the expenditure reports, those discrepancies fall to one person and one person alone, the city secretary (Cindy Flores)."
Walker cited other discrepancies in Flores' bookkeeping such as allegedly paying for all of her health insurance with city funds although 50 percent of the insurance premium should come from Flores. Although no official investigation into Walker's allegations has been documented, when confronted Flores did not deny the allegations and former Mayor Butch Sanders confirmed Walker's assertions. Walker added that he had fired Flores prior to his Feb. 2011 resignation from office. According to him, Harkrider (who was Mayor Pro-Tem at that time) overrode his executive decision because he was out of town on a family emergency at the time. Further problems Walker experienced with Flores, he said, were detailed in his resignation letter dated Feb. 24, 2011. However, most of the allegations were directed at current Mayor Peggy Harkrider.
Among the charges lodged against Harkrider in his resignation letter, Walker stated the current mayor was responsible for using "snipping and lies" to oust employees, and said she named many other city workers in "nefarious plots" against herself and Flores.
"But, that February is when all hell broke loose," Walker said. "I got a call from a council member saying she was in fear of her life. I had enough. I didn't have the will or the need to battle these people."
Walker said he resigned the same day he received that call.
"The immature, middle-school, mean-girl tactics," used by Harkrider and Flores were eventually too much to bear, he said. "Evil, it seems, has won the day."Exactly one year after he penned his resignation, Walker spoke with The Examiner to stand behind those words, and to let the community of China know their city leaders might not be looking out for their best interests.
"If there are water and sewer issues, I would submit that – at least in part – they are due to the harassment of our former water and sewer operator (Ed Burrell) by both Mayor Harkrider and Ms. Flores. He was challenged at every turn and both his professional and personal life relentlessly and mercilessly attacked," Walker said. Additionally, he said, "The list of frivolous and capricious expenditures continues."
And while Walker said he has no plans of ever entering back into China politics, he is hopeful others in the community will get involved and take charge of their city before it is run into the ground.
"The responsibility for the city's unnecessary water and sewer user fee hike and any possible property tax lies squarely on the shoulders of those in charge, and no amount of dodging and shirking will change that fact," Walker concluded. "I just hope the citizens can see that."
Harkrider defender her position in the city, and said past city leaders had an ax to grind.
"I'm not surprised at the mudslinging," she said. "I know they are out to get me, but the things they say simply are not true."
The city of China has regular meetings scheduled for the third Tuesday of the month, starting at 7 p.m., at the City Hall located at the corner of Broadway and Lee streets.
Jennifer Johnson can be reached at (409) 832-1400, ext. 231, or by e-mail at jennifer [at] theexaminer [dot] com.


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we flew to LBJ airport with garuda. As divers, we are allowed another 23kgs extra for dive gears per person with garuda, as long as you show your dive card certificate.
LBJ aiport has just been renovated, it is quite modern and convenient to all hotels and resorts. Komodo area is known to be more of backpacker area, where there is only 1-2 luxury resorts or real dive resorts in the area.
If you stay in town lbj, the food is surprisingly good, especially Italian restaurants (meditteraneo or made in italy). The owners even speak italian. It is one of the best italian food outside italy that we have tasted.
If you stay at jayakarta suites hotel in LBJ town, do not eat there. That hotel food is the worse ever. much cheaper and better to take a taxi to go to meditteraneo
Most hotels and motels in labuan bajo (LBJ) town are catered to the casual diver (1 -2 day dive for the whole trip). The boat used in town are usually very big and spacious but very slow. it takes 1-2 hour min each way to go to nice dive sites.
Hence we also booked at komodo resort to be closer to dive sites.
DJI_0319 by luxe miles, on Flickr
Pro of komodo resort:
very close to dive sites
excellent italian food (again, as owner is italian), excellent pizza
nice big boat, slow boats
nice bean bags on top of boats to relax
excellent 4 g cellphone signal
very friendly indonesian staff
it has very strong fan on the ceiling (great for drying clothes or chase away insects)
Cons of komodo resort:
very busy all the time. no personal service
lot of mostiqoes and other biting insects in the island (more than normally at other dive resorts)
slow wifi
european dive masters are usually seen smoking everywhere at all time.
dive only last 30-40 min,
very strict divemasters (non indonesian) that require all to follow in a duck line (even if no currents), they kept banging the tank for your attention almost continuously, very ennoying.
no help for setting or changing tanks from staff or dive guide (guides busy smoking between dives)
Not good for photographers. No rinse tanks. Lots of currents.
DJI_0317 by luxe miles, on Flickr
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conclusion: very convenient resort close to dives sites in komodo. excellent food. "lazy" divemasters. Would i come back? Only if the diving is better managed and more friendly to the photographers. Komodo resort is not catered to serious photographers.
one big pro of komodo area: the komodo dragons! we were so lucky to witness a live hunt and kill of a deer by a komodo dragon. It is very rare to see the hunt and kill live in person, even the national geographic crew that even camped on the island for 3 weeks did not get the shot of the kill.
We were able to get so close and videotaped the kill in glorious HD 3D video, in 3d photo, and in 4k video!
sample of the komodo kill in jpeg (taken from my 3d still camera)
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BUNAKEN OASIS RESORT (bunaken, manado)
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we flew to manado (MDC) with garuda late at night, connecting through bali (DPS). Surprisingly we were picked up at the airport even late at night (10PM) by the bunaken oasis staff at the airport, and taken to a very exclusive boat (only the 2 of us in the boat as guests, super private), and in less then 20 minutes were were at the island bunaken.
We were greeted in the boat with water, fresh cold towel and enjoyed the moonlight trip to the resort. The staff asked and chat with us about our preferences while we were on the boat (we told him we like fresh fruits)
Once at the resort, it seemed like all the staff were there and waiting and greeting us, there were so many staff even late at night on the deck, in the lobby. (we were the only ones checking in at that time). Even the manager faisal and his managers came out and greeted us and... sang us a surprised happy birthday with cake (it was our birthday). They knew it was our birthday and prepared it even before!
The managers then showed us our room and ... fresh fruits were waiting for us in the room!
PROs of bunaken oasis:
- NEW resort ! everything is new!
- the rooms are large and new. it is total luxury with private view of the seas on all villas
- bed is extra comfortable
- there is a hot / cold water dispenser in the room ! we love it! no more asking for extra water, and cold hot on demand! all luxury resort should have it
- food is excellent. the best one one we tried so far from most dive resorts in indonesia (we have been to a few, komodo, misool, wakatobi, siladen etc)
- the dive boats are new, modern, with showers (hot!), and they are fast
- they limit to maximum 4 divers per boat, so lot of space for expensive camera, dive gears (scooters), and to lay on the bench and sleep ! (unlike other resorts where there is 12-15 guest in similar boat, no place to sit, no space for camera). They have a lot of boats.
For the whole week we had a private boat (no other guests as resorts was not fully booked)
- they only want to go dives sites at time and location that is good to avoid other crowds and other resorts ( so you feel like you have your own dive boat and dive site)
- very good dive gears (aqualung) and wet suits for rent at resort
- excellent camera room, the biggest, brightest (we need bright lights for camera set up), and the most "well air conditioned" camera room we have seen so far.
- Diving: staff automatically give you water before and after each dive! (it is like they know what we wanted. Before we always have to reach for our bottle water at other resorts)
- warm fresh face towels and fresh fruits after each dive!
- full diving service: no need to lift any finger : they will carry the heavy expensive camera for you, set up your equipments, change tanks, even analysed the nitrox (with you nearby). The staff even will help you with your dive gears, putting on your fins for you!
- snacks at all time, in the boat, in the lobby, in your room (fruits as we requested)
- automatic service: no need to mention any words, all the staff perform all functions seamlessly and without any hints of attitude!
- excellent spa and bar!
- FREE laundry! yeah! we love free laundry ! fast laundry service.
- not much mostiquos seen.
- 2 kind of slippers provided for free!
- located right in the middle of the bunaken park.
- Plus lot of other pros....
- we were able to take amazing 3d underwater photos and videos
- we wish that there is a strong fan in the ceiling !
- steps... but we did not mind it all all. Keep in mind this bunaken OASIS resort is like the expensive luxury thailand resorts or luxury seychelles resorts: located in the hills and they are designed to have privacy and excellent view at all villas!
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In conclusion, Bunaken OASIS (there is a lot of "bunaken" named resorts) is simply the best dive indonesian resort we have been so far. For sure it is the most luxurious resort in the manado area.
It is like the luxury maldives resort, seychelles, but located in a very good place for diving (manado), but without the maldives prices. We are very hesitant to post any reports about our new find, as we want to keep this place for ourselves ! tell them the 3d guy sent you (as long as we can still book a villa when we go...)
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This year my goal is to get my house in order! You know what I mean, everyone running on a comfortable routine that keeps things moving, but with room to grow.
One of the things I made last summer was this chart, for lack of a better term, for my oldest daughter {3.5-years-old}. She is always asking, "What are we doing next?" "What are we doing today?" "Can I do _____ now?" She is also a huge help with some things if I have the time to train her how as well as reminder her to do them. I'm praying that, with a little consistency on my part, these tools can help our entire household stay in order this year.
Check out the step-by-step process to making and using this routine chore chart as well as FREE PRINTABLES so you can make one for your home simply and easily. I'm sharing all of this over at the homemaker's challenge. While you're over there, you should check out all the other GREAT new years posts! {Homemaker's Challenge F-R-E-E Recipe eBook coming soon!}
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WCSU Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts
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recipient of the William Walton Scholarship and the Hancock Scholarship
Activities: WCSU theatre productions on- and off-stage, community theatre productions, charity theatre/cabaret events on- and off-campus; National Society of Collegiate Scholars member, involved in charity events through church, music/recording, helping out local events when they need a singer, work at Chris's American Restaurant in Brookfield, Conn.
Amy Crupi was accepted into her college of choice in Boston, Mass., but not until the spring semester of her freshman year. She had a decision to make: she could wait and start a half-year later than most of her peers, or take classes in the fall so she wouldn't always be a semester behind. She decided to take her fall classes at WestConn.
"I was actually planning on transferring schools half-way through my freshman year at WestConn to attend Northeastern University to study the music industry," Crupi says. "I had been accepted to start in the spring at Northeastern and decided to start at WCSU right away so that I wouldn't fall behind. When the time came to transfer, I didn't find it realistic to pay almost five times as much a semester when I was getting the same quality education right here at WCSU. It was a wise decision, and I'm thankful it turned out as well as it did."
Crupi says she has always been drawn to two areas in her studies: theatre arts/entertainment and business. "When I was into my junior year, the theatre program came out with the Theatre Arts Management option, and it fit me perfectly," she says. "I get to combine my creative skills and love for the arts with my love for number crunching and the business mentality."
Asked what s he will remember most about her WestConn experience, Crupi says, "My most memorable experience happened out of the country. The theatre department was given the opportunity to perform "Romeo and Juliet" at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland last year. I was fortunate enough to go and perform on a foreign stage and on foreign streets for an entire month. The best part about the trip was that my work as a performer was appreciated by people coming from different cultures and areas of the world. I had done some public relations work as well and was able to sing over the radio a few times. To have my voice heard throughout the hills of Scotland and all around the world is an experience I will carry with me the rest of my life. I am so grateful to have been given that opportunity!"
After graduation, Crupi's plans include taking the time to reflect. "I believe that we were meant to take life one day at a time. Tomorrow is never a guarantee. I have a general direction I would like to go with my life, however I am leaving it up to God to make that choice for me. I see myself working hard after graduation: traveling, performing on a stage/film, experiencing, learning, loving and living."
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The Diary of a Young Girl is one of my favourite books of all time, so the idea of a novelisation of the same events was simultaneously exciting and just a little bit worrying.
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Would the author be sensitive and do justice to these people?
The book was already causing controversy and I wondered how I would feel about it.
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By TEENA DRAKE
Special to The Trimble Banner
When I accepted the Trimble County High/Middle School track & field coaching position I had one assistant coach not returning. Therefore, I wanted to hire the best person for the team—someone who had a good connection with the athletes, a positive role model, excellent motivator, kind, caring, but could push them to do their best and always looking for a multitude of ways to improve their performance. Basically a super star coach!
From staff reports
Trimble County High School's standout catcher, Kayla Baker, has been named to the Eighth Region All Region Softball Team in high school softball. Baker, a 2015 TCHS graduate, will play softball at the collegiate level next year for the Otterbein University Cardinals in Westerville, Ohio.
By DAVE TAYLOR
The Trimble Banner
The Trimble County Lady Raiders diamond girls saw their successful softball season come to a screeching halt in the opening round of the 29th District Tournament last week at North Oldham.
Trimble bowed out of the tournament on the short end of an 8-1 score in a game won by the Oldham County Lady Colonels.
By DAVE TAYLOR
The Trimble Banner
Six members of the Trimble County High School track & field team have qualified to compete in this weekend's Kentucky High School Athletic Association State Meet to be held at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.
"I am extremely proud of their performance," Trimble coach Teena Drake said of the state contenders.
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The Trimble County Lady Raiders closed out their regular season by claiming a 5-2 win over border rival Carroll County while sending their four seniors out in a big way on Senior Night.
Carroll County's Kyra Kane scored a run in the first inning to put the Lady Panthers on the scoreboard. Kane drew a walk, was advanced to second on a fielder's choice ground out, then scored on a single by Mackenzie Hawkins.
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The Trimble County Raiders wrapped up the baseball regular season with a convincing 11-3 win over Eminence in their final home game on Thursday, and a 2-1 defeat of Spencer County in a road game the following night.
The Raiders scattered six hits in the Eminence contest but most came when they could do the most damage after Eminence struggled to contain the Raiders from the mound.
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Functionally, the new Airwalk Quad step-in binding isn't all that different from the product they showed dealers at the Salt Lake City on-snow demo in January. The new Quad, however, is a large jump forward in the all important look and feel department.
The old system had a release cable that made stepping out feel more like winding up a Speak-n-Spell than freeing your boot from a snowboard. Now the cable is gone and in it's place are two levers. Squeeze them and the binding releases.
The new quad also lost it's black plastic housings. Now, with all the metal parts plainly visible, the binding looks more secure and solid, and, well. . . much more like a binding than the old one did. Airwalk has remained close to their original goals: keeping the boot down on the deck, allowing for a normal walking feel, and the binding gets progressively tighter while one is riding.
Luckily, Airwalk has kept the production Quad boot pretty close to the last demo model. The Quad boot features forward lean adjustability and is the best step-in boot I've ridden.
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September 12, 1925 - March 23, 2013
Boynton Beach, FL - Formerly of Woodridge, NY
Herman "Hy" Mednick passed away March 23, 2013 at the age of 87. Hy, formerly of Woodridge, NY was a resident of Boynton Beach, FL, with his significant other, Rita Goldman.
Hy was one of ten children, the son of Celia and Louis Mednick. He was born September 12, 1925 in Woodridge. His fondness for the Catskills of his youth never left him. His Yiddish was fluent. Hy was passionate about basketball, cooking, politics, biographies and the Sunday Times Crossword puzzle. Hy was a World War II veteran and a Purple Heart recipient.
Hy had a long career in the automotive industry, working several decades in Culver City, CA. Before heading west, he owned a hardware store and auto dealership in Monticello.
He is survived by Ms. Goldman; three sisters: Shirley Kantrowitz, Doty Wilson and Toby Schneider; one brother: Phil Mednick; his two sons: Kevin Mednick, of Delmar, NY and Marc Mednick, of Warwick, NY; five grandchildren: Christina, Aaron, Rachel, Sarah and Leah; along with two great grandchildren: Lucy and Leo.
Funeral services will be held today, March 29th at 11 a.m. at the Joseph N. Garlick Funeral Home, 388 Broadway, Monticello. Burial will follow at Congregation Ohave Shalom Cemetery, Marsh Road, Glen Wild, NY.
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New HBO Series 'Family Tree' Begins May 12th
By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 29, 2013
A hilarious new HBO series, Family Tree, makes its debut Sunday May 12th at 10:30 p.m. This new show will be a gut-buster for genealogists. The central character, Tom Chadwick, has a rather unsure sense of his own identity. When he inherits a mysterious box of belongings from a great aunt he never met,... (Read More)


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There's some must-see TV airing Tuesday on PBS. It's Frontline's new documentary "League of Denial." The doc delves into the NFL's response to the inherent danger of brain injuries suffered by its players.
And that got us thinking. In football, players wear pads and helmets to protect themselves... so what about a contact sport with no pads at all?
Like Rugby.
Chris Bockman is a freelance journalist based in Southern France. He covers Rugby for the BBC, and he played it in his younger days.
He's not sure if the concussion rate in rugby is much worse than the rate in football. It's two different games. But rugby is definitely a violent game. That's the attraction, he says. And don't think rugby is safer because of its relative slowness compared to the NFL. It has one key danger: the scrum. It involves 16 players.
"It's kinda like a tug-of-war, only the two sides are pushing against each other instead of pulling," Bockman says. "And when you consider that each player weighs around 220 lbs., you're looking at more than 3,000 lbs. pushing at each other. Heads collide, they can get crushed, and that's when you get some of the concussion and spinal cord injuries."
It's all too true for professional rugby player Alexandre Barozzi. He went into a coma last week during a game due to a head injury. Bockman says the rugby player remains in the hospital and feeling has just returned to the player's fingers and toes. The risk and violence is real.
It's not really a matter of which sport is more or less safe to play. Both are contact sports. Both are dangerous. But it seems only one is taking the issue of concussions seriously. And that sport is rugby.
Bockman says the International Rugby Board (IRB) has changed the rules of the game to make it safer for its players. They've instituted a five-minute rule. It requires a player who may have suffered a possible head injury to spend at least five minutes on the sideline before re-entering the game. Bockman says such rule changes are watching out for the future of the sport.
That future is kids - school kids who want to play the game. And the gatekeepers of participation are parents. They must be comfortable allowing their kids to play rugby.
"I mean, I've seen many mothers of kids who are 11 or 12 terrified, chewing their fingernails down to the bone because they are just scared of their children getting hurt in rugby," he says.
The IRB has extended a clinical study of the sport and possible long term impact of head injuries. A preliminary report says the new rule change will result in about 25 percent more players being removed from the game. It's not in denial about the issue.
Call it a league of acceptance.
*League of Denial airs tonight (October 8th) on PBS stations.


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When the planet Krypton exploded, a lone capsule was launched into space in an effort to save that dying civilization by preserving one young sandwich. Landing in rural Mexico, the young sandwich grew up and migrated to an urban metropolis. Now, when someone calls out in hunger, the unassuming sandwich dawns its cape and tights and turns into one of the best sandwiches in the greater LA metropolis: Super Torta.
In a city of a thousand tortas, Super Torta is one that deserves its name. Located on Alvarado, south of third, Super Tortas does one of my favorite versions of the traditional Mexican sandwich. Traditional Mexican meats, guacamole, lettuce and tomatoes on a fresh, pressed bolillo roll. My favorite is the milenesa, that Latin American version of chicken fried steak. The milensa torta is the perfect combination of salty, crunchy and meaty, the thin, fried patty blending so well with the guac. The ribeye (lomo de res) is also excellent. The pork, usually my favorite of anything, is a bit dry.
I've only tried the Alvarado location but there are two others:
Super Tortas
360 S. Alvarado St.
Los Angeles, CA
(213) 413-7953
7951 Vineland Ave.
Sun Valley, CA
(818) 765-2496
1253 N. Vine St.
Hollywood, CA
(323) 469-8912
Sunday, August 26, 2007
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a...sandwich!
2 comments:
- Bon Vivant said...
I haven't been to Super Tortas for a long time but I must revisit it soon (I used to go to the one on Alvarado).
Have you had Cemitas? It's like a torta but different. They are divine!
- August 28, 2007 at 11:13 PM
- sku said...
Hmmm, I always thought cemita was just another word for torta. What's the difference? And where would I go for good Cemitas?
- August 29, 2007 at 7:56 AM
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CBN.com - What's a Christian
to do with Harry Potter?
It's a wonderful question. And author Connie Neal provides the
most thorough answer you could ever hope for.
If you're like me, what you'd like to do with Harry Potter
falls into the realm of fantasy -- like the stories themselves. I'd
like to live in a world where Harry Potter books have never been written.
I wish the children of America had never heard of this "wizard
in training." And I'd be happy if a major movie about Harry
were not being released this fall.
Unfortunately, none of these things are true, and Harry Potter, whether
I like it or not, is here to stay.
So if you have a child, love a child, or even know a school-age child,
you might be wise to know not just how you feel about Harry Potter,
but why you feel that way.
That's what makes this book so important. Whether you feel that
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moral values or a dangerous introduction into the world of the occult,
it is wise to be able to support that position with a well thought out
argument. To reject the books without having read them or without understanding
them, renders our opinion irrelevant.
But many of us aren't about to take time out of our harried schedule
to read these books. And thanks to this author, we don't have
Connie spent more than a year researching every aspect of this debate.
She looks at the differing opinions of leaders in the Christian faith
and explains why sincere believers can come to opposite views on this
And maybe that's the greatest value of this book. If you've
ever had a conversation with another believer about Harry Potter, you've
probably discovered that it can be a very divisive issue. And division
in the body of Christ can be as dangerous as any affect Harry could
have on children.
So regardless of your opinion about Harry Potter, reading this book
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For that reason alone this book is worth your time.
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Offense falls flat as White Sox drop rubber match
CHICAGO - There wasn't much deep analysis provided by White Sox manager Robin Ventura following Sunday's 5-1 loss to Arizona at U.S. Cellular Field.
Just anger and a promise of something different on the heels of what arguably stands as the team's worst showing out of an encouraging and exciting 39-game start to the 2014 campaign.View Full Game Coverage
CHICAGO - There wasn't much deep analysis provided by White Sox manager Robin Ventura following Sunday's 5-1 loss to Arizona at U.S. Cellular Field.
Just anger and a promise of something different on the heels of what arguably stands as the team's worst showing out of an encouraging and exciting 39-game start to the 2014 campaign.View Full Game Coverage
The first postgame question to Ventura centered on why Chase Anderson (1-0) was so effective in his Major League debut for the D-backs (15-25). Ventura gave credit to Anderson, but not so much where the White Sox (19-20) were concerned.
"He threw well, but it was pretty uninspired by us all the way through," a direct and agitated Ventura said. "It started from the first play of the game and continued on and it stunk, pretty much the whole thing. Hector [Noesi] pitched a heck of a game to at least give us a chance, and everything else stunk. That's pretty much it."
Noesi (0-3) made his third start with the White Sox and has raised his pitch count from 51 to 81 to a career-high 117 on Sunday. He yielded three runs on eight hits, while striking out four and walking three over six innings.
It was the D-backs' first-inning run allowed by Noesi that seemed to ignite Ventura's fire, basically because it never should have scored.
Gerardo Parra opened with what looked like a routine fly ball to Alejandro De Aza in center. De Aza is admittedly more comfortable defensively in left, and it showed on the play as he originally broke back, stumbled and fell as he made his way in and missed the fly ball as he made an attempt from his knees.
Parra raced all the way around to third and scored on Martin Prado's single. A fifth-inning homer from Parra represented the other two runs against Noesi.
"Change-up, slider. Everything was working today. Just one pitch that I missed up," Noesi said. "I love to start. I think I'm getting better every day."
"You know, he gave us a chance," said Ventura of Noesi. "He was around the zone, threw strikes, all that. It's too bad for him. He pitched a good game and nobody else showed up."
An Arizona starting pitcher faced the minimum nine hitters over three innings for a third straight game in this series. For a second straight game, an Arizona starter faced the minimum over four.
Anderson never topped 12 pitches total in any of the first five innings, which is somewhat out of character with the White Sox patient offensive approach this season. In the sixth inning, Moises Sierra took him deep as the culmination of a 12-pitch at-bat. Tyler Flowers followed with a walk, and Anderson was replaced by Joe Thatcher, who retired Conor Gillaspie on a grounder to second baseman Aaron Hill with the tying runs in scoring position.
"Definitely the key, fastball command early, being able to flip my curveball for strikes when some guys were sitting on the fastball and threw my changeup for a strike and a strikeout," Anderson said. "So command of all three of my pitches was great today."
"Congratulations to him on a great first day. It was a big day for him, I'm sure, so congrats to him. We'll just move on," said White Sox captain Paul Konerko of Anderson. "He was hitting his spots. A good pitch is a good pitch. It doesn't matter who it comes from or if it's his first start or whatever. He threw the ball great."
Miguel Montero's two-run homer in the ninth off of Frank Francisco, who made his White Sox debut, finished off the scoring. Montero connected with Paul Goldschmidt on first, after Goldschmidt reached on first baseman Adam Dunn's fielding error. The drive to right also came on Francisco's 42nd pitch in his second inning of relief with Scott Downs warming up in the bullpen.
Konerko's double play grounder in a pinch-hit role against Oliver Perez ended the game, giving the White Sox three losses in four games and a 1-6 mark in three-game series this season. It also set the stage for Ventura's frustration.
"They were just flat, couldn't get anything going," Ventura said. "Something is going to happen. I don't know what yet, but something."
When asked if that something dealt with lineup changes, Ventura responded with "maybe."
"Just in the way you treat them and everything else," Ventura continued.
Despite Sunday's forgettable performance, the White Sox have survived a run of key injuries and are getting healthier. Both Adam Eaton and Chris Sale figure to leave on Minor League injury rehab assignments this week, and they both could be back in action by the end of May.
Ventura's comments simply might have been a not-so-gentle reminder that what happened last year won't be tolerated with the White Sox in '14, regardless of whether the team wins 75, 85 or 95. And he certainly wasn't trying to take away from Anderson's impressive debut.
Whatever the reasons, after missing Saturday's game to attend his daughter's college graduation from Oklahoma State, Ventura certainly wasn't in a celebratory mood Sunday.
"I don't think it's lack of effort," Flowers said. "We did seem a little, I guess lethargic could be the word. I couldn't tell, I really don't know. The guy did a good job shutting us down.
"Next time I guess we need to pick up a little more rah, rah or something; that ought to keep everybody motivated and going. But again, we didn't quit on that game or anything. That guy did better than we did."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin.


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A reflective and haunting solo piano piece. It alternates slow and slightly faster paced parts while keeping it quiet and melodic.
It includes two more impersonal loop versions.
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Celebrate every occasion with 7″ Baby Blue Square Plates. Unique disposable plates work beautifully for baby showers, Easter gatherings, Oktoberfest events, picnics, and pool parties. Use these attractive paper plates anytime you need a fast and easy cleanup!
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Samsara – a Sanskrit word meaning "the ever turning wheel of life," serves as the point of departure for the filmmakers as they search for "the elusive current of interconnection that runs through our lives," according to information from the Utah Film Circuit. The screening, part of a monthly series in Moab, is made possible through a collaboration between the Utah Film Circuit and the Grand County Public Library.
Filmed over a period of almost five years and in 25 countries, "Samsara" transports explores sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial sites, and natural wonders. The film includes no dialogue. Rather, director Ron Fricke weaves images and music to "illuminate the links between humanity and the rest of nature, showing how [the human] life cycle mirrors the rhythm of the planet," according to information from the film's website. "By dispensing with dialogue and descriptive text, "Samsara" subverts our expectations of a traditional documentary, instead encouraging our own inner interpretations inspired by images and music that infuses the ancient with the modern."
In "Samsara," Fricke and producer Mark Magidson expand on the themes they developed in the films "Baraka" (1992) and "Chronos" (1985), to explore the "wonders of the world from the mundane to the miraculous," and examine "the unfathomable reaches of man's spirituality and the human experience," according to the website.
The film, which is described by the filmmakers as "neither a traditional documentary nor a travelogue, was photographed entirely in 70mm film and features standard frame rates and the use of a motion control time-lapse camera that "allows perspective shifts to reveal extraordinary views of ordinary scenes," according to the film's website.


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Arthur Desmond (c. 1859 – 26 January 1929) was an English revolutionary, poet, philosopher and author, most famous for being the likely author of the incendiary work Might is Right.
Rival Caesars (1903)Edit
- Co-written with Will H. Dilg under the joint pseudonym Desmond Dilg
- The reason there are no great poets and writers now is because there are no great deeds or heroes to write about. The world is becoming tame and sad and dreary.
- Why should a man deliberately encircle his mind with needless prison walls. No man can reach highest excellence who puts limits to his own thought.
- It can postpone death, cure disease, release the captive, bring sight to the blind, clothe the naked, feed the hungry, destroy the despot, win the love of women, and procure all reasonable earthly happiness to any man who is not entirely too old. In course of time perhaps it may even resurrect the dead, create life and storm the very gates of heaven, for money is force and force is the essence of the universe.
- Women have ever been the stumbling block and betrayers of ambition.
- Women find little pleasure in the society of women.
- Most women you know are very much interested in the man who is reputed to be deeply admired by other women.
- Those three divine attributes of a perfect woman: goodness, beauty and wealth.
- There is no field of activity for great men without the coming of great wars, great struggles and great revolutions.
- Why do men go to war? Is it not in some way to better their condition. All these new fangled notions that men fight for other things than their own personal advantage is pure delusion. It is the solid things of life that men are ever after, though some of them haven't the courage to admit it. What is love of country but love of it's good things?
- Now what I desire to know is this: If we want to shoot a man and he badly wants to shoot us, why should we not take his property (if we can) as well as his life? Isn't that the way men win a 'fatherland' first? Don't they fight and conquer the original owners and then take the land? Very well then, what is the good of being a soldier, of risking your life, and being a brave man in battle, if you cannot sieze from your beaten enemy, what your greater valor wins and what you stand badly in need of?
- What does it matter whether millions of semi-brainless beings curse or bless my memory? It is equally one to me whether they hang my bones in chains like they did the bones of Cromwell, or build a pyramid of stone over my mouldering coffin. Today only do I regard. Today I know. Today is mine. Today I wish to be something.
- Good or bad I propose to be something great!
- Two things greater
Than all things are;
And the first is love
And the second is war.
- From Rudyard Kipling, The Ballad of the King's Jest; quoted in the opening of Rival Caesars


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So... After getting his first Solderlesson from master Fish_ junk was ready to try something new! After realizing his room was a pretty dark place (not only because of the huge amounts of dust!) he decided to create a lamp for his room. He saw a Philips lamp in the shop and thought that it would be possible to create one himself & also a lot cheaper!!
so here's a little photosession of junk's work:
Some simple wood to stick the LED's on!
Some power just for testing purposes... final set will be hooked up to a 3V outputting adapter
Yes You have to stay sharp while working!!
It will be 7 layers thick in the end!
And yes it's turned on!
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Only the day after is started this project I came to the conclusion that I did it totally wrong! Instead of sticking the leds on thin wood I should have drilled holes thru the wood and sold them! This would have saved ALOT of time! Now i had to stick the leds onto the wood, sold them, get all the wooden strips together. If i had just drilled holes thru some wood it would have saved me the trouble of sticking it all together and make some hard connections. Ahwell I guess you have to start and try stuff in order to learn. Next time I will think twice before I start another project.