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More symbolism that I glanced over after re-reading some older episodes. While dining or having lunch Battler and Maria eat opposite to each other. Battler uses white clothing and is also one of two characters to have a cross in his clothing. Maria sitting opposite to him also has a crown with a cross in her head and uses black clothing.
e- Actually Kyrie also has a cross in her clothing and she has dark clothing as well. Interesting!
e2- Then again her's is red, the truth? A herring? Also if you spin battler around and look at him upside down the part of his coat where the cross is looks like a crown.
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|2010-11-16, 09:50
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Muffin hands could, however, explain the extreme force of Krauss's punches.
|2010-11-16, 10:49
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You know guys, I was thinking about the similarities in Battler's and Lion's situations in EP4 and EP7 respectively. Both of them were told that the woman they thought to be their mother wasn't actually their mother. This information was quite a blow to them. Especially to Battler, who erased himself.
Either way, in addition to this, I remember the 2 Beatrices from EP4. Back in the day, many people used to talk about this, but it seems it's been sort of forgotten by now. I was thinking, could there be any connection between the 2 Beatrices and Zepar and Furfur.
|2010-11-16, 11:39
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But meh, that's probably insane trying to see too much, I just really hate the idea of Beato-2 having given birth. Unless of course her whole story with Rosa is a lie... but that's another thing.
|2010-11-16, 13:39
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It's unfair to Kinzo to accuse him of all that stuff, basically. Of all the characters in the overall fiction, he is the most heavily fictionalized (on account of only ever appearing in what amounts to biased sources) and the most inconsistently characterized. Being dead, he can't even appear as a piece to defend himself "as himself." We have no fewer than a half-dozen or so portrayals of Kinzo, and no genuinely reliable portrait of him. Worse, we're outright told he's a complex figure, so even if there's elements of truth to all the portrayals, none of them are necessarily perfect.
He is easy to scapegoat. But Beatrice's behavior should already have us leery of scapegoating people. Especially people who can't defend themselves.
|2010-11-16, 14:28
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Note to self, need to re-read Episodes 1 and 2. It's been too long.
My point about the "Maria Ushiromiya" signature is still valid though.
Somehow, I can sort of see Beatrice-2 being hopped up on painkillers and mindnumbers so she never realized she was knocked up at any point.
|2010-11-16, 14:37
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I guess there's a lot more too. We were told he was deep, for instance, by Genji. Genji who said the master was so intelligent and sometimes he couldn't grasp his thoughts... but in truth he's not even really loyal to Kinzo and is the one manipulating him with the whole Shkanon thing.
Ever since arc 7 it's hard to see Kinzo as anything more then a bipolar emo compulsive drunkard with a lot of luck. Unless everything is a lie, but ... I'm not buying that.
|2010-11-16, 15:28
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Regarding Kinzo, I think things should probably be seen from a different angle. Indeed, he pulled a lot of shit back in the day. He had the Italians killed, he probably got rid of part of his family (they're nowhere to be seen), and he had a child with his daughter. And that's pretty much shit, but I think that, rather than trying to turning him into a saint by overlooking the info we've got or plainly rejecting it, I think the point is to look at the current situation.
Kinzo pretty much became a miserable man and he did try to find some degree of forgiveness from Beatrice. That's probably why we usually saw him crying in those fantasy scenes and the reason why in Lion's world he held that funeral for Beatrice.
As for Zepar and Furfur being Shannon and Kanon, I'd have agreed easily by EP6 and I still sort of do, but after the whole unknown gender for Yasu/Lion, I wonder if there's more to it.
However, the biggest "transformation" was Beatrice, who went from a powerful, calculating amazing witch, to so servant, who is not really well up in the head, has some issue with its body, and has a dubious sex.
|2010-11-16, 16:01
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As for the two Beatrices...it's just Meta-Beatrice talking to Board-Beatrice. It's not all that weird, considering.
|2010-11-16, 17:23
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Going a little off topic here, but concerning the scene where Shannon turned android on Will when they first talked to each other, I think that the reason why Shannon and Kanon can't appear together is that it might create some form of paradox. Such as in EP5 during the letter scene, they appeared at the same time and Erika couldn't wrap her head around what caused the knocking sounding and the letter's appearance.
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I'd say Beatrice's behaviour is probably the biggest hint. Her motivation seems to be to take Battler and keep him all to herself forever (after all, what happened last time she let him out of her sight?). That's one possibility.
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Zepar and Furfur can be used as evidence for it as well I think, but it was mostly based on the two beatrice's in episodes 4 and 6.
|2010-11-17, 13:23
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Just reposting most points of my Battler never came back on Rokkenjima theory for linking purpose.
Battler never came back on Rokkenjima Prime theory
- The stories were written either before Rokkenjima Prime or after in the case of later arcs,. In neither scenario does Battler's presence or having him really returned to Rokkenjima necessary.
- Mentions in arc 2 that Beatrice is going to turn Battler into her furniture. By what we know about furniture by now it seems hard to see it as something else then "I'll make you a character in my story and do whatever I want with you."
- Meta-Ange in arc 4 exactly says that she isn't the real Ange, isn't the daughter of her parents or the sister of her brother. She is aware that she's only a piece in a story by that point in short. The same thing answers Battler's identity crisis. The real Battler is really Asumu's son, the one we've seen is only a character.
- Battler is too idealized, clearly imagined by the eyes of someone who loves him. He even looks like a Kinzo lookalike. He's charming, tall, loved by everyone, a bit too perfect in the eyes of a lover. He's more or less a champion of morals by trying to defend everyone from being a culprit as well.
- Future Ange in arc 4 mentions more then once how she wished Battler would hurry up and make up with Rudolph, but she never actually mentions that he did come back.
- Battler is the detective of the story. In arc 5-6-7 the detectives, Erika and Will, most certainly weren't on Rokkenjima Prime. The same goes most likely for Battler.
- Arc 7 he is so almost not there that he can be considered almost an apparition or a temporary vision that someone had.
- The Meta World is actually Yasu's mind. Meta-Battler's reactions in arc 1-2-3-4 at the very least are nothing but Yasu's imagined reaction of having Battler reads her stories. Arc 5-6's meta-world is like the real Battler's mind as he challenges the stories and arc 7's small bits of meta world are likely Ange's mind.
- Repeatedly said that it's possible that Battler returned to Ange. That seems only possible at all if he didn't go. A scenario where Battler remained hidden on the island while Eva was rescued and then somehow left in secret is getting too absurd.
- The single witness that Battler actually went to Rokkenjima is Kawabata, however Battler never actually directly met him in most arcs, his testominy might be based on reading the letters themselves.
- Batter's sin has a much bigger impact if he never actually came back. By arc 7 we know that even if he doesn't come back the murders occurs so it also seems to support that he never really did come back.
- Many theories already existing that sugget Amakusa Juuza might be Battler. Interesting enough Battler hates his name and we've never been told Asumu's last name. However that's arguably quite another debate.
- Thematically Arc 8 should answer arc 4's question of "who is Battler". Should expect a bigger revelation to be behind that then "Battler is Kyrie's son". About Kyrie being the mother, everyone used to complain about how it was impossible to mistake such a thing but gradually decided to accept it was a Ryukishi mistake. I do not believe it was a mistake nor a crazy scenario. There's only one real Battler, Asumu's son, the other is a character in Yasu's stories/mind.
A few screenshots that might be worth seeing as well.
Ange 1
Ange 2
Ange 3
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|2010-11-17, 14:56
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Though in general the idea is totally awesome and I like most of these points, but I think the "Battler is Asumu's son, but the Red can't be said because he's imaginary" thing would be a total copout that would be just as bad, if not worse, than using Shkanon to dodge death reds.
|2010-11-17, 15:12
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The story wouldn't make any sense if Battler didn't go back. EP7 outright states that the real tragedy happened because Battler came back and not because Battler forgot his promise.
If Battler didn't actually come back, then in Rokkenjima prime there's actually no tragedy at all! Or the whole deal of "Battler came back = tragedy" is nothing but Yasu's delusion, which would make me wonder what the hell is the point of the metaworld if it's totally disconnected from the real world.
Your points do not seem very sound to me, I'm not going in details, but how the incompetent Battler became an idealized Battler?
I won't deny that Battler has many good points, but it's only to be expected from the main character. He has however a lot of evident flaws, if you don't see them you have a biased perspective.
|2010-11-17, 15:23
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@ Aura Guess I should mention in it I made this theory originally out of twisting the possibilities of Shkanontrice's red dodging, in other words it's half a joke theory, but to me many things seems to point out to it so I wouldn't be very surprised.
Jan, lol, I see Battler's flaws but I don't remember saying he was perfect. There's a difference between an idealized Battler and a perfect Battler. I'm basically saying he's a Battler seen through the lens of someone in love with him.
We know from arc 4 that the first message bottle was sent in the sea days before the Rokkenjima incident. Had Battler came back to the island by then? No. Yet the arc still exists, and in it it tells of a tragedy that occurs. Also the idea that the message bottles were written in mere days is somewhat ridiculous.
|2010-11-17, 18:10
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Red can be used to discuss two different things with the same name; Battler advances this very idea in the same episode and it has yet to ever be specifically countered other than specific instances of "this name is exclusive to x." We have a clear instance in which we are told the following information, roughly:
We don't have to like that, but Beatrice makes it plain as day that it's possible to use red to discuss different people, and if so, the only reason we've come to believe that "Ushiromiya Battler" is not Asumu's son is because the one we actually see isn't. But we've never seen a Battler who isn't BATTLER or fiction-layer Piece Battler. Logically, none of them are the "real" Ushiromiya Battler, in the sense of a flesh and blood person. Accepting that, can we readily call Usagi's interpretation a "cop out?" Ryukishi would point to it is from Ushiromiya Asumu that Ushiromiya Battler was born and say "I said it right there plain and obvious; it was your misinterpretation, not my evasiveness, that led you to that conclusion."
Counterpoints: Battler asks Beatrice if the murders would have been prevented had he never returned; Beatrice clams up and is evasive. Bernkastel suggests to Lion and Ange that the murders would happen in a world with no Yasu and no returned Battler. You're right that contradictory evidence is presented (and it's even stated that Battler's timing for returning could have affected the outcome, which would seem to make no sense if he didn't). However, that suggestion is itself met by suggestions to the contrary.
One could read this as "if Battler came back... if... but he's not, so I'll finally resolve myself to cause the tragedy I wanted him to save me from."
|2010-11-17, 22:13
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Or was his coming back and the Rokkenjima Tragedy a correlation?
This is important because it could be:
Something else (i.e. say, someone's plans) --> Rokkenjima Tragedy AND Battler coming back.
In this case, it could be that if Battler doesn't come back then a Rokkenjima Tragedy occurs, but maybe in a vastly different way that we've never seen in the stories before.
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Worst anime you've watched?
Girls Bravo.
That shit became just porn at around episode 10.
Why is Monica Rial voicing Sakura in the dubs of Tsubasa Resevoir Chronicles?!
Personally I have never like ANY of the big three, (One Piece, Naruto and Bleach) and I HATE Kuroshitsuji (I swear I'm the only one who does), the plot just seems dumb and some people I know ruined it for me anyway...But there haven't been any worst I've watched, because most stuff I find by accident and end up loving.
"I love all history because it's storytelling."-Natalie Dormer
Rave master and HSD Kenichi
great read as mangas something went horribly wrong in the transition to anime
I'd have to say Kaze no Stigma. The show started off enjoyable, but just developed into a nightmare somewhere around episode 7. They added fairies, human role playing games, panty shots, incest, and killed off the one likable female character the episode after she was introduced!
Then there's Idomaster Xenoglossia which was a complete and total disaster. It had yuri (which wasn't all that bad, but some of the parings were shit) , human x mecha relationships, incest with parent and child, and a dude with helmet hair. Oh yeah...
The only good thing about it was the animation.
I don't think that there were any animes that I thought were bad. Although there were a lot of ones with the same plot.
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Actually I only saw the ending if school days. It being morally corrupt teaches people a lesson. I didn't really like fruits basket because it was so borriiinngg! And the ending made no sense, plus I only liked 2 or 3 of the characters. So scratch school days, I didn't really see it but the ending at least made sense, plus I can't really say I saw the entire series.
Seriously, it wasn't that good. Though I might get started on ouran
haha I watched the first and last episode of School Days only, messed up show! You should watch Ouran, it's so funny
Oh ? I suppose I should watch it. So what is your impression on the disappearance
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Oh ? I suppose I should watch it. So what is your impression on the disappearance
I really liked it Thank you for that link!
hmmm i actually don't have an anime i dislike
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... definitely school days
School Days was a perfect show IMO =\
It started off so innocent, and then things started spiraling out of control until there was no turning back. The main character was obviously a huge asshole, but every character in that show, whether you love them or hate them, is very human. They took it to an extreme, but seriously crap like that HAPPENS in real life. Was it boring at the start? yes. Did I want to slap around the main character for 3/4 of the show? yes. Was it a good show? absolutely. You really need to look deeper in to the characters and the events that go on in that show, there was a lot there and I thought about that show for days after watching the end and I kept remembering more little things that added to how well-made that show truly was.
All that said, my top 2 worst shows:
White Album (if you hated school days, you will probably want to murder the people who created this one)
elfenlied sucks , even if i watch a litttle of it
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Dragon ball Z sucked. It just kept going and going and going. It took them freaking 5 episodes to level up. Once they leveled up, 2 more episodes of them staring at each other, then another 10 episodes to level up AGAIN. The fuck?! >:[
Dragonball was okay. But DragonballZ...never again will I watch it >:[
I agree, I enjoyed Dragon Ball but DBZ annoys me for that very reason
among my least favorites are
Bleach [from the bount arc and up the show got boring and I lost interest]
Naruto [ annoying characters and more boring than bleach ]
Fushigi Yugi [ Miaka!, Tamahome! Miaka! Tamahome! for nearly 50 episodes ]
Eureka Seven
In my aesthetic
Ghost Hound (I coudn't really get into it...)
Dragonball Z
Basically the ones that they show on American TV a lot are overrated in my opinion(except Ghost Hound)
I found Dragonaut pretty terrible. I honestly can't remember what the hell is was about it, but I guess it's better that way.
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While looking through their website last week I noticed Elegant Tiramisu Cookies. Otherwise known as, cookies that had mascarpone cheese in them. We all know how that I have an unnatural love for mascarpone cheese, so I was all over these! And they did not disappoint.
I really love just the cookies themselves and don't think that you have to go the extra mile if you don't want and make them into sandwiches. But of course, if you do, whenever you are adding more mascarpone cheese to anything, you are by definition making it better. 😉 There was a chocolate layer that I skipped (I know, clearly there is something wrong with me…oh yeah, I'm lazy) and I went with just sprinkling powdered sugar and cocoa powder on the filling instead.
I am seriously considering making these be my cookies for cookie exchange this year. So yummy, and quite unique. If you are not a tiramisu lover, there are several holiday cookie recipes (as well as a ton of recipes in general) over on the Domino site. If they are all as good as these cookies were then I may be making everything off of that site!
Hope everyone had a nice American Thanksgiving. I promise I will be around more in the coming weeks.
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¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon *Domino® Granulated Sugar, divided
½ tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
4 oz mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
1 egg
½ tsp powdered espresso powder
2 tsp coffee liqueur
1 ¼ cups plus 2 TBSP all-purpose flour
1 tsp cream of tartar
½ tsp baking soda
¼ salt
4 oz mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
3 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
1/3 cup *Domino® Granulated Sugar
1 tsp coffee liqueur
To sprinkle:
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Combine 1 tablespoon sugar and cocoa in small bowl; set aside. Beat cheese and remaining sugar until fluffy. Add egg, espresso powder and coffee liqueur. Stir together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt in small bowl; gradually add to cheese mixture; beat until well mixed.
Drop by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets (I chose to pipe mine out for more consistency). Sprinkle with sugar/cocoa topping. Bake 10-12 (I only went 9 on mine) minutes until lightly browned. Remove from cookie sheets while warm. Cool on wire rack.
For the filling:
Using a stand mixer, or a bowl and electric beaters, beat together the mascarpone and cream cheeses, about 3 minutes. Add sugar and coffee liqueur, and beat for an additional 2 minutes.
In a small bowl, sift together powdered sugar and cocoa powder.
Spread cheese filling on bottom half of cookies (I used a piping bag). Sprinkle with powdered sugar and cocoa powder mix. Top with the remaining half of cookies and press together to make sandwiches. Store in refrigerator.
Makes about 2 dozen cookies
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Some kingly history behind Prince George's name
LONDON (AP) — In choosing to call their first child George Alexander Louis, Prince William and his wife, Kate, selected a first name steeped in British history.
While "George" means farmer and earth worker — not trades typically associated with U.K. royals — it has been borne by six British kings, four of whom served in a row.
Below, a look at the British monarchs called George who preceded the 2-day-old prince now third in line to the throne.
GEORGE I: The German-born, first king of Britain from the House of Hanover — which provided six British monarchs — acceded to the throne in 1714. The king — who spoke German, French and a little English — ruled until his death in 1727.
GEORGE II: Initially unpopular, George II gained greater respect as his reign lengthened. He was the last British king to fight alongside his soldiers, at the age of 60. Because his oldest son had died, George II's grandson inherited the throne upon his death in 1760.
GEORGE III: Upon succeeding his grandfather, George III became the third Hanoverian monarch and the first to be born in England and use English as a first language. He ruled for nearly 60 years, during which time the American colonies declared independence. Once George III became mentally unfit to rule, his eldest son acted as Prince Regent from 1811. The monarch died in 1820.
GEORGE IV: Prior to assuming the throne, George IV secretly and illegally married a Roman Catholic. He later married Princess Caroline of Brunswick, who he tried unsuccessfully to divorce after assuming the throne in 1820. He was known as much for his marriage difficulties as for his interest in art. His only legitimate child died in childbirth, so the crown went to his brother upon his death in 1830.
GEORGE V: He assumed the throne in 1910, and made hundreds of visits to troops and wounded servicemen during World War I. His legacy also includes starting the sovereign's annual Christmas Broadcast — a tradition that began in 1932. He died one year after celebrating his silver jubilee, leaving his son Edward to take the throne.
GEORGE VI: The father of Queen Elizabeth II was the most recent King George, memorably portrayed in the Oscar-winning film "The King's Speech." His first name was actually Albert, but he selected George — his fourth name — to use as sovereign in honor of his father, George V, and to create stability and continuity in the monarchy following the abdication of his brother, Edward VIII.


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This is an easy one.
Being crunched for time in the cupcake madness last weekend... I couldn't do everything from scratch.
Ran to the local country store... and I had one kind of cake to choose.
A fudge marbled box cake mix.
SO to soup it up I grabbed a package of Oreos.
Because when in doubt. Oreos. Always Oreos.
Fudge Marbled Cookies and Cream Cupcakes:
For the cake:
1 box of marbled cake mix
1 package of double stuffed Oreos
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Mix in half of your Oreo crumbs into the vanilla cake part.
Pour into cupcakes liners, and dollop the fudge mix on top. Give it little swirl with your spoon.
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2 packages of cream cheese at room temperature
1 cup of heavy whipping cream
4 cups of powdered sugar
1/2 package of double stuffed Oreos pullsed into crumbs
In the bowl of your electric mixer whip your heavy cream until soft peeks form. Add in your cream cheese and whip until they are combined. Mix in powdered sugar on medium/low speed. Wiping down the sides of the bowl as needed to ensure everything is evenly mixed. Fold in Oreo crumbs.
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probably to late with this but I think the tribes are determined by what color bag or whatever that is that the monk is giving them? I picked predetermined at 37% bonus but that was before I saw this but still don't know the correct answer How are the initial tribes seeded? (30 points) The tribes are predetermined One or more Survivors make the selections By random draw By local Chinese leaders Based on the results of a challenge Some other way
Are we SURE there is no kidnapping??Not too late to change mine!
Changed with 1 minute to go--I sure hope Peih-gee doesn't get kidnapped!
Well crud! No one really introduced themselves so I am sure I pretty much got a big goose egg. sorry team
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Georgetown experienced widespread flooding Monday evening when heavy rains from Hurricane Sandy caused the town's stormwater system to back up throughout town.
Georgetown experienced widespread flooding Monday evening when heavy rains from Hurricane Sandy caused the town's stormwater system to back up throughout town.
But by late Tuesday morning, most of that water had subsided, allowing town crews to begin clearing the streets of tree limbs and other debris.
"I think we had everything pretty much back in shape by the afternoon," Georgetown Public Works Director Bill Bradley said Tuesday evening. "The flooding was bad overnight, but I'd say we really dodged a bullet thanks in part to the preparation we did clearing our storm drains ahead of time and the hard work of our fantastic, dedicated crew cleaning up afterward."
Hurricane Sandy dumped more than 10 inches of rain on Georgetown in a span of 36 hours, according to the latest unofficial tallies from the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, N.J.
The Sussex County Emergency Operations Center said the storm also brought wind gusts of up to 75 mph, although sustained winds were less than initially predicted.
Bradley, an employee of Georgetown for 28 years, described the storm as moderate and not nearly as damaging as snow storms of years past.
"I think I've seen every type of storm possible and compared to some others we've had, this one was fairly easy," he said.
What did cause a problem, however, was the town's storm drains, which divert rain water to a system of ditches that feed into the Nanticoke River and the Millsboro Pond.
"Those tax ditches were created years ago, originally by farmers who used them to move water off their ag land, and have since been taken over by the state," Bradley said. "They're not really equipped to handle the amount of water from a storm like this, because once the river and pond fill up, the water starts back flowing in the opposite direction, which quickly creates a problem."
It's that backflow that forced as much as a foot of water out of storm drains and manholes onto roadways, like Edward, Franklin, James , Adams, Race and Laurel streets, as well as areas of Cinderberry Estates.
Strong winds also caused some problems, particularly with downed trees.
Linda Wolfe said a pine tree outside her home at the corner of North Bedford and Pepper Streets fell into some power lines sometime after 7 p.m.
"I was on the computer and my husband was watching TV when we heard a popping sound from it knocking the electricity out," she said. "The Georgetown police were here right away checking to be sure we were okay. I think we were really lucky it fell the way it did and not into our house."
The fallen tree caused residents on the north side of Georgetown to lose power until at 12:30 p.m. Residents on the south side of town also lost power for about three hours on Monday, although the exact cause was not immediately known.
The downed trees and fallen limbs were good news for a least one person in Georgetown.
Randy Gooner of Randy's Tree Service on Dupont Boulevard said he'd written up close to 15 estimates on tree and limb removals by 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
"I only saw about three uprooted trees that fell into houses or garages, while the rest were mostly dead stuff that broke off in the wind," he said. "But, all in all, I'd say it's been a pretty busy day."
- Schools in the Indian River School District, as well as Sussex Technical High School, will remained closed Wednesday.
- Gov. Jack Markell removed the Level 1 driving warnings across the state as of 5 p.m. Tuesday, though he warned the public to remain cautious of closed and flooded roads in some parts of the state.
- While Markell removed the state of emergency in New Castle and Kent counties, it remains in full effect in Sussex County, requiring the continued evacuation of areas or communities not cleared by emergency officials. Sussex residents who have questions about whether their community has been cleared can contact the Sussex Emergency Operations Center at (302) 856-7366.


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Work, work, work… that's pretty much what I've been up to the last 6 months. Between moving the shop and trying to get the webstore ready we haven't had time for much else. Now that things are a little more stable we felt it was time for a "man" trip to the desert for campfires, hotboxing and skateboarding. Below is a photo recap of our journey to Borrego Springs. All photos by: Sundays-Fundays, Brian Evans (the good ones) and Alf Alpha.
Waldo Diaz jammin' on the pole while others eat the best burgers ever.
Johnny Hilgren
TanMan, Tall Can and Bread.
Jake "UB" Devine and his pup.
Borrego Springs Skate Park. If you ever plan on visiting this place do yourself a favor (and the local cops) and rent it out. Best thing to do is get a group of friends to go in on it ($100 for 3 hours) and give he Boys and Girls Club a call a few days beforehand. Otherwise you'll be visiting there again soon for your court date.
Melting hearts everywhere…
Time to head to our camping spot provided by our Kr3w/Supra/Deathwish/Baker/Brigada/Skate Mafia/Poler/Black Label/Shake Junt rep, Steve Clair. Thanks man!
Slight detour.
Alan was scared stupid.
Home, sweet home for the night.
It's kind of hard to tell but it was super windy all night. Kind of put a damper on things for a few of us. The rest of the crew was too out of it to notice I think.
I didn't really sleep much that night. The wind was brutal. We decided to pack everything up and were out of there by 6:30am.
No trip is complete without a video. Check out this montage Jake Leger made.
Also, if you're super bored and have Instagram check out hastag #epiborrego. Most of the team took photos during the trip and you can find them there.


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A First-Day Batting Average for Obamacare
Officials say millions tried to enroll through the new health care exchanges, but it's unclear how many did. MarketWatch's Jen Wieczner reports. Photo: Getty Images
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Greece may be a small country, but its vote this Sunday may be the most important in the world this year.
While the June 17 election is not directly billed as a referendum on Greece paying its debts and staying in the euro, its might as well be. If no party wins enough votes to form a coalition, as with the last vote, then the Greek situation may very well remain as it is now – a jumbled mess of no real leadership, no real plan and perhaps no real way to stay a member of the euro zone economic family.
Though seemingly complicated, this Greek drama is actually quite simple. In a nutshell:
- Greece could run out of cash to pay its bills by the end of this month, thus...
- Greece needs a bailout, however...
- Greece likely can't get a bailout without agreeing to tough economic oversight (aka "austerity"), and...
- Greece can't agree to anything without a majority coalition government, but...
- Greece doesn't have a majority coalition government, thus...
- Greece needs a majority coalition that wields the necessary power to push an austerity/bailout plan through.
All sounds fairly simple, until you recognize that the 300-member Greek parliament requires control of at least 151 seats to form a coalition, and right now there is no single party expected to win anywhere close to that number.
One final quirk of Greek politics, which may actually be the saving grace: the political party that wins the most votes automatically receives 50 more 'bonus' seats.
With all this in mind, here's a (hopefully) easy scorecard for you to play along with at home on Sunday.
- BEST FOR THE MARKETS: A New Democracy win with enough Pasok support to gain 151 seats in parliament.
Both of these parties generally support the bailout and austerity measures, want to remain in the euro zone and are most likely to play well with others (namely the Germans). It's 'generally support' because no one in Greece is terribly enthused about any of the harsh terms imposed by the so-called "troika" (European Commission, ECB, and IMF), but if these parties garner enough votes to form a ruling coalition it should greatly ease market uncertainty, at least for a while. Bank of America Merrill Lynch calls this a "very favorable outcome for U.S. corporate credit as the probability of a disorderly Greek exit from the euro is significantly reduced."
- SLIGHTLY BETTER / STAYS THE SAME: A win by New Democracy yet without the 151 votes combined with Pasok to form a ruling coalition.
If New Democracy and Pasok can get close to the 151 seat total, they will work desperately with the other two more moderate parties, Democratic Left and Independent Greeks, to reach a deal that would effectively form a coalition. Though those two parties don't support all the same austerity and economic measures as New Democracy and Pasok, there's hope in the market that Greece's increasingly desperate financial situation will force them to reach a deal, however distasteful to some of their followers.
- BAD FOR MARKETS: A big win by Syriza
Bank of America Merrill Lynch called this outcome a potential "roller coaster" for the markets. Led by charismatic 37-year-old Alexis Tsipras, Syriza has literally come out of left-field as a new power player. Syriza is against austerity measures, and Tsipras has openly challenged European officials on them. If Syriza gets most of the popular vote, it will also push to make deals with other parties, most likely the Communists and Democratic Left, to attempt to form a ruling coalition that would take a hard line stance. That government would essentially be playing the single greatest game of economic poker the world has ever seen, and Angela Merkel and Mario Draghi may not be in the mood to play games.
Keep in mind the above should not be seen as a bible, but rather a basic framework of the likely outcomes. Surprise deals can always be made and surprising allies can always appear. That said, if you are pro-bailout and pro-Greece staying in the euro zone, pull for New Democracy and Pasok.
One final note: if no coalition government can be reached either through the vote or the deal making process, the Greek constitution calls for - you guessed it - yet another election. Of course, by the time that happens Greece will have likely not agreed to anything, not received more euro zone cash and defaulted on its sovereign debt. In which case, the world is unlikely to care anymore because the damage will have been done.
Though words such as "important" and "key" are often overused in the media when describing events that may not be those things, this is not one of those times.
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Nancy Sherman returns to the subject of veterans with post traumatic stress disorder in the May 21, 2012 issue of America. In May 2010, following the publication of her book, The Untold War, Proefssor Sherman looked at the "invisible wounds" many soldiers must bear when they return home:
At a recent event at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., a senior naval aviator spoke candidly to me about what it felt like coming home from war. At Home Depot it meant a 10 percent discount on all items and a perfunctory "Thank you for your service" from the cashier. For this aviator, the exchange intensified the feeling that the moral weight of war was simply not shared by the nation or understood. It is at best a weak contract that the country has with the military, he said, disposed of with a few pro forma words and a few pennies off.
True, we may not be repeating the mistakes of the Vietnam era in how we view returning troops. At airports, like Atlanta's, formal applause and handshakes await those who come up the escalators in their "cammies." The scene is a reminder that as a nation we have learned to separate the warriors from the wars they fight. But public respect is not the same thing as private respect. And what soldiers crave is private respect: to be understood empathically, both for what they have gone through and for what they will carry home.
I have found that soldiers are willing to talk, if we who have never worn the uniform are ready to listen. Perhaps this is a lesson hard won for me, a daughter of a World War II veteran. My father died last December, just as I was putting the final touches on my book, The Untold War. As I was cleaning up his effects in the hospital room, I found his dog tags in his pants pocket. He had carried them for 65 years, though I never noticed, and he never showed them to me. He was of the generation of laconic warriors who believed they should not burden their families with what a solider saw or did.
Some soldiers of the current wars still share this sentiment. But I have found that most do not. The soldiers I have met want to tell their stories, not just to heal or fix what aches or is broken but to find moral clarity. They want to feel with moral insight and believe that bearing testimony is a way to do that.
Read the full article here. View video interviews with Professor Sherman here.
Good soldiers don't get PTSD.
I got a 10% PTSD rating because I told the psychiatrist at the VA evaluation, I was angry about being slightly blown up in a nonsensical butchery. The award letter said simply that I was angry, or more probably it said, I had anger. A symptom. Like a flatworm might have.
I said to the surgeon before going into surgery, "This is all amazing." He replied, "No, this is all crazy."
I was comprehensively shunned when I returned, as a threat to people's secure niches in the party apparatus.
I beheld men butchered but do not have flashbacks, etc. Why not? Because I did not butcher them or want them butchered or sit silently while someone else butchered them.
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International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 2003, Issue 24, Pages 1529-1546
Lorentz-invariant quantum fields in the space-time tangent bundle
US Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi 20783, MD, USA
Received 13 September 2001; Revised 13 March 2002
Copyright © 2003 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
A maximal-acceleration invariant quantum field is defined on the space-time tangent bundle with vanishing eigenvalue when acted on by the Laplace-Beltrami operator of the bundle, and the case is addressed in which the space-time is Minkowskian, and the field is Lorentz invariant. In this case, the field is shown to be automatically regularized at the Planck scale, and particle spectra are cut off at extremely high energies. The microcausality is addressed by calculating the appropriate field commutators; and it is shown that provided the adjoint field is consistently generalized, the necessary commutators are vanishing and the field is microcausal, but that there are Planck-scale modifications of the boundary of the causal domain that are significant for extremely large relative four-velocities between the separated space-time points. For vanishing relative four-velocity, the causal domain is canonical. The geometry of the causal domain indicates that near the Planck scale, causal connectivity may occur between spacelike separated points, and also at larger scales for extremely large relative four-velocities.


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"Since absolutely nothing in your daily experience transcends impermanence, at some time it is bound to affect you also. So right now, while there is still time, think: `I really must practice Dharma strenuously!`"
"Think: `Right now, since death is at my door, I must forget about things like food, money, clothing and fame. There is no time to spare!` and fit yourself, body, speech and mind into the path of the Dharma."
I'm somewhat familiar with the four thoughts... in that they appear as 'the preliminaries' in the 7 points of mind training, so it's good to have some more context on it."From this day on, meditate repeatedly on the thought, `I must exert myself exclusively in the practice of religion! I must accomplish life's objective!`"
What I am finding a bit trickier is some of the cosmology: hell beings, Gods of the desire realm, 8 cold hells, death daemons etc. To me this feels like a product of its time, a reflection of its culture... but I don't want to prejudge. As 21st century practitioners, do you take this stuff with a pinch of salt? Do you view it allegorically? Similarly the exortations on inappropriate sex (oral / anal).
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Donna Mae (Seckman) Grubbs, age 69, of Adrian passed away Nov. 18, 2012, at home surrounded by her children.
Donna Mae (Seckman) Grubbs, age 69, of Adrian passed away Nov. 18, 2012, at home surrounded by her children.
She was born Sept. 10, 1943, in Adrian, the daughter of Lloyd and Iola (Veirs) Grubbs. She was the best mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend in the world.
Donna is survived by her children, Christina (Larry) Rodgers, Daniel (Pam) Morse and Lisa (Rusty) Folse; her grandchildren, Aisha Lynn, LaBranda Nicole, Amanda Mae, Chase Ian, Lucas Larry, Catrina Danielle and Brandon James; eight great-grandchildren; her siblings, Janet Baker, Shirley (Stewart) Risner and Raymond (Lucille) Grubbs; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, Sharon and Wilma; two brothers, Jim and Bill; and two children, Tammy Morse and Donald Morse.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, at J. Gilbert Purse Funeral Home, Adrian, with the Rev. Lloyd Jewett officiating. Burial will follow at Lenawee Hills Memorial Park in Adrian. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at J. Gilbert Purse Funeral Home, Adrian. www.PurseFuneralHome.com.


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It was just announced about an hour ago that Michael Vick will be conditionally reinstated to the NFL. He is currently a free agent so he is free to sign with the highest bidder. Jerry Jones has stated on the record several times that the Cowboys will not be signing Michael Vick.
I bring up the issue because I know the "bring Vick to Dallas" comments are already piling up. I don't want that guy on my team now or ever. Look at the picture to the right and tell me he isn't such a bad guy. Those are Falcon fans he flipping off. I doubt he could handle the scrutiny he would face as a Dallas Cowboy. The Cowboys just spent an offseason eliminating distractions and he would be the ultimate distraction coming off of his suspension. Jerry Jones, please don't do something stupid!
Monday, July 27, 2009
Just Say No to Michael Vick
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It feels like our team finally might be under the radar, Vick would be the total opposite of that.ReplyDelete
Vick wasnt a good QB before being out of football for a couple of years...i cant imagine he's gotten better all of a sudden.ReplyDelete
I agree...he's not worth it.
- AnonymousJuly 29, 2009 at 7:58 PM
there's no reason to even talk about Mike Vick....who is that anyway when it comes to the Cowboys...........Him giving the middle finger to a fan is worse than "PitBull" fighting.....That's just my opinion though. -Atl_CowboyReplyDelete
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That link is to an .exe file. No way. Could you please just post a full sized crop or something?
I am not in the imaging business so I am not going to try to develop this somehow. Anyone can use it. If someone puts it in their blog, book, document, whatever, I expect it to be called Arthur's method referencing Lula and Dyxum. I worked on it for a couple days posting on LuLa and Dyxum as FineArt.
Just took a shot of my display showing the jpeg you posted on your original response which shows the spots up close. The B&W red channel sample you posted doesn't have this, but other similar RGB composite shots your've posted in other threads on the subject show the spots as well.
I don't think Arthur's method is a new concept?
Quote Fine_ Art.I have tested a new method (as far as I know) for Noise Reduction. Unless I hear its published already I will call it Arthur's method. Unquote.Dan Margulis covers noise reduction in channels in his Professional Photoshop book 1st Edition and in his book Photoshop LAB Color. He recommends a trip to the lab colorspace and blurring the A and B channels and then going back to RGB, It is well known that the blue channel is the noisiest and this method reduces it. Sharpening in the blue channel is not recommended. I don't think Arthur's method is a new concept?
Not necessarily, but it's completely different from what Dan Margulis was preaching. Dan is suggesting the blurring of the Chroma channels, while Arthur is focusing on removing noise at the Raw stage before demosaicing (which normally would turn single pixel noise into multiple pixel blobs of color). That's what Astrophotography tends to do, improve the signal to noise ratio as much as possible before demosaicing.The challenge is in reducing the noise (not only chromatic noise), but not affect the capability to demosaic actual resolution at the same time.Raw converters like DxO Optics Pro, RawTherapee 4.x, and Capture One Pro 7, offer noise reduction and Luminance detail control that works at the Raw data level, while being Color Managed. The program Arthur uses (ImagesPlus) is not color managed, and also a bit too specialized for regular photographic use. Some of the noise reduction functions of ImagesPlus are adaptive (edge preserving), and can be tweaked at the Bayer CFA level, before the demosaicing, and before leaving the linear gamma space.A very high quality (and Color Managed !) alternative for ImagesPlus, is PixInsight. However, that's also not very easy to use, mainly because it's documentation is not available for many of the functions (although a lot can be learned from their forum members), and it is more than just an image processing application. It's also a program development environment for image processing, mainly focusing at the needs of astronomers, but it is very well programmed by a small team of dedicated programmers/astronomers. Cheers,Bart
This method does not really let me remove noise before de-mosaicing. I am doing my steps after de-mosaicing. What I guess my method shows is that the de-bayer algorithms are nowhere near as advanced as the latest de-noise algorithms.
You're still not making sense and contradicting yourself. Bayer data gives you only one of R, G, or B for each pixel, and you therefore need to come up with a value for the other two channels per pixel. Applying noise-reduction prior to this stage and/or after this stage, on difference-signals of any kind is the standard method of denoise. You are currently deluding yourself (and others) by making it a feindishly complex combination of everything and then claiming nonsense about RAW converters and dedicated DSPs. A dedicated denoise program will have more parameters to control noise reduction because the RAW converter generally makes compromises for the sake of speed. The most effective additional parameters in dedicated noise-reduction are the separation of the blur radius per difference level. Any which way you turn it, the general method is to take some kind of average to determine what constitutes noise and what constitutes signal. This average signal is what causes the large blobs of color. It is the average signal. It is not some kind of crap that the RAW converter is introducing. If you would look at a live-view of the image, these blobs would move even though the actual image would be stationary. A dedicated noise-reduction program will have several levels of average signal and perhaps even colorprofiles for strength etc. You could keep the noise at the pixel level, and remove it at the larger average levels. That would give you your preferred fine-grained colornoise. LR 4 seems to have introduced new pyramid levels for the image processing which also allows both more sophisticated noise reduction as well as local contrast control which also works with these difference levels. I think the only thing you are currently doing is using a really round-about way of saying that modern noise-reduction programs and algorithms do a better job than what is available in most RAW converters. Well, that is exactly why there are dedicated software options. What you should define is what it is exactly that you expect from the RAW converter to feed into the denoise-software. Simple interpolation like nearest-neighbor or linear?Additionally, if you think yourself well-versed in matrix math, then you should know that you can matrix-convert an RGB triplet all day long, into as many dimensions as you like, but that ain't gonna do sh*t for the RGB triplets on the output side. If it can be described in matrix form, then it isn't doing anything. It is the additional math that introduce non-linearities and averaging that is making the difference.
I cant see much past the screen door effect of your LCD. Just reference the post if you want more info.This?
I would think the forensic video recovery investigators of law enforement who have to make out license plates and facial features within noisy crime scene video would be interested in your methods if it could be applied in the same manner.


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SEATTLE -- Top Mariners prospect Taijuan Walker threw five innings of two-run ball in the third and final start of his initial stint in the Majors, but the Astros rallied for four runs off Seattle closer Danny Farquhar in the ninth to pull out a 6-4 victory on Monday night at Safeco Field.
Seattle had taken a 3-2 lead on rookie Abraham Almonte's two-run homer in the seventh, but Farquhar suffered just his second blown save in 15 opportunities since taking over closer duties five weeks ago.View Full Game Coverage
SEATTLE -- Top Mariners prospect Taijuan Walker threw five innings of two-run ball in the third and final start of his initial stint in the Majors, but the Astros rallied for four runs off Seattle closer Danny Farquhar in the ninth to pull out a 6-4 victory on Monday night at Safeco Field.
Seattle had taken a 3-2 lead on rookie Abraham Almonte's two-run homer in the seventh, but Farquhar suffered just his second blown save in 15 opportunities since taking over closer duties five weeks ago.View Full Game Coverage
Farquhar walked two batters with one out, then gave up a tying single to Jimmy Paredes before Jonathan Villar drove a two-run single up the middle through a drawn-in infield to help Houston snap a three-game losing streak.
"Those two walks pretty much got them going, then the two ground balls got through," Farquhar said. "Without those walks, those two hits mean nothing. But putting those two guys on base was pretty much the game right there.
"I was a little too fine with a one-run lead, not wanting to leave anything over the heart of the plate and letting them hit a homer to tie it. But at the same time, I'd rather have them hit a home run or hit me around than have me walking people. That's definitely not my mentality. So I went about things the wrong way today."
Lefty Bobby LaFromboise replaced Farquhar and allowed the final run to cross when first baseman Justin Smoak caught a foul ball down the right-field line, but his throw in hit the batter -- Trevor Crowe -- who was crouching in foul territory in front of the plate as the runner on third raced home.
Manager Eric Wedge said the umpires ruled that Crowe's interference wasn't intentional.
"The only way you get that call is if he intentionally tries to get in the way of the baseball coming in," Wedge said. "I've seen a lot of crazy things, but not something like that, that I can recall."
Shortstop Brad Miller cut Houston's lead in the ninth with a solo home run, but former Mariners first-round Draft pick Josh Fields finished things off for his fourth save in his first year as a Rule 5 pitcher for the Astros.
Walker, a hard-throwing 21-year-old, gave up five hits and one walk while striking out eight before being removed after 84 pitches. The 6-foot-4 right-hander, ranked the No. 4 prospect in baseball by MLB.com, remained 1-0 with a 3.60 ERA with the no-decision.
"I got into a rhythm, started getting ahead and my fastball location got better," Walker said after retiring the final nine batters he faced. "I was able to pretty much pitch my game and get more comfortable as the game went on.
"I kind of got a little mad, so that helped, too. Giving up the runs, not putting the pitches where I wanted, it kind of irritated me. So I got locked in and stayed focused."
The Mariners wanted to give Walker a little Major League exposure this season in preparation for a starting shot next spring, and he wound up throwing 15 innings in three games while allowing 11 hits, six earned runs, four walks and 12 strikeouts.
"I thought he was real good and the best thing was he got better as the game wore on," Wedge said. "We've seen three outings and really three different types of games from him and all good."
Combined with his Minor League totals, Walker finished the year with 156 1/3 innings pitched. He threw 126 2/3 innings last year as a 20-year-old in Double-A ball.
"I know I need to work on my breaking ball in the offseason, but for the most part I felt like I did a pretty good job. I feel pretty confident in myself," Walker said. "I feel good. I'm a little tired. I feel like I could keep pitching, but I understand why they're shutting me down. I've never thrown this many innings before."
The Astros had their own young gun going, and rookie right-hander Jarred Cosart held Seattle to two hits and an unearned run in his own five innings. Cosart did issue six walks, but the Mariners couldn't take advantage as he lowered his ERA to 1.95 in 10 starts in what the Astros said would also be his final start of the year.
After Houston went to its bullpen, the Mariners took the lead when Almonte, playing his 10th game since being added as a late-season callup, drove a 2-2 fastball from Chia-Jen Lo over the right-field fence after Miller had singled with one out in the seventh.
Almonte finished 2-for-5 with a double and home run and is hitting .258 while adding some needed speed to the Mariners' attack. The 5-foot-9 outfielder scored Seattle's first run in the first when he scooted home from second on a throwing error by Villar.
"Again, another good ballgame," Wedge said of the outfielder acquired from the Yankees for reliever Shawn Kelley this spring. "Good players find themselves in the middle of it. We've only had a very small sample size with him, but he's been in the middle of some good situations here fairly frequently."
The Mariners fell to 65-79 with the loss and are 10-7 against the Astros, who are 48-96 in their first season in the American League West.
Houston manager Bo Porter was impressed with Walker and happy to come away with a victory.
"You have to give credit to that righty they had, throwing 96, 97 [mph] with lots of sink and throwing his secondary pitches for strikes," Porter said. "And then to come back in the ninth … We're a young team learning how to win games, and we did that today with a really good comeback.
"I always like beating Eric Wedge because I know how much time and preparation -- having played for him -- that he puts into making sure his team is competing at a high level on the field. So any time you can win a game against his ballclub, it's a good win."
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog.


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So am I seeing this right Derrick is third string? Did I miss something during the preseason for him to move down?
So am I seeing this right Derrick is third string? Did I miss something during the preseason for him to move down?
I know it worked for Bowe, didnt know he was in Haleys doghouse too. I'm stuck watching the games on Gamecast since I'm stationed in LA so I'll I get to see is the Saints, Houston, and Dallas on tv down here. Miss living in KC.
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I am also baffled about it. What did he do to get into Haley's dog house? Always seemed like he was giving 110% to me. I hope Vanilla is correct because no body shoots the gaps like DJ does.
He is a beast, and can cover the middle of the field.
I had heard that DJ actually slid down. This is all just from what I heard but had heard that he didn't take well to the new defensive scheme. Obviously though third string or not D Johnson is far to valuable to cut unlike Pollard. If he doesn't fit and can't adjust like I had heard I could see him on the trade block soon. But again that is just what I heard.
DJ didnt move on the depth chart until he got injured. He is healthy now and should move right back into the starting lineup. Here is a quote from him today:
"Sometimes I'm second team, sometimes I'm first team. I'm not too worried about it. I know I'll be back in the lineup a lot more, like, really soon. I'm not too worried about it. I just want to win. I'm to a point now, this is my last year of my contract. It's time to start winning. That's the main focus is to win first, and hopefully I can be a big part of that."
Taking a portion of DJ's quote:
Yes, time to start winning so that he can command big money now that his contract is going to be up."I just want to win. Im to a point now, this is my last year of my contract. Its time to start winning."


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This is my favourite quote, or one of them (I have a few…)
It suits a lot of situations im my life…especially at some moments like when I am standing in the middle of a fabric store (lol) or when I just open the door of my fridge or my coffee machine calls me to get another latte macchiato (I have a new one and the latte is just delicious!) Enjoying is not easy, enjoying has to be learned. To enjoy and not to have any guilty conscience while enjoying is master level. I don't have no black belt yet when I comes to this subject but I am working on it – very hard indeed. Because life is short, because time runs fast, because no one knows what tomorrow will bring… we have heard this a zillion times and we still keep on working and functioning day after day without noticing. That's why here: this post is dedicated to enjoyment. To pause, enjoy beautiful things around you, be happy, be grateful and satisfied. We try every day.
We are on the Munot, that wonderful, historic fortress in Schaffhausen. Below us there is the noise of the evening rush hour, a little further away we hear the kids on the soccer field and just next to us a few old ladies chat. That's the Schaffhausen Noisemix we get. Summer weather, summer feelings. A coffee, a fashion magazine, a good mood and most of all… time.
The outfit is made of comfortable viscose jersey, cool and soft on the skin. Comfortable and still chic, so that it will be appropriate for the apro downtown afterwards. Before the next duty-day catches us, we succumb to the temptation and enjoy some luxurious hours to bathe in that mood…
I got the pattern for this top on burdastyle 07/2010 see also my post from last December http://mirei71.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/28.html the material is white viscose jersey. It is very nicely styled when you use similar material to mix with. The top matches well with wide trousers such as wide leggings, palazzo pants or a coulotte. As the dcollet is very unique and an eyecatch, it's best to use a plain fabric.
I was lucky to get my sister once more for this shooting. She suits the theme so well and has these "dolce far niente"-aura which reflects peace, luxury and glamour… and of course the obvious… her smooth, olive-tanned skin! ;-)
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Why Stephen King Is Nixing 'Joyland' E-Book
Digital books pioneer Stephen King is holding onto the e-book rights to his upcoming novel "Joyland" in hopes of driving people to bookstores. Jeffrey Trachtenberg reports on Lunch Break. Photo: Getty Images.
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