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Kobe Bryant's parents say he lied about memorabilia
The obstacles facing Kobe Bryant no longer only consist of healing from a torn left Achilles' tendon.
Lately, it involves something far more suffocating than navigating a double team.
Bryant's mother, Pamela, and father, Joe, filed statements in federal court in Camden, NJ. on Monday suggesting the Lakers' star has lied during his recent efforts to stop Pamela from giving a New Jersey-based auction house more than 100 pieces of his basketball memorabilia from both his high school and early portion of his Lakers career.
In a declaration filed in federal court in Camden Monday, Pamela insisted sworn statements from Kobe and his wife, Vanessa, "contained many false statements." That included Kobe's account of a May 2 phone conversation, in which she allegedly agreed he had never told her she could have his belongings.
"This conversation never occurred and I never made that statement," Pamela Bryant said. She also added Kobe "never demanded the return of any of the items, nor were they in any way improperly taken from him without his permission."
Both Bryant's father, Joe, and his grandmother, Mildred Cox, supported Pamela's claim that Kobe never declined a chance to take the collectibles from the parents' home in suburban Philadelphia. They said Kobe and Vanessa reiterated such sentiments during a visit in 2005 when the Lakers were in town to play the Philadelphia 76ers. Each said Pamela took Kobe and Vanessa upstairs to see the sports memorabilia only to say they had no interest in the items.
"My son gave my wife these items over the years, stating, "Here Mom, these are for you," said Joe. He then added on that he told Kobe "on several occasions that it would be nice for him to take some of the memorabilia he had given to his mother and set up a room in his California house to display the items." But Joe said Kobe "declined to do so."
Kobe and Vanessa see things differently.
Bryant said in court papers that that he never gave Pamela permission to sell the items. Those included championship gear he gave his parents after the Lakers won the 2000 NBA title, a signed Lakers basketball, his 1996 Pennsylvania high school championship ring and sweat suits he wore at Lower Merion High, a suburban school nearby Philadelphia. The auction list also included Bryant's high school jerseys and a 1999 Teen Choice Awards that Bryant openly questioned how his mom acquired.
"It was last seen by me in my personal residence," Bryant wrote in court documents. "I do not know how my mother or Goldin obtained possession of this award but it was without my permission."
In court papers filed last Wednesday, Vanessa wrote she and Kobe asked for the mementos several years ago while visiting the elder Bryants' home in Philadelphia. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Vanessa wrote Pamela Bryant agreed to return Kobe's property but "stated that she had placed it all in storage because she had converted Kobe's old bedroom into a toy room for our nieces."
Goldin Auctions had continued to showcase "The Bryant Collection" on its website and plans to sell it off in June. But a federal judge in California ruled last week that the auction house couldn't sell, destroy or dispose Bryant's memorabilia while courts determine the case.


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Since as I'm showing the kitchen, I should throw in an image of the patio area next to it. A few months ago TK made the fire-ring with a drop-on barbecue grating. The ring is totally huge which is fantastic for wintertime bonfires in which I secretly burn almost all of my household paper waste (meaning fewer trips to the dump which is about a 45 minute drive from A-Z West). The gnarled teak root chairs and table came from the Sky Drive In Swap Meet in Yucca Valley (where Amy and Wendy Yao will be doing an HDTS project in October) – they used to have loads of great furniture like this, but sadly it has since been all sold off. (thanks to my friend Giovanni Jance for this very perfect and professionally shot pic of the fire-ring)
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The Borough of Lehighton is situated upon the western bank of the Lehigh River, in southern Carbon County, Pennsylvania. Originally settled by the German Moravian Brothers as Gnaden Huetten (Cabins of Grace), the Lehigh River provided easy transportation for the early settlers and, indeed, throughout much of the early life of the current Borough. The Lehigh River, with its source of water power, encouraged the development of many early industries, including: Silk and lace mills, a Meat-packing house, a Shirt factory, Automatic-press works, Railroad car shops, Stoneworks, and Foundries.
Throughout much of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the railroad made it easy for businessmen to get their products to major markets. For many years, the Lehigh Valley Railroad had a major repair facility in Lehighton. The Lehigh Valley Railroad was the major employer in the area for several decades, employing several thousand workers at the repair facilities or operating and maintaining the railroad.
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Poll: Voters Say Small Business Will Suffer Most With Minimum Wage Increase
Michigan residents also say they will tip less
By an overwhelming 75 to 11 percent margin, Michigan voters believe smaller, locally owned and family owned businesses will struggle more under a proposed minimum wage increase than would larger businesses.
The findings are from a poll of 1,460 respondents conducted April 9 by Mitchell Research & Communications. Fourteen percent of those surveyed said they were undecided as to whether small businesses would suffer more than big businesses.
Of those surveyed, 93 percent said they were "definitely" voting this November.
"I think the reactions measured by the poll are pretty intuitive and the results aren't surprising," said Steve Mitchell, of Mitchell Research & Communications. "My sense is that most voters understand that the larger the company, the more it is likely to be able to sustain the impact of this kind of wage increase. Voters also realize it will be the smaller companies, including what might be called the mom and pops that don't have deep pockets, who are most likely to really be hurt by this proposal."
Justin Winslow, vice president of public affairs with the Michigan Restaurant Association, said that for many smaller restaurants the issue won't be just struggling, it will be surviving.
"Those poll numbers look consistent with what we're hearing from members," Winslow said. "Our chain operations look like they'll likely close a good percentage of their smaller restaurants but still exist as restaurant groups. But a lot of independents — smaller guys, our mom and pops — are in real danger of just disappearing altogether under this proposal. They just don't have the ability to absorb such a large increase in their labor costs."
In addition to being asked what kind of restaurants, cafes and other businesses would be most at risk under the wage increase, the respondents also were asked about the proposal's impact on tipping. More than half (54 percent) of those surveyed said they would tip less if the proposal went into effect. More than one in four (26 percent) said they would tip the same if the proposal passed and 18 percent said they would tip more. The remaining 2 percent were undecided.
"It is clear that a lot of people are aware that waiters and waitresses don't earn a large per hour wage and that's why, as customers, they are willing to give larger tips, whether it's 10 percent, 15 percent or more," Mitchell said. "What this poll shows is that if they know a particular employee is making a higher wage, they'll be less willing to tip them as much."
Under a proposed ballot measure for November, Michigan's minimum wage would jump from the current $7.40 an hour to $10.10 an hour. Tipped workers, such as wait staff and bartenders, currently have a base wage of $2.65 an hour, provided their tips take them over the minimum wage. If not, their employer has to make up the difference. The proposed ballot measure would eliminate this distinction and mandate that tipped workers receive a minimum wage of $10.10 an hour, a 280 percent increase that would be phased in over a period of years.
"The minimum wage hike proposal is good politics but bad policy," said F. Vincent Vernuccio, director of labor policy with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. "But what makes these poll results interesting is that instead of asking the feel good question 'should workers get a raise' it shows that when presented with basic, straightforward questions about effects of the initiative, a solid majority of voters see its negative effects and can figure out who will be hurt by it the most. While on the surface, voting for a wage hike might feel good and may help some politicians, the real world impact will be harmful to the very people the proposal purports to help."
Those surveyed for the poll identified themselves as follows: 38 percent said they were Democratic voters; 36 percent said they were Republican voters; and 19 percent said they were Independents.
Four percent of them identified themselves as being from Detroit; 12 percent from Wayne County outside of Detroit; 12 percent from Oakland County; 9 percent from Macomb County; 12 percent from the Flint, Saginaw, Bay City and the Thumb area; 19 percent from Monroe, Washtenaw, Ingham and Jackson counties; 22 percent from West Michigan; and 11 percent from Northern Michigan and the U.P..
Frank Houston of "Raise Michigan," the group pushing to get the minimum wage increase on the ballot, did not respond to a request for comment.
The poll was commissioned by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and has a margin of error of +/- 2.56 percent.
See also:
More People On Food Stamps After Past Minimum Wage Increases
Who Is Behind the Minimum Wage Increase Drive?
Bars, Restaurants Could See 280 Percent Increase In Costs With Minimum Wage Ballot Proposal
Schauer, Other Michigan Dems Call For Higher Minimum Wage While Paying Their Interns Nothing


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My "previous entry":/social-notworking was not just a retro whinge about today's centralised and balkanised Internet, but also a run up to a description of how things could be different. My efforts on and off over the last few weeks to make that difference have recently been blocked by too-much-$DAYJOB, so maybe this is a good time to stop coding and talk about it a bit.
When I was first playing around with the idea of a distributed social network my focus was on duplicating the interesting bits of Facebook, and one of the reasons I concluded it wasn't really ever worth pursuing was that Facebook already exists and nobody (to a first approximation) needs an empty duplicate of it. If you want a network where you can tell your friends what you had for breakfast and post cat videos, you want it to be the network that your friends are on.
But in the course of thinking about how to implement it and reading about Atompub , I realised that it showed the way to something subtly different. And when I thought about that a bit more I realised I'd reinvented the blog aggregator. Um. But this is the threaded blog aggregator, which is better.
The Embrace
Well, the logic is unassailable: there are already lots of people on the internet publishing their thoughts using Atom (or its gelatinous structural isomorph RSS): what we need is an app that sucks all their posts, sorts them into categories (which we are calling "channels"), and allows the user to post his own articles (either ab initio or in reply to those they read) into the same channels. You can notify the people you're replying to by sending them a copy of your reply (as Atom POST to their published feed url, falling back to Trackback or Pingback or "Slingback"://www.elegantfootwear.co.uk/slingbackshoes.html or Stickleback111?ie=UTF8&qid=1317245237&sr=8-11 or whatever if that doesn't work), and you can incorporate their replies to your articles in the same way when they come in. Stick a UI on the front that presents a trn-style threaded view of all unread articles by all authors in the channel, et viola, you've just created a conversational view of stuff that's out there already. And by and large it's much better_ stuff than "paste this as your status and tag three people".
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How do we turn that into a distributed resilient blah system like Usenet?
The key bit of NNPP was that each node answers proxy requests on behalf of its neighbours, for articles it's loaded from its neighbours. So, if one of your usual feed sources is offline, you can fetch their articles from someone else who reads them. Combine that with PubSubHubbub and add some yet-to-be-decided peer-to-peer negotiation protocol so that a group of nodes can decide between themselves which will be the hub and which will subscribe to it.
This does make the issue of identity a bit more pressing: what's to stop node B altering articles published by A, or even introducing entirely new ones that purport to come from A? Crypto, that's what. I don't give a stuff whether the name you go by is what your government calls you, but I do want to know whether, when someone with your moniker is claiming to have written article N, it is the same someone who prevously wrote articles 1,2,3,... N-1. So, you get a PGP key (or some other asymmetric peer-to-peer public-key encryption system that doesn't depend on a centralised certification authority). Then if the key associated with your feed changes without prior notification, my client shows me a big red warning that says you probably aren't who you say you are. Key management by key continuity a.k.a "what ssh does". Perhaps once you've been posting stuff I like for a while I'll sign your key as well, and other people - at least, other people who like what I post - will be more likely to trust you as a result.
(NNPP also contains an outline sketch of a DNS protocol replacement. I presently think this is an optional extra, but that depends on how offensive you plan to be to deep-pocket corporates who will complain to your naming authority)
Spam? No magic solutions, I'm afraid, but the "trusted introducer" thing goes some way. If people that you don't already read send you articles that aren't signed by keys you have a trust relationship with, they pile up in your "slush pile" (the analogue of the G+ Incoming feed) until you decide to look at them - you might decide to apply spam filtering tools of the same kind as we use for email, or you might just decide to junk it sight unread.
h2. The End
It's called Pluto. Because Planet is "a feed aggregator application designed to collect posts from the weblogs of members of an Internet community and display them on a single page" (thank you, Wikipedia) and Pluto is a dwarf planet. Sometime soon, I hope, there will be code on Github.
Catchy summary points:
- we care about content and conversation - I'm happy to let Facebook and Twitter corner the market in ephemera: this is for keepers
- protocols not platforms - we interoperate on equal terms with anything that speaks Atompub (and intend to provide adaptors for RSS or Facebook or scraped content or even an email-to-pluto gateway) - all the other authentication and distribution stuff is strictly opt-in


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I'm re-sharing this from two years ago : ) The Lemon Curd Celebration Candles featured here have been restocked in my store!
I love looking back at old posts. Sort of. Sometimes I cringe at photos I took with my iphone, other times it brings back a great memory... and delicious dessert. I've included one of my original first posts (6 years ago) below that I'm revisiting today - Lemon Meringue Cupcakes. I realize that citrus season is in the winter, but for me, nothing is as springy as a lemon dessert. Actually lemon anything.
Today, I'm making these in honor of Emma's Mimi's birthday - like me, she's crazy about any thing lemon and cupcakes. While I haven't shared these cupcakes on the blog in years, they are one of my favorite to make: white cake topped with lemon curd and swiss meringue.
I've topped them with my 6" Celebration Candles in Lemon Curd - a new color for spring. They are perfectly lemony in color with a beautiful natural subtle hue.
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Optional : To toast the top of the meringue, place the cupcakes under the broiler (set to about 400 degrees) in the oven for 30 seconds. OR, use a kitchen blowtorch, like I did here.
Swiss Meringue
4 egg whites
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In the top bowl of a double boiler (glass bowl sitting on a sauce pan with simmering water), whisk together egg whites, sugar and cream of tarter.
Cook mixture in the double boiler over medium low heat for 3-5 minutes, or until sugar has dissolved. If you rub the mixture between your fingers, you should be able to tell if the sugar has dissolved.
Transfer the mixture to your kitchen aid fitted with the whisk attachment. Whisk on high for 7-10 minutes.
The mixture will cool and froth into a thick meringue as it whips. Beat until stiff peaks form. Transfer to piping bag, or spread directly on lemon curd.
Here is the easy-to-pin strip!
Now, you can enjoy a flashback of some fine photography from years past : )
For my friend's birthday party last night, I created these refreshing Lemon Meringue Cupcakes. I picked these "Naked Ladies" (pink flowers) from my backyard - I love them in big bunches.


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Authors and Artists :: Pattie Jansen
I made my first official greeting card for my mom on her 40th birthday, when I was eight years old. I had received a few birthday cards myself by then and some excitedly proclaimed my age with titles like "Happy Birthday, 8-Year-Old!" I thought this format must be the gold standard for birthday cards and so my mom received a card on which I carefully
hand-lettered "Happy Birthday, 40-Year-Old!" I do hope that my cards have become a little more tactful since.
Now I am a grown-up greeting card designer (how could I not be after demonstrating such talent at the age of eight?) and live on the coast of northern California, on Monterey Bay. I work from my home studio where I create with pens, markers, colored pencils, and a steady infusion of dark roast coffee. I am an ardent and longstanding fan of quotes, and illustrating and artfully arranging them is one of my favorite springboards for card design. All my work is hand-lettered and hand-drawn the "old school" way, and I will forever and always find great joy in the feel of pen on paper. I have been printing and selling my cards in my online shop since 2011 and am lucky enough to now also license my art for publication with Blue Mountain Arts.
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Beige wrote:Re: Bowls - I like to believe it's the former. Devs taking a look at themselves and deciding they'd like to do it for their own reasons.
I'm pretty sure that the cold logic of AAA development would say that the commercially less risky road would still be the correct choice if the passion wasn't there.
It's not like the bean counters have ever given a shit about academics or cultural critics before. People ascribe way too much power to some sort of phantom cabal. Last time I checked it was still the businessmen, not the academics, who signed the checks.
True, but I think you're downplaying the level of effect they can have today. I'm sure you have you seen how fast some of these companies throw someone under the bus if there's significant social media outrage? Or how fast someone who makes a public statement that other people don't agree with are forced into submission and half-hearted apologies?
Then again, EA has been voted the most evil video game company multiple times and they seem to still be above water.


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The popular paleo diet would have you eat like a caveman. Why not work like a caveman, too?
That, in part, is the premise of Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't, recently published by Portfolio/Penguin Group USA. Its author, Simon Sinek, analyzes biological evidence from the era of hunter-gatherers, holding up these early clans as a model for creating an optimal modern work environment. Mr. Sinek has advised companies like Walt Disney and JetBlue Airways, presented his work at the United Nations and to the U.S. Congress, and gave a TED Talk that became the second-most viewed of all time.
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By Khrista Trerotola
For the Bombers men's lacrosse team, it's about more than just the sport.
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Wes Patterson, a gray-haired, tall, and confident member of the Tuscarora Nation — part of New York State's Iroquois...
Robin Sidman Organ '95 is creating healthy learning environments for children, one school at a time. by Khrista Trerotola '07
"What's she's creating now," says Linda Salamone, "will be with people forever — and...
Sean Walsh '89 has coached more than 1,000 kids, and loves doing it. by Khrista Trerotola '07
When Sean Walsh '89 steps onto the Barnstable Silver Bullets' football field, his players pay attention. Maybe it's because he's double their size and wears a red varsity jacket that could be wrapped twice...
Michael Faber celebrates a quarter century as leader of IC's Jewish community. by Khrista Trerotola '07
When you say Michael Faber's name, the first thing that comes to mind is Michael smiling," says Raphael "Rafi" Golberstein '06, past student board member of Hillel and current member...
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The phone that could unexpectedly become BlackBerry's saviour, the Q10, won't hit US shores until May at the earliest, according to CEO Thorsten Heins. This could mean a delay for Australia as well.
Speaking to AP, Heins explained that the new keyboard-equipped phone will end up shipping in the US eight to 10 weeks after its touchscreen sibling, the Z10. Currently, the Z10 is due to arrive some time in March, which means the Q10 might not arrive until late May, or even June. Heins explained:
"Am I a bit disappointed [by the delay]... Yeah, I would be lying saying no. But it is what it is, and we're working with all our carrier partners to speed it up as much as we can."
It's a real blow for BlackBerry. As we've explained before, the Q10 could fill a niche that helps the company escape its downwards spiral — but long delays could damage that advantage before Heins and co even have chance to seize it. Considering that our release timeline closely follows that of the US, be prepared for a longer wait. [AP via All Things D]


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Jacob Cox-Brown had a pretty wild New Year's Eve. So wild that he decided to drive home drunk. The problem came, though, when he decided to post about his journey on Facebook. The 18-year-old posted a message on the Big Blue explaining:
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But a couple of Cox-Brown's Facebook acquaintances informed the police of the message, so the cops paid him a visit on New Year's morning, reports KGW. They found the teen's car, with damage that exactly matched that sustained by two other vehicles the night before.
Cox-Brown was then arrested and charged with "failing to perform the duties of a driver"—because it was too late to pin drunk driving on him, and a Facebook message isn't quite proof enough. The moral of the story: don't post messages on Facebook about the illegal things you do, dumbass. Also, don't drunk drive. [KGW via CNET]
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SUNY Cortland men's lacrosse coach Steve Beville has been
named the head coach of the Iroquois Nationals men's lacrosse
team that will be competing in the 2014 Federation of International
Lacrosse (FIL) World Championships in Denver. The event, scheduled
for July 10-19 next summer, is run by US Lacrosse and is expected
to be the largest international lacrosse event in history with as
many as 40 nations represented.
Beville recently served as an assistant coach on the 2012 Iroquois Nationals U19 (under-19) squad that won a bronze medal at the World Championships in Finland. During that tournament, the team upset Team USA for its first-ever win versus an American team in international competition.
"This is a great honor for me to be chosen to lead the Iroquois men's team for the 2014 championships," Beville said. "I can't imagine a better way to honor and give something back to the Iroquois people and the founders of this great game. We believe this team will be able to compete with the best in the world and be very successful."
Beville's assistant coaches will be University of Virginia associate head coach Marc Van Arsdale, a Geneva, N.Y., native and 1985 Hobart College graduate, and Penn State University assistant coach Chris Doctor, a Skaneateles, N.Y., native and 2007 Rutgers University alumnus.
In seven seasons at Cortland, Beville has led the Red Dragons to a combined 125-18 (.874) record and seven NCAA Div. III tournament appearances. Cortland won the national title in 2009 and finished as national runner-up in 2007, 2008 and 2012. He was selected as the 2009 United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Division III National Coach of the Year and has been named State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Coach of the Year three times (2008, 2010, 2012).
A native of Syracuse, N.Y., Beville graduated from West Genesee High School in 1981. He was a two-time Div. III National Defenseman of the Year and played in three national championship games at Washington College in Maryland. Beville coached at Colorado College (1989-98) and the University of Vermont (1999-2006) prior to his arrival at Cortland.


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One day earlier this month, Jim Vidmar bought 1,000 fake Twitter accounts for $58 from an online vendor in Pakistan.
He then programmed the accounts to "follow" the Twitter account of rapper Dave Murrell, who calls himself Fyrare and pays Mr. Vidmar to boost his standing on the social network. Mr. Vidmar's fake accounts also rebroadcast Mr. Murrell's tweets, amplifying his Twitter voice.
Mr. Murrell says he sometimes buys Twitter ads to raise his profile, "but you'll get more with Jim." He says many Twitter users try to make their followings look bigger than they are. "If you're not padding your numbers, you're not doing it right," he says. "It's part of the game."
Mr. Vidmar offers a window into the shadowy world of false accounts and computerized robots on Twitter, one of the world's largest social networks. Surrounded by a dozen computers at his home overlooking a golf course near the Las Vegas Strip, Mr. Vidmar has been buying fake accounts and unleashing them on Twitter for six years.
Today, he says he manages 10,000 robots for roughly 50 clients, who pay Mr. Vidmar to make them appear more popular and influential.
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Seems as if a Philadelphia blogger started a Hot Stove frenzy last night by Tweeting that the Phillies and Royals worked out a deal for Zack Greinke while cyber-costumed as Sports Illustrated's Jon Heyman.
After the real Jon Heyman stood up and cried foul, and SB Nation posted a story about the trade, "the former blogger who first started the rumor Tweeted, 'I've literally never been so proud of anything I've ever done in my entire life.'" [Crossing Broad]
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2014 Reds Caravan set for Jan. 23-26
CINCINNATI (Jan. 7, 2014) — The 2014 Cincinnati Reds Caravan begins and ends at Great American Ball Park with an expanded route of 17 fan stops in five states with the addition of stops in Evansville, Ind., and Nashville, Tenn.
The kick off for this 3,000 mile journey over four days is Thursday, Jan. 23 from the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum and ends on Sunday, Jan. 26 in the FOX Sports Ohio Champions Club. The Reds Caravan is presented by Cincinnati USA Regional Tourism Network
Each tour travels simultaneously through Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia and Tennessee providing fans with the opportunity to interact with current and former players, broadcasters and members of the Reds front office staff. At each fan stop, the group will field questions from fans and sign autographs while time allows.
The four tours return to Cincinnati on Sunday, Jan. 26 for the annual Select-A-Seat event at Great American Ball Park, where they will join fans meeting with Reds ticket representatives to choose ticket plans and seat locations for the 2014 season.
New for 2014: The West Tour will visit Eastland Mall in Evansville, Ind. on Friday, Jan. 24. The South Tour will visit RiverGate Mall in Nashville and Alltech Arena at Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington on Saturday, Jan. 25.
"As our fan base continues to grow, we are expanding the Caravan to visit every corner of Reds Country," said Phil Castellini, Reds Chief Operating Officer. "Our player, coaches, broadcasters, and Reds personnel look forward to these four days every year as our official kick off to the new season of Reds baseball. It's amazing to experience the welcome we receive from our loyal fans at every stop along the way."
All Caravan fan stops open to the public are free, and at each fan stop listed below (excluding Select-A-Seat) the Reds will raffle two tickets to the 2014 Opening Day game on Monday, March 31 (4:10 pm) vs. the St. Louis Cardinals.
The North Tour includes broadcaster Jim Kelch, broadcaster and former pitcher Jeff Brantley, outfielder Billy Hamilton, Reds Hall of Famer Tom Browning, minor league outfielder Jesse Winker, VP of Baseball Operations Dick Williams and mascot Rosie Red.
North Tour Fan Stops Time EST
Thursday,Jan. 23 Columbus, Ohio (Polaris Fashion Place) 6 to 8:30 pm
Friday, Jan. 24 Lima, Ohio (Lima Mall) 4 to 7:30 pm
Saturday, Jan. 25 Dayton, Ohio (National Museum of the U.S. Air Force) 11 am to 2 pm
Saturday, Jan. 25 Hamilton, Ohio (Parrish Auditorium at Miami-Hamilton University) 3 to 6 pm
Sunday, Jan. 26 Cincinnati, Ohio (Select-A-Seat at Great American Ball Park) Noon to 2:30 pm
The South Tour includes broadcaster Thom Brennaman, broadcaster Jim Day, GM Walt Jocketty, pitcher Mat Latos (Thursday only), Sam LeCure (Friday, Saturday & Sunday), catcher Corky Miller, minor league outfielder Ryan LaMarre, COO Phil Castellini and mascot Mr. Redlegs.
South Tour Fan Stops Time EST
Thursday, Jan. 23 Louisville, Ky. (Louisville Slugger Field) 5:30 to 8:30 pm
Friday, Jan. 24 Bowling Green, Ky. (Greenwood Mall) 4:30 to 7:30 pm
Saturday, Jan. 25 Nashville, Tenn. (RiverGate Mall) 10 am to 12:30 pm
Saturday, Jan. 25 Lexington, Ky. (Alltech Arena at Kentucky Horse Park – new location for 2014) 4 to 7 pm
Sunday, Jan. 26 Cincinnati, Ohio (Select-A-Seat at Great American Ball Park) Noon to 2:30 pm
The East Tour includes broadcaster Jeff Piecoro, broadcaster and former pitcher Chris Welsh, manager Bryan Price, pitcher Logan Ondrusek (Thursday only), pitcher Homer Bailey (Friday, Saturday & Sunday), 2013 Minor League Player of the Year Seth Mejias-Brean, Director of Player Development Jeff Graupe and mascot Mr. Red.
East Tour Fan Stops Time EST
Thursday, Jan. 23 Athens, Ohio (The Market on State) 5:15 to 7:45 pm
Friday, Jan. 24 Charleston, W.Va. (Charleston Town Center) 6:30 to 9 pm
Saturday, Jan. 25 Parkersburg/Vienna, W.Va. (Grand Central Mall) 11 am to 1:30 pm
Saturday, Jan. 25 Ashland, Ky. (Fannin Motors) 4 to 7 pm
Sunday, Jan. 26 Cincinnati, Ohio (Select-A-Seat at Great American Ball Park) Noon to 2:30 pm
The West Tour includes broadcaster Marty Brennaman, catcher Brayan Pena, broadcaster and former player Doug Flynn, Assistant GM Bob Miller, minor league catcher Tucker Barnhart and mascot Gapper.
West Tour Fan Stops Time EST
Thursday, Jan. 23 Muncie, Ind. (Stoops Automotive) 5:30 to 8 pm
Friday, Jan. 24 Evansville, Ind. (Eastland Mall – new location for 2014) 5 to 7:30 pm
Saturday, Jan. 25 Bloomington, Ind. (College Mall) 10:30 am to 1:30 pm
Saturday, Jan. 25 Indianapolis, Ind. (Castleton Square Mall) 3 to 6 pm
Sunday, Jan. 26 Cincinnati, Ohio (Select-A-Seat at Great American Ball Park) Noon to 2:30 pm
Reds sales representatives will be at each stop to answer ticketing questions and discuss 2014 ticket plans, while the Reds Hall of Fame, the Reds Community Fund and Cincinnati USA Regional Tourism Network will attend selected stops.
Memberships to the Reds Heads Kids Club, Reds Rookies Baby Club and Reds Hall of Fame & Museum will be for sale at selected stops.
On Sunday, Jan. 26, the Reds will host the annual Select-A-Seat event at Great American Ball Park. Fans can meet with Reds ticket representatives from 9 am to 3 pm to choose their season tickets for 2014. Select members of the Reds Caravan will conduct a Q&A at Noon. Fans who purchase season tickets will have a chance to meet members of the Reds Caravan and receive a signed baseball.
The Reds Caravan will visit over 20 of the Reds on Radio affiliates throughout Reds Country during the trip.
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Pat Patterson is known as one the best workers of his time and one of the greatest wrestling minds the business has ever seen. Not bad for someone who left his native-Montreal at a young age in 1960 to pursue a pro wrestling career. So it only makes sense that tonight, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Patterson will receive a well-deserved appreciation night. As Mick Foley would say, Pat Patterson, this is your life!
After he got trained at the famed Loisirs St-Jean-Baptiste in Montreal, Pat Patterson quickly realized that he needed to go south of the border if he wanted to make a living out of pro wrestling, but his dad didn't fully agree.
"I had told my father that I wanted to become a pro wrestler. Instead, he wanted me to work in a factory. I wasn't able to work in that kind of place. I tried it a few times, but after three or four weeks, I was getting fired," told Pat Patterson to SLAM! Wrestling in an interview conducted a few days ago. "So my dad told me, 'If you leave, don't come back knocking on the door' and I told him he didn't have to worry, I would not come back."
So Patterson left for Boston, Massachusetts in 1960 and never regretted his decision.
"I left with $20 in my pocket and started my career over there. It wasn't easy for a French-Canadian that I was to order food in a restaurant," said Patterson, who didn't speak English at the time. The only thing I was able to say was hamburger steak, so I ate that for two weeks!" he laughed.
Then in the 1980s, he became Vincent K. McMahon's right-hand man, working full-time behind-the-scene, something Patterson wasn't really used to do.
"He made me quit wrestling and work in an office, something I had never liked. I didn't like working in an office, I mean, I quit school so I wouldn't have to work in an office. I became Senior Vice-president and I had no idea what that meant. The only thing I knew was pro wrestling," candidly recalled Patterson.
His career spanned for 54 years, from Montreal to San Francisco and all over the world, something he's really proud of.
"I was just a kid who left Montreal with nothing and I went as far as working several main-events at the MSG in New York. You know what they say, if you make it to New York, you can make it anywhere and I'm very proud of that," said the first WWE Intercontinental champion.
Amongst his biggest realizations in the WWE, the creation of the Royal Rumble is certainly on top of the list. But he was also behind the push of two of the biggest superstars of all-time.
Tonight, as part of the return of WWE Monday Night Raw to Montreal after six years, Pat Patterson will be honoured in front of his hometown fans. One would think this segment will be a dark one, but with three hours of Raw to fill, you never know. One thing's for sure, it will be a special night for everyone in attendance.
For someone who usually calls all the shots, he doesn't know much about his own segment.
"Quite frankly, they didn't tell me anything. It will be pretty nervewrecking for me. I know I will be honoured and that they want to do a big thing out of this. You know, I usually cry in those moments, so I really have no idea how it will go. I'll be overwhelmed by all this I'm sure," said Patterson, who didn't know either the segment will be shown on TV or not. "It's going to be a very touching night for me as I will look back at 54 years in the business, this business I loved and still do today."
This fan appreciation night for the legendary Pat Patterson is in concert with WWE Monday Night Raw tonight at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Tickets can be purchased at www.evenko.ca or directly at the door.


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Tricky Bends on Press Brakes
One World Trade Center, also known as the Freedom Tower, has risen to fill the void left in the Manhattan skyline following 9/11. It now stands at 1776 ft.—the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
Kammetal processed 20,000 lb. of 1/4-in.-thick Type 316 stainless steel to create 7 tons of decorative cladding that now sits atop the spire of One World Trade Center.
At the top of the tower, a 400-ft. spire projects upward. It's not only a symbol of perseverance, but also serves to support a worldclass broadcast antenna. The 18-piece steel spire, which weighs 800 tons, was manufactured at fabricating facilities in Canada and New Jersey, and then shipped to Ground Zero. The final subassembly, comprising the top 50 ft. of the spire, is a specialized stainless-steel beacon weighing nearly 14 tons.
Made in Brooklyn, Regardless of Hurricane Sandy
Brooklyn-based Kammetal, Inc., a full-service metal fabrication company specializing in architectural and ornamental metals, was contracted by structural-steel fabrication firm DCM Erectors to fabricate and install the architectural stainless-steel cladding that surrounds the beacon.
"We were really honored to be part of this project," says Kammetal president Sam Kusack. "We're all New Yorkers, so the project had special meaning to everyone in our company. Taking part in the rebuilding of the towers has meant so much to me and everyone in our company."
Fabrication of the cladding began in the summer of 2012, but was delayed after Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast. Kammetal is located in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, where water from the storm surge reached 6 ft. above street level.
According to Kusack, the company's main shop floor sits about 4 ft. above street level, and was under 30 in. of flood surge during the storm. Every piece of equipment was submerged, garbage was everywhere and the shop was without power for five weeks.Once power was restored, the equipment needed to be repaired before the shop could return to business as usual. All told, downtime after the hurricane added about six weeks to what would have been a five-month job.
Despite these overwhelming setbacks, the company processed 20,000 lb. of 1⁄4-in. Type 316 stainless steel to create 7 tons of decorative cladding that now sits atop the spire.
Tricky Press-Brake Bending
To fabricate the decorative cladding, Kammetal laser-cut panels for the spire's glass and stainless steel structure. Press-brake operators then formed the thick stainless steel, performing multiple acute-angle bends in each piece. Bending the 7-gauge stainless steel into acute angles proved to be a fairly complex operation. To accomplish these tricky bends, Kammetal relied on precision-ground press-brake tooling (WT Style Precision tooling from Wilson Tool). It's precision ground to a tolerance of ±0.0004 in. on critical dimensions to ensure reliable performance and help fabricators achieve optimum bend-angle accuracy.
To fabricate the decorative cladding, Kammetal laser-cut panels for the spire's glass and stainless steel structure. Press-brake operators then formed the thick stainless steel, performing multiple acute-angle bends in each piece.
"The tooling worked really well for bending the acute angles," says Kusack, noting that Kammetal fabricated all of the panels for the decorative cladding and installed the panels on the framework for the spire, built by DCM Erectors at a shop in New Jersey. Once complete, the entire spire then was shipped to the site in one piece using a carrier built specifically for that purpose.
Special Meaning
"This was really a meaningful project for us," says Kusack. "I saw the towers fall from Brooklyn in 2001, the year I started Kammetal. Watching the beacon being hoisted into its final position atop the new world trade center was a moment in time I will never forget. It was a point in history when the rebuilding of the fallen towers was complete.
"The spire stands as a commemoration to the men and women who perished that fateful day," Kusack continues, "stands as a memorial to the commitment of all of the men and women involved in the rebuilding of the tower—truly an accomplishment." MFArticle provided by Wilson Tool Intl., White Bear Lake, MN: 651/286-6000; www.wilsontool.com.
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Bee declines: male exposure to pesticides indirectly affects queen reproductive capacity
Recent INRA research published in Scientific Reports shows that exposing male bees to fipronil, a pesticide, affects sperm quantity, mortality, and metabolism. It also revealed that virgin queens inseminated with semen from these males had 30% fewer live sperm available for fertilizing their eggs. These reproductive repercussions could be contributing to bee declines, which have been observed in bee colonies across the world over the last few decades.


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text: Print OverviewObsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) features a pattern of unreasonable thoughts and fears (obsessions) that lead you to do repetitive behaviors (compulsions). These obsessions and compulsions interfere with daily activities and cause significant distress. You may try to ignore or stop your obsessions, but that only increases your distress and anxiety. Ultimately, you feel driven to perform compulsive acts to try to ease your stress. Despite efforts to ignore or get rid of bothersome thoughts or urges, they keep coming back. This leads to more ritualistic behavior — the vicious cycle of OCD. OCD often centers around certain themes — for example, a fear of getting contaminated by germs. To ease your contamination fears, you may compulsively wash your hands until they're sore and chapped. If you have OCD, you may be ashamed and embarrassed about the condition, but treatment can be effective. Products & ServicesBook: Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living SymptomsObsessive-compulsive disorder usually includes both obsessions and compulsions. But it's also possible to have only obsession symptoms or only compulsion symptoms. You may or may not realize that your obsessions and compulsions are excessive or unreasonable, but they take up a great deal of time and interfere with your daily routine and social or work functioning. Obsession symptoms OCD obsessions are repeated, persistent and unwanted thoughts, urges or images that are intrusive and cause distress or anxiety. You might try to ignore them or get rid of them by performing a compulsive behavior or ritual. These obsessions typically intrude when you're trying to think of or do other things. Obsessions often have themes to them, such as: Fear of contamination or dirt Needing things orderly and symmetrical Aggressive or horrific thoughts about harming yourself or others Unwanted thoughts, including aggression, or sexual or religious subjects Examples of obsession signs and symptoms include: Fear of being contaminated by touching objects others have touched Doubts that you've locked the door or turned off the stove Intense stress when objects aren't orderly or facing a certain way Images of hurting yourself or someone else that are unwanted and make you uncomfortable Thoughts about shouting obscenities or acting inappropriately that are unwanted and make you uncomfortable Avoidance of situations that can trigger obsessions, such as shaking hands Distress about unpleasant sexual images repeating in your mind Compulsion symptoms OCD compulsions are repetitive behaviors that you feel driven to perform. These repetitive behaviors or mental acts are meant to prevent or reduce anxiety related to your obsessions or prevent something bad from happening. However, engaging in the compulsions brings no pleasure and may offer only a temporary relief from anxiety. You may make up rules or rituals to follow that help control your anxiety when you're having obsessive thoughts. These compulsions are excessive and often are not realistically related to the problem they're intended to fix. As with obsessions, compulsions typically have themes, such as: Washing and cleaning Checking Counting Orderliness Following a strict routine Demanding reassurances Examples of compulsion signs and symptoms include: Hand-washing until your skin becomes raw Checking doors repeatedly to make sure they're locked Checking the stove repeatedly to make sure it's off Counting in certain patterns Silently repeating a prayer, word or phrase Arranging your canned goods to face the same way Severity varies OCD usually begins in the teen or young adult years. Symptoms usually begin gradually and tend to vary in severity throughout life. Symptoms generally worsen when you experience greater stress. OCD, usually considered a lifelong disorder, can have mild to moderate symptoms or be so severe and time-consuming that it becomes disabling. When to see a doctor There's a difference between being a perfectionist — someone who requires flawless results or performance, for example — and having OCD. OCD thoughts aren't simply excessive worries about real problems in your life or liking to have things clean or arranged in a specific way. If your obsessions and compulsions are affecting your quality of life, see your doctor or mental health professional. Request an Appointment at Mayo Clinic CausesThe cause of obsessive-compulsive disorder isn't fully understood. Main theories include: Biology. OCD may be a result of changes in your body's own natural chemistry or brain functions. Genetics. OCD may have a genetic component, but specific genes have yet to be identified. Environment. Some environmental factors such as infections are suggested as a trigger for OCD, but more research is needed. Risk factorsFactors that may increase the risk of developing or triggering obsessive-compulsive disorder include: Family history. Having parents or other family members with the disorder can increase your risk of developing OCD. Stressful life events. If you've experienced traumatic or stressful events, your risk may increase. This reaction may, for some reason, trigger the intrusive thoughts, rituals and emotional distress characteristic of OCD. Other mental health disorders. OCD may be related to other mental health disorders, such as anxiety disorders, depression, substance abuse or tic disorders. ComplicationsProblems resulting from OCD may include, among others: Health issues, such as contact dermatitis from frequent hand-washing Inability to attend work, school or social activities Troubled relationships Overall poor quality of life Suicidal thoughts and behavior PreventionThere's no sure way to prevent obsessive-compulsive disorder. However, getting treatment as soon as possible may help prevent OCD from worsening and disrupting activities and your daily routine. 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With MEINL since: 2004
Zodiac Sign: Taurus
Place of birth: Krems/Austria
Teacher: Walter Grassmann
Favorite MEINL cymbal: Generation X Filter China 8"
Drumming since: I started at the age of 7
Car that you currently drive: BMW
Not counting on drums what do you do for fun: Spending time with my girlfriend and friends. Outdoor Sports. Chilling
Favorite Food: Indian, Greek and Mexican Food, especially Nachos with cheese.
Favorite Drink: Red Wine from Austria/Burgenland and of course Austrian Beer called `ein kuehles Blondes`
Highlight of your career so far: Playing one week gigs at the Cavan Club in Liverpool. The original place and stage where the Beatles started their career
Drumming strengths: Groove, timing, musicality and power
Drumming means to me: Making music and having fun!!!
Advice for up and coming drummers: The most important thing when it comes to playing the drums is: GROOVE&TIME!!!
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Lainey Interviews Articles
Celebrities Lainey has interviewed and referenced or written about.
Brange family carpet (almost)
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Brange at the Maleficent premiere last night. Sorry it took me so long to write about this. I've been waiting all day to buy those family photos – Brange posing with Maddox, Pax, Miss Zahara, Shiloh the Chosen, and Knox. But the agency is taking forever to figure it out. So we'll come back to that in a separate post when they do. Full Story
Dear Gossips,
I'm still high on Angelina Jolie. Even after a rough weekend with no sleep and two flights in less than 24 hours and 3 shoots yesterday, on top of writing the blog, I can't find anything to complain about. And, normally, I hate everyone, everything. Read Full Intro
Robert Sheehan's favourite pants
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I covered The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones Toronto premiere last week. A note on Jamie Campbell Bower -- I never understood it until I saw him move. Bower is tall, lanky, and he has a rock star swagger that's very attractive. For me though, it's all about Robert Sheehan, who's not even top 3 in the cast but is totally #1 on pure personality and charisma. Full Story
I am afraid for Henry Cavill
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The final trailer for Man Of Steel was released yesterday. The movie opens June 14. And it's going to be huge. Maybe not Avengers/Iron Man 3 huge but really, really big. I saw Man Of Steel last weekend in advance of the junket. Reviews are embargoed until Monday. But I can tell you about my interview with Henry Cavill. Full Story
Bradley Cooper's Roxbury hair
This one is for Katherine who just emailed me about having Bradley Cooper hotness confusion. Here's Coop at The Hangover 3 premiere last night in a rust (copper, brown, what?) coloured suit. Points for the variety. It's refreshing to see a man in something other than black or blue or grey. Full Story
Pepperony Porn!
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But why can't it be Iron Pepper? After all, she wears the suit now, and don't yell at me about spoilers because that scene is in the trailer. I saw Iron Man 3 in a screening room on the Disney lot on Saturday which ended up being cooler than I thought it would be. Can't say much about it yet except that I now have a raging, raging, RAGING hurt for Robert Downey Jr in a Five List kind of way, only more. Full Story
Kit's first lead
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A few members of the cast of Game Of Thrones, along with George R R Martin and showrunners, David Benioff and DB Weiss, were at the television academy yesterday in advance of the Season 3 premiere on March 31... Are you ready?!? Did I mention Arya is adorable in real life and Bran is SO pretty it's unfair? There's none of that Hollywood Machine Child to either of them. Full Story
Cupping and Ginger Beards
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Am writing from LAX, heading home to Vancouver after a few days in LA. This was my itinerary, and I promise, there's a point: Last week we were in Toronto, flew back to Vancouver on Friday, arriving at 7pm PT. Twelve hours later I was back at the airport for an 8am PT flight to Edmonton only to connect to Los Angeles, to get here in time for a screening. Full Story
Game Of Thrones is better than movie stars
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Covered the Game Of Thrones Season 3 premiere red carpet last night at the Chinese Theatre. The last time I covered a movie carpet at the Chinese Theatre it was Gangster Squad in January. The carpet was easily 4 times longer. And with 4 times LESS people. Or more. You can imagine how long the cast list was last night for GoT, right? We've been conditioned at these events to expect that they'll arrive just before the start of the screening and not stop and make you feel that they're doing you a favour by showing up and talking. Full Story
Nicholas Hoult: 2 for 2
A great week is only getting better, starting the second day in a row with Nicholas Hoult, currently in the #2 position on my Five List. Here he is in a well tailored suit at the premiere of Warm Bodies in Rome. My cousin Cat wrote to me yesterday, "I can't believe About A Boy is so hot! I loved him in that movie!" I'm telling you, in person it's even better. Full Story
Kristen Stewart's labels
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Here's Kristen Stewart's Vanity Fair spread by the ever-unimaginative Mario Testino. Are we ever going to be over him? Mario Testino is the Jay Leno of photographers. Chill Twi-Hards. I'm not saying she's not beautiful. She is always beautiful, and if you could read properly I wouldn't have to repeat this so many times. Full Story


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After watching games at Hansa Rostock and VfL Wolfsburg the previous two days, this Sunday was initially set aside for a regional match in Berlin. We hadn't factored in EFW member Michael Stoffl though had we? Michael - an 1860 Munich fan from Germany - now lives in Berlin and had contacted us through the EFW website. He advised us that we could in fact attend a match in Poland if we so wished (yes please - Ed).
I'd never been to a match in Poland. Would it be a throwback to the 80's with film crews following the excitable duo Ross Kemp and Danny Dyer who'd doubtless be reporting on snooker loopy fans engaging in gang warfare on the terraces!? Or with Poland set to co-host Euro 2012, would a cash injection of złotys from the Polish FA mean that everything was now tickety-boo and sponsored by Maccy D's, Heineken, Amstel and that tyre company?
Pogoń Szczecin and Polonia Słubice are fairly tricky names for an English simpleton to come to terms with. It's at times like these that I think to myself; what would my heroes Johnathan Agnew (Aggers) and Henry Blofeld (Blowers) do!? So with them firmly in mind - and if it's ok with you - I'll simply refer to them as Poggers and Slubbers from now on in. Deal or no deal!?
Some cometh Sunday morning and matchday the EFW were - it has to be said - in pretty bad shape after two late nights on the beer in Berlin. Think of the worst hangover you've ever had and times it by two and that's how some of the team felt. So upon meeting the aforementioned Michael for the first time - on platform 6 at Berlin Hauptbahnhof (station) - his kind offer of a 5.5% Berliner Kindl beer as an opening gift to us was met with a somewhat muted response.
As everybody knows though, the only way through a hangover is to stop feeling sorry for yourself and to bat on gamely. So after a two hour train journey we made our way to the Christopher Colvmbvs pub - in the City of Szczecin - overlooking the Oder River and out to the Baltic Sea. It was the sort of place you'd receive 1 x big tick and 3 x brownie points for taking the wife to lunch. Moreover, it sold 5.7% beers at £1 a pint which were pleasingly called 'Bosmans'. The phrase 'back of the net' sprung to mind.
After a look around the town for an intake of culture (Big Deaks insisted) we hopped on the tram up to the Stadion Florian Kryger. It was still a couple of hours before kick off so we were still very much in need of some pre-match entertainment (beers). We met up with a small group of fans who told us that no beer is served in or around Polish football grounds because "it would be total and utter chaos". Fairly do's. So we brought our match tickets (£2 each! - or £3 if you wanted a roof) and headed back into town.
As it was, as soon as we made our way through the turnstiles a few minutes before kick off, it was clear that the fans had disappointingly chosen to stayaway. Two seasons ago Poggers were playing in the Polish Ekstraklasa (Premiership to you and I). They finished bottom and were relegated a further two divisions due to the old 'financial problems'. They won the superbly named 'Zachodniopomorska' league last season and now find themselves in the top two of the Zachodnia group of the new II Liga (formerly the Third League) about the gain promotion back to the Polish Second League (II Liga Polska). Are you following at the back!?
For the first half we sat just above the Pogon ultras. Their songs were a joy to behold. My pigeon Polish translated them as thus: 'Mash Mash Mash' sung for the first 20 minutes, followed by 'Four goals sexy scum', 'Coca Coca are we' and pleasingly 'We hate Palace'. The ultras were lead by two lads in a readily made platform, one of whom some rather unkindly referred to as 'Fatty'.
The rather large stadium - in the shape of a horseshoe - smelt of drugs. I'm not altogether sure if it's legal to smoke pot in Polish grounds but everybody was doing so and by the look of the lads around us, we weren't going to argue with any of them. Sadly, no Slubbers fans made the small journey north to the match. They are bottom of the league and were quite possibly the worst footballing team I'd ever seen.
Early on in the match, Poggers had a player sent off for two innocuous challenges. This spoilt the game as a spectacle and I had a good mind to ask for my £2 back. Things picked up at half time when chaps on stilts ran across the pitch firing signed shirts into the crowd from toy machine guns. This prompted a minor pitch invasion as some of the shirts didn't make it into the stands and were left on the pitch. Scrambles.
With 15 minutes of the game remaining we had a big decision to make. Leave the game early doors, purchase some Bosmans and make the last train back to Berlin in time. Alternatively, we could have stayed on until the bitter end, miss our last train back to Germany and stay the night in Poland. Both appealed but in the end we decided that as no goal was going to be scored in three months of Sundays we'd opt for the Bosman ruling.
A bit of a stinker then ensued. As soon as we put one shoe outside the ground an enormous cheer went up. 1-0 Poggers. Worse was to follow. We later heard that Slubbers had equalised - Lord only knows how. So we missed both goals and that stinks. We did however thoroughly enjoy 16 cans of Bosmans on the way back to Berlin. By now Michael was very much on our wave length and cracking funnies. Big Deaks in turn - spurred on by the power of Bosman - was giving Michael stick (Michael Stich!?). Happy days indeed.
Upon our arrival back in Berlin everybody aside from Big Deaks and I decided to call it a day. The two of us then went of a bit of a pub crawl celebrating with lots of Panathinaikos basketball fans long into the night, as you do. We'll be back Poland, hopefully with a lot more fans next time. Na Zdrowie. Vivat!
The Poggers club shop.
What's that flag doing there you may ask!? Well, it's because fans from Warsaw are like brothers for Pogon, they have a friendship with Legia. In Poland, for matches against Legia - Pogon call it 'Friends Debri' - and it's always great atmosphere. One for the EFW notebook I reckon.
Also, it's been brought to our attention that Poland's match with Northern Ireland will take place in this very stadium in September. Check this video out if you want to see what a Polish International looks like in the Stadion Florian Kryger. Most impressive I'm sure you'll agree.


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1949 Studebaker Truck - No Faker, Studebaker
Dwight Hamann's '49 Studebaker
Folks either know about Studebakers or they don't. The old guys-the real old guys-say Studebakers haven't been any good since they took the tongue out. For those of you who don't get it, the expression refers to the tongue in a horse-drawn wagon.
The origin of Studebaker pickups can be traced back to 1852 in Placerville, California, where John Mohler Studebaker sold his first wheelbarrow. John's device looked like a wood-floored pickup bed on two wheels with no engine. In 1858 "Wheelbarrow" Johnny sold his manufacturing business and joined his brothers in South Bend, Indiana, to build wagons for the U.S. Army. By the end of the Civil War, the Studebaker brothers had become multimillionaires, and Studebaker was the world's dominant name in horse-drawn vehicles. By 1870, John's youngest brother, Jacob Franklin Studebaker, had established the world's first Studebaker dealership in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Our story about St. Joe resident Dwight Hamann's 1949 Studebaker pickup begins 155 years later.
While driving through the outskirts of St. Joe, Dwight spotted the Studebaker pickup abandoned in a field. Its second owner parked the Stude there in '70 after driving it since '57. Dwight paid the guy $200 and hauled it away-after removing a big tree that had grown up between the frame and engine, that is.
Dwight started the project by grafting a '70 Nova subframe onto the truck's nose and stuffing a 402-inch Chevy big-block engine into it. Dwight told us "life gets in the way," so his progress on the truck didn't always move as fast as he would have liked it to. Dwight was kicking around a lot of the '49 Stude's major components for a project like this. The pickup's Ford nine-inch rearend is from a '69 Cougar Dwight stripped several years ago. For rear disc brakes, he robbed a set from an 8.8-inch Ford Explorer rearend and hogged them out to fit.
Dwight originally ran a TH350 behind his "rat" motor until the 350 snapped in half while shifting into high. Not wishing to continue snapping trannies into halves, Dwight upgraded to a beefed 200R four-speed auto from Pro-Street Transmissions in Independence, Missouri.
Dwight does auto body and paint work for a living. The average person might think Dwight's color choice was an easy decision. In reality, that wasn't the case. Dwight sprayed everything from orange, to red, to green on beat-up Studebaker fenders before he arrived at the brilliant pearl blue finish that graces his truck today. If you'd like to use this blue on your truck, it's a PPG fleet color, paint code number 190107, with PPG DBC 2042 clear on top.
Before Dwight painted the Stude, he had to unwind years and years of rust and abuse. Of course, when you pull a truck out of a field, you may have to repair a few bullet holes. After Dwight got the cab and front end ready for paint, his next move was to prepare the bed. Unlike 1852 Studebaker wheelbarrows, the '49's bed is steel. This, along with the absence of running boards, is where Studebakers got the jump on trucks of their day. Dwight shaved the stake holes and frenched the antenna for his Pioneer sound system with MP3 player into the front passenger-side stake hole. He cut out the Stude's steel bed floor. Then Dwight laid in a sheet of steel, welded it in and shot the bed with blue-tinted spray-in bedliner.
Dwight's '49 Studebaker pickup is as sweet as they come. In the eyes of many people, these trucks are in a category all their own. Think about it, how many trucks can you name that look like they came from the factory with a chopped top and a lowered stance? In the first three months Dwight's Studebaker was running, he put over 7,000 miles on it. Dwight says, "The fun thing about building the old girl is always having someone check her out, admire her, or just plain shoot the bull."
Hey, who knows, maybe someday a guy will walk up to Dwight and say, "Yep, 155 years ago my great great grandfather Jacob Studebaker opened up the world's first Studebaker dealership right here in St. Joe."