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Hammel roughed up, A's can't recover in Houston
HOUSTON -- The A's have yet to win a game started by Jason Hammel, begging the question, will he make another?
Manager Bob Melvin says so, but his patience must also be waning after Wednesday's poor showing.View Full Game Coverage
HOUSTON -- The A's have yet to win a game started by Jason Hammel, begging the question, will he make another?
Manager Bob Melvin says so, but his patience must also be waning after Wednesday's poor showing.View Full Game Coverage
Hammel suffered his fourth loss in as many starts in green and gold, barely getting out of a six-run first inning and allowing eight runs overall in an ugly 8-1 finale with the Astros at Minute Maid Park.
It's the first post-break series loss for the A's, who finished their six-game road swing against two of the worst teams in baseball, the Rangers and Astros, with a 3-3 record.
Unlike trade partner Jeff Samardzija, Hammel has not worked out well for the A's, who acquired their services from the Cubs in a Fourth of July blockbuster that forced them to part with two of their top prospects in Addison Russell and Billy McKinney.
That's a hefty package they gave up but worth it, they believed, if Samardzija and Hammel could help separate them from the pack in a heated division race. The A's are 4-1 when Samardzija starts; 0-4 with Hammel, who has allowed 18 earned runs in just 17 innings in those four starts for a 9.53 ERA.
But the A's plan to stay the course and pitch the veteran again Tuesday vs. the Rays.
"Well, we have what we have," said Melvin. "Right now, until there are changes, that's what I expect to do."
"Every ballplayer goes through something like this," said Hammel. "It's not always roses. It's that simple. You could be on top of the world one day and then on the bottom of the heap the next day. It's a matter of having confidence in myself and continuing to work hard. I keep saying it over and over again, but I'm not going to beat myself up."
The Astros did the beating Wednesday. Hammel offered his team only 4 1/3 innings, and the fact that he made it that far was perhaps the most encouraging part of his day.
He threw 44 pitches in the six-run first inning, getting bit by a walk and four singles, along with a two-run homer off the bat of Robbie Grossman. But he was back out for the second, with few bullpen arms to spare, and retired nine in a row before boarding his next batter via a walk.
Another walk to lead off the fifth proved costly, as Hammel offered up a two-run homer to Jon Singleton one out later, bringing Melvin out of the dugout to get him in favor of Ryan Cook.
"You saw it yourself. Sliders that were up in the zone, bloop hits, bloop hits, bloop hits," said Hammel. "A big hit, and you look up and have a six-spot on the board. Says a lot to our hitters, too. Our guys string together good at-bats, but you throw them in a 6-0 hole early, it's hard for them to come back. That's been all me. These four losses I have, they're all my losses."
"You see flashes of what makes him who he is," said Melvin. "He had some quick innings, ball was down and moving. Then it flattens out some."
The good parts of Wednesday, Hammel said, were built on emotions: "Long story short, I was [upset]. It's ridiculous. Just continue to do the same thing over and over again. It's like insanity, expecting a different result. I gotta make an adjustment."
"He got a little [upset] and pitched down in the zone and had success," said catcher Derek Norris. "I don't think it's a lack of focus or energy or anything you want to draw into that. Sometimes guys get [upset] and they leave the ball hanging even more. At the same time, he just has to find out what it is he needs to tell himself to keep the ball down in the zone, whether it's getting really [angry] or putting a rubber band on his wrist and flicking it until he's about ready to cry."
Norris was responsible for one of just four hits off lefty Dallas Keuchel, who twirled his fourth complete game of the season and fifth of his career, his lone mistake being the first pitch he threw in the second inning that Josh Donaldson hammered to left field.
It was the 23rd homer of the season for Donaldson, who totaled 24 all of last year.
But there was little else to cheer about.
"Obviously, right now, it doesn't look too good, but it's a long season," said Hammel. "I've been through this before. I gotta continue to have confidence in myself and continue to do what I've done before. This is nothing new to me. I've been through this before."
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Now we know one of the great misconceptions in the days leading up to the postseason: St. Louis did not have a leaky bullpen. There were times during the regular season that, yes, it was a weakness. But come Oct. 1, Tony La Russa had enough time to discern which parts were useful, what roles they were best suited, and who he could trust most.
The Cardinals' bullpen has thrown 48 1/3 innings in 12 postseason games. It has a 2.23 ERA. La Russa has deftly utilized each piece at the right time and it's made him the talk of October. (A lack of other storylines have aided that.)
Here is how St. Louis acquired their relievers:
Jason Motte ($435,000) - 19th round pick in 2003
Fernando Salas ($420,000 approx.) - International free agent signing
Arthur Rhodes ($3.9 million, but only $113,000 paid by STL) - Signed as free agent in August
Octavio Dotel ($3.5 million, but only $1.2 million paid by STL) - Acquired in deadline trade with TOR
Marc Rzepczynski ($430,000, but only $143,000 paid by STL) - Acquired in deadline trade with TOR
Lance Lynn ($414,000) - 1st round pick in 2008
Mitchell Boggs ($431,000) - 5th round pick in 2005
That leaves the total cost of the seven primary St. Louis relievers at approximately $3.16 million. (Calculations are rough, especially with pre-arbitration salaries and mid-season acquisitions.) Granted, it cost a lot to reach that point. The Cardinals traded Colby Rasums, a talented young and cheap outfielder for Dotel, Rzepczynski and others.
St. Louis began this season with Ryan Franklin as closer. Here is the sobering number: He was paid $3.25 million by the Cardinals in 2011. Franklin last pitched a game June 28 and he still made more money than the combined amount of the seven current relievers that have the Cardinals three wins from a championship.
There are risks in building a bullpen, most namely, multi-year deals. Franklin inked a two-year, $6.5 million deal before the 2010 season. In 2010, he saved 27 of 29 games to a 3.46 ERA and was a dependable closer. In 2011, he blew four of five save chances and was released with an 8.46 ERA. The Cardinals, effectively, ate half of the deal.
The Phillies will face a similar situation this winter. Ryan Madson is a free agent and on the cusp of a lucrative contract. He's been a member of the Phillies organization since 1998 and the team would very much like to have him back. But they are unlikely to offer anything more than three years (if that) in a contract. Madson's agent is Scott Boras. He will command top dollar as the top relief prize, and with a plethora of teams needing a new closer, Madson could find that four-year deal elsewhere.
If that happens, Ruben Amaro Jr. is on record saying he wants to sign another veteran closer to replace Madson.
"I don't feel comfortable with the guys we have internally," Amaro said. "If Ryan does not sign, we might have to go outside the organization. There are some people in our system who think [Justin] De Fratus or [Phillippe] Aumont can do that. I am not convinced of that yet."
La Russa never named "a closer" in Franklin's departure. The majority of the save chances fell to Salas, who converted 24 of 30. Motte, who emerged as the best option late in the season, converted 9 of 13. As a whole, the Cardinals saved 64 percent of their chances -- only Washington, Chicago and Houston had worse rates in the National League.
The Phillies used a closer in 2009 who posted a 7.21 ERA and blew 11 saves. They still made it to Game 6 of the World Series with Brad Lidge.
When St. Louis could no longer ride their veteran closer, they turned to a group of high-ceiling, hard-throwing relievers to fill the void. It took a few months to figure out the best combination, but now the Cardinals are that close to a World Series victory.
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HUDSON -- A Nashua man was in critical condition Monday after running into a car while riding his bike near the intersection of Lowell and Wason roads at about 11:50 a.m.
James Landry, 47, was originally brought to Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua before being transferred to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment.
Landry collided with a car, was thrown from his bike and hit the pavement with his head. He was not wearing a helmet.
The investigation shows Alisha McCoy, 30, of Nashua, was driving east on Flagstone Drive and had a green light to turn onto Wason Road. Landry was riding against traffic and ran a red light before colliding with McCoy, who had the right of way.
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STOCKTON - Friday's CIF State Open Division quarterfinal game at Joe Blanchard Gymnasium rested on the shoulders of a sophomore and freshman.
STOCKTON - Friday's CIF State Open Division quarterfinal game at Joe Blanchard Gymnasium rested on the shoulders of a sophomore and freshman.
The sophomore was St. Mary's guard Brijanee Moore, who missed two one-and-one free throws that would have iced the game versus Orinda-Miramonte. The freshman was Sabrina Ionescu, who missed a one-and-one for the Matadors moments later to give St. Mary's a 63-62 victory.
Ionescu's free throw rolled off the back of the rim with 2.4 seconds left and St. Mary's advances to the semifinals at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Blanchard. The Rams will play the winner of today's Carondelet and Archbishop Mitty game.
"Brijanee is normally a good free-throw shooter," St. Mary's coach Tom Gonsalves said. "I guess it evened itself out because both teams had pressure shots and missed them."
St. Mary's (30-2) led 61-51 with just over 4 minutes to play when Miramonte went on an 11-2 run. The Matadors (27-3) capped the run by drawing a charge on Moore with under a minute and scored on a baseline drive with 38 seconds left.
During the comeback, Moore got a key put back on a missed free throw by freshman Kat Tudor to keep the Rams ahead. Moore finished with 16 points and Tudor led the team with 19 points.
Ionescu led the Matadors with 19 points while Breanna Alford had 12 points.
The Rams got up 9-0 before Miramonte first got the ball past midcourt. Eventually, Miramonte started beating St. Mary's pressure defense and took a 37-34 lead into the break.
"This is a game of runs and we got off to a slow start," Miramonte coach Kelly Sopak said. "Give our girls credit for battling back a couple of different times."
St. Mary's slowed the tempo in the second half, but the Matadors did not go away. The Rams also were hurt by going 1 for 5 from 3-point range in the final quarter.
- Mark Godi, Record Correspondent
At Hayward, the Knights (26-5) didn't slay the Dragons, but they are wiser for having had the experience.
Bishop O'Dowd, ranked third statewide and fourth nationally by MaxPreps.com, steadily pulled away from Brookside Christian in the first round in the Open Division of the state playoffs at Chabot College in Hayward. The Dragons will play Berkeley-St. Mary's on Tuesday.
"It is an honor (to play in the Open Division), but I thought it was a little bit of a stretch for us," Brookside Christian coach Que Ngo said. "We're not going to see a team like that again probably in our lifetime, and, hopefully, our girls will take this as a learning experience."
The Dragons (27-3) went on a 6-0 run to finish the first half with a 25-15 lead.
The Knights trailed by 18 entering the fourth quarter and had a difficult time the entire game scoring against Bishop O'Dowd's interior size with 6-foot-4 seniors Oderah Chidom, who is headed to Duke, and Breanna Brown, and 6-2 senior K.C. Waters.
Halie Schumacher scored 11 points to lead Brookside Christian.
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(Editor's note: Over the rest of this week and next we'll be rolling out our staff picks for the best in horror from 2014, leading up to the official BGH Best of 2014 list and the Year in Review podcast. Enjoy!)
Let's talk about Ti West...
The horror genre is an eclectic genre, with films that run the gamut from quiet and thoughtful ruminations on human existence to noisy and barely contained gore and chaos. As a result, many of the films (and filmmakers) working in the genre are divisive figures.
There is no better friend to the independent horror filmmaker that Larry Fessenden; his work as producer and actor in many of the early films of the new indie horror movement, and his dedication and devotion to horror filmmaking as one of the only places left for a true film auteur, have made him
"Mama" director Andres Muschietti is apparently in talks with the folks over at Universal to take on the directing role of the upcoming "The Mummy" reboot. No real details have come out about the film but it will take place in modern time and the cast from the previous films will not make an appearance. You ever see that episode of "Seinfeld" where Elaine takes the Asian woman from her nail saloon to see "Rochelle Rochelle" but Bette Midler isn't in the show that night and they freak out? That's me right now but replace Bette Midler with Brendan Fraser.
The good folks over at Magnolia Pictures are on the verge of striking a deal that would land them the rights to Ti West's "The Sacrament". A new found footage film, "The Sacrament" follows two reporters as they try to escape from a community outside the US after one of their sisters turns up missing. No word on when or how the film will be released but for the first time I'm going to go ahead and say I think a Ti West movie sounds interesting. Now who wants a hug?
Sean S. Cunningham, the fella who directed the original "Friday the 13th", has dropped word that he expects a new F13 film to see the light of day sometime in 2015 if all goes according to plan. He also let out that the movie will not be a continuation of the 2009 remake but will in fact be a new story. I don't know if that's good or bad but I suppose it's best to keep positive right? Seriously, someone hug me. I just want to be loved.
6 year old Kennedi Clements has landed the role of Madison in the upcoming "Poltergeist" remake. For those of you keeping score at home this is the Carol Anne role from the original movie. So ya know, good luck sleeping at night for the rest of your life Kennedi. Also, what are your parents doing letting you read this website?
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The long gestating festival gem "You're Next" has finally been released to the general public. Originally produced in 2011, it fell a similar fate to last year's "Cabin in the Woods"; being a very well received critical darling but getting put on the back burner for other studio material. Featuring a score of Indie horror icons (Joe Swanberg, Ti West, and writer/actor Simon Barrett), "You're Next" is a prime example of the next generation in horror beginning to surface for prime time exposure.
26 different short films, 26 different off topic conversations...
Wait, how did a webcam conversation end up on a VHS tape?
"V/H/S" is a new, independent horror anthology that comes to you from ten, count 'em, ten directors, including current horror golden boy Ti West ("The Innkeepers"). The entire film is shot in a first person "found footage" style, although the subject matter of the stories varies wildly.


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CNN's Don Lemon accused Breitbart and Larry O'Connor of taking him out of context by posting a video of Lemon on CNN discussing the behavior of a Daily Caller reporter toward President Obama.
Larry replied with a series of tweets asked Lemon for clarification, offering to correct the record, and inviting Lemon to come on to the Dennis Miller radio show as a guest to explain how Larry failed. As of this time, Lemon has still not responded.
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No BS this time! What can I say other than, "at f**king last!!!"
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well i have to say IT IS ..................................AWSOME!!!!
love the voice that Jim Carrey is doing
I'm in LOVE with him and I Feel Fine
Trust me guys. It's twice as good in 3D!!!
To God, every living being is beautiful... Except for you.
I am glad it's going to be in 3D just because it will not look good if it is pirated...YAYY-it does look really good. Might be one of Jim's bestest movie ever-
Bah hum bug!!!!
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...it's fantastic the way they've kept the essence of Jim in the characters too.......... ..........you just know Scrooge is Jim from the expressions......... .....
It's going to get me really Xmassy........ ...... i'm in London just before Xmas so i'm going to have a total Xmas experience...........
the lights, a carol concert at the Royal Albert Hall...........Xmas in soho and An Xmas Carol (hopefully at the Imax)............omg i'm gonna be a happy little bunny
I think it looks 'OK'. The animation is way better than 'Beowulf' and 'Polar', looks like the finally have the solution for the dead-eyes problem. Thumbs up for that. But it's not stunning, neither impressive. Although I like the Scrooge they created.
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Archdiocese, lawyers to decide fate of accused priest
Archdiocese, lawyers to decide fate of accused priest
OMAHA, Neb. —
The Vatican said the Omaha Archdiocese must handle the investigation of a longtime Catholic priest.
Two cannon lawyers from outside the archdiocese, along with the Archbishop George Lucas will now decide whether Rev. Franklin Dvorak is guilty or innocent.
Last year, the archbishop received a complaint alleging that Dvorak sexually abused a female student while he was the pastor in Norfolk in the 70s.
The 69-year-old was never criminally charged and maintains his innocence.
Dvorak is on leave as pastor of Saint Elizabeth Ann parish near 114th and Fort streets in Omaha.


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Jorge Lozano said he arrived in America from his native Bolivia when he was 10 years old with a suitcase full of clothes and pocket full of dreams. Today, 50 years later, Lozano is the President and CEO of Condortech Services, Inc., an integrated security solutions company that protects over $1.8 billion in assets in Washington, D.C.
In his 2013 State of the Union speech, President Obama outlined his vision for making America a magnet for investment, innovation, and economic growth. He said that if we are going to keep our economy growing, we need to ensure that opportunities to prosper are open to all the innovative risk-takers and entrepreneurs who are pursuing the American dream, especially our minority business entrepreneurs.
Lozano, a client of the Minority Business Development Agency's (MBDA) Federal Procurement Center in Washington, D.C., took that risk and made his American dream come true—and he's not done yet.
He recently accompanied former Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank on an infrastructure business development trade mission to Brazil, Colombia, and Panama. The purpose of the trip was to promote U.S. exports by helping U.S. companies in infrastructure sectors make the connections they need to expand their business opportunities in the three countries.
"Participating in the Department of Commerce's trade mission was a very positive experience," Lozano said. "The trip allowed me to meet many potential clients. It was a great business development marketing opportunity and the countries we visited were extremely eager to meet us."
Lozano has not wasted time in fostering the business relationships built during the trip. Last month, in conjunction with the Colombian American Chamber of Commerce, he sponsored the 1st Annual International Technology and Security Conference at the U.S. Capitol's Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC. Nearly 50 Colombian businessmen travelled to the U.S. and attended the event. On July 19, and in conjunction with the Colombian Embassy and the Alexandria, Va., Police Department, he's also sponsoring the 1st Annual Colombian Defense Show at the Alexandria Masonic Temple.
"My goal is to continue reaching out to our neighbors in the south to help educate them on what my business technology provides," Lozano said. "I encourage all other minority business owners to seriously consider exporting their business product abroad. This is a great opportunity for our American companies to create more jobs here in the U.S. while also expanding our business globally."
Combined with cultural knowledge and familiarity with local business practices, MBDA clients are well suited for exporting, as evidenced by the U.S. Census Bureau's 2007 Survey of Business Owners. Minority-owned businesses are twice as likely to export, three times more likely to boast international operations, and six times more likely to transact business in a language other than English.
The MBDA is the only Federal agency solely dedicated to the growth and global competitiveness of U.S. minority-owned businesses. Our programs and services better equip minority-owned firms to create jobs, build scale and capacity, increase revenues and expand regionally, nationally and internationally. To learn more, please visit www.mbda.gov.


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So you want to check out todays big race?
Heres a rundown on how to make the most of race day in Durango, the start of the seven-day USA Pro Cycling Challenge.
First, and foremost, the race starts at 10 a.m. at Main Avenue and Eighth Street with two parade laps through downtown. After that, racers will hammer up the Front Hill to Fort Lewis College, ride along the scenic Rim Drive, fly down North College Drive and sprint on Florida Road back to the downtown.
One hundred twenty-six world-class racers will ride through town for about 26 minutes before departing on County Road 210 the road that leads to Lake Nighthorse, said City Manager Ron Le-Blanc.
He encourages residents to show up, make a lot of noise and, if possible, wear a costume.
Do Durango proud, he said. You can recycle all your Snowdown costumes.
Popular viewing spots will include:
Buckley Park, 1250 Main Ave., where an all-day festival is planned with food, music and exhibits. A Jumbotron will broadcast the race.
Main Avenue and 12th Street, where bleachers will be set up for a Fort Lewis College cycling fundraisers at Guidos Favorite Foods..
The start line at Main Avenue and Eighth Street, where dignitaries and luminaries such as Gov. John Hickenlooper and former Olympians will speak.
Along the Front Hill, the first heart-pounding climb of the 683-mile race.
Along Rim Drive, where spectators can see two passes, once up close and again about 100 feet below on Florida Road.
Much of downtown will be closed to vehicular traffic, making parking tricky, if not impossible.
Residents and visitors are encouraged to walk, ride a bicycle, or park and ride a free shuttle.
Free parking will be available at four locations: Durango Mall, Durango High School/La Plata County Fairgrounds, Twin Buttes and Fort Lewis College. A free shuttle will operate from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and take spectators from those four lots to the downtown Transit Center.
We are hoping you will take transit and ride your bike; stay out of the car, LeBlanc said.
Events get started early with a pancake breakfast at 7 a.m. in Buckley Park and opening ceremonies at 8 a.m. on Main Avenue.
Highlights from the first day, including live coverage of the finish, will be shown starting at 2 p.m. on the NBC Sports Network. A helicopter will be overhead filming the start and motorcycles will closely track the cyclists.
NBC and NBC Sports Network have agreed to show 29 cumulative hours of televised coverage during the seven-day race. Coverage in one form or another will reach more than 200 countries, LeBlanc said.
The town has never looked so good, he said. We have put down hundreds of gallons of paint, weve trimmed trees, weve fixed streets, weve hung banners.
The Pro Cycling Challenge is the biggest event Durango has ever hosted, LeBlanc said.
Theres nothing comparable to what this is, he said.
The city budgeted about $560,000 for the event. It will recoup much of those expenses from sponsors, fundraisers, special events and the race itself.
Today was going to be the first day of school for Durango School District 9-R students, but the start was postponed a day to accommodate the race.
LeBlanc encouraged as many residents as possible to attend todays event.
Its a way to show your appreciation and support for the city by going out and supporting the race, he said.
The race course itself is closed to the public, which means people are prohibited from running onto the course at least in town. The city also asks residents to keep their dogs at home.
Its a great opportunity to show the pride in Durango, said Mary Monroe, with Trails 2000. This isnt just a bike race, this is a full-on tourism opportunity. The more people that we can get to come out and cheer for Durango and of course, were cheering for the racers, too that would be fabulous.
City officials were anticipating 25,000 visitors in town today. Twelve city employees equipped with clickers will be assigned to specific areas to count every person they see, LeBlanc said. The city will then inquire with local motels and hotels about their occupancy rates and try to gauge how many people were camping on public lands, he said.
More than 650 volunteers will assist with crowd control and directing traffic.
Local law enforcement is operating under the direction of the Southwest Incident Command Team, a consolidation of emergency responders set up to help coordinate law-enforcement efforts.
Officers will be stationed along the race route, said Jim Spratlen, chief of Durango Police Department.
Anyone that wants to disrupt it, well have an immediate action group that will come out and stop it, he said. Theres a lot of stuff that can go on with large crowds, especially a large crowd that is going to watch an international event.
Durango Mayor Doug Lyon thanked local volunteers and organizers who have worked night and day for several months preparing for todays event.
Durango has a long and storied tradition with cycling, he said. Im sure there will be great enthusiasm for the overall start of Americas greatest stage race.
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OAKLAND — A man was fatally struck by a car late Friday night and found on westbound Interstate 980, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Passers-by reported seeing a man down in the far left lane along I-980 near the 27th Street on-ramp around 11 p.m., said CHP Officer Sean Wilkenfeld.
The man, who appeared to be a motorcyclist, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Wilkenfeld.
The man's identity was not immediately available.
The fatal collision has puzzled the CHP, however, as the man was not found with a motorcycle.
Near the interchange of I-580 and I-980, however, a motorcycle was found without a rider.
Wilkenfeld said it was unclear whether that motorcycle belonged to the man found on I-980, but he said it was odd that both the man and the motorcycle were found by themselves.
No information on what led to the fatal crash was immediately available, but anyone with information on the collision can call 1-800-TELL-CHP (1-800-835-5247).
Check back for updates.
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Terry Butcher's men are without a win in their last four matches but, nevertheless, they can be backed at 10/11 (1.91) with Paddy Power to pick up all three points when they face Kenny Shiels' side in the Highlands.
Killie, though, are sure to come into this match with confidence, having knocked Inverness out of the Scottish Cup less than two weeks ago and the Rugby Park side look to represent good value at 11/4 (3.75) with Paddy Power to claim victory here. The same firm go 13/5 (3.60) that the match ends in stalemate.
The home side's attack is likely to be led by in-form striker Billy McKay. The 24-year-old has bagged an impressive 21 goals in all competitions for Terry Butcher's men this season and, with 17 of those goals coming in the Scottish Premier League, he is the league's top scorer.
McKay is available at 4/1 (5.0) with Paddy Power to break the deadlock on Wednesday while the same firm offer an appealing even money (2.0) quote that the former Northampton Town striker scores at any time.
Kilmarnock must do without the services of top scorer Cillian Sheridan, who misses out through injury, but Paul Heffernan is set to deputise for the former Celtic and St Johnstone striker once again.
Heffernan scored both goals in Killie's victory over Inverness in the Scottish Cup tie between the sides earlier this month and represents outstanding value at 13/2 (7.50) to score the opening goal of the game.
It should be noted that Kenny Shiels' men have lost just two of their last 10 matches and have kept three clean sheets in their last four outings so Paddy Power's 11/4 (3.75) quote for Kilmarnock to win the match looks to be particularly attractive against Terry Butcher's out-of-sorts hosts while the 13/2 (7.50) quote for Paul Heffernan to bag the opener is the value selection here.
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President Barack Obama and rival Mitt Romney paused their campaigns Tuesday to observe the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Another significant anniversary comes later this week — the fourth anniversary of the bankruptcy filing of Lehman Brothers.
Osama bin Laden hoped to destabilize the U.S. financial system by attacking the World Trade Center towers near Wall Street. The system was shaken but withstood the assault.
But the financial system and the larger U.S. economy are still reeling from the collapse of Lehman and other financial giants.
Failing to get a government bailout, Lehman sought bankruptcy protection on Sept. 15, 2008.
Banks stopped lending to each other, credit froze and the Dow dropped 500 points, accelerating the worst downturn since the Great Depression. Banks and the larger economy are slowly coming back, but unemployment remains above 8 percent and growth painfully slow.
The economy is the top U.S. campaign issue, while recessions in Europe and a sharp slowdown in China further threaten the recovery.
America's presidential election and China's leadership transition are happening at roughly the same time.
The U.S. race is close to a dead heat. And the strange disappearance of China's leader-in-waiting — Xi Jinping dropped from sight 10 days ago — means that politics in the world's two biggest economies right now remains unpredictable.
Obama participated in a series of 9/11 observances, recalling a day "when grief crashed over us like an awful wave."
Romney shook hands with firefighters in Chicago and was speaking to a National Guard convention in Nevada. "America shall remain ever vigilant against those who would do us harm," he said in a statement.
Vice President Joe Biden spoke at a memorial service in Shanksville, Pa. His GOP counterpart, Rep. Paul Ryan was in his home state of Wisconsin.
Follow Tom Raum on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tomraum. For more AP political coverage, look for the 2012 Presidential Race in AP Mobile's Big Stories section. Also follow https://twitter.com/APCampaign and AP journalists covering the campaign: https://twitter.com/AP/ap-campaign-2012


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Watch 'Wanderlust' Star Ken Marino's Hilarious Macy Gray Impression
We know Ken Marino can act from his days on the MTV sketch comedy show 'The State' to his long resume of roles in shows like 'Party Down' and 'Veronica Mars.' And we know he can write — the 43-year old co-penned the screenplay to 'Role Models" and did the same for the just-released Paul Rudd/Jennifer Aniston comedy 'Wanderlust.'
But Marino revealed a new talent on 'Conan' that may be his most impressive yet.
While talking about the filming of 'Wanderlust,' Marino mentioned the cast liked to get together for a little karaoke. Then this happened.
Wow. It's like he channeled Macy Gray. You really don't hear that much about Gray — who was a sensation on the level of Rihanna or Beyonce back in 1999 when 'I Try' came out — these days. But if the world needs another raspy-voiced soul singer, it looks like Marino is ready to step in and get funky at a moment's notice.


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Hi all,
Well im new to antionline and id like to start here by asking 1 question. At work I want to set up a IDS most likely snort or sumthin like this but I want it to message me when there is anything detected such as a single port probe (netcat) - all the way to a massive GUI forced port scan (sumthin like nessus or iss internet scanner). How can this be set up? does it send an email? all the help you guys can give is much appreciated.
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Got my Christmas baking trays all filled today and all ready to be delivered to the family .
Thursday, December 15, 2011
My Christmas Baking- Done!
Posted by Monique Fullowka at 5:11 PM
3 comments:
- Carrie said...
that's a really good idea! not only does it look cute but i'm sure it also tastes realy yummy!
Come and enter!
In Love With Fashion Giveaway.
- December 15, 2011 at 6:29 PM
- Little House said...
Those plates look delicious and make great gifts! I've been so busy these past few months I didn't have time for any homemade holiday gifts and that was a shame. I'm sure the recipients of these gifts will be delighted!
- December 16, 2011 at 6:46 AM
- Monique said...
I don't bake it all at once. I bake one thing at a time and then freeze it, over the course of the month, then get it all ready.
- December 16, 2011 at 8:57 AM
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PHILADELPHIA - January 13, 2014 --Authorities are seeking a man captured on surveillance video repeatedly trying to firebomb a northeast Philadelphia home last week.
Police said a man tried to throw a Molotov cocktail into the Port Richmond home shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday.
Detectives said the device failed to ignite but broke the front window. Remains of the device were lying on the sidewalk in front of the residence.
Police said surveillance video recovered from the area "depicted an unknown male attempting to firebomb the residence unsuccessfully five times."
The suspect was wearing a hooded coat with a hooded sweat shirt underneath, sweat pants, a black hat and white shoes.


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IPython provides tools for interactive and parallel computing that are widely used in scientific computing, but can benefit any Python developer. We will show how to use IPython in different ways, as: an interactive shell, an embedded shell, a graphical console, a network-aware VM in GUIs, a web-based notebook with code, graphics and rich HTML, and a high-level framework for parallel computing.
IPython started as a better interactive Python interpreter in 2001, but over the last decade it has grown into a rich and powerful set of interlocking tools aimed at maximizing developer productivity with Python while using the language interactively.
Today, IPython consists of a kernel that executes the user code and controls the user's namespace, and a collection of tools to control this kernel either in-process or out-of-process thanks to a well-specified communications protocol implemented over ZeroMQ. The kernel can do much more than execute user code, including introspection of objects in the user's namespace, detailed error reporting with rich tracebacks, history logging of inputs and outputs with an SQLite backend, a user-extensible system of commands for interactive control that don't collide with user variables, and much more.
Our communications architecture allows these same features to be accessed via a variety of clients, each providing unique functionality tuned to a specific use case. We expose a number of directly usable applications:
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A Qt console that provides the look and feel of a terminal, but adds support for inline figures, graphical calltips, a persistent session that can survive crashes (even segfaults) of the kernel process, and more. A user-based review of some of these features can be found here.
A web-based notebook that can execute code and also contain rich text and figures, mathematical equations and arbitrary HTML. This notebook controls the same kernel as the other two applications, but instead of offering a linear, terminal-like workflow, it presents a document-like view with cells where code is executed but that can be edited in-place, reordered, mixed with explanatory text and figures, etc. This model is a kind of literate programming environment popular in scientific computing and pioneered by the Mathematica system, that allows for the creation of rich documents that combine computational experimentation and results with other explanatory elements. A detailed review of this system can be found here.
A high-performance, low-latency system for parallel computing that supports the control of a cluster of IPython engines communicating over ZeroMQ, with optimizations that minimize unnecessary copying of large objects (especially numpy arrays). These engines can be controlled interactively while developing and doing exploratory work, or can run in batch mode either on a local machine or in a large cluster/supercomputing environment via a batch scheduler.
In this hands-on, in-depth tutorial, we will briefly describe IPython's architecture and will then show how to use and configure each of the above components. We will also discuss how to use the underlying IPython libraries in your own application to provide interactive control.
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For full details about IPython including documentation, previous presentations and videos of talks, please see the project website.
From how the operating system handles your requests through design principles on how to use concurrency and parallelism to optimize your program's performance and scalability. We will cover processes, threads, generators, coroutines, non-blocking IO, and the gevent library.
How processes, threads, coroutines, and non-blocking IO work from the operating system through code implementation and design principles to optimize Python programs. The difference between parallelism and concurrency and when to use each.
The premise is that to make an informed decision you need to know what is happening under the hood. Once you understand the low level functionality, you can make the correct decision in the design phase.
The emphasis is on practical application to solve real world problems.
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The Subversion builds for the Dreamcast port seems to be way behind the others, I'm assuming that if the game engines were included in the builds they would have the extension '*.PLG' - there is no 'DRACI.PLG' (for Dragon History) or 'TEEN.PLG' (for TeenAgent).
Any news as to when the engines will be implemented into the Dreamcast Subversion builds?.
I've updated the buildbot config to include the draci and teenagent plugins in the dreamcast trunk builds, they should be included in the next nightly build.
Thanks for the update, the new engine plugins are still not included in the Dreamcast builds though, perhaps Marcus hasn't had the time to work on the port lately?.
D'oh! Seems I forgot to update the config on the server as well!
Try tomorrow's build.


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No That Won't Backfire At All: Questionable Story About Obama's Daughter Disappears From The Web
from the rampant-speculation dept
It seems likely, then, that the AFP decided to pull back the story once someone pointed that out, but the story is now rapidly disappearing from a variety of online publications (big and small), leading to questions and easy political points about how the story is being "scrubbed." Google News listed about 27 versions of the story when I looked, and later, following the links, I found almost every single one of them was flat out gone. In most cases, they were replaced with a 404 (including The Daily Mail, the Telegraph, the Australian) or sometimes just redirecting people to a front page (Huffington Post and International Business Times). The only version I still found up was at TurkishPress.com, but it might not last very long.
But, having said all that, simply having the article disappear completely, rather than putting up a correction or an explanation of what happened, simply fuels both the conspiracy theories and the interest in the story. It's exactly the wrong way to go about dealing with the situation. There are a variety of possibilities here. The administration may have asked the press to pull the story, which would only generate more interest in the news. The AFP, upon realizing that it shouldn't have posted the story, may have issued a kill order/retraction of sorts. Or perhaps there's some other reasoning. But there are good ways to handle these situations and ways that are guaranteed to backfire. Simply making the articles disappear is pretty much guaranteed to backfire and generate more interest in the story, even if it's a total non-story. Replacing the original story with a "hey, we thought this, but we got it wrong," would have been much more effective.


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Tortilla Soup with Master's Touch® All Natural Reduced Sodium Chicken Base
Mexican soup with a healthy twist - rich chicken base, white meat chicken plus crunchy tortilla strips and hot sauce for a spicy kick.
1/2 cup All Natural Canola Oil
2 lbs Organic, Free Range, Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast, Cut into Strips
2 cups Onions, Yellow, Fresh, Small Diced
1 cup Green Bell Peppers, Sweet, Fresh, Small Diced
2 cups Carrots, Fresh, Small Diced
1 Tbsp & 1 tsp Garlic, Minced
1 1/4 qts Water, Hot
1/3 cup & 1 Tbsp Custom Culinary® Master's Touch® All Natural Reduced Sodium Chicken Base
2 qts All Natural Whole Canned Red Tomatoes, No Salt, Diced
1 cup Organic Picante Sauce
1 Tbsp & 1 tsp Cumin, Ground
2 tsp Chili Powder
1 tsp Black Pepper, Ground
1 tsp Hot Pepper Sauce
2 2/3 cups Whole Wheat Tortillas, Julienne Cut, 1.5" Strips
- In a large bowl, combine oil, chicken, onions, peppers, carrots, and garlic, mixing until chicken is evenly coated with oil.
- In a 6 qt sauce pot over medium high heat, sauté chicken until evenly browned, stirring frequently.
- In a food processor, combine water, Master's Touch® All Natural Reduced Sodium Chicken Base, tomatoes, picante sauce, cumin, chili, black pepper and pepper sauce. Puree 3 minutes.
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Discipline in Manchester schools questionedBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
May 14. 2014 11:19PM
MANCHESTER — School board members are raising concerns that administrators are being too tolerant of students who engage in serious misconduct, including bringing weapons to school and assaulting their peers.
From November through the end of March, students on 15 occasions have been referred to the superintendent's office for possessing drugs, knives, Tasers and a BB gun, among other infractions. Only two of those cases were referred to the school board's Student Conduct Committee, which is responsible for expelling students and setting the terms for their readmission.
That has angered the conduct committee's longtime chairman, Ward 2 board member Deb Gagnon Langton. At Monday's school board meeting, Mayor Ted Gatsas and other school board members joined in expressing alarm about the possibility the student conduct code revised in 2010 is being laxly enforced.
"I've expressed my position that it's zero tolerance," Gatsas said. "Any student bringing a weapon to school needs to be reported."
Superintendent Debra Livingston intends to meet with Langton and other members of the conduct committee to discuss the issue. In an interview Wednesday, Livingston said that she had used the discretion afforded her under the district's policy in deciding which cases to refer for expulsion. "We use common sense when these things happen, and every story is different," she said.
The conduct policy states that a student "may" be expelled for "possession of a pellet or BB gun, rifle, or paint ball gun," but does not require an automatic referral for expulsion. The policy also requires principals to report "all suspected illegal activities" to the police and the superintendent's office.
Langton said she has yet to receive a response to a list of questions sent to the administration six weeks ago asking why seemingly serious violations weren't referred to the panel.


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2011 was a pretty great year. Now that I look back, I got to experience a lot of amazing things and I'm so grateful for these opportunities. I hope you had an amazing 2011…but let's make 2012 even better!
Here's a look at of some of my favorite moments from this past year…
Getting a good camera! So I can share better quality pictures with you, my lovely readers, and also so I can take sick pictures like this…
Meeting Brian Atwood…because not only are his shoes gorgeous, so is he!
Having ChiCityFashion be featured in the latest issue of CS Magazine…along with my favorite blogger friends.
Meeting Glenda Bailey…she made Harper's Bazaar what it is today and she is one of the most incredible people I've met to date.
My first Chanel bag…enough said 🙂
A surprise appearance by Giuliana and Bill at my 23rd birthday.
Seeing a Kelly bag get made before my very eyes at the Hermes Festival of Crafts.
It was my goal this year to make it to the McQueen exhibit at the Met, and thanks to their lovely extension…I made it!
Photographed by Tommy Ton (without even knowing it!) my first day at Fashion Week in New York this year. And seeing it on Style.com the next day…unreal!
I think this one takes the cake. Meeting my favorite designers (Jack and Lazaro), designing a custom version of my very favorite bag (the PS1), and it all led up to this…
I still can't believe I own the only custom PS1. Officially the most treasured item in my closet.
I couldn't have asked for a better year. Thank you all for your support and your awesome comments. Have a happy new year!


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CINCINNATI (AP) This was one big swing for Joey Votto and the Cincinnati Reds.
Votto hit a game-ending solo homer, and the Reds shut down Nolan Arenado in a 4-3 win over Colorado Rockies on Friday night.
Votto drove a 3-0 pitch from Boone Logan (1-1) over the wall in center for his fifth homer. Votto's fourth career game-ending shot traveled an estimated 437 feet.
''The older you get and the longer you play, the more I become one with the team,'' he said. ''All you care about is winning.''
Votto had been struggling coming into the game, and the Reds were coming off consecutive 4-3 losses in Boston. The Red Sox won in 12 innings on Tuesday, and then scored two in the eighth inning of Wednesday's victory.
''At the end of the year, you'll look up and I'll be about the same,'' Votto said. ''The frustrating part is my struggles have coincided with a number of close losses.''
Reds manager Bryan Price switched Votto from second in the batting order to fourth to try to give him more chances to hit with runners in scoring position. That didn't work out but Votto was came up at the right time for the Reds.
''It is really fun to watch guys have moments like that,'' Price said. ''It was a big win for all of us. In a tie game, he has the green light.''
Arenado went 0 for 3, snapping his hitting streak at a club-record 28 games, the longest in the majors this season. But he also walked and scored on Justin Morneau's tying double in the ninth, handing Jonathan Broxton (1-0) his first blown save in six opportunities.
Johnny Cueto had another strong outing for Cincinnati, striking out eight in eight innings of two-run ball. The right-hander allowed five hits and walked one.
''We knew it was going to be tough to score runs on Cueto,'' Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. ''He's been locked in. We knew we had to scratch and claw. We battled every at-bat and made him earn every out.''
Cueto has pitched eight or more innings in five consecutive starts. He has gone at least seven in each of his eight starts this season.
''I continue to move the ball in and out, like Bryan Price wants me to do,'' Cueto said. ''I am thankful that I feel well and able to do my job. They have a good team. They made me work.''
Colorado's Jhoulys Chacin, making his second start of the season after missing the first month with a right shoulder strain, allowed two runs and four hits in six innings.
Skip Schumaker hit Chacin's second pitch of the game up the left-center gap for a double. He moved to third on Brayan Pena's groundout to first and scored on Brandon Phillips' sacrifice fly.
Todd Frazier drove Chacin's first pitch of the second inning 485 feet to a party area above the center-field batter's eye. Frazier's sixth homer of the season was the sixth-longest in the 12-year history of Great American Ball Park.
Troy Tulowitzki led off Colorado's fourth with his 10th homer, a 404-foot shot on Cueto's first pitch that bounced off the roof over the Reds' bullpen bench in left-center field.
The Rockies tied it in the fifth. DJ LeMahieu led off with a single, moved to second on Chacin's groundout and scored on Charlie Blackmon's single up the middle.
Pinch-hitter Billy Hamilton greeted Logan with an opposite-field double down the right-field line in the eighth inning. Schumaker sacrificed Hamilton to third base, setting up Pena's sacrifice fly.
NOTES: Frazier extended his hitting streak to nine games, matching his career high. ... Weiss was pleasantly surprised that Morneau missed just one game with neck stiffness. Morneau, who has a history of neck problems, was scratched from Thursday's game at Texas, but started Friday at Cincinnati. ''I didn't think it would be too long, but I thought it would be a couple of days,'' Weiss said. ... The Reds will most likely activate LHP Aroldis Chapman from the disabled list on Saturday, manager Bryan Price said. The team wanted to give the closer an extra day after he pitched on consecutive days for the first time on Tuesday and Wednesday to wrap up his rehab assignment. Chapman was struck in the left eye and nose by a line drive during a spring training game on March 19.


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With food and pollen allergies on the rise, parents already have their hands full. But there is yet another, rarer allergy to be on the watch for during this time of year: an allergic reaction to cold temperature.
Though it sounds far-fetched, cold urticarial works in the same way that other, more common allergies do. Reactions can include redness, hives, itching and even throat swelling. Cold urticaria affects only one in 100,000 people.
Unfortunately, there is no blood test for cold urticaria. But Dr. William Lanting, at the Asthma and Allergy Center of the Rockies, managed to come up with a test of his own: hold an ice cube for three minutes and then watch what happens as the skin warms up. If hives spread on the tested area, it is likely cold urticaria.
"You have these mast cells, or allergy cells that are found mainly in the skin, and are set off by allergens like food, medications and stinging insects," Dr. Lanting told ABCNews.com. "Exposure to cold or literally holding a coke can or ice cube can set off the mast cell, so if you're exposed to cold at a certain temperature, you can get hives. Hives you can deal with using Benadryl, but if it's severe enough it can cause throat swelling and breathing problems."
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Most people with cold urticaria have manageable symptoms and while there is no definitive cure, it can be controlled by taking a daily chronic antihistamine.
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A tourist's snapshot of an NYPD officer giving new boots to a barefoot homeless man in Times Square has become an online sensation.
Jennifer Foster, a tourist from Florence, Ariz., took a cellphone picture of Officer Larry DePrimo giving the man the all-weather boots and socks on a frigid night in Times Square on Nov. 14.
The image was posted on the NYPD's Facebook page and became an instant hit. More than 325,000 users "liked" his generosity as of Thursday morning.
DePrimo, 25, told The New York Times that it was freezing that night and he could see blisters on the man's feet.
"I had two pairs of socks and I was still cold," he told the Times.
As they began talking, the officer learned the man's shoe size was 12. He went into a nearby Skechers shoe store and bought a pair of $100 boots for a little over $75, after the store gave a discount.
The tourist who snapped the photo told the Times that she emailed the NYPD about it later, and that someone responded and asked for the photo so it could be posted.
DePrimo, who never learned the homeless man's name, said he keeps the receipt for the boots in his vest to remind him "that sometimes people have it worse."


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DENVER (AP) Already off to their best start in franchise history, the Colorado Avalanche are still looking to get better.
Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and assisted on rookie Nathan MacKinnon's go-ahead score, and the Avalanche beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 Saturday night for their second six-game winning streak of the young season.
Ryan O'Reilly added a goal, and Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 29 saves for the Avalanche, whose 12-1 start is the best in the team's 18 seasons in Colorado and matches the beginning of the 1994-95 Quebec Nordiques.
''We're 12-1, and everyone in this locker room feels like we're not satisfied,'' MacKinnon said. ''That's the exciting part, that we can get better; 12-1 is great, but 13-1 is even better.''
P.A. Parenteau added an empty-net score in the final minute.
Brendan Gallagher scored a power-play goal for Montreal.
Landeskog, who had the game's first goal, fired a shot from the wing that bounced away from goalie Peter Budaj. MacKinnon backhanded the rebound into the net to put the Avalanche on top 2-1 at 8:01 of the third.
''It was a great shot from Landy and a great rebound from Nate,'' Avalanche coach Patrick Roy said.
MacKinnon said he happened to be in the right spot for the decisive shot.
''I was on the wall, and Landy fired it off his pad, and it came to my blade,'' MacKinnon said.
A little more than three minutes later, O'Reilly got a wraparound shot through Budaj, a former Avalanche player, for another goal.
''Playing against my ex-team, it was fun, it was a good atmosphere, especially with them being one of the best teams in the league,'' Budaj said. ''It was a good experience for me. We battled hard. It's a tough result.''
Montreal snapped Colorado's season-high streak of 22 consecutive penalty kills when Gallagher scored at 3:38 of the third period.
With Maxime Talbot in the box for slashing, P.K. Subban took a shot from the point. Giguere couldn't quite corral the puck, and Gallagher - positioned at the top of the crease - knocked the rebound in to tie it 1-1.
Landeskog had just started a shift when he got a lead pass from Marc-Andre Cliche. He built up steam as he pushed the puck down the ice before pulling up in the middle of the left circle and slapping a high shot that rocketed over Budaj's shoulder for a 1-0 lead 11:14 into the second.
''High is usually tough for goalies coming down the wing,'' Landeskog said. ''I'm not sure if mine got tipped or not, but I'll take it.''
The teams fought through a scoreless first period with both Budaj and Giguere making key saves.
Before the game, the Avalanche retired the No. 52 jersey of longtime defenseman Adam Foote in a ceremony that had the crowd roaring before the puck was dropped.
Foote, whose 19-year NHL career included two Stanley Cup titles with Colorado, was praised as the ultimate competitor and warrior by his former teammate and current Avalanche executive Joe Sakic.
NOTES: Colorado LW Jamie McGinn, who has missed three games with a knee injury, has resumed practicing and is expected to return Wednesday against Nashville. ... Cody McLeod was back for Colorado after serving a five-game suspension for his hit on Detroit's Niklas Kronwall. ... Andrei Markov is one game away from his 700th played with the Canadiens. ... Colorado's Alex Tanguay sustained a knee injury in the second period and didn't return. ... The Canadiens lost both ends of a back-to-back set on the road. On Friday, Montreal was beaten 4-3 at Minnesota. ... The Avalanche won both ends of the first of 10 back-to-back sets this season.


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Then French bring out the chocolate fish by the ton! Here from Jean-Paul Hevin surrounded by yummy macarons.Gerard Mulot celebrates Poisson d'Avril in a big way with lots of sea creatures not just fish... This gold fish.
Spring has hit Paris!
Okay, now I would like to start eating all these delicious chocolat fishes. I'm a big fan of Spring in Paris; it's such a beautiful city to take a walk.
But, I prefer London.......Poisson d'avril!
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Very inspiring! Yes, spring has sprung in Paris! Now I'm going to gorge myself on fish-shaped chocolates, macaroons, etc etc. ;-)
So many beautiful things to see here and learn ... thank you for the insights, Carol!ReplyDelete
Aha! I haven't lived here (Aix-en-Provence) very long, and I WONDERED why our local grocery store was displaying fish-shaped chocolates. I wonder where you photographed the first poisson. . . The Cezanne plaque looks just like all the ones we have in the streets here. . .are they cherished farther afield, too?ReplyDelete
Pure taste bud heaven! :)ReplyDelete
I must try these macarons seriously!
I need to make some.
What a beautiful, springy post!
I've got April Fish on the brain too today!
I just returned from a visit to Paris last week and was wondering pourquoi tous les poissons dans les fenêtres?? Now I know! Merci!ReplyDelete
fish...love that as an april 1st item...
asperges...will have to try adding a piece of fried bacon atop mine, what type of sauce is that?
macarons...lovely spring colors
forsythia...how timely as i was in the yard last evening trimming our monster up off the ground.
do stop by and take a peek at my italy posts when you've a chance, i took so many pictures that i could post forever (it seems).
hope you are having a great time...
Yes, is the answer--we should do all those things--don our hats, get out our bunnies...(well, all of us excepting maybe the Mistress.) Great post--looks like fun. That book of flowers looks gorgeous--I'll have to check that out! Take care, Carol!ReplyDelete
Paris in the Spring. How luck are you?!ReplyDelete
I LOVE that Fosythia photo. What is the blue behind it? wow
Fun post.
You might have taken my heart into consideration by giving me a little warning about the long-eared onslaught! Thank heaven my husband was nearby and he knows CPR.
The fish are quite exceptional!
fabulous photo ~ i would so love to be biting into several of those macarons...
Right now!
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Imagine if someone stuck a real fish on your back and you didn't know and you walked around all day with it on. You would Stink!ReplyDelete
Love The Selby's photos - particularly that Inés de la Fressange series.ReplyDelete
I just returned from my hometown, Dallas, where I took my niece and nephew bags of chocolate fish from Paris! L'Ami Jean is one of my absolute fave spots -- I adore the rice pudding, don't you?ReplyDelete


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What's better than free games on your HTC smartphone? Thanks to our friends at PlayStation Mobile, starting today, customers in select countries* using an HTC smartphone with Sense 4+ have the opportunity to download one free game per week through the end of February.
Head on over to the PlayStation Mobile download hub to get the PlayStation Mobile for Android App and set-up your Sony Entertainment Network account.
This week's free game is "Cubixx." A reinvention of the classic action-puzzle game Qix, Cubixx challenges you to cut away the surfaces of a mysterious cube and free the energy within. With 20 mind-boggling levels of increasing difficulty, Cubixx is sure to challenge you with split-second decisions as you climb the high score table to claim your position at number one.
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In its current form, the 2013 Sprint Unlimited will have three race segments adding up to 75 laps.
The Sprint Unlimited At Daytona has been a work in progress since 1998. The race was introduced to the Daytona International Speedway Speedweeks schedule in 1979 as the Busch Clash.
Buddy Baker won the inaugural race, which was a 20-lap sprint over Daytona's 2.5-mile tri-oval.
The race maintained the same name and general format through 1997. In 1998, the non-points race was rebranded the Bud Shootout and lengthened to 25 laps, then rechristened the Budweiser Shootout in 2001 and lengthened to 70 laps.
In its current form, the 2013 Sprint Unlimited will have three race segments, adding up to 75 laps.
For the majority of years, the Clash/Shootout field was comprised of pole winners from the previous season. That changed in 2009 when Budweiser left as NASCAR's qualifying sponsor.
Instead of pole winners, the field was the top six cars from each manufacturer based on 2008 points.
The eligibility criterion was changed back to pole winners and former Clash/Shootout winners when Sprint gained title sponsorship this season.
Race fans will play a critical role in Saturday's race. They have set the length of the race segments at 30, 25 and 20 laps. Before the race, they will determine the starting order length of race segments.
As the race progresses, fans will decide if there will be a pit stop and if there is a pit stop, what will be done to the cars. Before the last segment, fans will vote whether to eliminate cars from the field or keep all the drivers on the track.
Here's more on Saturday's race:
WHERE: Daytona International Speedway
GREEN FLAG: 8:10 p.m. Saturday
TV: 8 p.m. Saturday, Ch. 35 (Fox)
RADIO: MRN (WNDB 1150 AM), Sirius Satellite Radio
DISTANCE: 75 laps, 187.5 miles
FORMAT: Three segments — determined by a fan vote that ended midnight Wednesday — of 30 laps, 25 laps and 20 laps, respectively
2012 WINNER: Kyle Busch
WHO'S IN THE RACE: The 19 drivers who won Sprint Cup poles last season and former race winners (denoted by asterisk) :
Aric Almirola, No. 43 Ford�
Marcos Ambrose, No. 9 Ford�
Greg Biffle, No. 16 Ford�
Kurt Busch*, No. 78 Chevy�
Kyle Busch, No. 18 Toyota�
Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 88 Chevy�
Carl Edwards, No. 99 Ford�
Jeff Gordon, No. 24 Chevy�
Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota�
Kevin Harvick*, No. 29 Chevy�
Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Chevy�
Kasey Kahne, No. 5 Chevy�
Matt Kenseth, No. 20 Toyota�
Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford�
Mark Martin, No. 55 Toyota�
Juan Montoya, No. 42 Chevy�
Terry Labonte*, No. 32 Ford�
Tony Stewart, No. 14 Chevy�
Martin Truex Jr., No. 56 Toyota�
LINEUP: Determined by fans in attendance Saturday among three choices — career wins (most to least), 2012 Sprint Cup points standings or order in which drivers won their first pole last season.
OTHER VOTES: Fans will also decide if there will be a pit stop after the first segment; if that pit stop will be for two or four tires; and how many cars will be eliminated after the second segment — zero, two, four or six. Fans have until the green flag of the first segment to vote on the first two items and until the green flag of the second segment to vote on the third item.
HOW TO VOTE: At NASCAR.com/SprintUnlimited or via the NASCAR Mobile '13 app on a wireless device. Sprint customer votes count twice.