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Police investigating 2 car crashes west of Omaha
Police investigating 2 car crashes west of Omaha
Police were investigating two car crashes west of Omaha in the past two days.
Two people were hospitalized with serious injuries after a car crash near Highway 75 and Chandler Road about 10 p.m. Saturday.
Police said a car veered into another lane and caused an SUV to roll in the median.
Another crash happened in Saunders County just after 1 p.m. Saturday.
Sheriff's deputies said a 1996 BMW crashed, ejecting the driver and rolling the vehicle west of Yutan.
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Author Notes: This is a chilified version of Tacos al Pastor, spicy pork tacos topped with grilled pineapple and garnished with chopped onion, cilantro, and lime wedges. I've made a fairly traditional sauce using a combination of guajillo and ancho chiles with minimal spices added. The ancho helps to keep the heat level at medium, so if you want more heat you can increase the guajillos and decrease or eliminate the ancho. I served the chili over polenta wedges as a nod to the corn tortillas usually used for the tacos. I caramelized the pineapple in a skillet rather than firing up the grill to simplify things. Once dished up and garnished it became a satisfying version of Tacos al Pastor in a bowl. If you are able, make the chili a day ahead as the flavor is even better the second day!
Food52 Review: I really love the sweet, spicy combo of the complex chili with the caramelized pineapple. The chili itself is very thick and the meat is falling apart tender with a good combination of spices. Served over polenta, it makes the perfect bowl of comfort food. The cilantro and lime garnish add just the right touch of freshness. It's a a fun untraditional chili perfect for when you are looking for something out of the ordinary. —Stephanie Bourgeois
Serves: 6 (or less if you're really hungry!)
Chili al Pastor
3.5 lb boneless pork shoulder
2 valencia oranges
1 tablespoon ground cumin
2 teaspoons kosher salt
½ teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
3 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
5 dried guajillo chiles (about 1 oz)
1 large dried ancho chile (about 1 oz)
1 large or 2 medium yellow onions
4 medium cloves garlic
14.5-oz can diced tomatoes
2 large or 3 medium bay leaves
1 tablespoon dried Mexican oregano
1 to 2 tablespoons lime juice
coarsely chopped cilantro (garnish)
finely diced onion or sliced green onion (garnish)
lime wedges (garnish)
Polenta and Caramelized Pineapple
3 cups water
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup polenta
Small pineapple
½ teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon canola or vegetable oil
Chili al Pastor
- Preheat oven to 350º F. Start a pot of water to boil.
- Trim excess fat from the pork shoulder, and cut into approximately 1-inch chunks. Transfer the chunks to a medium to large bowl. Zest one of the oranges. Sprinkle the orange zest over the pork chunks, and set the 2 oranges aside. Sprinkle the cumin, salt, pepper, and cloves over the pork chunks. Toss well to evenly coat with the seasonings; allow to rest at room temperature for 45 minutes.
- Remove and discard the stems and seeds from the chiles. Roast the chiles in the oven for 4 to 5 minutes, until you can start to smell them. Remove from the oven and place in a bowl. Cover with 2 to 3 cups of water, and allow to steep for 15 or more minutes to soften. Turn off the oven.
- Dice the onion and set aside (you should have 2 to 2 ½ cups of diced onion.) Mince the garlic and set aside (you should have about 4 teaspoons.) Juice the oranges into a 2 cup glass measure and set aside (you should have between ¾ and 1 cup.)
- Heat oil in a 6-quart Dutch oven or stock pot over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add the pork chunks, and cook stirring every 3 or so minutes until nicely browned with no pink remaining. Reduce heat to medium, and add diced onion and minced garlic. Cook, stirring occasionally until the onion is translucent. Add the diced tomatoes (including the juice), bay leaves, and oregano. Reduce heat to maintain a simmer.
- Remove the chiles from the soaking water, and transfer them to the blender. Add enough of the soaking water to the orange juice to make 2 cups total, then add the juice mixture to the blender. Pulse several times, then blend until smooth, scraping down the sides of the blender once. Pour the chile purée into the pork mixture.
- Gently simmer the chili until the pork is tender, stirring occasionally. This will take about 2 hours. At this point you can cool and refrigerate the chili until you are ready to serve it, then gently reheat. Otherwise lower heat as much as possible, and proceed with making the polenta and caramelizing the pineapple. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and lime juice, and thin with water if needed just before serving.
- To serve: Place a wedge of polenta into each bowl. Divide chili evenly amongst bowls. Divide caramelized pineapple evenly amongst bowls (you should have about ¼-cup per serving.) Garnish with cilantro, onion, and lime wedges. Enjoy!
Polenta and Caramelized Pineapple
- Bring 3 cups of water and 1 teaspoon kosher salt to a boil. Gradually stir in the polenta and reduce the heat to low. Partially cover the pan to help prevent spattering. Stir frequently until the polenta mixture is thick and cooked through, about 20 to 30 minutes. Oil a medium bowl, and transfer the cooked polenta to the bowl. Immediately spread into an even layer. Allow to set up at least 10 minutes, then turn onto a cutting board and slice into 6 wedges. (NB: because polenta brands vary, make sure to check your package's instructions. Follow them for using 1 cup dried polenta if the proportions are much different from the directions I've given.)
- While the polenta water is coming to a boil, trim the pineapple, then cut it into quarters and remove the core. Cut each quarter lengthwise into thirds, then crosscut into ½-inch thick chunks. Toss the pineapple chunks with sugar. Once the polenta is cooking, heat 1 tablespoon of canola oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium-high, until it shimmers. Add the pineapple chunks to the skillet in a single layer. Cook, stirring occasionally until the chunks have softened and caramelized, about 7 to 8 minutes. Transfer to bowl, and set aside.
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
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It will take more than gun control laws alone to stop the slaughter of Americans in what seems like an endless cycle of meaningless violence. But the heartbreaking massacre Friday of 27 people, including 20 first-graders, demands we do more.
It will take more than gun control laws alone to stop the slaughter of Americans in what seems like an endless cycle of meaningless violence. But the heartbreaking massacre Friday of 27 people, including 20 first-graders, demands we do more.
Of all the senseless violence and all the shootings carried out by madmen, the brutal murders at Sandy Hook, Conn., may be the turning point in our national gridlock on guns and violence. Because most of the victims were small children, this tragedy has shocked and saddened us perhaps more than any that preceded it. There is the chance this horrible event can move us toward meaningful action, but not if we revert to our entrenched positions.
On the one side are those who seem to believe restricting firearms and penalizing law-abiding gun owners is the only answer to our epidemic of gun violence. Those folks overlook the fact that Connecticut already has some of the most stringent gun-control laws.
On the other hand are those who view any restrictions on weapons and ammunition as an infringement of Second Amendment rights. They believe concealed carry laws and more armed citizens can make us safer, and they fight any attempts to regulate even the most deadly weapons.
In between those two extremes are the majority of Americans who believe firearms restrictions alone will not solve the problem, but they support laws restricting high-capacity weapons like the one used to murder the children in Sandy Hook. They may finally be heard.
The Connecticut tragedy seems to be �reshaping the politics of gun control,� The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Democrats long supported by the National Rifle Association are willing to consider restricting large-capacity magazines that allow rapid firing of bullets, limiting the availability of assault-type rifles and boosting mental health scrutiny for gun buyers.
On the Republican side, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida called for a �comprehensive study of our laws�� aimed at preventing more such shootings, potentially including measures to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill. This may be one area where the opposing sides can agree.
All sides seem ready to discuss a common-sense approach that includes both gun control laws and other factors such as mental health and a culture that glorifies violence.
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This is a total fantasy story. There is a moment of nonconsentual sex but straight fun sex after that. I hope you all enjoy my first contribution. At this time the story is 4 chapters and if there is the desire to read more I will add them.
Frat House Games
Part 1; The accident
Kim was the first to admit she was a frat party slut. She loved them. Ever since her first time, her first year of college, she'd found them the perfect thing to enjoy her favorite sexual pastime. Sucking cock.
Kimberly had learned about sucking cock with a cousin way back in high school. She'd had a reputation for being a superb cocksucker. This was due to two things. Her pouting, very full sexy lips and the fact she had little gag reflex. Also, she always swallowed a boy's load if she didn't deepthroat him.
Then there was her body, perhaps a third reason she was so popular all through her high school years. Kim was rather slim and short but her breasts were full and very firm. Her hips flared wide with a pert round ass that cried out to be grabbed, something she rather liked and more than one boyfriend was quick to enjoy. Kim was a bit of a tease but no boyfriend ever suffered from "blue balls". Kim's warm sexy mouth took care of that.
Since entering college she'd attended several wild frat parties and she found them an ideal environment for practicing her oral skills. Many of the girls at the parties ended up in bedrooms for more intense sexual play but Kim stayed in the main area of the party, eager to suck any guy that wagged his cock in her face. It didn't bother her that many watched, it excited her more.
She became very popular and well known at frat houses on campus and this led to something she'd avoided her whole life. Kim was still a virgin at 20!
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The party was on a Saturday night and as usual Kim was in the thick of it. She'd sucked off a dozen guys and drank a bit more beer than she usually did. Feeling a bit fuzzy and needing to relieve her bladder because of all the beer she headed for a bathroom. It had a waiting line and feeling she couldn't wait too long she asked one of the men she knew if there was another bathroom.
Mike laughed and handed her a shot of tequila, saying yes, there is one upstairs. Kim tossed the shot down automatically though she seldom drank hard alcohol. He led her up the stairs, catching her as she weaved a bit. She was getting even fuzzier as he helped her down an upstairs hall to the bathroom at the end. Kim gratefully thanked him and entered it just in time, She wet her panties even as she dragged them down and quickly squatted on the toilet.
After relieving herself she was not eager to pull her pee-soaked panties up. Instead she dragged them off and stuffed them into the pocket of her skirt. She stood up and grabbed for the sink as a wave of dizziness washed over her and held still till the sensation ebbed somewhat.
As she opened the bathroom door Mike and another guy took her arms. Still feeling a bit fuzzy and not a little dizzy still she didn't see any problem in accepting their help. She grew a bit confused as they led her a short way down the hall and turned into a bedroom instead of leading her to the stairs down.
She was very confused for a few minutes as hands tugged and pulled at her clothing. She was being led to a bed when her mind began to clear just a little and realized what was happening. She realized this a tad too late as a gag was forced between her teeth and fastened around her head, then thrown face down onto the bed. She struggled weakly but her body didn't want to cooperate. She felt her arms and legs being stretched and foggily realized she was being tied down on the bed. Her arms and legs grew taut as the men pulled the ropes up, spreading her wide, face down and helpless.
She lay there, unintelligible sounds leaking from the gag. Her body trembled as she realized foggily what was about to happen. No, she didn't want this. She'd never done anything like this. Stop! She was a virgin!
The room was rather dark, with only one lamp glowing on an end table beside the bed. It was just enough light for the men to see her naked body, spread-eagle across the bed and face down. It wasn't long before she felt the bed rock as a heavy body mounted it
Then mounted her!
Kim to cried out from the initial pain as a thick greased cock stretched her tiny asshole wide. The sound barely came out from around the thick rubber ball filling her mouth and wide leather gag across her lips. Her eyes teared as the sharp pain shot through her spasming anus.
She lay tugging weakly at the ropes that stretched her limbs. she could barely move at all. She was totally helpless as man after man used her firm round ass for a bumper as he sodomized her. The initial pain passed but she still felt every inch of each man's cock as it pulsed and spurted its thick load into her rectum. By the third man she'd stopped struggling against the ropes and just lay there, moaning softly as her ass was impaled on cock after cock. Her bowels swam in thick cum by the time there was a pause. She lay quietly, still groggy from too much beer and that shot of tequila. Had there been something extra in that shot Mike had given her?
Her fuzzy brain couldn't quite put the pieces together but one thing she knew for sure. Her little asshole was no longer virgin. At least they hadn't taken her cherry.
She wasn't quite cognizant of the passage of time but it seemed a rather long period before anything else took place. The bedroom was quiet, no one seemed to be in the room with her and her mind began to worry. Was the party over? Had they just used her and forgot her? How long would it be before someone found her and untied her?
It was a strange feeling, laying there helpless and naked. Her mind wanted to panic but instead it drifted fuzzily, thinking of the evening and the cocks she'd sucked. Her little asshole felt warm and prickly but didn't feel all that sore. In fact as she lay there quietly somehow she kind of liked the feeling. Over the years she'd had fantasies of being raped, idealized fantasies where there was no pain, only pleasure. Her mind tried to call up the initial pain she'd felt but she couldn't now. She felt too relaxed.
She was a bit startled when hands grasped her, loosening the ropes from the bedposts and her body was flipped over onto her back. It was done quickly and the ropes were re-tightening before her dull brain registered she'd been free for a bit. Not that it would have mattered, she didn't feel enough strength in her arms or legs to resist.
Her eyes stared up and she saw herself naked and spread-eagle, now laying on her back. There was a large mirror on the ceiling. She wanted to smile, staring up at herself. She looked rather sexy. She was proud of her figure, especially her boobs. They were quite firm and shapely if not overly huge.
The bed rocked and she was looking at Mike. He was naked and erect, a cock she knew well. She'd sucked it often at these parties. This time, though she knew it was destined for a different pair of lips. She wanted to cry out, to tell him to stop. She was a virgin!
Mike just grinned and stretched out between her wide-stretched legs and relaxed his weight on her. Kim felt him reaching down between them, guiding his erection to her pussy. There was a flash of pain as he thrust but nothing like when they had used her little asshole. It was over in a second, she was no longer a virgin.
"Hot damn, she's tight!" Mike gasped.
Kim was suddenly aware of half a dozen others standing around the bed, watching. She couldn't see them all fully but the ones she could see all sported erections. Mike was thrusting now, his hard cock ravaging what used to be her virgin cunt.
Kim's pussy was spasming, gripping the pulsing flesh invading it for the first time. The sensation wasn't all that unpleasant and without the pain she'd felt when they had taken her ass her mind quieted, cataloging the sensations of her first fuck. Mike climaxed rather quickly and upon pulling out he saw some red.
"Oh fuck! She's a virgin!"
There was a chorus of chuckles and one of the others spoke, a bit crassly.
"You mean she WAS a virgin."
"Damn. She's such a great cocksucker I never even thought of the possibility she could be a virgin," Mike's voice held a touch of regret and he frowned down at Kim.
"Sorry, babe." There was a note of sincerity in his voice. He was very fond of the sexy girl, she was a fantastic cocksucker.
"Fuck it. She ain't now. Move over, Mike. Let me at that tight little almost-virgin cunt."
There was a chorus of chuckles at that.
Kim lost count of how many guys fucked her over the next hour - hours? She had no sense of time. Man after man mounted her helpless body and fucked her, flooding her womb with load after load of cum, till her pussy was drowning in the sticky stuff and drooling. Around man number 4 she was shocked when she felt a growing and unexpected sensation of pre-orgasmic pleasure. The fifth man gasped when her vagina clamped tight around him and began to spasm. He exploded in a powerful climax and spoke in a breathless voice to the others.
"Damn! She just came. I felt it!"
Everyone in the room looked at her naked body and saw the tremors rippling through her as Kim continued to orgasm, soft breasts shuddering on her chest.
"Good," someone else spoke up. "Nice to know she's enjoying this little party."
"Don't get too happy," it was Mike's voice. "Wait till she finds out she was drugged and her cherry busted."
There was a murmur at this. Mike continued.
"Had I known she was a virgin I wouldn't have picked her for tonight but none of the other regulars wanted to be the cum dump tonight. Only Cathy and Amy came tonight and neither felt like playing. I've talked with Kim quite a bit and she really is a skilled cocksucker. She even deepthroats. No one would have guessed her a virgin.
Kim's orgasm was ebbing. She'd missed the discussion about her sexual status. As she lay there she could see half a dozen erections standing around the bed. It wasn't long before they were buried in her tight pussy, spurting more gobs of thick cum into her. She had no idea how many men fucked her.
The talk about whether they should have used Kim for their drugged cum dump didn't continue. The deed was done and they might as well enjoy the sexy girl stretched out and helpless for their pleasure. The frat house had half a dozen coeds that enjoyed this and usually the guys had their pick of two or three eager girls that were game for a night of helpless gang-banging. This weekend for whatever reason only two had come to the party and both girls had begged off for some reason.
Mike had chosen Kim because he knew her somewhat as an eager participant at the parties, at least eager for sucking any guy's cock that asked. He'd never really noticed that she never went upstairs for more intimate sexual pleasures. Belatedly he realized that if she'd never been fucked till now their use of her ass must have been the first time for that, too. It was the first mistake he'd made choosing girls for the frat house's gang-bang girls and he was worried.
Not every girl liked getting screwed in every hole. Anal sex, especially, was an acquired taste and even rarer to find girls that could handle it or even like it. MIke knew the girls that liked it and the ones that didn't. It was part of their sexual game at the parties and all the frat brothers that participated knew which ones did or didn't want anal sex. Actually even the girls that weren't into getting their tight asses screwed didn't have a big problem with it since the drug Mike used deadened pain to some extent even as it helped make the girl pliant and helpless. It was part of the fun and the drug had no side effects other than a mild euphoria for the girl. Many of the girls discovered they were multi-orgasmic on it during the game.
Until now the game had always been consensual. Mike berated himself, blaming his own slight drunkenness for not explaining to Kim the rules of the game. Everyone had expected a girl for their usual gang-bang and Mike had chosen Kim. He just hadn't asked if she wanted to play.
How was he to know such a slutty skilled cocksucker as she obviously was could still be a virgin? Virgins in college were rarer than hen's teeth!
Some time after all had enjoyed Kim's tight little cunt one of the guys wanted to know if they could remove the gag and have a go at her mouth. Many of them enjoyed giving a girl a facial or filling her mouth with cum. Mike wasn't sure but Kim looked pretty out of it. It might be safe.
Kim was getting sleepy. The drug hadn't worn off quite but it was well passed the time she'd normally be back at her own dorm and in bed. She was vaguely aware when the gag was removed but her only thought was relief that she could close her mouth. It wasn't stuffed with whatever had been keeping her jaws open.
Not for long, though. A heavy body straddled her chest and she felt the familiar touch of a cock at her lips. Finally, her dulled and somewhat sleepy mind responded, something I like to do. Her mouth opened and took the throbbing cock in.
As each of the men mounted her chest to either jerk off over her face or fuck her mouth Kim moaned softly with pleasure, tasting the cum that passed her lips, feeling the sticky gobs that splattered over her face. She wasn't a fan of facials, cum should be swallowed, not worn. Still, she just swallowed what she could of the thick loads that found its way passed her lips. She was too sleepy and still too groggy from the alcohol and drug to protest. Her befuddled brain also didn't think to protest everything else that had happened this night.
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Kimberly awoke the next morning still a little groggy and feeling stiff. She lay naked on an unfamiliar bed. Had she passed out at the frat house and Mike or someone else had led her upstairs to sleep it off? Why was she naked?
Then her brain cleared somewhat and slivers of what had taken place in this room began to filter though. Her heart beat faster and her eyes clouded. Oh my god, her brain spun, I've been gang-banged!
Kim was aware of the "game" that this frat house played. She knew a couple of the girls that had told her about participating in it. They enjoyed it but Kim had never felt any temptation to try it. She wasn't ready yet to lose her virginity. Her virginity!
Oh my god, her mind slipped a gear again. She was no longer a virgin. In any hole!
As her memory began to clear more she remembered being tied down on this bed while - a dozen? - men raped her ass and pussy. They had drugged her and used her as a piece of meat to dump their cum in. She became aware of her body. Her face felt flaky with dried cum. Even her breasts showed splotches of dried cum. Her thighs were a mess. God, she almost laughed, she needed a shower bad.
She sat up on the edge of the bed and suddenly wondered what time it was. The bedroom had one lightly curtained window and it was obviously daytime - but what time? She rose from the bed, her legs a bit unsteady for a moment and spied her clothes folded neatly on the foot of the bed. She dressed quickly, wondering where her panties were before remembering she'd stuffed them in the pocket of her skirt. They were still there but the smell dissuaded her from putting them on. She remembered her search for a bathroom and Mike leading her up here to the one down the hall. She'd peed in them a bit before she'd managed to sit down and relieve herself on a toilet.
Mike! It was he that had given her that shot of tequila. The one obviously that was drugged!
She was a little surprised she wasn't thunderously angry right now. Her mind was rapidly clearing and she pretty much though she remembered everything that had happened. Mike had used her for their party game. Why had he chosen her? She wasn't one of those girls that liked to play. Sure, she enjoyed the parties and loved the availability of cock to suck but she didn't go upstairs for any of the more perverted adventures she knew went on up here.
Mike chose that moment to appear at the bedroom door. Kim turned to see him as she was zipping up her skirt. She shot him a very dirty look and finally felt a flash of real anger.
"You fuck! Why would you chose me for your damn game? Did you know I was a virgin?"
Mike had the grace to blush and stammer back.
"It was a mistake, Kim. You were pretty drunk and so was I." he paused and looked at her questioningly. "You know about the game?"
"Of course I know about it," she snorted. "Two of the girls that like to play it are classmates of mine. Why the hell would you pick me instead of one of them?"
"You drugged me," she added, scowling.
Mike frowned, "That shot was meant for one of the other girls that usually play. Like I said, I was a bit drunk and forgot the shot was drugged. You needed to go to the bathroom and I wasn't thinking clearly when I handed it to you. I was thinking it was an emergency so I led you upstairs to the other bathroom."
His explanation made logical sense but it didn't cool her anger much.
"So I was just a handy slut for your damn gang-bang game? Is that it?"
"Seriously, Kimmy. Had I known you were still a virgin I would never have done what I did. You suck cock like a pro and I just assumed " he broke off and shrugged. "I'm truly sorry."
Kim's eyes narrowed and she locked eyes with Mike.
"Who took it? Who was it that broke my cherry?"
Mike raised his hand, sheepishly. "I did."
Kim felt a little of her anger cool though her mind still bubbled with ambiguous emotions. Giving away her cherry had been something she'd thought about ever since coming to college. Mike, in fact, had been the leading man in her idle fantasies. She'd been tempted just to do it on more that one occasion at parties she'd attended and met Mike. She liked his cock and always enjoyed sucking it. He seemed a nice guy. Even now after what had happened last night she could feel her mind making excuses for him, feeding on the logic of his explanation as to how she'd ended up tied to the bed and fucked for hours in every hole by a dozen or more frat boys.
Kim needed time to think and after a rather brusk "I'm leaving" to Mike she left the frat house. It was Sunday and she usually spent time at the college Union, studying. She often ate lunch there while she studied. She finally saw a clock and was surprised it was only a bit passed 9 am. She headed for her dorm and a much needed shower.
Refreshed and mind clearer she got dressed. She'd taken time to inspect herself closely during the shower and other than a slight soreness in her anus she seemed none the worse for the night's rape?
It happened on college campuses regularly according to articles she'd read in the past. Innocent girls temped to a frat party and raped after being drugged. Kim had a realistic view of herself and she was far from innocent. Yes, she'd been a virgin but only physically as far as her pussy and ass were concerned. However, she was far from innocent about sex and she had a fetish for sucking cock.
What were her options?
She ruled out anything official instantly. Technically she'd been raped but she also knew that bringing the night's activity to official light would be embarrassing for her and the frat house. She knew about the consensual game Mike and his frat brother's played and everything else at those parties was consensual, also.
Kim had no desire to broadcast to the public she was a cocksucking slut.
Her anger had cooled considerably now, partly since she seemed to suffer no harm and partly due to Mike's explanation of the events of the party. Had either of them not been drunk it never would have happened. Kim considered herself a good judge of character. Mike's apology had been honest and sincere.
As she walked toward the Union she felt a little smile touch her lips. Her cherry had been beginning to rot on the tree anyway. She wondered idly how many 20 year old virgins there were. A very small minority, she suspected.
Kim wasn't especially hungry when she got to the Union and bought a croissant and coffee to munch on while she studied. But her mind wasn't quite settled enough to study. She sat staring at the open book she should be reading for Monday's first class but the words just drifted through her mind, not registering. Finally she snapped the book closed and stuffed it back in her backpack.
"Where'd you disappear to last night, Kimmy? Cocks were going begging for that sexy mouth."
Kim looked up at the familiar voice and smiled. Amy joined her at the table. Amy was one of the girls she'd heard about the game from.
"Oh, I was upstairs."
Her casual tone didn't divert Amy. She gave her friend a sharp look.
"Upstairs? You never go upstairs," her eyes widened suddenly. "You played the game!"
Amy giggled, "How do you sorta get gang-banged?"
Kim smiled at that and nodded, then launched into the story of the night and the mistake. She liked Amy a lot and had occasionally fantasized about trying a little girl/girl sex with her. Kim knew Amy swung both ways but she had yet to summon the courage to hit on her.
Lesbian sex was something Kim had never seriously thought about till college. Her focus had always been on the male penis. Amy was a stunningly beautiful girl with platinum hair and icy blue eyes. Her figure was to die for and she always dressed to show it off. The girl dripped sensuality.
"Oh my god!" she exclaimed a bit too loudly and both glanced around to see if anyone was looking.
Amy leaned closer and dropped her voice to a stage whisper.
"Mike didn't even ask? He just drugged you and dragged you into the bedroom?"
"It wasn't quite like that but basically, yes."
Kim narrated her conversation with Mike that morning and clarified that she believed him. It had been a drunken accident.
Amy pursed her lips, "So you've played the game now. Did you enjoy it?"
"Other than I lost my cherry?" Kim chuckled. "I was too drunk and the drug hit me hard. Some parts of it seemed pleasant. Other parts hurt."
Amy nodded, "Yeah. Those frat boys love their anal. I'm not much for it, personally but the drug dulls the pain a lot and I put up with it because I love getting fucked by a lot of guys. Your really were virgin?"
Kim nodded, seeing the surprise in Amy's eyes.
"I'd only ever sucked cock before last night."
"I'd never have guessed seeing how much you love giving blow-jobs."
"Yeah. Mike didn't guess that, either."
Amy grinned, "Gonna do it again now?"
No was on the tip of her tongue but she stopped herself. As the thought filtered through her mind she felt the ambiguous emotions of earlier resurface. She was no longer a virgin. Should she explore this new facet of her sexual life?
"I don't know, Amy. Just being tied to a bed and used like a piece of meat for hours would get boring quick." she giggled.
"There's a lot more upstairs," Amy grinned. "Glory-holes for sucking and fucking. And there's another room with a horse."
"A horse! You're kidding."
Amy laughed, "Not a real horse, of course. Its similar to being tied to that bed like they did with you but the horse legs two guys do you at once."
Kim pursed her lips. Two men at the same time. An interesting concept.
"Mike pays us, by the way," Amy added with a grin. "Not a lot. Just $100 a night to be a cum dump for any man in need."
Kim eyed the girl, "So I'd be a prostitute?"
Amy laughed again, "Hardly. Prostitutes make far more. This is just his way of thanking us for sort of "catering" the party. Providing a service to assure the success of the party."
"I see," Kim looked thoughtful. "I need to think on this."
"You're gonna come to the party next weekend though, right?"
"It depends on whether Mike has plans to drug me and rape me again without asking."
Her words came out humorous but in her mind she meant them. She'd hate to stop going to the parties. She needed to talk to Mike.
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Think Beyond the Wire
Innovative First Movers Gain Competitive Advantage, Even as Last Barriers to Widespread Adoption Fall
New technology has historically brought disruptive change in the process automation field—not because of the technology itself, but because of the capability it enables that brings new value to the fore.
This happened as the introduction of microprocessors and digital communications led to distributed control systems and the migration of intelligence into field devices. These technology changes enabled users to gain more insight into their plants—not only about process variables, but also about the current and future health of the devices and the process. The additional information enabled them to make a step change in the performance of their business through more flexible operations, increased safety, decreased operations cost, reduced downtime and decreased cost of change.
However, even with these innovations and the benefits of a digital plant, there are still untapped opportunities to reach new levels of process and business performance. Valuable information that can enhance productivity may still be out of reach because accessing it would be cost-prohibitive or technologically impractical.
For example, what if you could immediately detect leaks and releases before they lead to environmental problems and potentially millions in fines? Pinpoint corrosion inside piping and vibration or temperature excursions that are attacking equipment life? How much more productive could your workers be if they had access to process and control information even when they're not in the control room or maintenance shop?
Early adopters of wireless technologies already are "thinking beyond the wire," addressing these and other challenges. And with the recent completion of the WirelessHART standard, the floodgates of newly interoperable wireless instruments and systems are poised to open further.
"It has been exciting to see how in-plant wireless functionality has captured the imagination of managers, engineers and operations personnel," says John Berra, president of Emerson Process Management, of the company's Smart Wireless products. "Once they started using the technology, they were able to envision additional applications. These innovative first movers are already confident and are well down the path to broader implementation of wireless. We are pleased that, thanks to them, our Smart Wireless products have a track record of success in installations across industries and worldwide. As a result, we're expanding—adding to the industry's broadest wireless solution set."
Today, much discussion of the potential for wireless focuses on quickly adding a transmitter for a difficult-to-reach process parameter, or on the ease with which a new measurement point can be added to a current installation. But wireless, like Foundation fieldbus before it, also promises to reduce the cost of routine instrumentation tasks significantly—and ultimately has the potential to revolutionize control system strategies.
Whether retrofitting a current system or designing a greenfield project from scratch, wireless now gives system designers out-of-the-box access to multiple instrument variables and a wealth of onboard diagnostics. Who can say what creativity that will unleash? Additional new project benefits come from reduced physical space requirements and from the increased flexibility and ease of expansion inherent in a wireless system.
What Can Wireless Do for You?
In past technology shifts, it wasn't the technology itself (such as microprocessors or digital communications) that drove the shift; it was applications that took advantage of the technology to deliver value. Similarly, the adoption of wireless technology is being driven by the ability to extend and manage the flow of information around the plant more easily and cost-effectively.
Wireless technology is not a complete replacement for wires, at least not for a while. But it is already enabling new tools that give you the freedom to solve problems you could not address cost-effectively in the purely wired world. The possibilities are limitless. Imagine a plant where:
- Safety relief valve emissions are monitored for more effective regulatory compliance;
- Safety showers are monitored 24/7 so help can be dispatched immediately;
- Wireless vibration sensors give you a real-time indication of equipment reliability every day, not just once a month/quarter/turnaround;
- The status of previously unmonitored plant equipment such as on-off valves is known and historicized in real time, providing a safer, more productive operating environment;
- Operators don't have to make "clipboard rounds" to collect data;
- Diagnostics in HART devices—including those that couldn't be accessed before—are available for asset management;
- Workers can access desktop applications and perform tasks—including viewing and responding to alarms from the field—wherever they are;
- The locations of personnel and physical assets in the plant are tracked at all times;
- You can broadcast messages to specific groups of workers wherever they are;
- Security systems track and ensure authorized plant access;
- Video systems not only patrol the fence line, but keep a cost-effective eye on the process;
- Corrosion in equipment and piping is monitored by wireless sensors.
Many of these applications are possible without wireless, but wiring costs or technical limitations make them impractical. Today's cost-effective and easy-to-integrate wireless technology overcomes these barriers, enabling you to gain better insight into your plant—and ultimately make your workforce more productive.
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Saturday, January 13, 2007
New Blogger
A nice weekend to all of you
9 comments:
- Lumo said...
Welcome to the new Blogger gang, both. ;-)
- 9:42 AM, January 13, 2007
- Rae Ann said...
This new blogger seems much better than the old one. Have a great weekend!
- 10:30 AM, January 13, 2007
- Bee said...
Ah, the template editor doesn't convince me. But the labeling is pretty useful.
- 11:03 AM, January 13, 2007
- stefan said...
... and the e-mail notification about new comments has improved with a nice new feature: There is now a header line telling who has commented, and in which thread!
- 5:41 PM, January 13, 2007
- Plato said...
I just completed the change over as well. I like it.
I instituted Haloscan comment instead of the blogger comment section. I noticed Lubos uses both. That "delay time" was just to frustrating for me.
The "Widget" is nice too, to see who had commented last. Don't know where Lubos got the "second one" for these type of blogs?
- 9:18 PM, January 13, 2007
- Bee said...
Hi Plato,
I've had a look at your blog, looks good! I've also thought about switching the comments to haloscan, but I kind of like it that they appear under the post in the html-site. Maybe it's better when readers can not reply too fast ;-)
Don't know where Lubos got the "second one" for these type of blogs?
which one? the one which says 'recent slow comments'? No idea, go ask him. The other one I think is feedburner. Last time I checked, they required subscription for that. Best,
- 10:24 AM, January 14, 2007
- Lumo said...
Dear Bee and Stf, your snap preview is kind of fascinating - do you think that TRF could live without it? :-) Best, LM
- 11:44 AM, January 14, 2007
- Bee said...
Hi Lubos,
probably not... your blog should get an award for the highest amount of applets, ad-ons, and fancy features that's technically possible ;-) btw, I noticed recently that there's some delay when loading your site. Best,
- 11:50 AM, January 14, 2007
- Plato said...
I think Lubos is making money off the ads since his number count of visits may be enough to give him a few dollars?
This is the "determination" I think, used.
- 7:14 PM, January 14, 2007


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A STRONG engineering construction industry is fuelling greater confidence in Australia's property sector, according to a new study.
The Property Industry Confidence Survey, released by the Property Council of Australia (PCA) in conjunction with ANZ, saw the property sector's overall outlook rise by six points in the June quarter to 113 - up from 107 points in March.
According to the report's authors Warren Hogan and Paul Braddick, commercial property emerged as one of the strongest building sectors, defying investor uncertainty and demand both domestically and globally to maintain high yields - providing a positive foundation for future growth.
"The Australian commercial property market is very well placed and remains at the early stages of a multi-year cyclical upturn in valuations," they said.
The authors asserted: "Prospects for hotel, office and industrial property remain strong."
According to PCA chief executive Peter Verwer, more than half of the quantifiable lift in sentiment was attributed to three states - Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.
The only states to decline in confidence were Victoria and Tasmania and most respondents anticipate their own future work levels will increase in the coming year.
The Northern Territory was the location to record the highest confidence level, reaching a score of 159.
A positive economic outlook combined with several large mining construction projects - including the $33 billion Itchys development - providing a significant boost.


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Friday, December 23, 2011
The evidence for evidentialism is no such thing
What evidence is there for evidentialism? Some evidentialists argue for evidentialism on the grounds that relations between your beliefs and your evidence determine whether your beliefs are rational or reasonable from the epistemic point of view. If justified beliefs are reasonably held beliefs and reasonably held beliefs are justified, it follows that your beliefs are justified if they are supported by sufficient evidence and unjustified otherwise. Others argue for evidentialism on the grounds that alternative views are faced with a version of Moore's Paradox (Smithies 2011).
Suppose (if only for reductio) that the accessibility thesis (the conjunction of the positive and negative accessibility thesis) is false:
PAT: You have justification to believe p iff you have justification to believe that you have justification to believe p.
NAT: You lack justification to believe p iff you have justification to believe that you lack justification to believe p.
If the accessibility thesis is false, you can have simultaneous justification for certain doxastic attitudes that are not rationally co-tenable. (They are not rationally co-tenable because they give rise to an epistemic version of Moore's Paradox.) If they are not rationally co-tenable, they cannot be attitudes that you have simultaneous justification for holding. So, the accessibility thesis is not false.
Now, consider the pragmatist view. The pragmatist thinks that you can have sufficient justification to believe p even if you have equally good evidence for p and for ~p—provided that forming the belief that p will further some significant practical end. (In cases where there is sufficient evidence for believing p or believing ~p, the evidentialist and pragmatist views agree that your beliefs are justified only if they conform to the available evidence.) I ask you to consider the view not because it is true (I have nothing but contempt for the view), but because I think it is a contingent matter whether anyone has sufficient evidence to believe it. Raised on a steady diet of pragmatist propaganda, it seems someone just might have sufficient evidence to believe that she has sufficient justification to believe p where she does not also have sufficient evidence that p is true. PAT implies that if our subject permissibly believes that she permissibly believes (say) God exists (where she has no more evidence that God exists than she does for the hypothesis that God does not exist), she permissibly believes that God exists even though she violates the evidentialist's standards.
Here, now, is my anti-evientialist argument. William has sufficient justification to believe that he permissibly believes that he permissibly believes God exists. William, however, does not have sufficient evidence to believe that God exists. So, according to PAT, it is permissible to believe without sufficient evidence. According to the evidentialist, it is never permissible to believe without sufficient evidence. Thus, the evidentialist view is mistaken.
The evidentialist can respond by rejecting my claim that it is possible for someone to have sufficient evidence to believe the pragmatist view or by rejecting PAT. The first response is completely ad hoc since the evidentialist view is that the evidence you have depends upon psychological facts about you (e.g., what you seem to remember, what you find intuitive, how things look to you, etc.). Surely if by virtue of some contingent psychological facts someone can have sufficient evidence to believe evidentialism, someone can have sufficient evidence to believe pragmatism. Suppose instead that the evidentialist rejects PAT. If they do so, they have to dispense with one of the arguments for evidentialism. Is that all that damaging to the view? Not necessarily. There are other arguments for evidentialism. For example, there is the view that the justified belief just is the rational belief. The thesis S's belief is rational iff it is justified (R=J) seems to support evidentialism because it seems natural to assume that following the evidence is what the rational person does. It is often what the rational person does, but perhaps the rational person follows the evidence and comes to believe that pragmatism is true. If the subject discovers that she holds beliefs that conform to the pragmatist's standards, it might seem that her beliefs are rationally retained even if the subject's beliefs do not conform to the evidentialist's standards. (Perhaps the subject is non-culpably ignorant of the fact that she does not live up to the evidentialist's standards.) If so, R=J does not support the evidentialist view. Indeed, R=J would seem to suggest that the evidentialist's view is mistaken.
Richard (in the comments) asked what I think is _the_ question to ask. I've offered a sketch of an answer. Adequate? Well, if not yet, hopefully soon. Thanks, RC.
8 comments:
- Richard Chappell said...
Is evidentialism compatible with holding that, say, any non-factive mental states provide one with sufficient "evidence" for a priori philosophical truths (and against their negations)?
If so, then -- given that epistemic pragmatism is a priori false -- it doesn't seem so "ad hoc" to deny that pragmatism could be justifiably believed. One might have a quite general account of a priori justification which yields this result.
- December 23, 2011 at 9:45 PM
- Clayton said...
Hi Richard,
The evidentialist view (that I have in mind) allows for justified, false beliefs about contingent matters, but it also says that justification supervenes upon facts about a subject's non-factive mental states. Since the necessary truths supervene upon these truths, you're right that the evidentialist _could_ say that there are no justified, false beliefs about, say, whether evidentialism is true, whether reliabilism is true, whether utilitarianism is true, etc.
The question, however, is whether they'd want to say that epistemic pragmatism is apriori false and dispense with the objection that quickly. I'm not quite sure what "apriori false" means. If it's just some falsehood that can be known to be false apriori, there's nothing obviously wrong with saying that some subject justifiably believes p where p is apriori false (think about Frege's axiom V). If it means something that's false that everyone has adequate justification to believe to be false, then I suppose you couldn't say that someone justifiably believes p where p is an apriori falsehood, but that's just because the assertion that p is apriori false is basically the bald assertion that nobody could justifiably believe it. There's no explanation here.
I was assuming that the evidentialist would want to say that the beliefs we have about evidentialism, pragmatism, etc. are justified only if supported by evidence and that the evidence has to be understood in such a way that we can have adequate evidence (provided by intuition, say) even if it concerns a proposition that 'turns out' to be false. I don't think the evidentialist would want to say that nobody could have _any_ evidence for rival views. They don't want to say that anybody who has evidence against evidentialism also happens to have evidence for evidentialism. (Having evidence always involves being in some psychological states you don't have to be in.) So, what right do they have to say that while somebody could have evidence against evidentialism and no evidence for evidenitalism, the evidence for rejecting evidentialism is never enough to make believing evidentialism false rational? None, so far as I can see.
- December 24, 2011 at 3:06 AM
- Richard Chappell said...
I guess I was thinking that we might always have sufficient evidence for believing a priori truths, insofar as they don't require any particular (empirical) evidence at all. So even if one has some misleading empirical evidence (from testimony, etc.) for believing pragmatism, it seems natural to think that this must be outweighed by whatever happen to be the reasons for thinking evidentialism is true -- reasons that are (I'm supposing) "accessible" in the relevant sense no matter what your contingent psychological states.
I'm not sure whether they'd rather go this route or deny PAT. Insofar as one thinks there can be justified false beliefs in general, it seems odd to deny (as PAT effectively does) that there could be justified false (higher-order) beliefs about the justificatory status of one's own beliefs.
PAT seems most plausible if we're talking about ideal rationality. Otherwise, I don't see why people couldn't be simultaneously "justified" in some weaker sense -- "not blatantly unreasonable", say -- in holding two compartmentalized beliefs that happen to be in rational conflict (or not "co-tenable", as you put it).
But if we're talking about justification-as-ideal-rationality, then it's trivial that all a priori truths, and no a priori falsehoods, are justified. (And also that justification, in this sense, supervenes on one's non-factive mental states.)
- December 24, 2011 at 3:48 AM
- Clayton said...
Hi Richard,
I don't think we can have sufficient evidence for believing apriori truths if, say, those include complicated mathematical or moral facts. Just to fill in some detail, Conee and Feldman identify two ways in which we can acquire apriori justification:
- knowledge of conceptual relations;
- intuitions about cases that we can then use to confirm (inductively) or disconfirm a view. (In their contribution to Q. Smith's OUP collection in 2008.)
If p can be intuitive even if ~p (something they seem to think) then I don't think they can say that it's impossible for someone to have evidence that favors a false philosophical claim and no evidence against it.
You might be right that PAT might be defensible if we're interested in ideal rationality, but I worry that focusing just on ideal rationality, PAT won't provide us much reason at all to reject views like reliabilism that are not about ideal rationality but just ordinary justification.
- December 26, 2011 at 7:31 PM
Hello, William Holden here,
Epistemology of religion?
This will come down to one person saying "I have an intuition that there is a god" and another holding " I have an intuition that there is no god" or "I have no intuition either way".
These are bedrock premises in effect and impervious to argument.
One could argue further that all
positions boil down to such intuitions as premises, including what constitutes evidence or does not.
Something is the case to one that is not the case to another--happens all the time.
To each of us arises something that is the case, even if it is that we don't know what is the case. And it may be so compelling
as to be a permanent fixture of the person.
Are these facts? Something will arise to you that says yes or no or otherwise.
That something arises and arises as the case---is, it seems to me, the best expression of what is
To those with a bedrock intuition, justification is a matter after the fact.
One of course is not bound to hold the same premises as another.
- January 9, 2012 at 3:30 AM
- jon said...
Hi Clayton,
I'm confused.
First, you think NAT is true? Don't all kinds of things (ie. non-doxastic agents, those w/o the concept of justification) lack justification for believing things w/o justification for believing this of themselves?
Second, doesn't the Moorean problem you allude to with PAT and NAT only arise if someone is justified in believing the conjunction (and not simply from the conjunction being true)? It seems that way to me. The evidentialist can claim that though the conjunction can be true, you can't be justified in believing it (one of the conjuncts would be defeated).
About the argument though, is the justification that the Pragmatist is talking about epistemic justification (ie. the same thing the evidentialist is talking about)? If not, then disambiguated there is no problem. If so, then I don't see why the subject doesn't have sufficient evidence to believe God exists. She has sufficient reason to believe [pragmatism and if progmatism then believe God exists]. If the evidence supported reliabilism and that a particular belief was the result of a reliable process, I think the evidence would support that particular belief. Misleading evidence in either case, but evidence nonetheless.
- January 10, 2012 at 11:57 PM
- Clayton said...
Hi William,
The evidentialist view under consideration is not a view concerning religious epistemology. It's a view that is supposed to apply to all beliefs. And I don't buy the idea that it boils down to intuitions. People are committed to claims about God that I think are quite clearly false (e.g., claims about the way the world would be if there were an all-powerful and all-knowing being monitoring it at all time who had unlimited power).
Hi Jon,
I think this is supposed to be limited to rational agents. I think I agree with you about the conjunctions. My own view is that you cannot justifiably believe both conjuncts but might have reasons to believe the conjuncts. The access theses here are theses that Smithies defends in a PPR paper where he ultimately wants to defend a version of mentalism. I think that his access theses cause trouble for the evidentialist idea that you cannot justifiably believe without evidence.
As for the disambiguation, I guess I don't see why that would help defuse the problem. Someone can have evidence for the false philosophical view that you can have the epistemic right/justification to believe without evidence. That's the key point. Evidence that I don't need evidence to have the right to believe p is not evidence for p (or p's negation), so if the evidence is _sufficient_ to justifiably believe that I am justified in believing p without evidence, one of the access theses asserts that I do have epistemic justification to believe without evidence. Myself, I think you cannot justifiably believe what you know you don't have evidence for, but for the purposes of my post all that matters is that it is very difficult to argue from the access theses to evidentialism.
- January 11, 2012 at 12:17 AM
- John Jones said...
A belief isn't subject to justification. As a belief is the personal decision to act on one of two or more unproved or unprovable public propositions, justifications are always going to be in the publc domain, not the private.
- January 14, 2012 at 1:53 AM


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I wonder what those blossoms are, or maybe it's pieces of paper from that letter he was given.
The text also says that Griffith masters even plants.
Berserk isn't really "dark fantasy" either. It's plain fantasy
Miura has been very protective of Berserk
How long do you guys think we will be in Falconia before we see Guts again?
I think in this specific case the guy meant it to be a teaser though. The text says that Rickert bravely spoke his mind to the absolute ruler. He was a real man, he didn't bend down.So it's as it should be: in spite of Locus' little intimidation show and of what he has to lose (Erica...), Rickert stayed true to himself.
Until shown otherwise I'm assuming they're talking about Griffith having control over the world spiral tree only. But if that's not the case I wonder if, and if so how, Griffith's ability to control plants affects the spirits of the plants like Chich.
This has been my guess, since reading the plant note. The world spiral tree is rather unique. His control over it could be a result of the tree's possible connection to a deeper, darker realm. One that the God Hand have power over.
This makes me wonder even more if Griffith/Femto (can i just say Griffith sine he's in his "griffith form?) is aware of his little trip in the tree. Except of course if the moonlight boy and griffith are two separate entities (which i dont think so)
On a side note, I'm very curious to see the picture where we see the episode numbering. The background got me very very curious.
Holy shit.
There really is no other way of putting it: Holy Shit!
My reaction: HOLY SHIT!


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This article was printed from mlb, originally published .
Read more news at: https://www.mlb.com/angels/news
With deals in hand, Angels' Big 3 a rarity in this era
The Angels already had arguably the best player of the last 10 years (Albert Pujols) and quite possibly the greatest of the next 10 (Mike Trout). Then, on Dec. 15, they signed an MVP who has started each of the last five All-Star Games to a five-year contract (Josh Hamilton), giving them three legitimate superstars in one lineup.
Sure, they won't have the same impact LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh have had on the defending-champion Miami Heat. But that's the nature of Major League Baseball; you need plenty more than three stars to attain success in a world of 25-man rosters and 162-game schedules.
And in this age of free agency, having three players of that magnitude in one batting order is quite rare, especially with each in the books for at least the next five years.
Throughout history?
"Not so much," jaded MLB historian John Thorn said -- and with good reason.
In the early days, it wasn't all that uncommon to have up to seven eventual Hall of Famers in one lineup. That's how many the New York Giants of 1923-26 had, with Frankie Frisch, Travis Jackson, High Pockets Kelly, Freddie Lindstrom, Mel Ott, Bill Terry, Ross Youngs, Hack Wilson and Dave Bancroft all coming through during that span.
They're far from alone, too.
From 1924-42, the Yankees had no less than three and up to six Hall of Famers in their lineup each year. From 1936-43, the Red Sox also had at least three. Ditto for the Brooklyn Dodgers of 1946-57.
Then there's the trio of Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench and Tony Perez from 1972-76, which helped make up the Big Red Machine (and don't forget Pete Rose).
Or the Carlton Fisk, Carl Yastrzemski, Jim Rice band in Boston from 1974-80. The Ernie Banks, Ron Santo, Billy Williams triplet in the Windy City from 1960-71. The Pirates' threesome of Roberto Clemente, Bill Mazeroski and Willie Stargell from 1962-72. The Orlando Cepeda, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey trinity that dominated the Giants' batting order from 1959-65. The Cardinals' trifecta of Stan Musial, Enos Slaughter and Red Schoendienst from 1945-53.
And so on and so on ...
So, Trout-Pujols-Hamilton doesn't particularly stand out historically. But their potential staying power makes them quite special if the comparisons are limited to this era.
"You can always pick out a trio from a given year, but if you're going to look for a five-year track record for a trio, which I think is where you have to go, it is hard, because you get a lot of player movement, and younger players who achieve early and in free agency want to cash in," Thorn said.
"So, keeping a trio together for five years, as right now appears to be the prospect for the Angels, certainly affords the prospect of much pleasure and production."
In an effort to compare them in modern times, SB Nation blogger James Gentile compiled a list of the top 10 lineup trios since the start of 2000 based on cumulative Wins Above Replacement, as interpreted by Baseball-Reference.com. Here's his list ...
'04 Cardinals (Pujols, Scott Rolen, Jim Edmonds): 24.2
'01 Giants (Barry Bonds, Rich Aurilia, Jeff Kent): 23.1
'11 Red Sox (Jacoby Ellsbury, Dustin Pedroia, Adrian Gonzalez): 22.5
'03 Braves (Marcus Giles, Javy Lopez, Gary Sheffield): 20.9
'09 Rays (Ben Zobrist, Evan Longoria, Jason Bartlett): 20.9
'01 Mariners (Brett Boone, Ichiro Suzuki, John Olerud): 20.8
'12 Angels (Trout, Torii Hunter, Pujols): 20.8
'01 Mariners (Boone, Ichiro, Edgar Martinez): 20.5
'07 Tigers (Curtis Granderson, Magglio Ordonez, Placido Polanco): 20
'00 Angels (Darin Erstad, Troy Glaus, Tim Salmon): 19.8
The Trout-Pujols-Hamilton trio would've actually fallen out of that top 10 with its 18.7 combined WAR last year. That's with Trout having one of the best individual seasons in baseball history, but also with Pujols (April and half of May) and Hamilton (the entire second half) slumping uncharacteristically.
Two things set the Angels' trio apart from that group, though:
1. The prestige. Pujols and Hamilton have both won MVP Awards, and Trout would've, too, if not for Miguel Cabrera's Triple Crown. Of those aforementioned 10 teams, only the '01 Giants boasted two previous MVPs, in Bonds and Kent.
2. The (potential) staying power. Only the '04 Cardinals, the '01 Giants and the 2000 Angels stayed together for at least five full seasons.
It may take more than three guys in baseball, but the performance of the Angels' trio will have considerable impact on the franchise's success over the next half-decade. Pujols and Hamilton have to hold up in their 30s -- something the Angels will help out by keeping the designated-hitter spot flexible -- and Trout's greatest challenge will be year-to-year production.
If they do that, they can join some rare company.
Since 2000, only six teams have had three guys in the same lineup post a .950-plus OPS, with a minimum of 400 plate appearances, according to the Elias Sports Bureau: The '04 Cardinals (Pujols, Edmonds, Rolen), '03 Red Sox (Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, Trot Nixon), '01 Indians (Roberto Alomar, Jim Thome, Juan Gonzalez), '01 Cardinals (Pujols, Edmonds, J.D. Drew), '00 Astros (Jeff Bagwell, Moises Alou, Richard Hidalgo) and '00 Giants (Bonds, Kent, Ellis Burks).
Only Trout (.963) topped that mark last year, with Pujols finishing at .859 and Hamilton at .930. But Pujols' career OPS is 1.022 and Hamilton is two years removed from posting a 1.044 mark.
"There's so many variables here," Thorn said when asked for the best method to size them up historically. "First of all, what is the average offensive performance of the league in a particular year? Is it a hitting year, is it a pitching year? If it's 1968 in the American League, you're not going to find any team that has a powerhouse lineup, because the stats were depressed. In the current environment, which is tilting a little back towards pitching after the offensive explosion of the first half of the previous decade, the Angels' trio looks pretty awesome."


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When I saw these cute Seckel pears on the grocery store I immediately thought to use them to decorate some tartlets. These little sweet pears are perfect for a delicious and beautiful dessert, especially when they are poached in sweet wines. I used this time French sweet wine Sauternes, but you can also use Tokay, Beaumes de Venise, and orange Muscat. The tartlets crusts were made with almond sweet pastry and filled with mascarpone cream.
Pear Mascarpone Tartlets
(Makes 8 mini tartlets)
Pears in Sauternes wine
Adapted from the book Ripe: A Cook in the Orchard by Nigel Slater
4 small pears ( I used Seckel pears but you can use other hard varieties)
Juice of half a lemon
1 cup / 200g sugar
A vanilla pod
1 tbsp honey
200 ml Sauternes wine or other sweet wine
Wipe the pears and cut each one in half lengthwise. Put into a deep saucepan with the juice of the half lemon, the sugar, vanilla, wine, and 1 2/3 cups / 400 ml of water. Bring to a boil, and then turn the heat down to a simmer. Let the pears cook gently until they are completely tender to the point of a knife. This will take a good forty-five minutes, maybe longer. Don't even think undercooking then.
Pâte Sucrée aux Amandes
Sweet almond Pastry
From the book Ladurée Sucré
(Makes 16 oz/ 450 g of dough)
½ cup /120 g butter, very cold
½ cup + 1 tbsp / 70 g confectioners' icing sugar
¼ cup/ 25 g ground almonds
1 pinch of fleur de sel (or other coarse sea salt)
1 pinch of vanilla powder (or a few drops of vanilla extract)
1 egg
1 2/3 cups / 200g cake flour
Sift the confectioners' sugar. Cut the butter into small pieces and place in a bowl of the stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Work the butter to homogenize and then add the following ingredients, one by one, making sure to fully incorporate each into the mixture before the next addition: sifted confectioner's sugar, ground almonds, fleur de sel, vanilla, egg and flour. Combine ingredients just until the dough comes together; do not overwork the dough. This will give the pastry its desired crumbly texture.
Form the dough into a ball and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for a minimum of 2 hours before using. If possible, it is better to prepare the dough one day ahead; it will be easier to cool out.
Butter the tart pan. On a floured work surface, roll out the dough to 1/10 inch / 2 mm thick and press into the buttered pan. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Preheat the oven to 340 °F / 170 °C. Remove tart shell from refrigerator. Using a fork, prick the surface of the dough to keep from puffing up during baking. Bake for approximately 25 minutes until light coloured.
Mascarpone Cream
Adapted from the book Ladurée Sucré
2 gelatin sheets (1/2 tbsp / 4 g powdered gelatin)
¼ cup / 60 ml heavy cream
½ cup +tbsp / 125 g granulated sugar
2 cups / 400 g mascarpone
Place the gelatin sheets in a small bowl of very cold water. Allow to soften for 10 minutes.
Drain the gelatin sheets, squeezing hard to remove all excess liquid. In a saucepan, bring the cream and sugar to a boil. Remove from heat and incorporate the drained gelatin. Allow to cool completely.
Using a wooden or rubber spatula, first mix the mascarpone by itself in a bowl until smooth. Continue to mix and little by little, pour in the cold mixture above. Fill the cooled baked tarts shell with mascarpone cream. Freeze for 20 minutes until the cream is firm.
Finishing the tart by placing the pear on top of the cream.