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We will be having monthly themes again for our Layout Challenges this year so join us and get a free mini kit…and have the chance at the big prize every month!
The Theme for this month is: I Love to Scrap lift
Choose a layout of someone's that you like, and using this mini kit, scrap lift it! You can add other element packs to your layout if you like, just make sure you use some of the mini to make your layout with.
Get the free mini kit here: http://www.blushbutter.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=781
Once your layout is done, upload it to the group's challenge folder here… http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blush-n-dusty/photos/album/594888665/pic/list
***Once your layout is uploaded, put the link to the layout you scrap lifted, into a comment, under your layout so we can go see the layout that inspired you also.
I will make a poll at the end of each month so we can all vote for our favorite layout.
The winner of the poll will win $10.00 into their paypal account!
Blushbutter and Dustybear want to encourage everyone to get their layouts published into a book, so they are in print form and not as easily lost. $10.00 will buy a 8X8 20 page book at Artscow, and give you a book to enjoy for years to come.
Mother and daughters, beautiful image capturing the gentleness and special relationships between mothers and daughters. Framed with the challenge mini kit available completely free for the month of March.
I've used a frame from the Baby girl Heartstrings kit and the scratching overlay from the digi frames pack.
We will be having monthly themes again for our Layout Challenges this year so join us and get a free mini kit…and have the chance at the big prize every month!
The Theme for this month is: A Beginning
Design a layout using the free mini kit that has to do with any "new beginning"…could be wedding, baby, school, faith or anything.
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Once your layout is done, upload it to the group's challenge folder here… http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blush-n-dusty/photos/album/853026708/pic/list.
I will make a poll at the end of each month so we can all vote for our favorite layout.
The winner of the poll will win $10.00 into their PayPal account!
Blushbutter and Dustybear want to encourage everyone to get their layouts published into a book, so they are in print form and not as easily lost. $10.00 will buy a 8X8 20 page book at Artscow, and give you a book to enjoy for years to come. Below is an example of a layout page, using the freebie silver jewelled frames found in the mini kit.
This above layout I made using the mini freebie digitalscrapbooking kit. I've included a piece of art nouveau butterfly, that I designed in a wonderful 3D program called sculptris, it's literally like playing with a digital lump of clay. Love how intuitive it is to use.
This frame my faery is holding is one of my first projects to test whether I could import sculptris files into Daz and it worked! I know the frame isn't much really, but I couldn't let one of my first sculptures go unnoticed so had to have my fairy play with it. LOL I actually tried to make a square flat cornered frame and ended up with this instead haha
thank-you for all your comments ,helpful hints and critiques.
The wonderful Recipe exchange of 2011 has drawn to an end and here are some truly beautiful pages that have been made with the Deb's kitchen kits. 124 recipe and Title pages have been exchanged for all the participants, with some of the most interesting and yummiest food ideas that beg to be made!! A wholehearted thank-you to all you ladies who made this a great year! xo
A note from Deb - dapperdoxie
The year of the recipe exchange is over now, and it's time to vote for who wins the book!! I'm going to post the names of the top 6 contributors, and YOU, the members of our group gets to decide who wins the book! I have to thank all of you who joined us, you made this an interesting year with your yummy recipes!! Thanks so much!! Also thanks to Blushbutter & Dustybear, for making the beautiful kits we got to play with all year, and donating the prize!! Don't forget to vote!!
Please join us for voting in the group:
Gloria (Glonet) – 12 months, 24 layouts
Meezy (Meesy) – 11 months, 30 layouts
Lyn ( Curflyn) – 11 months, 24 layouts
Tracey ( tyc) – 3 months, 6 layouts
Sherry D – 3 months, 6 layouts
Echoes (Donna) – 3 months, 6 layouts
Introducing my new little adorable Fairies, I know you are just going to love these little cuties as much as I do.
Artwork pages done with the fairies:
6 single Fairy 3D cliparts and 2 fairy friends in joyful magical poses for printing and adding to your digitalscrap pages. These little fairy characters have been such a joy in creating, I hope you enjoy them too.
Site Down Explanation:
You may have dropped by in the last few days to see the site down, on the 9th my webhost(Ucwebhost) I'd been with for the last 4years sent me an email requesting I remove my site to another webhost as they were closing down from bad management from a former owner. They gave me to the 11th of August, all I can say is thank's to the wonderful reccommendations of other designers and web designers in the digitalscrapbooking industry I was put onto a very fast and able minded webhost(Wiredtree) who promptly with no delay moved my site in it's entirety over to their servers. They have been very thorough, friendly and proffessional with their service so far and I'm so happy I was able to have my site rescued from Ucwebhost!
I couldn't help think if I had of been away when the email was sent ,on holidays or sick, I could have lost my whole site, 2days is not long enough time to investigate sites or send emails letting customers know of the interuptions to service or anything really. I think it's appalling of Ucwebhost and every single member of their team to behave like this. God had to step into my heart and remind me to not let my anger get a foothold and to pray and forgive them. Thank-you God for the opportunity to place your Grace inside me.(I was very very angry) I also lost $$$ 4months of hosting I had already paid for.
Because I was caught with so little time their was a few days the site was not able to be viewed by the world, as the DNS takes 3days to propogate around the world on all the servers and ISP's. When I changed servers, my IP address was also changed and your ISP servers were still pointing to the old servers until they updated. Thank-you for all those who have been inconvenienced by this interruption for your patience, that was really appreciated. Please also don't hesitate to let me know of any pages that aren't loading correctly for you.
Happy InterNational Scrapbooking Day!!!
It's hard to believe that it's come around so quickly again, it's been a busy start to my year this year and I've barely had time to set about in photoshop to create new kits, however I've applied myself to learning how to use two 3D programs, which is quite the learning curve! Here is a small example of some lovely school girls I created using the 3D program. She's so cute and would make a lovely addition to your scrap pages for your highschool girls. I'm working on a brunette set right now. I hope you enjoy the sale and can pick up a few things on your wish lists.
On a side note:
I wonder if you have ever read the wonderful Pern series of Books by Anne Maccaffrey? I recently reordered all of them over again to reread and read the newer ones written jointly by Anne and her son Todd Maccaffrey. Anne now 85years old has left the Pern series to be written by him. I enjoy his books and love every new one he puts out and am so glad I can keep reading them. I love the whole amazing concept and planet , the atmosphere and the rythmn of the words carry me far away to Pern and the beautiful Dragons. In my imagination it is I who is sawing through the air clinging to the dragon. I've tried to capture the swirling eyes of the dragon in a happy mood, it doesn't show in this image as it's too small, but they look good up closer
This image I am showing you here was inpsired by Anne and her Golden Queen Dragons...
thank-you for dropping by, any comments are greatly appreciated
Be inspired to create your favourite recipe cards and recipe books with this fresh food produce elements and beautifully crafted wood utensils. Deb's Kitchen kit is everything you need to get started for creating those memorable keepsake recipe's to be passed down from generation to generation. This will be 20% off for first week only.
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Join us for a year long Recipe Exchange throughout 2011!! We want to see your tried and true recipes…the ones that everyone can't get enough of, the ones that have people begging for more!
Each month we will have a new category of recipe's to scrap. Once you find out what that month's category is, using Blushbutter's and/or Dustbear's kit called Deb's Kitchen (and/or the free add on's) make a two page layout (sized at 8X8) with one or two recipes on them. We are doing two page layouts so each facing page will look like they go together…so you can spread one recipe out over both pages, or do one recipe per page.
You can do just one two page layout…or do more each month, it's totally up to you, but you must do at least one set to receive everyone's pages for that month. I'm sure we all love recipes…so would be happy with as many as possible.
As an added bonus, besides getting everyone's recipes each month you participate (and the free add on), Blushbutter and Dustybear will be giving away two 39 page 8X8 Artscow book at the end of 2011 (that's one book from each of them…so two of our members will win a free book!). The top 5 contributors in the Exchange, will be put in a poll, and the Blush ~n~ Dusty members will be able to vote for who they think should win the book.
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Theme: Kids in car seats or strollers
I don't see many photo's of kids in are seats or strollers in layouts, so lets scrap some of them if you have them this month!
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To qualify for the coupon's, you must follow the instructions above, using the items requested and upload your layout to the layout challenge gallery on the Yahoo group, which you can find http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blush-n-dusty/photos/album/1131328415/pic/list . If you can't get them to upload there feel free to e-mail them to me at dapperdoxie(AT)gmail(DOT)com and I will be happy to do it for you! You may want to put layout challenge in the subject line, and tell me you were having trouble getting it to upload. Also check back in a day or two in the album to make sure its there. If it isn't e-mail me and ask if I got it!
Here are some other links to Blushbutter, and Lara's kits that could be perfect for your layouts!!
Blushbutter: Heart Strings baby girl & baby boy kits
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Fan Confidence Poll: June 18th, 2012By
Record Last Week: 6-0 (28 RS, 12 RA)
Season Record: 40-25 (309 RS, 253 RA, 39-26 pythag. record), 1.5 games up in AL East
Opponents This Week: vs. Braves (Mon. to Weds.), Thurs. OFF, @ Mets (three games, Fri. to Sun.)
Top stories from last week:
- The Yankees opened the NL park portion of their interleague schedule with three games in Atlanta. Ivan Nova shut the Braves down in the first game, then big homers by Alex Rodriguez (grand slam) and Nick Swisher (two-run) gave the Yankees the come-from-behind win on Tuesday. Curtis Granderson hit a late homer on Wednesday to clinch the sweep.
- Following Thursday's off day, the Yanks headed to Washington for a three-game weekend set with the Nationals. Phil Hughes and Curtis Granderson led the team to a win in the opener, then Mark Teixeira's two-run double gave New York a win in the 14th inning on Saturday. Nova finished off the sweep with another strong performance yesterday.
- Injury News: Mariano Rivera (knee) had successful surgery to repair his torn ACL. Brett Gardner (elbow) received platelet-rich plasma therapy on his elbow and will miss another 3-4 weeks. Nick Swisher (quad contusion) is day-to-day. Rafael Soriano (blister) was unavailable Monday but has since returned to action. Both Joba Chamberlain (elbow, ankle) and David Aardsma (elbow) are getting closer to minor league rehab stints. Both Jose Campos (elbow) and Manny Banuelos (elbow) are still in "rest mode."
- David Robertson (oblique) was activated off the DL on Thursday. David Phelps was optioned to High-A Tampa to make room on the roster, and he will get stretched out in Florida before joining the Triple-A Empire State rotation.
- The Yankees are said to have trade interest in right-hander Ryan Dempster, but do not consider outfielder Carlos Quentin a fit. They were one of several clubs to scout Ben Sheets recently. The Yankees lost out on 20-year-old Cuban outfielder Jorge Soler, who signed with the Cubs for nine years and $30M.
- Among the draft picks that signed this week: second rounder Austin Aune ($1M), fourth rounder Corey Black ($215k), sixth rounder Nick Goody ($140k), and 14th rounder Andrew Benak ($100k). They signed nine other picks as well.
Please take a second to answer the poll below and give us an idea of how confident you are in the team. You can view the interactive Fan Confidence Graph anytime via the nav bar above, or by clicking here. Thanks in advance for voting.
- 10 (very confident)
- 9
- 8
- 7
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1 (no confidence)
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at this moment gotta be a 10. Great draft, IMO 9 in a row and the top prospects are performing and/or getting healthy…m
Where's my option for voting a "42?" Isn't that the proper "over a ten" vote?
In all seriosness, staying with my "9″ from last week. Obviously, things right now are looking mighty, mighty fine. There's work to do in 2013 and beyond, and that hasn't changed a whole lot.
I'll vote a 42!
I'd vote 28…
Not a bad option either.
For no legitimate reason (other then a 9-game winning streak that makes me feel really good), I'm up to a 9. Long term situations still need to be addressed (OF, pitching next season and beyond, Cano, the aging of Jeter and ARod and how best to use them going forward), but the team has the management and financial reseources to address these, while staying within the self-imposed $189M salary budget.
Just feeling really good about this season and continue to have high expectations for the team going forward.
I'm really at an 8.5 but for rounding purposes, let's go to a 9. I think, as long as they solve the RISP situation (which, let's face it – probably won't happen for a while), they've got very little to worry about. These sweeps of the Mets, Braves and Nats have been stupid amounts of fun to watch!
I have also finally accepted Soriano and thoroughly look forward to the violent untucking of his shirt.
I find the continued failure to hit with RISP a little worrying, it seems like a continuing trend from last season. Still, this team is getting it done in other ways, home runs, situational hitting and great pitching. All things considered, I'm sitting at a 9. If they can somehow start hitting with RISP this team will be very good if they can keep up the pitching.
I'm giving the Yanks a Megan Fox 10 !!!!!
Another week, another 8. The big league club is holding up its end of the bargain, but the injuries to some of key minor leaguers (Manny, Romine and Campos) and ineffectiveness (Dellin!) is keeping the score down. Also, how they're going to safely get to 189 million is still unclear.
Nearly 200 votes in, and none below a 5 (only one of those and 4 6′s). Seems about right. No one jumping off the ledge at the moment. Godd times!
*Good times (can't spell this morning. Need more caffeine).
You jinxed it.
Of course. Knew that would bring those that vote low with absolutely no basis in fact out of the wood work. Still, it was nice to see.
You never hear from the "zero" voters. I'd like for them to chime in once and explain their vote. I doubt they're our lovable Game Thread boobirds.
I'm willing to bet that they are just Boston fans trolling because they have nothing better to do.
They're not. At least 2 of them are friends of mine that are Mets fans. I've been telling them voting 4 or so would skew the voting lower while being less obvious that there's isn't a serious vote, but they don't think it's as funny.
Do you, or your friends, have any redeeming qualities whatsoever?
8.5 is my vote. RISP continues to be an issue even with the 9 game winning streak. OF has used about as much of Ibanez and Jones duo that was planned and its only June. Gardner's elbow injury has placed an unstable situation in LF which would be a problem in the playoffs without a real corner OFer playing the position. Jeter will need more rest with a capable fill in who is not sitting on the bench. Starting pitching has made an excellent move in the right direction.
These are issues which if fixed would make the Yankees an excellent team as opposed to the very good one that it is.
Jones has played all of about 11 full games in LF and Ibanez about 27…
If Gardner were healthy, do you believe Gardner would have been benched 38 games or Granderson would have played about 99.9% of the innings.
Do you think that the Yankees went into the season sure that their 3 starting OFs would stay healthy all season?
We all know that answer and you know Gardner would not have sat 38 games. You know the Yanks will not stay with the duo of Jones and Ibanez if Gardner is done for the season.
I realize at this moment that my confidence in the Yankees is monumentally impacted by just two players: Phil Hughes and Ivan Nova. Just how good are these two? Is Phil really suddenly an 8.8 K/9 guy? Is Nova going to maintain 7.7 K/9 with 47% groundballs?
Those are both #2s…or at least really good #3s. It would be silly to expect the Yankees' results to continue–they're getting fortunate in close games at the moment–but with that sort of starting pitching and even luck, that's a high-90s win team.
Nicely said.
It's why I'm up to an 7. Hughes's effectiveness has been the most welcomed development in all and is reaffirming my faith in the Yankees' development team. Most posters of this site had Hughes pegged for a relief role by now after his woeful first month and a half (not sure about that time frame, sorry).
Pettitte might just be the most wonderfully productive one year contract signing in all the majors.
The farm has too many current misses to break down, but the continued performance from several Charleston players portend to a new exciting wave of position players who'll make fine trade chips, and if lucky, future Yankees.
Hughes hasn't been in the minors for years and years…
Every farm system has far more misses than hits, I'm a little confused there.
Nova's been a winning pitcher for the Yanks for almost 1.5 years now. I think the fluke stage has worn off and we need to look past the advanced stats to see the bigger picture. He wins games for the Yanks. Some say that he gets the benefit of run support, but I'm beginning to believe that more analysis of that is needed. As an example, yesterday he pitched mostly with a 2-1 lead. In the end, the Yanks won 4-1. In his starts, for whatever reason, the Yanks usually end up winning. People, including some of RAB, continually underestimate that fact.
Hughes, to me, has been the eye-opener. He's been downright effective over the past month or so, looking like the prospect we thought we had years ago. I hope he is able to keep it up.
It was mentioned on yesterday's broadcast that, since he rejoined the club, Andy Pettitte has been VERY instrumental in mentoring both Nova and Hughes. Not sure how true it is, but their results since Andy came back have been very good. It would be interesting if Pettitte could break through to them upon arrival, where Rothschild couldn't since ST.
"In his starts, for whatever reason, the Yanks usually end up winning. People, including some of RAB, continually underestimate that fact."
Really? Your saying that Ivan Nova is a good pitcher for whatever reason? Your evidence is pitcher wins?
The reason is run support. Put Ivan Nova on the Pirates, and all those wins magically become losses. I am not about to credit a pitcher for the ability of his teammates.
He is much better at the moment than he was at any other point in his career. Will it continue? There is evidence that it can. None of that evidence has anything to do with pitcher wins.
Yeah, and put AJ Burnett on the Pirates and he'll…wait what???
You're determined to ignore that Nova keeps the Yankees in games, and when granted a lead, they win. Isn't that the ultimate determinant for a good MLB starting pitcher? That he keeps the team in position to win the game?
1.5+ years of evidence confirms that Nova does that. Individual stats are great for fantasy baseball.
Pitcher wins, LOL.
4.01 FIP, ranked 34 (out of 94 qualified pitchers, not bad, actually)
1.72 K/BB, ranked 85
8.82 runs per game, ranked two
As for keeping the Yankees in games, Nova ranked 76th in quality start percentage, the stat more or less defined for 'keeping teams in games.' It is more accurate to say the Yankees kept him in games.
Even early on when Hughes wasn't so hot, his K and BB rates were way better this year than last. I think he's for real.
If you really, truly believe that the innings burst in 2010 contributed to the issue, then it makes sense that, the further he gets away from that, the better Hughes is going to be.
I still want to see more from Hughes for an extended period. Everyone knows I'm a huge supporter of his, but I do want to see that he's going to be worth the investment the team will have to make after next season in him. I don't do much doubting of Nova at this point, however. He's a keeper.
I don't really have any theories as to what caused the issue, but that explanation makes as much sense as any other I've heard.
I too want to see more from Hughes, but his improvements haven't been luck based, which is encouraging.
I am with you, mostly. His HR/9, k/9 and bb/9 are incongruous. This simply does not happen in long stretches, but can occur over the short haul. It would seem much more likely that he will bring his HR/9 rate down, into a range more complementary to his other rate stats. I say this, because home runs are more subject to random variation than Ks and BBs.
But Ks and BBs are not immune to random variation. A couple more starts, and I think we are beyond sample size issues for Ks and BBs…if we're not already there.
Staying with my 8. We're on a roll right now and not exactly playing our best baseball yet, which is pretty scary.
Still got reservations about the injured (Pineda), and what Banuelos, Betances and the rest of the prospects will do this year. tempering expectations.
I did read today, I think it was Joel Sherman, that maybe Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies could be in play pretty soon, as the Rockies are out of it and need to rebuild. I know it's a pipe dream, but that would change the dynamic of my thinking as he'd under control for approx. 5 years and at something like a $12 million AAV. I'd probably go all in on that kid. I'm talking Banuelos/Betances, Romine, Adams, and maybe one of Williams/Bichette/Austin.
Cargo is a really interesting guy if he were available…..the AAV on his deal might be less than Swish signs for.
Yeah, the AAV plus that 5-tool talent, plus he'd be a LH RF. Put him with Gardner and Grandy and we'd have a very good OF for years.
I'm really intrigued. He'd be worth the minor league talent lost. However, I have an idea that the Rockies would want one of Hughes or Nova. If only Nunez was healthy and playing better….
Sure, it's intriguing. It's also a rather large solution to something which isn't really that large a problem.
Would I do one of the packages described above? Maybe, leaning yes. Would Colorado? Unlikely.
CarGo seems like a great idea until you look at his home/road splits, which are… unsettling.
I think Colorado would take it if Banuelos were healthy. You're potentially offering them two top 25 prospects, according to Keith Law for what that's worth. Romine and Adams might have to be substituted due to their recent injury histories, and Banuelos would have to come back healthy.
CoGo has MASSIVE home/road splits. On his career he's a .331 wOBA hitter on the road vs. .432 at home. Not sure playing a few extra games in Petco offsets that by much. This season he's at .367 wOBA on the road and .500 in Coors. Despite their humidors and whatnot… that's still the best hitters' park in MLB. So, if other teams are smart they're going to factor that in. Granted, I still think he's capable of a very strong season in YS… but probably deflate his stats/value a little. Can handle LHP, but has a pretty healthy platoon split as well.
Yeah, but substitute Colorado 81 games for YS3 for 81 games….
Yankee stadium is not nearly as good of a hitting park as Coors. B-R has YS3 at 106 and Coors at 117 where 100 is neutral. Coors is basically 3x higher above neutral than YS3.
And, while you want guys who fit your park, the idea isn't to get guys who look good in an offensive stadium and worse in a normal stadium. The idea is to compare players on a park-neutral basis and take the best player, adjusting for strengths that might fit your park in particular. Any lefty power hitter is hypothetically going to fit YS3 to some extent.
These absurd compacted names were pushed by the entertainment press–the armpit of journalism–to titillate young schmucks in the provinces.
They're shorter and easier to type, which is easier in this age of mobile everything and twitter. And once something is typed enough, people start saying it. It's really not anything sinister.
I dont even know if you were being serious.
Would the luxury tax be on his entire deal going back to Colorado, or reset when he's traded?
I agree he's worth a lot, but he also misses time every season and has MASSIVE home/road splits. He's a career .331 wOBA hitter on the road.
But not everyone who leaves Coors reverts to their away splits as an average. Matt Holiday being one notable example.
And half of CarGo's starts are still at home, you can't just throw 50% of the games away. It's not like Yankee Stadium would be an unfriendly place to hit. I'm more concerned about the injuries than the splits.
Esp. as a LH hitter in YS3. He'd do well in RF and in our lineup for us. Might even produce better than A-Rod and Tex in the lineup.
The intriguing thing is, his contract would be cap-friendly for us, and would solve our RF issue, as well as temper the offensive blow IF we'd have to part with Grandy.
You don't throw away half the games… you analyze a guy's performance in context. YS3 is not at all the same as Coors. Coors is a 117 where 100 is neutral, and YS3 is a 106…
Holliday absolutely did revert to his away splits. His away stats were still very good. In 2008, his last full season in Coors, he has a .402 wOBA away. The season before that it was close to .370. He was wOBAing in the mid-.400s at Coors… he hasn't been doing that overall since he left.
Up from a long standing 8 to 9. If Hughes and Nova are legit mid rotation guys going forward the sky's the limit. Chareleston bats exceeding u realistic expectations. A smattering of nice useful ml prospects at upper levels. If pineda banuelos and Campos were throwing right now it would have to be a ten for the organization. YCPB suzyn YCPB. I had gone all the way down to 7 at one point. Rough being g a Yankees fan nowadays. You young whippersnappers cant understand what this is like for those of us who came of age with Lane Meyer
I read yesterday that the Yanks and Braves offered somewhere north of $25 million for Soler. They were both legitimately interested, but probably not willing to go to the extremes to sign him like the Cubs did.
Rumors were that the Cubs told Soler's reps that whatever the highest bid was, they'd continue to top it.
I'm up to an 8 for the first time this season.
I worry about "It's only June, things can change." which fits whether you're an optimist or a pessimist. There are many years, you can say about various teams: "They were so (hot/cold) before the All-Star break, and then everything changed…"
I'm trying hard to keep a positive mindset and am enjoying (A LOT) the current streak.
I didn't know you were an Orioles fan.
"They were so (hot/cold) before the All-Star break, and then everything changed…"
Clint Hurdle takes offense
They were so hot/cold before the All-Star break. Then everything changed when the fire nation attacked.
Automatic respect for whoever gets the reference.
Anyway the mobile site isn't friendly about voting (or anything else really), but I'd be at a 9 right now. Just performing too well for it to be any lower. Some prospects are making me worry a bit but Gary Sanchez is on a tear and I think he's one of the most important players in our system. Manny has also dominated when completely healthy, so I have high hopes for Jim when he returns. Who knows, maybe the low innings count because of the injuries will open the door for a late season audition should someone falter.
While I'm more confident than you, I agree that a win streak shouldn't significantly change your long-term confidence. Just like a losing streak shouldn't have everyone voting below 5. Yet, inevitably, people will react to the last 5 games as if they predict the rest of the season and the long-term future of the franchise. You'd swear a lot of people have never watched an MLB season before.
Yep. It's pretty stressful, like riding a bicycle while only looking down at the ground 2″ in front of your front tire.
Best thing about this streak in my eyes is the good pitching from Hughes and Nova.
Future looks a lot brighter if the young starters continue to progress.
As bpdelia noted above, I am also up from a long-standing 8 to a 9. And as it was mentioned before by numerous other people in this thread, the jump in confidence has EVERYTHING to do with how Hughes and Nova are throwing right now, IF these two are not pitching over their heads:
– I think Nova is legit; outside of a blip in the radar the first month of the season, this is the Nova we have known for more than one year…
– Jury is still out on Hughes. sadface
If these two are for real, then we are possibly looking at 2 of the starters for this team for a better part of the next decade.
I disagree on Nova. Jury's still out on him, too. Other than pitcher wins, there is nothing similar about 2012 Nova and 2011 Nova. He appears to be a much better pitcher now, which would sound awesome, until you realize that he was a mediocre pitcher in 2011 (4.01 FIP, 1.72 K/BB), and it's a really small sample.
Even a true talent level of a 4.01 FIP has a ton of value for as long as he's cheap.
Oh, yes, but I think people want to upgrade him from an inflated starting point, due to pitcher wins. Let's quell that, please. In 2011, he was a fourth starter that was fortunate enough to have outrageous run support. Despite starting the second game of the ALDS, he does not have the track record of a second starter.
He's pitching like one now, but for the first time in his career. This is not a return to form by any means.
I am not a child of the 80′s
10 for the regular season.
8 for the first round
6 for the 2nd
6 for the WS if we get there.
Not enough clutch hitting and certainly not against the elite pitching of the deep post season. They may not be elite now but by the time a team is hot and in the ALCS or WS they are "figuratively elite". CC has been good but not as dominant as we need so far.
Changed my mind. 10 for everything.
I'm an 8. We have been on a roll, despite not hitting with RISP. However, though we have won 9 in a row, we have not gained any real ground on the Orioles who just took 2-3 from Atlanta.
Yanks last 10: 9-1
O's last 10: 7-3
Yanks picked up 2 games in a 10 game stretch.
Even in the last 3 games we gained 1. Out of a maximum of 3.
8 holding steady. First time Team's win streak exceeds my rating.
Good article on Mikolas, our 3rd rounder. Not sure if he was thought to be a sure guy to sign, but Mikolas will sign after the State tournament. Happy to hear that, because I hadn't heard one way or the other with him. Hope Refsnyder signs too.
Given the team's current roster construction, farm system, management, etc., how confident are you in the Yankees' overall future?
I take this to entail much more than 2012 season, although the current season is certainly to be considered. The impending salary cap, the age issue (i.e., all those usual suspects), the risp failures, the dearth of ready-to-move-up guys in the high minors all keep me from anything higher than a 5.
If it were a season-only rubric, well, probably an 8, based on the improved pitching. Unfortunately, it ain't a season-only issue.
And since it's a Yankees-only issue, uplifting comparisons to other teams are irrelevant.
So, forgive me if I take a few incorrect leaps here but, to me, a "5″ is right down the middle, which means you think this franchise is just as likely to win a WS in the next few years as it is to fall flat on its face. I just can't imagine a world where that's possible with the NY Yankees.
What on earth is the matter with you people? You're like children. Someone answers a poll with a number you don't like and you start pissing yourselves, as if you took it personally.
That's a shame.
This is literally the only season where we've been this piss poor with RISP. If you're going to predict the future and not only take this year into account, using RISP failures as a measurement is dishonest.
And you can interpret the ranking system as you will. I can rank relative to other teams if I so choose.
And in what world do you think there is an impending salary cap? Not this one.
Doom! I voted 4 plus 7 minus 5 divided by 2 times 3! Hallelujah holla back, it's the Yankees revival! Cheeyeah!

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Tuesday, March 01, 2005Todd Goodrick (Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester H.S.) set a new school record in the shot put helping to lead Valparaiso to a fifth place finish at the Mid-Continent Conference Indoor Championships which concluded Tuesday in Flagstaff, Ariz.
Valpo finished with 47 points as a team, two more than sixth place UMKC. Oral Roberts claimed the title with 178.5 points, followed by Southern Utah with 150 and Western Illinois with 134.5 points. Chicago State finished fourth with 62 points.
Goodrick finished second in the shot with a toss of 52'4", just six inches shy of the champion. He bettered Tim Andrews 1982 school mark of 52'2". Bryan Bell (Bellevue, Neb./East H.S.) was eighth in the event with a heave of 47'3 �".
Jonathan Braun (Saratoga, Wyo./Saratoga H.S.) was Valpo's only other scorer in the field events Tuesday, finishing eighth in the high jump. He cleared 6'5 �". Chris Daniels (Peoria, Ill./Notre Dame H.S.) led the Crusaders in the triple jump with a ninth place finish with a leap of 40'6 �".
On the oval, Elliot Powell (Orange, Calif./Santa Ana H.S.) finished second in the 60m dash with a time of 7.00 seconds. Daniels was fourth in the event with a time of 7.03 seconds. Powell was also in the finals of the 200m dash, but got disqualified.
Sean Barfield (University Place, Wash./Curtis H.S.) finished fifth for the Brown and Gold in the 60m hurdles. He crossed the finish line in 8.53 seconds.
Josh Parker (Roselle, Ill./Lake Park H.S.) led Valpo in the mile with a time of 4:47.77 to finish 11th, while Jason Douthett (Highland, Ind./Highland H.S.) was the top finisher in the 800m with a time of 1:59.18. Adam Piaskowy (Crete, Ill./Crete-Monee H.S.) led the Brown and Gold in the 5,000m run with a ninth place finish, crossing the line in 17:07.24.
Valpo closed the meet with a sixth place finish in the 4x400m relay as Powell, Jeff Moscinski (Rockford, Ill../Christian Life H.S.), Matthew Wheeler (Dixon, Ill./Dixon H.S.), and Bryan Bandy (Barrington, Ill./Barrington H.S.) finished with a time of 3:26.25.
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Nature has once again proven that whatever humans can conceive, it has already been achieved. We humans can more or less tell where a sound is coming from because our ears are placed relatively far apart, so sound will be weaker in one ear than the other. This gives us a clue where the sound is coming from, which is why we tend to turn towards the ear where the sound is louder. But what if sound hits a receptor such as a head on all sides at the same time?
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SAN ANTONIO –The ambiance at Mi Tierra restaurant is as meticulous as the pastries in its bakery. Brightly-colored LED lights adorn the walls and ceilings of the downtown tourist spot. And electricity plays a big part.
"The atmosphere is important: the piñatas and the lighting, of course!" laughs Eusebio Trujillo, the purchasing director for the restaurant.
All those lights are important, and Trujillo took notice two weeks ago when someone pretending to be from CPS Energy called about shutting the power off.
"They immediately tell them the line that you're behind on your CPS bill and your services are going to be cut tonight if you don't pay up tonight," said Trujillo.
CPS Energy officials said 'tis the season for impostors who pretend to be employees, going door-to-door to gain entrance into unsuspecting homes. Other thieves call random businesses like Mi Tierra, hoping someone falls for their fraud.
Trujillo added, "They are real persistent of wanting payment over the phone immediately."
CPS Energy said it is also the season for copper theft. The company reports the metal is ripped out of substations and power poles at least three times a week.
Bexar County deputies reportedly arrested a copper thief last week, and this year prosecutors brought three copper-theft cases to trial. All three individuals received probationary sentences.
CPS Energy officials say all that crime ends up costing rate-payers more than $1.5 million a year.
So, the public utility is stepping up efforts to combat it with a campaign of "wanted posters." Colorful monsters with names like "The impostor," "Energy Thief" and "Chupa-Cobre" warn customers of the potential ways criminals can defraud.
The bilingual posters may look a little silly, but the message is serious. Stolen copper and stolen energy can damage gas lines, valves, and electric wiring.
Maria Koudouris with CPS Energy said, "More importantly, they (thieves) create a potentially deadly risk for CPS Energy employees, first-responders and innocent people who are nearby."
CPS Energy said never go near a vandalized meter. Instead, call (210) 353-HOTT (4688).
If you witness copper theft in progress, it needs to be reported to law enforcement and to CPS Energy at (210) 353-4000.


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Jorge Lorenzo Wins In Japan
Jorge Lorenzo emerged victorious from a thrilling Polini Grand Prix of Japan at Twin Ring Motegi, the second win of his MotoGP career and a result that retained his 100% podium record in the 2009 season. The Oakley rider took little time in taking the reigns of the race, having started from the front row and showed no fear when faced with the likes of Dani Pedrosa and Valentino Rossi in front of him. However, despite a relatively comfortable advantage, Lorenzo was never quite able to say a definitive 'sayonara' to his rivals as the action heated up. He held on to cross the line with a gap of less than two seconds between him and second placed teammate Rossi.Lorenzo moves up into first place in the overall classification, for the second time in his MotoGP career.
Stoner Wins Round 1 in Qatar
Casey Stoner took a dominant victory in the opening round of 2009 MotoGP World Championship and his third in consecutive years at the Grand Prix Qatar in tonight's rescheduled race under the floodlights of Losail. With torrential rain forcing the postponement of the original contest last night, the riders returned to the track today for a 20-minute warm-up at 1830h ahead of a 2100h start. The nervous wait didn't seem to affect the Australian, who launched from pole position to lead the entire distance, maintaining his searing pace in the second half of the race to keep the chasing Valentino Rossi at bay. Completing the podium behind the front two, Jorge Lorenzo repeating his rostrum result from his MotoGP debut in the opening race of 2008, in his first race on Bridgestone tyres.


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"A date which will live in infamy."
That is what President Franklin Roosevelt called Dec. 7, 1941, the day Japanese forces attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, killing more than 2,300 Americans.
And so it is. It is also the day the United States changed forever.
On Dec. 6, the U.S. was focused on lingering economic problems, content to let the rest of the world sort out the atrocities happening in Europe and Asia.
After Pearl Harbor, the nation was deeply involved in the fate of the world and has been ever since.
On Dec. 6, women mostly worked at home taking care of their families.
The nation's entry into World War II sent men into military service and women into the workforce.
Women had never before worked outside the home in the numbers they did during the war, according to the National Archives.
After the war, many women left their jobs. But the shift that began then led to the broad acceptance of women in the labor force.
On Dec. 6, an atomic bomb was unheard of.
After the war, the nuclear age was here and the stage set for the Cold War.
"Remember Pearl Harbor" was a call to arms during the war. It bolstered the nation's will, renewed its outrage through the grueling years of sacrifice and death during the war.
We should remember Pearl Harbor.
We should remember the sacrifice of those who died. We should honor the brave response of our nation.
We should also remember it as the day our nation – and the world – changed forever.


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KDE Baby
My baby daughter who is only 3.5 months old just loves Linux. After installing SuSE on my new and shiny P4 and introducing her to Geeko the chameleon, she is getting very interested. She especially likes KDE. I guess she is attracted by the Fisher Price Toys-like look and feel of the Keramik theme. The photo shows Idun showing her enthusiasm for KDE.
How many Linux users have children already Linux-enabled? Are babies welcome at Linux Counter?
Janus Sandsgaard
SMART and Disk Errors
In the January 2004 issue of Linux Journal, I came across the article
on SMART by Bruce Allen on page 74. I downloaded and installed it without a hitch.
I ran it with the -t (test) option and immediately afterward I
encountered disk errors. (Before I ran smartctl everything was
fine.) I shut down and rebooted. The system ran fsck because it
encountered errors on the hard drive. I eventually had to run fsck
in manual mode and lost info.
Marshall Lake
Bruce Allen replies: I'm sorry to hear you've had disk problems. What's happened in your case is unfortunate. You had a disk that already was compromised before you examined the SMART data and ran self tests. Probably some of the disk sectors were unreadable, but you didn't know it because they were storing files that you normally don't access. When you ran a disk self test using smartctl -t, this did a read-scan of the disk, and the disk problems became apparent.
Before investing additional time in the system with this disk, make sure that the disk does pass a long self test without errors and that the Current pending sector and/or Offline pending sector raw counts are zero. If not, the disk needs repair/replacement before you fix the OS problems.
If your OS distribution is RPM-based, I suggest that you use the verify options of RPM to make a list of all missing or changed files on your system along with the name of the package that they came from. Then, re-install the packages that have missing or corrupted files.
The failure rate of new hardware (and particularly new disks) is higher than when they are a few days or weeks old. New hardware is more likely to fail than hardware that has worked for some time. The fact that fsck worked okay means only that the filesystem is consistent. It does not read all the data from the disk.
The smartctl -t command starts a self test that reads every byte on the disk. This is a much more thorough test than fsck. I strongly advise you not to trust the disk unless it runs a smartctl -t long test without revealing any problems.
Questions for Robert Love on I/O Scheduler
I just read your I/O scheduler article in the February 2004
Linux Journal. Great article, but it left me with a few questions.
Hopefully you can answer them for me. How do the Deadline and
Anticipatory I/O Schedulers detect when a deadline has been met
or passed? Are there multiple kernel threads, one or more that
are processing the main queue and one or more that are walking the
read/write queues checking deadlines? Wouldn't the Anticipatory
algorithm also give the possibility of causing starvation? If we
assume a request comes in and the deadline passes, the I/O scheduler
will see that the deadline is passed and process the request, then
wait 6 milliseconds thinking there may be one or more requests in the
same area. If there are one or more requests in the same area, then
will it basically loop processing these close requests, waiting
6 milliseconds, processing more requests, etc.? The test outputs
really show how much better the I/O schedulers in 2.6 are than in 2.4
, but how much does the process scheduler play into this—choosing the O(1) scheduler over the default 2.4 scheduler?
Torin Ford
Robert Love replies: Glad you liked the article. There are no threads involved. The I/O scheduler code is handled in two places: in the interrupt handler for the disk's driver and in the process context code of the process submitting the request. The code can detect a deadline easily, because the deadline-sorted lists are inherently FIFO. The request at the head of the list has the oldest expiration, so the list need not be walked—just peek at the head of the FIFO list.
In reply to the question about whether the anticipatory algorithm will also lead to starvation, eventually another request will expire, and it will go service it. The anticipation heuristic is just used to decide where to seek to, it otherwise does not change the algorithm of the disk.
I don't think the better process scheduler comes into play whatsoever. We know why the times are better: the writes-starving-reads phenomenon, so the better numbers are readily explainable.
English Lesson
The February 2004 issue of Linux Journal once again has the awful phrase
"comprised of" (on page 56). Can I ask you to grep through incoming
manuscripts to catch this annoying solecism in the future?
A. T. Young
It'll be in our stylebook from now on. —Ed.
Flaky Entertainment System
I was on a Virgin plane in December 2003 with such a faulty system
that something like 90% of us mostly saw the reboot console! Luckily,
it was a night flight, otherwise the kids would have gone crazy, and
there was no mention of Linux on the screen, so most people would
not have associated it with our beloved OS! However, it also shows
that we need to release only well-tested stuff to real customers,
a lesson we need to learn if Linux is to move into the home
Kirk Martinez
University of Southampton
Compatibility List?
Recently I went looking for a Linux compatability list
on the Web and I was unable to locate one. Does LJ
know where one is located?
Walt L. Williams
Every major Linux distribution maintains a hardware compatibility list. Not all distributions include the same hardware support, so you need to check yours. If you want to know whether there's a driver available in source code form that you can compile and configure, you usually can do best by searching for the hardware name +linux on Google. —Ed.
Table Fix for Work-Flow Article
I noticed a mistake in the February 2004 issue of LJ in the article by myself and Luciano Barone about REDACLE. In the text there is a reference to Table 2 that is missing. Table 2 should, in fact, read as follows:
Only the first row is relevant for text comprehension. Tables
actually marked as 2 through 6 should be renamed 3 to 7.
Giovanni Organtini
Photo of the Month
Here are a couple of photos of our last vacation. We went to Roswell, New Mexico to find out if the aliens were using Linux. Most were Debian supporters. There is a before and after photo. Some help from The GIMP was required.
Tom and Orion Maier
Photo of the month gets you a one-year subscription. Send to firstname.lastname@example.com. —Ed.
Lindows: Good install, but Support Needs Work
After reading Steve Hastings' review of Lindows 4.0 [LJ, December 2003], I had a few comments of my own to add. First, concerning the Click-n-Run warehouse, I had many of the same complaints as Steve. Along with the rebranding of many packages and the inability to get packages to work properly, there is a serious problem with software versions being behind the curve. For instance, their OpenOffice.org version is 1.0.3, whereas the current OpenOffice.org is 1.1.x. Evolution in the warehouse is on version 1.2, while Ximian is on version 1.4. There are many examples of this.
Another serious problem is in the area of customer support. I sent a report to Lindows tech support in late December 2003 about these issues and have yet to receive anything other than an automated response ("We'll reply to this issue in a few days"). Since that initial report, I've sent two follow-ups, and those have gone unanswered as well.
Having said all that, I will agree that Lindows is very simple to install. I tried both 4.0 and the new 4.5 version, and they install in less than 15 minutes. There were problems with the video card (an ATI All-in-Wonder) and the media-card reader, but I have less problems with getting Lindows to work with the hardware than I did with Mandrake, Red Hat and that other company from Redmond.
But, until they have current version applications available in the
Click-n-Run warehouse and until they resolve the issues with customer
support, I won't be recommending Lindows to anyone.
Ed Dulaney
Big News at Linux Vendors?
The Linux magazines have been conspicuously quiet about two of the
biggest Linux stories of 2003. The first is Red Hat rolling their
Linux into Fedora Core and dropping support of their older versions.
The second is Novell buying SuSE and Ximian.
Red Hat is putting a positive spin on their story, while many
others believe it's a blunder on Red Hat's part and a betrayal of
their customers.
Novell, is now a major Linux player. Does it all of a sudden
have Linux religion? Will they contribute to Linux's evolution?
Or is Linux just the latest strategy/weapon in their age-old war
with Microsoft?
Both these stories have a big impact on the Linux community,
and they are getting a lot of coverage and discussion on-line.
I would expect LJ to join in on the same. Will this happen soon?
Henry E. Alubowicz
See the next letter for why these stories might be less important than you think. —Ed.
LJ Discovers IT's "Dark Matter"
Just wanted to commend Doc on a great piece ("DIY-IT..." [LJ, February 2004]) and LJ for being a brave enough to print it, despite its vendor-specific (read: advertiser) implications.
Doc is on to the scoop of his journalistic career with his series on how open source (and LAMP in particular) is taking over the enterprise and putting customers back in control. The game is no longer about getting spoon-fed solutions that take too long to implement, cost too much money and fail to address the specific needs of any given business. It's time to say good-bye to cookie-cutter enterprise software and Doc knows it.
What is more, another reason why he is on to something big is because the open-source way, and the LAMP platform in particular, make developers more productive. Vendors know it, developers who have used the tools know it, and even those that haven't are beginning to suspect it.
In my day-to-day, I deal with friends and colleagues (as well as my own staff) whose employers everyone would recognize as being pillars of the Internet economy. These folks depend daily on the huge productivity improvements that come from open development tools and the passionate communities willing to stand behind them. However, most of them either won't, or can't for various corporate reasons, climb the nearest tree and scream to the world about it.
Like dark matter that can't be seen but whose presence is felt
everywhere, all of these folks "in the know" are rebuilding the
very infrastructure on which IT depends, one brick at a time. And, in
perhaps what is just as important, they are also rebuilding all
of the starting assumptions behind what "enterprise
is all about.
So thanks Doc and LJ. Keep on it—you're on to
something big.
Antonio Rodriguez
VP Engineering
In the article "DIY-IT: How Linux and Open Source Are Bringing Do-It-Yourself to Information Technology" [LJ, February 2004], Craig McLane, VP of Technology at Ticketmaster, was mistakenly identified as the source of quotations that were in fact made by Sean Moriarty, EVP of Products and Technology at Ticketmaster. The article also said the event where the talk took place was LinuxWorld Expo. In fact, both men spoke at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention. —Doc Searls
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The defenders of the region's political status quo have gotten a boost from an unlikely source - the University at Buffalo's Regional Institute.
The institute has long noted the negative effects of the high cost of local government and is generally an advocate of reform. But you would not know it by reading the report it just released.
The report does not exactly come out and say Kevin Gaughan's efforts to get town voters to reduce the size of councils from five to three members is a bad idea. But it's not hard to read between the lines.
"Any cost savings would be negligible and must be weighed against disadvantages in representation and responsiveness," the report said.
Business First of Buffalo has this story on the report.
I caught up with Gaughan yesterday afternoon by phone just as he was reading the report. He was incredulous.
"The study shows a shocking lack of understanding of what is happening in town and village halls," he said.
'"Western New York is dying and the principal reason we are dying is because government costs too much. To suggest we should not reduce its size and cost is misguided."
He cited the findings of the comprehensive study he did several years back, starting with the number of elected officials we have here in Erie County -- 439.
That's a lot of mouths to feed.
Moreover, it's a lot of people to get in the way of reform - and that's what most of them are doing.Their self-interest involves self-preservation, which is not necessarily in the public's interest.
I asked Gaughan the question that's been on my mind for a while about his downsizing effort:
Why are you pushing to reduce the size of town councils rather than the consolidation of towns and villages, where the potential costs savings are a lot greater?
His response: Despite years of efforts, consolidation, regionalism, whatever you want to call it, had failed to gain traction. There was a need for Plan B. And Plan B is to cut the size of town councils -- a plan, I might add, that is gaining traction. Voters have approved downsizing referendums in two towns and have put three others on the ballot, including Orchard Park.
"This is the long, first essential step," he said.
OK, I get the strategy. Start with the winnable fights and go from there.
I also get the Regional Institute. I'm not sure the genesis of its study, but its slant reinforces the feeling I came away with when I dealt with some of the institute's people a couple of years ago.
I had convened a meeting of a half-dozen UB-types, including someone from the institute, in an effort to build and analyze a database that would track all government grants, subsidies and tax breaks given to companies in Erie and Niagara counties.
After an initial show of interest, the institute decided against participating (and the whole project eventually went by the wayside). When I asked why the institute didn't want in, I was essentially told that they didn't want to be involved in a project that might make it uncomfortable for individual companies, that if I planned on naming names, well, they were out of here.
In other words, they're all for reform, so long as it doesn't upset anyone.
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About Minion Rush codes, friends, cheats and tips and tricks for the app. The Endless Runner Minion Rush still is one of the most popular apps for Android and iOS and it will remain so for quite a while on the current appearance. The Despicable Me Minion Rush App is the game to the hit animated movie called I just incorrigible. The developers from Gameloft put on but no new armored gameplay, which can be quite impressive. The show not only the millions of download numbers but also the countless good reviews for the app, which it has received in recent weeks.
One would have the gameplay of Minion Rush comparing it with another app, then it would certainly Temple Run 2 or Subway Surfers are best suited. So you better come through the levels of the Minion Rush app and as many bananas and collects all achievements unlock, we have you summarized in this article some tips that will surely continue to bring you.
Minion Rush Tips
Here we have given you some Minion Rush tips and some information about alleged Minion Rush Hack. You can send in you participate in this article on the comments if you want that and good tips for the app you who are here not to be found.
Basically, you should in Minion Rush concentrated as possible to run through each level, because you are allowed to take no obstacles, some of them quite easily, but if you crashing and directly with an obstacle in one run, then the run is over and you must start over . Through the experience of bananas you can buy you in the shop additional items and other things. The bananas are practically the currency in the Despicable Me Minion Rush App. In addition to bananas, there are also brands, but this later.
Bananas and Gru brands
The already mentioned bananas you get in Despicable Me Minion Rush especially simply by playing. The bananas are distributed around the entire level and you can override this. The Gru brands are somewhat rarer and ever so easy to get. So you can come, for example, to further Gru brands, if you meet the daily tasks while under the Top 1000 comes from all players in Minion Rush.
For the top 1000 you get 150 marks, such as the Top 100 a total of 750 marks and of the top 10 brands in total in 1250.
Opponents and raid bosses in Despicable Me Minion Rush
When a run-in Minion Rush you get it emulate not only with numerous obstacles, but also with many opponents, and especially Endbossen. Here is the final boss in the app of course Gru, but you meet until the end. Furthermore, there is within the runs still small opponents, such as vectors or Meena. Here, the opponent can do in different ways and make the ground. On Vector you have, for example, throw small bombs and tap this.


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Friends of the Tool Lending Library
For more information about getting involved with the Friends of the Tool Lending Library, please contact us at:
Next meeting: Aug. 6th, Agenda TBA
Save the dates: Meetings are held on the first Saturday of the month from 11 to noon.
Attend a FREE workshop for Oakland, Emeryville and Piedmont residents.
Intro to Urban Orchards
Date: Tuesday, August 16th
Time: 5:30 to 7:30pm
Location: In the basement of the Temescal Library
Join Molly Bolt for a beginners' session on growing your own tree fruits. You will learn installation, maintenance, pruning and troubleshooting techniques for common Bay Area species.
Bring photos or a garden plan for class review.
About the Instructor: Molly Bolt is an ISA certified arborist who prunes and consults in Oakland. She loves having work that brings people closer to their food.
RSVP for this class by either:
* Coming by to sign up at the Temescal Tool Lending Library
If this seminar fills up before you've registered you can sign up to be on the waiting list and/or be notified when it's offered again by sending an email to the RSVP address above.
Note: To participate in this workshop, you must be a registered patron of the Tool Lending Library.
To register, you must live in an area served by the Oakland Library System: Oakland, Piedmont or Emeryville.
It's free, and a very short & simple process. Check out the rules & regulations for using the equipment and then register, all at:


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Haiti Donation Match $20k Grant - Double Your Donaiton For Haiti
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$20,000 Haiti Donation Match - Matching funds have been made available to Reiser Relief Inc. for support of short-term relief and long-term recovery efforts in Haiti. http://www.reiserrelief.org/ Donations will be matched dollar for dollar. Matching … [More]


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I have a TX-SR600 Onkyo receiver. The Onkyo manual explicitly states not to use 4 ohm speakers, just 6 ohm to 16 ohm.
How would I connect my PSW250 subwoofer?
Obviously the best way according to the Polk website which is using the left/right front speaker wires running from the receiver through the subwoofer and then into the right/left front speakers is not an option since the Onkyo TX-SR600 is not made for speakers below 6 ohms.
I presently have my "filtered" Onkyo subwoofer rca preout running into one of the left/right line in rca inputs on my Polk PSW250 since the PSW250 does not have a separate LFE input jack.


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Since we've got a month until the next update, it's time we get off our asses and make our own. I propose using this forum to create a scene in which various never-before-seen members of the Magic Kingdom gather to discuss what is to be done about Gobwin Knob and Toolism. Each poster should create one persona, and you are responsible for their speeches alone within the scene.
The scene takes place in a remote auditorium in the Magic Kingdom, normally used for philosophic discussions. Various magical spells have been cast to ensure secrecy, as well as hippiemancy to prevent tempers from flaring too far out of control.
Ash looked over the assembled muttering crowd, feeling more than a little bit nervous. Never a fan of public speaking at the best of times, the Florist had trouble summoning the will to call the various casters' attention to himself. He cleared his throat, then cleared it again, more loudly. Finally, he sighed, and whistled loudly. The crowd grew silent, and all eyes turned to face him.
"I've spoken to each of you individually. I've asked you all here together because we all agree on one thing: something must be done about Gobwin Knob," Ash began. "Damn right, Ashbury!" someone shouted from the back. Ash winced; he hated his first name. It reminded him of graves and immolated bodies, but try as he might, he couldn't convince anyone to call him Mr. Haight; he never seemed to command that much respect.
"Although we may be united to a common cause," Ash continued, "we have yet to decide on any method of making a difference. It goes without saying that I would prefer a peaceful solution, but Stanley's and Wanda's actions have made that appear impossible. In lieu of a peaceful solution, I think we're all willing to entertain a final solution. So, are there any suggestions?"


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