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The Vagina Monologues at UH Manoa 2013March 15, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Manoa Campus, Art Auditorium 132, Art Building
VAGINAS are making a COMEBACK!!!
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Pualani Armstrong, Sierra Chisholm, Jessica Ciufo, Brookie Hedrick, Stephanie Jones, Aubree Minakami, Ayisha Osborne, and Erin Price
Venue: University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Building, Art Auditorium Room 132.
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The Pumpkin Farm on Old Auburn Road in Citrus Heights has set up two scare crows -- one dressed up as President Barack Obama, and the other as Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
People are buying pumpkins for $1, and they get to cast their vote to benefit local charities.
So far, more than 300 people have voted in the unscientific pumpkin poll.
Pumpkin farm owner Thomas Szymoniak said it's a tight race.
Obama was winning by four votes as of Monday morning.
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Police are looking for a man suspected in a Titusville shooting that left another man seriously injured Monday.
Police have obtained an attempted murder warrant for Brandon Rashad Jones, 19, of Titusville.
Police said Jones shot two people with a 12-gauge shotgun Monday afternoon on Rock Pit Road in front of the Forest Park South apartments.
One man was airlifted to Holmes Regional Medical Center with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
A 15-year-old was also hit by the gunfire but was likely an unintended target, police said. The teen was taken to Parish Medical Center in Titusville with unknown injuries.
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In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and civil servant, made a nine-month journey through the eastern United States. The result was Democracy in America, a monumental study of the strengths and weaknesses of the nation's evolving politics. Tocqueville looked to the flourishing democratic system in America as a possible model for post-revolutionary France, believing its egalitarian ideals reflected the spirit of the age - even that they were the will of God. His insightful work has become one of the most influential political texts ever written on America and an indispensable authority for anyone interested in the future of democracy.
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"Most Listenable, if not the Best Translation"
I got this version, simply because I couldn't tolerate the one narrated by Frederick Davidson. This version is the original translation, by Henry Reeve, which was disliked and criticized by de Tocqueville. The Blackstone Audio version (narrated by Davidson), is of the George Lawrence translation (1966), which is generally more respected.
One thing that Reeve did in his translation, was in the sections where de Tocqueville quotes from English sources, he translated the French translation back into English - often changing the meaning - instead of inserting the original English sources. Lawrence, in his translation, included the original English sources, thereby preserving de Tocqueville's intent.
If it weren't for the horrible quality of both the Blackstone recording (excessive noise reduction, which removes all the consonants from the beginnings of words) and the Davidson narration (which is read with an annoyingly laconic, "landed gentry" delivery), I would have chosen the Lawrence translation over the Reeve. If there had been an available recording of either the Mansfield/Winthrop, or the Goldhammer translations, I would have picked one of them over this.
That said, John Pruden does an exceptional job of bringing this book to life. Even this imperfect translation was lauded as an important work in its own time, and it is easy to see why. De Tocqueville did an amazing job of assessing the American culture. His description of our unique brand of representative democracy clearly explains what set us apart from all other forms of democratic government at the time. His descriptions are so insightful, that much of what he wrote about the character of the American people (both the good and the bad), remains relevant to this day.
Until a more accurate (and listenable) translation becomes available at Audible, I would recommend this book to other listeners.
"How could this guy be so right 200 years ago?"
Everyone who wants to understand what America is, how it was created, and where its values came from must read or listen to this book. When written it was recognized as a work of amazing detail, analysis and genius. It still is.
The Author spent years traveling America, researching its forms of life, forms of government, cultural values, religions, the Indians, slavery, its economic life and after developing a wonderful understanding of the parts, he was able to synthesis all the parts into a rational explanation of why America burst onto the world stage as one of the greatest countries on the globe in just a few short years. America was an amazing phenomenon. It was not the only new country, or a country will resources, or educated people. Yet, in a few short decades after its successful revolution, it had already become the standard by which all other countries were judged as successful. Tocqueville wanted to know why, and to take the lessons learned in America back to France to help the French develop rational government after the chaos that was the French revolution. To sum it up, Tocqueville claimed "America was great because Americans were good." His analysis showed that the shared cultural values of Americans concerning liberty, responsibility, religion were so strong that they outweighed any other factor in developing a great Nation from scratch. He also showed that the democratic/republican tradition had developed in America for over 200 years starting from the lowest level, through the town, county, colony, and finally the National government. This understanding of the rules of self government was a part of the American culture and did not have to be imposed from the top or learned anew. Finally, he described America's internal conflict about slavery and predicted the civil war and its aftermath. Fascinating reading. This is as relevant today as ever, it should be mandatory reading for all American students.
The discussion of the westward expansion and the subsequent interaction with the Indian nations was fascinating. I had never heard this description, and analysis, and it is right on the mark. I suppose that political correctness has limited this type of discussion today, but every American, and American Indian should read this analysis. Clear, dispassionate description of the inevitable westward expansion of Europeans. This class of cultures was not always, and maybe not usually violent. The Indian communities largely made a living by the "chase", or hunting. The European made his living by Agriculture, and needed land to settle. As the whites moved into a region, they would hunt the game out of the region for 200miles, so the game and the Indians were pushed ever westward. Attempts were made to fix the boundary of westward expansion, to include the Kind of England forbidding any settlement of lands that did not drain into the Atlantic. But, as settlers saw land that the Indians has abandoned, since the game was gone, they clamored farther westward. This started the whole cycle over again as the game was hunted out, and the Indians were forces westward for survival again. There were times were Indians sold their lands as they could not find enough game and needed to move west, and they would not or could not adapt to the agrarian forms of European life. Fascinating first hand research and analysis.
Yes, my reaction was "now I understand why we are the way we are" as a nation and as a people. As Issac Newton once states "we stand on the shoulders of great men", and we are all a part of our history, both our biological history encoded in our DNA and our cultural history encoded in our beliefs, values, laws and traditions.
Everyone should listen to this book. After listening to it I bought a copy so i could use it as a reference.
Geopolitics, history, and philosophy junkie. I love smoothly flowing prose that moves me effortlessly from one idea to the next.
"A true history book"
As politically incorrect as it may seem to some, especially the readers of Zinn's revisionist propaganda, this book provides an unvarnished examination of America by an impartial Frenchmen during the time it was written and within that period's perspective. What a great way to explore history. A treasure to all real Americans of any color who wish to know and understand their nation.
"Excellent work."
There is a reason this book is quoted so much. From politics to slavery to native tribes, this book covers so many important details about the United States. Very readable.
Recording is good.
Engineer in St Louis, Missouri, United States
"Incredibly important and brilliant book"
All school children should read this as a guide to responsible citizenship. Tocqueville basically predicts the future of America but gave ample warning.
I am no expert so spell it out.
"should be required reading in High school"
This massive work summarizes the great thoughts of his time. At 2× you can understand and think about the subjects he covers. This work is still relevant today.
"Fantastic Perspective on early American society"
While at times dry, it is a fairly unbiased description of the life and times of early America.
"Masterful commentary on America"
This book should be read by all Americans as well as anyone interested in liberty and how to defend if from the challenges that face it. De Toqueville's observations are as timely now as when he wrote them. John Pruden's narration is solid, though uninspired - a warmer, more engaged reader would have made the 36 hours an easier listen.
rock climber, skier and nerd
"Should be required reading for Americans"
There are so many quotable nuggets in this work that it becomes more valuable when accompanied by the text.
Former Marine 4321, former State Department public diplomacy officer. Current USAF Public Affairs Specialist
"God did It -- A Foreign View Mirrors US Perception"
What I find most amazing about this work is how much this foreigner attributes to destiny, fate and providence as if he were lulled in by the very arguments of many of the founding fathers who also believed divine intervention shaped the United States.
While clearly dated, the perceptions in this book have been repeatedly touted as amazingly insightful -- very possibly because he mirrors at us collectively what we wish we were more than the actual facts of the moment. Nonetheless, even if the overarching statements are far reaching, the actual elements of daily life are an amazing slice of life that we can no longer reach into. We own Alexis a great debt for capturing this moment in time.
As an audiobook, this is a great read. It is smooth, fluid and makes a great narrative. I loved it.
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Shirley pleads guilty to charge
Government also alleges former Jefferson County sheriff attempted to influence witness testimony
January 15, 2013
MARTINSBURG — Former Jefferson County Sheriff Robert E....
Here's a novel idea. Elect a replacement without a shady background and agenda going in, not just hoping for the best or lowering the bar. An oath keeper would be nice. Protect and serve ...
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Maybe Boober will come back in and he and Jessie will lock their little brains, break old BOB out of jail an make him Boobers hit man. The three little no counts work real good together to make some fools thing their the best since white bread. You people know nothing of the past,your not even in the park
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You no war GOD, you could almost be moved up to stupid,but you just can't fix stupid!! When the good LORD comes for your dead beat,liar of a soul.You better prey he has some mercy on you.
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And for those of you who hope Shirley, "gets his" in prison. That is just as wrong. Shirley like anyone else has a right to a fair trial. Our founders rathered guilty people go free then to place an innocent man in prison. This is why we have the standard of innocent till proven guilty and the constitutional standard of the right not to self incrimination and the sanctity of your property without a warrant.
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This entire thing is sad. Shirley had an obligation to bring the alleged bank robber to the judicial branch to be charged. The accused has a right to be arrested without being assaulted. Police like ANY CITIZEN may use equal force or one step higher. Anything more is assault. Only upon conviction by a jury of his peers can the executive branch (police) administer punishment and that is only what the sentence is from court.
What will happen to civility when LEOs think everyone is unarmed?
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Well Captain Obvious - aka Majoritaian; I did say "who else" in that statement.
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Hey guys; guess who else won't be able to possess a firearm? Bobby! Like father, like son!
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Thanks Bobby...you've provided much comic relief fore in the past few days and so haven't the 1% that have justified your actions, as well as your past history which seems to have been anything short of honorable...
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Sign - bobby shirley had a lot of dumb ******** drinking his kool aide. He was master of two face. He will never work in law enforcement again, and that makes me want to sing.
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Majoritarian...Ugh! No sir, no one likes you. Stop deluding yourself. When an average Joe gets in trouble with the law you say "good ridance, they shouldn't be allowed to breath". When an officer of the law commits a crime while hiding behind his shiny badge, you say he has rats and snitches working for him. There doesn't need to be anymore physical evidence than the video and his ADMISSION OF GUILT, genius!You are a piece of work buddy! So long Bobby Shirley, you failed us all! Too bad Majoritarian can't disappear as well.
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People of Jefferson Co. are saying "OK, we made a mistake and elected a numbskull.........now let's go with one of the candidates that we didn't even think was as good as him?" You people have to be as dumb a bunch of bricks.
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I was so, so wrong! I have never been more wrong. I completely screwed up backing Shirley. I am completely ashamed of my misjudgement to go on an on about Shirley being innocent when he has made me look so foolish by giving up so easily before going to trial. I realize I look stupid. I will stop now and shut up because I now realize that I was wrong... Majortorian
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Earl Ballenger is mother Theresa compared to Bobby Shirley. Boober is also a major upgrade. Both would be smarter than to use sheriff vehicles and sheriff email to carry on questionable relationships with female county employees that he happened to date
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Forget Earl he and his brother owe alot of money to local business's for services rendered, he's a dead beat. And didn't the Ballenger boy's pull guns on each other or was that a cover up to ?
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So long Sheriff Shirley. You had quite a run in Jefferson County but all things (both good and bad) must eventually come to an end.
Would have been an interesting trial though.
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Major, you can eat MAJOR SXXXX now that your bud Shirley has pleaded guilty. TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT!
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Wayne...your to stoned to be Shirley...lol
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well Major, I see you still have major" diarrhea of the mouth wth all of your psychotic remarks, must be Shirley or related to it, LOL some Major mental issues clearly seen, hope shirley gets whats coming to him behind bars!!! Now that would be a MAJOR JUSTICE!!!
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im not Shirley
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and Major, where are you from? Calling them constables? Hmmm, PA perhaps??? They are DEPUTIES in WV!!!! Or are you just Shirley trying to pretend you're not Shirley? That would be his style after all! LOL
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Geesh, shut up already Major aka- Shirley brown noser!!! You must not have a life at all, you probably really are bobby shirley after all!!!! Home confinemet and a computer!! hahahaha
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they should appoint Earl ballenger as sheirff since he was close to winning anyway, I think Earl Ballenger deserves the chance to take a shot at making jefferson county Sheriff Dept a proud place to serve agian! Earl, you think you cn keep from kicking somone one in the head, takngkick backs, and then covering up tons of paperwork?
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After reading all of these comments I decided to look at the video. While I believe Shirley deserves his day in court like any American, I was shocked when I saw Shirley kicking a subdued Haines in the head when he was down on the ground. What a brutal act of cowardice. How does he expect his fellow officers or anyone else to respect him after seeing that?
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major- I bet you are really Bobby Shirley behind that keyboard hehe, aint nobody going to defend that whiteheaded beaver that much unless you are Bobby the squirrely himself! Shirley!! LOL
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Serves 8 |
Prep Time 10 minutes |
Cook Time 40 minutes
1/2 cup organic roasted tahini (sesame butter)
2 tsp Eden Genmai Misoor Eden Shiro Miso
1/4 cup organic seedless raisins
1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
5 baking apples, remove core with apple corer, do not peel
1 cup Eden Apple Juice
Preheat the oven to 375°. In a small bowl, mix together the tahini, miso, raisins and walnuts. With a knife, make a very shallow slit in the skin of each apple, all away around the middle of the apple. This will keep them from splitting during cooking. Stuff each apple with the tahini mixture. Place in a small baking dish and pour the juice in the pan. Cover and bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Baking time may vary slightly depending on the variety of apple and size. Remove and serve.
The stuffed apples may be steamed until tender instead of baked, if desired.
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POLAND - Daniel R. Donnelly, 65, of Poland, passed away on Oct. 26, 2012.
A 1965 graduate of Leetonia High School, he spent a great deal of his working life at NRM Corporation in Columbiana, Ohio. Dan enjoyed watching, discussing, and writing about sports. He was known locally for his weekly predictions of area football games and wrote a weekly column, "Dan's Dope," for the Columbiana Ledger.
Survivors include his wife, Cathy; a son Rex of Uniontown, Ohio, a son Jason of Bonita Springs, Fla.; and a granddaughter Xzaria of New York. Also surviving Dan are his mother, Betty Donnelly of Leetonia and his two sisters, Linda Schneider and Sandra Casacchia.
He was preceded in death by his father, John R. Donnelly and an infant sister, Patricia.
As per Dan's wishes, cremation has taken place and there will be no calling hours or services.
Arrangements were handled by the Cunningham-Becker Funeral Home, Poland Chapel, 270 N. Main St., Poland.
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on January 5, 2013 - 11:15 PM
A former opponent of downsizing the Amherst Town Board now says a triumvirate is "inevitable" and wants residents of the county's most populous town to vote on a referendum.
"It's inevitable that Amherst will be a three-member board," said Council Member Mark Manna, who five times previously has voted against downsizing. "The board should have some control over when it takes place and maintain balance over the seats that are still going to be there."
The board previously downsized from seven members to six in 2011 and is scheduled to go to five members next year.
The board Monday will consider Manna's call for a public referendum on whether to eliminate two more council member positions.
It's unlikely Manna's proposal will gain the necessary four votes (or any), since it would essentially prevent two of his Republican colleagues from being re-elected. Manna is the sole Democrat on the board.
Supervisor Barry Weinstein and other council members questioned Manna's assertion that a three-member board is inevitable in the region's largest town of 115,000 residents.
"Sounds to me like he's trying to produce the inevitable," Weinstein said. "He's irrational. It doesn't make any sense. It's a big town. We have a substantial liaison system where council members are expected to do a lot."
With the board still in the process of downsizing to five members, he called Manna's resolution "premature."
"You have to try five before you try three," he said.
Manna's call resurrects a contentious and long-debated topic in Amherst.
"Either you believe in letting the people decide on reducing the size and cost of government, or you don't," Manna said. "And too bad if you're the one looking down the barrel of reform."
For Amherst residents with long memories, such comments from Manna may seem nothing short of shocking. Manna was a staunch defender of the seven-member board back when Kevin Gaughan was taking his downsizing campaign to towns and villages across the region.
Weinstein pointed out that, before he became supervisor, he introduced four resolutions as a council member in 2008 and 2009 to downsize the board from seven members to five. Manna voted against every one.
Altogether, Manna voted against five downsizing proposals in that period, railing against a "slippery slope" that would eventually see a seven-member board shrunk to three seats. He railed against downsizing as "the democratic process to march ourselves to a dictatorship."
But less than four years later, he said he's had a change of heart.
"I believed what I said [then], but seeing how it's worked in other towns, and seeing what voters have overwhelmingly chosen when this issue has gone before them, you have to be deaf, dumb and blind not to realize this is what people want," he said.
His complaints about democratic representation, workload and political gamesmanship have also dried up.
"In hindsight, I was wrong on that," he said. "The issues of loss of representation and the amount of work are still valid, but my goal of letting the residents decide on this issue outweighs my concerns."
Manna said his proposal is not an attempt to save his own seat. He noted that he cannot run again because of term limits, though his seat would not be at risk of elimination at the end of the year under his plan.
The proposal would eliminate two seats that have terms expiring this December. That would affect Republican Council Members Steven Sanders, Richard "Jay" Anderson and Barbara Nuchereno.
Nuchereno is the only council member who is not expected to run for re-election. She will be running for a town justice seat when Judge Mark Farrell retires at the end of the year.
"Many people have the misconception that you're just trying to save your own job," Nuchereno said, "but it's really just very difficult to manage running a town with so few people. And then you're leaving a lot of power in the hands of just a few people, too. You need a little more of an exchange of ideas."
Sanders called the idea of downsizing to three members "a gargantuan mistake."
"You have to not appreciate the job that your council members do to think that downsizing makes sense," he said.
"Let the people decide," Manna responded, repeating Gaughan's catchphrase. "Our opinion is irrelevant."
He also said the effectiveness of any board is not the number of people running, but the caliber of people running and their commitment to an open and transparent process.
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As an old "fuddy duddy," I am amazed at the role electronics plays in the lives of kids these days. Most kids start getting interested in computers by age 3 and are truly addicted to them by age 6.
Of course, most of that interest centers on computer games. I can't help but wonder if the time spent playing computer games is more valuable than other old time activities like math, history and doing more physical activities and sports. Can they do both in a small time period?
So much is said recently about child obesity and what contributes to this so-called crisis. Some say it is the types of food such as fast foods and sweetened drinks that make our kids balloon up at a very early age. Could sitting at a computer for hours at a time also be a major contributor, not to mention TV?
Most kids seem to be attracted to the games because of the action performed and yes, even violence that hopefully they do not practice at home or on their friends.
In addition to the draw backs, there are also positives from computers and computer games. Computers and games do require skills. In this modern world, life itself can be somewhat boring for our youngsters, and the computer seems to take away some of the boredom. Perhaps the many skills learned from computers and games can be transferred to more important roles in their lives including vocations in the future.
It is said that IQs in our country are increasing, and computer technology surely plays a big role. Speed processing and reasoning are gains from being a computer nut. With parents themselves spending time with their kids playing computer games, the activity probably could bring about a healthier relationship with the whole family.
Cell phones are also an important ingredient in the lives of electronic kids and usually a very essential tool for teens and kids much younger who just have to call their friends right now as they return from school on their bikes. Maybe they were just talking to that same friend minutes ago at school.
Years ago, kids usually listed a dog or cat or even a goldfish as their wants growing up. Now it is a cell phone at a very young age. They usually get their wishes and poor Fido plays second fiddle. Cell phones for kids are also very important items in the case of an emergency and cannot be forgotten. Kids do sometimes feel that receiving their own cell phone is a step up in their own independence and maybe causes them to be looked up to by their friends. They say that many schools are banning the phones so they cannot be used in a most important time of studies.
I don't know if any of the schools in the Mahoning and Trumbull Counties have banned cell phones. If you know please tell me.
There are a bunch of new phones that allow somewhat for parental control including phones with a pay-as-you-go system, and Tic Talk that includes educational games, and Apple also has one out for kids. Did I forget to mention that most cell phones as we all know have many, many gadgets included such as cameras and games and more games and most every thing you could possibly want. Probably in the future they will be able to serve you breakfast as well.
Of course there are touch screens, computers in cars and many other clever gadgets that add to the life of electronic kids.
The life of a kid is much different these days with many pressures closing in all the time. Sometimes they receive mountains of homework to do per evening. It sometimes doesn't seem fair as teachers disagree on the amount of homework and claim that kids need to practice what they learned in school and get parents into the learning process. Perhaps the electronic world can be an escape from the pressures of school and homework.
We could go on and on about electronic kids and how they should spend their precious time, but I like just seeing a kid be a kid with a dog and a ball and a bat, not sitting at a computer or on a cell phone all day and actually enjoying family life.
But what do I know. That's just my opinion. After all, I'm just an old "fuddy duddy!"


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I just came across Mirra Ginsburg's The Kaha Bird: Tales from the Steppes of Central Asia. If you like your fairy tales to surprise you, check this book out. Although Mirra Ginsburg is best known for her picture book adaptations of such tales as The Clay Boy and Two Greedy Bears, she collected stories from all over the world and retold them for children and adults.
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Real or fake?
Two and a half years after its finale, it's a question that still dogs MTV's The Hills. And now, just weeks after Lauren Conrad claimed much of the show was essentially true, Kristin Cavallari has said almost the opposite.
The show was "pretty fake," Cavallari, 25, said Monday on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live.
"Did they tell you what to say and stuff?" host Andy Cohen replied. "Pretty much," said Cavallari. "Fake relationships, fake fights ... but it was fun, 'cause you're acting. And that was more fun for me."
One thing that wasn't faked for the cameras? Cavallari's dislike of Conrad, now 26. But Cavallari, who had some kind words for Conrad on Monday, claims the producers stirred the pot on that relationship.
"I feel like they put things in our heads," she says. "We were 17 and 18, and they made it a lot worse than it was."
Cavallari – who now has a baby boy with her fiancé, Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler – has said similar things in the past about The Hills. Shortly after the show's finale in the summer of 2010, she told PEOPLE that "nothing you see on TV is real" and that she would "never put my close friends or a real relationship on a show."
On Monday, she reiterated that she never dated Justin Bobby, despite what the show depicted. "I think I made out with him once and that took a lot of convincing," she says.
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For the second straight week and for the fourth time this season, Stetson University volleyball outside hitter Tiffany Creamer (Newnan, Ga.) has been named the Atlantic Sun Conference Freshman of the Week, the league office announced on Monday.
Creamer recorded 32 kills, 26 digs, and four blocks last week to help the Hatters clinch their first Atlantic Sun tournament berth in 18 years.
On Tuesday at UNF, Creamer recorded season-highs of 23 kills and 18 digs while hitting for a .339 attack percentage. It was her first career double-double.
On Saturday at FGCU, she tallied nine kills, eight digs, and three blocks in Stetson's 3-1 win over the Eagles, which secured a tournament berth for the Hatters.
For the season, Creamer is averaging 2.85 kills per set, second among A-Sun freshmen, and she is hitting at a .258 clip. She has helped lead Stetson to its highest season win total since 1988 (18), and its most A-Sun wins ever (9).
Creamer was also named the league's Freshman of the Week on Sept. 23, Sept. 30, and Nov. 4.
The Hatters (18-13, 9-7 A-Sun) will visit Lipscomb at 7:30 p.m. Friday night in a match broadcast live on ESPN3.


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GOLF: Two teams tied for first in the Clinton Heights Senior League on Wednesday. Shooting four under par were the teams of Jon Eakin, Fred Smith, Gary Kroeger and Craig Neifer, and Mike Hampp, Bob Overholt, Bob Shultz and Jim Weinandy. Long putt went to Hampp on No. 4. Closest to pin went to Dave Seislove on No. 5. Carl Rainey took closest in two on No. 1. Smith shot closest to pin in three on hole No. 9.
WOMEN'S TENNIS: Tiffin University shut out Huntington, 9-0. Tiffin's Malaika Bora Messi won 6-1, 6-0, while teammate Valentina Mazzola had the closest singles match in a 6-2, 6-3 win. Anna Scherting won 6-1, 6-0, Renee Mattson won 6-2, 6-1, and Abigail Schuster and Chelsea Beck both posted 6-0, 6-0 wins. In doubles play, Messi and Mazzola won 8-4, Scherting and Cassie Dye had an 8-3 victory, and Schuster and Beck won 8-1.
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Britney Spears is putting in work (b––––)!
With her Las Vegas show set to open next month, the mother of two is getting her body in serious shape – so much so, in fact, that she's had moments where she could barely move.
"I have not been this sore in my entire life," she told Vegas Player Magazine. "When I started working out, I was sore for like, three days. I could hardly move. I'm really challenging myself with the choreography."
Multiple sources have told PEOPLE that Spears's Piece of Me show will have a "nightclub-like" feel, something Spears wanted in order to keep the energy up. She even plans on bringing back many of her iconic looks for the show, set to open Dec. 27 at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino.
"Whenever I do a show, I'm really keen on making it a show. I love to dance and perform," she told the magazine. "Because it's Vegas, I want to do something different. This is the perfect place to bring it to the next level."
It's also the perfect place for stability, she said. Vegas? Stable?
"When you tour, it's so hard on the body," she explains. "I look back and I don't know how I did it. Being in one place is cool. It's a more stable environment."
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Bumber-by-Number show at 2011 Bumbershoot Arts Festival
"Bumber By Number" is an interactive and fully immersive Paint-by-Number art exhibit curated by Marlow Harris and JoDavid for the 2011 Bumbershoot Arts Festival.
The show features an interactive audience participatory paint-by-number homage to Edouard Manet's "The Picnic" ("Le Dejeuner sur L'Herbe") by artist Ryan Feddersen. In addition, bask in the glory of Victoria BC artist Bill Blair's amazing life-size paint-by-number banners and guitars, and local Seattle artists create incredible canvases of altered vintage Paint-by-Numbers.
Ryan Feddersen has created a tableau complete with hand-cast wax crayons used to bring her murals to life.
Canadian artist Bill Blair creates Stories for Paint-by-Number and paints huge 9'x7′ foot Paint-by-Number backdrops.
Over 40 modern, contemporary, abstract and pop surrealist artists were given vintage completed Paint-by-Number paintings and asked to alter them in their own style.
Here is Janet Galore's "Blue Boy", prior to transformation.
Seattle artist Troy Gua chose two clowns he called "Father and Son".
Pop culture cutie Lisa Petrucci adds her own personal style to this tiger painting.
Fantagraphics favorite Jim Woodring puts his own twist on this bucolic covered bridge scene:
John Brophy, fresh from his show at Seattle's Roq La Rue Gallery, creates "Gift Horse":
Art Army artist Mike Leavitt, who shows in Seattle at Roq la Rue, Copro Nason in LA and the Jonathan Levine Gallery in NYC made this fine trio of work:
Detail of Mike's work:
Jim Dever's Duck's Revenge is for sale with all proceeds to benefit Camp Corey:
Nancy Guppy's piece is an homage to Robert Hardgrave:
And her completed piece:
And Robert Hardgrave himself took a staid and formal arrangement of flowers…..
And re-created the piece in an unusual and unexpected way.
Seattle artist Mary Iverson was recently featured in Juxtapoz Magazine.
"Bag Painter" Chris Crites, chose a classic ship to alter:
And added his own personal style to the piece:
Show details:
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Marlow Harris
• Featured Artists:
Ryan Feddersen
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• Special Guest Artists and PRICE LIST will be posted on the Bumber-by-Number website.
High-Resolution photos by Jodavid on Flickr
MORE PHOTOS HERE: Seattle Twist Bumber-by-Number
• WHEN and WHERE?
Bumber By Number and other Visual Arts exhibits are open 11am – 8pm, 9/3 – 9/5, and the Location of the exhibit is the Seattle Center Pavilion (just east of Key Arena)
Free Visual Arts Preview, Thursday, September 1st, 3pm – 9pm, – Mayor's Arts Awards are 4-6pm
• The dates and times of Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival are 9/3 – 9/5, 11am – 11pm at Seattle Center.
Please visit their website for information…
A visit to our Paint-by-Number Salon on Treasure Hunter's Roadshow hosted by Andy St. Claire.


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Sonnen took Silva down just four seconds into the fight and Silva never left his back. Silva defended himself much better than he did in their first fight, when he came out of the round in bad shape.
The second round turned, though, after Sonnen failed on a spinning back fist, a high-risk, high-reward maneuver. He tripped over Silva's leg and, for all intents and purposes, the fight was over. Silva pounced, ripped Sonnen with punches and a perfectly placed knee to the chest, and stopped him at 1:55 of the second.
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I was so glad Silva won. Been a fan of his for as long as I can remember. Finally shut that loud mouth up for good, and what better way for all of this to happen than for Sonnen to look like a complete idiot after that failed backfist and turtle in front of everyone.
It definitely was an awesome fight. I was nervous in the 1st round after Chael took him down right away. lol
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It definitely was an awesome fight. I was nervous in the 1st round after Chael took him down right away. lol
Same. Chael laid down the blueprint for beating Silva but his problem is the big mistakes he makes. For as much as he talks though, I do respect him in the sense that he doesn't ***** and moan after a loss unlike Tito (who I can't stand, glad he lost too).
Also, I did watch an interview with Sonnen and he mentioned he wants to move up in weight and possibly fight Jones if he gets the chance to. I think that could be something to look forward to in the future.
I am excited for the upcoming matches though. 149 looks lackluster but after that there's a string of good matches including Cerrone, Edgar, Jones, Henderson, Shields, etc. The fight I look forward to the most is Penn vs MacDonald in September. I think MacDonald's going to be the next big thing after watching him dominate/manhandle Che Mills, and Penn is a legend himself, so it should be good. It's probably the fight I'm most excited about since this recent Silva/Sonnen II.
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UNIVERSITY PARK - Bill O'Brien and the new era of Penn State football got off to a rough start Saturday.
The hope for fans going in was that the Nittany Lions still have enough talent on the roster - in spite of key personnel losses - that they could beat Ohio, get off to a strong start and build some momentum in their first season playing under severe NCAA sanctions.
Everything looked good for one half.
Then the visiting team, which includes four starters from Blair County, spoiled the Lions' best-case scenario as Ohio rallied for a 24-14 win at Beaver Stadium.
"We just didn't make the plays that need to be made," PSU linebacker Michael Mauti said.
Penn State's new offense looked sharp for a half, taking a 14-3 lead, before fizzling. The defense, led by what's expected to be a strong front seven, played up to expectations for two quarters, only to get shredded by Ohio's offense in the second half.
The Bobcats piled up 499 yards of total offense - 324 through the air and 175 on the ground. For a team from a smaller conference, the Mid-American, Ohio's players showed a lot of poise staying in the game in a hostile environment and took control in the second half.
"A great win for our football team, our program, our university and our fans," Ohio coach Frank Solich said.
The question now becomes how big of a loss it could turn out to be for Penn State. It's just one game, but the Lions also suffered several injuries - most notably ankle sprains to starting running back Bill Belton and starting cornerback Stephon Morris - and those coupled with existing depth concerns could be big issues for the Lions.
Penn State travels to Virginia next week and faces the very real possibility of an 0-2 start. The players have relied on their emotions and sense of us-against-the-world attitude coming off the NCAA sanctions, and all of that will be put to the test after losing a game the team had to be figuring it would win.
"I don't have any trepidation," O'Brien said after his team made numerous key mistakes in losing.
"Everyone's fine," offensive lineman Donovan Smith said. "It's just the game of football. That's just how it goes. You win some, you lose some. You learn from your mistakes, you push on."
That will be the message going forward this week in practice.
"We're going to put this behind us," Mauti said. "That's all we can do now. We're not going to let this carry over into next week, carry over to the week after that. It's a 12-game season, that was one game, we've got 11 left and we're going to make the most out of those."


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Microsoft and PalTalk settle $90 million lawsuit early
Microsoft has settled the $90 million patent infringement lawsuit brought against it by PalTalk. PalTalk claimed it owned rights to "interactive applications over multiple computers," and said that Microsoft infringed upon these via Xbox 360 and Halo multiplayer. The trial, which started Monday, ended early when both parties agreed on an undisclosed sum. This figure […]
Puzo estate and Paramount settle Godfather suit out of court
The lawsuit between the estate of Mario Puzo and Paramount over 2006 action crime game The Godfather has been settled out of court for an undisclosed sum. Puzo's estate – the author passed away ten years ago – was trying to get Paramount to fork over $1 million in sales and rental revenue. "We think […]
NCSoft will defend itself "vigorously" against a lawsuit that has "no merit"
In light of the recent lawsuit filed by Worlds.com, NCSoft told videogaming247 this afternoon that whilst it can't comment on specific cases, it takes all legal action seriously and that the company intends to defend itself "vigorously". "We can't comment on potential litigation except to say that NCsoft takes all legal action seriously – even […]
Buzztime sues Sony over Buzz!
California-based Buzztime Entertainment has filed a suit against SCEE, says this, alleging that the Buzz! series of games, developed by Relentless in Brighton, UK, infringes its trademarks. Buzztime makes trivia games for bars and restaurants, apparently played by 13 million people a month. According to that Gamespot report, "The Buzztime Entertainment trademarks cover uses of […]
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This week, Youssef Moussaoui from the ASP.NET Web API team joins Brady and Cory. Youssef takes a lap around the Queryable attribute as well as how you can leverage the Open Data Protocol in your APIs.
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This episode was awesome! Thanks guys, I look forward to more about the WebAPI, I am currently trying to get my team to look at it more in depth :)
Love this stuff guys. I've been waiting for this capability to be available for quite some time. I've already put it in place, but I can't seem to get "$select" to work. It appears this will be supported based on the Samples (I'm running the ODataServiceServiceSample) and I've set the "AllowedQueryOperations = All". I do not get an Error, but all Properties are returned in my JSON. Projection is a MUST for me. Hopefully I'm just missing something.
Thanks again. Keep up the great work.
Here's a hint for all you folks scouring the Windows Azure site for the "interesting nuance" that was mentioned in this show:
I would recommend that the Tag "OData" be added to this Web Camps TV episode. You cannot find it by searching for OData in the Bing search box up above. Not good because the title is all about OData ("ASP.NET Web API Queryable with OData").
When you didn't show us how to query movies from 2011 staring Scarlet Johanson I died a little inside. I can't find documentation on this anywhere.
I also cannot get $select to work proper, as Devaron (above).
Returns all rows. Must be a bug. Any ideas???
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More than 900,000 UK jobs depend on Britain's brewing and pub trade. That is the finding of a new study by Oxford Economics for the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA), which looked at the industry's impact on employment, wages, and the economy at a local level.
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Simple salad starters or snacks served in jar jars or kilner jars look great on wooden boards with some rustic bread and can be prepared in advance and stored in the fridge until required.
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We are very sad to report that Les Wood passed away on Tuesday after a short illness.
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Houston and Green Bay clinched division titles with victories over their closest pursuers, and there is a three-way tie for the lead in the NFC East as a result of Sunday's Week 15 games in the National Football League.
The Texans also clinched a first round bye when New England lost to San Francisco, 41-34, on Sunday night. There were no Andrew Luck late-game heroics as Houston defeated the Indianapolis Colts, 29-17, and took the AFC South title. Green Bay wrapped up the NFC North by defeating the arch-rival Bears, 21-13, in Chicago.
The defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants were embarrassed, 34-0, by the Falcons in Atlanta to fall to 8-6. Meanwhile, Washington and Dallas won their games to pull into a first-place tie with the Giants.
Game of the day
49ers 41, Patriots 34
The scoop: The 49ers and Colin Kaepernick (four touchdown passes) shredded the Patriots early, then took advantage of New England miscues to build a 31-3 lead but needed a late Kaepernick-to-Michael Crabtree pass for 38 yards to pull out the victory. Kaepernick began with a 24-yard TD pass to ex-Patriot Randy Moss. New England scored 28 unanswered points to tie the game with 6:43 left. The Niners needed only 18 seconds to reclaim the lead.
Why the 49ers won: Their pass rush overpowered New England's front and they outmuscled the Patriots across the board.
In the playoff picture
Cowboys 27, Steelers 24 (OT)
The scoop: Brandon Carr intercepted a pass from Ben Roethlisberger to set up Dan Bailey's 21-yard field goal in overtime. Carr picked off Roethlisberger's pass along the sideline and returned it 36 yards to the 1.
Why the Cowboys won: Tony Romo completed 30 passes for 341 yards, two touchdowns with no turnovers.
Texans 29, Colts 17
The scoop: Houston is the AFC South champion for the second straight year. Andre Johnson had 151 yards receiving and a touchdown, Bryan Braman scored on a blocked punt and Shayne Graham kicked five field goals. The Colts needed a win to clinch a playoff berth. J.J. Watt had three sacks for Houston.
Why the Texans won: They kicked a field goal following a blocked punt after Indy had closed to within six points in the fourth quarter.
Packers 21, Bears 13
The scoop: Green Bay won its second straight NFC North title. James Jones caught all three touchdown passes thrown by Aaron Rodgers. Green Bay has now won six straight over Chicago and 12 straight against NFC North opponents.
Why the Packers won: They limited Chicago to only 107 net passing yards and a long reception of only 18 yards. NFL receiving leader Brandon Marshall had six catches but for only a 9.3 average. Also the Bears went 0 for 9 on third down.
Falcons 34, Giants 0
The scoop: Matt Ryan threw three touchdowns passes as the Giants suffered their first regular-season shutout since 1996. Julio Jones caught a couple of scoring throws from Ryan, who finished 23 of 28 for 270 yards.
Why the Falcons won: They intercepted two Eli Manning passes deep in Giants territory and New York came away with no points twice inside the Atlanta 20.
Redskins 38, Browns 21
The scoop: Rookie Kirk Cousins threw for 329 yards and two touchdowns filling in for injured star Robert Griffin III, leading Washington to its fifth straight win. Cousins connected with Leonard Hankerson for both TDs in his first career start.
Why the Redskins won: After trailing at halftime, they scored touchdowns on four of their first five possessions in the second half.
Broncos 34, Ravens 17
The scoop: Chris Harris returned an interception 98 yards for a momentum-turning touchdown, and Denver won its ninth straight. Down by 10-0 late in the first half, the Ravens had a first-and-goal at the Denver 4 when Harris spicked off a pass by Joe Flacco took off on the longest regular-season interception return in Broncos history.
Why the Broncos won: They limited the Ravens to 12 first downs and 1 for 12 on third-down conversions.
Out of the money
Saints 41, Buccaneers 0
The scoop: Drew Brees passed for 307 yards and four touchdowns, and New Orleans posted its first shutout since 1995. Josh Freeman of Tampa Bay threw four interceptions and lost a fumble.
Why the Saints won: They won the turnover battle, 5-0. Ex-Bill Jabari Greer had two of the Saints' four interceptions.
Vikings 36, Rams 22
The scoop: Adrian Peterson ran for a season-best 212 yards, including an 82-yard touchdown. Peterson has 1,812 yards rushing, leaving him 293 shy of the NFL's single-season record of 2,105 by Eric Dickerson of the Los Angeles Rams in 1984.
Why the Vikings won: They scored on five of six first-half possessions.
Dolphins 24, Jaguars 3
The scoop: Miami kept former teammate Chad Henne out of the end zone, made three fourth-down stops deep in its own territory and benefited from an illegal substitution penalty that wiped out a Jacksonville touchdown.
Why the Dolphins won: Ryan Tannehill went 22 for 28 for 220 yards and two scores with no interceptions for Miami.
Cardinals 38, Lions 10
The scoop: Greg Toler brought back an interception 102 yards for a fourth-quarter touchdown, the longest return in franchise history, to end Arizona's nine-game losing streak. It was Detroit's sixth loss in a row. Calvin Johnson of the Lions became the first player in NFL history with consecutive 1,600-yard receiving seasons and tied an NFL record with his seventh straight 100-yard receiving game.
Why the Cardinals won: They had only 195 yards total offense, but they needed to travel only 5, 3 and 29 yards for touchdowns by Beanie Wells in addition to two return scores.
Panthers 31, Chargers 7
The scoop: San Diego's playoff hopes were finally extinguished with a loss at the hands of Mike Tolbert, Cam Newton and Carolina. Tolbert scored twice against his former team and DeAngelo Williams turned a tipped pass from Newton into a 45-yard touchdown reception.
Why the Panthers won: They outgained San Diego, 372 yards to 164, and had 37:32 of possession time.
Dog of the day
Raiders 15, Chiefs 0
The scoop: Sebastian Janikowski kicked five field goals, Darren McFadden rushed for 110 yards and the Raiders shut out Kansas City for the second time ever. The Raiders snapped a six-game losing streak.
Why the Raiders won: They scored no touchdowns but had 40 minutes, 6 seconds of possession time.
News wire services contributed to this report.


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Prep Time 5 minutes |
Cook Time 15 minutes
1 cup Eden Red Quinoa, washed, drained
1 1/4 cups water
1 pinch Eden Sea Salt
1 Tbsp chopped fresh chivesor a sprig of fresh basil for garnish
Bring water and sea salt to a boil in a medium heavy saucepan. Add the quinoa, cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the flame to low and simmer for 12 to 15 minutes. Turn off the flame and let sit for 5 minutes. Remove and serve with any Eden Gomasio, Eden Shake, Dulse Flakes, or Shiso Leaf Powder sprinkled on as a condiment.
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Young actors in green fatigues hurried to put the final touches on their costumes, while chorus girls shimmering in gold dresses adjusted their hair. In the midst of the backstage activity, South Tahoe High School Artistic Director Nannette "Niv" Niven gave advice, encouragement and orders before Monday's dress rehearsal of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas."
The musical follows best friends Bob Wallace and Phil Davis, former servicemen who become Broadway sensations, and their romantic counterparts - the talented sister act Betty and Judy Haynes. The team travels east for a gig in Vermont, only to find there's no snow and bookings are down. So Wallace and Davis launch a scheme to fix the situation, and music, comedy and romance ensue.
The students have practiced for the play about 15 hours a week since the end of October. With almost 100 hours of rehearsals behind them, the group of about 50 young actors and actresses will take to the stage in front of an audience for the first time Friday. The bustling preparations during the final week before opening night are the last chance to smooth out any wrinkles in the show. The students just won't go home for the next four days, Niven joked Monday.
Niven, who started working in the high school's performing arts department 16 years ago, isn't new to musical theater. Her directing and performing career spans from New York to Harrah's Lake Tahoe, and she's worked with both professional actors and students. For student productions like "White Christmas," in which about 90 percent of the cast is inexperienced, there's a lot of coaching involved, Niven said.
"I get my whip out. It's repetition. And sometimes you don't get something you're not going to get, but it's really an education. That's part of the fun," Niven said.
One of the actors new to acting is Ben Eliot, cast as the womanizer Phil Davis. The senior sang in a band, but he'd never recited lines on stage before "White Christmas." Other than always remembering to face the audience, the two aren't so different, he said.
There's also learning how to step into character. Eliot said that challenge was made easier since Alec Niven, who plays Phil's buddy Bob, is really his best friend. After that, pretending to be the "flirty and promiscuous" Phil wasn't so hard, Eliot said.
For veteran actresses Emily Dawes and Korrigan Zwijacz - cast as Betty and Judy Haynes - their characters didn't come quite as naturally. Dawes plays the reserved older sister Betty, while Zwijacz plays the flirty and outgoing Judy. In reality, those roles would be reversed, Dawes said with a laugh.
"You just have to develop a character in your head. You have to feel it. Each character has their own story. You just have to be confident and have fun," Zwijacz said.
For many of the young actors, getting over stage fright can be the highest hurdle, but Niven said a few butterflies in your stomach before a performance are not only natural but helpful.
"You don't get over the stage fright. It's good for you, it gives you the adrenaline rush. I'm worried if I don't have some stage fright," Niven said.
It's gratifying to see students try something they never thought they could do, from performing onstage to setting up lights behind the curtains, Niven said. The theater and the performing arts are central components of a well-rounded education, she said.
"I always wish that those people who are cutting the arts would stop listening to music, stop watching films. I want them to take the arts out of their lives, and see how they like it. Because the arts is like food --we need it," Niven said.
WHS holds holiday craft fair
Whittell High School will host its holiday craft fair this Friday at Saturday from 1-5 p.m. in the high school's commons located at 240 Warrior Way in Zephyr Cove. The fair features homemade holiday gifts, decorations and craft making. For more information, contact Kim Felton at 775-588-3121.
STHS hosts a Stars Night Out
Stars Night Out, a celebration gala to benefit the performing arts, will take place Friday, Dec. 14, from 5-7 p.m. at the South Tahoe High School student union located at 1735 Lake Tahoe Blvd. Food, drinks and a silent auction will be followed at 7 p.m. "White Christmas." Tickets cost $30 per person.
Teen slumber party to take place on New Year's Eve
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Phoenix Top Dog in AFL East
Danny Espinosa (WAS) had three hits and drove-in four runs and Josh Bell (BAL) cracked a three-run homer to cap a seven-run 4th, as the Phoenix Desert Dogs drubbed the Mesa Solar Sox 11-1 this afternoon at HoHoKam Park, clinching the AFL East crown and earning a berth in the 2009 AFL Championship Game versus the Peoria Javelinas next Saturday afternoon at Scottsdale Stadium.
Starlin Castro (playing 2B and batting 2nd) and Josh Vitters (playing 3B and hitting 6th) were in the Solar Sox original starting lineup, but Vitters was a last-minute scratch. I don't know why Vitters was pulled, but he did suffer a muscle strain taking batting practice a couple of weeks ago, so perhaps that problem flared-up.
Castro got four AB, and went 1-4. He lined-out to the CF (laser-rope) in the bottom of the 1st, ripped a ground-single through the box into CF, stole 2nd, and advanced to 3rd on an overthrow in the third. grounded out 4-3 (outstanding stop & throw by Desert Dogs 2B Jemile Weeks) on a "bang-bang" play in the 5th, and popped out to 3rd on the first pitch he saw leading off the bottom of the 8th.
Andrew Cashner is scheduled to make his final AFL start for the Solar Sox tomorrow afternoon against the Surprise Rafters at HoHoKam Park.
Re: Phoenix Top Dog in AFL East
A few days old, but here's a breakdown of the best and worst defensive players by UZR over the last three years. You'll notice that 4 of the 5 worst have been big trade and free agent targets by the TCR fandom.
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UZR is a lame stat.
also, i think a lot of teams would love hawpe and his arm in their RF.
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UZR definitely has it's limits, but Hawpe is still god-awful defensively.
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The main problem with UZR for outfielders (besides the in the gap problem that applies to infielders as well) is that it doesn't take into account balls that both people can catch. If your RF always backs up your CF on catches that they both can make - guess who winds up with a great UZR and guess who winds up looking like crap at the end of the season. Any range factor metric is going to have this exact same problem.
The +/- system takes a step towards addressing it, but does so at the expense of allowing in subjectivity.
Ascanio rehab
Jose Ascanio (underwent arthroscopic surgery on right shoulder on Oct. 2)...While players can sometimes recover and return in seven months, Ascanio is expected to be on an 8-9 month timetable. That means that best-case scenario would probably have him back pitching in Pittsburgh in May/June at the earliest.
Curtis Granderson - Good Guy
Re: Curtis Granderson - Good Guy
tiny print on that site...a bit hard to read.
Figgins is expensive
supposedly asking 5/50...I figured 4/40 would get him signed myself.
Re: Phoenix Top Dog in AFL East
No suprise here, Grienke wins the AL Cy
Greinke wins...
NL should be interesting, Carpenter vs. Wainwright or does Lincecum end up benefitting from a split Cardinals vote?
Re: Greinke wins...
I think you can make a case for all three pitchers, but in the end I think that it will be a Cardinal. Carpenter has the ERA, Wainwright made giant strides this year and has the innings, wins, and a nice k rate, while Lincecum rolls with the K's and doobies while equipped with an anemic offense. In the end, it goes to Wainwright.
Re: Greinke wins...
my ballot would probably be Lincecum, Carpenter, Wainwright fwiw, but can't really complain if any of them win it...
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Adam Wainwright- ERA 2.63; 233 innings; 8.19k/9; 212k's; 19 wins; WHIP 1.21
Chris Carpenter- 2.24 ERA; 192.2 innings; WHIP 1.01; 6.8k/9, but a 3.7:1 k/BB; 17 wins; 144 k's.
Tim Lincecum- 2.90 ERA; 225.1 innings; 10.44k/9; 1.15 WHIP; 15 wins; 261 k's.
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I've got 2.48 ERA for Lincecum
If he had the Cardinals offense, he's probably up therein Wainwright in win totals, although Giants did seem to have a good defense, then of course how good a defense does Lincecum really need.
it's a 3-way coin flip to be honest...
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I think I inadvertently took his career ERA.
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yanks decline s.mitre's 2010 option for 1.25m...still under club+arb. control, though.
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Anyone know if Bruce Levine has had any update on Bradley? Last week he said something about a trade in the next 3-4 days.
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shocking to learn that a rumor has not come to fruition...
can't imagine why any team at this point wouldn't just wait for the Cubs to cut Bradley before spring training...
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I know you have expressed your indifference about Grabow and not really a fan of the money, so do you just use Marshall as the only lefty out of the bullpen? or do you assume Gaub will make the club out of spring?
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I offer Grabow arbitration and wait to see if he takes it...chances are he will because a team doesn't want to give up a draft pick for a set-up man. That'll cost the Cubs probably an extra $1M this year, but if Ricketts is serious about propping the farm system, he'll roll the dice. Maybe the Cubs get lucky and a team with a protected pick signs him or one that signed a few other FA's and the Cubs score some extra draft picks. If he does sign with another team, I wait until February when inevitably some lefties will still be around and sign one or two on the cheap. I imagine you can find a few on the trade market for Jake Fox who will likely be traded, since he's out of options and in Lou's doghouse.
In general, I could care less if the Cubs have even one lefty in their pen. It's a stupid unnecessary crutch for a manager so he can make safe moves that the media won't blast him on. The Angels did plenty good for awhile with their pen with no lefties (before Oliver and Fuentes). Better off finding good relievers that can get guys from both sides of the plate and you'll trust for an inning or longer. Cubs had a great LOOGY in Ohman and couldn't figure out to use him.
And I don't mind Grabow, he can get guys from both sides of the plate, I just think's just slightly above average and I'm also not sure Lou will use him properly, which is a full inning at a time, rather than a match-up lefty.
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Well said Rob.
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You do not think that he would walk into the set-up role? You think Lou would play the match up and use Guzman and Grabow? I think the arbitration move makes sense since if you do loose him, you still get compensation in return. His value is ultimately hurt by the compensation pick, so he would most likely take the aribitration.
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You do not think that he would walk into the set-up role?
he could, but he's a reliever, they're more volatile than a sorority house right before their periods*.
If he has two lefties in the pen, he'll probably let him go longer, but if Marshall gets hurt and Gaub is not ready, he's gonna hold him back for lefty match-ups just like he did with Marshall when he was the only lefty in the pen, although he can get lefties and righties out as well.
*(buy your cheap misogynistic jokes right here)
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I don't really see what all the fuss was/is about Grabow to begin with?
5 BB/9 isn't really someone I think you just assume is an 8th inning guy. Lou will use him as a Loogy because he is a lefty. Splits aside.
I just don't think you kill your budget on a Middle reliever. The better approach is to make your trades and fill the rest of the team out. Then you re-assess what is out there and what you have to spend.
Last year Joe Beimel and Will Ohman BOTH took deals in March in the One year 2 million dollar range. Looking at their 2008 stats and Grabow's 2009 stats, and you can make that case to an arbitrator.
I don't see any realistic way that John Grabow gets 5 million from an arbitrator. 2.5 to 3 million is absolute max. Hendry holds the hammer. He should excercise his leverage and give himself some payroll room.
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the guy is an innings guy...the guy is an iron-man when it comes to being able to throw many games a year without needing time off...the guy has a low/mid 90s fastball with a nice change and slider...he's left handed.
the guy is looking to make 3-4m a year, not 10-15m...
will ohman, unlike grabow, is a 2-pitch (fb/slider) loogie...btw. ...and joe beimel probably should be used more as a loogie than he is.
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Plus, he might just be the Messiah.
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maybe if he had more control...esp. vs. righties.
he uses his change effectively vs. righties, but the fastball has to be "on" ...and his slider is almost ineffective vs. righties.
he's got 3 pitches that are good, but in reality he's working with 2 pitches per batter, per side. his control, though not awful, is pretty important day-to-day to his effectiveness.
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Jesus had a wicked change.
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I doubt that scouting reports are going to come into play in a courtroom. Grabow is 31. He is what he is at this point.
Stats, lefty middle reliever, age, Player A,B and C are comps and make 2 million per season.
A note from Ma Grabow and a recommendation from TCR reader Crunch isn't going to get him double and a half what Ohman and Beimel got. That isn't how arbitration works.
Someone with a BP script needs to look up his closest comps and see what they make.
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it goes by service time, not age and although you can argue anything, it's going to ultimately come down your basic stats of ERA, holds, IP, saves and that he was ranked a Type A free agent...
being a lefty isn't going to matter...
Affeldt might be a good comp, he got 2/7 plus a $1M bonus and guys like Howry and Eyre got in the 3.5 to $4M range, so I back off $5M. $3.5M-$4M is more reasonable...
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fwiw, Ohman was his second comp on BP and the only recent one, not that it would ever get mentioned in arbitration case
amusingly, here' their 2007 take on him..
You can make a strong argument that no team needs a LOOGY. Mike
Scioscia won 92 games and a division title in 2004 without having a
lefty reliever on his team. LOOGies do more harm than good because they
end up facing just as many righties than lefties as a result of walks
and pinch-hitters, and take up precious roster space without providing
enough innings.
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im saying what he is...not a recommendation.
he is what he is. he's also not comparable to will ohman, fwiw. i'm giving you beimel out of his use, but the ONLY reason he sees batters vs. righties is ONLY because he can keep the ball in the park when he screws up vs. them. beimel the reliever's only saving grace being an innings guy rather than a loogie is his ability to keep the ball in the park.
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So are we in TCR agreement that Jim should let the market play out with Grabow, instead of making him Priority A and lock him up to a multi-year deal for too much money?
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priority A? too many years? what? where? huh?
if the guy gets a 2yr 7-8m deal i won't lose sleep. i don't think it's that huge of a priority. it's not like a GM can only talk to 1 guy/agent at a time before moving on to the next task.
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2.84 ERA last year, 3.36 ERA in 2009 with a bunch of holds, some saves and Type A free agent status...
he'll get a very, very nice raise if he goes to arbitration, $4-5M range easily...they don't get too deep in those cases.
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*(buy your cheap misogynistic jokes right here)
Do you have anything with Mark Prior and a vagina?
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There's a whole warehouse full in the archives under Silent Towel's comments.
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Comedic gold, they were. Personally, I miss the references to diamond dry and infield rakes.
Cubs baserunning
over the last 3 years, Cubs are in the bottom 5 as a team, glad we shored up those fundamentals.
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those 20 steals from soriano while hitting 30 homers/30 doubles don't go as far as they should.
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I'm sure there's a point in there I'm failing to follow...
fwiw, and anyone that has paid attention in the last 30 years of baseball analysis woud note, a quick look at the top and bottom baserunning teams by BP's metric shows very little relationship between a good offense or a good team.
It's nice to have, and you certainly would prefer your team to be good at all areas of the game, but it's very much low on the totem pole of areas you need your team to excel at....
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im still pissing around about wasting the best power hitter on the team in the 1 slot for a few years.
the team hasn't been a base stealing team for years no matter where you put soriano and his power, though.
i'm just glad this long-running stupid joke of soriano being a leadoff man is over.
for all the bitching about guys like pierre leading off the soriano thing made even less sense to me by far.
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Fundamentals are nice. Being able to actually run fast would be nice. The 2009 Cubs ran like those late 80's Red Sox teams.
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Wavin' Wendell was obviously the problem.
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Michael Barrett drags down the total average
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I wish Ryan Theriot would stop pretending that being fast means he can steal bases.
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You can solve that problem by firing the base stealing coach. Not Lou, though.
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So what did Jake Fox do to not play much in september and piss Lou off?
Was he being benched to not hurt his offseason trade value.
Or like one other player from previous season does
Lou get pissed about player saying the wrong things in the press.
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where's jake fox vs. oh look, it's bobby scales...no one actually figured that one out last i heard.
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I definitely banged my head against the wall on this one. I could not understand why Fox was not playing over Scales. Then the season ended and I forgot about it.
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Friday's games will be in Washington, Chicago, Arlington, and Cleveland or Boston. Someone's game is starting laaaaaaaate - 50-50 chance it's the CDT Cubs.
Meh, I messed that up. Mets are in.
Cards and Giants can still tie though.
Kershaw gets hurt by his defense and gave up 2 more runs. Blach has 8 shutout innings.
Mets already won as did Cards.
tomorrow is gonna be helluva fun if Giants hold on. We're all rooting for a 3-way tie I presume.
good news is now 5 K's for Lester through 4 (in a quest for 200 for season). Bad news is he's already at 86 pitches.
be curious how long Maddon sticks with Lester to try and let offense get back into it and get him the win (4-2 as I type, was 4-0)
Fwiw, he needed 2.1 IP to cross 200 for season so he got that at least. He also needs 9 K's for 200K's on season and he has 4 through 3.
cubs score 2 runs thanks to predictable reds pitching and horrible CIN defense...cubs only down by 1 now. heyward even got a gift 2rbi double out of an easy popout. neat.
something named Ty Blach has outpitched Clayton Kershaw through 6 innings (1-0 Giants).
not that finishing 2nd place will matter much nor did this game, but have to think if Hendricks pitches well tomorrow, he could leapfrog Lester in Cy Young voting. Don't see anyway Scherzer doesn't win it regardless and it doesnt' look like Lester has any incentive clauses that matter. Also might give Cueto some votes.
Rather remarkable how many teams have really good 1-2 options this year.
Nats: Scherzer and Roark (and Strasburg was great before injuries)
Cubs: Lester and Hendricks (and Arrietta is still damn good just not as consistently lately)
pretty much what I'm gathering from this thread is that it doesn't matter who you play in 5-game series, but no one wants to have to deal with Cardinal fans if we end up losing.
I can respect that.
first game for lester giving up more than 2 runs since july 24th. hell of a run.
doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...


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There was a point last spring when Charleston Battery striker Omar Salgado thought his professional soccer career was over.
After suffering a fractured bone in his right foot for the third time, Salgado feared the worst. At the age of 19, the promising young soccer star from Mexico wasn't sure he could bounce back from his latest injury.
"The last two years were very difficult emotionally for me," said Salgado, the No. 1 pick in Major League Soccer's 2011 SuperDraft by the Vancouver Whitecaps. "There were times when it looked like everything was going to be OK and then I'd have another setback,
"I'd break it again. One break is not so bad, but to break your foot in the same place three times is hard to deal with. I'm not sure what I would have done if there had been a fourth break."
Vancouver surprised many around the MLS when it selected Salgado with the No. 1 overall pick in 2011 instead of going with the more established Darlington Nagbe. While Nagbe was the polished player, the Whitecaps believed that the gangly 6-4 Salgado had a bigger upside. He was just 17 when he was drafted by the Whitecaps.
"There's pressure when you're a first-round pick, but there's not any more pressure than I would put on myself," Salgado said.
He played in 14 games with the Whitecaps as a rookie, scoring one goal.
In 2012, he played in seven games for Vancouver before getting called up to the United States' U-20 national team that summer.
And that's when he broke his foot the first time.
In a match against Uruguay, an aggressive defender made a sliding tackle and caught Salgado's foot, fracturing it.
"I knew it was bad the second it happened," Salgado said.
Salgado had a screw inserted into his foot during surgery. After rehabilitation, Salgado returned to the practice field. In October of 2012, he broke the foot again and went through the same process.
He tried another comeback last April, but broke his foot for a third time.
"Missing the entire MLS season last year was probably the toughest time for me," Salgado said.
Salgado found a new doctor and this time a bigger and more durable screw was inserted into his foot. It has made all the difference.
"The surgery went great the last time, the doctors did a great job," Salgado said. "The screw before had been moving in my bone so every time it moved, I would re-break the bone, which is probably why it was painful to play."
For the first time in two years, Salgado was healthy entering the preseason. He was ready to have an impact in the Whitecaps' lineup, but found the roster loaded with talented attacking forwards. Playing time was going to be limited and Salgado knew he needed to get on the field. The coaching staff told him he had a choice - stay in Vancouver and hope he got on the field or go to Charleston and get game experience.
"I needed to get fit and I needed to get some games," Salgado said. "It was a no-brainer for me. I wanted to come down to Charleston and get on the field as quickly as possible."
Less than 12 hours after stepping off a flight from Vancouver, Salgado was back on the field in the second half of the Battery's season opener against Orlando City last weekend. Salgado, who has trained with English Premier League teams Everton and Fulham FC over the past three years, didn't care where he was playing. He was finally healthy and back on the field.
Salgado showed flashes of what made him the No. 1 overall pick, recording an assist on the Battery's only goal in 45 minutes of action.
"It was such a huge relief to be back on the field and play in a game that mattered," Salgado said. "My foot feels good. I wasn't even thinking about it when I was out there, which is a good sign."
Salgado doesn't know how long he'll be in Charleston and he's not worried about it. He said he's match fit and ready to help the Battery win. The rest will take care of itself.
"People forget that Omar is still very young," Vancouver head coach Carl Robinson told The Vancouver Sun recently. "For people to say it's a make-or-break year for him is very harsh because he's been out for 18 months with injuries.
"I'm not putting that much pressure on Omar. I want him to get back to enjoying his football and playing with a smile on his face."
Charleston Battery striker Omar Salgado (left) was the No. 1 overall pick in Major League Soccer's 2011 SuperDraft by the Vancouver Whitecaps. (photo provided).×